(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
absorbefacient
absorbefacient
adj
(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
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.
acetification
acetification
noun
The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
acetified
acetified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acetify
acetifier
acetifier
noun
An apparatus for hastening acetification
acetifies
acetifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acetify
acetify
acetify
verb
(intransitive) To turn acid
(transitive) To convert into acid or vinegar.
acetifying
acetifying
verb
present participle of acetify
acetylfluoride
acidifiant
acidifiant
noun
Any acidifying agent.
acidification
acidification
noun
The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
acinacifoliate
acinetiform
acinetiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling the Acinetae.
actification
actification
noun
Alternative form of activation
actifier
actifier
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of reactivator
actify
actify
verb
Synonym of activate
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
actiniform
actiniform
adj
Having a radiated form
acutifoliate
acutifoliate
adj
(botany) Having sharp-pointed leaves.
adsignification
adsignification
noun
additional signification
aerifaction
aerifaction
noun
aeration
hyperinflation (of the lungs)
aerification
aerification
noun
Aeration, especially of the soil.
Transformation into air or gas.
affectability
affectability
noun
The condition of being affectable.
affectation
affectation
noun
An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
An unusual mannerism.
affectationist
affectationist
noun
One who exhibits affectation.
affectations
affectations
noun
plural of affectation
affectibility
affectibility
noun
The quality or state of being affectible.
affectible
affectible
adj
Alternative form of affectable
affecting
affecting
adj
Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
verb
present participle of affect
affectingly
affectingly
adv
So as to affect in an emotional sense.
affection
affection
noun
(medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
A feeling of love or strong attachment.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
The act of affecting or acting upon.
The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
verb
(now rare) To feel affection for.
affectional
affectional
adj
Pertaining to the affections; affective; characterized by emotion
(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
(of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
verb
(obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
affectionately
affectionately
adv
In an affectionate manner.
affectionateness
affectionateness
noun
The state or quality of being affectionate.
affectioned
affectioned
adj
(archaic) Feeling a certain affection for; disposed.
(archaic) affected, pompous
(archaic) obstinate, willful
(archaic) zealous, earnest
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affection
affectionless
affectionless
adj
(psychology) Incapable of empathy.
Without affection; unfeeling; emotionless.
affections
affections
noun
plural of affection
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affectious
affectious
adj
(obsolete) affectionate
affective
affective
adj
Emotional; emotionally charged; affecting.
Relating to, resulting from, or influenced by the emotions.
affectively
affectively
adv
In an affective way; emotionally.
affectivity
affectivity
noun
Ability to experience affects: feelings, emotions, judgement, motivations, etc.
afflict
afflict
verb
(obsolete) To make low or humble.
(obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
afflicted
afflicted
adj
Suffering from an affliction, or suffering from pain, distress or disability.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afflict
afflictedness
afflictedness
noun
The state or quality of being afflicted.
afflicter
afflicter
noun
One who afflicts.
afflicting
afflicting
noun
An affliction.
verb
present participle of afflict
afflictingly
afflictingly
adv
In a way that causes affliction.
affliction
affliction
noun
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
afflictionless
afflictionless
adj
Free from affliction.
afflictions
afflictions
noun
plural of affliction
afflictive
afflictive
adj
That causes physical or mental pain.
afflictively
afflictively
adv
In an afflictive manner
afflicts
afflicts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict
affranchisement
affranchisement
noun
The act of freeing; enfranchisement.
affricate
affricate
noun
(phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative.
verb
(transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.
affricated
affricated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affricate
affricates
affricates
noun
plural of affricate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affricate
affricating
affricating
verb
present participle of affricate
affrication
affrication
noun
(phonetics, uncountable, of a consonant) Becoming an affricate sound.
affricative
affricative
adj
Of or relating to an affricate.
noun
An affricate.
affricatives
affricatives
noun
plural of affricative
africanist
africanist
Noun
A specialist in African studies.
An African nationalist; someone who subscribes to the doctrine of Africanism.
africanization
africanization
Noun
The act or process of Africanizing.
africanthropus
afroasiatic
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.
afterdischarge
afterdischarge
noun
Any discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceased
afterpiece
afterpiece
noun
(nautical) The heel of a rudder.
(now chiefly historical) An additional work following the main work; especially, a minor entertainment performed after a play.
afterpieces
afterpieces
noun
plural of afterpiece
afterreckoning
afunction
afunction
noun
Lack of function; failure to work properly.
afunctional
afunctional
adj
Not functional.
agnification
aircraft
aircraft
noun
A vehicle capable of atmospheric flight due to interaction with the air, such as buoyancy or lift
aircraftman
aircraftman
noun
A member of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force or the air forces of various other Commonwealth countries.
aircraftmen
aircraftmen
noun
plural of aircraftman
aircrafts
aircrafts
noun
(nonstandard) plural of aircraft
aircraftsman
aircraftsman
noun
An aircraftman.
aircraftsmen
aircraftsmen
noun
plural of aircraftsman
aircraftswoman
aircraftswoman
noun
An aircraftwoman.
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
aircraftwoman
aircraftwoman
noun
A female aircraftman.
aktiengesellschaft
albification
albification
noun
(obsolete) The act or process of making white.
albificative
algefacient
algefacient
adj
Making cool; cooling.
allodification
allodification
noun
Conversion to the allodial system.
alodification
amelification
ammocoetiform
ammonification
ammonification
noun
(biochemistry) The formation of ammonia or its compounds from nitrogenous compounds, especially as a result of bacterial decomposition.
(chemistry) The treatment or impregnation of something with ammonia.
amplificate
amplificate
verb
(obsolete or nonstandard) To amplify.
amplification
amplification
noun
(electronics) Gain.
(genetics) The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA.
(organic chemistry) A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants).
(physics) The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current.
(translation studies) A translation technique that involves adding content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
amplifications
amplifications
noun
plural of amplification
amplificative
amplificative
adj
amplificatory
amplificator
amplificatory
amplificatory
adj
Serving to amplify or enlarge; amplificative.
anfractuosity
anfractuosity
noun
A winding channel or crevice, such as occur in the depths of the sea or in mountains.
One of the fissures (sulci) separating the convolutions of the brain, or, by analogy, in the mind.
anglification
anthraceniferous
anthraciferous
anthraciferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding anthracite.
anthracitiferous
anthraflavic
antiaircraft
antiaircraft
adj
Alternative spelling of anti-aircraft
anticonfederationism
anticonfederationist
anticonfederationist
noun
One who opposes confederation.
anticonfederative
anticonformist
anticonformist
noun
An advocate of anticonformity
anticonformities
anticonformity
anticonformity
noun
A form of individualism that is an active rejection of conformity
antiface
antiface
noun
(computing) In facial recognition systems, a face having opposite properties to a given face.
antifaction
antifanatic
antifanatic
noun
One who opposes fanaticism.
antifascism
antifascism
noun
Opposition to fascism
antifascisms
antifascisms
noun
plural of antifascism
antifascist
antifascist
adj
Opposed to the tenets of fascism; antifa.
noun
A person opposed to the tenets of fascism.
antifascists
antifascists
noun
plural of antifascist
antifeministic
antifeministic
Adjective
antifeminist
antiferroelectric
antiferroelectric
adj
(physics) Describing a state in which dipoles are arranged antiparallel to adjacent ones, resulting in a net zero polarization
antiferromagnetic
antiferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting antiferromagnetism.
antifeudalistic
antifogmatic
antifogmatic
noun
An alcoholic drink taken in the morning to brace oneself before going out into bad weather.
antifriction
antifriction
adj
Reducing or intended to reduce friction.
antifrictional
antifrictional
adj
Synonym of antifriction
antipacifism
antipacifism
noun
Opposition to pacifism.
antipacifist
antipacifist
adj
Opposing pacifism.
noun
One who opposes pacifism.
antipacifistic
antipacifists
antipacifists
noun
plural of antipacifist
antipriestcraft
antipriestcraft
noun
Opposition to priestcraft.
antiputrefaction
antiputrefaction
adj
That counters (the effects of) putrefaction
antiputrefactive
antiputrefactive
adj
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
noun
Any substance preventing putrefaction.
antiscientific
antiscientific
adj
Contrary to the tenets of the scientific method
Of or pertaining to antiscience
antiscientifically
antiscientifically
adv
In an antiscientific manner.
antiscrofulous
antiscrofulous
adj
(pharmacology) Working against scrofula.
antisoporific
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
antivenefic
apoplectiform
apoplectiform
adj
(medicine) Of or resembling apoplexy.
appersonification
archaeopterygiformes
archconfraternities
archconfraternities
noun
plural of archconfraternity
archconfraternity
archconfraternity
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A religious confraternity that, as a special concession of the Holy See, can join or affiliate with, and extend privileges to, other similar brotherhoods.
archpontiff
archsacrificator
archthief
arefaction
arefaction
noun
(rare or obsolete) The fact or process of drying; desiccation.
artifact
artifact
noun
(archaeology) An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.
(biology) An appearance or structure in protoplasm due to death, the method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.
(computing) A perceptible distortion that appears in an audio or video file or a digital image as a result of applying a lossy compression or other inexact processing algorithm.
(museology) Any object in the collection of a museum. May be used sensu stricto only for human-made objects, or may include ones that are not human-made.
A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error.
An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.
An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element.
artifactitious
artifactitious
adj
artifactual
artifacts
artifacts
noun
plural of artifact
artifactual
artifactual
adj
Of or pertaining to artifact.
Resembling an artifact.
artifactually
artifactually
adv
(medical imaging or laboratory testing) Apparently but not truly, with the appearance being due to artifacts; spuriously.
With reference to artifacts
artifice
artifice
noun
(archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
A crafty but underhanded deception.
A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
A tactical move to gain advantage.
A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.