(anatomy) A term sometimes used for diarthrosis, and also for synarthrosis. Also called dearticulation.
(anatomy) An articulation, especially one that permits free motion in the joint; a hinge joint.
The act of dislocating a joint.
absolutistic
absolutistic
adj
Alternative form of absolutist
absolutistically
absolutistically
adv
In an absolutist manner.
acalyculate
acalyculate
adj
Lacking a calyx of calycle
acanthocephalous
acanthocephalous
adj
(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
acanthocladous
acanthocladous
adj
(botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches
acaudelescent
acaulescent
acaulescent
adj
(botany) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
accentuable
accentuable
adj
Capable of being accentuated
accentual
accentual
adj
Designating verse rhythms based on stress accents.
Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
accentuality
accentuality
noun
The quality of being accentual.
accentually
accentually
adv
In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.
acclimature
acclimature
noun
(rare) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
accountabilities
accountabilities
noun
plural of accountability
accountability
accountability
noun
(military) The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.
An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.
Good-faith acceptance of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences.
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
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.
accountableness
accountableness
noun
The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
accountably
accountably
adv
In an accountable manner.
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
accultural
acculturate
acculturate
verb
(intransitive) To be changed by acculturation.
(transitive) To cause (a person) to acquire the culture of society, starting at birth.
(transitive) To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more dominant culture.
acculturated
acculturated
adj
accustomed to; familiar with
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acculturate
acculturates
acculturates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acculturate
acculturating
acculturating
verb
present participle of acculturate
acculturation
acculturation
noun
A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.
A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one.
acculturational
acculturational
adj
Of or pertaining to acculturation
acculturationist
acculturationist
noun
A specialist in the study of acculturation.
acculturative
acculturative
adj
That which produces acculturation.
acculturize
acculturize
verb
Synonym of acculturate
acculturized
acculturized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acculturize
acculturizing
acculturizing
verb
present participle of acculturize
accumulate
accumulate
adj
(poetic, rare) Collected; accumulated.
verb
(education, dated) To take a higher degree at the same time with a lower degree, or at a shorter interval than usual.
(intransitive) To gradually grow or increase in quantity or number.
(transitive) To heap up in a mass; to pile up; to collect or bring together (either literally or figuratively)
accumulated
accumulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accumulate
accumulates
accumulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accumulate
accumulating
accumulating
verb
present participle of accumulate
accumulation
accumulation
noun
(UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
(accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
(law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
A mass of something piled up or collected.
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
accumulations
accumulations
noun
plural of accumulation
accumulativ
accumulative
accumulative
adj
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.
accumulatively
accumulatively
adv
In an accumulative manner
accumulativeness
accumulativeness
noun
The state or qualities of being accumulative.
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.
accumulators
accumulators
noun
plural of accumulator
accurately
accurately
adv
In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
accusatival
accusatival
adj
Of or pertaining to the accusative case.
accusatively
accusatively
adv
(not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
In an accusative manner.
accusatorial
accusatorial
adj
(law) Of or pertaining to the system of a public trial in which the facts are ascertained by the judge or jury from evidence presented by the prosecution and the defence.
Containing or implying accusation.
accusatorially
accusatorially
adv
By way of accusation; in an accusatorial manner.
accustomedly
accustomedly
adv
In an accustomed manner.
acetabula
acetabula
noun
plural of acetabulum
acetabular
acetabular
adj
Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped.
Related to the acetabulum.
acetabularia
acetabuliferous
acetabuliferous
adj
Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acetabulous
acetabulous
adj
cup-shaped; acetabular
acetabulum
acetabulum
noun
(anatomy) The bony cup of the pelvis which receives the head of the femur.
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 2½ Roman ounces of wine and equivalent to about 66 mL although differing slightly over time.
(zootomy) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
(zootomy) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
(zootomy) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
(zootomy) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
A vinegar saucer, especially (historical) in ancient Roman contexts.
acetabulums
acetosoluble
acetosoluble
adj
(chemistry) soluble in acetic acid
acetotoluid
acetotoluide
acetotoluide
noun
(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of a toluidine
acetotoluidine
acettoluide
acetylbiuret
acetylcellulose
acetylenediurein
acetylfluoride
acetylurea
achillobursitis
achillobursitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
acicularity
acicularity
noun
Quality or degree of being acicular.
aciculate
aciculate
adj
Furnished with aciculae.
Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
acicular (needle-shaped)
aciculated
aciculated
adj
Alternative form of aciculate
acidulant
acidulant
noun
A food additive used to increase acidity or to give a tart taste
acidulate
acidulate
verb
(transitive) To make slightly or moderately acid; to acidify.
(transitive) To make sour in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
(transitive) To use an acidic catalyst, with the chemical change being emphasised over the importance of the change in pH. Used in the processing of biodiesel co-products.
acidulated
acidulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acidulate
acidulates
acidulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate
acidulating
acidulating
verb
present participle of acidulate
acidulation
acidulation
noun
The act of acidulating.
