A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer., southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
abstemiousness
abstemiousness
noun
The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
acanthopomatous
accouchement
accouchement
noun
Delivery in childbed; parturition
accouchements
accouchements
noun
plural of accouchement
accountment
accountment
noun
Responsibility.
accountrement
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
accouterment
accouterment
noun
(archaic) The act of accoutering; furnishing.
(by extension) An identifying yet superficial characteristic.
(chiefly in the plural) An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.
(military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform.
accouterments
accouterments
noun
plural of accouterment
accoutrement
accoutrement
noun
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouterment
accoutrements
accoutrements
noun
plural of accoutrement
accumulation
accumulation
noun
(UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
(accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
(law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
A mass of something piled up or collected.
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
accumulations
accumulations
noun
plural of accumulation
accustomation
accustomation
noun
The process of becoming accustomed to something; habituation.
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
accustoming
accustoming
verb
present participle of accustom
accustomizing
accustomizing
verb
present participle of accustomize
acetonurometer
aconitum
aconitum
noun
Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.
The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
aconitums
aconitums
noun
plural of aconitum
acontium
acontium
noun
An Ancient Greek weapon similar to a javelin
One of a series of threads of a septum of some actinians
acromyotonus
acromyotonus
noun
Synonym of acromyotonia
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinomycesous
actinomycetous
actinomycetous
adj
Of or relating to actinomycetes.
actinosphaerium
actinotrichium
actinotrichium
noun
(zoology) Any of a group of hairlike fibres in the finfolds of fish larvae that develop into fin rays
actinouranium
actinouranium
noun
Alternative spelling of actino-uranium
acumination
acumination
noun
A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocystomatous
adenomatous
adenomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenoma
adenostemonous
adiathermanous
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
adjournments
adjournments
noun
plural of adjournment
admensuration
admensuration
noun
admeasurement
adminiculation
adminiculation
noun
(law) proof; corroboration
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventuresomeness
adventuresomeness
noun
The state or quality of being adventuresome.
adventuresomes
aeronautism
aeronautism
noun
The practice of aeronautic travel.
aeroperitoneum
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
agnathostomatous
agonostomus
albumenisation
albumenization
albumenization
noun
Alternative form of albuminization
albuminization
albuminization
noun
A coating with albumen.
A conversion into albumin.
A saturation with albumen.
albuminometer
albuminometry
alinotum
allagostemonous
aluminosilicate
aluminosilicate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of many silicate minerals, such as feldspar and zeolite, in which a proportion of the Si⁴⁺ ions are replaced by Al³⁺, the excess negative charge being balanced by extra sodium, potassium or calcium ions.
aluminosity
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
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
alumstone
alumstone
noun
(mineralogy) alunite
amarantaceous
amarantaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family Amaranthaceae of plants, of which the amaranth is the type.
amaranthaceous
amaranthaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Amaranthaceae of amaranths and goosefoots.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
ambisinistrous
ambisinistrous
adj
clumsy, ambilevous
ambitiousness
ambitiousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambitious.
ambulation
ambulation
Noun
walking around
ambulations
ambulations
noun
plural of ambulation
ambustion
ambustion
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A burn or scald.
amentaceous
amentaceous
adj
(botany) Bearing, resembling, or consisting of an ament or aments.
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
americanumancestors
amicronucleate
aminoanthraquinone
aminoanthraquinone
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric amino derivatives of anthraquinone
aminobarbituric
aminoglutaric
aminoglutaric
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any amino derivative of a glutaric group
ammonitiferous
ammonitiferous
adj
Containing fossil ammonites.
ammoniuret
ammoniureted
ammunition
ammunition
noun
(figurative) Arguments and information that can be used against the other party in a conflict.
(obsolete) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
verb
To supply with ammunition.
ammunitions
ammunitions
noun
plural of ammunition
amount
amount
noun
(nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
A quantity or volume.
The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
verb
(intransitive, followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.
(intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.
(obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend.
amounted
amounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amount
amounter
amounters
amounting
amounting
verb
present participle of amount
amounts
amounts
noun
plural of amount
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amount
amphithuron
amphithurons
amplitudinous
amputation
amputation
noun
surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma
amputational
amputational
adj
Of or relating to amputation.
amputations
amputations
noun
plural of amputation
anametadromous
anaptomorphus
anastomus
anatomicochirurgical
anatomicosurgical
anatomicosurgical
adj
Relating to anatomy and surgery.
ancylostomum
androgametangium
angiomatous
angiomatous
adj
Relating to an angioma.
angiospermatous
angiospermatous
adj
Alternative form of angiospermous
angulometer
angulometer
noun
An instrument for measuring exterior angles.
anisostaminous
anisostemonous
anisostemonous
adj
(botany) Having unequal stamens; having stamens different in number from the petals.
anisostomous
anitinstitutionalism
announcement
announcement
noun
An act of announcing, or giving notice.
That which conveys what is announced.
The content which is announced.
announcements
announcements
noun
plural of announcement
anoestrum
anomalogonatous
anophthalmus
anoplotherium
anoplotherium
noun
(zoology) Any member of the extinct ungulate genus Anoplotherium.
anteambulation
antecommunion
antecommunion
noun
The part of the Anglican communion liturgy that precedes the consecration of the elements.
anteoperculum
anteposthumous
anthoclinium
anthodium
anthodium
noun
(botany) The inflorescence of a compound flower in which many florets are gathered into an involucrate head.
anthomedusae
anthomedusan
anthomedusan
noun
Any hydrozoan of the former order Anthomedusae (now Anthoathecata)
anthonomus
anthospermum
anthoxanthum
anthracomartus
anthracotherium
anthropomorphous
anthropomorphous
adj
Describing an animal or inanimate object using human characteristics; employing anthropomorphism.
Resembling a human being.
anthropomorphously
anthropomorphously
adv
In an anthropomorphous manner; in a manner resembling that of a human.
anthropophuism
anthropophuism
noun
The ascription of human nature to the gods.
antialbumose
antiauthoritarianism
antiauthoritarianism
noun
Opposition to authority; the quality of being antiauthoritarian
anticeremonious
anticeremoniously
anticeremoniousness
anticlinorium
anticlinorium
noun
(geology) A series of parallel anticlinal folds on a regional-scale anticline.
anticommunism
anticommunism
noun
Opposition to communism.
anticommunist
anticommunist
adj
Opposed to the tenets of communism.
noun
One who is opposed to the tenets of communism.
anticommunistic
anticommunistic
adj
Opposing communism.
anticommunistical
anticommunistically
anticommunists
anticommunists
noun
plural of anticommunist
anticommutative
anticommutative
adj
(algebra) Of an operator * for which a * b = - (b * a)
anticonstitutionalism
anticonsumer
anticonsumer
adj
Opposing the consumer.
noun
A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.