(rare) superlative form of absolute: most absolute
absolutive
absolutive
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.
(rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.
noun
(grammar) An uninflected verb form used to indicate another action performed by the subject of the principal verb.
(grammar) The absolutive case, or a phrase that uses it.
absolutize
absolutize
verb
(transitive) To make absolute.
absolvable
absolvable
adj
That may be absolved.
absorbable
absorbable
adj
Capable of being absorbed or swallowed up.
noun
A material that can be absorbed.
absorbedly
absorbedly
adv
In a manner as if wholly engrossed or engaged.
acarpelous
acarpelous
adj
Alternative spelling of acarpellous
accostable
accostable
adj
(obsolete, rare) Approachable; affable.
acephalous
acephalous
adj
(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
(of a manuscript) Lacking the first portion of the text.
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
(rare) Without a beginning.
(social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
Having no head.
acetolysis
acetolysis
noun
(organic chemistry) The breakdown of an organic compound using either acetic acid or acetic anhydride
acleistous
acoelomous
acoelomous
adj
Synonym of acoelomate
acondylose
acondylose
adj
Alternative form of acondylous
acrologies
acropoleis
acropoleis
noun
plural of acropolis
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
acuclosure
adenoblast
adenoblast
noun
(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adsorbable
adsorbable
adj
Able to be adsorbed
adulterous
adulterous
adj
Of, or characterized by adultery.
aegithalos
aerocolpos
aerocolpos
noun
(rare, medicine) Vaginal gas; air or gas trapped in the vagina.
aerolitics
aerolitics
noun
The scientific study of aerolites.
aerologies
aerologies
noun
plural of aerology
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
aeroplanes
aeroplanes
noun
plural of aeroplane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aeroplane
aerosolize
aerosolize
verb
(American spelling) Alternative form of aerosolise
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
agathocles
agrologies
agrosteral
agrosterol
albarellos
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
alcoholise
alcoholise
verb
Alternative spelling of alcoholize
aldohexose
aldohexose
noun
(biochemistry) Any hexose containing an aldehyde group.
aldononose
alessandro
aleurobius
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
algologies
allegories
allegories
noun
plural of allegory
allegorise
allegorise
verb
(intransitive, British spelling) To use allegory.
(transitive, British spelling) To create an allegory from some event or situation.
allegorism
allegorism
noun
(theology) The belief that the primary value and significance of what is earthly and tangible is the way it points to the divine.
The use of allegory.
allegorist
allegorist
noun
One who speaks in, or writes, allegories.
alliaceous
alliaceous
adj
Smelling or tasting of garlic or onion.
allobroges
allogamies
alloisomer
alloisomer
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of geometric isomer
allomerism
allomerism
noun
(chemistry) Variability in chemical composition without variation in crystalline form.
allomerous
allomerous
adj
(chemistry) Characterized by allomerism.
allophones
allophones
noun
plural of allophone
allosteric
allosteric
adj
(biochemistry, of an enzyme) That binds a compound on an inactive site and thus changes macromolecular conformation or dynamics in order to become either active or inactive
noun
(biochemistry) An allosteric modulator
allotheism
allotheism
noun
Worship of a god or gods that are foreign to one's own land.
allotheist
allotments
allotments
noun
plural of allotment
allotropes
allotropes
noun
plural of allotrope
allotypies
allotypies
noun
plural of allotypy
allowances
allowances
noun
plural of allowance
almshouses
almshouses
noun
plural of almshouse.
alodiaries
alongshore
alongshore
adv
At or along a shore or coast.
alopecurus
alpenhorns
alpenhorns
noun
plural of alpenhorn
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
alphonsine
alphosises
alutaceous
alutaceous
adj
Of the colour or texture of leather
alveolites
alveolitis
alveolitis
noun
(medicine) An inflammation of a dental alveolus (tooth socket).
(medicine) An inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs.
