(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
abscondedly
abstractedly
abstractedly
adv
In an abstracted manner; separately; in the abstract.
With absence of mind .
academicals
academicals
noun
(Britain) The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities, typically on special occasions such as graduation.
acanthocladous
acanthocladous
adj
(botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches
acaudelescent
accelerandos
accelerandos
noun
plural of accelerando
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).
accidentalist
accidentalist
noun
An expert in accidents, especially those involving motor vehicles.
Someone who believes in accidentalism.
accidentalness
accidentalness
noun
The quality of being accidental; casualness.
accidentals
accidentals
noun
plural of accidental
acclimatised
acclimatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acclimatise
accolades
accolades
noun
plural of accolade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accolade
accommodableness
accommodableness
noun
(rare) The quality or condition of being accommodable
accomplished
accomplished
adj
Completed; effected; established.
Having many accomplishments, often as a result of study or training.
Showing skill and artistry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
accursedly
accursedly
adv
(degree, somewhat dated) Damnably; extremely.
In an accursed manner.
accustomedly
accustomedly
adv
In an accustomed manner.
aceldamas
aceldamas
noun
plural of aceldama
acetaldehydase
acetaldehydase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the oxidation of acetaldehyde to acetic acid
acetaldehydrase
acetanilides
acetanilides
noun
plural of acetanilide
acetanilids
acetanilids
noun
plural of acetanilid
achlamydeous
achlamydeous
adj
(botany) having no perianth
achondroplasia
achondroplasia
noun
(teratology) A genetic disorder, the most common form of short limb dwarfism.
achondroplastic
achondroplastic
adj
(teratology) Of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia.
acidolysis
acidolysis
noun
(chemistry) Decomposition of a molecule under the influence of an acid.
acidophiles
acidophiles
noun
plural of acidophile
acidophilous
acidophilous
adj
That thrives in an acidic environment
acidophilus
acidophilus
noun
Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
acidulates
acidulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acidulous
acidulous
adj
(figurative) Sharp; caustic.
Containing carbonic acid.
Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish.
acidulously
acidulously
adv
In an acidulous manner; in a mildly sour or acid way.
acidulousness
acidulousness
noun
A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid.
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgers
acknowledgers
noun
plural of acknowledger
acknowledges
acknowledges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acknowledge
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
acleistocardia
acleistocardia
noun
(pathology) The inability of the foramen ovale of the heart to close properly
aclydes
acondylose
acondylose
adj
Alternative form of acondylous
acondylous
acondylous
adj
(anatomy) Without joints; jointless.
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acroscleroderma
acroscleroderma
noun
Synonym of sclerodactyly
acrylamides
acrylamides
noun
plural of acrylamide
actualised
actualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualise
adactylism
adactylism
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of adactyly.
adactylous
adactylous
adj
Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Without fingers or without toes.
adelocerous
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
adenosclerosis
adenosclerosis
noun
(medicine) The hardening of a gland.
adipocellulose
adolesce
adolesce
verb
(intransitive) To commence or progress through adolescence.
adolesced
adolesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adolesce
adolescence
adolescence
noun
The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
adolescences
adolescences
noun
plural of adolescence
adolescency
adolescency
noun
adolescence
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adolescently
adolescently
adv
In a adolescent manner; like a teenager.
adolescents
adolescents
noun
plural of adolescent
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adosculation
adosculation
noun
(biology) impregnation by external contact, without intromission
adrenalectomies
adrenalectomies
noun
plural of adrenalectomy
adscititiously
adscititiously
adv
In an adscititious way.
adularescence
adularescence
noun
The optical phenomenon, exhibited by some specimens (moonstones) of the mineral adularia, of exhibiting a white to pale bluish or rarely pale orange sheen along crystal faces.
