(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
abevacuation
abevacuation
noun
(medicine) An abnormal evacuation.
(medicine) Metastases.
abovedeck
abovedeck
adj
(nautical) Located on deck.
adv
(nautical) On deck.
noun
The area on a boat that is abovedeck.
accommodative
accommodative
adj
Supplying with or obliging; accommodating.
accommodatively
accommodatively
adv
In a accommodative manner; accommodatingly.
accommodativeness
accommodativeness
noun
The state or quality of being accommodative.
accompletive
accompletive
adj
(rare) Tending to accomplish.
accoville
acervation
acervation
noun
(obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation
acervose
acetoveratrone
acetoveratrone
noun
(organic chemistry) The ketone 3,4-dimethoxy-acetophenone derived from veratrole
aconative
aconative
adj
Lacking conation
acutograve
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
advectitious
advectitious
adj
Relating to, or transported by, advection.
advocacies
advocacies
noun
plural of advocacy
advocate
advocate
noun
A person who speaks in support of something, or someone.
A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
verb
(Scotland, law) To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.
(Scotland, law, in higher courts) To call a case before itself for decision.
(intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.
(transitive) To encourage support for something.
(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
advocated
advocated
adj
Having been argued in favor of.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advocate
advocates
advocates
noun
plural of advocate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
advocatess
advocatess
noun
(rare, obsolete) A female advocate.
advocative
advocative
adj
(law) Related to advocation
advocatress
advocatress
noun
(rare) A female advocate.
advocatrice
advocatrice
noun
(archaic) A female advocate.
advowsance
aerocurve
aerocurve
noun
(aviation, historical) A kind of early aeroplane with curved surfaces.
alcove
alcove
noun
(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
A shady retreat.
alcoved
alcoved
adj
(sometimes in combination) Having (a specified type or number of) alcoves
alcoves
alcoves
noun
plural of alcove
alcovinometer
aleksandrovac
allocutive
alveolectomy
alveolectomy
noun
the surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis
alveoloclasia
alveoloclasia
noun
The destruction of an alveolus
alveolocondylean
aminovaleric
anchorville
anchoveta
anchoveta
noun
A species of anchovy, Engraulis ringens, from the southern Pacific.
anchovettas
anchovettas
noun
plural of anchovetta
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
angiocavernous
anovesical
anovesical
adj
Relating to the anus and urinary bladder.
antevocalic
antevocalic
adj
Synonym of prevocalic
anticoagulative
anticoagulative
adj
That counters coagulation
anticogitative
anticommutative
anticommutative
adj
(algebra) Of an operator * for which a * b = - (b * a)
anticompetitive
anticompetitive
adj
(economics, business) Acting to hinder or obstruct competition.
One who opposes conservative attitudes or politics.
anticonservatively
anticonservativeness
anticonservativeness
noun
The condition of being anticonservative
anticonvellent
anticonvention
anticonventional
anticonventional
adj
Rejecting conventions; opposing what is conventional or mainstream.
anticonventionalism
anticonventionalism
noun
The quality of being anticonventional; rejection of conventions or norms.
anticonventionalist
anticonventionally
anticonvulsive
anticonvulsive
adj
(pharmacology) Acting against or serving to prevent convulsions.
noun
(pharmacology) Any anticonvulsant drug.
anticorrosive
anticorrosive
adj
Preventing or counteracting corrosion.
noun
An agent that prevents or stops corrosion.
anticorrosively
anticorrosiveness
anticorrosives
anticorrosives
noun
plural of anticorrosive
anticovenanter
anticovenanting
anticovenanting
adj
(historical) Opposing the Covenanter movement.
