(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.
acecaffin
acecaffine
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.
acneiform
acneiform
adj
(pathology) Alternative form of acneform
acriflavine
acriflavine
noun
(medicine) An antimicrobial flavonoid dye derived from acridine
acriflavines
acriflavines
noun
plural of acriflavine
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
adeniform
adeniform
adj
Shaped like a gland; adenoid.
adenofibroma
adenofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign glandular and fibrous (connective) neoplasm
adenofibrosis
adenofibrosis
noun
(pathology) a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
(pathology) a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
adenoliomyofibroma
adenomyofibroma
adfreezing
aepyornithiformes
aerifaction
aerifaction
noun
aeration
hyperinflation (of the lungs)
aerification
aerification
noun
Aeration, especially of the soil.
Transformation into air or gas.
aerifying
aerifying
verb
present participle of aerify
afenil
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
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
affenpinscher
affenpinscher
Noun
A breed of toy dog bred in Western Europe.
affiance
affiance
noun
(archaic) A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage.
Faith, trust.
verb
(transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.
affianced
affianced
adj
(literary) engaged; betrothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affiance
affiancer
affiancer
noun
One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
affiances
affiances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance
affinage
affinage
noun
The aging of cheese as part of its manufacture.
affine
affine
adj
(comparable, chemistry) Of two materials, having mutual affinity.
(geometry) Of or pertaining to a function expressible as f(⃑x)=A⃑x+⃑b (where A is a linear transformation and ⃑b is a constant), which, regarded as a transformation, maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.
(mathematics) Assigning finite values to finite quantities.
noun
(anthropology, genealogy) A relative by marriage.
verb
To refine.
affined
affined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affine
affinely
affinely
adv
In an affine manner
affines
affines
noun
plural of affine
affinitative
affinitative
adj
Of the nature of affinity.
affinitatively
affinitatively
adv
(perhaps dated) In a manner than pertains to an affinity; familiarly; understandingly; similarly.
affinite
affinities
affinities
noun
plural of affinity
affinitive
affinitive
adj
Closely connected, as by affinity.
affirmance
affirmance
noun
(countable, law) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency
(uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation
affirmances
affirmances
noun
plural of affirmance
affirmativeness
affirmativeness
noun
The property of being affirmative.
affixment
affixment
noun
Property of being affixed; attachment; connection.
afflictedness
afflictedness
noun
The state or quality of being afflicted.
afflictionless
afflictionless
adj
Free from affliction.
affluencies
affluencies
noun
plural of affluency
afforestation
afforestation
noun
The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.
afforestational
afforesting
afforesting
verb
present participle of afforest
affranchise
affranchise
verb
(transitive) To free from obligation, servitude or service.
affranchised
affranchised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affranchise
affranchisement
affranchisement
noun
The act of freeing; enfranchisement.
affreightment
affreightment
noun
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affriended
affriended
adj
(obsolete) Made friends; reconciled.
affrightment
affrightment
noun
(archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
(obsolete) A cause of fear.
(obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
affrontingness
affrontingness
noun
The state or quality of affronting.
affrontive
affrontive
adj
Tending to affront or offend.
affrontiveness
affrontiveness
noun
The state or quality of being affrontive.
affusedaffusing
afibrinogenemia
afibrinogenemia
noun
(medicine) A blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of, or a malfunction involving, fibrinogen.
afikomen
afikomen
noun
(Judaism) The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
aforegoing
aforegoing
adj
(archaic) preceding, going before.
aforementioned
aforementioned
adj
Previously mentioned.
noun
(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.
afraidness
afraidness
noun
The state or quality of being afraid.
aframerican
africander
africanderism
africanize
africanize
Verb
To make African.
africanized
afrikander
afrikanderdom
afrikanderism
afrikaner
afrikanerdom
afrikanerdom
Noun
The world or sphere of Afrikaners.
afrikanerize
afterbrain
afterbrain
noun
(anatomy) A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
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.
afterdinner
afterdrain
afterfermentation
afterfriend
aftergrind
afterimpression
afterimpression
noun
Alternative spelling of after-impression
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
afternight
afterpain
afterpain
noun
(pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)
afterpains
afterpains
noun
plural of afterpain
afterplanting
afterpotential
afterpotential
noun
A small, transitory electrical potential that follows, and is dependent upon the main potential produced when a nerve is stimulated; seen as a small positive or negative spike on an oscillograph output.
afterreckoning
afterripening
aftersensation
aftersensation
noun
A delayed sensation; one arising significantly later than the stimulus that caused it.
aftershine
afterspring
afterstain
afterstrain
afterswarming
afterthinker
afterthinker
noun
One who acts first and thinks afterwards.
aftervision
afterworking
ahnfeltia
aircraftmen
aircraftmen
noun
plural of aircraftman
aircraftsmen
aircraftsmen
noun
plural of aircraftsman
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
aktiengesellschaft
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
alexishafen
alfenide
alfenide
noun
An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver.
alfione
alfione
noun
(dated) A species of surfperch found in the eastern Pacific California (Rhacochilus toxotes).
algefacient
algefacient
adj
Making cool; cooling.
allocaffeine
alternifoliate
alternifoliate
adj
(botany) Having leaves that alternate on each side of a stem
aluminiferous
aluminiferous
adj
containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or alum
aluminoferric
aluniferous
amelification
amentiferae
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
amentiform
amentiform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a catkin.
amidocaffeine
aminotransferase
aminotransferase
noun
(biochemistry) Transaminase.
ammonified
ammonified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ammonify
ammonifier
ammonifier
noun
That which ammonifies
ammonifies
ammonifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ammonify
ammonitiferous
ammonitiferous
adj
Containing fossil ammonites.
anatifae
anatifer
anatiferous
anatiferous
adj
Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
angelfish
angelfish
noun
A freshwater fish, tropical cichlids of the genus Pterophyllum.
A marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs.
angelfishes
angelfishes
noun
plural of angelfish
angelinformal
anglerfishes
anglerfishes
noun
plural of anglerfish
anglified
anguliferous
angustifoliate
angustifoliate
adj
(botany) Having narrow leaves.
anseriformes
antefebrile
antefebrile
adj
Preceding a fever
antefix
antefix
noun
(architecture) Any decoration serving to cover the ends of roofing tiles.
(architecture) The vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan, or Greek temple.