(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the genitals.
abednego
abednego
Proper noun
One of the captives in the Bible who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.
aboardage
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abrogated
abrogated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abrogate
accommodatingness
acidogenic
acidogenic
adj
Which generates acid or acidity.
acknowledge
acknowledge
verb
(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
(transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
(transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
(transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
(transitive) To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
acknowledgeable
acknowledgeable
adj
Able to be acknowledged.
Worthy of acknowledgement.
acknowledged
acknowledged
adj
Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledg
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledge
acknowledgedly
acknowledgedly
adv
Confessedly, admittedly.
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledger
acknowledger
noun
One who acknowledges.
acknowledgers
acknowledgers
noun
plural of acknowledger
acknowledges
acknowledges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acknowledge
acknowledging
acknowledging
adj
(obsolete, specifically) Expressing esteem or gratitude.
That acknowledges, in various sense; (especially) that notices or recognises someone or something.
noun
(archaic) The act of acknowledging something.
verb
present participle of acknowledg
present participle of acknowledge
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
noun
(law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
(law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
The act of acknowledging
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
actinogonidiate
adagietto
adagietto
adv
(music) More lighthearted than adagio.
noun
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio.
adagiettos
adagiettos
noun
plural of adagietto
addiego
addressograph
addressograph
noun
(historical) A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century.
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adelphophagy
adelphophagy
noun
The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
adenogenesis
adenogenesis
noun
The development of uterine glands (in mammals)
adenogenous
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adenologaditis
adenological
adenological
adj
Pertaining to adenology.
adenology
adenology
noun
The part of physiology that treats of the glands.
adenomeningeal
adenopharyngeal
adenopharyngitis
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
adjoiningness
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
adrogate
adrogate
verb
(transitive, Ancient Rome, law, historical) To adopt (a person who is his own master).
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
advantageousness
advantageousness
noun
The state or quality of being advantageous.
aecidiostage
aedoeagi
aedoeagus
aedoeology
aegopodium
aerodontalgia
aerodontalgia
noun
(dentistry) Pain in the teeth caused by changes in air pressure.
aftergood
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
agaonidae
agathodaemon
agathodaemon
noun
A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
agglomerated
agglomerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglomerate
agonied
agonied
adj
Feeling or undergoing agony; agonized.
agonised
agonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agonise
agonized
agonized
adj
in agony or distraught
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agonize
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agostadero
agriochoeridae
agrionidae
agriotypidae
agrodolce
agrodolce
noun
An Italian sweet-and-sour sauce.
agromyzidae
agrypnode
aigialosauridae
airohydrogen
airohydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.
albedograph
algedo
algedonic
algedonic
adj
Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
allegorised
allegorised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allegorise
allegorized
allegorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allegorize
alligatored
alligatored
adj
Damaged by alligatoring.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alligator
allodge
allodge
verb
(obsolete) To lodge; to stay temporarily.
allografted
allografted
adj
grafted as an allograft
alongside
alongside
adv
Along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.
prep
Side by side with.
Together with or at the same time.
amidocyanogen
amidogen
amidogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry, dated) The amino radical, •NH₂, the neutral form of the amide ion −NH₂⁻, regardable as the ammonia molecule with one of its hydrogen atoms removed.
amidogens
amidogens
noun
plural of amidogen
aminoguanidine
aminoguanidine
noun
(organic chemistry, medicine) An amino derivative of guanidine, used for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy under the name pimagedine
amygdalaceous
amygdalaceous
adj
(botany) Akin to, or derived from, the almond.
amygdalectomy
amygdalectomy
Noun
Surgical removal of the amygdala.
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdalotome
amygdonitrile
amygdophenin
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
analogized
analogized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogize
androgametangium
androgametophore
androgamone
androgen
androgen
noun
(biochemistry, steroids) Any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as testosterone or anabolic steroids.
androgeneses
androgeneses
noun
plural of androgenesis
androgenesis
androgenesis
noun
(botany, zoology) Male or paternal apomixis, involving fusion of the male and female gametes and replacement of the female nucleus by the male nucleus.
androgenetic
androgenetic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androgenesis.
androgenic
androgenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
androgenous
androgenous
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
Misspelling of androgynous.
androgens
androgens
noun
plural of androgen
androgeus
androgone
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
androgyne
androgyne
noun
A person who is androgynous.
An androgynous plant.
androgyneity
androgynies
androgynies
noun
plural of androgyny
andrologies
androsphinges
anecdotage
anecdotage
noun
anecdotes considered as a group
garrulous old age
anecdotages
anecdotages
noun
plural of anecdotage
aneroidograph
angeldom
angeldom
noun
The world of angels.
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
angerboda
angiocardiographies
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
angledog
angledog
noun
(dialects, chiefly US, New England, dated) An earthworm.
angledozer
angledozer
noun
A kind of bulldozer whose blade can be tilted at an angle
anglepod
anglepods
angulodentate
anhydroglocose
antagonised
antagonised
adj
Alternative form of antagonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antagonise
antagonized
antagonized
adj
(medicine, especially describing a muscle) Having been acted on by antagonistic forces.
(of a person or group) Having been aggravated or made into an enemy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antagonize
anterograde
anterograde
adj
(medicine) Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock.
(medicine) Moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of.
anthologised
anthologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologise
anthologized
anthologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologize
antidecalogue
antidetonating
antieavesdropping
antiprestidigitation
apogonidae
apologised
apologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologise
apologized
apologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologize
appendorontgenography
argiopidae
argiopoidea
arguendo
arguendo
adv
(law) Used to set off the facts presented in an argument on a point of law from facts in dispute in the case.
(law) for the sake of argument; assuming without deciding; identifying the premises of a hypothetical argument while making it clear that no finding is being made on whether the premises are true.
argyrodite
argyrodite
noun
(mineralogy) An uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral, black with a purplish tinge and metallic lustre.
armageddon
armageddon
noun
(chess) An armageddon round, usually played when a match would otherwise end in a draw, where black wins drawn games and white is given more time as compensation.
Any great and crucial conflict.
The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale.
armageddonist
arpeggiando
arpeggiando
adv
(music) (To be played) in the style of a harp.
noun
(music) A passage to be played in the style of a harp.