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.
abarticular
abarticular
adj
(medicine) Away from the joints; not articular.
abastardize
abastardize
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To stigmatize as a bastard; debase.
abbreviated
abbreviated
adj
Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
Scanty, as in clothing.
Shortened; made briefer.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate
abbreviates
abbreviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abbreviate
abbreviator
abbreviator
noun
(Roman Catholicism, historical) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty was to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.
A person who abbreviates or shortens.
abecedarian
abecedarian
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary.
Arranged in an alphabetical manner.
Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets.
Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.
noun
(archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning.
(rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.
An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning.
Someone who is learning the alphabet.
abecedaries
abecedaries
noun
plural of abecedary
abecedarium
abecedarium
noun
A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.
abecedarius
abecedarius
noun
An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
abercrombie
aberrancies
aberrancies
noun
plural of aberrancy
aberrations
aberrations
noun
plural of aberration
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.
abirritated
abirritated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abirritate
abjudicator
abjurations
abjurations
noun
plural of abjuration
ablutionary
ablutionary
adj
Pertaining to ablution.
abnormalise
abnormalise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abnormalize.
abnormalism
abnormalist
abnormalist
noun
(Christianity, theology) One who believes that the cosmos is in an abnormal state that can only be set right by divine influence.
abnormality
abnormality
noun
Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.
The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
abnormalize
abnormalize
verb
(transitive) To make abnormal.
abnormities
abnormities
noun
plural of abnormity
abominators
abominators
noun
plural of abominator
aboriginals
aboriginals
noun
plural of aboriginal
aboriginary
aboriginary
adj
Obsolete form of aboriginal.
abortionist
abortionist
noun
(chiefly derogatory) A person who advocates for or supports the legality of abortion.
(now sometimes offensive) A person who performs abortions, especially illegally or secretly.
abortogenic
abortogenic
adj
Causing abortion; abortifacient.
noun
A substance that induces abortion; an abortifacient.
abovestairs
abovestairs
noun
Alternative form of above stairs.
abrahamidae
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.
abranchious
abranchious
adj
Having no gills
abreactions
abreactions
noun
plural of abreaction
abridgeable
abridgeable
adj
Alternative form of abridgable
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
abrogations
abrogations
noun
plural of abrogation
abruptiones
absolvitory
absolvitory
adj
Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquittal.
absorbingly
absorbingly
adv
In an absorbing manner.
absorbition
absorbition
noun
(obsolete) absorption
absorptions
absorptions
noun
plural of absorption
abstracting
abstracting
verb
present participle of abstract
abstraction
abstraction
noun
(art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
(chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
(computing) Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances for the purpose of controlling the intellectual complexity of engineered systems, particularly software systems.
(computing) Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.
(engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
(euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
(geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
Abstraction is necessary for the classification of things into genera and species.
An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.
abstractive
abstractive
adj
Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.
Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
abstricting
abstricting
verb
present participle of abstrict
abstriction
abstriction
noun
(biology, mycology) A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction.
absurdities
absurdities
noun
plural of absurdity
acarophobia
acarophobia
noun
(medicine) The fear of itching or of small crawling insects that cause itching, such as mites or lice.
acerbically
acerbically
adv
In a sarcastic or cynical manner.
sourly; bitterly
achroglobin
acrobatical
acrobatical
adj
Alternative form of acrobatic
acrophobias
acrophobias
noun
plural of acrophobia
adarbitrium
adorability
adorability
noun
The quality of being adorable; adorableness.
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adverbially
adverbially
adv
As, or in the manner of, an adverb.
aerobically
aerobically
adv
In an aerobic manner.
aerobicized
aerobicized
adj
(of a person's body) toned by the use of aerobics
aerobicizes
aerobicizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aerobicize
aerobiology
aerobiology
noun
The study of the dispersion of airborne biological materials, as pollen, spores, microorganisms, or viruses.
aerobraking
aerobraking
noun
(astronautics) The use of atmospheric drag to reduce the velocity of a spacecraft, especially so as to establish a stable orbit and to reduce fuel consumption.
verb
present participle of aerobrake
afterbirths
afterbirths
noun
plural of afterbirth
afterbodies
afterbodies
noun
plural of afterbody
agoraphobia
agoraphobia
noun
(rare) An aversion to markets.
The fear of wide open spaces, crowds, or uncontrolled social conditions.
agoraphobic
agoraphobic
adj
Of, pertaining to or suffering from agoraphobia.
noun
One who suffers from agoraphobia.
agrobiology
agrobiology
noun
The science of plant life and nutrition.
agyrophobia
agyrophobia
noun
fear of crossing the street
ailurophobe
ailurophobe
noun
A person with an irrational fear or hatred of felines.
airbrushing
airbrushing
verb
present participle of airbrush
akrabattine
alabastrian
alabastrian
adj
Alternative form of alabastrine
alabastrine
alabastrine
adj
Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster.
albertinian
albertville
albertville
Proper noun
A town in the département of Savoie.
albiflorous
albiflorous
adj
(botany) Having white flowers.
albitophyre
albumeniser
albumenizer
albumenizer
noun
One who albumenizes.
albumimeter
albuminuria
albuminuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of albumin in the urine, often a symptom of renal disease
albuminuric
albuminuric
adj
showing the symptom albuminuria, i.e. having albumen in the urine
albumosuria
albumosuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of proteoses in the urine.
algebraical
algebraical
adj
(mathematics) Requiring a finite number of algebraic operations; the opposite of transcendental.
