(medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.
acaulescence
acaulescence
noun
The condition of being acaulescent
accelerandos
accelerandos
noun
plural of accelerando
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
accompanable
accompanable
adj
(obsolete) sociable
accomplement
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
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
acetylenogen
acetylglycin
acetylphenol
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
acknowledged
acknowledged
adj
Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledg
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledge
acknowledger
acknowledger
noun
One who acknowledges.
acknowledges
acknowledges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acknowledge
acriflavines
acriflavines
noun
plural of acriflavine
acrogenously
acrogenously
adv
In an acrogenous manner.
acronichally
acronychally
actinologous
actinologous
adj
Relating to actinologues
actinostomal
acutenaculum
acutilinguae
acutilingual
acutilingual
adj
(zoology) Having a sharply pointed tongue or oral region.
acutiplantar
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
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adminiculary
adminiculary
adj
(obsolete) Adminicular.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
adolescences
adolescences
noun
plural of adolescence
adolescently
adolescently
adv
In a adolescent manner; like a teenager.
adosculation
adosculation
noun
(biology) impregnation by external contact, without intromission
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
aeronautical
aeronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight
afflictingly
afflictingly
adv
In a way that causes affliction.
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.
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
alacreatinin
alalcomeneus
albification
albification
noun
(obsolete) The act or process of making white.
albuginaceae
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
aldermanical
aldermanical
adj
Alternative form of aldermanic
alectoridine
algodoncillo
algodoncillo
noun
Bauhinia picta, a fabaceous plant found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.
algolagniacs
algolagniacs
noun
plural of algolagniac
alkalescence
alkalescence
noun
A tendency to become alkaline.
The state of a substance in which alkaline properties begin to be developed, or to predominate.
alkalescency
alkalescency
noun
Alternative form of alkalescence
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
allassotonic
allioniaceae
allocaffeine
allocinnamic
allocrotonic
allocthonous
allocthonous
adj
Misspelling of allochthonous.
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
allothigenic
allothogenic
alnascharism
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
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.
altercations
altercations
noun
plural of altercation
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
altingiaceae
altiplanicie
ambivalences
ambivalences
noun
plural of ambivalence
amicableness
amicableness
noun
The state or quality of being amicable.
aminomalonic
aminoplastic
aminoplastic
noun
melamine/formaldehyde resin
aminovaleric
amniochorial
amniochorial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the amnion and the chorion
amnioclepsis
amoxicillins
amoxicillins
noun
plural of amoxicillin
amoxycillins
amoxycillins
noun
plural of amoxycillin
amphicoelian
amphicoelian
adj
amphicoelous
amphicondyla
amphinucleus
amygdaloncus
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
anacephalize
anachronical
anachronical
Adjective
Not in the correct date order. Chronologically incorrect.
anacoluthons
anacoluthons
noun
plural of anacoluthon
anagenetical
anaglyphical
anaglyphical
adj
Alternative form of anaglyphic
anaglyptical
anagogically
anagogically
adv
In terms of, or by means of, anagoge.
anallagmatic
anallagmatic
adj
(mathematics) Not changed in form by inversion.
analogically
analogically
adv
In an analogical manner; in the manner of an analogy.
analphabetic
analphabetic
adj
(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
noun
An illiterate person.
analytically
analytically
adv
In an analytical manner.
anapaestical
anapaestical
Adjective
anapestic
anaphylactic
anaphylactic
adj
Pertaining to anaphylaxis.
anaphylactin
anaptyctical
anaptyctical
adj
Relating to anaptyxis.
anarchically
anarchically
adv
In an anarchic manner; in the manner of anarchy.
anatomically
anatomically
adv
Pertaining to the anatomy.
anchoretical
anchoretical
adj
anchoretic
anchoritical
anchorpeople
ancylocladus
ancylostomum
androclinium
anecdotalism
anecdotalism
noun
A predisposition to relate anecdotes.
anecdotalist
anecdotalist
noun
One who recounts anecdotes, or uses them instead of experimental evidence in a field of study.
anelasticity
anelasticity
noun
The property of being anelastic.
anemoclastic
anemological
anemological
adj
Relating to anemology.
anencephalia
anencephalic
anencephalic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting anencephaly.
anencephalus
anencephalus
noun
anencephaly
aneurilemmic
angelophanic
angioblastic
angioblastic
adj
Relating to angioblasts.
angiomalacia
anglicanisms
anglophiliac
anglophiliac
Adjective
Anglophilic
Noun
Anglophile
anglophobiac
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
anhaemolytic
anilinctuses
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.
anisodactyla
anisodactyle
anisodactyli
announceable
announceable
adj
Able to be announced.
noun
(informal) A positive-sounding news item suitable for public announcement; a sound bite.
anococcygeal
anococcygeal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the anus and coccyx.
anomaloscope
anomaloscope
noun
(ophthalmology) An instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception.