Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
achenodium
acquitment
acquitment
noun
(law) Acquittal.
acroterium
acroterium
noun
(architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
aculeiform
aculeiform
adj
Like a prickle or thorn
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
adlumidine
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
adullamite
adullamite
Noun
An inhabitant of Adullam. Near this town there was a cave where David and his allies sought refuge from Saul.
A member of the anti-reform faction of the British Liberal Party in the 19th century.
aegopodium
albumenise
albumenise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albumenize
albumenize
albumenize
verb
(transitive) To coat or saturate with albumen.
(transitive) To convert into albumen.
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
albuminate
albuminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound of albumin and a base or acid
albuminise
albuminise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albuminize
albuminize
albuminize
verb
Alternative form of albumenize
albuminone
albuminone
noun
(organic chemistry, dated) A principle derived from certain albuminoids; it is soluble in alcohol and is not coagulable by heat.
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
aleucaemic
aleukaemic
aleukaemic
adj
Relating to aleukaemia.
alloimmune
alloimmune
adj
(pathology) Characterized by alloimmunity, which is immunity, obtained from a tissue graft from another person, against one's own cells.
aluminised
aluminised
adj
Having the property of being coated with aluminium
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aluminise
aluminized
aluminized
adj
US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aluminize
aluminizes
aluminizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aluminize
amanuensis
amanuensis
noun
A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.
One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
amateurish
amateurish
adj
Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
amateurism
amateurism
noun
Amateur beliefs and practices generally.
The opinion or conviction that sports ought not to be played for money.
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
ambisexual
ambisexual
adj
(slang) Of ambiguous sexual orientation.
(zoology) Hermaphroditic.
Bisexual: attracted to persons of either sex.
Unisex: fit for persons of either sex.
noun
An ambisexual person.
ambulative
ambulative
adj
(archaic) walking
ambushlike
ameiuridae
americanum
amiantuses
ammiaceous
ammoniuret
amphineura
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
amputative
amputative
adj
(surgery) That involves amputation
anaerobium
anchesmius
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
aneurismal
aneurismal
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmal
animalcule
animalcule
noun
(obsolete) A small animal.
(physiology, historical) A sperm cell or spermatozoon; also, the embryo that was formerly thought to be contained inside a spermatozoon in a fully developed state.
(zoology, archaic) A microscopic aquatic animal, including protozoa and rotifers.
anisomelus
antelabium
anthericum
anthericum
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
antimasque
antimasque
noun
A comic or grotesque dance presented before or between the acts of a masque.
antiserums
antiserums
noun
plural of antiserum
apneumatic
apneumatic
adj
(medicine) Devoid of air; free from air, or effected by or with exclusion of air.
(rare) Of or pertaining to the nonexistence of soul or spirit; non-spiritual.
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
aquamanile
aquamanile
noun
(historical) A ewer or jug-like vessel, shaped like an animal or human figure, used for washing the hands.
aquamarine
aquamarine
adj
Of a bluish-green colour.
noun
A bluish-green variety of beryl.
The bluish-green colour of the sea.
armiferous
armiferous
adj
(rare) Bearing arms or weapons.
armigerous
armigerous
adj
Entitled to bear a coat of arms.
artemisium
artemisium
Proper noun
A cape north of Euboea, Greece.
assimulate
assimulate
verb
(obsolete) To assimilate.
(obsolete) To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate.
assumptive
assumptive
adj
(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
audiometer
audiometer
noun
An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
augmenting
augmenting
verb
present participle of augment
augmentive
augmentive
adj
(linguistics) Changing the meaning to one that is a larger, more complete, or more elaborate version of the original sense.
Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
Supplementary; additional.
noun
(linguistics) An augmentive affix; augmentative.
Something that augments.
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
auriflamme
auriflamme
noun
Obsolete spelling of oriflamme
autodermic
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
autoimmune
autoimmune
adj
(pathology, immunology) Of or pertaining to autoimmunity.
automative
automative
adj
Relating to automation.
automatize
automatize
verb
To cause to be automated; to automate.
To make or become automatic.
autometric
autometric
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an autometry
automobile
automobile
adj
Self-moving; self-propelled.
noun
(US, Canada) A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
automolite
automolite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of gahnite.
automotive
automotive
adj
Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
noun
A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts
autonomies
autonomies
noun
plural of autonomy
autonomize
autonomize
verb
(transitive) To make autonomous.
autotelism
autotelism
noun
(art) In literature or art, the belief that a work, having been created, is a justification in and of itself. Poems with a unified rhetorical device to frame the poem in a singular idea.
The belief that an entity or event has within itself its own meaning or purpose.
autotheism
autotheism
noun
Belief that one is a deity.
Belief that one is possessed by a divine power.
