Not caused by bacteria; characterized by a lack of bacteria.
abdicable
abdicable
adj
Capable of being abdicated.
abdominovesical
abdominovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
abelicea
abelmoschus
abimelech
abimelech
Proper noun
Any of several Philistine kings.
abiogenetical
abiogenetical
adj
Alternative form of abiogenetic
abiogenetically
abiogenetically
adv
(biology) In an abiogenetic manner; to have created life without life.
abjectly
abjectly
adv
In an abject fashion; with great shame; desperately.
ablactate
ablactate
verb
(rare) To wean.
ablactated
ablactated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ablactate
ablastemic
ablastemic
adj
(biology) Non-germinal; unable to form a blastema or offspring.
ableptical
ableptical
adj
Alternative form of ableptic (“blind”)
ableptically
ablewhackets
abnormalcies
abnormalcies
noun
plural of abnormalcy
abscondedly
abstractable
abstractable
adj
Able to be abstracted; able to be made abstract.
abstractedly
abstractedly
adv
In an abstracted manner; separately; in the abstract.
With absence of mind .
abstractively
abstractively
adv
(now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract.
abyssopelagic
abyssopelagic
adj
Of or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; of the open waters of the abyssal zone.
acacatechol
academial
academial
adj
(rare) academic
academical
academical
adj
(rare) Belonging to the school of Plato; believing in Plato's philosophy; sceptical .
Pertaining to a university or other form of higher education.
noun
(plural only) Academic dress, consisting of a cap and gown.
academically
academically
adv
In an academic style or way; from an academic perspective.
academicals
academicals
noun
(Britain) The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities, typically on special occasions such as graduation.
acadialite
acadialite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral found in Nova Scotia consisting of red chabazite.
acale
acaleph
acaleph
noun
(dated) A member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
acalepha
acalepha
Proper noun
A group of coelenterates including the jellyfish and sea nettles.
acalephae
acalephan
acalephan
noun
An acaleph.
acalephe
acalephe
noun
Alternative form of acaleph
acalephes
acalephoid
acalephoid
adj
Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acalephs
acalephs
noun
plural of acaleph
acalycine
acalycine
adj
(botany) Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.
acalyculate
acalyculate
adj
Lacking a calyx of calycle
acalypterae
acalyptratae
acalyptrate
acalyptrate
adj
Of or pertaining to the Acalyptratae group.
noun
A muscoid fly belonging to the subsection Acalyptratae.
acanthocephala
acanthocephalan
acanthocephalan
adj
In a manner similar to Acanthocephala.
noun
Any of parasitic intestinal worms comprising the phylum Acanthocephala.
acanthocephali
acanthocephalous
acanthocephalous
adj
(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
acappella
acarologies
acarpellous
acarpellous
adj
(botany) Having no carpels.
acarpelous
acarpelous
adj
Alternative spelling of acarpellous
acatalectic
acatalectic
adj
(poetry, prosody) Designating a line of verse having the required number of syllables in the last foot
noun
(poetry, prosody) A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables
acatalectics
acatalectics
noun
plural of acatalectic
acatalepsia
acatalepsia
noun
Alternative form of acatalepsy
acatalepsy
acatalepsy
noun
Incomprehensibility of things; the doctrine held by the ancient skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.
acataleptic
acataleptic
adj
Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.
noun
An adherent of acatalepsy
acategorical
acategorical
adj
Not categorical; not subject to being included in a category.
acaudelescent
acaulescence
acaulescence
noun
The condition of being acaulescent
acaulescent
acaulescent
adj
(botany) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
acauline
acauline
Adjective
acaulescent
acaulose
acaulose
adj
acaulous
accable
accable
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To overwhelm; to encumber.
accel
accel
adv
(music) Abbreviation of accelerando.
noun
(colloquial) acceleration
accelerable
accelerable
adj
Able to be given increased speed; able to be accelerated.
accelerando
accelerando
adv
(music) With a gradual increase in speed.
noun
(by extension) Accelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing).
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
accelerandos
accelerandos
noun
plural of accelerando
accelerant
accelerant
adj
Causing acceleration or speeding up; accelerating.
noun
(figurative) Something that speeds up a process or the uptake of something else.
A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber.
In the context of fire protection, a substance that accelerates the development of a fire, especially some hydrocarbon-based fuel used to spread a fire caused by arson.
accelerants
accelerants
noun
plural of accelerant
accelerate
accelerate
adj
(rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
verb
(intransitive) Grow; increase.
(intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
(obsolete) Alternative form of accelerated
(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
(transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
(transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
(transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
(transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
accelerated
accelerated
adj
Happening sooner than expected.
Moving or progressing faster than is usual.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accelerate
acceleratedly
acceleratedly
adv
In an accelerated manner.
accelerates
accelerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accelerate
accelerating
accelerating
noun
An act of acceleration.
verb
present participle of accelerate
acceleratingly
acceleratingly
adv
In an accelerating manner.
acceleration
acceleration
noun
(countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
(physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
(uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
accelerations
accelerations
noun
plural of acceleration
accelerative
accelerative
adj
Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.
accelerator
accelerator
noun
(chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
(computing) A computer component using dedicated hardware to accelerate the processing and display of graphics.
(computing) An accelerator key.
(historical) A light van to take mails between a post office and a railway station.
