A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. [from 17th c.]
A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. [from 19th c.]
The aberrant projection of the present onto the past.
anachronist
anachronist
noun
A person who has anachronistic views or habits
anachronous
anachronous
Adjective
anachronistic
anacoenoses
anacoenosis
anacoenosis
noun
(rhetoric) A rhetorical device by which a speaker appeals to his/her hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point in debate.
analogistic
anastomotic
anastomotic
adj
Of or pertaining to anastomosis
anatomicals
ancestorial
ancestorial
adj
Ancestral.
ancestoring
ancestoring
verb
present participle of ancestor
anchoresses
anchoresses
noun
plural of anchoress
anchoretish
anchoretism
anchoretism
noun
The practice or mode of life of an anchorite.
anchoritess
anchoritess
noun
A female anchorite; an anchoress.
anchoritish
anchoritism
anchovettas
anchovettas
noun
plural of anchovetta
anchylosing
anchylosing
verb
present participle of anchylose
ancistrodon
ancyloceras
ancylostoma
ancylostoma
noun
Any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.
ancylostome
ancylostome
noun
Alternative form of ancylostoma (“type of hookworm”)
androcrates
anecdotages
anecdotages
noun
plural of anecdotage
anecdotists
anecdotists
noun
plural of anecdotist
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuous
anfractuous
adj
craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
sinuous, twisty, winding.
anisalcohol
aniseikonic
aniseikonic
adj
Having or relating to aniseikonia.
anisocarpic
anisocercal
anisocotyly
anisocratic
anisocratic
adj
(chemistry) Not isocratic
anisodactyl
anisodactyl
adj
Characterized by anisodactyly
anisoiconia
anisometric
anisometric
adj
Not isometric or symmetrical
anisotropic
anisotropic
adj
(physics, mathematics) Having properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy.
annonaceous
annonaceous
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to the soursop and other members of the Annonaceae family.
anocithesia
anomalistic
anomalistic
adj
(astronomy) Of or pertaining to an anomaly (angle of a body from its perihelion)
(linguistics) Pertaining to anomalism
anomalous
irregular
antecessors
antecessors
noun
plural of antecessor
anthracnose
anthracnose
noun
(phytopathology) Any of several fungal diseases that affect many plants and trees.
anthracosis
anthracosis
noun
(pneumology, pathology) A relatively mild pneumoconiosis caused by inhalation of coal.
antibiotics
antibiotics
noun
plural of antibiotic
anticarious
anticarious
adj
(dentistry) That prevents, or counteracts caries
antignostic
antignostic
adj
(religion) Opposing Gnosticism.
antimasonic
antimasonic
adj
Opposed to Freemasonry.
anxiolytics
anxiolytics
noun
plural of anxiolytic
aortectasia
aortectasia
noun
(medicine) dilatation of the aorta
aortectasis
aortectasis
noun
(medicine) Alternative form of aortectasia
aortoclasia
aortoclasis
aphanomyces
aphenoscope
aphlogistic
aphlogistic
adj
(archaic) flameless
aphrodesiac
aphrodisiac
aphrodisiac
adj
Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.
noun
Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.
aphrodistic
apocalypses
apocalypses
noun
plural of apocalypse
apocrisiary
apocrisiary
noun
An apocrisiarius.
apologetics
apologetics
noun
The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines
aporocactus
aposiopetic
aposiopetic
adj
(rhetoric) Of or pertaining to aposiopesis.
apostatical
apostatical
adj
Apostate.
apostematic
apostolical
apostolical
adj
(Christianity) apostolic
apostrophic
apostrophic
adj
(orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ').
(rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
applicators
applicators
noun
plural of applicator
approachers
approachers
noun
plural of approacher
aprioristic
aprioristic
adj
A priori; based on hypothesis rather than experiment.
aquashicola
araliaceous
araliaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Araliaceae.
arboraceous
arboraceous
adj
Abounding in trees.
Of or relating to trees.
arborescent
arborescent
adj
(philosophy) Marked by insistence on totalizing principles, binarism and dualism (as opposed to the rhizome theory).
Like a tree; having a structure or appearance similar to that of a tree; branching.
archaeornis
archapostle
archbishops
archbishops
noun
plural of archbishop
archcorsair
archdeacons
archdeacons
noun
plural of archdeacon
archdiocese
archdiocese
noun
(Christianity) An area administered by an archbishop; the ecclesiastical hierarchy of this area, also under the archbishop.
archebiosis
archebiosis
noun
(biology) The origination of living matter from non-living; abiogenesis.
archelochus
archeostome
archespores
archespores
noun
plural of archespore
archesporia
archesporia
noun
plural of archesporium
archilochus
archonships
archonships
noun
plural of archonship
archoplasma
archoptosis
archosyrinx
archvisitor
arcifinious
arcifinious
adj
(law, dated) Having a natural boundary, like a river, rather than an artificial dividing line.
arenicolous
arenicolous
adj
(biology) living or burrowing in sand
aristocracy
aristocracy
noun
A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others
Government by such a class, or a state with such a government
The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.
aristocrats
aristocrats
noun
plural of aristocrat
aristogenic
aristogenic
adj
(biology, historical) Relating to an aristogene.
Relating or adapting to producing the very best offspring; eugenic with an aim towards an optimal state.
aristotelic
aristotelic
Adjective
Aristotelian
arricciatos
arrogancies
arrogancies
noun
plural of arrogancy
arthroscope
arthroscope
noun
(medicine) A form of endoscope used in arthroscopy
arthroscopy
arthroscopy
noun
the examination of the interior of a joint (such as the knee) using an arthroscope
artificious
artificious
adj
(obsolete) Using, exhibiting, performed with or characterized by much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
artocarpous
ascensional
ascensional
adj
(astronomy) Relating to ascension.
ascidioidea
ascititious
ascititious
adj
supplemental; not inherent or original
asclepidoid
asclepieion
ascocarpous
ascocarpous
adj
Having an ascocarp
ascogonidia
ascomycetal
ascomycetal
adj
Relating to ascomycetes
ascomycetes
ascomycetes
noun
plural of ascomycete
ascophorous
ascophyllum
ascosporous
ascosporous
adj
Synonym of ascosporic
ascriptions
ascriptions
noun
plural of ascription
aspidomancy
asporogenic
asporogenic
adj
Not producing (or produced by) spores
assecurator
associating
associating
verb
present participle of associate
association
association
noun
(Philippines, Chinese Filipino) A benevolent overseas Chinese organization of popular origin for overseas Chinese individuals with the same surname or trade or business.
(countable) The state of being associated; a connection to or an affiliation with something.
(object-oriented programming) Relationship between classes of objects that allows one object instance to cause another to perform an action on its behalf.
(statistics) Any relationship between two measured quantities that renders them statistically dependent (but not necessarily causal or a correlation).
(uncountable) The act of associating.
A group of persons associated for a common purpose; an organization; society.
associative
associative
adj
(algebra, of a binary operator *) Such that, for any operands a,b and c, (a*b)*c=a*(b*c); (of a ring, etc.) whose multiplication operation is associative.
(computing) Addressable by a key more complex than an integer index.
Pertaining to, resulting from, or characterised by association; capable of associating; tending to associate or unite.
associators
associators
noun
plural of associator
associatory
asteraceous
asteraceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Asteraceae.
asthmogenic
asthmogenic
adj
(pathology) That causes an asthmatic attack
astrocaryum
astrocytoma
astrocytoma
noun
(medicine) A cancer of the brain that originates in astrocytes
astromancer
astromancer
noun
One who performs astromancy; a diviner who uses astrology.
astromantic
astromantic
adj
Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrological.
astrometric
astrometric
adj
(astronomy) of or relating to astrometry
astronautic
astronautic
adj
Of or pertaining to astronautics.
astronomics
astronomics
noun
astronomy
astropecten
astropecten
noun
(zoology) Any of the genus Astropecten of sea stars.
astroscopus
astuciously
astuciously
adv
astutely
asymbolical
asymbolical
adj
Synonym of asymbolic
atmoclastic
atmospheric
atmospheric
adj
(painting) Translucent or hazy.
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
atomicities
atomicities
noun
plural of atomicity
atomistical
atonalistic
atonalistic
adj
Of or relating to atonalism.
atonicities
atonicities
noun
plural of atonicity
atrociously
atrociously
adv
in an atrocious manner
atropaceous
attractions
attractions
noun
plural of attraction
auchincloss
auctioneers
auctioneers
noun
plural of auctioneer
audaciously
audaciously
adv
In a audacious manner; bravely, daringly, but not foolheartedly.
In a brazen, forthright manner.
auscultator
auscultator
noun
(historical) In Germany, one who had passed his first public examination in law, and who was merely retained, not yet employed or paid by government.
An instrument for auscultation.
One who practices auscultation.
austromancy
austromancy
noun
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.