The doctrine of the self-subsistence of God, especially of the second person in the Trinity.
Worship of oneself.
autotomies
autotomies
noun
plural of autotomy
autotomise
autotomise
verb
Alternative form of autotomize
autotomize
autotomize
verb
(transitive) To shed (a body part) by autotomy.
baumeister
beaumontia
bedouinism
bedouinism
noun
Nomadic desert life, like that of the bedouins.
bejumbling
bejumbling
verb
present participle of bejumble
bemuddling
bemuddling
verb
present participle of bemuddle
bemuslined
bemuslined
adj
Dressed or covered in muslin.
bemuzzling
beneficium
bermudians
besmudging
besmudging
verb
present participle of besmudge
besmutting
besmutting
verb
present participle of besmut
betacismus
bethumping
bethumping
verb
present participle of bethump
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
bimaculate
bimaculate
adj
Having two spots or similar marks
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bismuthate
bismuthate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion BiO₃⁻ of pentavalent bismuth; any salt containing this anion
bismuthide
bismuthide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any compound of bismuth with a more electropositive element
bismuthine
bismuthine
noun
(chemistry) any hydrocarbyl derivative of bismuthane
bismuthite
bismuthite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic bismuth carbonate mineral.
bitterbump
bituminate
bituminate
verb
(transitive) To treat or impregnate with bitumen.
bituminise
bituminise
verb
Alternative spelling of bituminize
bituminize
bituminize
verb
(transitive) to treat with bitumen
boedromius
boucherism
boumdienne
buchmanite
bumblekite
burlingame
buttermilk
buttermilk
noun
Cultured buttermilk, a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk, with a characteristically sour taste.
The liquid left over after producing butter from full cream milk by the churning process, also called traditional buttermilk.
butylamine
butylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic amines derived from butane
cacuminate
cacuminate
verb
(obsolete) To make sharp or pointed.
cadmiumize
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
calumniate
calumniate
verb
(transitive) To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage someone's reputation or standing.
(transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
capitellum
capitellum
noun
(botany, anatomy, arachnology) Synonym of capitulum
centaurium
centennium
centennium
noun
(rare) Synonym of century: A period of 100 years.
centiplume
ceramidium
ceramidium
noun
(phycology) In macroalgae in the Rhodomelaceae family, the urn-shaped envelope surrounding the sporogenous filaments of the cystocarp
ceruminous
ceruminous
adj
Having to do with cerumen (earwax).
chaucerism
chemehuevi
chemurgies
chemurgies
noun
plural of chemurgy
cherubimic
cherubimic
adj
Of or relating to cherubim.
chumminess
chumminess
noun
The state of being chummy.
chumpiness
cinerarium
cinerarium
noun
A place or receptacle for depositing the ashes of cremated people.
circuitmen
circumcise
circumcise
verb
(military, nautical, slang) To trim off the portion of the barrel liner of a large-caliber naval gun that protrudes from the end of the barrel as a result of the liner slowly stretching from prolonged fire.
(sometimes proscribed) To surgically remove the clitoris (clitoridectomy), clitoral hood, or labia.
To surgically remove the foreskin (prepuce) from a penis.
circumcone
circumdate
circumduce
circumduce
verb
(archaic, law, Scotland, transitive) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence.
circumflex
circumflex
adj
Curving around.
Having a circumflex mark.
noun
A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.
verb
To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
circumfuse
circumfuse
verb
To pour round; to spread round, as a fluid.
To spread round; to surround.
circummure
circummure
verb
(transitive) To surround with, or as if with, a wall.
circumpose
circumpose
verb
(obsolete) To place within an encircling space; to pot (a plant).
(obsolete) To put round; to place around; to place or arrange circularly.
circumvent
circumvent
verb
(transitive) to avoid or get around something; to bypass
(transitive) to outwit or outsmart
(transitive) to surround or besiege
circumvest
circumvest
verb
(obsolete) To cover round, as with a garment; to invest.
clementius
closterium
clubmobile
clubmobile
noun
A mobile clubroom, typically a converted trailer
clumsiness
clumsiness
noun
A lack of coordination or elegance; the condition or quality of being clumsy.
clupeiform
clupeiform
adj
(zoology) Belonging or relating to the order Clupeiformes of ray-finned fish, including herrings and anchovies
noun
Any fish of the order Clupeiformes
coenoecium
coenoecium
noun
(zoology) A polypary; a chitinous investment or covering of a coenosarc in hydroid hydrozoans.
collegiums
columbeion
columbidae
columbines
columbines
noun
plural of columbine
columellia
columnized
columnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of columnize
columnizes
columnizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of columnize
columnwise
columnwise
adj
By columns; one column at a time.
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.