Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abdicate
abductors
abductors
noun
plural of abductor
absinthic
absinthic
adj
(chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
abstracts
abstracts
noun
plural of abstract
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstract
abstricts
abstricts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstrict
academist
academist
noun
An academic philosopher.
An academician.
an academic.
acanthous
acanthous
adj
(botany) Synonym of spinous
acatharsy
accentors
accentors
noun
plural of accentor
acceptees
acceptees
noun
plural of acceptee
accepters
accepters
noun
plural of accepter
acceptors
acceptors
noun
plural of acceptor
accidents
accidents
noun
plural of accident
accosting
accosting
noun
The act of physically confronting a person.
verb
present participle of accost
accouters
accouters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accouter
accoutres
accoutres
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accoutre
accredits
accredits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accredit
accubitus
accusants
accusants
noun
plural of accusant
accusator
accusator
noun
(archaic) A male accuser;
accustoms
accustoms
noun
plural of accustom
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accustom
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
acerbates
acerbates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acerbate
acescents
acescents
noun
plural of acescent
acetamids
acetamids
noun
plural of acetamid
acetifies
acetifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acetify
acetosity
acetosity
noun
The quality of being acetous; sourness.
acetoxyls
acetoxyls
noun
plural of acetoxyl
achaetous
achaetous
adj
(zoology) Without setae
achromats
achromats
noun
plural of achromat
acidities
acidities
noun
plural of acidity
acierates
acierates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acierate
aconitums
aconitums
noun
plural of aconitum
acousmata
acousmata
noun
plural of acousma
acoustics
acoustics
noun
(physics) The science of sounds, teaching their nature, phenomena and laws.
plural of acoustic
acquaints
acquaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquaint
acquisita
acquisite
acquisite
adj
(obsolete) acquired
acrestaff
acrobates
acroblast
acroblast
noun
(medicine) Material derived from the Golgi apparatus from which the acrosome develops during spermatogenesis.
(medicine, archaic) A type of embryonic cell forming a layer external to the mesoblast.
acrodonts
acrodonts
noun
plural of acrodont
acroliths
acroliths
noun
plural of acrolith
acrostics
acrostics
noun
plural of acrostic
acrotisms
acrylates
acrylates
noun
plural of acrylate
actinians
actinians
noun
plural of actinian
actinides
actinides
noun
plural of actinide
actinisms
actinisms
noun
plural of actinism
actiniums
actiniums
noun
plural of actinium
actinoids
actinoids
noun
plural of actinoid
actionist
actionist
noun
(art, sometimes capitalized) One taking part in the actionism movement.
Synonym of activist
activates
activates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of activate
activisms
activisms
noun
plural of activism
activists
activists
noun
plural of activist
actorship
actorship
noun
The state or quality associated with being an actor.
actresses
actresses
noun
plural of actress
actualise
actualise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of actualize.
actualism
actualism
noun
(philosophy) The belief that actuality and existence are co‐extensive: i.e., that only actual things exist, and merely possible things do not.
actualist
actualist
noun
A proponent of actualism.
actuaries
actuaries
noun
plural of actuary
actuators
actuators
noun
plural of actuator
acusector
acutances
acutances
noun
plural of acutance
acuteness
acuteness
noun
(medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
(of the senses or feelings) The faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness
Shrewdness, quickness of mind
Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds.
The quality of being acute or pointed
adductors
adductors
noun
plural of adductor
adenocyst
adnascent
adnascent
adj
Growing to or on something else.
adnescent
adscripts
adscripts
noun
plural of adscript
advocates
advocates
noun
plural of advocate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate
aeolistic
aeolistic
adj
Alternative form of Aeolistic
aeroducts
aeroducts
noun
plural of aeroduct
aestethic
aesthetic
aesthetic
adj
Beautiful or appealing to one's sense of beauty or art.
Concerned with beauty, artistic impact, or appearance.
noun
That which appeals to the senses.
The artistic motifs defining a collection of things, especially works of art; more broadly, their aura or “vibe”.
The study of art or beauty.
affecters
affecters
noun
plural of affecter
aftercast
aftercast
noun
(art) A reproduction work made by reusing a cast.
A throw of dice after the game is ended.
aftercost
aftercost
noun
(accounting) A subsequent expense related to but occurring after the source of an expenditure.
(by extension) A subsequent burden or loss resulting from an endeavor.
agastache
agastache
noun
A plant of genus Agastache, a giant hyssop.
agnostics
agnostics
noun
plural of agnostic
agonistic
agonistic
adj
(pharmacology, biochemistry) Pertaining to an agonist.
(rhetoric) Argumentative; combative.
(zoology, anthropology) Characterised by conflict or hostility.
Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
ahistoric
ahistoric
adj
Synonym of ahistorical
aircrafts
aircrafts
noun
(nonstandard) plural of aircraft
aitchless
aitchless
adj
Without pronouncing the /h/ sound.
albescent
albescent
adj
Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
alcahests
alcahests
noun
plural of alcahest
alcathous
alchemist
alchemist
noun
One who blends material or substances in the nature or supposed nature of alchemy.
