(organic chemistry) The hydrazide of acetic acid CH₃-CO-NH-NH₂
acetylhydrazine
acetylhydrazine
noun
(organic chemistry) The acylhydrazine of acetic acid CH₃CO-NH-NH₂
acetylphenylhydrazine
achromatizable
achromatization
achromatization
noun
The act or process of achromatizing.
achromatize
achromatize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of colour; to make achromatic.
(transitive) To remove chromatic aberration from an optical system
achromatized
achromatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achromatize
achromatizes
achromatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of achromatize
achromatizing
achromatizing
verb
present participle of achromatize
adzharistan
aestheticize
aestheticize
verb
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of aestheticise
ahuzzath
alcoholization
alcoholization
noun
(obsolete) Reduction to powder.
Saturation with alcohol.
Subjection to the influence of alcoholic spirits.
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
alpheratz
alpheratz
Proper noun
A binary star in the constellation of Andromeda (formerly seen as part of Pegasus).
altazimuth
altazimuth
noun
A telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation
altazimuths
altazimuths
noun
plural of altazimuth
amidothiazole
anaesthetization
anaesthetization
noun
The act of anesthetizing
anaesthetize
anaesthetize
verb
(Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of anesthetize
anaesthetized
anaesthetized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anaesthetize
anaesthetizer
anaesthetizer
noun
Alternative form of anesthetizer
anaesthetizing
anaesthetizing
verb
present participle of anaesthetize
anathematization
anathematization
noun
The act of anathematizing; vigorous denunciation.
anathematize
anathematize
verb
(transitive) To cause to be, or to declare as, an anathema or evil.
anathematized
anathematized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anathematize
anathematizer
anathematizer
noun
One who anathematizes; a severe critic.
anathematizes
anathematizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anathematize
anathematizing
anathematizing
verb
present participle of anathematize
anathemize
anathemize
verb
To declare to be anathema; to curse and reject.
anesthetization
anesthetization
noun
The administration of anesthesia.
anesthetize
anesthetize
verb
(transitive) To administer anesthesia to: to render unfeeling or unconscious through the use of narcotic substances, usually either alcohol or pharmaceutical drugs.
anesthetized
anesthetized
adj
(figurative) Made to be unfeeling, alienated and emotionless.
Subject to anesthesia
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anesthetize
anesthetizer
anesthetizer
noun
(dated) A person that administers anesthesia
A device with an anesthetic effect
anesthetizes
anesthetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anesthetize
anesthetizing
anesthetizing
verb
present participle of anesthetize
anhydridization
anhydrization
antherozoid
antherozoid
noun
(botany) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.
antherozoidal
antherozooid
antherozooid
noun
Alternative form of antherozoid
antherozooidal
anthologize
anthologize
verb
To compile, or include something in, an anthology.
anthologized
anthologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologize
anthologizer
anthologizer
noun
Agent noun of anthologize; one who creates an anthology.
anthologizes
anthologizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anthologize
anthologizing
anthologizing
verb
present participle of anthologize
antholyza
anthozoa
anthozoa
noun
plural of anthozoon
anthozoan
anthozoan
noun
(marine biology) A marine invertebrate of the class Anthozoa, such as a sea anemone or coral
anthozoic
anthozoic
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Anthozoa.
anthozooid
anthozoon
anthozoon
noun
(zoology) A member of the class Anthozoa, comprising marine invertebrates including corals and sea anemones.
anthracitization
anthropomorphization
anthropomorphization
noun
attributing human characteristics to something that is nonhuman.
endowing with human qualities.
anthropomorphize
anthropomorphize
verb
(transitive) To attribute human-like characteristics to (something that is non-human).
(transitive) To endow with human qualities.
anthropomorphized
anthropomorphized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthropomorphize
anthropomorphizing
anthropomorphizing
verb
present participle of anthropomorphize
anthropophagize
anthropozoic
anthropozoic
Adjective
The geological era dominated by the presence of man.
antimechanization
antimechanization
adj
Opposing mechanization.
antipathize
antipathize
verb
(intransitive) To feel or show antipathy.
antistrophize
antistrophize
verb
(transitive, poetry) To turn into antistrophe.
antitheologizing
antithesize
antithesize
verb
To create antitheses.
apaesthetize
apathize
apathize
verb
To become apathetic or insensible
To make apathetic or insensible
apesthetize
aphetize
aphetize
verb
(transitive, linguistics) To shorten by aphesis.
aphrizite
apostrophize
apostrophize
verb
(transitive) To deliver an apostrophe (an exclamatory speech) to someone, especially someone not present.
