The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.
The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.
absolutizing
absolutizing
verb
present participle of absolutize
absorptional
absorptional
adj
Relating to absorption.
abstinential
abstinential
adj
of or pertaining to abstinence
acantholimon
acantholysis
acantholysis
noun
(medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.
accelerating
accelerating
noun
An act of acceleration.
verb
present participle of accelerate
acceleration
acceleration
noun
(countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
(physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
(uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
accentuality
accentuality
noun
The quality of being accentual.
accidentally
accidentally
adv
In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.
Unintentionally.
acclamations
acclamations
noun
plural of acclamation
acclimations
acclimations
noun
plural of acclimation
accomplement
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
accumulating
accumulating
verb
present participle of accumulate
accumulation
accumulation
noun
(UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
(accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
(law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
A mass of something piled up or collected.
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
acetanilides
acetanilides
noun
plural of acetanilide
acetonitrile
acetonitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The simplest organic cyanide or nitrile, CH₃CN, formally derived from acetic acid
acetylations
acetylations
noun
plural of acetylation
acetylenogen
acetylglycin
acetylphenol
acetyltannin
acetyltannin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of acetyltannic acid
acherontical
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acinotubular
acinotubular
adj
(anatomy) Having both acini and tubules
actinologous
actinologous
adj
Relating to actinologues
actinostomal
acutenaculum
acutilinguae
acutilingual
acutilingual
adj
(zoology) Having a sharply pointed tongue or oral region.
acutiplantar
adaptational
adaptational
adj
(biology) Applied to physiological or functional modifications of parts or organs, as distinguished from morphological or structural changes.
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the adjustment of one thing to another; adaptive
additionally
additionally
adv
By way of addition; in addition to; also.
adiponitrile
adiponitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The nitrile derived from adipic acid
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adjustmental
adjustmental
adj
Relating to adjustment.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
admonitively
admonitively
adv
As an admonition.
admonitorial
admonitorial
adj
(rare) admonitory
admonitorily
admonitorily
adv
In an admonitory manner.
adolescently
adolescently
adv
In a adolescent manner; like a teenager.
adosculation
adosculation
noun
(biology) impregnation by external contact, without intromission
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
adulterating
adulterating
verb
present participle of adulterate
adulteration
adulteration
noun
The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
aegirinolite
aeronautical
aeronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight
aeroplankton
aeroplankton
noun
The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind.
aetiophyllin
affiliations
affiliations
noun
plural of affiliation
afflictingly
afflictingly
adv
In a way that causes affliction.
affluentness
affluentness
noun
The state or quality of being affluent.
affrontingly
affrontingly
adv
in an affronting manner
agglutinable
agglutinable
adj
Able to be agglutinated; that readily undergoes agglutination
agglutinated
agglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate
agglutinates
agglutinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglutinate
agglutinator
agglutinator
noun
That which agglutinates
agglutinogen
agglutinogen
noun
(biochemistry) Any antigen that stimulates the production of an agglutinin
agglutogenic
agglutogenic
adj
Synonym of agglutinogenic
aglyphodonta
agnostically
agnostically
adv
In an agnostic manner; not having or expressing a firm opinion on something.
Toward, or from the perspective of, agnosticism.
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
alacreatinin
albification
albification
noun
(obsolete) The act or process of making white.
albitization
albitization
noun
(mineralogy) conversion into albite
alcantarines
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
alcoothionic
aldolization
aldolization
noun
(organic chemistry) The formation of an aldol, normally from a corresponding aldehyde or ketone
aldosterones
aldosterones
noun
plural of aldosterone
alectoridine
alexandretta
alexandrites
alexandrites
noun
plural of alexandrite
alienability
alienability
noun
(countable) An alienable transfer or sale
(uncountable) The quality of being alienable
alienigenate
alienigenate
adj
(obsolete, rare) foreign-born
alimentation
alimentation
noun
(biology) Nourishment, as a process or as a substance.
A French delicatessen.
alimentative
alimentative
adj
Nutritious, nourishing.
Relating to aliment
alkalinities
alkalinities
noun
plural of alkalinity
alkalisation
alkalisation
noun
Alternative form of alkalization
alkalization
alkalization
noun
alkalinization
alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria
noun
(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
allantoidean
allantoidian
allantoinase
allantoinase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that produces allantoate as part of purine metabolism.
allassotonic
alleviations
alleviations
noun
plural of alleviation
alligatoring
alligatoring
noun
(painting) A pattern of cracking of paint on a surface leaving roughly hexagonal areas of uncracked paint.
(roofing) The cracking of the surfacing bitumen on a bituminous roof or coating on a SPF roof, producing a pattern of cracks similar to an alligator's hide.
verb
present participle of alligator
alliterating
alliterating
verb
present participle of alliterate
alliteration
alliteration
noun
The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
alloantibody
alloantibody
noun
An antibody involved in alloimmunity.
alloantigens
alloantigens
noun
plural of alloantigen
allocrotonic
allocthonous
allocthonous
adj
Misspelling of allochthonous.
allografting
allografting
noun
The transplanting of an allograft
allophanates
allophanates
noun
plural of allophanate
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
allothigenic
allothogenic
almightiness
almightiness
noun
The state or quality of being almighty.
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
alphitomancy
alphitomancy
noun
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
altercations
altercations
noun
plural of altercation
alternamente
alternariose
alternations
alternations
noun
plural of alternation
alternatives
alternatives
noun
plural of alternative
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
altingiaceae
altiplanicie
altitudinous
altitudinous
adj
(humorous) Lofty; very high.
amalgamating
amalgamating
verb
present participle of amalgamate
amalgamation
amalgamation
noun
(obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.
(specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
ambitionless
ambitionless
adj
Without ambition or motivation
ambivalently
ambivalently
adv
In an ambivalent manner.
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
ameliorating
ameliorating
verb
present participle of ameliorate
amelioration
amelioration
noun
(linguistics) The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.
(philosophy) An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts.
An improvement.
The act of making better.
amianthoidal
aminoplastic
aminoplastic
noun
melamine/formaldehyde resin
amontillados
amontillados
noun
plural of amontillado
amphiplatyan
amphiplatyan
adj
(anatomy, of a vertebra) Having flat surfaces at both ends
amputational
amputational
adj
Of or relating to amputation.
amylodextrin
amylodextrin
noun
(biochemistry) A high molecular weight form of dextrin
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
anacoluthons
anacoluthons
noun
plural of anacoluthon
anaeroplasty
anagenetical
anaglyptical
analkalinity
anallagmatic
anallagmatic
adj
(mathematics) Not changed in form by inversion.
anallagmatis
analphabetic
analphabetic
adj
(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
noun
An illiterate person.
analytically
analytically
adv
In an analytical manner.
analyzations
analyzations
noun
plural of analyzation
anapaestical
anapaestical
Adjective
anapestic
anaphylactic
anaphylactic
adj
Pertaining to anaphylaxis.
anaphylactin
anaptyctical
anaptyctical
adj
Relating to anaptyxis.
anarthrously
anarthrously
adv
(grammar) In an anarthrous manner; without an accompanying article.