(law) The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement; transferring a legal title.
abbotnullius
abdominalian
abdominalian
adj
Of or relating to the abdominalia.
aberrational
aberrational
adj
Characterized by aberration.
abnormalcies
abnormalcies
noun
plural of abnormalcy
abnormalised
abnormalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abnormalise
abnormalized
abnormalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abnormalize
abolishments
abolishments
noun
plural of abolishment
abolitionary
abolitionary
adj
Relating to or favoring abolition.
abolitionise
abolitionise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abolitionize.
abolitionism
abolitionism
noun
(abortion) Support for the abolition (banning) of abortion.
(historical, US) Support for the abolition of slavery.
Support for the abolition (banning) of sex work.
Support for the abolition of prisons.
Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.
abolitionist
abolitionist
adj
(historical) In favor of the abolition of slavery.
noun
(historical, US) A person who favored or advocated the abolition of slavery.
A person who favors the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
abolitionize
abolitionize
verb
(transitive, rare, obsolete) To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.
aboriginally
aboriginally
adv
(Canada) By indigenous Canadians (often capitalized in this sense).
From or in the earliest known times.
In the period before contact with Europeans (especially with reference to peoples subjected to colonization).
To the utmost degree (modifying an adjective).
absolutizing
absolutizing
verb
present participle of absolutize
absorptional
absorptional
adj
Relating to absorption.
abstinential
abstinential
adj
of or pertaining to abstinence
acantholimon
acantholysis
acantholysis
noun
(medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.
accelerating
accelerating
noun
An act of acceleration.
verb
present participle of accelerate
acceleration
acceleration
noun
(countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
(physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
(uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
accentuality
accentuality
noun
The quality of being accentual.
accidentally
accidentally
adv
In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.
Unintentionally.
acclamations
acclamations
noun
plural of acclamation
acclimations
acclimations
noun
plural of acclimation
accumulating
accumulating
verb
present participle of accumulate
accumulation
accumulation
noun
(UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
(accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
(law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
A mass of something piled up or collected.
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
acetanilides
acetanilides
noun
plural of acetanilide
acetonitrile
acetonitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The simplest organic cyanide or nitrile, CH₃CN, formally derived from acetic acid
acetylations
acetylations
noun
plural of acetylation
acetylglycin
acetyltannin
acetyltannin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of acetyltannic acid
acherontical
achillodynia
achillodynia
noun
(pathology) pain due to achillobursitis
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acinotubular
acinotubular
adj
(anatomy) Having both acini and tubules
acriflavines
acriflavines
noun
plural of acriflavine
acronichally
actinologous
actinologous
adj
Relating to actinologues
actinostomal
acutilinguae
acutilingual
acutilingual
adj
(zoology) Having a sharply pointed tongue or oral region.
acutiplantar
adaptational
adaptational
adj
(biology) Applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished from morphological or structural changes.
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive
additionally
additionally
adv
By way of addition; in addition to; also.
addlebrained
addlebrained
adj
stupid and confused or muddled
adelocodonic
adelocodonic
adj
(zoology) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; opposed to phanerocodonic.
adenological
adenological
adj
Pertaining to adenology.
adenomalacia
adiponitrile
adiponitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The nitrile derived from adipic acid
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adminiculary
adminiculary
adj
(obsolete) Adminicular.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
admonitively
admonitively
adv
As an admonition.
admonitorial
admonitorial
adj
(rare) admonitory
admonitorily
admonitorily
adv
In an admonitory manner.
adosculation
adosculation
noun
(biology) impregnation by external contact, without intromission
adrianopolis
adulterating
adulterating
verb
present participle of adulterate
adulteration
adulteration
noun
The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.
aegirinolite
aeronautical
aeronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight
aerosolizing
aerosolizing
verb
present participle of aerosolize
aetiophyllin
affiliations
affiliations
noun
plural of affiliation
afflictingly
afflictingly
adv
In a way that causes affliction.
affrontingly
affrontingly
adv
in an affronting manner
agglutinable
agglutinable
adj
Able to be agglutinated; that readily undergoes agglutination
agglutinated
agglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate
agglutinates
agglutinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglutinate
agglutinator
agglutinator
noun
That which agglutinates
agglutinogen
agglutinogen
noun
(biochemistry) Any antigen that stimulates the production of an agglutinin
agglutogenic
agglutogenic
adj
Synonym of agglutinogenic
agnostically
agnostically
adv
In an agnostic manner; not having or expressing a firm opinion on something.
