A substance that induces abortion; an abortifacient.
abreacting
abreacting
verb
present participle of abreact
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgements
abridgements
noun
plural of abridgement
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
abstergent
abstergent
adj
Cleansing, detergent.
noun
A substance used to cleanse; a detergent.
absterging
absterging
verb
present participle of absterge
acanthopterygian
acanthopterygian
adj
(zoology) Similar to an acanthopterygian.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygii
accelerating
accelerating
noun
An act of acceleration.
verb
present participle of accelerate
acceleratingly
acceleratingly
adv
In an accelerating manner.
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
accrediting
accrediting
verb
present participle of accredit
accreting
accreting
verb
present participle of accrete
acerbating
acerbating
verb
present participle of acerbate
acierating
acierating
verb
present participle of acierate
actinopterygian
actinopterygian
adj
Of the nature of fish of the class Actinopterygii.
noun
(zoology) Any of the ray-finned fish of the taxonomic class Actinopterygii.
actinopterygii
actinopterygious
adenopharyngitis
admarginate
admarginate
verb
(archaic) To write in the margin.
administering
administering
noun
administration
verb
present participle of administer
administerings
administerings
noun
plural of administering
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
adstringe
adulterating
adulterating
verb
present participle of adulterate
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
advertising
advertising
noun
Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
The industry or profession made up of such communications.
verb
present participle of advertise
advertisings
advertisings
noun
plural of advertising
advertizing
advertizing
verb
present participle of advertize
aegirinolite
aegrotant
aerating
aerating
verb
present participle of aerate
aerobating
aerobating
verb
present participle of aerobate
aerodontalgia
aerodontalgia
noun
(dentistry) Pain in the teeth caused by changes in air pressure.
aeromagnetic
aeromagnetic
adj
Of or pertaining to aeromagnetics
afforesting
afforesting
verb
present participle of afforest
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.
affrontingness
affrontingness
noun
The state or quality of affronting.
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.
aftergrind
afterguns
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
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afternight
afterplanting
afterreckoning
afterripening
aftersong
afterspring
afterswarming
afterworking
agastroneuria
agastroneuria
noun
(pathology) A loss of nervous control of the stomach
agelacrinites
agelacrinitidae
agentries
agentries
noun
plural of agentry
agentry
agentry
noun
The position of being an agent.
aggenerate
aggeration
aggeration
noun
A heaping up; accumulation.
aggiornamenti
aggiornamento
aggiornamento
noun
A bringing up to date, especially of the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; modernization.
agglomerant
agglomerant
adj
That causes agglomeration
agglomerating
agglomerating
verb
present participle of agglomerate
agglomeration
agglomeration
noun
(geography) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
(geology) a mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.
State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
agglomerations
agglomerations
noun
plural of agglomeration
aggrandisement
aggrandisement
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of aggrandizement
aggrandizement
aggrandizement
Noun
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
aggrandizements
aggrandizements
noun
plural of aggrandizement
aggregant
aggregant
noun
(medicine) Any drug that promotes the aggregation of platelets.
aggregateness
aggregateness
noun
The state or quality of being aggregate.
aggregating
aggregating
verb
present participle of aggregate
aggregation
aggregation
noun
(epidemiology) The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
(networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
(object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.
A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
The act of collecting together (aggregating).
The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
aggregational
aggregational
adj
Relating to, or by means of, aggregation.
aggregations
aggregations
noun
plural of aggregation
aggressionist
aggressionist
noun
A proponent of aggressionism
aggrievement
aggrievement
noun
The state of being aggrieved.
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
agreation
agreations
agreement
agreement
noun
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
(uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
agreements
agreements
noun
plural of agreement
agregation
agrement
agrement
noun
Obsolete form of agreement.
agrements
agrements
noun
plural of agrement
agrestian
agrestian
adj
Synonym of agrestic (“rural, rustic”)
agrigento
agrigento
Proper noun
The capital city of Agrigento.
agrotechny
agrotechny
noun
The science and technology of agriculture.
aguardiente
aguardiente
noun
A kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.
airtightness
airtightness
noun
The quality of being airtight.
alerting
alerting
verb
present participle of alert
algebraization
algebraization
noun
(mathematics) conversion to algebraic form
algebrization
algebrization
noun
(mathematics) Alternative form of algebraization
allegorisation
allegorization
allegorization
noun
The act of turning into allegory, or of understanding in an allegorical sense.
allergenicity
allergenicity
noun
The property or degree of being allergenic.
alliterating
alliterating
verb
present participle of alliterate
altenburg
altercating
altercating
verb
present participle of altercate
altering
altering
noun
alteration
verb
present participle of alter
alternating
alternating
adj
(mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
(mathematics, of a multilinear mapping with all arguments belonging to the same space) Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal.
(mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.
That alternates.
verb
present participle of alternate
alternatingly
alternatingly
adv
In an alternating manner; taking turns.
altogetherness
ambisporangiate
ameliorating
ameliorating
verb
present participle of ameliorate
amphisporangiate
amygdonitrile
anagrammatise
anagrammatise
verb
(transitive) To produce an anagram of; to transpose the letters of.
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatize
anagrammatize
verb
Alternative spelling of anagrammatise
anagrammatized
anagrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize
anapterygota
anapterygote
anapterygotism
anapterygotous
ancestoring
ancestoring
verb
present participle of ancestor
androgametangium
androgametophore
androgenetic
androgenetic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androgenesis.
androgyneity
anemometrograph
anemometrograph
noun
(archaic) An anemograph.
anemometrographic
anemometrographically
angaralite
angelolater
angelolatry
angelolatry
noun
The worshipping of angels.
angetenar
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
angiohypertonia
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
angiometer
angioneurotic
angioneurotic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting blood vessels and nerves
angiosclerotic
angiospermatous
angiospermatous
adj
Alternative form of angiospermous
angiotribe
angiotribe
noun
An instrument for controlling hemorrhages
anglemeter
anglemeter
noun
An instrument to measure angles, especially one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
angriest
angriest
adj
superlative form of angry: most angry
angrite
angrite
noun
An achondrite consisting mostly of augite with some olivine and troilite
angster
angularities
angularities
noun
plural of angularity
angulometer
angulometer
noun
An instrument for measuring exterior angles.
angustirostrate
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
anitrogenous
annabergite
annabergite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral consisting of a hydrous nickel arsenate, chemical formula Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O, with an apple-green colour.