Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
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.
accumulative
accumulative
adj
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.
adminiculary
adminiculary
adj
(obsolete) Adminicular.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
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
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
alloquialism
alloxuraemia
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.
aluminaphone
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
amblyacousia
ambulatorial
ambulatorial
adj
(zoology) ambulatory; adapted for walking; gressorial
ambulatories
ambulatories
noun
plural of ambulatory
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
ambulatorium
amidofluorid
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphimorulae
amphinucleus
amphophilous
amphophilous
adj
Synonym of amphophilic
amphoriloquy
amphoriloquy
noun
(medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity.
amputational
amputational
adj
Of or relating to amputation.
amyloleucite
androclinium
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
aneurilemmic
aneurismally
anguilliform
anguilliform
adj
Shaped like an eel.
Swimming in the manner of an eel.
noun
Any eel of the order Anguilliformes
animalculine
animalculine
adj
(obsolete, rare) Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.
animalculism
animalculism
noun
(biology, archaic) A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of animalcules.
(biology, archaic) The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism.
animalculist
animalculist
adj
(historical) Pertaining to animalculism.
noun
(historical) A believer in the theory that the embryo exists preformed within the spermatozoon; a proponent of animalculism.
(obsolete) Someone who studies animalcules.
animalculous
animalculous
adj
(archaic) Relating to animalcules.
anomaluridae
anopluriform
anteluminary
anthoclinium
antialbumose
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
antiopelmous
antiopelmous
adj
(zoology) Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
antipopulism
aouellimiden
aquaemanalia
archipallium
archipallium
noun
(anatomy) The oldest region of the brain's pallium, often considered contiguous with the olfactory cortex, but varying among species. In humans, the archipallium makes up the hippocampus.
aspergillums
aspergillums
noun
plural of aspergillum
assumability
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
atmidalbumin
aulostomidae
auriscalpium
auriscalpium
noun
Auriscalpium, a genus of mushrooms.
earpick
autochemical
autolimnetic
autolimnetic
adj
Living at the surface of a body of water.
automobiling
automobiling
verb
present participle of automobile
automobilism
automobilism
noun
(dated) The use of automobiles.
automobilist
automobilist
noun
(archaic) The driver of a motor vehicle.
automobility
automobility
noun
The utilization of automobiles as the major means of transportation and mobility.
autosymbolic
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
belimousined
bilingualism
bilingualism
noun
The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages.
bimillennium
biomolecular
biomolecular
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to biomolecules (especially macromolecules)
biomolecules
biomolecules
noun
plural of biomolecule
bivoluminous
bloomingburg
bloomsburian
bluebeardism
brimfullness
bristlemouth
bristlemouth
noun
A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.
bromouracils
bromouracils
noun
plural of bromouracil
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bullmastiffs
bullmastiffs
noun
plural of bullmastiff
bumblingness
calamiferous
calamiferous
adj
Producing reeds; reedy.
calamitously
calamitously
adv
In a calamitous manner.
californiums
calistheneum
calistheneum
noun
(dated) A gymnasium, especially one for light physical exercise by women and children.
calumniating
calumniating
verb
present participle of calumniate
calumniation
calumniation
noun
A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
calumniative
calumniators
calumniators
noun
plural of calumniator
calumniatory
calumniatory
adj
Containing calumny; slanderous.
calumniously
calumniously
adv
In the manner of a falsification intended to discredit another.
camouflaging
camouflaging
verb
present participle of camouflage
campanularia
capituliform
capituliform
adj
Resembling a capitulum.
caprimulgine
caudillismos
caudillismos
noun
plural of caudillismo
chamaelirium
chaulmoogric
chaulmoogric
adj
Relating to the chaulmoogra tree or to chaulmoogric acid, obtained from its seeds.
chemiculture
cherubimical
chlorambucil
chlorambucil
Noun
A particular drug used in chemotherapy.
cingulectomy
circumboreal
circumboreal
adj
(biogeography) Relating to the northern ecoregion of abundant forest growth particularly spanning Eurasia and North America
circumbuccal
circumbuccal
adj
(anatomy) Around the cheek
circumbulbar
circumcircle
circumcircle
noun
(geometry) A circle that passes through every vertex of a given triangle (or other polygon where possible)
circumflexes
circumflexes
noun
plural of circumflex
circumfluent
circumfluent
adj
Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
circumfluous
circumfluous
adj
circumfluent
circumfusile
circumfusile
adj
(nonce word) Capable of being poured or spread around.
circumjovial
circumjovial
adj
(astronomy, obsolete) In orbit around the planet Jupiter.
noun
(astronomy, obsolete) Any of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter.
circumlental
circumlocute
circumlocute
verb
To use circumlocution.
circumocular
circumocular
adj
That extends around the eye
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
circumvolute
circumvolute
verb
To roll, curl or twist around
circumvolved
circumvolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvolve
cirrocumular
cirrocumular
adj
Relating to cirrocumuli
cirrocumulus
cirrocumulus
noun
(physics, meteorology) A principal high-level cloud type appearing as a thin, white patch of cloud without shadows, composed of very small droplets in the form of grains or ripples. The elements may be merged or separate, and more or less regularly arranged; they subtend an angle of less than 1° when observed at an angle of more than 30° above the horizon. Holes or rifts often occur in a sheet of cirrocumulus. Abbreviated Cc.
citharexylum
cladosporium
clumpishness
clumsinesses
clumsinesses
noun
plural of clumsiness
coleosporium
collectarium
collectarium
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A book that contains the collects (type of prayer).
colliquament
colliquament
noun
The first rudiments of an embryo in generation.
columnarized
columnarized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of columnarize
columniation
columniation
noun
(architecture) An arrangement or grouping of columns
combustibles
combustibles
noun
plural of combustible
combustively
commodiously
commodiously
adv
In a commodious manner.
communalised
communalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communalise
communaliser
communalisms
communalisms
noun
plural of communalism
communalists
communalists
noun
plural of communalist
communalized
communalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communalize
communalizer
communalizes
communalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communalize
communicable
communicable
adj
(epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals.
Readily communicated.
Talkative or expansive.
communicably
communicably
adv
In a communicable manner.
commutuality
commutuality
noun
The quality of being commutual.
complaintful
complaintful
adj
(obsolete) Full of complaint.
complicitous
complicitous
adj
Complicit.
compulsative
compulsative
adj
(obsolete) compulsatory; employing force or constraint
compulsively
compulsively
adv
In a compulsive manner; obsessively.
compulsivity
compulsivity
noun
compulsion
compulsorily
compulsorily
adv
in a compulsory manner.
computerlike
computerlike
adj
Having some similarity to a computer.
conioselinum
connubialism
connubialism
noun
(formal) Marriage; married life.
consumptible
contumelious
contumelious
adj
(archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.