(pathology) Relating to organs outside of the intestine.
abernathy
abernethy
abernethy
Proper noun
A village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
aberrance
aberrance
noun
State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude.
aberrancy
aberrancy
noun
(geometry) The deviation of a curve from circular form.
The condition of being aberrant; an aberrance.
aberrants
aberrants
noun
plural of aberrant
abhenries
abhenries
noun
plural of abhenry
abhorrent
abhorrent
adj
(archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
Contrary to something; discordant.
Detestable or repugnant.
abhorring
abhorring
noun
A detested thing.
Detestation.
verb
present participle of abhor
abnegator
abnegator
noun
(rare) One who abnegates, denies, or rejects.
abnormals
abnormals
noun
plural of abnormal
abnormity
abnormity
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abnormality
A monstrosity
abnormous
abnormous
adj
(archaic) Abnormal; irregular; misshapen.
aborigine
aborigine
noun
(in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area.
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
abortient
abortient
adj
(archaic, medicine) Reproductively sterile or miscarrying.
noun
(archaic, medicine) Abortifacient; an agent producing abortion.
abortions
abortions
noun
plural of abortion
abradants
abradants
noun
plural of abradant
abrasions
abrasions
noun
plural of abrasion
abreption
abreption
noun
(obsolete) A snatching away.
abridging
abridging
verb
present participle of abridge
abrotanum
abrotanum
noun
A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer., southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
abruption
abruption
noun
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
absconder
absconder
noun
A person who absconds.
absenters
absenters
noun
plural of absenter
absorbant
absorbant
adj
Alternative spelling of absorbent
absorbent
absorbent
adj
Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
noun
(chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
(medicine) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
(physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
Anything which absorbs.
absorbing
absorbing
adj
(statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.
verb
present participle of absorb
abstainer
abstainer
noun
Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
abthainry
acaridans
acaridans
noun
plural of acaridan
acaridean
accentors
accentors
noun
plural of accentor
accordant
accordant
adj
In agreement; agreeing.
according
according
adj
Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
adv
(obsolete) Accordingly; correspondingly.
verb
present participle of accord.
accordion
accordion
noun
(figurative) A set of items (concepts, links, or otherwise) that can be packed and unpacked cognitively, or their representation as a set of virtual objects.
(graphical user interface) A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.
A box-shaped musical instrument with means of keys and buttons, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To fold up, in the manner of an accordion
accounter
accounter
noun
A person providing an account of events.
A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
accreting
accreting
verb
present participle of accrete
accretion
accretion
noun
(astrophysics) The formation of planets and other bodies by collection of material through gravity.
(biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
(geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
(law) Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.
(law) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
Concretion; coherence of separate particles.
Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item.
The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.
accursing
accursing
verb
present participle of accurse
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
achronism
aciniform
aciniform
adj
Full of small kernels like a grape.
Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.
noun
A type of spinneret of a spider formed of spherical particles
acipenser
acneiform
acneiform
adj
(pathology) Alternative form of acneform
acopyrine
acquiring
acquiring
verb
present participle and gerund of acquire
acraeinae
acraniate
acraniate
adj
That lacks a cranium
noun
Any animal of the class Acrania
acridines
acridines
noun
plural of acridine
acridinic
acridness
acridness
noun
bitterness or acerbity
acrodonts
acrodonts
noun
plural of acrodont
acrodynia
acrodynia
noun
(pathology) An epidemic disease of the skin characterized by increased sensibility of the soles and palms, with pricking sensations in them and rheumatoid pains in the hands and feet.
acrogenic
acrogenic
adj
Alternative form of acrogenous
acrogynae
acroleins
acroleins
noun
plural of acrolein
acromania
acromania
noun
(obsolete) mental illness (especially when accompanied by hyperactivity)
acronical
acronical
adj
(astronomy) Alternative form of acronycal
Occurring at sunset.
Occurring at the end of life.
acronycal
acronycal
adj
(astronomy) Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise, as a star.
acronycta
acronymic
acronymic
Adjective
Pertaining to the use of acronyms.
acrophony
acrophony
noun
The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.
actionary
actionary
noun
(business, obsolete) A shareholder in a joint-stock company.
actuarian
actuarian
adj
Synonym of actuarial
noun
Synonym of actuary
adeniform
adeniform
adj
Shaped like a gland; adenoid.
adffrozen
adherence
adherence
noun
(Scotland, law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.
(medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
A close physical union of two objects.
Faithful support for some cause.
adherency
adherency
noun
(obsolete) That which adheres.
(obsolete) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
adherends
adherends
noun
plural of adherend
adherents
adherents
noun
plural of adherent
adigranth
adjournal
adjournal
noun
adjournment; postponement
adjourned
adjourned
adj
(of a meeting, event or trial) Having been adjourned; suspended or paused.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjourn
admirance
admirance
noun
(obsolete) admiration
admonitor
admonitor
noun
An admonisher; a monitor.
adorantes
adoration
adoration
noun
(countable) An act of religious worship.
(historical) The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
(religion) Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.
(uncountable) Admiration or esteem.
(uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.
adoringly
adoringly
adv
In an adoring manner.
adornment
adornment
noun
A decoration; that which adorns.
The act of decorating.
adrenalin
adrenalin
noun
Alternative spelling of adrenaline
adrenally
adrenally
adv
In adrenal terms.
adrenitis
adrenitis
noun
Alternative form of adrenalitis
adsorbent
adsorbent
adj
Tending to adsorb.
noun
The solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates.
adsorbing
adsorbing
verb
present participle of adsorb
adstringe
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
advancers
advancers
noun
plural of advancer
adventure
adventure
noun
(obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
(obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
(archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
adversant
adversing
adversion
adversion
noun
(obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
advertent
advertent
adj
Attentive.
Not inadvertent; intentional.
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
aegrotant
aepyornis
aequorins
aequorins
noun
plural of aequorin
aerations
aerations
noun
plural of aeration
aerifying
aerifying
verb
present participle of aerify
aerobiont
aerobiont
noun
(biology) Any organism that needs air (oxygen) to survive
aerodynes
aerodynes
noun
plural of aerodyne
aerogenes
aerogenic
aerogenic
adj
(biology) Producing gas or air (used especially of some bacteria)
aerognosy
aeromancy
aeromancy
noun
Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.
aeronauts
aeronauts
noun
plural of aeronaut
aeronomer
aeronomer
noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aeronomic
aeronomic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to aeronomy
aerophane
aerophane
noun
A thin fabric resembling crape
aerophone
aerophone
noun
(dated) A form of combined speaking trumpet and ear trumpet.
(dated) An instrument for greatly intensifying speech, consisting of a phonograph diaphragm arranged so that its action opens and closes valves, producing synchronous air blasts sufficient to operate a larger diaphragm with greater amplitude of vibration.
Any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound.
aeroplane
aeroplane
noun
(aeronautics, archaic) An airfoil.
A powered heavier-than-air aircraft with fixed wings.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies, of various genera, having a slow gliding flight. Also called planes.
verb
(intransitive) To fly in an aeroplane.
(transitive) To transport by aeroplane.
affiancer
affiancer
noun
One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
affirmant
affirmant
noun
(law) One who affirms of taking an oath.
One who affirms or asserts.
affirming
affirming
noun
The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.
verb
present participle of affirm
afforcing
afforcing
verb
present participle of afforce
affording
affording
verb
present participle of afford
affraying
affraying
verb
present participle of affray
affronted
affronted
adj
(heraldry) Synonym of affronté
Defiant
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affront
affrontee
affronter
affronter
noun
One who receives an affront.
Someone who affronts.
aforehand
aforehand
adj
Beforehand in condition; forehanded.
adv
(archaic or dialect) Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
afrikaans
afrikaner
afrogaean
afterband
afterguns
afterhand
afterhand
adj
(Scotland, law, archaic) Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.
adv
(archaic) Afterwards; subsequently.
afterhend
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
afternoon
afternoon
adv
(more often in the plural) In the afternoon.
intj
Ellipsis of good afternoon..
noun
(figuratively) The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
(informal) A party or social event held in the afternoon.
The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
afternose
afternote
afternote
noun
A note appended after the main body of text.
afterpain
afterpain
noun
(pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)
aftersend
aftersong
afterturn
againward
againward
adv
(obsolete) Back again.
agapornis
agaricine
agentries
agentries
noun
plural of agentry
aggrading
aggrading
verb
present participle of aggrade
aggregant
aggregant
noun
(medicine) Any drug that promotes the aggregation of platelets.
agincourt
agoranome
agoranome
noun
Alternative form of agoranomos
agrarians
agrarians
noun
plural of agrarian
agreation
agreement
agreement
noun
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
(uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.