A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.
ailuromania
airbrushing
airbrushing
verb
present participle of airbrush
aircraftman
aircraftman
noun
A member of the lowest rank in the Royal Air Force or the air forces of various other Commonwealth countries.
aircraftmen
aircraftmen
noun
plural of aircraftman
airdropping
airdropping
verb
present participle of airdrop
airlessness
airlessness
noun
The state or condition of being poorly ventilated; lacking good air circulation, having stale air.
The state or quality of a (relative) vacuum.
airmanships
airproofing
airproofing
verb
present participle of airproof
airsickness
airsickness
noun
A feeling of nausea, dizziness etc. caused by the motion of an aircraft; a form of motion sickness.
akrabattine
alabastrian
alabastrian
adj
Alternative form of alabastrine
alabastrine
alabastrine
adj
Of, pertaining to, or like, alabaster.
alacreatine
albertinian
albumeniser
albumenizer
albumenizer
noun
One who albumenizes.
albuminuria
albuminuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of albumin in the urine, often a symptom of renal disease
albuminuric
albuminuric
adj
showing the symptom albuminuria, i.e. having albumen in the urine
alcicornium
alcyonarian
alcyonarian
noun
(zoology) Any of the Alcyonaria, a subclass of the Anthozoa.
alcyoniform
aldermanity
aldermanity
noun
The condition of being an alderman.
alejandrina
alesandrini
alessandria
alessandria
Proper noun
A town and associated province in Piedmont, Italy.
alexandreid
alexandrian
alexandrian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Alexandria in Egypt.
Applied to a kind of heroic verse.
Of or pertaining to Alexander the Great, or his reign, era etc.
Noun
Someone from Alexandria
alexandrina
alexandrine
alexandrine
noun
(poetry) A line of poetic meter having twelve syllables, usually divided into two or three equal parts.
An Alexandrine parrot or parakeet, Psittacula eupatria.
alexandrite
alexandrite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of chrysoberyl that displays a colour change dependent upon the light source, along with strong pleochroism.
alginuresis
alginuresis
noun
Painful urination; dysuria.
alifanfaron
alivincular
alivincular
adj
(biology, of bivalves) Having the longer axis transverse to the hinge line
alkalinuria
alkalinuria
noun
(pathology) The condition of the urine having a higher than normal pH
allopurinol
allopurinol
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic drug which inhibits uric acid formation, used to treat gout and related conditions.
almonership
almonership
noun
The rank or office of an almoner.
alnagership
alnagership
noun
The role or status of an alnager.
alniresinol
alniviridol
alreadiness
alreadiness
noun
The state or quality of being or happening already.
alterations
alterations
noun
plural of alteration
altercating
altercating
verb
present participle of altercate
altercation
altercation
noun
Heated or angry dispute
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
alternation
alternation
noun
(computing) A construct in a regular expression that can match any of several specified subexpressions.
(geometry) A type of partial truncation of a polygon, polyhedron or tiling in which alternate vertices are removed.
(linguistics) A pattern by which more than one construct is possible, as with "Alice cooked Bob dinner" and "Alice cooked dinner for Bob".
(logic) The "inclusive or" truth function.
(mathematics) A sequence that alternates between positive and negative values; sometimes incorrectly used to mean permutation.
(phonology) Ablaut.
(religion) The response of the congregation speaking alternately with the minister.
The reciprocal succession of (normally two) things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence
alternative
alternative
adj
(linguistics) Presenting two or more alternatives.
(obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal.
Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
Other; different from something else.
Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
noun
(uncountable, music) alternative rock
A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.
A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
alternativo
aluminiform
aluminiform
adj
Having the form of alumina.
aluniferous
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.
amaranthoid
ambiversion
ambiversion
noun
(psychology) A personality trait having balanced characteristics of both extroversion and introversion.
amelanchier
amelanchier
noun
Any tree or shrub in the genus Amelanchier of the pome fruit subtribe Malinae of the family Rosaceae, with edible, blueberry-like fruit.
amenorrheic
amenorrheic
adj
Alternative spelling of amenorrhoeic
amentiferae
amerciament
amerciament
noun
Alternative form of amercement
americanese
americanese
Proper noun
American English
americanise
americanism
americanism
Noun
A custom peculiar to the United States or the Americans.
A word, phrase or linguistic feature originating from or specific to American language usage.
A preference to the United States and the ideas it represents.
americanist
americanist
Noun
Somebody who favors the values of the USA.
An expert in the study of America.
Adjective
Favoring the values of the USA.
Of or relating to a phonetic notation developed for transcription of Native American and European languages. See
americanize
americanoid
americanoid
Adjective
Characteristic of or resembling Native American peoples.
Of or related to the race to which Native Americans belong, according to theories that divide humanity into races.
