(Britain) The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities, typically on special occasions such as graduation.
acalycinous
acalycinous
adj
Acalycine.
acarologies
acarologist
acarologist
noun
A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.
acatalepsia
acatalepsia
noun
Alternative form of acatalepsy
accessarily
accessarily
adv
In the manner of an accessary.
accessional
accessional
adj
(rare) Pertaining to accession; additional.
accessively
accessively
adv
(obsolete) Forcibly, aggressively.
In a manner relating to access.
Misspelling of excessively.
accessorial
accessorial
adj
(logistics) Assessorial.
Of or pertaining to an accessory, e.g. to a crime.
Of or relating to an accession.
noun
(logistics) An assessorial charge.
accessorily
accessorily
adv
In the manner of an accessory; auxiliarily.
accidentals
accidentals
noun
plural of accidental
acclimatise
acclimatise
verb
Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatize.
acclivities
acclivities
noun
plural of acclivity
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
accomplices
accomplices
noun
plural of accomplice
accomplisht
accomplisht
adj
Obsolete form of accomplished.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
accusatival
accusatival
adj
Of or pertaining to the accusative case.
acetanilids
acetanilids
noun
plural of acetanilid
achloropsia
achloropsia
noun
Inability to distinguish the colour green.
acidophiles
acidophiles
noun
plural of acidophile
acidophilus
acidophilus
noun
Lactobacillus acidophilus, one of the bacteria commonly used in fermenting yogurt
acidulously
acidulously
adv
In an acidulous manner; in a mildly sour or acid way.
acropolises
acrostichal
acrostichal
adj
(entomology, of bristles) Situated on the mesothorax of some dipteran flies
acrostolion
acrostolium
acrotarsial
acrotarsial
adj
Relating to the acrotarsium
acrylamides
acrylamides
noun
plural of acrylamide
actinoblast
actinolites
actinolites
noun
plural of actinolite
actualising
actualising
verb
present participle of actualise
actualistic
actualistic
adj
(archaeology) Relating to actual use
Relating to action or the actual
actualities
actualities
noun
plural of actuality
aeroelastic
aeroelastic
adj
Of or pertaining to aeroelasticity
aesculapian
aesculapius
aesculapius
Proper noun
The god of medicine and healing. Greek counterpart: Asclepius
aesthetical
aesthetical
adj
Aesthetic.
Of or pertaining to aesthetics.
Of or pertaining to beauty.
afflictions
afflictions
noun
plural of affliction
affluencies
affluencies
noun
plural of affluency
aglycosuric
aglycosuric
adj
Having, or relating to, the condition of aglycosuria.
agonistical
agonistical
adj
(archaic) agonistic (of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks).
ahistorical
ahistorical
adj
Lacking historical perspective or context.
alacriously
alacriously
adv
With alacrity; briskly.
alcaldeship
alcaldeship
noun
The role or status of alcalde.
alcaligenes
alchemising
alchemising
verb
present participle of alchemise
alchemister
alchemistic
alchemistic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to alchemists.
alchemistry
alchemistry
noun
(obsolete) alchemy
alcoholised
alcoholised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alcoholise
alcoholisms
alcoholisms
noun
plural of alcoholism
alcoholysis
alcoholysis
noun
(organic chemistry) Solvolysis using an alcohol.
alectorides
alismaceous
alismaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Alismaceae (syn. Alismataceae) of water plantains and close relatives.
aliteracies
alkahestica
allegiances
allegiances
noun
plural of allegiance
allocations
allocations
noun
plural of allocation
alloclasite
alloclasite
noun
(mineralogy) A brittle monoclinic sulfosalt mineral of the arsenopyrite group.
allocutions
allocutions
noun
plural of allocution
alloplasmic
alloplasmic
adj
Relating to, or composed of alloplasm
alloplastic
alloplastic
adj
(psychology) Involving a subject changing the environment or situation rather than him/herself.
(surgery) Related to an alloplast or to alloplasty
noun
(surgery) Any artificial material substituted for tissue grafts
allopsychic
allopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the relationship between the mind and the outside world
allosematic
almacenista
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alsinaceous
altarpieces
altarpieces
noun
plural of altarpiece
alticamelus
ampheclexis
amphilochus
amphistylic
amphistylic
adj
(anatomy, of a skull) Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks.
ampicillins
ampicillins
noun
plural of ampicillin
anacalypsis
anaclastics
anaclastics
noun
The part of optics that deals with the refraction of light.
anaglyphics
anaglyphics
noun
plural of anaglyphic
anaglyptics
anaglyptics
noun
(art) The art of carving or embossing in low relief
analogistic
anatomicals
ancestorial
ancestorial
adj
Ancestral.
anchylosing
anchylosing
verb
present participle of anchylose
ancillaries
ancillaries
noun
plural of ancillary
angelicness
angelicness
noun
The state or quality of being angelic
anglicanism
anglicanism
Noun
The beliefs and practices of the Anglican Church
Attachment to England or English institutions.
anglicising
anglicising
verb
present participle of anglicise
animalcules
animalcules
noun
plural of animalcule
animalistic
animalistic
adj
In the behaviour of an animal savage; untamed.
In the manner of and/or resembling an animal;
Of or pertaining to animalism.
animastical
anisalcohol
anisocercal
anisocotyly
anisodactyl
anisodactyl
adj
Characterized by anisodactyly
anomalistic
anomalistic
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to an anomaly (angle of a body from its perihelion)
(linguistics) Pertaining to anomalism
anomalous
irregular
antiblastic
antiblastic
adj
(biology, of a host) antagonistic to the metabolism of a parasite
anticlastic
anticlastic
adj
(mathematics) of a surface whose Gaussian curvature is negative at all points
(of a surface) curved in opposite ways in two directions; saddle-shaped
antihelices
antilactase
antimusical
antimusical
adj
(music) Of or pertaining to antimusic.
(music) Opposing or countering music.
antiplastic
antiplastic
adj
(medicine) Preventing or checking the process of healing, or granulation.
Diminishing plasticity.
Opposing the use of plastics, typically for environmental reasons.
noun
(medicine) Any substance that prevents the process of healing, or granulation.
A substance added to clay to make it less malleable.
anxiolytics
anxiolytics
noun
plural of anxiolytic
aortoclasia
aortoclasis
aphlogistic
aphlogistic
adj
(archaic) flameless
apicultures
apologetics
apologetics
noun
The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines
apostatical
apostatical
adj
Apostate.
apostolical
apostolical
adj
(Christianity) apostolic
applicators
applicators
noun
plural of applicator
aquashicola
araliaceous
araliaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Araliaceae.
archilochus
arenicolous
arenicolous
adj
(biology) living or burrowing in sand
aristotelic
aristotelic
Adjective
Aristotelian
articulates
articulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of articulate
ascaricidal
ascaricidal
adj
That kills roundworms (Ascaridida).
ascendingly
ascendingly
adv
In an ascending manner.
ascensional
ascensional
adj
(astronomy) Relating to ascension.
ascetically
ascetically
adv
In an ascetic manner.
asclepiadae
asclepiadic
asclepidoid
asclepieion
aseptically
aseptically
adv
In an aseptic manner.
asiatically
asplanchnic
astatically
astatically
adv
In an astatic manner.
asthmatical
asthmatical
adj
Dated form of asthmatic.
astuciously
astuciously
adv
astutely
asyllabical
asyllabical
adj
Archaic form of asyllabic.
asymbolical
asymbolical
adj
Synonym of asymbolic
atelectasis
atelectasis
noun
(medicine) The collapse of a part of or the whole lung caused by inner factors rather than a pneumothorax.
atheistical
atheistical
adj
Of or relating to atheism; atheistic.
athleticism
athleticism
noun
A show of athletic prowess.
The state of being an athlete, or of taking part in athletic events.
atmoclastic
atomistical
atonalistic
atonalistic
adj
Of or relating to atonalism.
atrociously
atrociously
adv
in an atrocious manner
auchincloss
audaciously
audaciously
adv
In a audacious manner; bravely, daringly, but not foolheartedly.
In a brazen, forthright manner.
auriculares
auriculares
noun
plural of auricularis
auricularis
auricularis
noun
(anatomy) Any of three muscles attaching the cartilage of the external ear to the skull.
auriscalpia
auteciously
autoclastic
autoclastic
adj
(geology) Broken in place; said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.
autoplastic
autoplastic
adj
(psychology) Involving a subject changing him/herself rather than the environment or situation.
Of or pertaining to autoplasty (type of lesion repair with healthy tissue).
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
bacchuslike
bacchylides
bacchylides
Proper noun
An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 5th century Ancient Greek lyric poet.
bachelorism
bachelorism
noun
A manner or peculiarity belonging to bachelors.
Bachelorhood.
backlashing
backlashing
verb
present participle of backlash
backlisting
backlisting
verb
present participle of backlist
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
backsliders
backsliders
noun
plural of backslider
backsliding
backsliding
adj
sliding back
noun
An occasion on which one backslides, especially in a moral sense.
verb
present participle of backslide
backspliced
backspliced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backsplice