Pertaining to algebra or its laws.
algebraists
algebraists
noun
plural of algebraist
algebraized
algebraized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of algebraize
amberfishes
amberfishes
noun
plural of amberfish
ambergrises
ambergrises
noun
plural of ambergris
ambidextral
ambidextral
adj
Pertaining equally to the left and right sides.
ambilateral
ambilateral
adj
(medicine) Affecting both sides of the body, or of an organ.
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
ambiversive
ambrosially
ambrosially
adv
In an ambrosial manner.
ambulatoria
ameliorable
ameliorable
adj
Capable of being ameliorated, or improved.
amobarbital
amobarbital
noun
(pharmacology) A barbiturate administered especially in the form of its sodium salt C₁₁H₁₇N₂NaO₃ as a hypnotic and sedative; and as a supposed truth serum.
amortisable
amortisable
adj
Alternative form of amortizable
amortizable
amortizable
adj
Capable of being amortized.
amphibrachs
amphibrachs
noun
plural of amphibrach
amphibryous
anaerobiont
anaerobious
anaerobious
adj
(archaic) anaerobic
androphobia
androphobia
noun
Fear of or aversion to men.
annabergite
annabergite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral consisting of a hydrous nickel arsenate, chemical formula Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O, with an apple-green colour.
antebrachia
antebrachia
noun
plural of antebrachium
antefebrile
antefebrile
adj
Preceding a fever
anteorbital
anteorbital
adj
(anatomy) Situated in front of the eyes.
(astronautics) Referring to the period before orbit is achieved.
anthribidae
antibigotry
antibigotry
adj
Opposing bigotry.
antiburgher
antiburgher
noun
(historical, Scotland) A member of a faction of the Scottish Presbyterian Church that refused to take the burgess oath in 1747; since reunited.
antiburglar
antiburglar
adj
Opposing or countering burglars.
antichamber
antichamber
noun
Obsolete form of antechamber.
antifebrile
antifebrile
adj
(pharmacology) Countering fever.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine or substance that counters fever.
antiliberal
antiliberal
adj
(politics) Opposing liberalism.
noun
(politics) One who opposes liberalism.
antirobbery
antirobbery
adj
Opposing or preventing robbery.
appraisable
appraisable
adj
Capable of being appraised.
appreciable
appreciable
adj
(sometimes) Synonym of detectable.
(usually) Both detectable and at least modestly substantial: large enough to be estimated and to be of practical relevance.
appreciably
appreciably
adv
In an appreciable manner; to a large extent; considerably.
approbating
approbating
verb
present participle of approbate
approbation
approbation
noun
The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition.
approbative
approbative
adj
Expressing approval.
Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
noun
(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
arabicizing
arabidopsis
arabidopsis
noun
Any cress (or related plant) of the genus Arabidopsis
arabilities
arabinoside
arabinoside
noun
(organic chemistry) A glycoside which yields arabinose after being split by hydrolysis.
arbitragers
arbitragers
noun
plural of arbitrager
arbitrageur
arbitrageur
noun
(finance) One who engages in arbitrage, such as a financial broker or an investment bank.
arbitraging
arbitraging
verb
present participle of arbitrage
arbitragist
arbitragist
noun
One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrager
arbitrament
arbitrament
noun
The judgement of an arbiter or arbitrator; an arbitration.
arbitraries
arbitraries
noun
plural of arbitrary
arbitrarily
arbitrarily
adv
In an arbitrary manner.
To an arbitrary degree.
arbitrating
arbitrating
verb
present participle of arbitrate
arbitration
arbitration
noun
A process through which two or more parties use an arbitrator or arbiter in order to resolve a dispute.
In general, a form of justice where both parties designate a person whose ruling they will accept formally. More specifically in Market Anarchist (market anarchy) theory, arbitration designates the process by which two agencies pre-negotiate a set of common rules in anticipation of cases where a customer from each agency is involved in a dispute.
The act or process of arbitrating.
arbitrative
arbitrative
adj
Of or relating to arbitration.
arbitrators
arbitrators
noun
plural of arbitrator
arbitratrix
arbitratrix
noun
(archaic) A female arbitrator.
arbitrement
arbitrement
noun
Alternative spelling of arbitrament
arbitresses
arbitresses
noun
plural of arbitress
arborvitaes
arborvitaes
noun
plural of arborvitae
arboviruses
arboviruses
noun
plural of arbovirus
archaimbaud
archbishops
archbishops
noun
plural of archbishop
archbuilder
archebiosis
archebiosis
noun
(biology) The origination of living matter from non-living; abiogenesis.
arquebusier
arquebusier
noun
(military, now historical) A soldier armed with an arquebus.
arraignable
arraignable
adj
(law) Capable of being arraigned.
(law) For which a person is liable to be arraigned.
articulable
articulable
adj
(of ideas, thoughts, etc.) Capable of being expressed clearly in language.
(phonetics, of words, linguistic expressions, etc.) Capable of being pronounced or expressed distinctly in speech.
asbestiform
asbestiform
adj
(crystallography) Having a particular kind of fibrosity in which fibers have high tensile strength and flexibility
noun
(mineralogy) Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals.