A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
acceptant
acceptant
adj
accepting; receiving.
noun
One who accepts something.
accepting
accepting
adj
Characterized by acceptance.
verb
present participle of accept
acception
acception
noun
(obsolete) Acceptation; received meaning.
accipient
accipient
noun
(obsolete) Someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives).
actinopod
actinopod
noun
(zoology) Any member of the variously ranked group Actinopoda of protozoa.
adaptions
adaptions
noun
plural of adaption
ademption
ademption
noun
(law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.
adeptness
adeptness
noun
The quality of being adept.
adespoton
adoptions
adoptions
noun
plural of adoption
afterpain
afterpain
noun
(pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
agitpunkt
alkaptone
allenport
alphonist
alpinists
alpinists
noun
plural of alpinist
altiplano
altiplano
noun
a high plateau
amphitene
amphitron
anaglypta
anaglypta
noun
A thick, embossed wallpaper.
analeptic
analeptic
adj
Of or relating to analepsis (a form of flashback).
That restores or stimulates health.
noun
A restorative or stimulative medication, especially one used to overcome depression.
anapaests
anapaests
noun
plural of anapaest
anapestic
anapestic
adj
of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry (see also limeric or limerick).
of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum. Surdo literally means "deaf" in Brasilian Portuguese, and the surdo drums play the bass parts in a samba rhythm as performed by a batucada (drumming ensemble) during the Carnaval celebration.
of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human?) heartbeat pattern.
of, or relating to, or composed of an anapest.
noun
A verse that contains anapestic feet
anaplasty
anaplasty
noun
(surgery) The restoration of lost parts or the normal shape by the use of healthy tissue.
anaptotic
anaptotic
adj
(linguistics) Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay.
anaptychi
anaptychi
noun
plural of anaptychus
anaptyxes
anaptyxes
noun
plural of anaptyxis
anaptyxis
anaptyxis
noun
(phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
anatopism
anatopism
noun
(rare) A thing that is out of its proper place; the geographic counterpart to anachronism.
anatropal
anatropal
adj
(botany) anatropous
anatropia
anatropia
noun
(medicine) A disorder of the vision. Deviation of the visual axis of one eye upwards when the other eye is fixing; anaphoria.
(medicine) A tendency for both eyes to look upward.
ancipital
ancipital
adj
(botany) Two-edged instead of round; said of certain flattened stems, such as those of bluegrass, and rarely also of leaves.
Double; doubtful or ambiguous.
anotropia
antapexes
antapices
antapices
noun
plural of antapex
antapocha
antelopes
antelopes
noun
plural of antelope
antepasts
antepasts
noun
plural of antepast
anteporch
antetypes
antetypes
noun
plural of antetype
anthocarp
anthocarp
noun
(botany) A collective, composite or aggregated fruit formed from an entire inflorescence, as in the sorosis of a pineapple or the syconus of a fig.
(botany) A composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth.
(botany) A fruit formed by the union of the floral organs or part of them, with the fruit itself, as in Nyctagineae; also applied to fruits with accessories, sometimes termed pseudocarps, as the strawberry and pineapple.
(botany) A fruit resulting from many flowers, such as the pineapple; a fruit of which the perianth or the torus forms part.
(botany) In the Nyctaginaceae, individual apetalous flowers have a tubular, petaloid calyx that resembles a sympetalous corolla. The lower portion of the calyx tightly enwraps the one-seeded achene and is persistent around the fruit as an anthocarp. The calyx base plus the enclosed seed-bearing achene is the unit of dispersal.
(botany) Lower part of a perianth containing the fruit, the upper part having dropped away, well seen in plants of the family Nyctaginaceae.
anthropic
anthropic
adj
Of or pertaining to mankind or humans, or the period of humanity's existence.
anthropol
anthropos
anthropos
Proper noun
The primordial man/humanity.
anticreep
antigraph
antigraph
noun
(obsolete) A copy or transcript.
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
antilapse
antilapse
adj
Alternative form of anti-lapse
antiopium
antiopium
adj
Opposing the drug opium.
antipapal
antipapal
adj
(Roman Catholicism) characterized by opposition to the pope
(Roman Catholicism) of or relating to an antipope
antipasch
antipasti
antipasti
noun
plural of antipasto
antipasto
antipasto
noun
An Italian starter for a meal; normally a cold assortment of salami, cheese, seafood and vegetables.
antipater
antipathy
antipathy
noun
A feeling of dislike (normally towards someone, less often towards something); repugnance or distaste often without any conscious reasoning.
Natural contrariety or incompatibility
antipedal
antiphase
antiphase
adj
(sciences) Describing a boundary between an ordered phase and a disordered or random phase
noun
(physics, mathematics) A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°
antiphona
antiphons
antiphons
noun
plural of antiphon
antiphony
antiphony
noun
(music, singing) alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner
alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition
antipodal
antipodal
adj
On opposite sides of the globe; pertaining to antipodes
diametrically opposite
noun
(biology) One of the cells at the chalazal pole of an embryo sac.
antipodes
antipodes
noun
(UK, now rare) Australia and New Zealand.
(figuratively, by extension) The opposite of something.
The Southern Hemisphere.
The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
plural of antipode
antipodic
antipodic
adj
diametrically opposed; antipodean
antipolar
antipolar
adj
Diametrically opposed.