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
afflictedness
afflictedness
noun
The state or quality of being afflicted.
alcades
alcades
noun
plural of alcade
alcaides
alcaides
noun
plural of alcaide
alcaids
alcaids
noun
plural of alcaid
alcaldes
alcaldes
noun
plural of alcalde
alcaldeship
alcaldeship
noun
The role or status of alcalde.
alcaydes
alcaydes
noun
plural of alcayde
alcedines
alchemised
alchemised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alchemise
alcibiades
alcides
alcides
Proper noun
Hercules.
alcids
alcids
noun
plural of alcid
alcimedes
alcoholised
alcoholised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alcoholise
alectorides
alectoropodes
alectoropodous
aleksandrovac
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
algicides
algicides
noun
plural of algicide
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
alviducous
amaryllidaceous
amaryllidaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Amaryllidaceae of herbaceous, perennial and bulbous flowering plants.
ampelidaceous
ampelidaceous
adj
(botany, obsolete) Of or belonging to the Ampelidaceae (now Vitaceae).
amphicondylous
amygdalaceous
amygdalaceous
adj
(botany) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
amygdaloncus
anarchoindividualist
anarchosyndicalism
anarchosyndicalism
noun
Alternative form of anarcho-syndicalism
anarchosyndicalist
anarchosyndicalist
noun
Alternative spelling of anarcho-syndicalist
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
ancistrocladaceae
ancistrocladaceous
ancistrocladus
ancylocladus
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androcles
androcles
Proper noun
The main character of a common folktale that is included in the Aarne–Thompson classification system as type 156.
androclus
anecdotalism
anecdotalism
noun
A predisposition to relate anecdotes.
anecdotalist
anecdotalist
noun
One who recounts anecdotes, or uses them instead of experimental evidence in a field of study.
anglicised
anglicised
adj
Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicise
anhydroglocose
anisocotyledonous
anisodactyl
anisodactyl
adj
Characterized by anisodactyly
anisodactyla
anisodactyle
anisodactyli
anisodactylic
anisodactylous
anisodactylous
adj
(zoology) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
antecedaneously
antecedaneously
adv
(rare, archaic or obsolete) In an antecedaneous way: precedingly.
antidisciplinarian
antidisciplinarian
adj
Opposing discipline.
noun
One who opposes discipline.
antidomestically
antidynastical
antidynastically
antieducationalist
antifeudalistic
antimethodicalness
antiradicalism
antiradicalism
noun
Opposition to radical ideologies.
antiradicals
antiradicals
noun
plural of antiradical
antisacerdotal
antisacerdotal
adj
Hostile to priests or the priesthood.
antisacerdotalist
antisacerdotalist
noun
One who opposes priests or the priesthood.
antisyndicalism
antisyndicalism
noun
(politics) Opposition to syndicalism.
antisyndicalist
antisyndicalist
noun
One who opposes the principles of syndicalism.
aphidicolous
aphrodisiacal
aphrodisiacal
adj
Of or relating to an aphrodisiac; having aphrodisiac properties.
aphrodisiomaniacal
archdiplomatist
archdissembler
archichlamydeous
archichlamydeous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Archichlamydeae.
archididascalian
archididascalian
adj
of, like or pertaining to headmasters
archididascalos
archididascalos
noun
(formal, rare) A school principal.
archscoundrel
archswindler
aristodemocratical
aristodemocratical
adj
Alternative form of aristodemocratic
artiodactylous
artiodactylous
adj
(zoology) even-toed; of ungulates, having the weight borne about equally by the third and fourth toes
artiodactyls
artiodactyls
noun
plural of artiodactyl
ascaricidal
ascaricidal
adj
That kills roundworms (Ascaridida).
ascaridol
ascaridole
ascaridole
noun
(biochemistry) A bicyclic monoterpene peroxide found in plants of the Chenopodium genus; it is explosive
ascendable
ascendable
adj
Capable of being ascended.
ascendantly
ascendantly
adv
In an ascendant manner.
ascendible
ascendible
adj
Capable of being ascended; climbable.
ascendingly
ascendingly
adv
In an ascending manner.
ascidicolous
asclepiad
asclepiad
Noun
A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepias, known as physicians or healers.