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acidulent
acidulent
adj
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
acinotubular
acinotubular
adj
(anatomy) Having both acini and tubules
acleistous
acoelomatous
acoluthic
acoluthic
adj
Pertaining to a residual sense impression immediately following a stimulus, as with an afterimage
acolytus
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acoustical
acoustical
adj
Of or pertaining to hearing or acoustics.
acoustically
acoustically
adv
(domain) From the perspective of acoustics.
(manner) In an acoustic manner, or using an acoustic musical instrument.
acousticolateral
acousticolateral
adj
Relating to, or connecting the inner ear and the lateral line of fish
acoustoelectric
acoustoelectric
adj
Of or pertaining to electroacoustics
acquiescently
acquiescently
adv
In an acquiescent manner.
acquirability
acquirability
noun
(rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.
acquisitional
acquisitional
adj
Of or relating to acquisition.
acquisitively
acquisitively
adv
In an acquisitive manner; for the purpose of acquisition.
acquital
acquital
noun
Obsolete spelling of acquittal.
acquittal
acquittal
noun
(historical) The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance.
(law) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process.
(now rare) The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.).
(rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance.
Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
acquittals
acquittals
noun
plural of acquittal
acrodactylum
acrodactylum
noun
The upper surface of a toe
acrostolium
acroteleutic
acroteleutic
noun
(obsolete, Christianity) The end of a verse or psalm, or something added to it, to be sung by the people by way of a response.
actinobacillus
actinobacillus
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Actinobacillus.
actinologous
actinologous
adj
Relating to actinologues
actinologue
actinologue
noun
(biology) Part of an actinomere
actinula
actinula
noun
(zoology) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form.
actinulae
actinulae
noun
plural of actinula
actual
actual
adj
(chiefly theology) relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical
(now rare) in action at the time being; now existing; current.
Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact.
Used as intensifier to emphasise a following noun; exact, specific, very.
noun
(finance) something actually received; real receipts, as distinct from estimated ones.
(military) a radio callsign modifier that specifies the commanding officer of the unit or asset denoted by the remainder of the callsign and not the officer's assistant or other designee.
(uncountable) Reality, usually with the definite article.
actualisation
actualisation
noun
Alternative spelling of actualization
actualise
actualise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of actualize.
actualised
actualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualise
actualising
actualising
verb
present participle of actualise
actualism
actualism
noun
(philosophy) The belief that actuality and existence are co‐extensive: i.e., that only actual things exist, and merely possible things do not.
actualist
actualist
noun
A proponent of actualism.
actualistic
actualistic
adj
(archaeology) Relating to actual use
Relating to action or the actual
actualities
actualities
noun
plural of actuality
actuality
actuality
noun
(historical, film) A short early motion picture.
(television) Live reporting on current affairs.
An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact.
The state of existing; existence.
actualization
actualization
noun
making actual or really existent
actualizations
actualizations
noun
plural of actualization
actualize
actualize
verb
(intransitive) To become actual or real.
(reflexive) To realize one's full potential.
(transitive) To make real; to realize.
actualized
actualized
adj
Having become actual; having been realized or made real.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualize
actualizes
actualizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actualize
actualizing
actualizing
verb
present participle of actualize
actually
actually
adv
(modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
(obsolete) Actively.
(obsolete) Currently; at the time.
actualness
actualness
noun
The state or quality of being actual.
actuals
actuals
noun
(accounting, project management) Documented historical results; things that have happened rather than things that are planned.
(business) Physical commodities or financial instruments which are traded in futures contracts.
plural of actual
actuarial
actuarial
adj
Of or pertaining to actuaries.
Relating to statistical calculation, especially pertaining to insurance.
actuarially
actuarially
adv
By actuarial principles.
From an actuarial perspective.
In a manner performed by an actuary.
aculeata
aculeate
aculeate
adj
(entomology) Having a stinger; stinging.
Having a sting; sharp like a prickle.
Having prickles or sharp points.
noun
Any insect of the infraorder Aculeata, which have ovipositors modified into stingers.
aculeated
aculeated
adj
(figurative) Pungent, incisive.
Having a sharp point; armed with prickles.
aculeolate
aculeolate
adj
Having small prickles or sharp points.
acuminulate
acuminulate
adj
(rare) Somewhat or slightly acuminate.
acutangular
acutangular
adj
(geometry) acute-angled.
acutely
acutely
adv
In an acute manner
acutenaculum
acutifoliate
acutifoliate
adj
(botany) Having sharp-pointed leaves.
acutilinguae
acutilingual
acutilingual
adj
(zoology) Having a sharply pointed tongue or oral region.
acutilobate
acutiplantar
adactylous
adactylous
adj
Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Without fingers or without toes.
adarticulation
adarticulation
noun
arthrodia
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adjunctly
adjunctly
adv
In an adjunct manner.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
adminiculation
adminiculation
noun
(law) proof; corroboration
adosculation
adosculation
noun
(biology) impregnation by external contact, without intromission
adscititiously
adscititiously
adv
In an adscititious way.
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
adulticidal
adulticidal
adj
Of or pertaining to an adulticide
adulticide
adulticide
noun
A pesticide designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae.
verb
(transitive) To treat with adulticide.
aeciotelium
aeronautical
aeronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight
aeronautically
aeronautically
adv
In a aeronautical manner; with respect to aeronautics or aviation.