A substance that induces abortion; an abortifacient.
abreacting
abreacting
verb
present participle of abreact
abstracting
abstracting
verb
present participle of abstract
abstricting
abstricting
verb
present participle of abstrict
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
accoutring
accoutring
verb
present participle of accoutre
accrediting
accrediting
verb
present participle of accredit
accreting
accreting
verb
present participle of accrete
accrington
accrington
Proper noun
A town in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England.
acculturating
acculturating
verb
present participle of acculturate
acculturizing
acculturizing
verb
present participle of acculturize
acerbating
acerbating
verb
present participle of acerbate
achromatising
achromatising
verb
present participle of achromatise
achromatizing
achromatizing
verb
present participle of achromatize
acierating
acierating
verb
present participle of acierate
acromonogrammatic
acromonogrammatic
adj
(poetry) Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.
actinautographic
actinautographic
adj
(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
actinogram
actinogram
noun
The record produced by an actinograph
actinograph
actinograph
noun
A recording actinometer.
actinographic
actinography
actinography
noun
measurement with an actinograph
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
acupuncturing
acupuncturing
verb
present participle of acupuncture
acutangular
acutangular
adj
(geometry) acute-angled.
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
aeromagnetic
aeromagnetic
adj
Of or pertaining to aeromagnetics
affricating
affricating
verb
present participle of affricate
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.
afterreckoning
agelacrinites
agelacrinitidae
agincourt
agonistarch
agonistarch
noun
(Ancient Greece) One who trained persons to compete in public games and contests.
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
agranulocytosis
agranulocytosis
noun
(pathology) An acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia, particularly of neutrophils, causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood.
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any amino derivative of a glutaric group
anaglyptographic
anaglyptographic
adj
Relating to anaglyptography.
anagrammatic
anagrammatic
adj
Being or relating to an anagram.
anagrammatical
anagrammatical
adj
Alternative form of anagrammatic
anagrammatically
anagrammatically
adv
In an anagrammatic manner.
anatomicochirurgical
anatomicosurgical
anatomicosurgical
adj
Relating to anatomy and surgery.
ancestoring
ancestoring
verb
present participle of ancestor
androgenetic
androgenetic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androgenesis.
anemometrographic
anemometrographically
angiocarditis
angioneurotic
angioneurotic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting blood vessels and nerves
angioparalytic
angiosclerotic
angiotrophic
angiotrophic
adj
vasotrophic
anopisthographic
anopisthographic
adj
Not opisthographic; bearing writing on one side only.
anopisthographically
anorthographic
anorthographical
anorthographically
antarctogaea
antarctogaean
antergic
anthrohopobiological
anthropoclimatologist
anthropoclimatology
anthropoclimatology
noun
The scientific study of the relationship between human beings and the climate.
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.
anthropogeographic
anthropogeographic
adj
(anthropology) Relating to anthropogeography
anthropogeographical
anthropogeographical
adj
(anthropology) Of or relating to anthropogeography.
anthropographic
anthropographic
adj
Relating to anthropography.
anthropologic
anthropologic
adj
anthropological; pertaining to anthropology; belonging to the nature of man.
anthropological
anthropological
adj
Relating to anthropology.
anthropologically
anthropologically
adv
In a manner which pertains to anthropology.
anthropomorphological
anthropomorphological
adj
(biology) Relating to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropomorphologically
anthropomorphologically
adv
(biology) With regard to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropophagic
anthropophagic
adj
Cannibalistic; man-eating.
anthropophagical
anthropophagical
adj
Alternative form of anthropophagic
anthropophagistic
anthropophagistic
adj
(rare) cannibalistic
anthroposociologist
anthroposociologist
noun
One who studies anthroposociology.
anthroposociology
anthroposociology
noun
(dated, historical) The anthropological and sociological study of race as a means of establishing the superiority of certain peoples.
anthropoteleoclogy
anthropoteleological
anthropurgic
antiblennorrhagic
antiblennorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering or preventing blennorrhoea.
noun
(pharmacology) Any medicine that counters or prevents blennorrhoea.
anticalligraphic
anticalligraphic
adj
Rejecting the calligraphic style in writing.
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
anticigarette
anticigarette
adj
In opposition to the smoking of cigarettes.
anticlergy
anticlergy
adj
Opposing the clergy.
anticoagulator
anticreeping
antienergistic
antiferromagnetic
antiferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting antiferromagnetism.
antigonorrheic
antigonorrheic
adj
Alternative form of antigonorrhoeic
antigrammatical
antigrammatical
adj
Opposing or flouting the rules of grammar.
antigrammatically
antigrammaticalness
antihemorrhagic
antihemorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
noun
(pharmacology) Any drug etc. that stops or reduces hemorrhage.
antilethargic
antilethargic
adj
Preventing lethargy.
antiliturgic
antiliturgical
antiliturgically
antilogarithmic
antilogarithmic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to an antilogarithm.
antimagistratical
antimagistratical
adj
(archaic) Opposing magistrates.
antineuralgic
antineuralgic
adj
(pharmacology) Counteracting neuralgia.
noun
(pharmacology) Any agent that counteracts neuralgia.
antiorgastic
antiorgastic
adj
(rare) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
antiparagraphic
antipellagric
antipellagric
adj
Preventing or countering pellagra.
antipodagric
antipodagric
adj
(medicine) That acts against gout
noun
A medicine for gout.
antipornographic
antipornographic
adj
Opposing pornography.
antipragmatic
antipragmatic
adj
(philosophy) Opposing or rejecting pragmatism.
antipragmatical
antipragmatically
antipragmaticism
antiracing
antiracing
adj
Opposing racing.
antiracketeering
antiracketeering
adj
Countering racketeering.
antireacting
antirecruiting
antirecruiting
adj
Opposing recruiting campaigns, for example by the military.
antireducing
antitragic
antitragic
adj
(literature) Challenging the conventions of tragedy.
antitragicus
antitragicus
noun
(anatomy) In the human musculoskeletal system of the ear, a part that arises from the outer part of the antitragus and is inserted into the cauda helicis and antihelix.
appreciating
appreciating
adj
Appreciative: having or showing appreciation.
noun
appreciation
verb
present participle of appreciate
appreciatingly
appreciatingly
adv
Appreciatively, with appreciation: in an appreciating manner.
apprenticing
apprenticing
verb
present participle of apprentice
arachnologist
arachnologist
noun
One who is engaged in arachnology, the study of arachnids.
aragonitic
aragonitic
adj
(geology) Of, pertaining to, or formed from aragonite
archaeomagnetism
archaeomagnetism
noun
(geology, physics) Magnetism of the Earth in the geologic past; the measurement of this magnetism in order to date a specimen.
archantagonist
archantagonist
noun
A chief antagonist.
archegoniata
archegoniatae
archegoniate
archegoniate
adj
(botany) Relating to or possessing archegonia.
noun
Any organism having archegonia.
archgenethliac
archigonocyte
archostegnosis
archregent
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
arctangent
arctangent
noun
(trigonometry) Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the tangent function. Symbol: arctan, tan⁻¹
arctangents
arctangents
noun
plural of arctangent
arcticizing
arcticizing
verb
present participle of arcticize
arctogaean
arctogean
argentic
argentic
adj
(chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a lower proportion than in argentous compounds.