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.
accustomized
accustomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustomize
aceratherium
achromaturia
achromaturia
noun
(pathology) The lack of pigments (especially bile pigments) in the urine
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
ambidextrous
ambidextrous
adj
(archaic) Practising or siding with both parties.
(humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
ambisextrous
ambisextrous
adj
(humorous, sometimes offensive, of a person) Bisexual.
Epicene, androgynous.
Having both male and female, or masculine and feminine elements.
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
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
ammoniureted
amphicyrtous
amphipneusta
amphistomous
amphistomous
adj
(zoology) Having a sucker at each extremity.
amphithecium
amphithurons
amphitropous
amphitropous
adj
(botany) Having the ovule bent so that the ends are near each other.
amputational
amputational
adj
Of or relating to amputation.
amyloleucite
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
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.
anisostomous
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
anteluminary
antependiums
antependiums
noun
plural of antependium
anthoclinium
antialbumose
anticonsumer
anticonsumer
adj
Opposing the consumer.
noun
A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
antihumanism
antihumanism
noun
(philosophy, ethics) Opposition to humanism.
antihumanist
antihumanist
adj
(ethics) Opposing humanism
noun
(ethics) One who opposes humanism.
antihumanity
antihumanity
noun
The quality of being hostile towards humanity.
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
antimoniuret
antimoniuret
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An antimonide.
antimosquito
antimosquito
adj
Countering mosquitos.
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.
antiopiumist
antiopiumist
noun
(historical) One who opposes the use of the drug opium.
antiopiumite
antipopulism
antirrhinums
antirrhinums
noun
plural of antirrhinum
antistrumous
antistrumous
adj
(medicine) Acting against scrofulous disorders.
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
anutraminosa
apneumatosis
apneumatosis
noun
(medicine) atelectasis
aposaturnium
aposaturnium
noun
(astronomy) Apoapsis around Saturn
arceuthobium
aristomachus
assumability
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
astispumante
atmidalbumin
atmospherium
audiometries
audiometries
noun
plural of audiometry
audiometrist
audiometrist
noun
A technician who carries out audiometry.
augmentation
augmentation
noun
(Scotland, law) An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.
(heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
(medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
(medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
(music) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
The act or process of augmenting.
augmentative
augmentative
adj
Growing, enlarging, increasing.
noun
(grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
aulostomidae
autobasidium
autobasidium
noun
(mycology) Synonym of holobasidium
autochemical
autoerotisms
autoerotisms
noun
plural of autoerotism
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
autoimmunity
autoimmunity
noun
(pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
autoimmunize
autolimnetic
autolimnetic
adj
Living at the surface of a body of water.
automaticity
automaticity
noun
(medicine) The ability of the heart muscles to contract independently of each other when separated or in unison when reattached in whole or in groups.
The ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required.
The process of one thing automatically following another.
automatizing
automatizing
verb
present participle of automatize
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.
automorphism
automorphism
noun
(algebra) An isomorphism of a mathematical object or system of objects onto itself.
The ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autorhythmic
autorhythmic
adj
That generates its own rhythm
autosoterism
autosoterism
noun
(religion) The belief that salvation is attained through oneself and not an external agency
autosymbolic
autotomising
autotomising
verb
present participle of autotomise
autotomizing
autotomizing
verb
present participle of autotomize
autotoxaemia
autotoxaemia
noun
autointoxication
ayuntamiento
ayuntamiento
noun
A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
barquisimeto
baumhauerite
baumhauerite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, lead, and sulfur.
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
biscuitmaker
bismuthinite
bismuthinite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft bismuth sulfide mineral, an important ore for bismuth.
bituminising
bituminising
verb
present participle of bituminise
bituminizing
bituminizing
verb
present participle of bituminize
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.
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bulletmaking
bulletmaking
noun
The manufacture of bullets.
bullmastiffs
bullmastiffs
noun
plural of bullmastiff
buttermaking
butyrometric
butyrometric
adj
Measured using a butyrometer
Relating to butyrometry
cacumination
calamitously
calamitously
adv
In a calamitous manner.
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.
capituliform
capituliform
adj
Resembling a capitulum.
catamountain
catamountain
noun
(also attributively) A leopard, a panther (Panthera pardus); also, an ocelot (Leopardus pardalis).
(by extension) A man living in the mountains.
causationism
causationism
noun
(philosophy) Belief in a first cause.
cementitious
cementitious
adj
Resembling or having some properties of cement.
centauridium
centumvirate
centumvirate
noun
A group of one hundred people, especially (politics) a council of about 100 men who share power or rule, particularly (historical) such a group in ancient Rome.
chamaecistus
chemiculture
chimonanthus
chimonanthus
noun
Any Asian shrub of the genus Chimonanthus, especially a form of allspice
chirotherium
chuquicamata
cinematheque
cinematheque
noun
A film archive with small cinemas, screening classic and art-house films.
cingulectomy
circumaction
circumarctic
circumarctic
adj
Lying around the Arctic.
circumaviate
circumcenter
circumcenter
noun
(geometry) The center of a circumcircle (the circle that passes through every vertex of a given triangle or other cyclic polygon).
circumducted
circumducted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumduct
circumferent
circumfluent
circumfluent
adj
Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid.
circumgyrate
circumgyrate
verb
(intransitive) To be formed into a bent or curved shape (around something).
(intransitive) To make circuits (around an area or space).
(intransitive) To move around something.
(intransitive) To turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
(transitive) To cause to move around something; to cause to orbit.
(transitive) To cause to turn in a circle around an axis or fixed point.
(transitive) To form into a bent or curved shape.
circumjacent
circumjacent
adj
(archaic, literary) Lying or located in the area around something.
circumlental
circumlocute
circumlocute
verb
To use circumlocution.
circumnatant
circumnutate
circumnutate
verb
(botany) to bend in a direction that is continuously moving in a horizontal direction
circumrotate
circumrotate
verb
(intransitive) To revolve
circumscript
circumscript
adj
Limited, circumscribed.
circumstance
circumstance
noun
An event; a fact; a particular incident.
Circumlocution; detail.
Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.
Something which is related to, or in some way affects, a fact or event.
verb
To place in a particular situation, especially with regard to money or other resources.
circumvented
circumvented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumvent
circumventer
circumventer
noun
Alternative form of circumventor
circumventor
circumventor
noun
A person who circumvents
circumvolant
circumvolant
adj
flying around
circumvolute
circumvolute
verb
To roll, curl or twist around
citharexylum
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.
columniation
columniation
noun
(architecture) An arrangement or grouping of columns
comburimeter
comburimeter
noun
(obsolete) An instrument for measuring how comburivorous a substance is.
comburimetry
comburimetry
noun
(obsolete) The measurement of how comburivorous a substance is.
combustibles
combustibles
noun
plural of combustible
combustively
comminutions
comminutions
noun
plural of comminution
communalists
communalists
noun
plural of communalist
communicants
communicants
noun
plural of communicant
communicated
communicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of communicate
communicatee
communicatee
noun
The person who is communicated to, or who receives a communication.
communicates
communicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of communicate