(anatomy) A term sometimes used for diarthrosis, and also for synarthrosis. Also called dearticulation.
(anatomy) An articulation, especially one that permits free motion in the joint; a hinge joint.
The act of dislocating a joint.
abbotnullius
abbotsun
abduction
abduction
noun
(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Leading away; a carrying away.
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
aberuncator
aberuncator
noun
A pruning device mounted on a pole, so as to reach high branches; a weeding machine.
abevacuation
abevacuation
noun
(medicine) An abnormal evacuation.
(medicine) Metastases.
abietineous
abietineous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Abietineae.
abjudication
abjudication
noun
(law, rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
abjunction
abjunction
noun
(logic) Synonym of material nonimplication
(mycology, biology) The creation of spores by cutting off portions of the sporophore by the growth of septa; abstriction.
abjuration
abjuration
noun
A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle.
A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
The act of abjuring.
abjurations
abjurations
noun
plural of abjuration
ablution
ablution
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.
(Western Christianity) The rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest.
(chemistry) Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance.
(literary or humorous, usually in the plural) Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up.
(plural only, UK, military) The location or building where the showers and basins are located.
The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution.
ablutionary
ablutionary
adj
Pertaining to ablution.
ablutions
ablutions
noun
A building that houses bathing and toilet facilities on a military base.
The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.
The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.
absolution
absolution
noun
(civil law, obsolete) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.
(ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
(obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
absolutions
absolutions
noun
plural of absolution
absolutization
absolutization
noun
An act, process or result of absolutizing.
absolutizing
absolutizing
verb
present participle of absolutize
absquatulation
absquatulation
noun
The act of absquatulating; hasty departure.
abstemiousness
abstemiousness
noun
The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks.
abstentious
abstentious
adj
Characterized by abstinence; self-restraint.
abstrusion
abstrusion
noun
(rare) The act of thrusting away.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
aburton
aburton
adv
(nautical) With the length athwartship.
abutilon
abutilon
noun
Any of the various tropical flowering plants of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian mallow, or Chinese lantern.
abutilons
abutilons
noun
plural of abutilon
acanthaceous
acanthaceous
adj
(botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
acanthocarpous
acanthocarpous
adj
(botany) Having the fruit covered with spines.
acanthocephalous
acanthocephalous
adj
(zoology) Having a spiny head, as one of the Acanthocephala.
acanthocereus
acanthocladous
acanthocladous
adj
(botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches
acanthophorous
acanthophorous
adj
Spine-bearing.
acanthopodous
acanthopodous
adj
Having spiny peduncles.
acanthopomatous
acanthopterous
acanthopterous
adj
(zoology) Acanthopterygious
(zoology) Spiny-winged.
acanthous
acanthous
adj
(botany) Synonym of spinous
accentuation
accentuation
noun
(ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
accentuations
accentuations
noun
plural of accentuation
accentuator
accentuator
noun
An agent that accentuates.
accouchement
accouchement
noun
Delivery in childbed; parturition
accouchements
accouchements
noun
plural of accouchement
account
account
noun
(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
(archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
(banking) A bank account.
(uncountable) Profit; advantage.
A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
A record of events; a relation or narrative.
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
verb
(intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
(intransitive) To consider that.
(intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
(intransitive, now rare) To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc.
(obsolete) To count (up), enumerate.
(obsolete) To recount, relate (a narrative etc.).
(obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify.
(transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
(transitive, now rare) To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time).
accountabilities
accountabilities
noun
plural of accountability
accountability
accountability
noun
(military) The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.
An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.
Good-faith acceptance of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences.
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
accountable
accountable
adj
(rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
Liable to be called on to render an account.
Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds).
Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
accountableness
accountableness
noun
The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
accountably
accountably
adv
In an accountable manner.
accountancies
accountancies
noun
plural of accountancy
accountancy
accountancy
noun
(countable, accounting) A company or organisation that performs such a function.
