(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.
acarpellous
acarpellous
adj
(botany) Having no carpels.
acatalepsia
acatalepsia
noun
Alternative form of acatalepsy
acaulescent
acaulescent
adj
(botany) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
accelerants
accelerants
noun
plural of accelerant
accelerates
accelerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accelerate
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
accumulates
accumulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accumulate
accusatival
accusatival
adj
Of or pertaining to the accusative case.
acetabulous
acetabulous
adj
cup-shaped; acetabular
acetabulums
acetanilids
acetanilids
noun
plural of acetanilid
acetylsalol
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.
acoelomates
acoelomates
noun
plural of acoelomate
acromphalus
acromphalus
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
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
adelocerous
adolescence
adolescence
noun
The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
adolescency
adolescency
noun
adolescence
adolescents
adolescents
noun
plural of adolescent
aeroelastic
aeroelastic
adj
Of or pertaining to aeroelasticity
aesculaceae
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
afterclause
afterschool
afterschool
adj
Of or pertaining to a program intended to care for and educate children in the time immediately after school classes.
Taking place immediately after school classes.
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.
albumoscope
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
alethoscope
alethoscope
noun
An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations.
aleuroscope
alismaceous
alismaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Alismaceae (syn. Alismataceae) of water plantains and close relatives.
aliteracies
alkahestica
alkalescent
alkalescent
adj
Slightly alkaline; having the properties of an alkali.
allegiances
allegiances
noun
plural of allegiance
allocations
allocations
noun
plural of allocation
allochroous
allochroous
adj
Changed in color, as plumage after moulting
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
alpenstocks
alpenstocks
noun
plural of alpenstock
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alsinaceous
altarpieces
altarpieces
noun
plural of altarpiece
alticamelus
altocumulus
altocumulus
noun
(physics, meteorology) A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or greyish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows. (Abbreviated Ac.)
amblyoscope
amblyoscope
noun
A reflecting stereoscope used to evaluate binocular vision
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.
ancestrally
ancestrally
adv
Pertaining to ancestry.
anchylosing
anchylosing
verb
present participle of anchylose
ancillaries
ancillaries
noun
plural of ancillary
ancyloceras
ancylostoma
ancylostoma
noun
Any hookworm of the genus Ancylostoma.
ancylostome
ancylostome
noun
Alternative form of ancylostoma (“type of hookworm”)
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
antechapels
antechapels
noun
plural of antechapel
antepaschal
antepaschal
adj
(religion) Relating to the time before the Passover, or before Easter.
antepaschel
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
aphelenchus
aphlogistic
aphlogistic
adj
(archaic) flameless
apicultures
apocalypses
apocalypses
noun
plural of apocalypse
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
applesauces
applesauces
noun
plural of applesauce
applicators
applicators
noun
plural of applicator
aquashicola
araliaceous
araliaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Araliaceae.
archapostle
archelochus
archilochus
archmarshal
archmarshal
noun
The grand marshal of the old German empire.
archoplasma
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