A policy of abstaining or of the desirability of withholding one's vote or other participation with regard to some aspect of the political process.
acatamathesia
acatamathesia
noun
(pathology) A loss of the ability to understand, especially to understand speech
accidentalism
accidentalism
noun
A system of medicine based on belief that symptoms of disease are caused by external factors.
Accidental character or effect.
The belief that events happen by random chance, without cause or purpose.
The belief that outward appearance often contrasts with substance or essence (after Thomas Aquinas).
acclimatising
acclimatising
verb
present participle of acclimatise
accommodators
accommodators
noun
plural of accommodator
accouchements
accouchements
noun
plural of accouchement
accouterments
accouterments
noun
plural of accouterment
accoutrements
accoutrements
noun
plural of accoutrement
accumulations
accumulations
noun
plural of accumulation
accustomation
accustomation
noun
The process of becoming accustomed to something; habituation.
accustomizing
accustomizing
verb
present participle of accustomize
achromatising
achromatising
verb
present participle of achromatise
achromatopsia
achromatopsia
noun
achromatopia
acquiescement
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinomycosis
actinomycosis
noun
(pathology) An infectious bacterial disease of cattle and swine, sometimes transmitted to man, characterized by the formation of painful abscesses in the mouth, lungs, or gastrointestinal tract, caused by Actinomyces israelii, Actinomyces gerencseriae, and Propionibacterium propionicum.
adamantoblast
adamantoblast
noun
(obsolete) ameloblast
adenometritis
adhesivemeter
adhesivemeter
noun
An instrument for measuring the adhesive qualities of a substance.
admeasurement
admeasurement
noun
Apportionment.
admensuration
admensuration
noun
admeasurement
administerial
administerial
adj
Of or pertaining to administering or administration.
administering
administering
noun
administration
verb
present participle of administer
administrable
administrable
adj
Able to be administered
administrants
administrants
noun
plural of administrant
administrated
administrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of administrate
administrates
administrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administrate
administrator
administrator
noun
(computing) One who is responsible for software installation, management, information and maintenance of a computer or network
(law) A person who manages or settles the estate of an intestate, or of a testator when there is no competent executor; one to whom the right of administration has been committed by competent authority
One who administers affairs; one who directs, manages, executes, or dispenses, whether in civil, judicial, political, or ecclesiastical affairs; a manager
adminstration
admissability
admissability
noun
The state or quality of being admissable or allowable.
admissibility
admissibility
noun
The state or quality of being admissible or allowable.
admonishments
admonishments
noun
plural of admonishment
admonitionist
admonitionist
noun
One who admonishes, or believes in a policy of doing so.
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
advertisement
advertisement
noun
(card games) In gin rummy, the discarding of a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(marketing) A commercial solicitation designed to sell some commodity, service or similar.
(obsolete) Notoriety.
A public notice.
A recommendation of a particular product, service or person.
afterswarming
aimworthiness
aimworthiness
noun
The quality of having good aim (with a weapon).
alchemistical
alchemistical
adj
Of or pertaining to alchemists.
aldosteronism
aldosteronism
noun
(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties
allelotropism
alloplasmatic
alloplasmatic
adj
Relating to alloplasm
amalgamations
amalgamations
noun
plural of amalgamation
amarantaceous
amarantaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family Amaranthaceae of plants, of which the amaranth is the type.
ambidexterous
ambidexterous
adj
Misspelling of ambidextrous.
ambisexuality
ambisexuality
noun
(countable) An instance of ambisexual behaviour.
(uncountable) The state of being ambisexual.
ambitiousness
ambitiousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambitious.
ambulatoriums
ameliorations
ameliorations
noun
plural of amelioration
americanistic
americanistic
Adjective
Relating to the academic discipline of American studies
amicabilities
amicabilities
noun
plural of amicability
amniocentesis
amniocentesis
noun
(medicine) A procedure for obtaining amniotic fluid from a pregnant animal, by inserting a hollow needle through the abdominal wall and into the amniotic sac. Used in diagnosing possible genetic defects and/or obstetric complications.
amortissement
amortizations
amortizations
noun
plural of amortization
ampherotokous
amphiblastula
amphiblastula
noun
A larva of some sponges that has equal numbers of both flagellate and nonflagellate cells separated from each other on opposite sides of the blastula
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphigastrium
amphigastrula
amphipneustic
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
adj
(architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides.
noun
(architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
amphistomatic
amphistomatic
adj
(botany, of a leaf) Having stomata on both sides
amphithalamus
amphitheaters
amphitheaters
noun
plural of amphitheater
amphitrichous
amphitrichous
adj
(biology) (of bacteria) Having a single flagellum on each of two opposite ends. (Only one flagellum operates at a time, allowing the bacterium to reverse course rapidly by switching which flagellum is active.)
amplitudinous
anagrammatise
anagrammatise
verb
(transitive) To produce an anagram of; to transpose the letters of.
anagrammatism
anagrammatism
noun
The creation or formation of anagrams.
anagrammatist
anagrammatist
noun
A creator or finder of anagrams.
