(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
absorptance
absorptance
noun
(optics, physics) Absorbed radiation and incident radiation in a ratio format; a measurement that shows how well a surface absorbs radiation.
absorptances
absorptances
noun
plural of absorptance
absorptiometric
absorptiometric
adj
Of or pertaining to the measurement of absorption.
abyssobenthonic
acacatechol
academization
academization
noun
Process or action of academizing.
acanthaceous
acanthaceous
adj
(botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
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.
acanthocereus
acanthodea
acanthodean
acanthodean
noun
Alternative form of acanthodian
acanthodei
acanthodes
acanthodidae
acanthomeridae
acanthopore
acanthopore
noun
(paleontology) A tubular spine in some bryozoans.
acanthopteran
acanthopteran
noun
Alternative form of acanthopterygian
acanthopteri
acanthopteri
noun
(zoology) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterous
acanthopterous
adj
(zoology) Acanthopterygious
(zoology) Spiny-winged.
acanthopterygian
acanthopterygian
adj
(zoology) Similar to an acanthopterygian.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygii
acanthoses
acanthoses
noun
plural of acanthosis
acarodermatitis
acarodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the skin caused by mites
acategorical
acategorical
adj
Not categorical; not subject to being included in a category.
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
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
accelerometer
accelerometer
noun
An instrument for measuring acceleration.
An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.
accelerometers
accelerometers
noun
plural of accelerometer
accentor
accentor
noun
(music, obsolete) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
(obsolete) The ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla.
Any bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock.
accentors
accentors
noun
plural of accentor
accentuation
accentuation
noun
(ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
accentuations
accentuations
noun
plural of accentuation
accentuator
accentuator
noun
An agent that accentuates.
acceptation
acceptation
noun
(obsolete) Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; the state of being acceptable.
Ready belief.
The meaning (sense) in which a word or expression is understood, or generally received.
acceptations
acceptations
noun
plural of acceptation
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.
acception
acception
noun
(obsolete) Acceptation; received meaning.
acceptor
acceptor
noun
(biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
(chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
(computing theory) A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
(law, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
(physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
(physiology) A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
One who accepts.
acceptors
acceptors
noun
plural of acceptor
accersition
accersitor
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.
noun
One who lives nearby; neighbor.
accommodate
accommodate
adj
(obsolete) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
verb
(intransitive, of an eye) To change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.
(intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
(transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
(transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
(transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
(transitive) To provide housing for.
(transitive) To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
(transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
(transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
To provide sufficient space for
accommodated
accommodated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accommodate
accommodately
accommodately
adv
(rare) suitably; fitly
accommodateness
accommodateness
noun
(rare) Fitness.
accommodates
accommodates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accommodate
accommodatingness
accommodative
accommodative
adj
Supplying with or obliging; accommodating.
accommodatively
accommodatively
adv
In a accommodative manner; accommodatingly.
accommodativeness
accommodativeness
noun
The state or quality of being accommodative.
accomodate
accomodate
verb
(Scotland) accommodated
Misspelling of accommodate.
accompaniment
accompaniment
noun
(music) A part, usually performed by instruments, that gives support or adds to the background in music, or adds for ornamentation; also, the harmony of a figured bass.
That which accompanies; something that attends as a circumstance, or which is added to give greater completeness to the principal thing, or by way of ornament, or for the sake of symmetry.
accompanimental
accompanimental
adj
Relating to or serving as an accompaniment
accompaniments
accompaniments
noun
plural of accompaniment
accomplement
accompletive
accompletive
adj
(rare) Tending to accomplish.
accomplishment
accomplishment
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.
Something accomplished; an achievement.
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
accomplishments
accomplishments
noun
plural of accomplishment
accordature
accorporate
accostable
accostable
adj
(obsolete, rare) Approachable; affable.
accosted
accosted
adj
(heraldry) Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accost
accouchement
accouchement
noun
Delivery in childbed; parturition
accouchements
accouchements
noun
plural of accouchement
accountabilities
accountabilities
noun
plural of accountability
accountable
accountable
adj
(rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
Liable to be called on to render an account.
Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds).
Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
accountableness
accountableness
noun
The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
accountancies
accountancies
noun
plural of accountancy
accounted
accounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of account
accounter
accounter
noun
A person providing an account of events.
A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accountment
accountment
noun
Responsibility.
accountrement
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
accouter
accouter
verb
(transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
accoutered
accoutered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accouter
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
accouterment
accouterment
noun
(archaic) The act of accoutering; furnishing.
(by extension) An identifying yet superficial characteristic.
(chiefly in the plural) An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.
(military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform.
accouterments
accouterments
noun
plural of accouterment
accouters
accouters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accouter
accoutre
accoutre
verb
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouter
accoutred
accoutred
adj
Provided with vital supplies for a precise aim, more specifically for the armed forces.
Supplied with essential equipments for a certain intention, particularly military.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accoutre
accoutrement
accoutrement
noun
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouterment
accoutrements
accoutrements
noun
plural of accoutrement
accoutres
accoutres
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accoutre
accreditation
accreditation
noun
(education) The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board after the school has met certain requirements.
The act of accrediting.
The giving of credentials.
accreditations
accreditations
noun
plural of accreditation
accrementition
accrementition
noun
(physiology) The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.
accretion
accretion
noun
(astrophysics) The formation of planets and other bodies by collection of material through gravity.
(biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
(geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
(law) Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.
(law) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
Concretion; coherence of separate particles.
Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item.
The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.
accretionary
accretionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an accretion
accretions
accretions
noun
plural of accretion
accroachment
accroachment
noun
(obsolete) An encroachment; usurpation.
accustomed
accustomed
adj
(obsolete) Frequented by customers.
(of a person) Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions.
(of a thing, condition, activity, etc.) Familiar through use; usual; customary.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustom
accustomedly
accustomedly
adv
In an accustomed manner.
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
accustomize
accustomize
verb
(rare) To learn to adapt one's lifestyle to a new or changed environment.
accustomized
accustomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustomize
aceanthrenequinone
aceconitic
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
acephalocyst
acephalocyst
noun
(zoology) A larval entozoön in the form of a subglobular or oval vesicle, or hydatid, filled with fluid, sometimes found in the tissues of man and the lower animals; -- so called from the absence of a head or visible organs on the vesicle. These cysts are the immature stages of certain tapeworms. Also applied to similar cysts of different origin.
acepots
acepots
noun
Synonym of acepot
aceratosis
acerbityacerose
acervation
acervation
noun
(obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation
acestoma
acetabuliferous
acetabuliferous
adj
Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acetabulous
acetabulous
adj
cup-shaped; acetabular
acetaldol
acetaldol
noun
(organic chemistry) The aldol 3-hydroxybutanal once used as a hypnotic and sedative
acetalization
acetalization
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that yields an acetal.
acetamido
acetamido
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from acetamide
acetaminol
acetaminophen
acetaminophen
noun
(Canada, US) A white crystalline compound used in medicine as an anodyne to relieve pain and reduce fever.
acetanion
acetarious
acetarious
adj
(archaic) Used in salads or as salad
acetarsone
acetarsone
noun
Synonym of acetarsol
acetation
acetation
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) Synonym of acetification
acetazolamide
acetazolamide
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that inhibits the enzyme carbonic anhydrase, used in the treatment of glaucoma and epilepsy and as a diuretic (now especially in the prevention of acute mountain sickness).
acetbromamide
acetification
acetification
noun
The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
acetoacetanilide
acetoacetanilide
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoacetamide derivative of aniline.
acetoacetate
acetoacetate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetoacetic acid
acetoacetic
acetoacetic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetoacetic acid or its derivatives