(anatomy, of an electrical current in a muscle) Away from the end and towards the centre
acetaminol
adterminal
albuminate
albuminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound of albumin and a base or acid
alightment
alightment
noun
The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
alimentary
alimentary
adj
Nourishing; nutritious.
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
alimenting
alimenting
verb
present participle of aliment
alimentive
alimentive
adj
Alternative form of alimentative
allegement
allegement
noun
(archaic) Allegation.
allotments
allotments
noun
plural of allotment
allurement
allurement
noun
An enticement, inducement or bait.
Attractiveness; appeal, charisma.
almacantar
almacantar
noun
Alternative form of almucantar
almucantar
almucantar
noun
(astronomy, archaic or historical) A small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon, that is used in astronomy and navigation to show altitude of a star or any other heavenly body.
(astronomy, archaic or historical) An instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross such a circle.
altrincham
altrincham
Proper noun
a town in Greater Manchester, England
amatungula
amatungula
noun
Carissa macrocarpa, a shrub native to Southern Africa.
ambivalent
ambivalent
adj
Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
ambulantes
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
ambulation
ambulation
Noun
walking around
ameliorant
ameliorant
noun
A substance that helps plants grow by improving the physical condition of the soil.
Anything that improves something else.
aminolytic
aminolytic
adj
Relating to aminolysis
aminoplast
amplectant
amplectant
adj
(botany) That clasps a support, especially by twining around it
clasping or embracing
ampliation
ampliation
noun
(law, civil law) A postponement of the decision of a cause for further consideration or reargument.
enlargement; amplification
ampulating
analcimite
analemmata
anatomical
anatomical
adj
Of or relating to anatomy or dissection.
anglemeter
anglemeter
noun
An instrument to measure angles, especially one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
anglesmith
animatedly
animatedly
adv
In an animated manner; with animation.
ankylotome
ankylotomy
annulments
annulments
noun
plural of annulment
anormality
anormality
noun
(obsolete) abnormality
antebellum
antebellum
adj
(US) Of the period prior to the American Civil War, especially in reference to the culture of the southern states.
Of the time period prior to a war.
antelabium
antemedial
antemedial
adj
(entomology) Situated before (i.e. closer to the head than) the middle of the thorax or wing.
antemortal
antetemple
antetemple
noun
The portico or narthex in an ancient temple or church.
anticlimax
anticlimax
noun
(narratology) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.
(rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.
antidromal
antidromal
adj
(botany) antidromous
(neurology) antidromic
antifemale
antifemale
adj
Averse to, or acting against, females.
noun
A genetic sequence that produces a non-feminine quality.
antilobium
antiloemic
antilogism
antilogism
noun
(logic) A false syllogism in which two premises contradict the third
antiloimic
antiloimic
adj
remedial against the plague
noun
(medicine) A remedy against the plague.
antimellin
antimonial
antimonial
adj
(dated, chemistry, pharmacology) Of or pertaining to antimony.
noun
Any drug or medical preparation containing antimony.
antinormal
anvilsmith
anvilsmith
noun
A person who makes blacksmiths' anvils.
aplanatism
aplanatism
noun
(optics) Freedom from spherical aberration.
appallment
appallment
noun
(obsolete) depression occasioned by terror; dismay
applotment
applotment
Noun
apportionment
argumental
argumental
adj
(linguistics) Based on arguments; pertaining to arguments.
assailment
assailment
noun
(now rare) The act of assailing.
assoilment
assoilment
noun
Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.
Act of soiling; defilement.
atramental
atramental
adj
Of or relating to ink; inky; black.
atterminal
automanual
automanual
adj
(historical, telephony) Being or relating to a system of telephony that combines automatic and manual features, such that the caller initially communicates with an operator who, after setting up the desired number on a keyboard, has no further interaction with the call.
autumnally
autumnally
adv
In an autumnal manner.
babblement
babblement
noun
(obsolete) babble
bafflement
bafflement
noun
(countable) Something that causes a state of confusion or puzzlement.
(uncountable) The state or result of being baffled, puzzled, or confused.
bandlimits
bandlimits
noun
plural of bandlimit
battlement
battlement
noun
(poetic) The towering roof of heaven.
Any high wall for defense.
In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
becalmment
befoolment
befoolment
noun
The condition of being befooled.
befoulment
befoulment
noun
That which makes or has been made soiled.
The act of befouling; soiling; making dirty.
belemnites
belemnites
noun
plural of belemnite
belemnitic
belemnitic
adj
Of or relating to belemnite.
beltmaking
beltmaking
noun
The manufacture of belts.
beminstrel
bewailment
bewailment
noun
The act of bewailing.
bilaminate
bilaminate
adj
Composed of two laminae
noun
A lamination of two laminae
blazonment
blazonment
noun
The act of blazoning.
blumenthal
boltmaking
boltmaking
noun
The manufacture of bolts.
bottomland
bottomland
noun
(chiefly US) Flat land along a river, lying a few feet above normal high water, often consisting of alluvial deposits and naturally fertile.
bubblement
buttonmold
butylamine
butylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic amines derived from butane
cajolement
cajolement
noun
The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
calamintha
calamitean
calumniate
calumniate
verb
(transitive) To levy a false charge against, especially of a vague offense, with the intent to damage someone's reputation or standing.
