The state of being abstracted; abstract character.
accreditations
accreditations
noun
plural of accreditation
achondroplasia
achondroplasia
noun
(teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism.
acipenseroidei
adenosarcomata
adenosarcomata
noun
plural of adenosarcoma
adenosclerosis
adenosclerosis
noun
(medicine) The hardening of a gland.
adiathermanous
administerings
administerings
noun
plural of administering
administrating
administrating
verb
present participle of administrate
administration
administration
noun
(countable) A body that administers; a body of administrators.
(countable, government, politics) The executive part of government; the persons collectively who are entrusted with the execution of laws and the superintendence of public affairs; the chief magistrate and his cabinet or council; or the council, or ministry, alone, as in Great Britain.
(government, politics) The country's government under the rule of a particular leader.
(uncountable) The act of administering, or tendering something to another; dispensation.
(uncountable) The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
(uncountable, business) Management.
(uncountable, law, UK) An arrangement whereby an insolvent company can continue trading under supervision.
administrative
administrative
adj
Of or relating to administering or administration.
administrators
administrators
noun
plural of administrator
administratrix
administratrix
noun
A female administrator.
adminstrations
adsorptiveness
adsorptiveness
noun
The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
adulterateness
adulterateness
noun
The state or quality of being adulterate.
adulterousness
adulterousness
noun
A state of being adulterous.
adventuresomes
advertisements
advertisements
noun
plural of advertisement
aerodynamicist
aerodynamicist
noun
A person who studies aerodynamics.
aggrandisement
aggrandisement
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of aggrandizement
alexandrianism
alexandrianism
Noun
The culture (of literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences) that developed in Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Alexandrian Wicca.
alexandropolis
anacardiaceous
anacardiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Anacardiaceae of cashews and sumacs.
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anametadromous
anarthropodous
ancistrocladus
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androdioecious
androdioecious
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androdioecy.
andromonoecism
anhydroglocose
animadversions
animadversions
noun
plural of animadversion
antaphrodisiac
antaphrodisiac
adj
Capable of reducing the sex drive.
noun
A medicinal substance capable of reducing (inhibiting or eliminating) the sex drive/libido.
antidepressant
antidepressant
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting depression.
noun
(pharmacology) An agent that prevents or counteracts depression.
antidepressive
antidepressive
adj
Counteracting depression.
noun
An antidepressant.
antidysenteric
antidysenteric
adj
(pharmacology) Working against dysentery.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine for dysentery.
antifederalism
antifederalism
noun
Alternative form of anti-federalism
antifederalist
antifederalist
noun
Alternative spelling of anti-federalist
antimasquerade
antimodernness
antipriesthood
antiradicalism
antiradicalism
noun
Opposition to radical ideologies.
antisacerdotal
antisacerdotal
adj
Hostile to priests or the priesthood.
antistadholder
archdeaconries
archdeaconries
noun
plural of archdeaconry
archdeaconship
archdeaconship
noun
The rank or office of an archdeacon.
archimandrites
archimandrites
noun
plural of archimandrite
arrondissement
arrondissement
noun
(Quebec) A borough, a submunicipal administrative division
An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries
aspidobranchia
aspidospermine
aspidospermine
noun
(medicine) An alkaloid, obtained from quebracho bark, that was once used as a respiratory stimulant and antispasmodic, and as an antipyretic in typhoid fever
asterospondyli
astrodiagnosis
astrodiagnosis
noun
The use of astrology to diagnose illness.
autodecrements
autodecrements
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autodecrement
backwardnesses
backwardnesses
noun
plural of backwardness
balsamodendron
bareheadedness
bareheadedness
noun
the quality of being bareheaded
bastardisation
bastardisation
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardization.
bastardization
bastardization
noun
(by extension) The combining of separate races in marriage or breeding; miscegenation.
(more generally) The creation of an inferior copy or version; corruption, degradation, or debasement.
Activities involving harassment, abuse or humiliation used as a way of initiating a person into a group.
Any change or neologism in language that is viewed as a degradation.
The creation of offspring from two different species; cross-breeding.
The making of a bastard or bastards; Having children out of wedlock or destroying the legitimacy of children's paternity.
bewilderedness
bewilderedness
noun
The state or quality of being bewildered.
bigheartedness
bigheartedness
noun
The quality of being bighearted.
blearyeyedness
bloodthirsting
bloodthirsting
adj
Alternative form of bloodthirsty
boardinghouses
boardinghouses
noun
plural of boardinghouse
bowdlerisation
bowdlerisation
noun
The action or instance of bowdlerising; the omission or removal of material considered vulgar or indecent.
brainardsville
branchiopodous
branchiostomid
branchiostomid
noun
(zoology) Any lancelet of the family Branchiostomidae.
bronchadenitis
burdensomeness
burdensomeness
noun
The state or quality of being burdensome.
burrheadedness
cadaverousness
cadaverousness
noun
The state or quality of being cadaverous.
carboxydomonas
cardinalfishes
cardinalfishes
noun
plural of cardinalfish
cardiocentesis
cardiocentesis
noun
(surgery) incision or puncture into the heart
cardiodynamics
cardiodynamics
noun
The (study of the) action of the heart
cardionecrosis
cardioneurosis
cardioneurosis
noun
Da Costa's syndrome
celebratedness
celebratedness
noun
celebrity; fame
centrodorsally
centrodorsally
adv
In a centrodorsal manner.
