(biology) Non-germinal; unable to form a blastema or offspring.
accelerometer
accelerometer
noun
An instrument for measuring acceleration.
An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.
accelerometers
accelerometers
noun
plural of accelerometer
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).
acclimatable
acclimatable
adj
Capable of being acclimated.
acclimate
acclimate
verb
(intransitive, chiefly US) To become accustomed to a new climate or environment.
(transitive, chiefly US) To adjust to a new environment; not necessarily a wild, natural, earthy one.
(transitive, chiefly US) To habituate to a climate not native; to acclimatize.
acclimated
acclimated
adj
accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment
verb
(chiefly US) simple past tense and past participle of acclimate
acclimatement
acclimatement
noun
(rare) acclimation
acclimates
acclimates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimate
acclimatisable
acclimatisable
adj
Alternative form of acclimatizable
acclimatise
acclimatise
verb
Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatize.
acclimatised
acclimatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acclimatise
acclimatiser
acclimatiser
noun
Alternative form of acclimatizer
acclimatises
acclimatises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimatise
acclimatizable
acclimatizable
adj
Capable of being acclimatized
acclimatize
acclimatize
verb
(intransitive) To get used to a new climate.
(transitive) To make used to a new climate or one that is different from that which is natural; to inure or habituate to other circumstances; to adapt to the peculiarities of a foreign or strange climate.
acclimatized
acclimatized
adj
Subjected to acclimatization
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acclimatize
acclimatizer
acclimatizer
noun
An agent that acclimatizes itself or others.
acclimatizes
acclimatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimatize
acclimature
acclimature
noun
(rare) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.
accommodately
accommodately
adv
(rare) suitably; fitly
accommodatively
accommodatively
adv
In a accommodative manner; accommodatingly.
accompanimental
accompanimental
adj
Relating to or serving as an accompaniment
accomplement
accompletive
accompletive
adj
(rare) Tending to accomplish.
accomplishment
accomplishment
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.
Something accomplished; an achievement.
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
accomplishments
accomplishments
noun
plural of accomplishment
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
accrementitial
accrementitial
adj
(physiology) Pertaining to accrementition.
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
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.
accustomedly
accustomedly
adv
In an accustomed manner.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
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
acetaminol
acetazolamide
acetazolamide
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that inhibits the enzyme carbonic anhydrase, used in the treatment of glaucoma and epilepsy and as a diuretic (now especially in the prevention of acute mountain sickness).
acetmethylanilide
acetoamidophenol
acetobromanilide
acetometrical
acetometrically
acetylamine
acetylaminobenzene
acetylmethylcarbinol
acetylmethylcarbinol
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoin
acetylthymol
achlamydate
achlamydate
adj
(zoology) Not possessing a mantle.
achromatizable
achromatophile
achromatophile
adj
Being or relating to an achromatophil.
acidimetrical
acidimetrical
adj
Alternative form of acidimetric
acidimetrically
acidimetrically
adv
(chemistry) By means of, or in terms of, acidimetry.
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
noun
(law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
(law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
The act of acknowledging
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
acoelomata
acoelomate
acoelomate
adj
(zoology) Having no coelom.
noun
(zoology) Any animal without a coelom.
acoelomates
acoelomates
noun
plural of acoelomate
acoelomatous
acromiodeltoid
acromiosternal
actinochemical
actinochemical
adj
Relating to actinochemistry.
actinometrical
actinomycestal
actinomycetal
actinomycetal
adj
Of or relating to the Actinomycetales, an order of Actinobacteria.
actinomycetales
acuminulate
acuminulate
adj
(rare) Somewhat or slightly acuminate.
acutenaculum
acyloxymethane
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
adrenalectomies
adrenalectomies
noun
plural of adrenalectomy
adrenalectomize
adrenalectomize
verb
(transitive) To subject to an adrenalectomy.
adrenalectomized
adrenalectomized
adj
Having been adrenalectomized (subjected to adrenalectomy).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adrenalectomize
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
adrenalectomy
adrenalectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal of one or both adrenal glands, usually advised for patients with tumours in those glands.
aeciotelium
agamogenetically
agamogenetically
adv
By means of agamogenesis.
ageometrical
agglomeratic
agglomeratic
adj
(geology) Of or relating to an agglomerate.
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
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
alcovinometer
alectoromachy
alectoromachy
noun
(rare) cockfighting
alectoromancy
alectoromancy
noun
Alternative form of alectryomancy
alectoromorphae
alectoromorphous
alectryomachy
alectryomachy
noun
Cockfighting
alectryomancy
alectryomancy
noun
A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.
(chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an alkali.
alkalimetrical
alkalimetrical
adj
Alternative form of alkalimetric
alkalimetrically
alkalimetrically
adv
By means of alkalimetry.
alloiometric
allometric
allometric
adj
(mathematics, of a population) That grows at a rate proportional to a power of another population
Of or pertaining to allometry
allosematic
almacenista
alticamelus
altimetrical
altimetrical
adj
Synonym of altimetric
altimetrically
altimetrically
adv
By means of altimetry.
altimettrically
aluminosilicate
aluminosilicate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of many silicate minerals, such as feldspar and zeolite, in which a proportion of the Si⁴⁺ ions are replaced by Al³⁺, the excess negative charge being balanced by extra sodium, potassium or calcium ions.
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.
alveolectomy
alveolectomy
noun
the surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis
amaterialistic
ambicolorate
amelification
ameloblastic
ameloblastic
adj
Of or relating to ameloblasts.
ametabolic
ametabolic
adj
(entomology) Not undergoing metamorphosis
amethodical
amethodical
adj
Not methodical; unsystematic.
amethodically
amethodically
adv
In an amethodical manner.
amicabilities
amicabilities
noun
plural of amicability
amicronucleate
amidoacetal
aminoacetal
aminoacetanilide
ampelitic
ampelitic
adj
Relating to the mineral ampelite.
amphitheatrical
amphitheatrical
adj
Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
amphitheatrically
amphitheatrically
adv
With some apparent characteristics of an amphitheatre.
amphithecial
amplect
amplect
verb
(formal) To embrace
amplectant
amplectant
adj
(botany) That clasps a support, especially by twining around it
clasping or embracing
amplexicaudate
amplicative
amplificate
amplificate
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) To amplify.
amplificative
amplificative
adj
amplificatory
amuletic
amuletic
adj
Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.
amygdalectomy
amygdalectomy
Noun
Surgical removal of the amygdala.
amyloleucite
amylopectin
amylopectin
noun
(biochemistry) A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)