A pigment (mixture of cytochromes) present in the sea anemone Actinia equina
actinochemical
actinochemical
adj
Relating to actinochemistry.
actinochemistry
actinochemistry
noun
The science of chemistry and actinism.
actinophone
actinophone
noun
An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.
actinophore
actinophore
noun
(biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutic
actinotherapeutic
adj
Relating to actinotherapy.
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
actinotherapy
actinotherapy
noun
(medicine) The treatment of disease, especially skin disease, by exposure to ultraviolet light; radiotherapy.
acuaesthesia
acuesthesia
acushnet
acyloxymethane
adenemphractic
adenoacanthoma
adenoacanthoma
noun
(pathology) An adenocarcinoma characterised by the presence of squamous cells
adherescent
adiaphoretic
adiathermancy
adiathermancy
noun
(obsolete) A resistance to the flow of heat.
adiathermic
adiathermic
adj
impervious to heat
adiathetic
adiathetic
adj
Not diathetic.
adrenocorticotrophic
adrenocorticotrophic
adj
Alternative form of adrenocorticotropic
adrenocorticotrophin
adrenocorticotrophin
noun
(biochemistry) adrenocorticotropic hormone
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
aeneolithic
aeneolithic
adj
Alternative form of Eneolithic
aerobranchiate
aerocartograph
aerocartograph
noun
(historical) A kind of stereoplotter.
aerocartography
aerocartography
noun
The making of maps based on an aerial survey of the terrain.
aerophilatelic
aerophilatelic
adj
Of or relating to aerophilately.
aerophysicist
aerotechnical
aerotechnical
adj
Relating to the technical aspects of flight.
aerotechnics
aerotechnics
noun
aeronautics (aeronautic technology)
aerotherapeutics
aerotherapeutics
noun
The treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
aerothermodynamic
aerothermodynamic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
noun
(physics) The scientific study of the thermodynamic properties of gases, especially when travelling at a high velocity.
aeroyacht
aeroyacht
noun
(archaic) aeroboat
aeschynanthus
aeschynite
aeschynite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several basic oxide minerals of mostly titanium and niobium with either cerium, neodymium or yttrium.
aestethic
aesthesics
aesthesics
noun
The study of perception, typically of music
aesthesodic
aesthesodic
adj
(biology) Conveying sensory or afferent impulses.
aesthetic
aesthetic
adj
Beautiful or appealing to one's sense of beauty or art.
Concerned with beauty, artistic impact, or appearance.
noun
That which appeals to the senses.
The artistic motifs defining a collection of things, especially works of art; more broadly, their aura or “vibe”.
The study of art or beauty.
aesthetical
aesthetical
adj
Aesthetic.
Of or pertaining to aesthetics.
Of or pertaining to beauty.
aesthetically
aesthetically
adv
In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect.
aesthetician
aesthetician
noun
A beautician; somebody employed to provide beauty treatments such as manicures and facials.
One who studies aesthetics; a student of art or beauty.
aestheticism
aestheticism
noun
A doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard.
aestheticist
aestheticist
noun
A proponent of aestheticism.
aestheticize
aestheticize
verb
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of aestheticise
aesthetics
aesthetics
noun
An artist's principles, preferences, and/or his agenda
The study or philosophy of beauty.
plural of aesthetic
aetheogamic
aetheric
aetheric
adj
Alternative spelling of etheric
aethrioscope
aethrioscope
noun
(meteorology) A device for measuring temperature variations due to different atmospheric conditions, such as cloud or clear skies.
affranchisement
affranchisement
noun
The act of freeing; enfranchisement.
afterbreach
afterchance
afterchrome
afterchurch
afterchurch
adj
After attending a church.
afterdischarge
afterdischarge
noun
Any discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceased
afterhatch
afterschool
afterschool
adj
Of or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.
Taking place immediately after school classes.
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftershocks
aftershocks
noun
plural of aftershock
afterspeech
afterstretch
aftertouch
aftertouch
noun
(music, uncountable) Pressure sensitivity on an electronic synthesizer, allowing the musician to change the tone or sound of a note after it is struck.
(rare) A touch (feature or characteristic) added finally or as an afterthought.
