(archaic) Harsh and sharp, or bitter and not pleasant to the taste; acrid, pungent.
(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone.
acroclinium
acroclinium
noun
Any Australian plant of the former genus Acroclinium (now named Rhodanthe)
adjurations
adjurations
noun
plural of adjuration
adjustoring
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
aeronautics
aeronautics
noun
The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects
The theory and practice of aircraft navigation
aeronautism
aeronautism
noun
The practice of aeronautic travel.
aetosaurian
aetosaurian
noun
Any aetosaur of the order †Aetosauria
ailuromania
alcicornium
allopurinol
allopurinol
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic drug which inhibits uric acid formation, used to treat gout and related conditions.
aluminiform
aluminiform
adj
Having the form of alumina.
aluniferous
aminopurine
aminopurine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of a purine
amphithuron
anaerobious
anaerobious
adj
(archaic) anaerobic
anatiferous
anatiferous
adj
Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
androconium
androconium
noun
A specialised, glandular scale, on the forewings of some butterflies, that emits pheromones
androginous
androgonium
androtauric
anguimorpha
anisandrous
anisomerous
anisomerous
adj
(botany) Having the number of floral organs unequal.
annunciator
annunciator
noun
(UK, railways) A buzzer in a signal box that sounds when a train activates a treadle positioned on the track, and thus provides a warning or announcement of a nearby train.
A signalling device that shows which of several electrical circuits is active, especially such a device in a telephone switchboard
An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
Anything that announces something
anticarious
anticarious
adj
(dentistry) That prevents, or counteracts caries
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
antineutron
antineutron
noun
(physics) The antiparticle corresponding to a neutron.
antipopular
antipopular
adj
Opposing the people.
antisudoral
antisudoral
adj
Preventing sweating.
antitropous
antitropous
adj
(botany) Displaying, of, or pertaining to antitropy.
antitumoral
antitumoral
adj
(oncology) antitumor
aponeurosis
aponeurosis
noun
(anatomy) A flattened pearly white fibrous membrane taking the place of a tendon that binds together and forms the terminations and attachments of muscles or connects them to other body parts like skin or bone.
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archineuron
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
arenicolous
arenicolous
adj
(biology) living or burrowing in sand
arundineous
arundineous
adj
(rare) Abounding in reeds; reedy.
astronautic
astronautic
adj
Of or pertaining to astronautics.
attribution
attribution
noun
(law) A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.
An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
The act of attributing something.
auctioneers
auctioneers
noun
plural of auctioneer
aurocyanide
aurocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, Au(CN)₂⁻, produced when gold is dissolved as part of the cyanide process.
aurodiamine
austronesia
austronesia
Proper noun
The Pacific islands of Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia considered as a group.
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
autocarpian
autoturning
belabouring
belabouring
verb
present participle of belabour
belorussian
bernoullian
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
binocularly
binocularly
adv
In a binocular manner.
bistournage
boragineous
boragineous
adj
(botany) Relating to the borage tribe; boraginaceous.
bourbonnais
bromalbumin
brontosauri
brontosauri
noun
plural of brontosaurus
buccinators
buccinators
noun
plural of buccinator
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
bucerotinae
californium
californium
noun
A strongly radioactive and highly fissile transuranic chemical element (symbol Cf) with an atomic number of 98.
calumniator
calumniator
noun
A person who calumniates (slanders, or makes personal attacks upon, others).
capricornus
capricornus
Proper noun
A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a goat.
Capricorn.
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
carbolineum
carbolineum
noun
An oily, water-insoluble, flammable, dark brown coal tar mixture, formerly used to preserve wooden structures.
carbonnieux
carburation
carburation
noun
Alternative spelling of carburetion
carburetion
carburetion
noun
The process, such as occurs in a carburetor, of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion for combustion.
cardionosus
carilloneur
carilloneur
noun
someone who plays the carillon; a carillonist
cariousness
cariousness
noun
the state or quality of being carious, an advanced state of corrosion.
carnaptious
carnaptious
adj
bad-tempered, quarrelsome, snappy
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
carnivorous
carnivorous
adj
(botany) Insectivorous: capable of trapping insects and absorbing nutrient from them.
Of, or relating to carnivores, or the taxonomic order Carnivora.
Predatory or flesh-eating.
carousingly
carousingly
adv
in a carousing manner
carpogonium
carpogonium
noun
(biology) The female organ in the red algae (Rhodophyta), having an elongated process which is the receptive organ for the male gametes
catercousin
centuriator
centuriator
noun
A historian who distinguishes time by centuries, especially one of those who wrote the Magdeburg Centuries.
chontaquiro
cineraceous
cineraceous
adj
Like ashes; ash-coloured; cinerous.
circulation
circulation
noun
(strictly) The movement of the blood in the circulatory system, by which it is brought into close relations with the cells and tissues of the body; (loosely) the circulatory system.
Currency; circulating coins; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.
