A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
alphabetised
alphabetised
adj
(Britain) Arranged in alphabetical order.
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetise
alphabetiser
alphabetiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetizer.
alphabetizes
alphabetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize
alstroemeria
alstroemeria
noun
Any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies.
altaltissimo
altaltissimo
noun
The highest point of something.
altercations
altercations
noun
plural of altercation
alternariose
alternations
alternations
noun
plural of alternation
alternatives
alternatives
noun
plural of alternative
altitudinous
altitudinous
adj
(humorous) Lofty; very high.
alveolonasal
alveolonasal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the nose
amalgamators
amalgamators
noun
plural of amalgamator
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
ambisyllabic
ambisyllabic
adj
(phonology, of a consonant) Acting simultaneously as the coda of one syllable and the onset of the following syllable.
ambitionless
ambitionless
adj
Without ambition or motivation
ambivalences
ambivalences
noun
plural of ambivalence
ambleocarpus
amblyacousia
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amblyopsidae
amblystegite
ambulatories
ambulatories
noun
plural of ambulatory
ameliorators
ameliorators
noun
plural of ameliorator
ameloblastic
ameloblastic
adj
Of or relating to ameloblasts.
amenableness
amenableness
Noun
The state or quality of being amenable.
amethystlike
amiabilities
amiabilities
noun
plural of amiability
amicableness
amicableness
noun
The state or quality of being amicable.
amidoplastid
aminoplastic
aminoplastic
noun
melamine/formaldehyde resin
amissibility
amissibility
noun
The quality of being amissible; the possibility of being lost.
ammoreslinol
amnioclepsis
amobarbitals
amobarbitals
noun
plural of amobarbital
amontillados
amontillados
noun
plural of amontillado
amoxicillins
amoxicillins
noun
plural of amoxicillin
amoxycillins
amoxycillins
noun
plural of amoxycillin
ampelopsidin
ampelosicyos
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphibolites
amphibolites
noun
plural of amphibolite
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphinucleus
amphisilidae
amphophilous
amphophilous
adj
Synonym of amphophilic
ampullaceous
ampullaceous
adj
Shaped like a swollen bottle.
amygdaloncus
amyloclastic
amylogenesis
amylogenesis
noun
The formation of starch.
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
amyloplastic
amyloplastic
adj
starch-forming; amylogenic
amyloplastid
anacoluthons
anacoluthons
noun
plural of anacoluthon
anaeroplasty
anallagmatis
analyzations
analyzations
noun
plural of analyzation
anapaestical
anapaestical
Adjective
anapestic
anaplasmoses
anaplasmoses
noun
plural of anaplasmosis
anaplasmosis
anaplasmosis
noun
A disease of ruminants and sometimes humans caused by infection with Anaplasma bacteria, normally transmitted by hard ticks.
anapophysial
anarthrously
anarthrously
adv
(grammar) In an anarthrous manner; without an accompanying article.
anatomisable
ancylocladus
ancylostomum
anecdotalism
anecdotalism
noun
A predisposition to relate anecdotes.
anecdotalist
anecdotalist
noun
One who recounts anecdotes, or uses them instead of experimental evidence in a field of study.
anelasticity
anelasticity
noun
The property of being anelastic.
anemoclastic
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
anencephalus
anencephalus
noun
anencephaly
aneuploidies
aneuploidies
noun
plural of aneuploidy
aneurismally
aneurysmally
aneurysmally
adv
In an aneurysmal way.
angelologies
angelologies
noun
plural of angelology
angelologist
angelologist
noun
A person involved in angelology.
angioblastic
angioblastic
adj
Relating to angioblasts.
angiospermal
angiospermal
adj
angiospermous
anglerfishes
anglerfishes
noun
plural of anglerfish
anglicanisms
anglophilism
anglophobist
anguishously
angularities
angularities
noun
plural of angularity
angulateness
anguliferous
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
anilinctuses
animableness
animadversal
animalculism
animalculism
noun
(biology, archaic) A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of animalcules.
(biology, archaic) The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism.
animalculist
animalculist
adj
(historical) Pertaining to animalculism.
noun
(historical) A believer in the theory that the embryo exists preformed within the spermatozoon; a proponent of animalculism.
(obsolete) Someone who studies animalcules.
animalculous
animalculous
adj
(archaic) Relating to animalcules.
anisaldehyde
anisaldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic aldehyde 4-methoxybenzaldehyde that has a strong aroma or anise or licorice; it is used in flavourings and in organic synthesis
anisaldoxime
anisodactyla
anisodactyle
anisodactyli
anisopleural
ankylomerism
ankylosaurus
ankylosaurus
noun
A large herbivorous dinosaur, of genus Ankylosaurus, that lived in the Cretaceous period, noted for its heavy armor and club-like tail.
annihilators
annihilators
noun
plural of annihilator
anomaloscope
anomaloscope
noun
(ophthalmology) An instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception.
anophthalmos
anophthalmos
noun
anophthalmia
anophthalmus
anorthoclase
anorthoclase
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a group of feldspars being mixed sodium and potassium aluminosilicates.
answerlessly
answerlessly
adv
Without an answer; without answering.
antanaclasis
antanaclasis
noun
(rhetoric) The repeated use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of paronomasia.
anterodorsal
anterodorsal
adj
(anatomy) in front (at the head end) and toward the back (side nearest the spine)
anterospinal
anthologised
anthologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologise
anthologists
anthologists
noun
plural of anthologist
anthologizes
anthologizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anthologize
anthophilous
anthophilous
adj
Living or growing on flowers
antialbumose
antibacklash
antibacklash
adj
(mechanics) Countering or preventing backlash (jarring reflex motion in machinery).
antiblackism
antiblackism
noun
Antiblack sentiments or politics.
anticatalase
anticatalyst
anticatalyst
noun
Any substance that inhibits the activity of a catalyst.
anticlimaxes
anticlimaxes
noun
plural of anticlimax
anticyclones
anticyclones
noun
plural of anticyclone
antielitisms
antiepilepsy
antiepilepsy
adj
Countering epilepsy.
antigropelos
antigropelos
noun
(dated) Waterproof leggings.
antilaborist
antilacrosse
antilegalist
antiliberals
antiliberals
noun
plural of antiliberal
antilogistic
antimoralism
antimoralism
noun
Opposition to moralism.
antimoralist
antimoralist
noun
One who opposes moralism.
antimystical
antinihilism
antinihilism
noun
(philosophy) Opposition to nihilism.
antinihilist
antinihilist
noun
(philosophy) One who opposes nihilism.
antinovelist
antinovelist
noun
(literature) A writer of antinovels.
antinucleons
antinucleons
noun
plural of antinucleon
antiopelmous
antiopelmous
adj
(zoology) Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
antipapalist
antipapalist
noun
Synonym of antipapist
antipetalous
antipetalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antepetalous
antiphysical
antiphysical
adj
contrary to nature; unnatural
antipleasure
antipleasure
adj
Opposing pleasure.
antipolemist
antipolitics
antipolitics
noun
An ideology that prefers centralized and arbitrary rule to democratic government
Avoidance of political debates and controversies.
Broad rejection of political institutions and processes.
Political activity based on moral or intellectual stature rather than force.