(theology) Pertaining to aeviternity, a state between eternity, which is unchanging and outside of time, and temporality, which is subject to change and to death or annihilation. Things aeviternal are creations, like the temporal, but everlasting, like the eternal.
affability
affability
noun
The state or quality of being affable, friendly, or approachable.
affectable
affectable
adj
Able to be affected.
affectedly
affectedly
adv
(obsolete) Lovingly; with tender care.
(obsolete) With intention, intentionally, deliberately.
In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
affectible
affectible
adj
Alternative form of affectable
affectless
affectless
adj
Lacking or not showing emotion.
afferently
afferently
adv
Inwardly, toward the center.
affiliated
affiliated
adj
Associated, related, or united; subject to a particular affiliation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affiliate
affiliates
affiliates
noun
plural of affiliate
afflatuses
afflatuses
noun
plural of afflatus
afflicting
afflicting
noun
An affliction.
verb
present participle of afflict
affliction
affliction
noun
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
afflictive
afflictive
adj
That causes physical or mental pain.
affluently
affluently
adv
In an affluent manner.
afterglide
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
afterlifes
afterlifes
noun
(rare, proscribed) plural of afterlife
afterlight
afterlight
noun
Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
afterlives
afterlives
noun
plural of afterlife
afterswell
aftertrial
afterwhile
afterwhile
adv
(US, dialect) Afterwards.
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
agalactous
agalactous
adj
Lacking milk to suckle with.
agathocles
agathology
agathology
noun
The science or theory of the good.
aggelation
agglutinin
agglutinin
noun
(specifically) A protein found in cow's milk.
A substance that causes particles or cells to clump; it may be an antibody, a lectin, or otherwise.
agitatedly
agitatedly
adv
In an agitated manner.
aglutition
aglutition
noun
(medicine) Inability to swallow.
agmatology
agnostical
agnostical
adj
Alternative form of agnostic
agrestical
agrestical
adj
Obsolete form of agrestic.
agricolist
agricolist
noun
A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist.
agricolite
agricultor
agricultor
noun
(archaic) agriculturist, farmer
agrologist
agrologist
noun
One who studies or carries out agrology.
agrosteral
agrosterol
aguilarite
aguilarite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic sulfosalt mineral found in Mexico.
ahepatokla
ahithophel
airlifting
airlifting
verb
present participle of airlift
airplanist
airplanist
noun
(archaic) An airplane pilot.
airtightly
airtightly
adv
Sealed in an airtight manner.
akolouthia
akroterial
aktiebolag
alabandite
alabandite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of manganese sulfide, MnS, sometimes found in meteorites
alabasters
alabasters
noun
plural of alabaster
alabastron
alabastron
noun
A kind of ancient pottery vase used for holding oils, and originally made from alabaster.
alabastrum
alabastrum
noun
(botany) A flower bud
An alabastron, or ancient pottery container for oil.
alablaster
alacrities
alacrities
noun
plural of alacrity
alacritous
alacritous
adj
(rare) Brisk, speedy, with alacrity, quick and eager.
alberttype
albication
albication
noun
The process of becoming white, or developing white patches or streaks.
albinistic
albinistic
adj
Of or pertaining to albinism.
alboranite
albuminate
albuminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound of albumin and a base or acid
albutannin
albutannin
noun
exsiccated tannin albuminate
alcalizate
alcalizate
adj
Obsolete form of alkalizate.
alchemists
alchemists
noun
plural of alchemist
alcoholate
alcoholate
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) A crystalline salt containing alcohol in place of water of crystallization.
(organic chemistry) An alkoxide.
An alcoholic extract of plant material; a tincture.
alcoholist
alcoholist
noun
(dated) One suffering from alcoholism; an alcoholic.
alcoranist
alcoranist
Noun
One who follows the Qur'an exactly as it is written.
aldoketene
alectoriae
alembicate
alexiteric
alexiteric
adj
Resisting poison or venom.
noun
(medicine) A preservative against infectious diseases.
A preservative against the effects of poison.
algebraist
algebraist
noun
(mathematics) A mathematician who specializes in algebra.
algidities
algidities
noun
plural of algidity
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
algologist
algologist
noun
One who studies algology.
algometric
algometric
Adjective
Relating to algometry.
algoristic
algoristic
adj
algorithmic
algorithms
algorithms
noun
plural of algorithm
alienating
alienating
adj
Tending to alienate.
verb
present participle of alienate
alienation
alienation
noun
(property law) The transfer of property to another person.
(theater) Verfremdungseffekt.
Emotional isolation or dissociation.
The act of alienating.
The state of being alienated.
aliethmoid
alightment
alightment
noun
The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
alimentary
alimentary
adj
Nourishing; nutritious.
