(by extension) Having very great power, influence, etc.
(slang) Great; extreme; terrible.
(sometimes postpositive) Unlimited in might; omnipotent; all-powerful
adv
(slang, colloquial) Extremely; thoroughly.
almirah
almirah
noun
Cupboard, cabinet or chest of drawers.
almochoden
almohad
almohad
Adjective
Relating to a Berber caliphate in 12th century Morocco
almohade
almohades
almonership
almonership
noun
The rank or office of an almoner.
almshouse
almshouse
noun
A building of residence for the poor, sick or elderly of a parish. Originally founded by the Church. Usually a charity relying on donations for funding.
almshouses
almshouses
noun
plural of almshouse.
alnascharism
alnitham
alongshoreman
alongshoreman
noun
(archaic) Alternative form of longshoreman
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
alphabetism
alphabetism
noun
An initialism: an abbreviation which is read letter by letter, such as UN.
Discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
Excessive reliance upon the alphabet or alphabetic structures.
The ability to read an alphabet, a rudimentary form of literacy.
alphameric
alphameric
adj
Alternative form of alphanumeric
alphamerical
alphamerical
adj
alphanumeric / alphanumerical
alphamerically
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
alphanumerical
alphanumerical
adj
Consisting of only letters and numbers; alphanumeric.
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
alphitomancy
alphitomancy
noun
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
alphitomorphous
alphitomorphous
Adjective
Resembling barleymeal.
alphonsism
altamahaw
altazimuth
altazimuth
noun
A telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation
altazimuths
altazimuths
noun
plural of altazimuth
althaemenes
altheimer
altrincham
altrincham
Proper noun
a town in Greater Manchester, England
aluminaphone
aluminish
aluminographic
aluminographic
adj
Relating to aluminography.
aluminography
aluminography
noun
The art or process of producing, and printing from, aluminium plates, after the manner of ordinary lithography.
aluminothermic
aluminothermic
adj
Relating to, or employing, aluminothermy.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
alumish
alumish
adj
Somewhat like alum.
alumohydrocalcite
alumohydrocalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing aluminum, calcium, carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen.
alymphia
alymphopotent
alzheimer
amadelphous
amadelphous
adj
Outgoing; gregarious.
amalthaea
amalthea
amalthea
Proper noun
The most frequently mentioned foster mother of Zeus, sometimes represented as the goat who suckled the infant-god in a mountain cave, sometimes as a goat-tending nymph.
The third most distant moon of Jupiter.
amaltheia
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
amblyaphia
amblycephalidae
amblycephalus
amblychromatic
amblyrhynchus
ambushlike
amdahl
amelanchier
amelanchier
noun
Any tree or shrub in the genus Amelanchier of the pome fruit subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae, with edible, blueberry-like fruit.
amenorrheal
amenorrheal
adj
Alternative spelling of amenorrhoeal
amenorrhoeal
amenorrhoeal
adj
Affected by amenorrhoea
Relating to amenorrhoea.
amethodical
amethodical
adj
Not methodical; unsystematic.
amethodically
amethodically
adv
In an amethodical manner.
amethystlike
amherstdale
amianthoidal
amidoaldehyde
amidophenol
amidosulphonal
amidothiazole
aminobenzaldehyde
aminodiphenyl
aminophenol
aminophenol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of a phenol
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric amino derivatives of phenol; hydroxyaniline
aminophylline
aminophylline
noun
(pharmacology) A bronchodilator comprising theophylline and ethylenediamine in a 2:1 ratio.
aminosulphonic
amminochloride
ammophila
ammophilous
ammophilous
adj
Thriving in a sandy environment.
amniochorial
amniochorial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the amnion and the chorion
amolish
amollish
amorphophallus
amorphously
amorphously
adv
In an amorphous manner.
ampelographist
ampelographist
noun
One who studies ampelography.
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
ampelotherapy
ampelotherapy
noun
(medicine) The therapeutic use of grapes.
ampheclexis
amphiarthrodial
amphiarthrodial
adj
Characterized by amphiarthrosis.
amphibali
amphibalus
amphibalus
noun
An ecclesiastical vestment like the chasuble.
amphibial
amphibial
adj
Archaic form of amphibian.
amphibiological
amphibiological
adj
Pertaining to amphibiology.
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphiblastic
amphiblastic
adj
(biology) Segmenting unequally; said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.
amphiblastula
amphiblastula
noun
A larva of some sponges that has equal numbers of both flagellate and nonflagellate cells separated from each other on opposite sides of the blastula
amphiblestritis
amphibola
amphibole
amphibole
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium/aluminum
amphiboles
amphiboles
noun
plural of amphibole
amphibolia
amphibolia
noun
Ambiguity in writing; amphiboly.
amphibolic
amphibolic
adj
(geology) Of, resembling or containing the mineral amphibole.
Of, pertaining to or exhibiting amphiboly; ambiguous; equivocal.
amphibolies
amphibolies
noun
plural of amphiboly
amphiboliferous
amphiboliferous
adj
(mineralogy) Bearing amphibole.
amphiboline
amphibolite
amphibolite
noun
Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
amphibolites
amphibolites
noun
plural of amphibolite
amphibolitic
amphibolitic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or composed of an amphibolite.
amphibological
amphibological
adj
(linguistics) Grammatically ambiguous.
(rare) of doubtful meaning, ambiguous, quibbling.
amphibologically
amphibologically
adv
In an amphibological manner.
amphibologies
amphibologies
noun
plural of amphibology
amphibologism
amphibology
amphibology
noun
(archaic) Amphiboly.
amphibolostylous
amphibolous
amphibolous
adj
(obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful
amphiboly
amphiboly
noun
(grammar) An ambiguous grammatical construction.
amphicoelian
amphicoelian
adj
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphicondyla
amphicondylous
amphicribral
amphicribral
adj
(botany) In which the phloem surrounds the xylem
amphicytula
amphidiploid
amphidiploid
adj
(genetics) Having a diploid set of chromosomes from each of its parents
noun
(biology) Such an organism
amphidiploidy
amphidiploidy
noun
The property of being amphidiploid.
amphigastrula
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphilochus
amphilogism
amphilogy
amphilogy
noun
ambiguity of speech; equivocation
amphimictical
amphimictically
amphimictically
adv
By means of amphimixis.
amphimorula
amphimorulae
amphinucleus
amphiphiles
amphiphiles
noun
plural of amphiphile
amphiphilic
amphiphilic
adj
(biochemistry, of a protein, especially an alpha helix) Having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones.
(chemistry, of a molecule) Being a detergent: having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups.
amphiphloic
amphiphloic
adj
(botany) Of stems in which the phloem is both external and internal to the xylem.
amphiplatyan
amphiplatyan
adj
(anatomy, of a vertebra) Having flat surfaces at both ends
amphipleura
amphiploid
amphiploid
adj
(genetics) Having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.
noun
(genetics) Any organism having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.
amphiploids
amphiploids
noun
plural of amphiploid
amphiploidy
amphiploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being amphiploid
amphipodal
amphiprostylar
amphiprostylar
adj
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
amphiprostyle
adj
(architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides.
noun
(architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.
amphirhinal
amphisile
amphisilidae
amphistylar
amphistylic
amphistylic
adj
(anatomy, of a skull) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks.
amphistyly
amphithalami
amphithalamus
amphithalmi
amphitheatral
amphitheatral
adj
Alternative form of amphitheatrical
amphitheatrical
amphitheatrical
adj
Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.