A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Aberdeen, NE Scotland.
aberration
aberration
noun
(astronomy) A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer.
(astronomy, by extension) The tendency of light rays to preferentially strike the leading face of a moving object (the effect underlying the above phenomenon).
(electronics) A defect in an image produced by an optical or electrostatic lens system.
(medicine) A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.
(optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point.
(zoology, botany) A typical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ.
A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character.
A partial alienation of reason.
The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
abhorrence
abhorrence
noun
(obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
abhorrency
abhorrency
noun
(obsolete) Aberrancy.
(obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence.
(obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing.
ablepharon
ablepharon
noun
(medicine) ablepharia
abnegators
abnegators
noun
plural of abnegator
aborigines
aborigines
noun
(history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
Indigenous flora and fauna.
The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
plural of aborigine
aborsement
aborsement
noun
(obsolete) Abortment; abortion
abreaction
abreaction
noun
(psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
abrenounce
abrenounce
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To renounce; to contradict.
absconders
absconders
noun
plural of absconder
absorbance
absorbance
noun
(physics) A logarithmic measure of the amount of light that is absorbed when passing through a substance; the capacity of a substance to absorb light of a given wavelength; optical density.
absorbency
absorbency
noun
(obsolete) The action of absorbing.
(physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
The quality of being absorbent.
absorbents
absorbents
noun
plural of absorbent
abstersion
abstersion
noun
(archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
abstertion
accordance
accordance
noun
Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
The act of granting something.
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accretions
accretions
noun
plural of accretion
acensuador
acervation
acervation
noun
(obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation
acetarsone
acetarsone
noun
Synonym of acetarsol
acetonuria
acetonuria
noun
(pathology) A form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
acetopyrin
achenocarp
acheronian
acheronian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Acheron.
acherontic
acherontic
adj
Alternative form of Acherontic
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
acieration
acieration
noun
(rare) The conversion of iron into steel.
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acrimonies
acrimonies
noun
plural of acrimony
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
acronymize
acronymize
verb
(transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.
acroterion
acroterion
noun
Alternative form of acroterium
actinomere
actinomere
noun
(zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism
adenoneure
adenophora
adenophore
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
admonisher
admonisher
noun
One who admonishes.
adornments
adornments
noun
plural of adornment
adrenalone
adrenalone
noun
An adrenergic agonist used as a topical vasoconstrictor and hemostatic.
adrianople
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adsorbents
adsorbents
noun
plural of adsorbent
aerobating
aerobating
verb
present participle of aerobate
aerodontia
aerodontic
aerogenous
aerogenous
adj
(biology) Transmitted through the air.
aeromancer
aeromancer
noun
A practitioner of aeromancy
aeromantic
aeromantic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of aeromancy.
aeromarine
aeromarine
adj
Relating to aviation and the sea.
aeronautic
aeronautic
adj
Having to do with aerial navigation
aeronomics
aeronomies
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aeroplaner
aeroplaner
noun
(archaic) An aeroplane pilot.
aeroplanes
aeroplanes
noun
plural of aeroplane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aeroplane
aerosporin
aeruginous
aeruginous
adj
Of or pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris.
affrontive
affrontive
adj
Tending to affront or offend.
aforegoing
aforegoing
adj
(archaic) preceding, going before.
aforenamed
aforenamed
Adjective
Named earlier in a document.
afternoons
afternoons
noun
plural of afternoon
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
aggeration
aggeration
noun
A heaping up; accumulation.
aggression
aggression
noun
Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
The practice or habit of launching attacks.
agreations
agregation
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agrionidae
agronomies
agronomies
noun
plural of agronomy
agrotechny
agrotechny
noun
The science and technology of agriculture.
akroterion
alanbrooke
alboranite
alcornoque
alcornoque
noun
The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
alderwoman
alderwoman
noun
(rare) A female alderman.
alderwomen
alderwomen
noun
plural of alderwoman
alessandro
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
alipterion
alongshore
alongshore
adv
At or along a shore or coast.
alpenhorns
alpenhorns
noun
plural of alpenhorn
alteration
alteration
noun
The act of altering or making different.
The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.
alternator
alternator
noun
(electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.
ameliorant
ameliorant
noun
A substance that helps plants grow by improving the physical condition of the soil.
Anything that improves something else.
amendatory
amendatory
adj
For the purpose of amending or correction.
amenorrhea
amenorrhea
noun
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of amenorrhoea
amentiform
amentiform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a catkin.
americanos
americanos
noun
plural of americano
amidrazone
amidrazone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of nitrogen derivatives of carboxylic acids having a tautomeric structure represented by the general formulas RC(=NH)NHNH₂ and RC(NH₂)=NNH₂
ammonifier
ammonifier
noun
That which ammonifies
ammoniuret
amniorrhea
anaerobian
anaerobies
anaerobies
noun
(biology) anaerobes
anaerobion
anaerobism
anaerobism
noun
The property of being anaerobic.
anaerobium
anastrophe
anastrophe
noun
(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
anatomiser
anatomiser
noun
Alternative form of anatomizer
anatomizer
anatomizer
noun
One who carries out dissection.
anchorable
anchorable
adj
Capable of being anchored.
That can be used as an anchorage.
anchorages
anchorages
noun
plural of anchorage
anchoretic
anchoretic
adj
Relating to an anchoret or hermit.
anchorites
anchorites
noun
plural of anchorite
anchorless
anchorless
adj
Lacking an anchor; adrift
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
anchorwise
anderstorp
androeccia
androecial
androecial
adj
(botany) Relating to the androecium
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
androgenic
androgenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
androlepsy
andromache
andromache
Proper noun
the wife of Hector
andromaque
androphore
androphore
noun
(botany) A support or column on which stamens are raised
(zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores.
androspore
androspore
noun
(biology) A spore with male functions, in some algae.
anelytrous
anemochord
anemochore
anemochore
noun
An organism that spreads by wind, as a plant with wind-borne seeds.
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
anemometer
anemometer
noun
(meteorology) An instrument for measuring and recording the speed of the wind, a windmeter.
anemometry
anemometry
noun
Measurement of the direction and velocity of the wind.
anenterous
anenterous
adj
(zoology) Without a stomach or an intestine.
angiometer
angiorrhea
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
angiotribe
angiotribe
noun
An instrument for controlling hemorrhages
angledozer
angledozer
noun
A kind of bulldozer whose blade can be tilted at an angle
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
anisomeric
anisomeric
adj
(chemistry) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.
anisoptera
anisospore
anisospore
noun
(biology) A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size.
anisotrope
anisotrope
adj
(dated) anisotropic
annerodite
announcers
announcers
noun
plural of announcer
annoyancer
anodendron
anoestrous
anorectous
anorectous
adj
(archaic) anorectic; lacking appetite
anorexiant
anorexiant
noun
A thing, especially a medication, that promotes a decrease in body weight or a reduction in appetite.
anorogenic
anorogenic
adj
(geology) Unrelated to orogeny
antecessor
antecessor
noun
(now rare) A person from whom one is descended.
(now rare) A person or thing that precedes or goes before.
antechoirs
antechoirs
noun
plural of antechoir
antedorsal
antemortal
antemortem
antemortem
adj
Having been inflicted or having occurred before death.
anteocular
anteocular
adj
Positioned in front of the eye
anteriorly
anteriorly
adv
before (in time)
in front (in position)
towards the anterior
anthoceros
anthophore
anthophore
noun
(botany) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the pink family.