(transitive) To make hurtful untrue comments about.
camletting
cancelment
cancelment
noun
(dated) cancellation
catamenial
catamenial
adj
Of or relating to the menses or menstruation
catmalison
cementless
cementless
adj
Without cement.
cementlike
cementlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of cement.
centesimal
centesimal
adj
Describing a hundredth part
Divided into a hundred parts
centimolar
centimolar
adj
(chemistry) Of or relating to centimoles; one hundredth as concentrated as a molar solution.
centiplume
centralism
centralism
noun
A system that centralizes, especially an administration of some kind.
charlemont
chaumontel
cheltenham
cheltenham
Proper noun
A town in Gloucestershire, United Kingdom; famous for its racecourse.
clementina
clementine
clementine
noun
A type of small, sweet orange, the result of a cross between a tangerine and Seville orange.
clementius
clinometer
clinometer
noun
An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).
clinometry
clinometry
noun
(geology) The art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.
clothesman
clothesman
noun
Someone who sells clothes
clothesmen
clothesmen
noun
plural of clothesman
coambulant
colemanite
colemanite
noun
(mineralogy) A white, grey or colorless mineral form of calcium borate; a principal source of boron.
columnated
columnated
adj
(architecture) Having columns; columnar
columnates
columnates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of columnate
columnists
columnists
noun
plural of columnist
commonalty
commonalty
noun
A class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank; commoners.
A group of things having similar characteristics.
A shared feature.
The common people; the commonality.
The state or quality of having things in common.
communital
compellent
complacent
complacent
adj
Apathetic with regard to an apparent need or problem.
Uncritically satisfied with oneself or one's achievements; smug.
complaints
complaints
noun
plural of complaint
complanate
complanate
adj
Flattened to a level surface.
verb
(transitive) To make level.
complement
complement
noun
(astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
(biochemistry) Synonym of alexin
(computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
(computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
(computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
(computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
(economics) Abbreviation of complementary good.
(electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
(genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
(grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
(heraldry) Fullness (of the moon).
(immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
(logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
(music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
(nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
(now rare) Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation.
(obsolete) Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory.
(obsolete) The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment.
(optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment.
Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
verb
(obsolete) Old form of compliment
To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
completion
completion
noun
(American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
(law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
(mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
(mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
Misspelling of complement.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
conclamant
conclamant
adj
crying out or calling out together
coterminal
coterminal
adj
(category theory) Describing an object in a category, such that there is precisely one morphism that maps that object to every object in the category.
(geometry, of two angles) Differing only by a whole number of complete circles.
(university education, of a student) Simultaneously studying towards two or more separate degrees.
Coterminous: having the same scope or range, or meeting at the ends.
noun
(aviation) One of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing.
couplement
couplement
noun
(obsolete) union; combination; a coupling; a pair
culminated
culminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of culminate
culminates
culminates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate
cumulating
cumulating
verb
present participle of cumulate
cumulation
cumulation
noun
Accumulation.
The effect of free trade agreements on the rules of origin in calculating importation tariffs, quotas, etc.
dalmanites
dalmatians
dalmatians
noun
plural of dalmatian
dambonitol
dambonitol
noun
(organic chemistry) A di-O-methylinositol obtained from Dyera species.
danglement
dazzlement
dazzlement
noun
(sometimes figuratively) The condition of being dazzled.
A burst or flash of light; a cause of dazzling.
declaimant
declaimant
Noun
A declaimer.
defailment
defailment
noun
(obsolete) Failure.
defilement
defilement
noun
(military) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.
The act of defiling.
The state of being defiled.
delaminate
delaminate
verb
(intransitive) To come apart into its component layers.
(transitive) To cause (something assembled by lamination) to come apart into the layers that make it up.
delimiting
delimiting
adj
That serves to delimit.
noun
The act or point of something being delimited.
verb
present participle of delimit
delirament
delirament
noun
(obsolete) A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy.
dementedly
dementedly
adv
In a demented manner.
demolition
demolition
noun
The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.
demulcents
demulcents
noun
plural of demulcent
dentaliums
deployment
deployment
noun
(parachuting) the start of something
An arrangement or classification of things.
An implementation, or putting into use, of something.
The distribution of military forces prior to battle.
derailment
derailment
noun
(psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.
(rail transport) The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs.
devilments
devilments
noun
plural of devilment
dilatement
diminutely
dimplement
dimplement
noun
The state of being dimpled, or marked with gentle depressions.
dismantled
dismantled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dismantle
dismantler
dismantler
noun
One who dismantles.
dismantles
dismantles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dismantle
distilment
distilment
noun
The extract produced by distillation.
The process of distillation.
documental
documental
adj
(archaic) Of or relating to written evidence; documentary.