Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
abstractedly
abstractedly
adv
In an abstracted manner; separately; in the abstract.
With absence of mind .
acalyptratae
acantholysis
acantholysis
noun
(medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.
acceleratory
acceleratory
adj
accelerative
accentuality
accentuality
noun
The quality of being accentual.
accidentally
accidentally
adv
In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.
Unintentionally.
accomplicity
accomplicity
noun
(rare) The act or state of being an accomplice.
accusatively
accusatively
adv
(not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
In an accusative manner.
accustomedly
accustomedly
adv
In an accustomed manner.
acephalocyst
acephalocyst
noun
(zoology) A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
acetaldehyde
acetaldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic compound, (CH₃CHO). Sometimes called ethanal or acetic aldehyde. See aldehyde.
acetylations
acetylations
noun
plural of acetylation
acetylbiuret
acetylenogen
acetylglycin
acetyliodide
acetylizable
acetylizable
adj
Able to be acetylized.
acetylphenol
acetyltannin
acetyltannin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of acetyltannic acid
acetylthymol
acoustically
acoustically
adv
(domain) From the perspective of acoustics.
(manner) In an acoustic manner, or using an acoustic musical instrument.
acrodactylum
acrodactylum
noun
The upper surface of a toe
acrostically
acrostically
adv
In the manner of an acrostic.
adaptability
adaptability
noun
(biology) Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
additionally
additionally
adv
By way of addition; in addition to; also.
adjectivally
adjectivally
adv
As, or in the manner of, an adjective.
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
admirability
admirability
noun
That quality which produces admiration or wonder
admiratively
admiratively
adv
In an admirative manner.
admonitively
admonitively
adv
As an admonition.
admonitorily
admonitorily
adv
In an admonitory manner.
adolescently
adolescently
adv
In a adolescent manner; like a teenager.
adoptability
adoptability
noun
The property of being adoptable.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adulterately
adulterately
adv
In an adulterate manner.
adulterously
adulterously
adv
In an adulterous manner.
adverbiality
adverbiality
noun
The condition of having characteristics of an adverb.
advisability
advisability
noun
(countable) An instance of advisability; a consideration in determining overall advisability.
(uncountable) The quality of being advisable or prudent.
aetiophyllin
afflictingly
afflictingly
adv
In a way that causes affliction.
afflictively
afflictively
adv
In an afflictive manner
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
affrontingly
affrontingly
adv
in an affronting manner
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.
agreeability
agreeability
noun
(uncountable) The property of being agreeable; pleasantness.
alcoholicity
alcoholicity
noun
A measure of the alcoholic content of something
alexipyretic
alexipyretic
adj
(pharmacology, obsolete, rare) Having the effect of reducing fever.
noun
(pharmacology, obsolete) A medicine which reduces fever.
alienability
alienability
noun
(countable) An alienable transfer or sale
(uncountable) The quality of being alienable
alloantibody
alloantibody
noun
An antibody involved in alloimmunity.
allocability
allocability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is able to be allocated.
(uncountable) The condition of being allocable.
allorhythmia
allorhythmia
noun
(pathology) An irregular pattern of the heartbeat
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
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.
alterability
alterability
noun
The property of being alterable.
alteratively
alveolectomy
alveolectomy
noun
the surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
ambivalently
ambivalently
adv
In an ambivalent manner.
amblydactyla
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amblystegite
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
amelioratory
amelioratory
adj
Serving to ameliorate or improve.
amethystlike
amissibility
amissibility
noun
The quality of being amissible; the possibility of being lost.
amitotically
amitotically
adv
By means of amitosis.
amphiplatyan
amphiplatyan
adj
(anatomy, of a vertebra) Having flat surfaces at both ends
amyelotrophy
amyelotrophy
noun
(medicine) Atrophy of the spinal cord.
amygdalolith
amygdalotome
amygdalotomy
amygdalotomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the amygdala.
amyloclastic
amylodextrin
amylodextrin
noun
(biochemistry) A high molecular weight form of dextrin
amyloleucite
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
amyloplastic
amyloplastic
adj
starch-forming; amylogenic
amyloplastid
anaeroplasty
anaglyptical
analkalinity
analytically
analytically
adv
In an analytical manner.
analyzations
analyzations
noun
plural of analyzation
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.
anatomically
anatomically
adv
Pertaining to the anatomy.
ancylostomum
anelasticity
anelasticity
noun
The property of being anelastic.
anhaemolytic
anisodactyla
anisodactyle
anisodactyli
ankylenteron
ankylodontia
annihilatory
annihilatory
adj
Causing annihilation.
annotatively
annotatively
adv
In an annotative manner.
antecedently
antecedently
Adverb
In the manner of an antecedent; previously
anteluminary
anthobiology
anthoecology
anthropology
anthropology
noun
The holistic scientific and social study of humanity, mainly using ethnography as its method.
antiburglary
antiburglary
adj
Opposing or countering burglary.
anticatalyst
anticatalyst
noun
Any substance that inhibits the activity of a catalyst.
anticyclical
anticyclical
adj
contracyclical
anticyclones
anticyclones
noun
plural of anticyclone
anticyclonic
anticyclonic
adj
(meteorology) of, relating to, or consisting of an anticyclone
antiepilepsy
antiepilepsy
adj
Countering epilepsy.
antilynching
antilynching
adj
(law) Prohibiting the practice of lynching
Opposed to the practice of lynching
antimilitary
antimilitary
adj
Opposed to the military or to military activities
antimodernly
antimonopoly
antimonopoly
adj
(law) Usually with respect to laws or policies: in opposition to the creation or continuance of a monopoly.
antimorality
antimorality
noun
Opposition to morality.
antimystical
antimythical
antiphonally
antiphonally
adv
In an antiphonal manner; in the manner of an antiphon.
antiphysical
antiphysical
adj
contrary to nature; unnatural
antipolygamy
antipolygamy
adj
Opposing polygamy.
antiracially
antiroyalism
antiroyalism
noun
Opposition to royals or royalism.
antiroyalist
antiroyalist
noun
One who opposes royals or royalism.
antisocially
antisocially
adv
In an antisocial manner.
antitheology
antitheology
noun
A belief system that runs counter to theology.
aoristically
aoristically
adv
(grammar) In the aorist aspect.
apaestically
apocalyptism
apocalyptism
noun
Apocalypticism.
apocalyptist
apocalyptist
noun
One who predicts an apocalypse.
apolitically
apolitically
adv
Done without political affiliation.
apophylactic
apophyllites
apophyllites
noun
plural of apophyllite
apostolicity
apostolicity
noun
(Christianity) The quality of being apostolic, notably of preserving authenticity within the mission and tradition of the Christian church as founded by Jesus Christ and his twelve original Apostles, through their representatives and successors in the papacy and episcopate.
appetibility
appetibility
Noun
The quality of being desirable.
appetizingly
appetizingly
adv
In an appetizing manner.
appointively
apposability
apposability
noun
The property of being apposable.
appositively
appositively
adv
In an appositive manner.
araeosystyle
araeosystyle
noun
(architecture) An arrangement of columns that alternates between araeostyle and systyle.
archaeolatry
archaeolatry
noun
Worship of an antiquity; excessive veneration of antiquity.
archetypally
archetypally
adv
In an archetypal way.
archetypical
archetypical
adj
In the way of an archetype, in the way of an idealized model or most representative.
aromatically
aromatically
adv
In an aromatic manner.
arrhythmical
arrhythmical
adj
Alternative form of arrhythmic
arrogatingly
arthroplasty
arthroplasty
noun
(surgery) The surgical repair of a joint, or creation of an artificial joint, such as a hip replacement.
articulately
articulately
adv
In an articulate manner.
articulatory
articulatory
adj
(medicine) Related to the specific articulation function of a joint.
(phonology) Of or pertaining to articulation; phonetic.
artificially
artificially
adv
By or because of human effort.
In an artificial manner.
artilleryman
artilleryman
noun
(military) A soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery.