Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
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
adumbrates
adumbrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate
adustiosis
adustiosis
noun
(rare) A reddish discolouration of the skin of a citrus fruit.
advantages
advantages
noun
plural of advantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advantage
adventists
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
advertised
advertised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertise
advertisee
advertisee
noun
One who views or reads an advertisement; the target of advertising.
advertiser
advertiser
noun
A periodical in which advertisements can be published by individuals.
One who advertises.
advertises
advertises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertise
advertizes
advertizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertize
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
advocatess
advocatess
noun
(rare, obsolete) A female advocate.
aeciostage
aedilities
aedilities
noun
plural of aedility
aegialitis
aegithalos
aerialists
aerialists
noun
plural of aerialist
aerobatics
aerobatics
noun
Spectacular stunts, performed in an airplane or glider. Examples include various types of rolls and loops.
aerolitics
aerolitics
noun
The scientific study of aerolites.
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aerophotos
aerophotos
noun
plural of aerophoto
aerostatic
aerostatic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerostatics; pneumatic.
Pertaining to aerial navigation or aeronautics.
aeschynite
aeschynite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several basic oxide minerals of mostly titanium and niobium with either cerium, neodymium or yttrium.
aesculetin
aesculetin
noun
A derivative of coumarin found in chicory and many other plants.
aesthesics
aesthesics
noun
The study of perception, typically of music
aesthetics
aesthetics
noun
An artist's principles, preferences, and/or his agenda
The study or philosophy of beauty.
plural of aesthetic
aestivated
aestivated
verb
Alternative spelling of estivated
simple past tense and past participle of aestivate
aestivates
aestivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aestivate
aestivator
aestivator
noun
An animal that becomes dormant during the summer or dry season.
aestuation
aethalides
aetosaurus
affections
affections
noun
plural of affection
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affectious
affectious
adj
(obsolete) affectionate
affectless
affectless
adj
Lacking or not showing emotion.
affectuous
affectuous
adj
(obsolete) Full of passion or emotion; earnest.
affettuoso
affettuoso
adv
(music) With feeling; in a loving, tender way.
affidavits
affidavits
noun
plural of affidavit
affiliates
affiliates
noun
plural of affiliate
affinities
affinities
noun
plural of affinity
afflatuses
afflatuses
noun
plural of afflatus
afforested
afforested
adj
Created by afforestation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforest
affricates
affricates
noun
plural of affricate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affricate
aforetimes
aforetimes
Adverb
formerly, previously
africanist
africanist
Noun
A specialist in African studies.
An African nationalist; someone who subscribes to the doctrine of Africanism.
aftercause
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
afterdrops
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
aftergrass
aftergrass
noun
The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown.
afterhours
afterlifes
afterlifes
noun
(rare, proscribed) plural of afterlife
afterlives
afterlives
noun
plural of afterlife
aftermaths
aftermaths
noun
plural of aftermath
afternoons
afternoons
noun
plural of afternoon
afterpains
afterpains
noun
plural of afterpain
aftershaft
aftershaft
noun
(ornithology) An accessory plume arising from the posterior of the contour feathers of many birds.
aftershave
aftershave
noun
a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving
aftershine
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
afterstain
afterstate
afterstorm
afterstudy
afterswarm
afterswarm
noun
A swarm of bees that leaves the hive after the primary swarm.
afterswell
aftertaste
aftertaste
noun
A taste of something that persists when it is no longer present.
Of wine, finish.
The persistence of the taste of something no longer present.
aftertimes
aftertimes
noun
plural of aftertime
afterwards
afterwards
adv
(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.
afterwrist
afteryears
afteryears
noun
subsequent years
againstand
againstand
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To stand against; to withstand; to oppose.
agalactous
agalactous
adj
Lacking milk to suckle with.
agapanthus
agapanthus
noun
Any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants.
agathaumas
agathocles
agathyrsus
aggravates
aggravates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggravate
aggregates
aggregates
noun
plural of aggregate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggregate
aghastness
aghastness
noun
The state or quality of being aghast.
agitations
agitations
noun
plural of agitation
agnostical
agnostical
adj
Alternative form of agnostic
agonistics
agonistics
noun
The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
agostadero
agreations
agreements
agreements
noun
plural of agreement
agrestical
agrestical
adj
Obsolete form of agrestic.
agricolist
agricolist
noun
A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist.
agriotypus
agrologist
agrologist
noun
One who studies or carries out agrology.
agronomist
agronomist
noun
A scientist whose speciality is agronomy.
agrostemma
agrosteral
agrosterol
airplanist
airplanist
noun
(archaic) An airplane pilot.
aistopodes
ajatasatru
aktistetae
aktivismus
aktyubinsk
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.