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
antievolutionistic
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiprojectivity
antiviolence
antiviolence
adj
(law enforcement, sociology) Acting against or opposing violence.
antivivisection
antivivisection
adj
opposed to vivisection
antivivisectionist
antivivisectionist
adj
characterized by opposition to vivisection
of or relating to such a person
noun
an individual opposed to the practice of vivisection
antivivisectionists
antivivisectionists
noun
plural of antivivisectionist
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
approvance
approvance
Noun
Approval.
archgovernor
archgovernor
noun
(rare) A chief governor.
archoverseer
arvicole
arvicole
noun
(zoology, dated) field mouse (US, Canada), vole
arvicolinae
arvicoline
arvicoline
adj
That inhabits meadows; rural
noun
Any rodent of the subfamily Arvicolinae
associative
associative
adj
(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a,b and c, (a*b)*c=a*(b*c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
(computing) Addressable by a key more complex than an integer index.
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
associatively
associatively
adv
In an associative way.
associativeness
associativeness
noun
(mathematics) The condition of being associative
atrioventricular
atrioventricular
adj
(anatomy, medicine) Of the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the atria of the heart.
auriculoventricular
auriculoventricular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the auricles and the ventricles (of the heart).
auriculovertical
autoactive
autoactive
adj
spontaneously active (without any external stimulus)
autoceptive
autoclave
autoclave
adj
(cryptography) autokey
noun
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
verb
(transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.
autoclaved
autoclaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoclave
autoclaves
autoclaves
noun
plural of autoclave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autoclave
autoconvection
autoconvection
noun
spontaneous convection in a fluid layer
autoconverter
autoeducative
autoeducative
adj
Of or relating to autoeducation.
autoinductive
autoinductive
adj
That exhibits autoinduction
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
autovivisection
autovivisection
noun
The vivisection of one's own body.
avariciousness
avariciousness
noun
The state or quality of being avaricious.
avenaceous
avenaceous
adj
Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
averrhoistic
averroistic
averroistic
Adjective
Of or relating to Averroism.
averruncation
averruncation
noun
(archaic, rare) (The act of) warding off, averting (something evil).
Eradication, uprooting.
averruncator
averruncator
noun
An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
avicebron
avicularimorphae
avocadoes
avocate
avocate
verb
(obsolete) To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.
avocative
avocative
adj
(obsolete) Calling off.
noun
(obsolete) That which calls aside; a dissuasive.
avocet
avocet
noun
Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.
avocets
avocets
noun
plural of avocet
avoidance
avoidance
noun
(law, obsolete) The act of annulling; annulment.
(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
(obsolete) The act of dismissing a person.
(obsolete) The act of quitting a position or benefice.
(obsolete) The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
avouchable
avouchable
adj
Capable of being avouched.
avouched
avouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avouch
avoucher
avoucher
noun
One who avouches.
avouchers
avouchers
noun
plural of avoucher
avouches
avouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avouch
avouchment
avouchment
noun
A positive declaration.
The act of avouching.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
avowance
avowance
noun
(obsolete) An upholding; defence; vindication.
(obsolete) The act of avowing; avowal.
bacteriosolvent
becovet
bedcover
bedcover
noun
A decorative cover for a bed; a bedspread or counterpane
bedcovering
bedcovering
noun
bedcover
bedcoverings
bedcoverings
noun
plural of bedcovering
bedcovers
bedcovers
noun
plural of bedcover
behavioristic
behavioristic
adj
Of or pertaining to behaviorism, especially B. F. Skinner’s school of radical behaviorism.
behavioristically
behavioristically
adv
In a behavioristic manner
bellovaci
benevolence
benevolence
noun
(UK, historical) A kind of forced loan or contribution levied by kings without legal authority, first so called under Edward IV in 1473.
(countable) An altruistic gift or act.
(uncountable) Charitable kindness.
(uncountable) Disposition to do good.
benevolences
benevolences
noun
plural of benevolence
benevolency
bercovici
biconcave
biconcave
adj
(optics, anatomy) Having both sides concave
biconcavities
biconcavities
noun
plural of biconcavity
biconvex
biconvex
adj
Having both sides convex.
biconvexities
biconvexities
noun
plural of biconvexity
biconvexity
biconvexity
noun
The quality of being biconvex.
bioactivities
bioactivities
noun
plural of bioactivity
bivector
bivector
noun
(mathematics) An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
bivocalized
bivouaced
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blagoveshchensk
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.