(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.
acetifies
acetifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acetify
acidiferous
acidiferous
adj
Containing or yielding an acid.
acidifiers
acidifiers
noun
plural of acidifier
acidifies
acidifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidify
acinacifolious
acriflavines
acriflavines
noun
plural of acriflavine
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
adsignification
adsignification
noun
additional signification
affectationist
affectationist
noun
One who exhibits affectation.
affectations
affectations
noun
plural of affectation
affectionateness
affectionateness
noun
The state or quality of being affectionate.
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
affenpinscher
affenpinscher
Noun
A breed of toy dog bred in Western Europe.
affiances
affiances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance
affiches
affiches
noun
plural of affiche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiche
afficionados
afficionados
noun
plural of afficionado
affirmances
affirmances
noun
plural of affirmance
afflictedness
afflictedness
noun
The state or quality of being afflicted.
afflictionless
afflictionless
adj
Free from affliction.
afflictions
afflictions
noun
plural of affliction
afflicts
afflicts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict
affluencies
affluencies
noun
plural of affluency
affranchise
affranchise
verb
(transitive) To free from obligation, servitude or service.
affranchised
affranchised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affranchise
affranchisement
affranchisement
noun
The act of freeing; enfranchisement.
affranchising
affranchising
verb
present participle of affranchise
affricates
affricates
noun
plural of affricate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affricate
affricatives
affricatives
noun
plural of affricative
aficionadas
aficionadas
noun
plural of aficionada
aficionados
aficionados
noun
plural of aficionado
africanderism
africanism
africanism
Noun
Eurocentric representation of Africans or people of African ancestry.
A characteristically African cultural feature, such as a belief, custom or linguistic feature.
africanist
africanist
Noun
A specialist in African studies.
An African nationalist; someone who subscribes to the doctrine of Africanism.
africans
africanthropus
afroasiatic
afterdischarge
afterdischarge
noun
Any discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceased
afterpieces
afterpieces
noun
plural of afterpiece
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
aktiengesellschaft
amplifications
amplifications
noun
plural of amplification
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.
anthraceniferous
anthraciferous
anthraciferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding anthracite.
anthracitiferous
anticonfederationism
anticonfederationist
anticonfederationist
noun
One who opposes confederation.
anticonformist
anticonformist
noun
An advocate of anticonformity
anticonformities
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
antifeudalistic
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.
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.
appersonification
aquifoliaceous
aquifoliaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Aquifoliaceae.
archaeopterygiformes
archconfraternities
archconfraternities
noun
plural of archconfraternity
archdapifership
archerfish
archerfish
noun
Any of the species of fish in the family Toxotidae (sole genus Toxotes), who prey on small animals near to the surface of a water by shooting them with water from their mouths.
archerfishes
archerfishes
noun
plural of archerfish
archfiends
archfiends
noun
plural of archfiend
archsacrificator
archsacrificer
arciferous
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
artifactitious
artifactitious
adj
artifactual
artifacts
artifacts
noun
plural of artifact
artificers
artificers
noun
plural of artificer
artificership
artificership
noun
The state or business of an artificer.
artifices
artifices
noun
plural of artifice
artificialism
artificialism
noun
(psychology) The belief that anything that exists must have been made by a conscious entity, such as God or a human being
artificialities
artificialities
noun
plural of artificiality
artificialness
artificialness
noun
The state or quality of being artificial.
artificialnesses
artificious
artificious
adj
(obsolete) Using, exhibiting, performed with or characterized by much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
aschaffite
ascidiferous
ascidiform
ascidiform
adj
(zoology) Shaped like an ascidian.
asciferous
assuefaction
assuefaction
noun
(obsolete) habituation
austafrican
avifaunistic
bacciferous
bacciferous
adj
Producing berries.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfills
backfills
noun
plural of backfill
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfill
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backspacefile
bacteriofluorescin
baculiferous
basifacial
basifacial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the lower half of the face
basification
basification
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of making something more basic; raising the pH of something.
beaconsfield
beaconsfield
Proper noun
A market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
A town in Victoria, Australia.
beatifications
beatifications
noun
plural of beatification
beautifications
beautifications
noun
plural of beautification
beccaficoes
beccaficos
beccaficos
noun
plural of beccafico
benefactions
benefactions
noun
plural of benefaction
benefactorship
benefactorship
noun
The role or status of benefactor.
benefactrices
benefactrices
noun
plural of benefactrix
benefactrixes
beneficeless
beneficeless
adj
Without a benefice.
beneficences
beneficences
noun
plural of beneficence
benefices
benefices
noun
plural of benefice
beneficialness
beneficialness
noun
The state or quality of being beneficial.
beneficiaries
beneficiaries
noun
plural of beneficiary
beneficiaryship
beneficiaryship
noun
The role or status of beneficiary.
beneficiates
beneficiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beneficiate
besanctify
bifaces
bifaces
noun
plural of biface
bifocals
bifocals
noun
Spectacles that have corrective lenses of two different powers; used by people who need both distance and reading glasses.
bifurcates
bifurcates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bifurcate
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
bifurcous
bifurcous
adj
bifurcate
bilifuscin
bilifuscin
noun
(biochemistry) A brownish-green pigment, derived from bilirubin, found in human gallstones and in old bile.
biofeedbacks
biofeedbacks
noun
plural of biofeedback
bioscientific
bioscientific
adj
Relating to bioscience.
bischofite
bischofite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite, consisting of magnesium chloride with the chemical formula MgCl₂·6H₂O, found with potash deposits in Saxony.
blackfins
blackfins
noun
plural of blackfin
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blackfisher
blackfishes
blackfishes
noun
plural of blackfish
blackfishing
blackfishing
noun
(slang, of a non-black person) The practice of appropriating signifiers of black identity, such as darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles.
verb
present participle of blackfish
blackflies
blackflies
noun
plural of blackfly
blackfriars
blackfriars
intj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) look out; beware
noun
plural of blackfriar
bonifaces
bonifaces
noun
plural of boniface
boraciferous
boraciferous
adj
Yielding or containing borax.
brachiferous
branchiferous
branchiferous
adj
(anatomy) Having gills; branchiate.
brickfields
brickfields
noun
plural of brickfield
briefcase
briefcase
noun
(computing) In Microsoft Windows, a folder that supports file synchronization between itself and another folder.
A case used for carrying documents, especially for business.