analphabetism
analphabetism
noun
Illiteracy, the inability to read and write.
anaptomorphus
anathematised
anathematised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anathematise
anathematiser
anathematiser
noun
Alternative spelling of anathematizer
anathematizes
anathematizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anathematize
anatomisation
animalisation
anisognathism
anisometropia
anisometropia
noun
(ophthalmology) A condition in which the two eyes of an individual have different refractive power.
anisometropic
anisometropic
adj
Relating to anisometropia
annexationism
annexationism
noun
The tendency or policy of annexing (appropriating) additional territories.
announcements
announcements
noun
plural of announcement
anomalistical
anomalistical
adj
Alternative form of anomalistic
antebaptismal
antiamusement
antiamusement
adj
Opposed to public entertainment venues such as amusement arcades and funfairs.
antiasthmatic
antiasthmatic
adj
antasthmatic
anticommunism
anticommunism
noun
Opposition to communism.
anticommunist
anticommunist
adj
Opposed to the tenets of communism.
noun
One who is opposed to the tenets of communism.
anticosmetics
antidogmatism
antidogmatism
noun
Opposition to dogma.
antidogmatist
antifeudalism
antifeudalism
noun
(politics) Opposition to a feudal system.
antiharmonist
antihemolysin
antihistamine
antihistamine
noun
(pharmacology) A drug or substance that counteracts the effects of a histamine. Commonly used to alleviate the symptoms of hay fever and other allergies.
antimacassars
antimacassars
noun
plural of antimacassar
antimechanism
antimechanism
noun
(philosophy) A belief that opposes mechanism.
antimechanist
antimechanist
noun
(philosophy) One who rejects mechanism.
antimiasmatic
antimiasmatic
adj
Counteracting a miasma.
noun
A drug or substance that counteracts a miasma.
antimissioner
antimodernism
antimodernism
noun
A movement that opposes modernism.
antimodernist
antimodernist
adj
Opposing modernism.
noun
One who opposes modernism.
antimusically
antimysticism
antinomianism
antinomianism
noun
(Christianity) The belief or teaching that because only the spiritual "law of faith" (Romans 3:27) is essential for salvation, obedience to any practical or moral law has no role to play, even as a guide to conduct or as a test of the genuineness of faith.
(Judaism) Opposition to the Torah.
antiochianism
antiprelatism
antireformist
antireformist
noun
(politics) An opponent of reform.
antiritualism
antiritualism
noun
Opposition to ritualism.
antisepticism
antisepticism
noun
(medicine) The use of antiseptics.
antiserumsera
antismuggling
antismuggling
adj
(law enforcement) Acting to combat or prevent smuggling
antispasmodic
antispasmodic
adj
(pharmacology) Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug.
(of a matrix) Whose transpose equals its negative (i.e., Mᵀ = −M);
(of a tensor) That changes sign when any two indices are interchanged (e.g., Tᵢⱼₖ = -Tⱼᵢₖ);
(set theory, order theory, of a binary relation R on a set S) Having the property that, for any two distinct elements of S, at least one is not related to the other via R; equivalently, having the property that, for any x, y ∈ S, if both xRy and yRx then x=y.
antiterrorism
antiterrorism
noun
(law enforcement, military, often attributive) Activity aiming at opposing or preventing terrorism.
antivandalism
antivandalism
adj
(law enforcement) Opposing or proscribing vandalism.
aphototropism
aplostemonous
aplostemonous
adj
Alternative form of haplostemonous
apochromatism
apochromatism
noun
(optics) Freedom from both chromatic aberration and spherical aberration.
apogeotropism
apogeotropism
noun
(botany) An apogeotropic tendency.
apometabolism
apometabolous
apotelesmatic
apotelesmatic
adj
(obsolete, astrology) Relating to the casting of horoscopes.
Relating to an issue of fulfilment.
apothegmatist
apothegmatist
noun
A collector or maker of apothegms.
archdogmatist
archeptolemus
archiblastoma
archvestryman
argumentmaths
aristocratism
aristocratism
noun
(politics) The principles of aristocrats.
Aristocrats collectively.
armageddonist
arsenobismite
arteriopalmus
arteriotomies
arteriotomies
noun
plural of arteriotomy
arthrectomies
arthrectomies
noun
plural of arthrectomy
arthrempyesis
artificialism
artificialism
noun
(psychology) The belief that anything that exists must have been made by a conscious entity, such as God or a human being
ascertainment
ascertainment
noun
The act of ascertaining.
aschelminthes
assimilations
assimilations
noun
plural of assimilation
assumptionist
asthmatically
asthmatically
adv
In an asthmatic manner.
astonishments
astonishments
noun
plural of astonishment
astrocytomata
astrodynamics
astrodynamics
noun
The study of the motion of rockets and other spacecraft usually from Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal gravitation.
astrometrical
astrometrical
Adjective
astrometric
astronautarum
asymtotically
athanasianism
atheromatosis
atheromatosis
noun
(pathology) The deposition of atheromas in the arteries