Noun
An individual who is Americanoid.
amerindians
amidopyrine
amidopyrine
noun
(medicine) Synonym of aminophenazone
aminoformic
aminopterin
aminopterin
noun
(pharmacology) A 4-amino analog of folic acid used as a chemotherapy drug.
aminopurine
aminopurine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of a purine
aminopyrine
aminopyrine
noun
aminophenazone
ammoresinol
amorphinism
amorphinism
noun
withdrawal symptoms from morphine
amphicrania
amphicrania
noun
(pathology) A headache affecting both sides of the head.
amphikaryon
amphirhinal
amphithuron
amphithyron
anachronism
anachronism
noun
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
anachronize
anachronize
verb
To refer to, or put into, a wrong time.
anacreontic
anacreontic
adj
(prosody) Pertaining to the style of the Greek poet Anacreon, who wrote of wine and love; (specifically) designating a metre based on an anaclastic ionic dimeter.
Characterised by festivity and the celebration of love and/or drinking; bacchanalian, amorous.
noun
(poetry) A short lyrical piece about love and wine.
anadicrotic
anadicrotic
adj
Synonym of anacrotic
anaerobiont
anaerobious
anaerobious
adj
(archaic) anaerobic
anagnorises
anagnorises
noun
plural of anagnorisis
anagnorisis
anagnorisis
noun
The moment in the plot of a drama in which the hero makes a discovery that explains previously unexplained events or situations; a denouement.
anagramming
anagramming
verb
present participle of anagram
anamorphism
anamorphism
noun
(computer science) a generalization of the list-producing unfolds known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as final coalgebras
anapeiratic
anapeiratic
adj
Caused by prolonged exercise of a muscle.
anaphorical
anaphorical
adj
Synonym of anaphoric
anaplerosis
anaplerosis
noun
(biochemistry) An intermediate enzyme reaction that replaces a depleted vital compound.
The replenishment of a deficiency, or refilling of the space left by a destroyed part.
anaplerotic
anaplerotic
adj
(biochemistry, of a reaction) Forming intermediates of a metabolic pathway (eg. the tricarboxylic acid cycle).
(medicine, dated) Filling up; promoting granulation of wounds or ulcers.
noun
A remedy which promotes such granulation.
anarchistic
anarchistic
adj
Anarchic; chaotic or free-spirited.
Of or relating to anarchism or anarchy.
anarthrosis
anastrophia
anatiferous
anatiferous
adj
Producing ducks. Formerly used of barnacles, since it was believed that they produced ducks and geese.
anaxagorize
anaximander
anaximander
Proper noun
(c. 610 546 A pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus; pupil of Thales and teacher of Anaximenes.
ancestorial
ancestorial
adj
Ancestral.
ancestoring
ancestoring
verb
present participle of ancestor
anchisaurus
anchoretish
anchoretism
anchoretism
noun
The practice or mode of life of an anchorite.
anchoritess
anchoritess
noun
A female anchorite; an anchoress.
anchoritish
anchoritism
anchorville
anchtherium
ancientries
ancientries
noun
plural of ancientry
ancillaries
ancillaries
noun
plural of ancillary
ancistrodon
andikithira
androclinia
androconium
androconium
noun
A specialised, glandular scale, on the forewings of some butterflies, that emits pheromones
androcratic
androcratic
adj
Relating to androcracy.
androginous
androgonial
androgonium
androgynies
androgynies
noun
plural of androgyny
androgynism
androgynism
noun
hermaphroditism
androlepsia
andrologies
androphobia
androphobia
noun
Fear of or aversion to men.
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
androtauric
anemochoric
anemochoric
adj
anemochorous
anemometric
anemometric
adj
Of or relating to anemometry.
anemotropic
anemotropic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to anemotropism.
anerethisia
angariation
angariation
noun
(obsolete) exaction of forced service; compulsion
angeronalia
angiocarpic
angiography
angiography
noun
(medicine) A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.
angiosperms
angiosperms
noun
plural of angiosperm
angiotripsy
angiotripsy
noun
hemostasis by means of an angiotribe
angrinesses
angrinesses
noun
plural of angriness
anguillaria
anguimorpha
anhydraemia
anhydraemic
anhydrating
anhydration
anhydration
noun
(chemistry) The formation of an anhydrate
anhydridize
anhydroxime
anilopyrine
animadverts
animadverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animadvert
animalcular
animalcular
adj
Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.
animalivora
animalivore
animalivore
noun
A creature that eats animals
animatronic
animatronic
adj
Of a robot, etc, that works by animatronics.
anisandrous
anisocarpic
anisocercal
anisocratic
anisocratic
adj
(chemistry) Not isocratic
anisomerous
anisomerous
adj
(botany) Having the number of floral organs unequal.