Toward, or from the perspective of, agnosticism.
alacreatinin
alarmingness
alarmingness
noun
The state or quality of being alarming.
albification
albification
noun
(obsolete) The act or process of making white.
albitization
albitization
noun
(mineralogy) conversion into albite
albopruinose
albuginaceae
albumeniizer
albumenising
albumenising
verb
present participle of albumenise
albumenizing
albumenizing
verb
present participle of albumenize
albuminiform
albuminising
albuminising
verb
present participle of albuminise
albuminizing
albuminizing
verb
present participle of albuminize
albuminoidal
albuminoidal
adj
(chemistry) Of the nature of an albuminoid.
albuminurias
albuminurias
noun
plural of albuminuria
alcantarines
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
alcoholising
alcoholising
verb
present participle of alcoholise
alcoholizing
alcoholizing
verb
present participle of alcoholize
alcoothionic
alcyonarians
alcyonarians
noun
plural of alcyonarian
alcyoniaceae
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
aldermanical
aldermanical
adj
Alternative form of aldermanic
aldermanlike
aldermanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an alderman.
aldermanries
aldermanries
noun
plural of aldermanry
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
aldolization
aldolization
noun
(organic chemistry) The formation of an aldol, normally from a corresponding aldehyde or ketone
alectoridine
alexandrines
alexandrines
noun
plural of alexandrine
alexandrinus
alexandrites
alexandrites
noun
plural of alexandrite
algebraizing
algebraizing
verb
present participle of algebraize
algodoncillo
algodoncillo
noun
Bauhinia picta, a fabaceous plant found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.
algolagniacs
algolagniacs
noun
plural of algolagniac
alienability
alienability
noun
(countable) An alienable transfer or sale
(uncountable) The quality of being alienable
alienigenate
alienigenate
adj
(obsolete, rare) foreign-born
alimentation
alimentation
noun
(biology) Nourishment, as a process or as a substance.
A French delicatessen.
alimentative
alimentative
adj
Nutritious, nourishing.
Relating to aliment
alkaligenous
alkaligenous
adj
Producing or generating alkali.
alkalinising
alkalinising
verb
present participle of alkalinise
alkalinities
alkalinities
noun
plural of alkalinity
alkalinizing
alkalinizing
verb
present participle of alkalinize
alkalisation
alkalisation
noun
Alternative form of alkalization
alkalization
alkalization
noun
alkalinization
alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria
noun
(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
allantoidean
allantoidian
allantoinase
allantoinase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that produces allantoate as part of purine metabolism.
allassotonic
allegorising
allegorising
noun
The act or process of making an allegory.
verb
present participle of allegorise
allegorizing
allegorizing
verb
present participle of allegorize
alleviations
alleviations
noun
plural of alleviation
alligatoring
alligatoring
noun
(painting) A pattern of cracking of paint on a surface leaving roughly hexagonal areas of uncracked paint.
(roofing) The cracking of the surfacing bitumen on a bituminous roof or coating on a SPF roof, producing a pattern of cracks similar to an alligator's hide.
verb
present participle of alligator
allioniaceae
alliterating
alliterating
verb
present participle of alliterate
alliteration
alliteration
noun
The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
alloantibody
alloantibody
noun
An antibody involved in alloimmunity.
alloantigens
alloantigens
noun
plural of alloantigen
allocaffeine
allocinnamic
allocrotonic
allografting
allografting
noun
The transplanting of an allograft
allomerizing
allophanamid
allopurinols
allopurinols
noun
plural of allopurinol
allosyndesis
allosyndesis
noun
(genetics) The meiotic pairing of nonhomologous chromosomes from an allopolyploid individual
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
allothigenic
allothogenic
alluringness
alluringness
noun
The state or quality of being alluring.
allusiveness
allusiveness
noun
The quality of being allusive.
almightiness
almightiness
noun
The state or quality of being almighty.
alnascharism
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
alphitomancy
alphitomancy
noun
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.