(chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
(electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
(meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
(obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
(physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
Mental assimilation.
assimilation; incorporation.
absorptive
absorptive
adj
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
acarpelous
acarpelous
adj
Alternative spelling of acarpellous
acropoleis
acropoleis
noun
plural of acropolis
acroscopic
acroscopic
adj
Toward or facing the apex.
acrospired
acrospired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acrospire
adiposuria
adiposuria
noun
Synonym of lipuria
adsorption
adsorption
noun
The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
aeciospore
aeciospore
noun
(botany) A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.
aerocolpos
aerocolpos
noun
(rare, medicine) Vaginal gas; air or gas trapped in the vagina.
aerophotos
aerophotos
noun
plural of aerophoto
aeroplanes
aeroplanes
noun
plural of aeroplane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aeroplane
aeroscepsy
aeroscepsy
noun
(zoology) The ability to perceive the state of the atmosphere.
aeroscopic
aeroscopic
adj
Relating to aeroscopy.
aerosphere
aerosphere
noun
(rare) atmosphere
aerosporin
afterdrops
agamospore
agriotypus
alkalurops
allotropes
allotropes
noun
plural of allotrope
alopecurus
alpenhorns
alpenhorns
noun
plural of alpenhorn
ambiparous
amphispore
amphoterus
anastrophe
anastrophe
noun
(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
anastrophy
anatropous
anatropous
adj
(botany, of an ovule) Having an inverted nucleus, whose apex points to the base
anderstorp
androlepsy
androspore
androspore
noun
(biology) A spore with male functions, in some algae.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
anisoptera
anisospore
anisospore
noun
(biology) A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size.
anisotrope
anisotrope
adj
(dated) anisotropic
anisotropy
anisotropy
noun
The degree to which this property is exhibited.
The property of being directionally dependent.
anocarpous
antipsoric
antipsoric
adj
(pharmacology) Effective against the itch.
noun
(medicine) Any remedy for the itch.
antrophose
antroscope
antroscope
noun
An instrument that is used to inspect the maxillary antrum
antroscopy
antroscopy
noun
An antroscopic examination
aperulosid
aphorising
aphorising
verb
present participle of aphorise
aphorismer
aphorismer
noun
(nonce word, derogatory) A dealer in aphorisms.
aphorismic
aphorismic
adj
Relating to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.
aphorismos
aphoristic
aphoristic
adj
Of, relating to, or containing aphorisms, maxims or epigrams; gnomic.
aphrodisia
aphrodisia
noun
(archaic) sexual intercourse
A state of sexual desire.
apishamore
apishamore
noun
A saddle blanket.
apocarpies
apocarpous
apocarpous
adj
(botany) Having carpels that are not joined
apocrustic
apologiser
apologiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologizer.
apophysary
apophysary
adj
Alternative form of apophyseal
apospories
aposporous
aposporous
adj
(botany) relating to apospory
apostrophe
apostrophe
noun
(orthography) The text character ’, which serves as a punctuation mark in various languages and as a diacritical mark in certain rare contexts.
(rhetoric) A sudden exclamatory piece of dialogue addressed to someone or something, especially absent.
apostrophi
apotropous
appointers
appointers
noun
plural of appointer
apportions
apportions
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apportion
approaches
approaches
noun
(military) The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances toward a place such as a fortress or military post.
Movements to gain favour; advances.
plural of approach
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approach
apresoline
aprosopous
aquiparous
aquiparous
adj
(medicine) Secreting water; applied to certain glands.
araphostic
araphostic
adj
Alternative form of araphorostic
archbishop
archbishop
noun
A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
archespore
archespore
noun
(biology) A group of cells from which microspores or megaspores develop
archispore
archonship
archonship
noun
The rank or office of an archon.
archoplasm
archoplasm
noun
(cytology, dated) The substance from which attraction spheres develop in mitotic cell division, and of which they consist.
archpastor
areopagist
areroscope
ariocarpus
aristotype
aristotype
noun
(historical) A print made by such a process.
(historical) A printing process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin, or (later) any similar process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin.
A high-symmetry crystallographic structure type that can be viewed as an idealized version of a lower-symmetry structure.
arrephoros
arsenophen
arthropods
arthropods
noun
plural of arthropod
artocarpus
ascosporic
ascosporic
adj
Relating to, or composed of, ascospores.
ascription
ascription
noun
(sociology) The stratification of people according to inborn characteristics (such as race or sex) outside of their control.
