A substance that induces abortion; an abortifacient.
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
abrogations
abrogations
noun
plural of abrogation
abstracting
abstracting
verb
present participle of abstract
abstricting
abstricting
verb
present participle of abstrict
acarologist
acarologist
noun
A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
accrediting
accrediting
verb
present participle of accredit
actinograph
actinograph
noun
A recording actinometer.
adjustoring
admarginate
admarginate
verb
(archaic) To write in the margin.
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
advertising
advertising
noun
Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
The industry or profession made up of such communications.
verb
present participle of advertise
advertizing
advertizing
verb
present participle of advertize
aerologists
aerologists
noun
plural of aerologist
aerophagist
aerophagist
noun
(medicine) A person who gulps in air.
afforesting
afforesting
verb
present participle of afforest
affreighter
affreighter
noun
One who hires or charters a ship to transport goods.
affricating
affricating
verb
present participle of affricate
affrightful
affrightful
adj
(obsolete) frightful
affrighting
affrighting
verb
present participle of affright
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
afterimages
afterimages
noun
plural of afterimage
afterspring
agaristidae
agatiferous
agatiferous
adj
Containing or yielding agates.
aggradation
aggradation
noun
(geology) Increase in land elevation due to the deposition of sediment.
aggravating
aggravating
verb
present participle of aggravate
aggravation
aggravation
noun
(informal) Provocation, irritation, annoyance.
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Exaggerated representation.
The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
aggravative
aggravative
adj
Tending to aggravate.
noun
That which aggravates.
aggregating
aggregating
verb
present participle of aggregate
aggregation
aggregation
noun
(epidemiology) The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
(networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
(object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.
A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
The act of collecting together (aggregating).
The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
aggregative
aggregative
adj
By, toward, or of aggregation (the act of collecting or gathering together).
agitatorial
agitatorial
adj
Of or relating to agitators.
agitpropist
agkistrodon
agonistarch
agonistarch
noun
(Ancient Greece) One who trained persons to compete in public games and contests.
agrammatica
agrammatism
agrammatism
noun
An ungrammatical utterance.
The inability to form sentences by virtue of a brain disorder.
agriculture
agriculture
noun
The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of livestock
agriologist
agriologist
noun
One involved in agriology.
agronomists
agronomists
noun
plural of agronomist
aguardiente
aguardiente
noun
A kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.
airfreights
airfreights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airfreight
algebraists
algebraists
noun
plural of algebraist
algesimeter
algesimeter
noun
Synonym of algometer
algometries
algorithmic
algorithmic
adj
(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
aliturgical
aliturgical
adj
(of a day in the Christian calendar) On which the holy sacrifice is not offered.
allegorists
allegorists
noun
plural of allegorist
alligatored
alligatored
adj
Damaged by alligatoring.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alligator
alpetragius
altercating
altercating
verb
present participle of altercate
alteregoism
alteregoism
noun
altruism as a result of the identification of others with oneself
alternating
alternating
adj
(mathematics, of a knot) Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot.
(mathematics, of a multilinear mapping with all arguments belonging to the same space) Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal.
(mathematics, of a series) Having terms that alternate between positive and negative.
That alternates.
verb
present participle of alternate
ancestoring
ancestoring
verb
present participle of ancestor
angariation
angariation
noun
(obsolete) exaction of forced service; compulsion
angiotripsy
angiotripsy
noun
hemostasis by means of an angiotribe
anhydrating
annabergite
annabergite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral consisting of a hydrous nickel arsenate, chemical formula Ni₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O, with an apple-green colour.
antagonizer
antagonizer
noun
One who, or that which, antagonizes.
anteverting
anteverting
verb
present participle of antevert
antiangular
antibigotry
antibigotry
adj
Opposing bigotry.
