A pruning device mounted on a pole, so as to reach high branches; a weeding machine.
abietineous
abietineous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Abietineae.
abouchement
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abruptiones
abstentious
abstentious
adj
Characterized by abstinence; self-restraint.
accentuator
accentuator
noun
An agent that accentuates.
accountable
accountable
adj
(rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
Liable to be called on to render an account.
Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds).
Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
accountment
accountment
noun
Responsibility.
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
acesodynous
actinologue
actinologue
noun
(biology) Part of an actinomere
acutonodose
adenogenous
adenomatous
adenomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenoma
adenoneural
adenopodous
adenotyphus
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
aeronautics
aeronautics
noun
The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects
The theory and practice of aircraft navigation
aeronautism
aeronautism
noun
The practice of aeronautic travel.
aetosaurian
aetosaurian
noun
Any aetosaur of the order †Aetosauria
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
albugineous
albugineous
adj
Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; applied to textures, bodily fluids, etc., which are perfectly white.
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
allogeneous
allogeneous
adj
(medicine) From a nonself donor of the same species.
different in nature or kind.
alsinaceous
altiloquent
altiloquent
adj
Pompous, or pretentious in speech
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
aluniferous
amentaceous
amentaceous
adj
(botany) Bearing, resembling, or consisting of an ament or aments.
aminopurine
aminopurine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of a purine
amorousness
amorousness
noun
The state or quality of being amorous.
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphogenous
anaerobious
anaerobious
adj
(archaic) anaerobic
anantherous
anantherous
adj
(botany) Without anthers
anatiferous
anatiferous
adj
Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
androgenous
androgenous
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
Misspelling of androgynous.
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
angulometer
angulometer
noun
An instrument for measuring exterior angles.
anisogenous
anisomerous
anisomerous
adj
(botany) Having the number of floral organs unequal.
annonaceous
annonaceous
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to the soursop and other members of the Annonaceae family.
anthogenous
antineutron
antineutron
noun
(physics) The antiparticle corresponding to a neutron.
antinucleon
antinucleon
noun
(physics) The antiparticle of a nucleon
anxiousness
anxiousness
noun
A feeling of anxiety.
The state of being anxious.
apneumonous
apneumonous
adj
(zoology) Without lungs.
aponeuroses
aponeuroses
noun
plural of aponeurosis
aponeurosis
aponeurosis
noun
(anatomy) A flattened pearly white fibrous membrane taking the place of a tendon that binds together and forms the terminations and attachments of muscles or connects them to other body parts like skin or bone.
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
aqueousness
aqueousness
noun
The state or quality of being aqueous.
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archfounder
archineuron
arcocentrum
arduousness
arduousness
noun
The state of being arduous.
arenicolous
arenicolous
adj
(biology) living or burrowing in sand
arsenofuran
arundineous
arundineous
adj
(rare) Abounding in reeds; reedy.
astoundable
astoundable
adj
Capable of being astounded.
astoundment
astoundment
noun
amazement
athermanous
athermanous
adj
Not transmitting heat.
atramentous
atramentous
adj
atramental
attenuation
attenuation
noun
(biology) A weakening in the virulence of a pathogen or other microorganism.
(botany) The tapering of a leaf etc to a fine point.
(brewing) The proportion of sugar that is converted to ethanol by a yeast.
(engineering) A fabrication process in which a material is stretched out into a thin shape.
(homeopathy) The reduction of the active principles of medicines to minute doses.
(physics) A reduction in the level of some property with distance, especially the amplitude of a wave or the strength of a signal.
A gradual diminishing of strength.
attenuators
attenuators
noun
plural of attenuator
auctioneers
auctioneers
noun
plural of auctioneer
aurocyanide
aurocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, Au(CN)₂⁻, produced when gold is dissolved as part of the cyanide process.
aurodiamine
austrogaean
austronesia
austronesia
Proper noun
The Pacific islands of Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia considered as a group.
authigenous
authigenous
adj
authigenic
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autocinesis
autogeneses
autogenesis
autogenesis
noun
(biology) The supposed creation of living organisms from nonliving matter.
autogenetic
autogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to autogenesis.
Self-generated.
autogenuous
autokinesis
autokinesis
noun
A visual illusion in which a stationary source of light appears to move.
