A pruning device mounted on a pole, so as to reach high branches; a weeding machine.
abietineous
abietineous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Abietineae.
abjudicator
abjurations
abjurations
noun
plural of abjuration
ablatitious
ablatitious
adj
(obsolete) Diminishing
ablepharous
ablepharous
adj
(medicine) Exhibiting ablepharia; without eyelids.
ablutionary
ablutionary
adj
Pertaining to ablution.
abouchement
aboundingly
aboundingly
adv
In an abounding manner; in a manner that abounds.
To an abounding degree.
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abranchious
abranchious
adj
Having no gills
abruptiones
absolutions
absolutions
noun
plural of absolution
absolutisms
absolutisms
noun
plural of absolutism
absolutista
absolutists
absolutists
noun
plural of absolutist
absolutized
absolutized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absolutize
absolutizes
absolutizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absolutize
abstentious
abstentious
adj
Characterized by abstinence; self-restraint.
acalycinous
acalycinous
adj
Acalycine.
acarpellous
acarpellous
adj
(botany) Having no carpels.
accentuator
accentuator
noun
An agent that accentuates.
accessorius
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
accordatura
accordature
accoucheurs
accoucheurs
noun
plural of accoucheur
accoucheuse
accoucheuse
noun
(rare) A midwife.
accountable
accountable
adj
(rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
Liable to be called on to render an account.
Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds).
Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
accountably
accountably
adv
In an accountable manner.
accountancy
accountancy
noun
(countable, accounting) A company or organisation that performs such a function.
(uncountable, Britain, New Zealand, often Philippines, accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
accountants
accountants
noun
plural of accountant
accountings
accountings
noun
plural of accounting
accountment
accountment
noun
Responsibility.
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
accumulator
accumulator
noun
(Britain) A wet-cell storage battery.
(UK, education, historical) One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
(cryptography) A one way membership function.
(engineering, hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
(finance) A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
(gambling) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
(literally) One who, or that which, accumulates.
(manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
(mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
(programming) A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
accurtation
accusations
accusations
noun
plural of accusation
accustoming
accustoming
verb
present participle of accustom
accustomize
accustomize
verb
(rare) To learn to adapt one's lifestyle to a new or changed environment.
acesodynous
acetabulous
acetabulous
adj
cup-shaped; acetabular
acetotoluid
acettoluide
achromatium
achromatous
achromatous
adj
Lacking normal colour; colourless
acidiferous
acidiferous
adj
Containing or yielding an acid.
acidophilus
acidophilus
noun
Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
acidulation
acidulation
noun
The act of acidulating.
acidulously
acidulously
adv
In an acidulous manner; in a mildly sour or acid way.
acouophonia
acoustician
acoustician
noun
One versed in acoustics, especially a physicist who specializes in acoustics.
acquisition
acquisition
noun
(computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
The act or process of acquiring.
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
acquisitors
acquisitors
noun
plural of acquisitor
acquophonia
acrimonious
acrimonious
adj
(archaic) Harsh and sharp, or bitter and not pleasant to the taste; acrid, pungent.
(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone.
acrocarpous
acrocarpous
adj
(botany) Developing the archegonium on the summit of the primary stem; fruiting at tips, in the manner of mosses.
acroclinium
acroclinium
noun
Any Australian plant of the former genus Acroclinium (now named Rhodanthe)
acrodromous
acrodromous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of acrodrome
acromphalus
acromphalus
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
acromyodous
acromyodous
adj
Synonym of acromyodic
acronychous
acronyctous
acronyctous
adj
(astronomy) acronycal
acrorrheuma
acrosporous
acrosporous
adj
having acrospores
acrostichum
acrostolium
acrotarsium
acrotarsium
noun
(zoology) The instep of the foot (front of the tarsus)
actinologue
actinologue
noun
(biology) Part of an actinomere
acumination
acumination
noun
A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
acutilobate
acutonodose
addititious
addititious
adj
(rare, obsolete) Additive; Increasing.