chandlersville
chondrarsenite
chondrichthyes
chondriosphere
chondrogenesis
chondrogenesis
noun
(biology) The formation and development of cartilage.
chondroglossal
chondroglossus
chondroglossus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that arises from the medial side and base of the lesser cornu and contiguous portion of the body of the hyoid bone, and passes directly upward to blend with the intrinsic muscular fibers of the tongue, between the hyoglossus and genioglossus.
chondroplastic
chondroplastic
adj
Relating to chondroplasty.
chondrosarcoma
chondrosarcoma
noun
(oncology) A type of bone cancer, a cartilage-based tumour.
chondrosternal
chondrosternal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the costal cartilage and the sternum
chordacentrous
chromdiagnosis
chrysohermidin
chrysomonadina
chrysomonadine
chrysomonadine
noun
Alternative form of chrysomonad
circumbendibus
circumbendibus
adj
(often humorous) indirect or roundabout
noun
(often humorous) A roundabout route or process
(often humorous) A roundabout, indirect, or confusing manner of speech or writing
coastguardsman
coastguardsman
noun
A member of a coastguard.
coastguardsmen
coastguardsmen
noun
plural of coastguardsman
colorblindness
colorblindness
noun
Alternative form of color blindness
commendatories
commendatories
noun
plural of commendatory
condylarthrous
confederations
confederations
noun
plural of confederation
conidiophorous
conquistadores
conquistadores
noun
plural of conquistador
considerations
considerations
noun
plural of consideration
consuetudinary
consuetudinary
adj
(law) Customary; considered law by virtue of the fact that it is generally observed.
noun
A ritual book containing the forms and ceremonies used in the services of a particular monastery, cathedral or religious order.
An unwritten law established by usage, derived by immemorial custom from antiquity.
contrabandista
contrabandista
noun
A contrabandist in Spain, Portugal, or Latin America.
contractedness
contractedness
noun
The state of being contracted.
contradictions
contradictions
noun
plural of contradiction
contradictious
contradictious
adj
(obsolete) Filled with contradictions; inconsistent.
(obsolete) Inclined to contradict or cavil.
contradistinct
contradistinct
adj
Distinguished by opposite qualities.
coordinateness
coordinateness
noun
The state, quality or condition of being coordinate.
coppersidesman
correspondence
correspondence
noun
(countable or uncountable) Postal or other written communications.
(countable) An agreement of situations or objects with an expected outcome.
(set theory, countable) A relation.
(theology, Swedenborgianism) A similarity between physical and spiritual things (e.g. light to wisdom, or warmth to love)
(uncountable) Newspaper or news stories.
(uncountable) Reciprocal exchange of civilities, especially conversation between persons by means of letters.
(uncountable, obsolete) Friendly discussion.
correspondency
correspondency
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of correspondence
correspondents
correspondents
noun
plural of correspondent
cotransduction
cotransduction
noun
The simultaneous transduction of multiple genes, especially of two bacterial marker genes
counteraddress
counteraddress
noun
A speech or address made in response to another speech.
counterdemands
counterdemands
noun
plural of counterdemand
countershading
countershading
noun
A pattern of animal colouration, existing as a form of camouflage, characterised by darker pigmentation of the upper side and lighter of the underside.
credenciveness
credensiveness
creditableness
creditableness
noun
The state or quality of being creditable.
crosscurrented
cyanephidrosis
cylindromatous
cylindromatous
adj
Of or relating to a cylindroma.
dacryoadenitis
dacryoadenitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the lacrimal glands
dacryostenosis
dacryostenosis
noun
(ophthalmology) Obstruction of the nasolacrimal duct.
dactylosternal
daughterliness
daughterliness
noun
The quality of being daughterly.
dearworthiness
dearworthiness
noun
(obsolete) The state or quality of being dearworthy.
decentralising
decentralising
verb
present participle of decentralise
dechristianize
dechristianize
verb
To deprive of Christian character
decolorisation
decompensatory
decompensatory
adj
Relating to decompensation.
decompressions
decompressions
noun
plural of decompression
deconsecrating
deconsecrating
verb
present participle of deconsecrate
deconsecration
deconsecration
noun
A ritual observing the removal from service of a sacred place, such as the closing of a church.
The undoing of consecration; a desecration or defilement.
decorativeness
decorativeness
noun
The condition of being decorative
decorousnesses
decorousnesses
noun
plural of decorousness
decriminalizes
decriminalizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decriminalize
defenestrating
defenestrating
verb
present participle of defenestrate
defenestration
defenestration
noun
(Britain) The high-profile removal of a person from an organization.
(computing, humorous) The act of removing the Microsoft Windows operating system from a computer in order to install an alternative one.
The act of throwing something or someone out of a window.
degenerateness
degenerateness
noun
The state or quality of being degenerate.
degenerescence
degenerescence
noun
degeneration
dehydrogenates
dehydrogenates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrogenate
dehydrogenised
dehydrogenised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dehydrogenise