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.
antiburglar
antiburglar
adj
Opposing or countering burglars.
antiforeign
antiforeign
adj
Opposed to foreigners or to what is foreign.
antigravity
antigravity
noun
Alternative spelling of anti-gravity
antiguggler
antiliturgy
antimerging
antipriming
approbating
approbating
verb
present participle of approbate
apronstring
apterygidae
arbitragers
arbitragers
noun
plural of arbitrager
arbitrageur
arbitrageur
noun
(finance) One who engages in arbitrage, such as a financial broker or an investment bank.
arbitraging
arbitraging
verb
present participle of arbitrage
arbitragist
arbitragist
noun
One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrager
arbitrating
arbitrating
verb
present participle of arbitrate
archigaster
arcticizing
arcticizing
verb
present participle of arcticize
arcticology
areopagitic
areopagitic
Adjective
Relating to the Areopagus.
argentamide
argentamine
argentamine
noun
A solution of silver phosphate in an aqueous solution of ethylene diamine, used as an antiseptic astringent and as a disinfectant.
argentarius
argentation
argentation
noun
The process of coating with silver or a silver compound; silvering.
argentinean
argentinean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Argentina.
Noun
A person from Argentina.
argentinian
argentinian
Noun
A person from Argentina or of Argentine descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina and the Argentine people.
argentinize
argiphontes
argostolion
arguitively
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
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.
arithmogram
arithmogram
noun
The number obtained by summing the numerical values of the letters of a word.
aromatising
aromatising
verb
present participle of aromatise
aromatizing
aromatizing
verb
present participle of aromatize
arpeggiated
arpeggiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arpeggiate
arpeggiates
arpeggiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arpeggiate
arraignment
arraignment
noun
(law) The formal charging of a defendant with an offense.
arrestingly
arrestingly
adv
In a way or to an extent that is arresting; so as to catch the attention suddenly.
arrogations
arrogations
noun
plural of arrogation
arteriogram
arteriogram
noun
An X-ray of an artery after injection with a radiopaque material
arteriology
arteriology
noun
(anatomy) The branch of angiology dealing with the arteries.
arthralgias
arthralgias
noun
plural of arthralgia
aspergation
assertingly
asterisking
asterisking
verb
present participle of asterisk
astringence
astringence
noun
Alternative form of astringency
astringency
astringency
noun
An astringent taste.
That which acts as an astringent, causing contraction of soft tissue to restrict the flow of blood.
astringents
astringents
noun
plural of astringent
astrogating
astrogating
verb
present participle of astrogate
astrogation
astrogation
noun
(science fiction) Astronavigation (navigation through space).
astrologian
astrologian
Noun
An astrologer.
astrologies
astrologies
noun
plural of astrology
astrologist
astrologist
noun
One who practices astrology; an astrologer.
astrologize
astrologize
verb
(intransitive) To study or practise astrology; to attempt to foretell the future using astrology.
To attempt to foretell the future of (someone) using astrology, to read or cast (someone's) horoscope.
To make (something) astrological; to interpret (something) in the light of astrology.
ataxiagraph
ataxiagraph
noun
An instrument that measures the degree of ataxia in a patient
atheriogaea
atherogenic
atherogenic
adj
(medicine) that initiates or accelerates atherogenesis
attempering
attempering
verb
present participle of attemper
attributing
attributing
verb
present participle of attribute
aubergistes
aubergistes
noun
plural of aubergiste
augitophyre
auripigment
auripigment
noun
(archaic) Variant of orpiment
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
autoturning
bacterizing
bacterizing
verb
present participle of bacterize
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
banteringly
banteringly
adv
In a bantering manner.
bearbaiting
bearbaiting
noun
(metaphoric) A bloodthirsty free for all.
A blood sport in which dogs are set upon a chained bear
verb
present participle of bearbait
becarpeting
becarpeting
verb
present participle of becarpet
benightmare
bergmannite
betattering
bhaktimarga
bifurcating
bifurcating
adj
dividing or forking into two
verb
present participle of bifurcate
bilgewaters
bilgewaters
noun
plural of bilgewater
bimarginate
bimarginate
adj
Having a double margin.
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
bistournage
brachiating
brachiating
adj
That moves by the use of limbs; especially by swinging through the trees using the arms
verb
present participle of brachiate
braggartism
braggartism
noun
boasting, boastfulness
brantingham
brattishing
brattishing
noun
(architecture) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet.