(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
absorbefacient
absorbefacient
adj
(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
acetification
acetification
noun
The act of making acetous or sour; the process of converting, or of becoming converted, into vinegar.
acetifying
acetifying
verb
present participle of acetify
acinacifoliate
acinetiform
acinetiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling the Acinetae.
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
aepyornithiformes
aerifaction
aerifaction
noun
aeration
hyperinflation (of the lungs)
aerification
aerification
noun
Aeration, especially of the soil.
Transformation into air or gas.
affectation
affectation
noun
An attempt to assume or exhibit what is not natural or real; false display; artificial show.
An unusual mannerism.
affectationist
affectationist
noun
One who exhibits affectation.
affectations
affectations
noun
plural of affectation
affectedness
affectedness
noun
The state or quality of being affected.
affecting
affecting
adj
Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
verb
present participle of affect
affectingly
affectingly
adv
So as to affect in an emotional sense.
affection
affection
noun
(medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
A feeling of love or strong attachment.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
The act of affecting or acting upon.
The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
verb
(now rare) To feel affection for.
affectional
affectional
adj
Pertaining to the affections; affective; characterized by emotion
(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
(of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
verb
(obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
affectionately
affectionately
adv
In an affectionate manner.
affectionateness
affectionateness
noun
The state or quality of being affectionate.
affectioned
affectioned
adj
(archaic) Feeling a certain affection for; disposed.
(archaic) affected, pompous
(archaic) obstinate, willful
(archaic) zealous, earnest
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affection
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
affectlessness
affectlessness
noun
Emotional detachment; a lack of feeling.
affeerment
affeerment
noun
(obsolete, law) The act of affeering or assessing an amercement, according to the circumstances of the case.
affenspalte
afferent
afferent
adj
Carrying towards.
noun
An afferent structure or connection
afferently
afferently
adv
Inwardly, toward the center.
affinitative
affinitative
adj
Of the nature of affinity.
affinitatively
affinitatively
adv
(perhaps dated) In a manner than pertains to an affinity; familiarly; understandingly; similarly.
affinite
affinities
affinities
noun
plural of affinity
affinitive
affinitive
adj
Closely connected, as by affinity.
affirmativeness
affirmativeness
noun
The property of being affirmative.
affixment
affixment
noun
Property of being affixed; attachment; connection.
afflictedness
afflictedness
noun
The state or quality of being afflicted.
afflictionless
afflictionless
adj
Free from affliction.
affluent
affluent
adj
(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
(dated) Tributary.
(obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
Abundant; copious; plenteous.
The Upper East Side is an affluent neighborhood in New York City.
noun
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
Somebody who is wealthy.
affluently
affluently
adv
In an affluent manner.
affluentness
affluentness
noun
The state or quality of being affluent.
affluents
affluents
noun
plural of affluent
afforcement
afforcement
noun
(obsolete) A reinforcement; a strengthening.
afforestation
afforestation
noun
The act or process of creating a new forest where none had existed before, or reforestation of areas long deforested.
afforestational
afforesting
afforesting
verb
present participle of afforest
afforestment
afforestment
noun
The process of afforesting.
affranchisement
affranchisement
noun
The act of freeing; enfranchisement.
affreightment
affreightment
noun
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affrettando
affrettando
adv
(music) In a rushing or hurrying manner; as if pressing onwards.
affrightment
affrightment
noun
(archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
(obsolete) A cause of fear.
(obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
affronted
affronted
adj
(heraldry) Synonym of affronté
Defiant
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affront
affrontedly
affrontedly
adv
(obsolete) shamelessly
affrontedness
affrontedness
noun
The state or quality of being affronted.
affrontee
affronter
affronter
noun
One who receives an affront.
Someone who affronts.
affrontingness
affrontingness
noun
The state or quality of affronting.
affrontive
affrontive
adj
Tending to affront or offend.
affrontiveness
affrontiveness
noun
The state or quality of being affrontive.
affrontment
affrontment
noun
An act of affronting; an insult or hostile confrontation.
afghanets
aforementioned
aforementioned
adj
Previously mentioned.
noun
(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.
afterband
afterbrain
afterbrain
noun
(anatomy) A posterior subdivision of the hindbrain; the myelencephalon
afterburner
afterburner
noun
(aviation) A device in a jet engine which injects fuel into the exhaust system to increase the thrust.
afterburners
afterburners
noun
plural of afterburner
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
afterchance
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.
afterdinner
afterdrain
afterend
afterfermentation
afterfriend
aftergrind
afterguns
afterhand
afterhand
adj
(Scotland, law, archaic) Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.
adv
(archaic) Afterwards; subsequently.
afterhend
afterimpression
afterimpression
noun
Alternative spelling of after-impression
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
afternight
afternoon
afternoon
adv
(more often in the plural) In the afternoon.
intj
Ellipsis of good afternoon..
noun
(figuratively) The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
(informal) A party or social event held in the afternoon.
The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
afternoons
afternoons
noun
plural of afternoon
afternose
afternote
afternote
noun
A note appended after the main body of text.
afterpain
afterpain
noun
(pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)
afterpains
afterpains
noun
plural of afterpain
afterplanting
afterpotential
afterpotential
noun
A small, transitory electrical potential that follows, and is dependent upon the main potential produced when a nerve is stimulated; seen as a small positive or negative spike on an oscillograph output.
afterreckoning
afterripening
aftersend
aftersensation
aftersensation
noun
A delayed sensation; one arising significantly later than the stimulus that caused it.
aftershine
aftersong
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
afterspring
afterstain
afterstrain
afterswarming
aftertan
afterthinker
afterthinker
noun
One who acts first and thinks afterwards.
aftertreatment
afterturn
aftervision
afterworking
ahnfeltia
aircraftmen
aircraftmen
noun
plural of aircraftman
aircraftsmen
aircraftsmen
noun
plural of aircraftsman
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
aktiengesellschaft
algefacient
algefacient
adj
Making cool; cooling.
alkylarylsulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonate
alkylbenzenesulfonates
alternifoliate
alternifoliate
adj
(botany) Having leaves that alternate on each side of a stem
amelification
amentiferae
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
amentiform
amentiform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a catkin.
aminotransferase
aminotransferase
noun
(biochemistry) Transaminase.
ammonitiferous
ammonitiferous
adj
Containing fossil ammonites.
anatifae
anatifer
anatiferous
anatiferous
adj
Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuousness
anfractuousness
noun
The state or quality of being anfractuous.
anfracture
anfracture
noun
(obsolete) A mazy winding.
angustifoliate
angustifoliate
adj
(botany) Having narrow leaves.
antefact
antefact
noun
(obsolete) Something done before another act.
antefebrile
antefebrile
adj
Preceding a fever
antefix
antefix
noun
(architecture) Any decoration serving to cover the ends of roofing tiles.
(architecture) The vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan, or Greek temple.
antefixa
antefixa
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of antefix
plural of antefixum
antefixal
antefixal
adj
Relating to an antefix.
antefixes
antefixes
noun
plural of antefix
anteflected
anteflexed
anteflexed
adj
Bent in an anterior (forward) direction, as the uterus.
anteflexion
anteflexion
noun
(anatomy) A forward bending or an organ, especially that of the uterus near the cervix
antefurca
antefurca
noun
(anatomy) A forked chitinous structure in the thorax of some insects