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
alimenting
alimenting
verb
present participle of aliment
alimentive
alimentive
adj
Alternative form of alimentative
alineation
alineation
noun
Alternative form of allineation
alipterion
aliptteria
alkahestic
alkahestic
adj
Resembling or relating to alkahest.
alkalinity
alkalinity
noun
(chemistry) The state of being, or the degree to which a thing is, alkaline.
alkalizate
alkalizate
adj
(archaic) Alkaline.
alkatively
alkylating
alkylating
verb
present participle of alkylate
alkylation
alkylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction in which an alkyl group is added to a molecule; used in the production of high-octane petroleum fuels.
allalinite
allanturic
allegation
allegation
noun
An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
The act of alleging.
allegement
allegement
noun
(archaic) Allegation.
allegorist
allegorist
noun
One who speaks in, or writes, allegories.
allegretto
allegretto
adv
(music) To be played rather fast and lively.
noun
(music) A movement in this time.
allenhurst
allentando
allergists
allergists
noun
plural of allergist
alleviated
alleviated
adj
Made more bearable.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alleviate
alleviater
alleviates
alleviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alleviate
alleviator
alleviator
noun
That who or which alleviates.
alligating
alligating
verb
present participle of alligate
alligation
alligation
noun
(obsolete) An old practical method of solving arithmetic problems related to mixtures of ingredients.
(obsolete) The act of tying together or attaching by some bond.
(obsolete) The state of being attached.
Misspelling of allegation.
alligators
alligators
noun
plural of alligator
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alligator
alliterate
alliterate
verb
(intransitive) To exhibit alliteration.
(transitive) To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration.
allivalite
allocating
allocating
verb
present participle of allocate
allocation
allocation
noun
(embryology) Restriction of an embryonic cell and its clonal descendents to a particular cell type or body region
That which is allocated; allowance, entitlement.
The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
allocators
allocators
noun
plural of allocator
allochetia
allochthon
allochthon
noun
(geology) A geological formation not formed in the region where found and moved to its present location by tectonic forces. Compare autochthon.
allocution
allocution
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A pronouncement by a pope to an assembly of church officials concerning a matter of church policy.
(chiefly US, law) The legal right of a victim, in some jurisdictions, to make a statement to a court prior to sentencing of a defendant convicted of a crime causing injury to that victim; the actual statement made to a court by a victim.
(chiefly US, law) The question put to a convicted defendant by a judge after the rendering of the verdict in a trial, in which the defendant is asked whether he or she wishes to make a statement to the court before sentencing; the statement made by a defendant in response to such a question; the legal right of a defendant to make such a statement.
(communication, media) The mode of information dissemination in which media broadcasts are transmitted to multiple receivers with no or very limited capability of a two-way exchange of information.
A formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful.
allocutive
alloerotic
alloerotic
adj
having erotic desire of or attraction to another person of any sex
allokurtic
allometric
allometric
adj
(mathematics, of a population) That grows at a rate proportional to a power of another population
Of or pertaining to allometry
allopathic
allopathic
adj
Of or pertaining to allopathy.
allopatric
allopatric
adj
(biology) Not living in the same territory; geographically isolated and thus unable to crossbreed.
alloplasty
alloplasty
noun
(surgery) The grafting of an alloplast
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
allotheria
allotments
allotments
noun
plural of allotment
allotropes
allotropes
noun
plural of allotrope
allotropic
allotropic
adj
(chemistry) Describing a form of an element that exhibits allotropy.
allotrylic
allottable
allottable
adj
Able to be allotted
allotypies
allotypies
noun
plural of allotypy
alloxanate
alloxanate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of alloxanic acid.
alloxantin
alloxantin
noun
(organic chemistry) A hemiacetal formed by alloxan with its reduced reaction product dialuric acid.
allurement
allurement
noun
An enticement, inducement or bait.
Attractiveness; appeal, charisma.
allutterly
allwhither
allylation
allylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces an allyl group.
almacantar
almacantar
noun
Alternative form of almucantar
almightily
almightily
adv
In a way or manner that is almighty.
almucantar
almucantar
noun
(astronomy, archaic or historical) A small circle on the celestial sphere, parallel to the horizon, that is used in astronomy and navigation to show altitude of a star or any other heavenly body.
(astronomy, archaic or historical) An instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross such a circle.
alodialist
alodialist
noun
Alternative form of allodialist
alodiality
alodiality
noun
Alternative form of allodiality
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
alpestrian
alpestrine
alpestrine
adj
Synonym of subalpine
alphabeted
alphabeted
adj
(chiefly in combination) Written using a specified alphabet
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alphabet
alphabetic
alphabetic
adj
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
alpharetta
alsbachite
altarpiece
altarpiece
noun
a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church
altazimuth
altazimuth
noun
A telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation
alteration
alteration
noun
The act of altering or making different.
The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.