(botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
(sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
Differing from the norm.
noun
(biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
aborting
aborting
verb
present participle of abort
abortion
abortion
noun
(biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
(figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
(figuratively) Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.
(now rare) An aborted foetus; an abortus.
The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
abradant
abradant
adj
Tending to abrade; causing irritation; abrasive.
noun
A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.; an abrasive.
abrotine
abrotine
noun
A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained from abrotanum, C₂₁H₂₂N₂O.
absenter
absenter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absent: more absent
noun
One who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.
accentor
accentor
noun
(music, obsolete) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
(obsolete) The ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla.
Any bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock.
accutron
acentric
acentric
adj
Not centered; without a centre
noun
A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere
acounter
acrodont
acrodont
adj
Having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
noun
One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge
actioner
actioner
noun
(informal) An action movie.
adherant
adherent
adherent
adj
(botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ.
Adhesive, sticking to something.
Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
noun
A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.
adventry
aerating
aerating
verb
present participle of aerate
aeration
aeration
noun
By extension, a process in which other gases (such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen or argon) are circulated through or mixed with a substance (usually liquid), sometimes with the consequence of increasing the transfer of air into the same liquid at the surface due to the induced circulation.
The process by which air is circulated through or mixed with a substance such as soil or a liquid.
aeronaut
aeronaut
noun
A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.
afferent
afferent
adj
Carrying towards.
noun
An afferent structure or connection
affronts
affronts
noun
plural of affront
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affront
affronty
affronty
Adjective
Facing the observer.
afterend
aftertan
agrement
agrement
noun
Obsolete form of agreement.
airthing
albertin
alberton
alberton
Proper noun
A town in Montana
A township in Ontario
A town in Prince Edward Island, Canada
A town in Gauteng Province, South Africa
A town in Victoria, Australia
alerting
alerting
verb
present participle of alert
alitrunk
alitrunk
noun
(zoology) The segment of an insect's body to which the wings are attached; the thorax or mesosoma.
alkitran
allerton
allerton
Proper noun
A suburb of Liverpool, England.
A suburb of Bradford, England.
A village in Illinois, United States.
A small city in Iowa, United States.
allthorn
alterant
alterant
adj
Altering; gradually changing.
noun
Something that causes alteration, that alters.
altering
altering
noun
alteration
verb
present participle of alter
alterman
alternat
alternat
noun
The custom, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.
althorns
althorns
noun
plural of althorn
altincar
altincar
noun
(obsolete) tincal
alverton
amaranth
amaranth
noun
(chemistry) A red to purple azo dye used as a biological stain, and in some countries in cosmetics and as a food colouring.
(cooking) The seed of these plants, used as a cereal.
(dated, poetic) An imaginary flower that does not wither.
Any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus.
The characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of these plants.
amintore
amounter
amratian
anamirta
anaretic
anatifer
anaunter
ancerata
ancestor
ancestor
noun
(figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
(law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
(linguistics) A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
An earlier type; a progenitor
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
verb
(transitive) To be an ancestor of.
ancestry
ancestry
noun
A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
anchoret
anchoret
noun
Alternative spelling of anchorite
andorite
andorite
noun
(mineralogy) A white mineral containing antimony, lead, silver, and sulfur.
androuet
aneretic
anerotic
anestrus
anestrus
noun
In some female animals, a spell of sexual respite in between breeding periods.
angiport
angiport
noun
(obsolete) A narrow road passing between two houses or a row of houses, or an alley leading to a single house.
angriest
angriest
adj
superlative form of angry: most angry
angstrom
angstrom
noun
(physics) A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
animater
animater
noun
Alternative form of animator
animator
animator
noun
One who animates something; one who brings something to life or the appearance of life.
One who creates an animation or cartoon; a cartoonist.
ankerite
ankerite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a group of mixed carbonate minerals, principally of calcium with iron, magnesium and manganese.
anointer
anointer
noun
One who anoints.
anoretic
anoretic
adj
Alternative form of anorexic
anorthic
anorthic
adj
(crystallography) Having three unequal axes that intersect obliquely
ansermet
antacrid
antacrid
adj
(archaic, medicine) Serving to correct acrimony of the humours.
antarala
antarchy
anteater
anteater
noun
Any of several animals of South and Central America, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.
Any of some other unrelated species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark and numbat (banded anteater).
anteport
anteport
noun
An outer port, gate, or door.
antergic
anteriad
anteriad
adv
(biology) Towards the anterior part of the body
anterior
anterior
adj
(anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
(botany) (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
(formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.
(phonetics) Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
anteroom
anteroom
noun
A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
antevert
antevert
verb
(medicine, obsolete) To displace by anteversion.
(obsolete) To prevent, to avert.
antheral
antheral
adj
Relating to an anther.
antherid
anthroic
anthrone
anthrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic ketone, used in a popular cellulose assay and in the colorimetric determination of carbohydrates; any derivative of this compound
antiager
antiager
noun
An anti-aging cosmetic.
antiarin
antiarin
noun
Either of two cardiac glycoside poisons produced by the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).
antiaris
anticker
anticker
noun
(archaic) One who performs antics; a comic performer.
anticorn
antidora
antidora
noun
plural of antidoron
antidrag
antidrag
adj
That counteracts drag (resistance to movement)
antidrug
antidrug
adj
Against drugs; advocating against drug use.
antifire
antifire
adj
Opposing or countering fire.
antihero
antihero
noun
(literature, role-playing games) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.
antimark
antimere
antimere
noun
(biology) One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.
antipart
antiquer
antiquer
adj
comparative form of antique: more antique
noun
(slang) A person who browses for antiques.
A person who finishes furniture or objects so they have the appearance of an antique, either for decoration or to perpetrate a fraud.
antirape
antirape
adj
Opposed to rape
antirent
antirent
adj
(US, historical) Opposing the collection of outstanding rents in upstate New York during the early 19th century after the death of Stephen Van Rensselaer III.
antiriot
antiriot
adj
Serving to counteract rioting.
antiroll
antiroll
adj
antisway
antirust
antirust
adj
Alternative spelling of anti-rust
antisera
antiwear
antiwear
adj
Preventing mechanical wear.
antlered
antlered
adj
Having antlers.
antproof
antproof
adj
Resistant to ants.
verb
(transitive) To make resistant to ants.
antritis
antrorse
antrorse
adj
(biology) Curved or pointed forward or upward.
anuretic
anuretic
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to or characterised by anuresis.
(medicine) Who has anuresis; unable to urinate.
apastron
apastron
noun
(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
aperient
aperient
adj
Having a gentle laxative effect.
noun
A laxative, either in the form of a medicine or a food such as asparagus or hops, which has the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
apertion
apertion
noun
(archaic) An opening; an aperture.
(archaic) The act of opening.
apparent
apparent
adj
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye, eyely; within sight or view.
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
apreynte
aramanta
aramenta
araminta
arathorn
aratinga
arbutean
arbutean
adj
(obsolete) Made from arbute, the wood of the strawberry tree.
arcanist
arcanist
noun
(historical) A craftsman who has knowledge of a manufacturing secret (specifically in the area of porcelain manufacturing).
A person who studies arcana or religious mysteries.
arcanite
arcanite
noun
(mineralogy) Potassium sulfate.
ardently
ardently
adv
fervently
arenites
arenites
noun
plural of arenite
argental
argental
adj
Of silver.
argentan
argentan
noun
nickel silver
argenter
argentia
argentic
argentic
adj
(chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a lower proportion than in argentous compounds.
Of, pertaining to or containing silver.
argentin
argentol
argenton
argentry
argentry
noun
(obsolete) Silver plate or vessels.
argentum
argonaut
argonaut
noun
An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
argument
argument
noun
(also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
(by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
(countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
(countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
(countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
(countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
(logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
(uncountable, archaic) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.
A matter in question; a business in hand.
A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
The independent variable of a function.
The phase of a complex number.
The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.
(intransitive, obsolete, now nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) To put forward as an argument; to argue.
arianist
armament
armament
noun
(military, naval) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
A body of forces equipped for war.
Any equipment for resistance.
The process of building up military capacity.
armenite
armenite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
armgaunt
armgaunt
adj
(nonce word, archaic) Of uncertain meaning; perhaps describing gaunt or slender limbs.
arnattos
arnement
arnottos
arointed
arointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aroint
aroynted
aroynted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aroynt
arrantly
arrantly
adv
In an arrant manner; utterly, thoroughly, outright.
arratoon
arretine
arretine
Adjective
Of, from or pertaining to Arezzo, Italy.
arrogant
arrogant
adj
Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
arsenate
arsenate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of arsenic acid.
(chemistry) The anion AsO₄³⁻.
arsenite
arsenite
noun
(chemistry) Any oxyanion of trivalent arsenic, especially the AsO₃³⁻ anion (or protonated derivatives); any salt containing this anion, or any ester of arsenious acid
arsonate
arsonate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion HAsO₃²⁻, derivatives, or any salt containing this ion
arsonist
arsonist
noun
One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.
arsonite
arsonite
noun
(dated) An arsonist.
artarine
artesian
artesian
adj
(of a water supply) Rising to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.