(biology) Non-germinal; unable to form a blastema or offspring.
abominates
abominates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abominate
absinthism
absinthism
noun
The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinthe.
absinthium
absinthium
noun
(now rare) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant.
absinthe oil
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.
abstemious
abstemious
adj
(rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
acclimates
acclimates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimate
acosmistic
acosmistic
adj
Relating to acosmism or to acosmists
acousmatic
acousmatic
adj
(music) Referring to pre-recorded music that is presented in concert using loudspeakers, e.g. some types of computer music.
Referring to Pythagorean disciples who for years listened to his lectures from behind a curtain, unable to see him.
Referring to a sound that has no visually identifiable cause.
acquisitum
acrobatism
acrobatism
noun
(dated) The feats of an acrobat; daring gymnastic feats.
actinosoma
actinosome
actinosome
noun
(zoology) The entire body of a coelenterate.
actomyosin
actomyosin
noun
(biochemistry) A protein complex composed of actin and myosin, found in muscle fibres.
adactylism
adactylism
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of adactyly.
administer
administer
verb
(intransitive) To minister (to).
(law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
(medicine) To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.
(transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
(transitive) To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
To give, as an oath.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
adsmithing
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aforetimes
aforetimes
Adverb
formerly, previously
aftertimes
aftertimes
noun
plural of aftertime
agronomist
agronomist
noun
A scientist whose speciality is agronomy.
aktivismus
alchemists
alchemists
noun
plural of alchemist
algorithms
algorithms
noun
plural of algorithm
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
allotheism
allotheism
noun
Worship of a god or gods that are foreign to one's own land.
altimeters
altimeters
noun
plural of altimeter
amalgamist
amasthenic
amasthenic
adj
(photography) Uniting the rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens does.
amateurish
amateurish
adj
Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
amateurism
amateurism
noun
Amateur beliefs and practices generally.
The opinion or conviction that sports ought not to be played for money.
amatorious
amatorious
adj
(obsolete) amatory
ambassiate
ambrosiate
ambrosiate
noun
A crystalline substance, C₂₃H₂₅O₅Br, that is one of the common irritants that can be refined from ragweed (Ambrosia arthemisiifolia).
amherstite
amiantuses
amidoplast
amidstream
aminoplast
ammonitess
ammonitish
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
amniotitis
amortising
amortising
verb
present participle of amortise
amphiaster
amphiaster
noun
(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphistoma
amphistome
amphistome
noun
Any trematode of the genus Paramphistomum (previously Amphistoma)
amphistyly
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
ampullitis
ampullitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of an ampulla
amurcosity
amyraldist
anabaptism
anabaptism
Noun
The doctrine of the Anabaptists.
anacrotism
anacrotism
noun
(biology) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.
anamnestic
anamnestic
adj
Of or pertaining to anamnesis
That aids memory; mnemonic
anartismos
anastigmat
anastigmat
noun
(photography) An anastigmatic lens.
anatomised
anatomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anatomise
anatomiser
anatomiser
noun
Alternative form of anatomizer
anatomists
anatomists
noun
plural of anatomist
anatomizes
anatomizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anatomize
ancientism
ancientism
noun
The belief that people in ancient times were wiser than those of today.
andabatism
anematosis
anemotaxis
anemotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement of an organism in response to air currents.
angiostomy
angiostomy
noun
(surgery) The formation of an opening into a blood vessel, typically by means of a cannula
anglesmith
animations
animations
noun
plural of animation
antagonism
antagonism
noun
A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
antarchism
antarchism
noun
(archaic) anarchism
anthemwise
anthemwise
adv
(obsolete, music) Alternately.
anticivism
anticivism
noun
(obsolete) opposition to the body politic of citizens
antidotism
antidotism
noun
The administration of an antidote
antiegoism
antilogism
antilogism
noun
(logic) A false syllogism in which two premises contradict the third
antimachus
antimasker
antimasker
noun
(healthcare, politics, neologism) A person who is opposed to the practice of wearing masks.
Alternative form of antimasquer.
antimasque
antimasque
noun
A comic or grotesque dance presented before or between the acts of a masque.
antimensia
antimensia
noun
plural of antimensium
antimerism
antimerism
noun
(biology) The division of the body into antimeres.
antiminsia
antiminsia
noun
plural of antiminsion
antimonies
antimonies
noun
Misspelling of antinomies.
plural of antimony
antimonous
antimonous
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative form of antimonious
antimystic
antinomies
antinomies
noun
plural of antinomy
antinomist
antinomist
noun
An antinomian.
antipapism
antipapism
noun
Opposition of the pope or his faction.
antipewism
antipodism
antipodism
noun
(topology) The relation between points on a sphere which are directly opposite each other; or the function which maps a point to its opposite point.
A form of foot juggling where the juggler lies on his or her back, usually on a sort of chair.
antiracism
antiracism
adj
Acting to combat or prevent racism
noun
(sociology) Opposition to racism.
antisemite
antisemite
noun
Alternative form of anti-Semite
antiserums
antiserums
noun
plural of antiserum
antisquama
antitheism
antitheism
noun
The categorical opposition to the belief in any and all deities.
antonymies
antonymies
noun
plural of antonymy
anvilsmith
anvilsmith
noun
A person who makes blacksmiths' anvils.
aphanitism
aplanatism
aplanatism
noun
(optics) Freedom from spherical aberration.
aposematic
aposematic
adj
(zoology, of a coloration or marking) That serves as a warning to predators, as of toxicity, especially falsely.
apostatism
archistome
armisonant
armisonant
adj
(obsolete, nonce word, poetic) Resounding with arms, or weapons.
armistices
armistices
noun
plural of armistice
aromatised
aromatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aromatise
aromatiser
aromatites
arrowsmith
arrowsmith
noun
A smith who made the iron tips for arrows
arsmetrike
artemision
artemisium
artemisium
Proper noun
A cape north of Euboea, Greece.
arthritism
arthritism
noun
(pathology) A predisposition to gout or to arthritis.
asceticism
asceticism
noun
The principles and practices of an ascetic; extreme self-denial and austerity.
aseismatic
aseismatic
adj
Synonym of aseismic
That mitigates the effects of seismic shocks
asepticism
asepticism
noun
(dated) freedom from sepsis; asepsis
asiaticism
asiaticism
Noun
Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
assailment
assailment
noun
(now rare) The act of assailing.
assignment
assignment
noun
(LGBT) The categorization of persons as belonging to the male or female sex.
(education) A task given to students, such as homework or coursework.
(law) A document that effects this transfer.
(law) A transfer of a right or benefit from one person to another.
(programming) An operation that assigns a value to a variable.
A position to which someone is assigned.
An assigned task.
The act of assigning; the allocation of a job or a set of tasks.
The categorization of something as belonging to a specific category.
assimilate
assimilate
noun
Something that is or has been assimilated.
verb
(intransitive) To be incorporated or absorbed into something.
(intransitive) To become similar.
(transitive) To absorb (a person or people) into a community or culture.
(transitive) To bring to a likeness or to conformity; to cause a resemblance between.
(transitive) To incorporate nutrients into the body, especially after digestion.
(transitive) To incorporate or absorb (knowledge) into the mind.
(transitive, rare, used with "to" or "with") To liken, compare to something similar.
assimulate
assimulate
verb
(obsolete) To assimilate.
(obsolete) To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate.
assizement
assoilment
assoilment
noun
Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.
Act of soiling; defilement.
assumption
assumption
noun
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
assumptive
assumptive
adj
(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
astaticism
astaticism
noun
The state of being astatic.
asterismal
asterismal
adj
(astrology) Relating to asterisms.
asthamatic
asthmatics
asthmatics
noun
plural of asthmatic
asthmatoid
astigmatic
astigmatic
adj
(medicine) Suffering from astigmatism.
noun
(medicine) One who has astigmatism.
astronomic
astronomic
adj
(figurative) of very large or immense proportions; colossal
pertaining or relating to astronomy
asymbiotic
asymbiotic
adj
Not symbiotic
asymmetric
asymmetric
adj
(cryptography) Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver.
(set theory) Of a relation R on a set S: having the property that for any two elements of S (not necessarily distinct), at least one is not related to the other via R.
Not symmetric.
asymptotic
asymptotic
adj
(mathematical analysis) Coming into consideration as a variable tends to a limit, usually infinity.
(mathematics) Pertaining to values or properties approached at infinity.
asystolism
asystolism
noun
The state or symptoms characteristic of asystole.
atmiatrics
atmocausis
atmologist
atmologist
noun
One who is versed in atmology.
atomistics
atomistics
noun
(physics) The study of atoms and their motion.
atropinism
atropinism
noun
atropine poisoning
aulostomid
aulostomid
noun
(zoology) Any of the family Aulostomidae of trumpetfishes.
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
automatics
automatics
noun
plural of automatic
automatism
automatism
noun
(art) A surrealist painting technique whereby one attempts to move the brush, pen etc. without conscious control over it.
(psychology) An action performed subconsciously, without any apparent direction from the mind; a thought which appears spontaneously in one's consciousness.
Acting automatically or involuntarily.
The doctrine that animals are automata, operating according to mechanical laws.
The power of initiating vital processes from within the cell, organ, or organism, independent of external stimulus.
automatist
automatist
adj
Of or characterized by automatism
noun
An artist working in the style of automatism.
One who holds the doctrine of automatism, believing that animals are automata.
One who performs automatic writing.
autonomies
autonomies
noun
plural of autonomy
autonomist
autonomist
noun
An advocate of autonomy or autonomism.
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.
autotheism
autotheism
noun
Belief that one is a deity.
Belief that one is possessed by a divine power.
The doctrine of the self-subsistence of God, especially of the second person in the Trinity.