(education) The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board after the school has met certain requirements.
The act of accrediting.
The giving of credentials.
acetbromamide
acethydrazide
acethydrazide
noun
(organic chemistry) The hydrazide of acetic acid CH₃-CO-NH-NH₂
achroodextrin
achroodextrin
noun
Alternative form of achrodextrin
acidimetrical
acidimetrical
adj
Alternative form of acidimetric
acroceratidae
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
additamentary
adenometritis
adhesivemeter
adhesivemeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the adhesive qualities of a substance.
adiaphoristic
adiaphoristic
adj
(theology) Theologically indifferent.
adiathermancy
adiathermancy
noun
(obsolete) A resistance to the flow of heat.
admeasurement
admeasurement
noun
Apportionment.
admensuration
admensuration
noun
admeasurement
administerial
administerial
adj
Of or pertaining to administering or administration.
administering
administering
noun
administration
verb
present participle of administer
administrable
administrable
adj
Able to be administered
administrants
administrants
noun
plural of administrant
administrated
administrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of administrate
administrates
administrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administrate
administrator
administrator
noun
(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
(law) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
adminstration
admortization
admortization
noun
(law) In feudal law, the reducing of lands or tenements to mortmain.
adrenalectomy
adrenalectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
adrenosterone
adrenosterone
noun
(biochemistry) A hormone, originally isolated from the adrenal cortex, that has weak androgenic effects.
adrenotrophin
adscriptitius
adsorbability
adsorbability
noun
A measure of the degree to which a material is capable of adsorption.
adulterations
adulterations
noun
plural of adulteration
adumbratively
adumbratively
adv
In an adumbrative manner
adventurement
adventurement
noun
(obsolete) adventure.
adventureship
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
adventuresses
adventuresses
noun
plural of adventuress
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
adversatively
adversatively
adv
In an adversative manner
advertisement
advertisement
noun
(card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
(obsolete) Notoriety.
A public notice.
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
advertizement
advertizement
noun
Alternative spelling of advertisement
aerodontalgia
aerodontalgia
noun
(dentistry) Pain in the teeth caused by changes in air pressure.
affrontedness
affrontedness
noun
The state or quality of being affronted.
agatharchides
aggradational
aggradational
adj
(geology) Pertaining to or formed by aggradation.
airconditions
aldosteronism
aldosteronism
noun
(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties
alectoropodes
alectrionidae
alethopteroid
ambidexterity
ambidexterity
noun
Superior cleverness or adaptability.
The property of being equally skillful with each hand.
ambidexterous
ambidexterous
adj
Misspelling of ambidextrous.
amygdonitrile
anaphroditous
anchitherioid
andropetalous
angiocarditis
anhydrization
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
anoplotheroid
antaphroditic
antaphroditic
adj
(obsolete, medicine) antaphrodisiac
(obsolete, medicine) antisyphilitic
antejudiciary
antennariidae
antherozoidal
anthophoridae
anthosiderite
anthropoidean
antiapartheid
antiapartheid
adj
Acting against or opposing apartheid.
anticonductor
antidemocracy
antidemocracy
adj
Opposed to democracy.
noun
Opposition to democracy.
antidyscratic
antidyscratic
adj
Countering dyscrasy.
noun
A remedy to counter dyscrasy.
antimodernism
antimodernism
noun
A movement that opposes modernism.
antimodernist
antimodernist
adj
Opposing modernism.
noun
One who opposes modernism.
antiorthodoxy
antiradiating
antiradiation
antiradiation
adj
Countering radiation.
antiradically
antireduction
antireductive
antispreading
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
antitradition
antitradition
adj
(sociology) Opposing tradition.
aphrosiderite
aphydrotropic
apostrophised
apostrophised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apostrophise
apostrophized
apostrophized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apostrophize
arachnoiditis
arachnoiditis
noun
(pathology) A neuropathic disease caused by the inflammation of the arachnoid, one of the membranes that surround and protect the nerves of the spinal cord.
archdeaconate
archdetective
archdisturber
archdogmatist
archimandrite
archimandrite
noun
(ecclesiastical) An honorary title sometimes given to a monastic priest.
(ecclesiastical) The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
archpretender
armageddonist
arseniuretted
arseniuretted
adj
(chemistry, archaic) Combined with arsenic.
arthrodonteae
arthrotyphoid
articodactyla
aspidochirota
asterolepidae
astrodynamics
astrodynamics
noun
The study of the motion of rockets and other spacecraft usually from Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal gravitation.
atelorachidia
attitudiniser
attitudiniser
noun
Alternative form of attitudinizer
attitudinizer
attitudinizer
noun
One who attitudinizes, or practises poses.
attiwendaronk
autodecrement
autodecrement
noun
(computing) An automatic decrement.
verb
(computing) To decrement automatically.
autoradiogram
autoradiogram
noun
Synonym of autoradiograph
autoreduction
autoreduction
noun
(inorganic chemistry) reduction in the absence of a reducing agent
autotriploidy
autotriploidy
noun
The condition of being autotriploid
avanguardisti
backscattered
backscattered
verb
past participle of backscatter
backwardation
backwardation
noun
(obsolete) In the London Stock Exchange: a fee paid by a seller on settlement day either to the buyer or to a third party who lends stock, when the seller wishes to defer settlement until the next settlement day.
In full normal backwardation: the situation in a futures market where the price for future delivery of a commodity (the forward price) is lower than the price for immediate delivery (the spot price) or nearer delivery, generally arising from a near-term shortage of the commodity.
The situation in a stock market where the offer price for stock is lower than the bid price.
bacteriocidal
bacteriocidal
adj
Alternative form of bactericidal
basipterygoid
basipterygoid
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the base of the sphenoid bone
noun
(anatomy) The basipterygoid process
bastardliness
bastardliness
noun
The state or quality of being bastardly.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
bedragglement
bedragglement
noun
The state of being bedraggled.
belltopperdom
berchtesgaden
bestsellerdom
bestsellerdom
noun
The quality of having the status of bestseller.
bewilderments
bewilderments
noun
plural of bewilderment
biarticulated
biarticulated
adj
doubly articulated
bicarburetted
bicarburetted
adj
Alternative form of bicarbureted
bidirectional
bidirectional
adj
Moving in two directions (usually opposite)
Operating or functioning in two directions (usually opposite)
noun
Such an antenna or microphone
bitterhearted
blepharydatis
blithehearted
blomstrandine
blomstrandine
noun
(mineralogy) A basic oxide mineral containing a mixture of several rare earths
bloodthirster
bloodthirster
noun
A person who is bloodthirsty.
boldheartedly
bostrychoidal
bothrodendron
boustrophedon
boustrophedon
adj
(figuratively) Changing direction, going back and forth.
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Written from right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
adv
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) In a fashion such that the reading direction changes from right-to-left to left-to-right with each new line.
noun
(historical, calligraphy, of writing) Writing that is right-to-left and left-to-right on alternate lines.
brachiopodist
brachydactyly
brachydactyly
noun
(pathology) Abnormal shortness of the fingers or toes
brachydomatic
brachydontism
bradydactylia
bradyesthesia
breadthriders
breastfeeding
breastfeeding
noun
(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
verb
present participle of breastfeed
bretwaldaship
bridgehampton
brilliantined
brilliantined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brilliantine
broadcastings
broadcastings
noun
plural of broadcasting
brokenhearted
brokenhearted
adj
Grieved and disappointed, especially with the loss of a beloved person or thing, such as the repudiation of a romantic relationship.
brongniardite
brongniardite
noun
(mineralogy) A lead-silver sulfantimonide with 26.2% silver, some of which is apparently diaphorite and some canfieldite.
bulletproofed
bulletproofed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bulletproof
butyraldehyde
butyraldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The aliphatic aldehyde CH₃-CH₂-CH₂-CHO derived from butane
cambridgeport
candlelighter
candlelighter
noun
A person who lights candles.
A spill used for lighting candles.
cantharidated
cantharidated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cantharidate