(photography) A chemical that reduces development time.
(physics) A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles; a particle accelerator.
(physiology, medicine) A muscle or nerve that speeds the performance of an action.
(vehicles) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
A device for causing acceleration.
One who, or that which, accelerates.
acceleratorh
accelerators
accelerators
noun
plural of accelerator
acceleratory
acceleratory
adj
accelerative
accelerograph
accelerograph
noun
(geology) An instrument used to record the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake.
(military) An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.
accelerometer
accelerometer
noun
An instrument for measuring acceleration.
An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.
accelerometers
accelerometers
noun
plural of accelerometer
accendibility
accendibility
noun
Capacity for being kindled; inflammability.
accendible
accendible
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable
accentless
accentless
adj
Of a word, having no diacritical mark; unaccented.
Speaking without an accent.
accentuable
accentuable
adj
Capable of being accentuated
accentual
accentual
adj
Designating verse rhythms based on stress accents.
Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
accentuality
accentuality
noun
The quality of being accentual.
accentually
accentually
adv
In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.
acceptabilities
acceptabilities
noun
plural of acceptability
acceptability
acceptability
noun
(military) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)
The quality of being acceptable; acceptableness.
acceptable
acceptable
adj
Barely worthy, less than excellent; passable.
worthy, decent, sure of being accepted or received with at least moderate pleasure
acceptableness
acceptableness
noun
The quality of being acceptable, or suitable to be favorably received; acceptability.
acceptably
acceptably
adv
In an acceptable manner; in a manner to please or give satisfaction.
To an acceptable degree.
acceptedly
acceptedly
adv
In an accepted manner; admittedly.
acceptilate
acceptilate
verb
(transitive) To discharge a (claim) by acceptilation
acceptilated
acceptilated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acceptilate
acceptilating
acceptilating
verb
present participle of acceptilate
acceptilation
acceptilation
noun
(civil law) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission.
(theology) The doctrine, laid down by Duns Scotus and maintained by the Arminians, that the satisfaction rendered by Christ was not in itself really a true or full equivalent, but was merely accepted by God, through his gracious goodwill, as sufficient.
acceptingly
acceptingly
adv
In a accepting manner; tolerantly.
accessability
accessability
noun
Misspelling of accessibility.
accessable
accessable
adj
Misspelling of accessible.
accessarily
accessarily
adv
In the manner of an accessary.
accessibilities
accessibilities
noun
plural of accessibility
accessibility
accessibility
noun
(computing, web design) Features that increase software usability for users with certain impairments.
The quality of being accessible, or of admitting approach; receptiveness.
accessible
accessible
adj
(art, literature) Easily understood or appreciated.
(followed by to) Open to the influence of.
(of a person) Easy to get along with.
(specifically) Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
Capable of being used or seen.
Easy of access or approach.
Obtainable; to be got at.
accessibleness
accessibleness
noun
The property that someone or something can be accessed.
accessibly
accessibly
adv
In an accessible manner.
accessional
accessional
adj
(rare) Pertaining to accession; additional.
accessively
accessively
adv
(obsolete) Forcibly, aggressively.
In a manner relating to access.
Misspelling of excessively.
accessless
accessless
adj
(archaic, poetic) inaccessible
accessorial
accessorial
adj
(logistics) Assessorial.
Of or pertaining to an accessory, e.g. to a crime.
Of or relating to an accession.
noun
(logistics) An assessorial charge.
accessorily
accessorily
adv
In the manner of an accessory; auxiliarily.
accidental
accidental
adj
(geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
(music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
(philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
noun
(music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
(painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
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).
accidentalist
accidentalist
noun
An expert in accidents, especially those involving motor vehicles.
Someone who believes in accidentalism.
accidentality
accidentality
noun
The quality of being accidental; accidentalness.
accidentally
accidentally
adv
In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.
Unintentionally.
accidentalness
accidentalness
noun
The quality of being accidental; casualness.
accidentals
accidentals
noun
plural of accidental
accidentarily
accidential
accidentiality
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
acclaimable
acclaimable
adj
Subject to acclaim; worthy of acclaim; praiseworthy.
acclaimed
acclaimed
adj
Greatly praised or lauded, revered, highly respected.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acclaim
acclaimer
acclaimer
noun
(obsolete) One who claims.
One who salutes or praises with great approval.
acclaimers
acclaimers
noun
plural of acclaimer
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.
acclinate
acclinate
adj
Having an upward slope.
acclivities
acclivities
noun
plural of acclivity
accolade
accolade
noun
(US) Written Presidential certificate recognizing service by military personnel or civilians serving the US armed forces who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954.
(architecture) An ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other.
(historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
(music) A brace used to join two or more staves.
A special acknowledgment; an award.
An embrace of greeting or salutation.
An expression of approval; praise.
Synonym of curly bracket
verb
(transitive) To confer praise or awards on.
(transitive) To embrace or kiss in salutation.
(transitive, historical) To confer a knighthood on.
accoladed
accoladed
adj
Having been the subject of accolade(s); having won awards, received honors or been commended.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accolade
accolades
accolades
noun
plural of accolade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accolade
accolated
accolated
adj
(numismatics) Containing two or more profile heads so arranged that one partially overlaps the next.
accolent
accolent
adj
Occurring or living next to; neighboring; adjacent.