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
ambosexual
ameloblast
ameloblast
noun
An epithelial cell that forms the enamel of the developing tooth
ametallous
ampelopsin
ampelopsin
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular flavanonol.
ampelopsis
ampelopsis
noun
A vine of the genus Ampelopsis
amphiboles
amphiboles
noun
plural of amphibole
amylaceous
amylaceous
adj
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, starch; starchy.
amylopsase
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
anchorless
anchorless
adj
Lacking an anchor; adrift
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
androlepsy
anelytrous
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
anisocycle
anisomeles
anisomelia
anisomelia
noun
(pathology) Inequality between paired limbs.
anisomelus
anklebones
anklebones
noun
plural of anklebone
annelidous
annelidous
adj
Of or pertaining to annelids
anovesical
anovesical
adj
Relating to the anus and urinary bladder.
ansonville
antecloset
antedorsal
anthelions
antilogies
antilogies
noun
plural of antilogy
antinovels
antinovels
noun
plural of antinovel
antrorsely
antrorsely
adv
(biology) In an antrorse fashion.
aperulosid
apiologies
apocalypse
apocalypse
noun
(Christianity) The Book of Revelation.
(Christianity) The unveiling of events prophesied in the Revelation; the second coming and the end of life on Earth; global destruction.
A disaster; a cataclysmic event; destruction or ruin.
A revelation, especially of supernatural events.
apologised
apologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologise
apologiser
apologiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologizer.
apologizes
apologizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apologize
apophyseal
apophyseal
adj
Of or pertaining to an apophysis.
apoplexies
apoplexies
noun
plural of apoplexy
apostolate
apostolate
noun
A group of people that exists for the spreading of religious doctrine.
The office, or responsibilities of an apostle.
apostoless
apostoless
noun
Alternative form of apostless (“a female apostle”)
apostolize
apostolize
verb
(archaic) To convert; to proselytize.
To make sacred or apostolic.
appositely
appositely
adv
In an apposite manner.
apresoline
araeostyle
araeostyle
noun
(architecture) intercolumniation
arbusterol
areologies
areologist
areologist
noun
(astronomy) One who studies the planet Mars.
arsenhemol
arsenolite
arsenolite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of arsenic trioxide.
arterioles
arterioles
noun
plural of arteriole
ascaridole
ascaridole
noun
(biochemistry) A bicyclic monoterpene peroxide found in plants of the Chenopodium genus; it is explosive
ascolichen
ascolichen
noun
Any lichen whose fungal component is an ascomycete
asperously
asperously
adv
In an asperous manner.
asperulous
asperulous
adj
(botany) Slightly rough, due to minute small hard protrusions on the surface.
asphodelus
asplenioid
asporulate
asporulate
adj
(botany) That does not produce spores
associable
associable
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc.
(obsolete) sociable; companionable
Capable of being associated or joined.
assoilment
assoilment
noun
Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.
Act of soiling; defilement.
asteroidal
asteroidal
adj
Of or pertaining to an asteroid
astrolabes
astrolabes
noun
plural of astrolabe
astrolater
astrolater
noun
One who worships the stars.
astrologer
astrologer
noun
One who studies or practices astrology.
ateleiosis
ateleiosis
noun
Alternative form of ateliosis
authorless
authorless
adj
Without an author.
autoclaves
autoclaves
noun
plural of autoclave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autoclave
autolesion
autolysate
autolysate
noun
(chemistry) Any product of autolysis
autotelism
autotelism
noun
(art) In literature or art, the belief that a work, having been created, is a justification in and of itself. Poems with a unified rhetorical device to frame the poem in a singular idea.
The belief that an entity or event has within itself its own meaning or purpose.
axiologies
axiologies
noun
plural of axiology
babblesome
babblesome
adj
Characterised or marked by babbling
baldmoneys
ballooners
ballooners
noun
plural of ballooner
balourdise
bamboozles
bamboozles
noun
plural of bamboozle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bamboozle