The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.
The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.
The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measurement of diffusion
The movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.
clangouring
clangouring
verb
present participle of clangour
coauthoring
coauthoring
verb
present participle of coauthor
cocautioner
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
coinsurable
coinsurance
coinsurance
noun
(US) The joint assumption of risk between the insurer and the insured party.
(international) The joint assumption of risk between multiple insurers.
collunarium
colouration
colouration
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of coloration
columnarian
columnarity
columnarity
noun
The state or quality of being columnar.
communitary
concubinary
concubinary
adj
Of or pertaining to a concubine
noun
The state of being a concubine
condurangin
condurangin
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two poisonous glucosides obtained from condurango.
configurate
configurate
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take form or position, like the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
(transitive, obsolete) To configure; to arrange or shape.
conjuration
conjuration
noun
(obsolete) A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy.
(obsolete) The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner, or binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.
A magic trick.
Conjuring, legerdemain or magic.
connaisseur
connaisseur
noun
A specialist of a given field, especially in one of the fine arts or in a matter of taste: a connoisseur.
consularity
consularity
noun
The office or tenure of a consul; consulship.
continuator
continuator
noun
A person who continues the work of another
contrarious
contrarious
adj
(archaic, of persons) Tending to counter, oppose, resist, argue.
(archaic, of things) Harmful, vexatious.
conurbation
conurbation
noun
A continuous aggregation of built-up urban communities created as a result of urban sprawl.
corniculate
corniculate
adj
Having processes resembling small horns.
Horned; having horns.
cornucopiae
cornucopian
cornucopian
adj
in great abundance, very abundant
cornucopias
cornucopias
noun
plural of cornucopia
coronavirus
coronavirus
noun
(metonymically) An illness caused by a coronavirus.
(often the intended sense, since 2020) SARS-CoV-2, the specific coronavirus that causes the infectious disease COVID-19.
(virology) A member of the family Coronaviridae, comprising viruses which infect animals and human beings, and the genome of which consists of a single strand of RNA.
COVID-19, the disease caused by the specific coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
corrugating
corrugating
verb
present participle of corrugate
corrugation
corrugation
noun
The process of corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.
cortinarius
coruminacan
coruscating
coruscating
verb
present participle of coruscate
coruscation
coruscation
noun
A sudden display of brilliance; a flashing of light; a sparkle.
councillary
couniversal
counteridea
counteridea
noun
An opposite idea.
countermaid
counterraid
counterraid
noun
A raid carried out in response to another raid.
verb
To carry out a counterraid.
countertail
countervail
countervail
verb
(obsolete) To have the same value or number as.
To compensate for.
To counteract, counterbalance or neutralize.
countervair
countervair
noun
(heraldry) A heraldic fur resembling vair, except in the arrangement of the patches or figures: succeeding rows are reversed instead of staggered, so the bases of the panes of each tincture are opposite those of the same tincture in adjoining rows.
countrieman
couseranite
craniopagus
craniopagus
noun
(medicine) A pair of conjoined twins joined at the head.
Either of the individual twins of such a pair.
crenulation
crenulation
noun
A minute crenation.
The state of being minutely scalloped.
criniparous
cruentation
cruentation
noun
The bleeding on the corpse of a murder victim, which was superstitiously believed to occur spontaneously in the presence of the murderer.
cuprammonia
curiomaniac
curiomaniac
noun
A person who is addicted to collecting curios.
decurionate
decurionate
noun
The position or office of a decurion.
decurvation
deinosauria
delusionary
delusionary
adj
(psychology) Delusional.
dentiparous
dentiparous
adj
tooth-bearing
denunciator
denunciator
noun
One who denounces, publishes, or proclaims, especially intended or coming evil; one who threatens or accuses.
dermutation
desucration
deuteration
deuteration
noun
(chemistry) deuteriation
dicoumarins
dinosaurian
dinosaurian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Dinosaurian.
Of, relating to, or resembling a dinosaur.
noun
A dinosaur.
diploneural
diploneural
adj
(anatomy) Furnished with two nerves that origin at different points.
eidouranion
eidouranion
noun
(astronomy, historical) A kind of orrery that combined mechanical movement with a method of back projection.
elutriation
elutriation
noun
The process of separating the lighter particles from the heavier ones by means of an upward directed stream of gas or liquid.
encouraging
encouraging
adj
auspicious, or bringing good luck
giving courage, confidence or hope
supporting by giving encouragement
noun
encouragement
verb
present participle of encourage
endocardium
endocardium
noun
(anatomy, cardiology) A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.
endocranium
endocranium
noun
(anatomy) The layer between the dura mater and the skull
endoneurial
endoneurial
adj
Of or pertaining to the endoneurium.
enumeration
enumeration
noun
(programming) A data type that allows variables to have any of a predefined set of values.
A detailed account, in which each thing is specially noticed.
A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
The act of enumerating, making separate mention, or recounting.