Not caused by bacteria; characterized by a lack of bacteria.
abalienate
abalienate
verb
(civil law, transitive) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
(obsolete) To estrange; to cause alienation of.
abilitable
ablastemic
ablastemic
adj
(biology) Non-germinal; unable to form a blastema or offspring.
ablatively
ablatively
adv
In an ablative manner.
ablegation
ablegation
noun
(obsolete) Expulsion; banishment.
ableptical
ableptical
adj
Alternative form of ableptic (“blind”)
abmodality
abolitions
abolitions
noun
plural of abolition
abortional
abortional
adj
(rare) Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.
abortively
abortively
adv
In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
absinthial
absinthial
adj
Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.
absinthole
absolution
absolution
noun
(civil law, obsolete) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.
(ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
(obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
absolutism
absolutism
noun
(philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
(political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
(rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
(theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
absolutist
absolutist
adj
Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising.
noun
(metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute.
An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute.
One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
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.
absolvitor
absolvitor
noun
(Scotland, law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
abterminal
abterminal
adj
(anatomy, of an electrical current in a muscle) Away from the end and towards the centre
abyssolith
abyssolith
noun
(geology) A mass of igneous rock deep in the crust with no known bottom; a large batholith.
acadialite
acadialite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral found in Nova Scotia consisting of red chabazite.
accidental
accidental
adj
(geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
(music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
(philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
noun
(music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
(painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
accipitral
accipitral
adj
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike
acclimated
acclimated
adj
accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment
verb
(chiefly US) simple past tense and past participle of acclimate
acclimates
acclimates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimate
acephalist
acephalist
noun
(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
acephalite
acephalite
Noun
A Paulician, a member of an early gnostic Christian heresy.
acetaminol
acetanilid
acetanilid
noun
Alternative form of acetanilide
acetolysis
acetolysis
noun
(organic chemistry) The breakdown of an organic compound using either acetic acid or acetic anhydride
acetolytic
acetolytic
adj
Relating to acetolysis.
acetylenic
acetylenic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetylene or its derivatives; having a carbon-to-carbon triple bond
acetylized
acetylized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acetylize
acetylizer
acetylizer
noun
Synonym of acetylator
achitophel
aciculated
aciculated
adj
Alternative form of aciculate
acidulated
acidulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acidulate
acidulates
acidulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate
acleistous
acolyctine
acolyctine
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.
acoustical
acoustical
adj
Of or pertaining to hearing or acoustics.
acquittals
acquittals
noun
plural of acquittal
acrolithan
acrolithan
Adjective
Relating to, or like, an acrolith.
acrolithic
acrolithic
adj
Relating to, or like, an acrolith.
acrostical
acrostical
adj
Like an acrostic.
acrostolia
acroterial
acroterial
adj
Pertaining to an acroterium.
actability
actability
noun
The condition of being actable
actinolite
actinolite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂, belonging to the amphibole group.
actinology
actinology
noun
(sciences) The study of the effect of light on chemicals.
actinozoal
actinozoal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.
actionable
actionable
adj
(law) Affording grounds for legal action.
I'm sure it's not good of me to write that he's a lush, but is it actionable?
That can be acted on; that can be used as the basis for taking action.
actionably
actionably
adv
In an actionable manner.
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
actualised
actualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualise
actualized
actualized
adj
Having become actual; having been realized or made real.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualize
actualizes
actualizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actualize
adactylism
adactylism
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of adactyly.
adamellite
adamellite
noun
(mineralogy) monzonite
adamitical
adaptional
adaptional
adj
(biology) Applied to the process by which an organism is fitted or adapted to its environment
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the action of adapting.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
adaptorial
adaptorial
adj
Tending to adapt or fit; adaptive.
addability
addability
noun
Alternative spelling of addibility
addibility
addibility
noun
Capability of addition; capability of being added to or added together.
additional
additional
adj
Supplemental or added to something.
noun
Something added.
additively
additively
adv
In an additive manner.
adiabolist
adiabolist
noun
(obsolete) one who does not believe in the Devil.
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adjectival
adjectival
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.
noun
An adjectival phrase or clause.
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
admittable
admittable
adj
Able to be admitted.
admittedly
admittedly
adv
As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly.
admittible
admittible
adj
Archaic spelling of admittable.
adoptional
adoptional
adj
Of or relating to adoption.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adterminal
adullamite
adullamite
Noun
An inhabitant of Adullam. Near this town there was a cave where David and his allies sought refuge from Saul.
A member of the anti-reform faction of the British Liberal Party in the 19th century.
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
adulterize
adulterize
verb
(intransitive, largely obsolete) To commit adultery.
(transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To adulterate.
adulticide
adulticide
noun
A pesticide designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae.
verb
(transitive) To treat with adulticide.
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
aeciotelia
aedilberct
aedilitian
aedilities
aedilities
noun
plural of aedility
aegialitis
aegithalos
aegyptilla
aerialists
aerialists
noun
plural of aerialist
aerolitics
aerolitics
noun
The scientific study of aerolites.
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
aesculetin
aesculetin
noun
A derivative of coumarin found in chicory and many other plants.
aethalides
aethalioid
aetiologue
aeviternal
aeviternal
adj
(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.
affectible
affectible
adj
Alternative form of affectable
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
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.
afterglide
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
aftertrial
afterwhile
afterwhile
adv
(US, dialect) Afterwards.
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.
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.
aguilarite
aguilarite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic sulfosalt mineral found in Mexico.
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
alacrities
alacrities
noun
plural of alacrity
alacritous
alacritous
adj
(rare) Brisk, speedy, with alacrity, quick and eager.
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
alcoholist
alcoholist
noun
(dated) One suffering from alcoholism; an alcoholic.
alcoranist
alcoranist
Noun
One who follows the Qur'an exactly as it is written.
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.