(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
absorbefacient
absorbefacient
adj
(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
acetification
acetification
noun
The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
acetifying
acetifying
verb
present participle of acetify
acinacifoliate
acinetiform
acinetiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling the Acinetae.
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
aerifaction
aerifaction
noun
aeration
hyperinflation (of the lungs)
aerification
aerification
noun
Aeration, especially of the soil.
Transformation into air or gas.
affectation
affectation
noun
An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
An unusual mannerism.
affectationist
affectationist
noun
One who exhibits affectation.
affectations
affectations
noun
plural of affectation
affectedness
affectedness
noun
The state or quality of being affected.
affecting
affecting
adj
Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
verb
present participle of affect
affectingly
affectingly
adv
So as to affect in an emotional sense.
affection
affection
noun
(medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
A feeling of love or strong attachment.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
The act of affecting or acting upon.
The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
verb
(now rare) To feel affection for.
affectional
affectional
adj
Pertaining to the affections; affective; characterized by emotion
(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
(of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
verb
(obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
affectionately
affectionately
adv
In an affectionate manner.
affectionateness
affectionateness
noun
The state or quality of being affectionate.
affectioned
affectioned
adj
(archaic) Feeling a certain affection for; disposed.
(archaic) affected, pompous
(archaic) obstinate, willful
(archaic) zealous, earnest
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affection
affectionless
affectionless
adj
(psychology) Incapable of empathy.
Without affection; unfeeling; emotionless.
affections
affections
noun
plural of affection
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affectlessness
affectlessness
noun
Emotional detachment; a lack of feeling.
afflictedness
afflictedness
noun
The state or quality of being afflicted.
afflictionless
afflictionless
adj
Free from affliction.
afforcement
afforcement
noun
(obsolete) A reinforcement; a strengthening.
affranchisement
affranchisement
noun
The act of freeing; enfranchisement.
afterchance
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
afterreckoning
aircraftmen
aircraftmen
noun
plural of aircraftman
aircraftsmen
aircraftsmen
noun
plural of aircraftsman
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
aktiengesellschaft
algefacient
algefacient
adj
Making cool; cooling.
amelification
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuousness
anfractuousness
noun
The state or quality of being anfractuous.
anfracture
anfracture
noun
(obsolete) A mazy winding.
antefact
antefact
noun
(obsolete) Something done before another act.
anteflected
antefurca
antefurca
noun
(anatomy) A forked chitinous structure in the thorax of some insects
antefurcae
antefurcae
noun
plural of antefurca
antefurcal
antefurcal
adj
Relating to an antefurca
anthraceniferous
anthraciferous
anthraciferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding anthracite.
anthracitiferous
anticonfederationism
anticonfederationist
anticonfederationist
noun
One who opposes confederation.
anticonfederative
anticonformities
antiface
antiface
noun
(computing) In facial recognition systems, a face having opposite properties to a given face.
antifeministic
antifeministic
Adjective
antifeminist
antiferroelectric
antiferroelectric
adj
(physics) Describing a state in which dipoles are arranged antiparallel to adjacent ones, resulting in a net zero polarization
antiferromagnetic
antiferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting antiferromagnetism.
antifeudalistic
antipriestcraft
antipriestcraft
noun
Opposition to priestcraft.
antiputrefaction
antiputrefaction
adj
That counters (the effects of) putrefaction
antiputrefactive
antiputrefactive
adj
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
noun
Any substance preventing putrefaction.
antiscientific
antiscientific
adj
Contrary to the tenets of the scientific method
Of or pertaining to antiscience
antiscientifically
antiscientifically
adv
In an antiscientific manner.
antivenefic
appersonification
archconfraternities
archconfraternities
noun
plural of archconfraternity
archconfraternity
archconfraternity
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A religious confraternity that, as a special concession of the Holy See, can join or affiliate with, and extend privileges to, other similar brotherhoods.
arefaction
arefaction
noun
(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
artificialness
artificialness
noun
The state or quality of being artificial.
artificialnesses
assuefaction
assuefaction
noun
(obsolete) habituation
autofecundation
autofecundation
noun
Self-impregnation.
autofluorescence
autofluorescence
noun
(biology, microscopy) Self-induced fluorescence.
(biology, microscopy) The fluorescence of substances other than the fluorophore of interest.
autoinfection
autoinfection
noun
The infection of a primary host with a parasite, particularly a helminth, in such a way that the complete life cycle of the parasite happens in a single organism, without the involvement of another host.
autoreflection
bacteriofluorescin
banecroft
beachfront
beachfront
adj
Of property (real estate): located on a beach.
noun
The portion of land or property that runs alongside and facing a beach.
beachfronts
beachfronts
noun
plural of beachfront
beatification
beatification
noun
The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; especially, in the Roman Catholic Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, — usually a stage in the process of canonization.
beatifications
beatifications
noun
plural of beatification
beautification
beautification
noun
Making beautiful, beautifying, improving the appearance of something.
beautifications
beautifications
noun
plural of beautification
benefact
benefact
verb
(transitive, rare, nonstandard) To benefit; to act as benefactor toward.
benefaction
benefaction
noun
An act of charity; almsgiving.
