(poetry) Having each verse begin with the same letter as that with which the preceding verse ends.
actinogram
actinogram
noun
The record produced by an actinograph
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
aeromagnetic
aeromagnetic
adj
Of or pertaining to aeromagnetics
aerometeorograph
aerometeorograph
noun
A meteorograph designed for use in an aircraft or other flying vehicle.
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.
agatiform
agatiform
adj
Having the form of an agate; resembling an agate in appearance.
ageometrical
aggiornamenti
aggiornamento
aggiornamento
noun
A bringing up to date, especially of the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; modernization.
agglomerant
agglomerant
adj
That causes agglomeration
agglomerate
agglomerate
adj
collected into a ball, heap, or mass
noun
(geology, volcanology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
(meteorology) An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.
A collection or mass.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
agglomerated
agglomerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglomerate
agglomerates
agglomerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglomerate
agglomeratic
agglomeratic
adj
(geology) Of or relating to an agglomerate.
agglomerating
agglomerating
verb
present participle of agglomerate
agglomeration
agglomeration
noun
(geography) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
(geology) a mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.
State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
agglomerations
agglomerations
noun
plural of agglomeration
agglomerative
agglomerative
adj
Having a tendency to agglomerate
agglomerator
agglomerator
noun
A device that agglomerates material.
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
agrammatologia
agrimotor
agrimotor
noun
(dated) A tractor (farm vehicle).
agrobacterium
agrobacterium
noun
A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
agronomist
agronomist
noun
A scientist whose speciality is agronomy.
agronomists
agronomists
noun
plural of agronomist
agrostemma
algesiometer
algoesthesiometer
algometer
algometer
noun
An instrument for measuring pain-inducing stimuli, and the sensitivity to such stimuli.
algometric
algometric
Adjective
Relating to algometry.
algometrical
algometrical
adj
Relating to algometry.
algometrically
algometrically
adv
In terms of or by means of algometry.
algometries
algometry
algometry
noun
(medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.
algorithm
algorithm
noun
(countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
(uncountable, obsolete) Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
algorithmic
algorithmic
adj
(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
algorithmically
algorithmically
adv
Using an algorithm.
algorithms
algorithms
noun
plural of algorithm
alteregoism
alteregoism
noun
altruism as a result of the identification of others with oneself
amalgamator
amalgamator
noun
(dentistry) A device for preparing amalgam.
One who amalgamates.
amalgamators
amalgamators
noun
plural of amalgamator
ambagitory
ambagitory
adj
(obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory
ambisporangiate
ameliorating
ameliorating
verb
present participle of ameliorate
aminoglutaric
aminoglutaric
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any amino derivative of a glutaric group
amortising
amortising
verb
present participle of amortise
amortizing
amortizing
verb
present participle of amortize
ampelographist
ampelographist
noun
One who studies ampelography.
amphisporangiate
amtorg
amygdalothripsis
amygdonitrile
anagrammatization
anagrammatization
noun
Transformation of a word into its anagram.
anapterygotism
anatomicochirurgical
anatomicosurgical
anatomicosurgical
adj
Relating to anatomy and surgery.
androgametangium
androgametophore
anemometrograph
anemometrograph
noun
(archaic) An anemograph.
anemometrographic
anemometrographically
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
angiohydrotomy
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
angiometer
angiospermatous
angiospermatous
adj
Alternative form of angiospermous
angstrom
angstrom
noun
(physics) A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
angstroms
angstroms
noun
plural of angstrom
angulometer
angulometer
noun
An instrument for measuring exterior angles.
animatograph
anthropoclimatologist
anthropoclimatology
anthropoclimatology
noun
The scientific study of the relationship between human beings and the climate.
anthropomorphising
anthropomorphising
verb
present participle of anthropomorphise
anthropomorphizing
anthropomorphizing
verb
present participle of anthropomorphize
anthropomorphological
anthropomorphological
adj
(biology) Relating to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropomorphologically
anthropomorphologically
adv
(biology) With regard to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropomorphology
anthropomorphology
noun
(biology) Human morphology.
(biology) The study of human morphology.
(religion) The attribution of human characteristics to God.
anthropophagism
anthroposomatology
anthroposomatology
noun
(dated, rare) The sum of knowledge regarding the human body, comprehending anatomy, physiology, pathology, etc.
antiferromagnet
antiferromagnet
noun
(physics) An antiferromagnetic material
antiferromagnetic
antiferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting antiferromagnetism.
antiferromagnetism
antiferromagnetism
noun
(physics) a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism, in which magnetic domains line up in a regular pattern, but with neighbouring electron spins pointing in opposite directions; materials showing this effect are either ferrimagnetic or diamagnetic, and become paramagnetic above the Neel temperature
antiforeignism
antiforeignism
noun
antiforeign attitudes
antigovernment
antigovernment
adj
Opposed to a government currently in power.
