(rare) superlative form of absolute: most absolute
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.
absolutory
absolutory
adj
Serving to absolve; absolving; giving absolution.
absolvitor
absolvitor
noun
(Scotland, law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
abstractly
abstractly
adv
In an abstract way or manner
separately; absolutely
abstrusely
abstrusely
adv
In an abstruse manner.
abyssolith
abyssolith
noun
(geology) A mass of igneous rock deep in the crust with no known bottom; a large batholith.
acatalepsy
acatalepsy
noun
Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
accentless
accentless
adj
Of a word, having no diacritical mark; unaccented.
Speaking without an accent.
acclimates
acclimates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimate
accostable
accostable
adj
(obsolete, rare) Approachable; affable.
acephalist
acephalist
noun
(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
acetolysis
acetolysis
noun
(organic chemistry) The breakdown of an organic compound using either acetic acid or acetic anhydride
acetylenes
acetylenes
noun
plural of acetylene
acidulates
acidulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate
acleistous
acoustical
acoustical
adj
Of or pertaining to hearing or acoustics.
acquittals
acquittals
noun
plural of acquittal
acrostical
acrostical
adj
Like an acrostic.
acrostolia
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
actualised
actualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualise
actualizes
actualizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actualize
actualness
actualness
noun
The state or quality of being actual.
adactylism
adactylism
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of adactyly.
adactylous
adactylous
adj
Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Without fingers or without toes.
adenoblast
adenoblast
noun
(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adiabolist
adiabolist
noun
(obsolete) one who does not believe in the Devil.
adjustable
adjustable
adj
capable of being adjusted
noun
Anything that can be adjusted.
adjustably
adjustably
adv
In a way that is adjustable.
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.
adulatress
adulatress
noun
(archaic) A female adulator.
adulterers
adulterers
noun
plural of adulterer
adulteress
adulteress
noun
A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery.
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
adulterous
adulterous
adj
Of, or characterized by adultery.
adulthoods
adulthoods
noun
plural of adulthood
aedilities
aedilities
noun
plural of aedility
aegialitis
aegithalos
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
affectless
affectless
adj
Lacking or not showing emotion.
affiliates
affiliates
noun
plural of affiliate
afflatuses
afflatuses
noun
plural of afflatus
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
afterlifes
afterlifes
noun
(rare, proscribed) plural of afterlife
afterlives
afterlives
noun
plural of afterlife
afterswell
agalactous
agalactous
adj
Lacking milk to suckle with.
agathocles
agnostical
agnostical
adj
Alternative form of agnostic
agrestical
agrestical
adj
Obsolete form of agrestic.
agricolist
agricolist
noun
A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist.
agrologist
agrologist
noun
One who studies or carries out agrology.
agrosteral
agrosterol
airplanist
airplanist
noun
(archaic) An airplane pilot.
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.
albinistic
albinistic
adj
Of or pertaining to albinism.
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.
algebraist
algebraist
noun
(mathematics) A mathematician who specializes in algebra.
algidities
algidities
noun
plural of algidity
algologist
algologist
noun
One who studies algology.
algoristic
algoristic
adj
algorithmic
algorithms
algorithms
noun
plural of algorithm
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
alkahestic
alkahestic
adj
Resembling or relating to alkahest.
allegorist
allegorist
noun
One who speaks in, or writes, allegories.
allenhurst
allergists
allergists
noun
plural of allergist
alleviates
alleviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alleviate
alligators
alligators
noun
plural of alligator
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alligator
allocators
allocators
noun
plural of allocator
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
allotments
allotments
noun
plural of allotment
allotropes
allotropes
noun
plural of allotrope
allotypies
allotypies
noun
plural of allotypy
alodialist
alodialist
noun
Alternative form of allodialist
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
alsbachite
alternates
alternates
noun
plural of alternate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alternate
altimeters
altimeters
noun
plural of altimeter
altisonant
altisonant
adj
High-sounding; lofty or pompous.
altisonous
altisonous
adj
Alternative form of altisonant
altruistic
altruistic
adj
Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish
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.
amalgamist
amblystoma
ambulantes
ambulators
ambulators
noun
plural of ambulator
ameloblast
ameloblast
noun
An epithelial cell that forms the enamel of the developing tooth
ametallous
amidoplast
aminoplast
amphistyly
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
ampullitis
ampullitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of an ampulla
amyloplast
amyloplast
noun
(biology) A specialized leucoplast responsible for the storage of amylopectin through the polymerization of glucose.
amyraldist
anaclastic
anaclastic
adj
Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water.
Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
analgesist
anaplastic
anaplastic
adj
(oncology) Of, or relating to, a tumor that shows little histogenetic differentiation. It implies that a tumor is high grade and likely to behave in an aggressive fashion.
(surgery) Of or relating to plastic surgery.
anastalsis
anastaltic
anastaltic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) styptic
ancestrial
ancestrial
adj
(dated) Ancestral.
andalusite
andalusite
noun
(mineralogy) An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅.
anelytrous
angioblast
angioblast
noun
(biology) A cell that differentiates into blood cells and endothelium within an embryo.