(zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygii
achieving
achieving
noun
Achievements, emphasizing the process of accomplishing them.
verb
present participle of achieve
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adenopharyngitis
adhering
adhering
verb
present participle of adhere
aegithognathae
aegithognathism
aegithognathous
aetheling
affreightment
affreightment
noun
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
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.
afternight
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
agonothetic
agonothetic
adj
Of or pertaining to an agonothete.
aguishness
aguishness
noun
The state or quality of being aguish.
airohydrogen
airohydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.
airtightness
airtightness
noun
The quality of being airtight.
aktiengesellschaft
alchemising
alchemising
verb
present participle of alchemise
alchemizing
alchemizing
verb
present participle of alchemize
alcheringa
aleknight
alighten
alighten
verb
To alight, to dismount or get down from.
To alight; to land, to descend and rest.
To lighten; to reduce in weight or heaviness.
To make light; to illuminate or brighten.
alightment
alightment
noun
The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
alightments
alightments
noun
plural of alightment
alleghanian
alleghenian
alleghenian
Adjective
Relating to the
alleghenies
alleghenies
Proper noun
The in south central Pennsylvania, western Maryland, eastern West Virginia, and western Virginia.
allothigene
allothigenetic
allothigenetically
allothigenic
allothigenous
allothogenic
almightiness
almightiness
noun
The state or quality of being almighty.
alnagership
alnagership
noun
The role or status of an alnager.
alphabeting
alphabeting
verb
present participle of alphabet
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
alphabetizing
alphabetizing
verb
present participle of alphabetize
amphicarpogenous
amphigaean
amphigean
amphigean
adj
Extending over all the zones of the Earth, from the tropics to the poles.
amphigen
amphigen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
amphigene
amphigene
noun
(mineralogy) Leucite.
amphigenesis
amphigenesis
noun
(biology) Sexual generation; amphigony
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphisporangiate
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amygdophenin
anaesthesiologist
anaesthesiologist
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anesthesiologist
anaesthesiology
anaesthesiology
noun
(British spelling, medicine) Alternative spelling of anesthesiology
anaesthetizing
anaesthetizing
verb
present participle of anaesthetize
anaphylactogenic
anaphylactogenic
adj
That tends to cause anaphylaxis.
anathematising
anathematising
verb
present participle of anathematise
anathematizing
anathematizing
verb
present participle of anathematize
andrographolide
andrographolide
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter labdane diterpenoid that is the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, effective against certain cancers
androsphinges
anemobiagraph
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
anemographically
anemographically
adv
By means of anemography.
anemometrographic
anemometrographically
anepigraphic
anepigraphic
adj
Without a legend or inscription (on artifacts, coins, etc.)
anepigraphous
aneroidograph
anesthesiologies
anesthesiologist
anesthesiologist
noun
(American spelling, Canadian spelling) A physician who specializes in anesthesiology and administers anesthesia.
anesthesiologists
anesthesiologists
noun
plural of anesthesiologist
anesthesiology
anesthesiology
noun
(American spelling, Canadian spelling) The science of administering anesthetics.
anesthetizing
anesthetizing
verb
present participle of anesthetize
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
angelophanic
angelship
angiasthenia
angiemphraxis
angioasthenia
angiocardiographies
angiocholecystitis
angioelephantiasis
angiohemophilia
angiohypertonia
angiorrhea
angiorrhexis
angiorrhexis
noun
(pathology) rupture of a blood vessel
anglerfishes
anglerfishes
noun
plural of anglerfish
anglesmith
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
anglophile
anglophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophile
anglophiles
anglophiles
noun
plural of anglophile
anguished
anguished
adj
Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
anguishes
anguishes
noun
plural of anguish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anguish
anthecological
anthecological
adj
Relating to anthecology
anthecologist
anthecologist
noun
One who studies anthecology.
antheming
antheming
verb
present participle of anthem
anthoecological
anthoecologist
anthogenesis
anthogenesis
noun
(biology) The production of both males and females by parthenogenesis.
(botany) The formation of the flowers of plants.
anthogenetic
anthologies
anthologies
noun
plural of anthology
anthologise
anthologise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthologize.
anthologised
anthologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologise
anthologize
anthologize
verb
To compile, or include something in, an anthology.
anthologized
anthologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologize
anthologizer
anthologizer
noun
Agent noun of anthologize; one who creates an anthology.
anthologizes
anthologizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anthologize
anthropogenesis
anthropogenesis
noun
The origin of man.
anthropogenetic
anthropogenetic
adj
Relating to anthropogenetics
anthropogenic
anthropogenic
adj
Having its origin in the influence of human activity on nature.
Pertaining to the origin of man, or anthropogeny.
anthropogenist
anthropogeographic
anthropogeographic
adj
(anthropology) Relating to anthropogeography
anthropogeographical
anthropogeographical
adj
(anthropology) Of or relating to anthropogeography.
anthropologies
anthropologies
noun
plural of anthropology
anthropophagite
anthropophagite
noun
A cannibal.
anthropophagize
anthropoteleological
antianaphylactogen
antiblennorrhagic
antiblennorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering or preventing blennorrhoea.
noun
(pharmacology) Any medicine that counters or prevents blennorrhoea.
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
anticephalalgic
anticephalalgic
adj
Counteracting headaches.
noun
A remedy for headaches.
anticholagogue
anticholagogue
noun
(medicine) An agent that inhibits bile secretion.
anticholinergic
anticholinergic
adj
That inhibits the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site
noun
(medicine) Any of a class of drugs, typically used to treat various disorders and some forms of poisoning, which inhibit the physiological action of acetylcholine at a receptor site
antigonorrheal
antigonorrheic
antigonorrheic
adj
Alternative form of antigonorrhoeic
antihemagglutinin
antihemagglutinin
adj
(immunology) That reacts with hemagglutinin
antihemoglobin
antihemorrhagic
antihemorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
noun
(pharmacology) Any drug etc. that stops or reduces hemorrhage.
antihygienic
antihygienic
adj
That is conducive to unhygienic conditions
antihygienically
antilethargic
antilethargic
adj
Preventing lethargy.
antiparagraphe
antipathogen
antipathogen
noun
(medicine) Any drug that counters the effects of a pathogen
antipathogene
antipathogenic
antipathogenic
adj
(medicine) That acts against pathogens
antitechnological
antitechnological
adj
Opposed to technology.
antitechnology
antitechnology
adj
Opposed to technology
antitheologian
antitheological
antitheological
adj
Opposing theology.
antitheologizing
antitheology
antitheology
noun
A belief system that runs counter to theology.
apathogenic
apathogenic
adj
(pathology) Not pathogenic.
aphrogeneia
apotheosising
apotheosising
verb
present participle of apotheosise
apotheosizing
apotheosizing
verb
present participle of apotheosize
apprehending
apprehending
noun
An act by which something is apprehended.
verb
present participle of apprehend
apprehendingly
apprehendingly
adv
With apprehension or understanding.
archaeologian
archaeologian
noun
(archaic) An archaeologist.
archaeomagnetism
archaeomagnetism
noun
(geology, physics) Magnetism of the Earth in the geologic past; the measurement of this magnetism in order to date a specimen.
archangelic
archangelic
adj
Of, relating to, resembling, or characteristic of archangels.