Opposed to government in general.
antigovernmental
antigovernmental
adj
Opposing a government.
antigovernmentally
antihemorrhagic
antihemorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
noun
(pharmacology) Any drug etc. that stops or reduces hemorrhage.
antilogarithm
antilogarithm
noun
(mathematics) The number of which a given number is the logarithm (to a given base).
antilogarithmic
antilogarithmic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to an antilogarithm.
antilogarithms
antilogarithms
noun
plural of antilogarithm
antinegroism
antinegroism
noun
A prejudice against black people.
antiparallelogram
antiparallelogram
noun
A quadrilateral in which the pairs of nonadjacent sides are congruent, but in which two opposite sides intersect and are therefore not parallel.
antireforming
antireforming
adj
Synonym of antireform
apogeotropism
apogeotropism
noun
(botany) An apogeotropic tendency.
approximating
approximating
verb
present participle of approximate
apterygiformes
archaeomagnetism
archaeomagnetism
noun
(geology, physics) Magnetism of the Earth in the geologic past; the measurement of this magnetism in order to date a specimen.
archaeopterygiformes
archdogmatist
archicleistogamous
archicleistogamy
archmystagogue
argentometer
argentometer
noun
The measuring instrument used in argentometry.
argentometric
argentometric
adj
Relating to argentometry.
argentometrically
argentometrically
adv
By means of argentometry.
argentometry
argentometry
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A method of analytical chemistry involving titration with silver nitrate, especially for the quantitative analysis of chloride
argentoproteinum
argentoproteinum
noun
(archaic) silver proteinate
argumentation
argumentation
noun
An exchange of arguments
Inference based on reasoning from given propositions.
The addition of arguments to a model; parameterization.
argumentatious
argumentatious
adj
Tending to argue; disputatious.
argumentator
argumentator
noun
One who argues; a debator.
argumentatory
argumentatory
adj
Synonym of argumentatious
argyranthemous
arithmogram
arithmogram
noun
The number obtained by summing the numerical values of the letters of a word.
arithmograph
arithmography
arithmography
noun
(linguistics) The encoding of words as numbers
A formal presentation of the properties of numbers.
armageddonist
armington
armstrong
armstrong
Proper noun
originally a nickname for someone with strong arms.
Noun
An Armstrong gun.
aromatising
aromatising
verb
present participle of aromatise
aromatizing
aromatizing
verb
present participle of aromatize
arteriogram
arteriogram
noun
An X-ray of an artery after injection with a radiopaque material
arteriograms
arteriograms
noun
plural of arteriogram
arthogram
arthromeningitis
arthrosterigma
astigmatometer
astigmatometry
astigmometer
astigmometer
noun
An optical device used for measuring the degree of astigmatism
astigmometry
astragalectomy
astragalectomy
noun
The surgical removal of the astragalus, or talus, in order to stabilize the ankle.
astragalomancy
astragalomancy
noun
Divination by dice made from huckle-bones. They have four flat sides and two round sides which were marked.
Divination by throwing astragaloi (see etymology above) onto the pages of a picture book.
Simply divination by dice.
astrometeorological
astrometeorological
adj
Of or pertaining to astrometeorology.
astrometeorologist
astrometeorologist
noun
A scientist working in the field of astrometeorology.
astrometeorology
astrometeorology
noun
(astrology) The practice of using astrology for weather forecasting.
atmograph
atmospherology
atmospherology
noun
The study of a planetary atmosphere.
atomerg
atomerg
noun
(physics, historical) An indivisible unit of energy, according to a theory of matter put forward by Earle K. Plyler in the 1930s.
augmentationer
augmentationer
noun
(historical) An officer of the Court of Augmentations.
augmentor
augmentor
noun
Alternative form of augmenter
autodiagrammatic
autogram
autogram
noun
A sentence that describes itself, in the sense of providing an inventory of its own characters.
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
autographometer
autographometer
noun
(obsolete) An instrument on wheels for recording the topography and height changes of any route over which it is drawn or propelled.
autohemorrhage
automatograph
automatograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An instrument for recording involuntary movements of a human subject.
autoplagiarism
autoplagiarism
noun
The republishing or resubmitting of one's own work as if it were original.
autoradiogram
autoradiogram
noun
Synonym of autoradiograph
autothaumaturgist
autothaumaturgist
noun
One who pretends to be notable or mysterious.
ballistocardiogram
ballistocardiogram
noun
The visual output that a ballistocardiograph produces.
barnstorming
barnstorming
adj
(especially of a performance) Highly theatrical.
noun
The act of one who barnstorms, or travels making political speeches.
verb
present participle of barnstorm
barometrograph
barometrograph
noun
A form of barometer capable of recording the variations of atmospheric pressure onto paper.