(signal processing, graphics, sound recording) Distortion caused by a low sampling rate, such as a moiré effect or jaggies.
verb
present participle of alias
alienees
alienees
noun
plural of alienee
alieners
alieners
noun
plural of aliener
alienism
alienism
noun
(archaic) The study or treatment of mental disorders; psychiatry.
A foreignism, a word (or trait, etc) from another language (or country, etc).
The fact or position of being an alien; alienage.
alienist
alienist
noun
(dated) A psychiatrist
(dated) An expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications.
alienors
alienors
noun
plural of alienor
aligners
aligners
noun
plural of aligner
aliments
aliments
noun
plural of aliment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aliment
alinasal
alinasal
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to expansions of the nasal bone or cartilage.
alkanets
alkanets
noun
plural of alkanet
alkarsin
alkarsin
Noun
cacodyl
allanson
allicins
allicins
noun
plural of allicin
allision
allision
noun
(nautical) The striking of a vessel against a fixed object; the act of alliding or an instance thereof.
(rare) The act of dashing against or striking upon.
allonges
allonges
noun
plural of allonge
allonyms
allonyms
noun
plural of allonym
alloxans
alloxans
noun
plural of alloxan
allusion
allusion
noun
An indirect reference; a hint; a reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned
almanacs
almanacs
noun
plural of almanac
almoners
almoners
noun
plural of almoner
alnicoes
alphonsa
alphonse
alphonso
alphonso
Proper noun
name, variant of Alfonso.
alphorns
alphorns
noun
plural of alphorn
alpinism
alpinism
noun
(sometimes capitalized) Mountain climbing.
alpinist
alpinist
adj
(skiing) Pertaining to alpine skiing or downhill skiing.
Of or pertaining to alpinism.
noun
(skiing) Synonym of alpine skier
(skiing, sometimes capitalized) A downhill skier who practises the sport on high mountains.
(sometimes capitalized) A mountain climber, especially in the European Alps or in ranges of similar ruggedness and elevation.
alsatian
alsatian
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Alsatian
alstonia
alstonia
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Alstonia of evergreen trees and shrubs in the dogbane family Apocynaceae.
althorns
althorns
noun
plural of althorn
altschin
aluminas
aluminas
noun
plural of alumina
alumines
alunites
alunites
noun
plural of alunite
alverson
amalings
amanitas
amanitas
noun
plural of amanita
amassing
amassing
verb
present participle of amass
amazonas
amazonis
amberson
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
amboinas
amboinas
noun
plural of amboina
amboynas
amboynas
noun
plural of amboyna
ambrosin
ambrosin
noun
(numismatics) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose on its horseback.
(organic chemistry) The sesquiterpene lactone (3aS,6S,6aR,9aR,9bR)-6,9a-dimethyl-3-methylidene-3a,4,5,6,6a,9b-hexahydroazuleno[8,7-b]furan-2,9-dione present in Ambrosia maritima
amenders
amenders
noun
plural of amender
amentias
amentias
noun
plural of amentia
amerinds
amiantus
amiantus
noun
Alternative spelling of amianthus
amidines
amidines
noun
plural of amidine
amidones
amidones
noun
plural of amidone
aminosis
amissing
amissing
adj
Missing, lacking.
amission
amission
noun
(obsolete) deprivation; loss
ammianus
ammonals
ammonals
noun
plural of ammonal
ammonias
ammonias
noun
plural of ammonia
amnesiac
amnesiac
noun
Person who suffers from loss of memory (amnesia).
amnesias
amnesias
noun
plural of amnesia
amnesics
amnesics
noun
plural of amnesic
amnestic
amnestic
adj
(medicine) Synonym of amnesic (adj).
noun
Synonym of amnesic (noun)
amniotes
amniotes
noun
plural of amniote
amotions
amotions
noun
plural of amotion
amundsen
amylenes
amylenes
noun
plural of amylene
anabases
anabases
noun
plural of anabasis
anabasin
anabasis
anabasis
noun
(historical) A military march up-country, especially that of Cyrus the Younger into Asia.