(video games) A feature in football/soccer games allowing the player to swerve the ball immediately after kicking it.
agastache
agastache
noun
A plant of genus Agastache, a giant hyssop.
agatharchides
agathocles
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
agonothetic
agonothetic
adj
Of or pertaining to an agonothete.
agrotechny
agrotechny
noun
The science and technology of agriculture.
aischrolatreia
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
aitches
aitches
noun
plural of aitch
aitchless
aitchless
adj
Without pronouncing the /h/ sound.
aitchpiece
akrochordite
akrochordite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic reddish brown mineral containing arsenic, hydrogen, magnesium, manganese, and oxygen.
aktiengesellschaft
albrecht
alcahest
alcahest
noun
Alternative form of alkahest
alcahests
alcahests
noun
plural of alcahest
alchemist
alchemist
noun
One who blends material or substances in the nature or supposed nature of alchemy.
One who practices alchemy.
alchemister
alchemistic
alchemistic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to alchemists.
alchemistical
alchemistical
adj
Of or pertaining to alchemists.
alchemistry
alchemistry
noun
(obsolete) alchemy
alchemists
alchemists
noun
plural of alchemist
alcithoe
alcohate
alcohate
Noun
alcoholate
alcoholate
alcoholate
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) A crystalline salt containing alcohol in place of water of crystallization.
(organic chemistry) An alkoxide.
An alcoholic extract of plant material; a tincture.
alcoholature
alcoholature
noun
(medicine, dated) An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants.
alcoholimeter
alcoholmeter
alcoholmeter
noun
Alternative form of alcoholometer
alcoholmetric
alcoholometer
alcoholometer
noun
A specialized form of hydrometer used to measure the amount of alcohol in a liquid (such as beer).
alcoholometric
alcoholometric
adj
Of or pertaining to the measurement of the alcohol content of beers, wines and spirits
alcoholometrical
alcoholometrical
adj
Alternative form of alcoholometric
alcoholometry
alcoholometry
noun
The measurement of the concentration of alcohol in a liquid, especially in the blood
alecithal
alecithal
adj
(biology, of an ovum) Tending to segment uniformly, and having little or no yolk embedded in the protoplasm.
alecithic
alectoromachy
alectoromachy
noun
(rare) cockfighting
alectoromorphae
alectoromorphous
alectryomachy
alectryomachy
noun
Cockfighting
alethic
alethic
adj
(logic) Of or pertaining to the various modalities of truth, such as the possibility or impossibility of something being true.
alethiologic
alethiological
alethiological
adj
Of or pertaining to alethiology.
alethoscope
alethoscope
noun
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
alkahestic
alkahestic
adj
Resembling or relating to alkahest.
alkahestica
alkahestical
alkahestical
adj
Alternative form of alkahestic
allachesthesia
allachesthesia
noun
Synonym of allesthesia
allelopathic
allelopathic
adj
relating to an allelopathy
allochetia
allochetite
allochroite
allochroite
noun
(mineralogy) Garnet.
allopathetic
allopathetic
adj
Involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.
allopathetically
allotheistic
allotheistic
adj
Of or relating to allotheism.
allothigenetic
allothigenetically
allothigenic
allothogenic
alphabetic
alphabetic
adj
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
alphabetical
alphabetical
adj
(obsolete) literal
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
alphabetically
alphabetically
adv
(manner) In an alphabetical manner.
(sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet.
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alsbachite
aluminothermic
aluminothermic
adj
Relating to, or employing, aluminothermy.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
amaranthaceae
amaranthaceous
amaranthaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Amaranthaceae of amaranths and goosefoots.
amasthenic
amasthenic
adj
(photography) Uniting the rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens does.
ameritech
amethodical
amethodical
adj
Not methodical; unsystematic.
amethodically
amethodically
adv
In an amethodical manner.
amidoacetophenone
aminoacetophenetidine
aminoacetophenone
aminoacetophenone
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound formed by the substitution of an amine group for one of the hydrogens of acetophenone, having the molecular formula C₈H₉NO; or any specific isomer of this compound.
aminoethionic
ammochaeta
ammochaetae
amphibichnite
amphicentric
amphicreatinine
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphidetic
amphidetic
adj
(biology, of the ligament of some bivalves) That extends in front of, and behind, the beak
amphierotic
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
amphipneustic
amphitheatric
amphitheatric
adj
Of, pertaining to, exhibited in, or resembling an amphitheatre.
amphitheatrical
amphitheatrical
adj
Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
amphitheatrically
amphitheatrically
adv
With some apparent characteristics of an amphitheatre.