Spontaneous or voluntary movement; movement due to an internal cause.
autokinetic
autokinetic
adj
(historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
Moving by itself or automatically.
autoscience
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
auxanometer
auxanometer
noun
An instrument to measure the growth of plants.
auxohormone
avellaneous
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
azosulphine
bangiaceous
baroqueness
baroqueness
noun
The state or condition of being baroque.
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
belabouring
belabouring
verb
present participle of belabour
belorussian
benzofurans
benzofurans
noun
plural of benzofuran
bernoullian
biconjugate
biconjugate
adj
(botany) paired twice
(mathematics) conjugate in two ways
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
bistournage
blacktongue
bonaventura
bonaventure
bontequagga
boragineous
boragineous
adj
(botany) Relating to the borage tribe; boraginaceous.
bucerotinae
buoyantness
buoyantness
noun
The state or quality of being buoyant.
bushelwoman
bushelwoman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's female assistant for repairing garments.
butterwoman
butterwoman
noun
(dated) A woman who makes or sells butter.
calcigenous
calcigenous
adj
That forms a calx when oxidized.
callousness
callousness
noun
The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.
The quality of having calluses.
cancerously
cancerously
adv
In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
With cancer.
cantaloupes
cantaloupes
noun
plural of cantaloupe
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
carbolineum
carbolineum
noun
An oily, water-insoluble, flammable, dark brown coal tar mixture, formerly used to preserve wooden structures.
carbonnieux
carburetion
carburetion
noun
The process, such as occurs in a carburetor, of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion for combustion.
carilloneur
carilloneur
noun
someone who plays the carillon; a carillonist
cariousness
cariousness
noun
the state or quality of being carious, an advanced state of corrosion.
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
carpogenous
catercousin
cauligenous
cauligenous
adj
(botany) Originating from the stem of a plant.
cavernously
cavernously
adv
In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
In a cavernous manner; sounding deep, hollow, or echoey.
cavernulous
cavernulous
adj
Full of small cavities.
ceanothuses
ceanothuses
noun
plural of ceanothus
cellulation
cellulation
noun
The formation of cells (in a material).
centuriator
centuriator
noun
A historian who distinguishes time by centuries, especially one of those who wrote the Magdeburg Centuries.
ceraunogram
chaenolobus
changeabout
charbonneau
cineraceous
cineraceous
adj
Like ashes; ash-coloured; cinerous.
cladogenous
clubionidae
cneoraceous
coadunative
coadunative
adj
Serving to coadunate or unite.
coadventure
coadventure
noun
(archaic) A joint venture or partnership.
cocautioner
coeducation
coeducation
noun
the education of male and female students in the same institution
coenaculous
coenanthium
coequalness
coequalness
noun
The state or quality of being coequal.
coexecutant
coexecutant
noun
A joint executant.
cofeaturing
cofeaturing
verb
present participle of cofeature
coinquinate
coinsurable
coinsurance
coinsurance
noun
(US) The joint assumption of risk between the insurer and the insured party.
(international) The joint assumption of risk between multiple insurers.
collagenous
collagenous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling collagen.
colleaguing
colleaguing
verb
present participle of colleague
comeuppance
comeuppance
noun
Retribution or outcome that is justly deserved.
communalise
communalise
verb
Alternative form of communalize
communalize
communalize
verb
(transitive) To develop into a set of community conventions.
(transitive) To take property into communal ownership.
(transitive) To transfer responsibility and power to the community level.
(transitive) To treat as happening to or belonging to one's own group; to make (something) the subject of empathic understanding.
communicate
communicate
verb
(intransitive) To be connected with (another room, vessel etc.) by means of an opening or channel.
(intransitive) To express or convey ideas, either through verbal or nonverbal means; to have intercourse, to exchange information.
(intransitive, Christianity) To receive the bread and wine at a celebration of the Eucharist; to take part in Holy Communion.
(transitive) To impart or transmit (an intangible quantity, substance); to give a share of.
(transitive) To impart or transmit (information or knowledge) to someone; to make known, to tell.
(transitive) To pass on (a disease) to another person, animal etc.
(transitive, Christianity) To administer the Holy Communion to (someone).
(transitive, obsolete) To share (in); to have in common, to partake of.
concludable
concludable
adj
That can be concluded.
concubinage
concubinage
noun
The state of being or keeping a concubine.
The state of cohabiting or living together as man and woman while not married.