An act of doing good; a benefit, a blessing.
benefactions
benefactions
noun
plural of benefaction
benefactive
benefactive
adj
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to the linguistic form or case or the semantic role of the beneficiary of an action. Expressed in English as "on behalf of" or "on one's behalf."
noun
A term or sentence element that serves a benefactive role or that is inflected for the benefactive case or a similar case (such as the dative case).
benefactor
benefactor
noun
Somebody who gives a gift, often money to a charity.
Someone who performs good or noble deeds.
benefactors
benefactors
noun
plural of benefactor
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benefactory
benefactory
adj
Yielding benefit; doing good.
noun
One who gives benefit to others; a benefactor.
benefactress
benefactress
noun
A female benefactor.
benefactresses
benefactresses
noun
plural of benefactress
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrix
benefactrix
Noun
A female benefactor.
benefactrixes
beneficent
beneficent
adj
Given to acts that are kind, charitable, philanthropic or beneficial.
beneficential
beneficential
adj
Relating to beneficence.
beneficently
beneficently
adv
In a beneficent manner
beneficiate
beneficiate
verb
(mining, obsolete) To reduce (ores).
beneficiated
beneficiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beneficiate
beneficiates
beneficiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beneficiate
beneficiating
beneficiating
verb
present participle of beneficiate
beneficiation
beneficiation
noun
The reduction in size of particles of ore (or similar physical processing) before further processing to recover the metal
beneficient
beneficient
adj
(sometimes proscribed) beneficent
besanctify
bioscientific
bioscientific
adj
Relating to bioscience.
birefracting
birefraction
burschenschaft
burschenschaften
cafenet
cafenet
noun
An inn or resthouse selling coffee in Turkey.
caffeinated
caffeinated
adj
(informal, of a person) Overly peppy or energetic; stimulated by caffeine.
Containing caffeine naturally (e.g., coffee, tea, and cacao) or as an additive (e.g., soft drinks, sports drinks, or energy drinks).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caffeinate
caffetannic
caffetannin
caftaned
caftaned
adj
Alternative form of kaftaned
calefacient
calefacient
adj
(obsolete) having heating or warming effects
noun
(obsolete) A medical agent or substance which produces a feeling of warmth when applied to the body.
calefaction
calefaction
noun
The act of warming or heating.
The state or condition of being heated.
californite
californite
noun
(mineralogy) A green vesuvianite found in California, resembling jade and used as a gemstone.
calorifacient
calorifacient
adj
(physiology, dated) Having or relating to the power of producing heat; applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.
candleshrift
canfieldite
canfieldite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare silver tin sulfide mineral.
cankerfret
cantefable
cantefable
noun
Alternative form of chantefable
cantref
cantref
noun
A mediaeval land division in Wales.
cathodofluorescence
cementification
cementification
noun
Synonym of cementogenesis
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centerfolds
centerfolds
noun
plural of centerfold
centifolious
centifolious
adj
Having a hundred leaves.
centref
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
centriffed
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
centrifugalisation
centrifugalisation
noun
Alternative form of centrifugation
centrifugalise
centrifugalise
verb
Alternative form of centrifugalize
centrifugalization
centrifugalization
noun
Synonym of centrifugation
centrifugalize
centrifugalize
verb
Synonym of centrifugate
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
centrifugalizing
centrifugalizing
verb
present participle of centrifugalize
centrifugaller
centrifugally
centrifugally
adv
Away from a centre or axis.
In a centrifuge.
Using centrifugal force.
centrifugals
centrifugals
noun
plural of centrifugal
centrifugate
centrifugate
noun
The material to be separated in a centrifuge.
verb
(transitive) To separate using centrifugation.
centrifugation
centrifugation
noun
The process in which mixtures are separated using the centripetal force generated by spinning in a centrifuge.
centrifuge
centrifuge
noun
(figuratively) An apparatus in which humans are spun to simulate acceleration in an aircraft or spacecraft.
A device in which a mixture of denser and lighter materials (normally dispersed in a liquid) is separated by being spun about a central axis at high speed.
verb
To rotate something in a centrifuge, typically in order to separate its constituents.
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
centrifugence
centrifugence
noun
The property or quality of being centrifugal.
centrifuges
centrifuges
noun
plural of centrifuge
centrifuging
centrifuging
noun
The processing of material in a centrifuge.
verb
present participle of centrifuge
centrisciform
certifiableness
certifiableness
noun
The quality of being certifiable (able to be certified).
certificating
certificating
verb
present participle of certificate
certification
certification
noun
A professional qualification that certifies a person's ability.