A form of articulation that allows considerable change in position and spatial relationship between the articulated parts, and which bones move freely upon one another; diarthrosis.
abashment
abashment
noun
The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame.
abashments
abashments
noun
plural of abashment
abbotship
abbotship
noun
The state, term, or office of an abbot; abbacy.
abbotships
abbotships
noun
plural of abbotship
abbroachment
abdominohysterectomy
abdominohysterectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominohysterotomy
abdominohysterotomy
noun
(surgery) An incision of the uterus, done through a surgical hole in the abdomen.
abdominothoracic
abdominothoracic
adj
Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
abepithymia
abernathy
abernethy
abernethy
Proper noun
A village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
aberystwyth
aberystwyth
Proper noun
A town in Ceredigion, Wales.
abgatha
abhorrent
abhorrent
adj
(archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
Contrary to something; discordant.
Detestable or repugnant.
abhorrently
abhorrently
adv
In a manner, or to a degree, that is abhorrent; with abhorrence.
abiathar
abiathar
Proper noun
In the Old Testament, a Hebrew high priest during the reign of King David.
abichite
abichite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of clinoclase
abiotrophic
abiotrophic
adj
(medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
abiotrophy
abiotrophy
noun
(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
ablewhackets
abolishment
abolishment
noun
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
abolishments
abolishments
noun
plural of abolishment
abouchement
abought
abought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aby
abrahamite
abrahamitic
abrahamitic
Adjective
Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
abranchiata
abranchiata
noun
(obsolete, zoology) An order of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration, usually including Oligochaeta.
(obsolete, zoology)Any of a number of other groupings of gill-less animals.
abranchiate
abranchiate
adj
(zoology) Without gills.
noun
(zoology) An organism that does not have gills.
absenteeship
absenteeship
noun
(rare) Absenteeism, in particular related to landowners.
absinth
absinth
noun
Alternative form of absinthe
absinthe
absinthe
noun
(US) Sagebrush.
(color) A moderate yellow green.
(figurative) Bitterness; sorrow.
A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.
The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
absinthe green:
absinthes
absinthes
noun
plural of absinthe
absinthial
absinthial
adj
Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.
absinthian
absinthian
adj
Of or pertaining to absinthe.
Of the nature of wormwood.
absinthiate
absinthiate
verb
To impregnate with wormwood.
absinthiated
absinthiated
adj
Impregnated with wormwood.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absinthiate
absinthiating
absinthiating
verb
present participle of absinthiate
absinthic
absinthic
adj
(chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
absinthiin
absinthiin
noun
Alternative form of absinthin
absinthin
absinthin
noun
(organic chemistry) The principal compound found in wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter taste: C₁₅H₂₀O₄
absinthine
absinthine
adj
Like absinthe.
absinthism
absinthism
noun
The condition of being poisoned by the excessive use of absinthe.
absinthismic
absinthismic
adj
Afflicted with absinthism.
absinthium
absinthium
noun
(now rare) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant.
absinthe oil
absinthol
absinthol
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoterpene ketone that is a major constituent of the essential oil of wormwood, C₁₀H₁₆O; thujone.
absinthole
absinths
absinths
noun
plural of absinth
abstrahent
abthain
abthain
noun
Alternative form of abthane
abthainrie
abthainry
abthanage
abthanage
noun
Alternative form of abthanery
abyssobenthonic
abyssolith
abyssolith
noun
(geology) A mass of igneous rock deep in the crust with no known bottom; a large batholith.
acetylmethylcarbinol
acetylmethylcarbinol
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoin
achievability
achievability
noun
The state or condition of being achievable.
achillobursitis
achillobursitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
achromatizable
achromobacter
achromobacterieae
achtehalber
acousticophobia
acousticophobia
noun
Fear of noise.
acrobatholithic
acrobatholithic
adj
Relating to the upward-projecting dome of a batholith
actinobranch
actinobranch
noun
(biology) An organ, in some anthozoans, that functions as a gill
actinobranchia
actinobranchia
noun
Alternative form of actinobranch
adhibit
adhibit
verb
To affix.
To allow in; to admit.