Relating to or located at an antipole.
antipoles
antipoles
noun
plural of antipole
antipopes
antipopes
noun
plural of antipope
antiprime
antiprime
noun
(number theory) Synonym of highly composite number
antiprism
antiprism
noun
A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.
antipudic
antipudic
adj
(rare) That covers the genitals.
antipyics
antipyics
noun
plural of antipyic
antipyrin
antipyrin
noun
Alternative form of antipyrine
antipyryl
antispace
antispace
adj
(military) Against space.
noun
(mathematics) A kind of topological space.
A space or region that violates the norms or conventions of spaces.
antispast
antispast
noun
(prosody) A metrical foot composed of an iambus and a trochee
antitrope
antitropy
antitropy
noun
(botany) A disposition of opposed, asymmetric leaves where a pair of leaves displays bilateral symmetry.
antitypal
antitypal
adj
antitypical
antitypes
antitypes
noun
plural of antitype
antitypic
antitypic
Adjective
antitypical
antwerpen
anviltops
apanteles
apantesis
apartment
apartment
noun
(archaic) A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.
(chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
(computing, COM) A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.
(obsolete) A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment
apartness
apartness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being apart.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being apart.
apathaton
apatornis
apemantus
apenteric
aperients
aperients
noun
plural of aperient
apertness
apertness
noun
(archaic) openness; frankness
aphanites
aphanites
noun
plural of aphanite
aphanitic
aphanitic
adj
(geology, petrology) Pertaining to aphanites, igneous rocks composed of microscopic mineral crystals (fine grains too small to be visible to the naked eye.
aphlaston
apjohnite
apjohnite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.
aplanatic
aplanatic
adj
(optics, of an optical system) Free from, or corrected for, spherical aberration and chromatic aberration
aplington
apneustic
apneustic
adj
(pathology) Of or relating to apneusis.
apocenter
apocenter
noun
(astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)
apocentre
apocentre
noun
Alternative form of apocenter
apolistan
aposaturn
appalment
appalment
noun
The state of being appalled or alarmed.
appellant
appellant
adj
(law) of or relating to appeals; appellate
in the process of appealing
noun
(historical) One of the clergy in the Jansenist controversy who rejected the bull Unigenitus issued in 1713, appealing to a pope "better informed", or to a general council.
(law) a litigant or party that is making an appeal in court
(obsolete) One who challenges another to single combat.
One who makes an earnest entreaty of any kind.
appendant
appendant
adj
(law) Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc., which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house.
Annexed; concomitant.
Attached as an appendage.
noun
(law) An inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance.
Anything attached to something else as incidental or subordinate to it.
appendent
appentice
appentice
noun
(architecture) penthouse; pentice
appertain
appertain
verb
To belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.
To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to.
appetence
appetence
noun
The state or action of desiring or craving.
appetency
appetency
noun
Strong desire; craving; powerful instinct.
applanate
applanate
verb
To perform, or to undergo applanation
applicant
applicant
noun
(specific, law) A party who initiates legal proceedings against another party.
One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.
The third coordinate (or z-coordinate) in a three-dimensional coordinate system.
applyment
appointed
appointed
adj
(of a politician or a title) Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appoint.
appointee
appointee
noun
a person who is appointed
appointer
appointer
noun
A person who appoints (in any sense).
appointor
appointor
noun
(law) The person who selects the appointee.
apportion
apportion
verb
(transitive) Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
(transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
aptnesses
aptnesses
noun
plural of aptness
arpenteur
arreption
arreption
noun
(obsolete) The act of taking away.
aseptolin
aseptolin
noun
(medicine, historical) A drug formerly used to treat tuberculosis, malaria, etc.
ashplants
ashplants
noun
plural of ashplant
aspectant
aspectant
adj
Face to face.
noun
(heraldry) Animals placed face to face in a charge.
aspection
aspection
noun
(obsolete) The act of viewing; a look.
aspermont
aspirants
aspirants
noun
plural of aspirant
asthenope
asynaptic
asynaptic
adj
(genetics) Relating to asynapsis
atropines
atropines
noun
plural of atropine
attacapan
autophone
autophone
noun
(archaic) idiophone
autophony
autophony
noun
(medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.
The unusually loud hearing of a person's own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds.
autopoint
ballpoint
ballpoint
noun
(colloquial) A ballpoint pen.
(sewing) A kind of needle with a rounded tip.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
baptising
baptising
verb
present participle of baptise
baptizing
baptizing
noun
baptism
verb
present participle of baptize
baptornis
basepoint
basepoint
noun
(mathematics) A point that marks the beginning and the end of a topological loop
batyphone
benempted
bepainted
bepainted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bepaint
binapthyl
bipennate
bipennate
adj
(botany, of leaves) Bipinnate (pinnate and having a pinnate leaflet).
(medicine, anatomy, zoology) Of, pertaining to, or having the nature of a muscle, the fibres of which attach to a tendon on two sides (as a feather barbed on both sides).
Having two wings; bipennated.
bipinnate
bipinnate
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Doubly pinnate; pinnate and having leaflets that are themselves pinnate.
bipontine
bipontine
Adjective
Bipont
bipunctal
blowpoint
blowpoint
noun
(obsolete) A child's game of blowing small fragments of wood through a tube.
bluepoint
bluepoint
noun
(felinology) A colourpoint cat with blue markings.
(marine biology) A small oyster, Crassostrea virginica, from the eastern United States seaboard.
blueprint
blueprint
noun
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
A print produced with this process.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.