The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work, or other thing to someone or something.
ashipboard
ashipboard
adv
on shipboard
asperation
asperation
noun
The act of asperating; a making or becoming rough.
a harshness, an unpleasantness
asperously
asperously
adv
In an asperous manner.
aspersions
aspersions
noun
plural of aspersion
aspersoria
aspersoria
noun
plural of aspersorium
asperulous
asperulous
adj
(botany) Slightly rough, due to minute small hard protrusions on the surface.
aspiration
aspiration
noun
(phonetics) A burst of air that follows the release of some consonants.
The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).
The action of aspirating.
aspirators
aspirators
noun
plural of aspirator
aspiratory
aspiratory
adj
pertaining to aspiration
asporulate
asporulate
adj
(botany) That does not produce spores
astrograph
astrograph
noun
(astronomy) A telescope designed and used for astronomical photography.
astroscope
astroscope
noun
An old astronomical instrument formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.
astroscopy
astroscopy
noun
(obsolete) observation of the stars
asyntrophy
atmosphere
atmosphere
noun
(figuratively) The apparent mood felt in an environment.
(figuratively) The conditions (such as music, illumination etc.) that can influence the mood felt in an environment.
(television, film, uncountable) Extras in a scene who have no spoken lines.
A unit of measurement for pressure equal to 101325 Pa (symbol: atm)
The air in a particular place.
The gases surrounding the Earth or any astronomical body.
atropinism
atropinism
noun
atropine poisoning
auriscopic
auriscopic
adj
Relating to auriscopy.
australorp
austrophil
authorship
authorship
noun
The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
The source; origin; origination
autographs
autographs
noun
plural of autograph
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autograph
autosporic
autostoper
avoyership
azygosperm
azygospore
azygospore
noun
A agametic zygospore
barbershop
barbershop
noun
(countable) The place of business of a barber; a store where a person (usually a male) can go to get a haircut.
(uncountable, music) A style of a capella vocal music, sung in four-part harmony, typically by a quartet of men.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To perform in the barbershop musical style.
barographs
barographs
noun
plural of barograph
baroscopic
baroscopic
adj
Relating to, or determined by, the baroscope.
beachdrops
beechdrops
beechdrops
noun
Epifagus virginiana or Epifagus americana, a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beech trees.
billposter
billposter
noun
One who posts handbills or posters in public places.
biospheres
biospheres
noun
plural of biosphere
bipersonal
bipersonal
adj
Relating to, or consisting of, two persons.
bishopbird
bishoprics
bishoprics
noun
plural of bishopric
blastopore
blastopore
noun
(embryology) The opening into the archenteron
blooddrops
blooddrops
noun
The plant Adonis annua.
boltspreet
bootstraps
bootstraps
noun
plural of bootstrap
bosporanic
breastplow
breastrope
breastrope
noun
(nautical) breastband
brehonship
brokership
brokership
noun
The role or position of a broker.
bronstrops
brushproof
brushproof
adj
Resistant to damage caused by brushing.
bryophytes
bryophytes
noun
plural of bryophyte
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
canephoros
canephorus
cantorship
cantorship
noun
The state or business of a cantor.
capacitors
capacitors
noun
plural of capacitor
caparisons
caparisons
noun
plural of caparison
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caparison
capeadores
capistrano
capistrano
Proper noun
The city of San Juan Capistrano, California, known for its cliff swallows.
capriccios
capricious
capricious
adj
Impulsive and unpredictable; determined by chance, impulse, or whim.
capricorns
carphophis
carpocapsa
carpodacus
carpodetus
carposperm
carposperm
noun
(biology) The egg of a red alga
carpospore
carpospore
noun
A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red algae.
carpostome
carpostome
noun
(biology) The opening in the cystocarp of red algae through which the spores are discharged
catoptrics
catoptrics
noun
The branch of optics dealing with reflection.
censorship
censorship
noun
(historical) The role of the censor (magistrate) in Ancient Rome.
The use of state or group power to control freedom of expression or press, such as passing laws to prevent media from being published or propagated.
ceratopsia
ceratopsid
ceratopsid
noun
Any member of the family Ceratopsidae of dinosaurs.