To apply or administer (something, such as a remedy).
adhibited
adhibited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adhibit
adhibiting
adhibiting
verb
present participle of adhibit
adhibition
adhibition
noun
The act of adhibiting.
adhibits
adhibits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adhibit
aerobranchiate
aethelbert
afterbirth
afterbirth
noun
The placenta and other material expelled via the birth canal following childbirth or parturition in mammals.
afterbirths
afterbirths
noun
plural of afterbirth
afterbreach
aghlabite
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
albitophyre
albolith
albolith
noun
A kind of cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica.
albrecht
albright
albrightsville
alembroth
alembroth
noun
(archaic) The "salt of wisdom" of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury, formerly used as a stimulant.
alphabet
alphabet
noun
(India, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia) An individual letter of an alphabet; an alphabetic character.
(Internet slang, politics) An agent of the FBI, the CIA, or another such government agency.
(computer science) A typically finite set of distinguishable symbols.
A writing system in which letters represent phonemes. (Contrast e.g. logography, a writing system in which each character represents a word, and syllabary, in which each character represents a syllable.)
A writing system in which there are letters for the consonant and vowel phonemes. (Contrast e.g. abjad.)
The set of letters used when writing in a language.
The simplest rudiments; elements.
verb
(rare) To designate by the letters of the alphabet; to arrange alphabetically.
alphabetarian
alphabetarian
noun
A novice or ignoramus.
One who is learning the alphabet; an abecedarian.
alphabetary
alphabetary
adj
(obsolete) alphabetic; rudimentary
alphabeted
alphabeted
adj
(chiefly in combination) Written using a specified alphabet
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alphabet
alphabetic
alphabetic
adj
Of or relating to an alphabet, especially the characters A to Z, both uppercase and lowercase.
alphabetical
alphabetical
adj
(obsolete) literal
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
alphabetically
alphabetically
adv
(manner) In an alphabetical manner.
(sequence) Arranged in the order of the alphabet.
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alphabetiform
alphabetiform
adj
Having the form of a developed alphabet or its letters, as opposed to crude pictographic symbols.
alphabeting
alphabeting
verb
present participle of alphabet
alphabetisation
alphabetisation
noun
The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order.
alphabetise
alphabetise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetize.
alphabetised
alphabetised
adj
(Britain) Arranged in alphabetical order.
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetise
alphabetiser
alphabetiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetizer.
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
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.
alphabetist
alphabetist
noun
Someone who practices alphabetism, discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
alphabetization
alphabetization
noun
Alternative form of alphabetisation
alphabetize
alphabetize
verb
(US, Canada) To arrange words or items in order of the first (and then subsequent) letters as they occur in the alphabet.
alphabetized
alphabetized
adj
(Canada, US) Arranged in alphabetical order.
Alternative spelling of alphabetised
verb
(Canada, US) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetize
alphabetizer
alphabetizer
noun
One who, or that which, alphabetizes.
alphabetizers
alphabetizers
noun
plural of alphabetizer
alphabetizes
alphabetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize
alphabetizing
alphabetizing
verb
present participle of alphabetize
alphabetology
alphabets
alphabets
noun
plural of alphabet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabet
alsbachite
amathophobia
amathophobia
noun
Fear of dust.
ambatch
ambatch
noun
(countable) A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.
A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
amblychromatic
ambushment
ambushment
noun
(obsolete) An ambush
ambushments
ambushments
noun
plural of ambushment
amitabha
amphibichnite
amphibiety
amphibiontic
amphibiotic
amphibiotic
adj
Describing insects that initially live in water but live on land as adults
amphibiotica
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
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.
amphibolostylous
anabathmoi
anabathmos
anabathrum
anabohitsite
anabohitsite
noun
(mineralogy) An olivine- and hornblende-bearing pyroxenite mineral.
analphabet
analphabet
adj
Ignorant of the letters of the alphabet; partly or wholly illiterate.
noun
A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.
analphabete
analphabete
noun
(rare) Alternative spelling of analphabet
analphabetic
analphabetic
adj
(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
noun
An illiterate person.
analphabetical
analphabetical
adj
Alternative form of analphabetic
analphabetism
analphabetism
noun
Illiteracy, the inability to read and write.
analphabets
analphabets
noun
plural of analphabet
anglophobist
anisobranchiate
annihilability
annihilability
noun
Ability to be annihilated.
antebath
antebrachia
antebrachia
noun
plural of antebrachium
antebrachial
antebrachial
adj
(anatomy) relating to the forearm
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antechamber
antechamber
noun
A small room used as an entryway or reception area to a larger room.