(uncountable, Britain, New Zealand, often Philippines, accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
accountant
accountant
adj
(obsolete) Accountable.
noun
(accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
(accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
(euphemistic) A sex worker, particularly one who does not want to be publicized as one
A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
One who renders account; one accountable.
accountants
accountants
noun
plural of accountant
accountantship
accountantship
noun
The office or employment of an accountant.
accounted
accounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of account
accounter
accounter
noun
A person providing an account of events.
A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accounting
accounting
noun
(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
(law) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
A relaying of events; justification of actions.
verb
present participle of account
accountings
accountings
noun
plural of accounting
accountment
accountment
noun
Responsibility.
accountrement
accounts
accounts
noun
plural of account
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of account
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
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
accoutring
accoutring
verb
present participle of accoutre
accubation
accubation
noun
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
acculturation
acculturation
noun
A process by which a person acquires the culture of the society that they inhabit, starting at birth.
A process by which the culture of an isolated society changes on contact with a different one.
acculturational
acculturational
adj
Of or pertaining to acculturation
acculturationist
acculturationist
noun
A specialist in the study of acculturation.
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
accurtation
accusation
accusation
noun
(law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
An allegation.
The act of accusing.
accusations
accusations
noun
plural of accusation
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
accutron
aceanthrenequinone
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
acetonuria
acetonuria
noun
(pathology) A form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
acetonurometer
acetotoluidine
acidulation
acidulation
noun
The act of acidulating.
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acinotubular
acinotubular
adj
(anatomy) Having both acini and tubules
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
acontius
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acounter
acoustician
acoustician
noun
One versed in acoustics, especially a physicist who specializes in acoustics.
acousticians
acousticians
noun
plural of acoustician
acousticon
acousticon
noun
(historical) A kind of hearing aid.
acquisition
acquisition
noun
(computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
The act or process of acquiring.
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
acquisitional
acquisitional
adj
Of or relating to acquisition.
acquisitions
acquisitions
noun
plural of acquisition
acrocontracture
acrocontracture
noun
(pathology) contracture of the joints of the hands or feet
acromyotonus
acromyotonus
noun
Synonym of acromyotonia
acronyctous
acronyctous
adj
(astronomy) acronycal
acrotrophoneurosis
actinautographic
actinautographic
adj
(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
actinobacillus
actinobacillus
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Actinobacillus.
actinocarpous
actinocrinus
actinocutitis
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinologous
actinologous
adj
Relating to actinologues
actinologue
actinologue
noun
(biology) Part of an actinomere
actinomorphous
actinomorphous
adj
(botany, of a flower) Having petals arranged in a radially symmetric pattern.
actinomycesous
actinomycetous
actinomycetous
adj
Of or relating to actinomycetes.
actinoneuritis
actinophorous
actinophorous
adj
(biology) Having straight projecting spines
actinopterous
actinopterygious
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutic
actinotherapeutic
adj
Relating to actinotherapy.
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
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
actualisation
actualisation
noun
Alternative spelling of actualization
actualization
actualization
noun
making actual or really existent
actualizations
actualizations
noun
plural of actualization
actuation
actuation
noun
The act of putting into motion.
acuation
acuation
noun
(rare) The act of sharpening.
acumination
acumination
noun
A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
acupunctuation
acupunctuation
noun
(rare) A pricking with or as if with a needle; the practice of acupuncture.
acupuncturation
acupuncturation
noun
(medicine, archaic) Acupuncture
acupuncturator
acupuncturator
noun
An acupuncturist.
acusection
acutonodose
acutorsion
acutorsion
noun
(medicine) The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.
adarticulation
adarticulation
noun
arthrodia
adduction
adduction
noun
(anatomy) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
adenocystomatous
adenomatous
adenomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenoma
adenostemonous
adenotyphus
adequation
adequation
noun
(linguistics) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context
(obsolete) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.