(obsolete) The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation.
anabasse
anableps
anableps
noun
Any of the genus Anableps of "four-eyed" fishes (having eyes raised above the top of the head and divided into two parts) found in brackish waters in northern South America and Trinidad.
anacusia
anacusic
anacusic
adj
(medicine) Totally deaf.
anacusis
anacusis
noun
(medicine) Total deafness.
anaemias
anaemias
noun
plural of anaemia
anagnost
anagnost
noun
(now chiefly historical) Someone who reads aloud, especially who reads lessons, passages etc. during a church service.
anagoges
anagoges
noun
plural of anagoge
anagrams
anagrams
noun
plural of anagram
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anagram
anagyris
analabos
analects
analects
noun
A collection of excerpts or quotes.
analepsy
analepsy
noun
(medicine) analepsis
analgias
analgias
noun
plural of analgia
analiese
anallese
anallise
analysed
analysed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analyse
analyser
analyser
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of analyzer
analyses
analyses
noun
plural of analysis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of analyse
analysis
analysis
noun
(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory etc.).
(countable) The result of such a process.
(countable, chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
(countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
(countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.
(uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
(uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises.
analysts
analysts
noun
plural of analyst
analyzes
analyzes
noun
plural of analyzis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of analyze
anamoose
anamoose
Proper noun
A city/town in North Dakota.
anapaest
anapaest
noun
(UK) Alternative form of anapest
anapests
anapests
noun
plural of anapest
anaphase
anaphase
noun
(cytology) The stage of mitosis and meiosis during which the chromosomes separate; the chromatid moving to opposite poles of the cell.
anaplasm
anapolis
anapsida
anasarca
anasarca
noun
(medicine) Severe generalised oedema.
anasazis
anasitch
anaspida
anastase
anastate
anastate
noun
(biology) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm.
anastice
anatases
anatases
noun
plural of anatase
anatexes
anatexis
anatexis
noun
(geology) The metamorphism of plutonic rock into magma in the lower levels of the crust
ancestor
ancestor
noun
(figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
(law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
(linguistics) A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
An earlier type; a progenitor
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
verb
(transitive) To be an ancestor of.
ancestry
ancestry
noun
A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
anchises
anchises
Proper noun
A mythical Trojan elder in the Iliad and the Aeneid, father of Aeneas.
anchusas
anchusas
noun
plural of anchusa
anchusin
anchusin
noun
(organic chemistry) A resinoid colouring matter obtained from alkanet root.
ancients
ancients
noun
The people of classical antiquity, especially such writers and philosophers.
plural of ancient
ancillas
anconeus
anconeus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
ancylose
andantes
andantes
noun
plural of andante
andersen
anderson
anderson
Proper noun
Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world named after persons with the surname:
a city in Indiana, USA
a city in South Carolina, USA
andesine
andesine
noun
(mineralogy) Sodium calcium aluminum silicate, (Na_xCa_xAlSi_3O_8), a plagioclase feldspar, the third member of the albite-anorthite solid solution series. Found in fine-grained andesite lavas; crystals are rarely seen.
andesite
andesite
noun
(geology) Any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock, of volcanic origin, containing mostly plagioclase feldspar.
andesyte
andesyte
noun
Alternative spelling of andesite
andirons
andirons
noun
plural of andiron
andrassy
andrewes
androids
androids
noun
plural of android
androsin
anemious
anemious
adj
Pertaining to anemia.
anemones
anemones
noun
plural of anemone
anemoses
anemosis
anemosis
noun
A shake in timber caused by high winds.
anemotis
anergias
anergies
anergies
noun
plural of anergy
aneroids
aneroids
noun
plural of aneroid
anesthyl
anestrus
anestrus
noun
In some female animals, a spell of sexual respite in between breeding periods.
anethols
anethols
noun
plural of anethol
aneurins
aneurism
aneurism
noun
Alternative spelling of aneurysm
aneurysm
aneurysm
noun
(pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
angakoks
angakoks
noun
plural of angakok
angarias
angarias
noun
plural of angaria
angaries
angaries
noun
plural of angary
angiitis
angiitis
noun
A condition where blood or lymph vessels are inflamed.
anginose
anginose
adj
(dated) Relating to angina; anginous.
anginous
anginous
adj
Of or pertaining to angina, especially to angina pectoris
angiomas
angiomas
noun
plural of angioma
angiosis
angiosis
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels
anglaise
anglesey
anglesey
Proper noun
An island and traditional county at the northwestern extremity of north Wales. It is separated from Caernarfonshire on the mainland by a narrow stretch of water called the Menai Strait.