To add one or more apostrophe characters to text to indicate missing letters.
apostrophized
apostrophized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apostrophize
apostrophizes
apostrophizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apostrophize
apostrophizing
apostrophizing
verb
present participle of apostrophize
apothegmatize
apothegmatize
verb
(intransitive) To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.
apotheosize
apotheosize
verb
(transitive) To deify, to convert into a god.
(transitive) To exalt, glorify.
apotheosized
apotheosized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apotheosize
apotheosizes
apotheosizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apotheosize
apotheosizing
apotheosizing
verb
present participle of apotheosize
arithmetization
arithmetization
noun
(mathematics) The treatment of mathematics by methods involving only the fundamental concepts and operations of arithmetic.
arithmetizations
arithmetizations
noun
plural of arithmetization
arithmetize
arithmetize
verb
(transitive) To treat (a mathematical system) by methods involving only the fundamental concepts and operations of arithmetic.
arithmetized
arithmetized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arithmetize
arithmetizes
arithmetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arithmetize
arthrozoa
arthrozoan
arthrozoic
artzybasheff
artzybashev
aspheterize
aspheterize
verb
(dated, rare, transitive) To donate into common ownership, in line with the doctrine of aspheterism.
atheize
atheize
verb
(intransitive, rare) To become atheistic.
(transitive, rare) To render atheistic.
atheizer
atheizer
noun
(rare) One who atheizes.
atheticize
athetize
athetize
verb
(linguistics, transitive) To reject a passage of text as spurious.
athetized
athetized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of athetize
athetizing
athetizing
verb
present participle of athetize
auschwitz
auschwitz
Proper noun
A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; definition Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
authorizable
authorizable
adj
Capable of being authorized.
authorization
authorization
noun
(countable) (A document giving) formal sanction, permission or warrant.
(countable) An act of authorizing.
(government) Permission, possibly limited, to spend funds for a specific budgetary purpose.
(uncountable) Permission.
authorizations
authorizations
noun
plural of authorization
authorize
authorize
verb
(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
(transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).
authorized
authorized
adj
Explicitly allowed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorize
authorizer
authorizer
noun
One who, or that which, authorizes.
authorizers
authorizers
noun
plural of authorizer
authorizes
authorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authorize
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
autohybridization
autohypnotization
autohypnotization
noun
Synonym of autohypnosis
autoschediaze
autoschediaze
verb
To act in an autoschediastic manner
autotyphization
azadirachta
azadrachta
azathioprine
azathioprine
noun
(pharmacology) A purine antimetabolite immunosuppressant used in organ transplant and autoimmune diseases to prevent rejection.
aziethane
azimethylene
azimuth
azimuth
noun
An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object.
The quadrant of an azimuth circle.
azimuthal
azimuthal
adj
(cartography) Describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point (or in some cases two points).
Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle.
noun
(cartography) An azimuthal projection.
azimuthally
azimuthally
adv
In a manner with respect to the azimuth; with respect to the angle above a plane.
azimuths
azimuths
noun
plural of azimuth
azinphosmethyl
azinphosmethyl
noun
Alternative form of azinphos-methyl
azocorinth
azoerythrin
azomethine
azomethine
noun
(organic chemistry) any of a class of organic compounds of general formula RN=CR'₂, especially the parent compound in which R' is H
azonaphthalene
azonaphthalene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any azo derivative of naphthalene
azophenetole
azoth
azoth
noun
(alchemy) The first principle of metals, that is, mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them.
The universal remedy of Paracelsus.
azothionium
azoths
azotorrhea
azotorrhoea
azoxynaphthalene
azoxynaphthalene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any azoxy derivative of naphthalene
azoxyphenetole
azthionium
azurmalachite
azygobranchiata
azygobranchiate
bacchanalization
bacchanalization
noun
Riotous revelry.
ballhausplatz
balthazar
balthazar
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Balthazar
bazatha
belteshazzar
belzebuth
benzalacetophenone
benzalacetophenone
noun
(organic chemistry) chalcone
benzalethylamine
benzalphthalide
benzanthracene
benzanthracene
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric tetracyclic aromatic hydrocarbons formed by the fusion of a benzene ring with anthracene.
benzanthrone
benzanthrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic ketone, 7-oxobenz(de)anthracene, that is used in the manufacture of anthraquinone dyes
benzonaphthol
benzonaphthol
noun
A white crystalline powder used as an intestinal antiseptic; beta-naphthol benzoate.