adelocerous
adenogenous
adenomatous
adenomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenoma
adenoneural
adenopodous
adenotyphus
adiaphanous
adiaphanous
adj
Not transparent; not translucent; not diaphanous; opaque.
adiaphorous
adiaphorous
adj
neither harmful nor beneficial
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adipomatous
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
adjudicator
adjudicator
noun
One who adjudicates.
adjunctions
adjunctions
noun
plural of adjunction
adjurations
adjurations
noun
plural of adjuration
adjustation
adjustation
noun
(rare) Adjustment.
adjustoring
adjutorious
adulterator
adulterator
noun
One who or that which adulterates, or harms the purity of, something.
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
aeciotelium
aelurophobe
aelurophobe
noun
Alternative spelling of ailurophobe
aerohydrous
aerohydrous
adj
Composed of or containing air and water.
aeronautics
aeronautics
noun
The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects
The theory and practice of aircraft navigation
aeronautism
aeronautism
noun
The practice of aeronautic travel.
aerophilous
aerophilous
adj
(biology, of unicellular organisms) Living in an aerobic environment
Synonym of aerophilic
aetosaurian
aetosaurian
noun
Any aetosaur of the order †Aetosauria
affettuosos
aftercourse
aftercourse
noun
(archaic, regional) The final course of a meal.
(obsolete) A subsequent course of study.
The course (sequence of events or actions) that follows something; subsequent course.
afunctional
afunctional
adj
Not functional.
agastrophus
agatiferous
agatiferous
adj
Containing or yielding agates.
agglutinoid
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
aglycosuric
aglycosuric
adj
Having, or relating to, the condition of aglycosuria.
agonostomus
aigialosaur
aigialosaur
noun
Any extinct semi-aquatic varanoid lizard of the family Aigialosauridae.
ailuromania
ailurophile
ailurophile
noun
A person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover.
ailurophobe
ailurophobe
noun
A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
alacriously
alacriously
adv
With alacrity; briskly.
albiflorous
albiflorous
adj
(botany) Having white flowers.
albugineous
albugineous
adj
Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; applied to textures, bodily fluids, etc., which are perfectly white.
albuminosis
albuminosis
noun
(archaic, pathology) A condition of the blood characterized by the presence of more than the usual amount of albumin; hyperalbuminemia.
albumoscope
albumosuria
albumosuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of proteoses in the urine.
alcicornium
alcoholuria
aleurodidae
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
aleurometer
aleurometer
noun
An instrument used for the examination of crude gluten as to its power of distending under the influence of heat, as a means of judging of the value of a flour for breadmaking.
aleuroscope
algonquians
algophagous
algophagous
adj
That eats algae
alismaceous
alismaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Alismaceae (syn. Alismataceae) of water plantains and close relatives.
allochroous
allochroous
adj
Changed in color, as plumage after moulting
allocutions
allocutions
noun
plural of allocution
allogeneous
allogeneous
adj
(medicine) From a nonself donor of the same species.
different in nature or kind.
allopurinol
allopurinol
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic drug which inhibits uric acid formation, used to treat gout and related conditions.
allotriuria
allotropous
allotropous
adj
(biology) Pertaining to an insect which is attracted to flowers of a large range of different species of plant, or an insect which does not feed exclusively on one type of flower.
(botany) Pertaining to a flower which attracts a large range of different insects to feed on its nectar.
alloxuremia
alluviation
alluviation
noun
The deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river.
alphatoluic
alsinaceous
altiloquent
altiloquent
adj
Pompous, or pretentious in speech
altocumulus
altocumulus
noun
(physics, meteorology) A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or greyish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows. (Abbreviated Ac.)
altostratus
altostratus
noun
(physics, meteorology) A principal medium-level cloud type in the form of a gray or bluish (never white) sheet or layer of striated, fibrous, or uniform appearance.
alumiferous
aluminiform
aluminiform
adj
Having the form of alumina.
aluminosity
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
