An antioxidant for fatty oils obtained from Acacia catechu.
acetophenin
achatinella
achatinella
noun
Oahu tree snail (Achatinella spp.).
achatinidae
achievement
achievement
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change in an instant.
(heraldry) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; a full display or depiction of all the heraldic components to which the bearer of a coat of arms is entitled; (now especially) a funeral shield: the hatchment.
(sociology) The successful completion of a socially defined goal or task, highlighting individual or group accomplishment.
(video games) An award for completing a particular task or meeting an objective in a video game.
A great or heroic deed or feat; something accomplished by valor or boldness.
The act of achieving or performing; a successful performance; accomplishment.
achondrites
achondrites
noun
plural of achondrite
achromatise
achromatise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of achromatize.
achromatize
achromatize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of colour; to make achromatic.
(transitive) To remove chromatic aberration from an optical system
acidanthera
acidanthera
noun
Any of the gladioli previously placed in the genus Acidanthera.
acmesthesia
acmesthesia
noun
(pathology) The sensitivity of the skin to a sharp point (such as a pinprick)
actinophone
actinophone
noun
An apparatus for the production of sound by the action of the actinic, or ultraviolet, rays.
actinophore
actinophore
noun
(biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish
acuesthesia
adelpholite
adiaphorite
adiaphorite
Noun
One who believes in adiaphorism; an adiaphorist.
adiathermal
adiathermal
adj
(thermodynamics) adiabatic; not involving transmission of heat
adiathermic
adiathermic
adj
impervious to heat
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
aeneolithic
aeneolithic
adj
Alternative form of Eneolithic
aerophagist
aerophagist
noun
(medicine) A person who gulps in air.
aesthesodic
aesthesodic
adj
(biology) Conveying sensory or afferent impulses.
aesthetical
aesthetical
adj
Aesthetic.
Of or pertaining to aesthetics.
Of or pertaining to beauty.
aesthiology
aetheogamic
affreighter
affreighter
noun
One who hires or charters a ship to transport goods.
afterbirths
afterbirths
noun
plural of afterbirth
afterthrift
agonothetic
agonothetic
adj
Of or pertaining to an agonothete.
ailanthuses
ailanthuses
noun
plural of ailanthus
airfreights
airfreights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airfreight
airworthier
airworthier
adj
comparative form of airworthy: more airworthy
albitophyre
alchemister
alchemistic
alchemistic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to alchemists.
alchemistry
alchemistry
noun
(obsolete) alchemy
alethiology
alethiology
noun
(logic) The branch of logic dealing with truth and error.
alethopteis
algesthesis
algesthesis
noun
(medicine) Perception or sensation of pain.
alightments
alightments
noun
plural of alightment
alkahestica
alkanethiol
alkanethiol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any simple aliphatic thiol.
allesthesia
allesthesia
noun
false allochiria; a condition involving incomplete perception of a stimulus (sensation at a point remote from the stimulus)
allochetite
allochroite
allochroite
noun
(mineralogy) Garnet.
allopathies
allopathies
noun
plural of allopathy
allothigene
alphabetics
alphabetics
noun
(dated) The science of representing spoken sounds by letters.
alphabeting
alphabeting
verb
present participle of alphabet
alphabetise
alphabetise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetize.
alphabetism
alphabetism
noun
An initialism: an abbreviation which is read letter by letter, such as UN.
Discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
Excessive reliance upon the alphabet or alphabetic structures.
The ability to read an alphabet, a rudimentary form of literacy.
alphabetist
alphabetist
noun
Someone who practices alphabetism, discrimination on the basis of the first letter of a name.
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.
amaranthine
amaranthine
adj
Of a dark reddish purple colour.
Relating to the mythical amaranth flower that never fades.
Relating to, or having the form of plants of the genus Amaranthus.
Unfading, eternal, immortal, infinite.
noun
A dark reddish-purple colour.
The amaranth flower.
amateurship
amateurship
noun
The quality or character of an amateur.
amethodical
amethodical
adj
Not methodical; unsystematic.
amethystine
amethystine
adj
Like amethyst, especially in colour; violet-purple.
amianthuses
amianthuses
noun
plural of amianthus
amphetamine
amphetamine
noun
(informal) Any mixture of the two amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine.
(informal, nonstandard) Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals.
(medicine, pharmacology) A potent central nervous system stimulant of the phenethylamine chemical class that is used to treat ADHD, narcolepsy, and obesity.
(organic chemistry, proper) The racemic freebase of 1-phenylpropan-2-amine; an equal parts mixture of levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine in their pure amine forms.
amphibolite
amphibolite
noun
Any of a class of metamorphic rock composed mainly of amphibole with some quartz etc.
amphierotic
amphipneust
amphithecia
amphithemis
amphodelite
ampitheater
ampitheater
noun
Misspelling of amphitheater.
amyosthenia
amyosthenia
noun
(medicine) Myasthenia.
amyosthenic
amyosthenic
adj
Of or relating to amyosthenia.
noun
(medicine) A drug or agent that depresses muscular action.
anacanthine
anaesthatic
anaesthesia
anaesthesia
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anesthesia
anaesthesis
anaesthesis
noun
loss of feeling; insensibility
anaesthetic
anaesthetic
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anesthetic
anathematic
anathematic
adj
Having the characteristic of anathema.
anchoretish
anchoretism
anchoretism
noun
The practice or mode of life of an anchorite.
anchoritess
anchoritess
noun
A female anchorite; an anchoress.
anchtherium
anepithymia
anerethisia
anesthesias
anesthesias
noun
plural of anesthesia
anesthetics
anesthetics
noun
plural of anesthetic
anesthetist
anesthetist
noun
(American spelling, Canadian spelling, medicine) One who gives an anesthetic.
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.
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
anhematosis
anhemitonic
anhemitonic
adj
Relating to the absence of half steps.
anhemolytic
animotheism
annihilated
annihilated
adj
Having been utterly destroyed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of annihilate
annihilates
annihilates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annihilate
anocithesia
anorthitite
anorthosite
anorthosite
noun
(petrology) A phaneritic, intrusive igneous rock characterized by a predominance of plagioclase feldspar.
anotherkins
anotherkins
adj
(UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.
antasthenic
antebrachia
antebrachia
noun
plural of antebrachium
anthemideae
antheridial
antheridial
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or produced in, the antheridium
antheridium
antheridium
noun
(botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
antheriform
antheriform
adj
Shaped like an anther.
antherozoid
antherozoid
noun
(botany) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams.
anthesteria
anthesterin
anthologies
anthologies
noun
plural of anthology
anthologise
anthologise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthologize.
anthologize
anthologize
verb
To compile, or include something in, an anthology.
anthracemia
anthracites
anthracites
noun
plural of anthracite
anthribidae
anthropidae
antiatheism
antiatheism
adj
Opposing atheism.
noun
Opposition to atheism.
antiatheist
antiatheist
noun
One who opposes atheism.
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.
anticathode
anticathode
noun
(electrochemistry) The opposite of a cathode, an anode.
(electronics) The target at which electrons from the cathode in a CRT or x-ray tube are directed.
antichamber
antichamber
noun
Obsolete form of antechamber.
anticheater
antichoicer
antichoicer
noun
Alternative form of anti-choicer.
antichreses
antichreses
noun
plural of antichresis
antichresis
antichresis
noun
(civil law) An agreement by which a debtor gives a creditor the use of real property to be able to pay interest and principal of the debt.
antichretic
antichretic
adj
(civil law) of or relating to an antichresis
anticrochet
antihelices
antihelixes
antihelixes
noun
plural of antihelix
antiheroine
antiheroine
noun
(literature, role-playing games) A female protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals; a female antihero.
antiheroism
antiheroism
noun
(literature) The quality of being an antihero
antihormone
antihormone
noun
(biochemistry) Any material that counteracts the effects of a hormone
antikathode
antikathode
noun
Dated form of anticathode.
antikythera
antimachine
antimachine
adj
(politics) Opposing the political machine of a region
antipathies
antipathies
noun
plural of antipathy
antipathize
antipathize
verb
(intransitive) To feel or show antipathy.
antiphonies
antiphonies
noun
plural of antiphony
antiphrases
antiphrases
noun
plural of antiphrase
plural of antiphrasis
antiprophet
antisthenes
antisthenes
Proper noun
name, notably borne by of Athens (445–365 B.C.), a Greek philosopher and a pupil of Socrates
antistrophe
antistrophe
noun
(rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
(rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
The lines of this part of the choral song.
The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
antithermic
antithermic
adj
Synonym of antipyretic
antithermin
antithesism
antithesize
antithesize
verb
To create antitheses.
antithetics
antithetics
noun
plural of antithetic
apaesthesia
apaesthetic
apathetical
apathetical
adj
Synonym of apathetic
apathogenic
apathogenic
adj
(pathology) Not pathogenic.
apesthetize
aphaniptera
aphetically
aphetically
adv
(astrology) In an aphetic way: pertaining to the apheta.
(linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis.
aphroditeum
apophyllite
apophyllite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several forms of a pale pink or green mineral being a mixed fluoride and silicate of potassium and calcium.