One who practices alchemy.
alectoris
alictisal
allocates
allocates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allocate
alopecist
alopecist
noun
One who undertakes to cure or prevent baldness.
altiscope
altiscope
noun
An arrangement of lenses and mirrors making it possible to see around obstructing objects.
ameristic
ameristic
adj
(biology) Lacking a meristem and thus undifferentiated
ammocetes
ammocetes
noun
plural of ammocete
amoristic
amoristic
adj
Pertaining or devoted to love; amatory.
anacletus
anacortes
anacostia
analcites
analcites
noun
plural of analcite
analytics
analytics
noun
Discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data.
The principles governing any of various forms of analysis.
anapestic
anapestic
adj
of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry (see also limeric or limerick).
of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum. Surdo literally means "deaf" in Brasilian Portuguese, and the surdo drums play the bass parts in a samba rhythm as performed by a batucada (drumming ensemble) during the Carnaval celebration.
of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human?) heartbeat pattern.
of, or relating to, or composed of an anapest.
noun
A verse that contains anapestic feet
anarchist
anarchist
adj
(somewhat rare) Relating to anarchism or to anarchists; anarchistic.
noun
(by extension) One who promotes chaos and lawlessness.
One who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.
One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority.
One who resents outside control or influence on their life, in particular a government, and therefore desires the absence of political control.
anastatic
anastatic
adj
(printing, historical) Of or relating to a printing process in which copies of drawings are printed from facsimiles produced in relief on zinc plates.
Of or pertaining to anastasis.
anatocism
anatocism
noun
(law) compound interest
ancestors
ancestors
noun
plural of ancestor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ancestor
ancestral
ancestral
adj
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors
anchistea
anchorets
anchorets
noun
plural of anchoret
anconitis
andesitic
andesitic
adj
(geology) Pertaining to, or composed of andesite
anecdotes
anecdotes
noun
plural of anecdote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anecdote
anelastic
anelastic
adj
(engineering, materials science) Showing no obvious relation between stress and strain.
angiocyst
anglicist
anglicist
Noun
Expert on English studies.
animastic
animastic
adj
(rare) Pertaining to or possessing an animate nonphysical nature; having a mental or spiritual nature.
Relating to mind or spirit; spiritual.
animistic
animistic
adj
Of or pertaining to animism.
anosmatic
anosmatic
adj
(zoology) Lacking olfactory organs, and so having no sense of smell; anosmic.
anostraca
antalgics
antalgics
noun
plural of antalgic
antapices
antapices
noun
plural of antapex
antecedes
antecedes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antecede
anthraces
anticaste
anticaste
adj
(sociology) Opposing the social system of caste.
anticness
anticness
noun
The state or quality of being antic.
anticosti
antiochus
antiochus
Proper noun
name, notably borne by the thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty.
antipasch
antipyics
antipyics
noun
plural of antipyic
antiscale
antiscale
adj
Countering or preventing scale (the mineral deposit).
antiscion
antiscion
noun
(astrology) The mirror image, or shadow, of a planet, based upon a line of reference which is the axis of 0 Cancer/0 Capricorn (the position of the sun at the solstices).
antispace
antispace
adj
(military) Against space.
noun
(mathematics) A kind of topological space.
A space or region that violates the norms or conventions of spaces.
antistock
antistock
adj
(rare) Opposing the farming of livestock.
antonescu
apneustic
apneustic
adj
(pathology) Of or relating to apneusis.
apostatic
apostatic
Adjective
Apostate.
apostolic
apostolic
adj
(religion, Christianity) Pertaining to apostles or their practice of teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings.
According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles.
Of or pertaining to the Catholic missions.
Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
apotheces
aproctous
aproctous
adj
(zoology) Without an anal orifice.
aquaducts
aqueducts
aqueducts
noun
plural of aqueduct
arcatures
arcatures
noun
plural of arcature
archaists
archaists
noun
plural of archaist
archettos
archivist
archivist
noun
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing, organising, and archives.
archsaint
aristarch
aristarch
Noun
A
armistice
armistice
name
Alternative letter-case form of Armistice (“the armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I; (by extension) the end of World War I.”)
noun
A (short) cessation of combat; a cease-fire, a truce.
A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat.
aromatics
aromatics
noun
plural of aromatic
artefacts
artefacts
noun
plural of artefact
artemisic
articulus
articulus
noun
(zoology) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea.
(zoology) A joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
artifacts
artifacts
noun
plural of artifact
artifices
artifices
noun
plural of artifice
ascendant
ascendant
adj
Rising, moving upward.
Surpassing or controlling.
noun
(astrology) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
(usually followed by to) A royal heir assuming (a place of power).
Ascent; height; elevation.
Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendancy.