(historical) The period or duration of this office.
aegophony
aegophony
noun
Alternative form of egophony
aeipathy
aelurophobe
aelurophobe
noun
Alternative spelling of ailurophobe
aelurophobia
aelurophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of ailurophobia
aepyornithidae
aepyornithiformes
aerocartograph
aerocartograph
noun
(historical) A kind of stereoplotter.
aerocartography
aerocartography
noun
The making of maps based on an aerial survey of the terrain.
aerogeography
aerograph
aerograph
noun
A kind of airbrush.
aerographer
aerographer
noun
One versed in aerography; an aerologist.
aerographic
aerographic
adj
Relating to aerography.
aerographical
aerographical
adj
Synonym of aerographic
aerographics
aerographics
noun
Synonym of aerography (“production of weather charts”)
aerographies
aerography
aerography
noun
A branch of surrealist art in which a three-dimensional object is used as a stencil.
The production of weather charts.
aerohydropathy
aerohydroplane
aerohydrotherapy
aerometeorograph
aerometeorograph
noun
A meteorograph designed for use in an aircraft or other flying vehicle.
aeropathy
aeropathy
noun
illness caused by a change in atmospheric pressure
aerophagia
aerophagia
noun
aerophagy
aerophagist
aerophagist
noun
(medicine) A person who gulps in air.
aerophagy
aerophagy
noun
(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
aerophane
aerophane
noun
A thin fabric resembling crape
aerophilatelic
aerophilatelic
adj
Of or relating to aerophilately.
aerophilatelist
aerophilatelist
noun
One who practices aerophilately; a collector of airmail stamps.
aerophilately
aerophilately
noun
(philately) The study or collection of airmail stamps, cancellations, etc.
aerophile
aerophile
noun
(biology) Any air-breathing organism.
One who has an interest in flying.
aerophilia
aerophilic
aerophilic
adj
(biology, especially of microorganisms) That thrive in the presence of molecular oxygen
aerophilous
aerophilous
adj
(biology, of unicellular organisms) Living in an aerobic environment
Synonym of aerophilic
aerophobia
aerophobia
noun
(medicine) A pathological aversion or sensitivity to air or the movement of air, especially as a symptom of rabies.
(rare, by extension or possibly from acrophobia) Fear of heights
(travel) Fear of flying
An aversion to fresh air, drafts or breezes.
aerophobic
aerophobic
adj
Disliking or avoiding air.
Having a fear of flying in aircraft.
aerophone
aerophone
noun
(dated) A form of combined speaking trumpet and ear trumpet.
(dated) An instrument for greatly intensifying speech, consisting of a phonograph diaphragm arranged so that its action opens and closes valves, producing synchronous air blasts sufficient to operate a larger diaphragm with greater amplitude of vibration.
Any musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itself adding considerably to the sound.
aerophor
aerophore
aerophore
noun
(botany) A thin-walled area of the roots of some plants growing in swampy conditions through which gasses are exchanged.
(historical) A nineteenth-century device with breathing tubes used by miners and workmen in areas that contain toxic fumes.
(historical) A predecessor of the radio, invented by Rene Homer in the early 1900s for communication between ships.
(medicine) Aerophore pulmonaire; a respirator for use with neonates and small animals developed by French obstetrician Gairal in 1879.
(underwater diving, historical) A predecessor of the aqualung, invented by Benoit Rouquayrol and Auguste Denayrouze 1865
aerophoto
aerophoto
noun
Alternative form of aerophotograph
aerophotography
aerophotography
noun
aerial photography
aerophotos
aerophotos
noun
plural of aerophoto
aerophysical
aerophysical
adj
Relating to aerophysics.
aerophysicist
aerophysics
aerophysics
noun
(physics) The physics of the design and construction of aerodynamic devices
aerophyte
aerophyte
noun
(biology) epiphyte
aerosphere
aerosphere
noun
(rare) atmosphere
aerotherapeutics
aerotherapeutics
noun
The treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases.
aerotherapy
aerotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any therapy that uses some form of air
aesthophysiology
aesthophysiology
noun
The science of sensation in relation to the actions of the nerves.
aethrioscope
aethrioscope
noun
(meteorology) A device for measuring temperature variations due to different atmospheric conditions, such as cloud or clear skies.
aetiophyllin
aetomorphae
affenpinscher
affenpinscher
Noun
A breed of toy dog bred in Western Europe.
afterhelp
afterhope
aftership
afterspeech
agapanthuses
agapanthuses
noun
plural of agapanthus
agaphite
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
agoraphobes
agoraphobes
noun
plural of agoraphobe
agrostographer
agrostographer
noun
One who studies agrostography.
agrostographies
aheap
aheap
adv
In a heap; huddled together.
ahepatokla
ahithophel
ailurophile
ailurophile
noun
A person with ailurophilia; a cat-lover.
ailurophiles
ailurophiles
noun
plural of ailurophile
ailurophobe
ailurophobe
noun
A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
aitchpiece
albedograph
albitophyre
alcaldeship
alcaldeship
noun
The role or status of alcalde.
alcelaphine
alcelaphine
noun
(mammalogy) Any member of the subfamily Alcelaphinae of wildebeest, hartebeest, bonteboks and related species.
alcelaphus
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
aldoheptose
aldoheptose
noun
(organic chemistry) Any aldose form of a heptose
alectoromorphae
alectoromorphous
aleph
aleph
noun
The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ, ʾaleph), Aramaic 𐡀 (ʾ), Classical Syriac ܐ ('ālaph), Hebrew א (aleph) and Arabic ا (ʾalif).
alephs
alephs
noun
plural of aleph
alephzero
alethopteis
alethopteroid
alethoscope
alethoscope
noun
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
alewhap
alexipharmacon
alexipharmacon
noun
An antidote to a poison.
alexipharmacum
alexipharmacum
noun
(obsolete) Something which protects against, or cures, a poison; an antidote.
alexipharmic
alexipharmic
adj
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical) Synonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom”)
noun
(pharmacology, chiefly archaic or historical, also figuratively) Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote.
alexipharmical
alexipharmical
adj
Alternative form of alexipharmic
alienship
alienship
noun
The state or status of being alien.
alimentotherapy
alispheno
alisphenoid
alisphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid.
(anatomy) Relating to or forming the wing of the sphenoid bone.
noun
(anatomy) The greater wing of the sphenoid bone
alisphenoidal
alisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of alisphenoid
allelomorph
allelomorph
noun
(genetics, obsolete) Synonym of allele
allelomorphic
allelomorphic
adj
Of or pertaining to an allelomorph
allelomorphism
allelomorphism
noun
(genetics) A phenotype associated with a specific allele
allelomorphs
allelomorphs
noun
plural of allelomorph
allelopathic
allelopathic
adj
relating to an allelopathy
allelopathy
allelopathy
noun
The release by a plant of a toxin to suppress growth of nearby competing plants.
allodelphite
alloeostropha
allomorphite
allopathetic
allopathetic
adj
Involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.
allopathetically
allopathies
allopathies
noun
plural of allopathy
allophanamide
allophanamide
noun
(organic chemistry) biuret
allophanate
allophanate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of allophanic acid
allophanates
allophanates
noun
plural of allophanate
allophane
allophane
noun
(mineralogy) An amorphous hydrous aluminium silicate clay mineral
allophite
allophone
allophone
adj
(Canada) Of or relating to those whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language of Canada.
That which is of a language other than that spoken by the majority.
noun
(Canada) A person whose mother tongue is neither English, French, nor (sometimes) an indigenous language of Canada.
(phonology) Any of two or more alternative pronunciations for a phoneme.
A person whose mother tongue is one other than that spoken by the majority.
allophones
allophones
noun
plural of allophone
allophore
allophyle
almonership
almonership
noun
The rank or office of an almoner.
alnagership
alnagership
noun
The role or status of an alnager.
alpenhorn
alpenhorn
noun
Alternative spelling of alphorn
alpenhorns
alpenhorns
noun
plural of alpenhorn
alphabet
alphabet
noun
(India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
(Internet slang, politics) An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
(computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
The set of letters used when writing in a language.
The simplest rudiments; elements.
verb
(rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
alphabetarian
alphabetarian
noun
A novice or ignoramus.
One who is learning the alphabet; an abecedarian.
alphabetary
alphabetary
adj
(obsolete) alphabetic; rudimentary
alphabeted
alphabeted
adj
(chiefly in combination) Written using a specified alphabet
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alphabet
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.
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
alphabeting
alphabeting
verb
present participle of alphabet
alphabetisation
alphabetisation
noun
The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order.
alphabetise
alphabetise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetize.
alphabetised
alphabetised
adj
(Britain) Arranged in alphabetical order.
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetise
alphabetiser
alphabetiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetizer.
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
alphabetism
alphabetism
noun
An initialism: an abbreviation which is read letter by letter, such as UN.
Discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
Excessive reliance upon the alphabet or alphabetic structures.
The ability to read an alphabet, a rudimentary form of literacy.
alphabetist
alphabetist
noun
Someone who practices alphabetism, discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
alphabetization
alphabetization
noun
Alternative form of alphabetisation
alphabetize
alphabetize
verb
(US, Canada) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.
alphabetized
alphabetized
adj
(Canada, US) Arranged in alphabetical order.
Alternative spelling of alphabetised
verb
(Canada, US) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetize
alphabetizer
alphabetizer
noun
One who, or that which, alphabetizes.
alphabetizers
alphabetizers
noun
plural of alphabetizer
alphabetizes
alphabetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize
alphabetizing
alphabetizing
verb
present participle of alphabetize
alphabetology
alphabets
alphabets
noun
plural of alphabet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabet
alphaea
alphameric
alphameric
adj
Alternative form of alphanumeric
alphamerical
alphamerical
adj
alphanumeric / alphanumerical
alphamerically
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
alphanumerical
alphanumerical
adj
Consisting of only letters and numbers; alphanumeric.
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.