Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accompany
accompanist
accompanist
noun
(music) The performer in music who takes the accompanying part.
accomplices
accomplices
noun
plural of accomplice
accomplisht
accomplisht
adj
Obsolete form of accomplished.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
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
acrophobias
acrophobias
noun
plural of acrophobia
acrophonies
acrophonies
noun
plural of acrophony
acropolises
acrospiring
acrospiring
verb
present participle of acrospire
actinophrys
actinoscopy
actinoscopy
noun
(medicine, archaic) Radiology; examination by means of an X-ray machine.
adaptations
adaptations
noun
plural of adaptation
adaptionism
adaptionism
noun
Alternative form of adaptationism
adiaphanous
adiaphanous
adj
Not transparent; not translucent; not diaphanous; opaque.
adiaphorism
adiaphorism
noun
The belief that certain religious doctrines or ceremonies are indifferent, i.e. do not matter.
adiaphorist
adiaphorist
noun
One who believes in adiaphorism.
adiaphorous
adiaphorous
adj
neither harmful nor beneficial
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adipomatous
adiposeness
adiposeness
noun
The state or quality of being adipose.
adiposities
adiposities
noun
plural of adiposity
adoptianism
adoptianism
noun
Alternative form of adoptionism
adoptianist
adoptianist
noun
(Christianity) Alternative form of adoptionist
adoptionism
adoptionism
noun
(Christianity) A form of Christianity which maintains that Jesus is divine only in the sense that God the Father adopted him, either at Jesus' birth, or at his death, as opposed to the orthodox understanding of the nature of the Trinity.
adoptionist
adoptionist
adj
Of or pertaining to adoptionism.
noun
(Christianity) One who believes in or supports adoptionism.
(uncommon) One who supports adoption.
adpromissor
adpromissor
noun
A surety.
adscription
adscription
noun
The state of being joined, bound or annexed
adsorptions
adsorptions
noun
plural of adsorption
adspiration
aeciospores
aeciospores
noun
plural of aeciospore
aegospotami
aepyornises
aerophagist
aerophagist
noun
(medicine) A person who gulps in air.
aerophilous
aerophilous
adj
(biology, of unicellular organisms) Living in an aerobic environment
Synonym of aerophilic
aerophysics
aerophysics
noun
(physics) The physics of the design and construction of aerodynamic devices
aeroplanist
aeroplanist
noun
(archaic) an aeroplane pilot
aeroscepsis
aerotropism
aerotropism
noun
(biology) The growth of an organism either towards, or away from a region of higher oxygen content.
agapemonist
agitpropist
agomphiasis
agomphiasis
noun
Looseness of the teeth.
alethopteis
algophilist
algophilist
noun
A person who is subject to algophilia; one who derives sexual pleasure from feeling pain.
alisphenoid
alisphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid.
(anatomy) Relating to or forming the wing of the sphenoid bone.
noun
(anatomy) The greater wing of the sphenoid bone
allopathies
allopathies
noun
plural of allopathy
allopathist
allopathist
noun
A practitioner of allopathy
allopatries
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
allotropies
allotropies
noun
plural of allotropy
allotropism
allotropism
noun
(chemistry) The ability (of an element) to exist in more than one physical form without change of state.
almonership
almonership
noun
The rank or office of an almoner.
alphesiboea
amanitopsis
ammophilous
ammophilous
adj
Thriving in a sandy environment.
amorphinism
amorphinism
noun
withdrawal symptoms from morphine
ampelideous
amphibolies
amphibolies
noun
plural of amphiboly
amphibolous
amphibolous
adj
(obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful
amphibryous
amphictyons
amphictyons
noun
plural of amphictyon
amphigamous
amphigamous
adj
(botany) Having an entirely cellular structure and no distinct sexual organs.
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.
amphigonous
amphigonous
adj
(biology) Relating to both parents.
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphigouris
amphilochus
amphilogism
amphioxides
amphioxuses
amphioxuses
noun
plural of amphioxus
amphiploids
amphiploids
noun
plural of amphiploid
amphipodous
amphipodous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Amphipoda.
amphistomum
amphitokous
amphivorous
amphoriskoi
amphoriskos
ampollosity
ampullosity
ampullosity
noun
(rare, formal) turgidity of language; bombast
amputations
amputations
noun
plural of amputation
anadiploses
anadiploses
noun
plural of anadiplosis
anadiplosis
anadiplosis
noun
(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a word or phrase used at the end of a clause or expression is repeated near the beginning of the next clause or expression.
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
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.
anapophysis
anapophysis
noun
(anatomy) An accessory process in many lumbar vertebrae.
anastrophia
androlepsia
androsphinx
androsphinx
noun
A sphinx with the head of a man.
angioplasty
angioplasty
noun
(surgery) The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.
angiosperms
angiosperms
noun
plural of angiosperm
angiotripsy
angiotripsy
noun
hemostasis by means of an angiotribe
anglophiles
anglophiles
noun
plural of anglophile
anisocarpic
anisophylly
anisophylly
noun
(botany) The growing by a plant of leaves in pairs with a significant difference in size between the two.
anisopodous
anisopteran
anisopteran
noun
Any dragonfly of the infraorder Anisoptera
anisotropal
anisotropic
anisotropic
adj
(physics, mathematics) Having properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy.
anophelines
anophelines
noun
plural of anopheline
anosphrasia
anosphresia
antapodosis
anthropoids
anthropoids
noun
plural of anthropoid
antiapostle
antileprosy
antileprosy
adj
(medicine) Countering leprosy.
antiphonals
antiphonals
noun
plural of antiphonal
antiphonies
antiphonies
noun
plural of antiphony
antipodeans
antipodeans
noun
plural of antipodean
antiprotons
antiprotons
noun
plural of antiproton
antiseption
antiseption
noun
(archaic) antisepsis
antisophism
antisophist
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.
antitropous
antitropous
adj
(botany) Displaying, of, or pertaining to antitropy.
aortoptosia
aortoptosis
aparthrosis
aphasiology
aphasiology
noun
(speech therapy) The study of linguistic problems resulting from brain damage.
aphelilions
aphidolysin
aphlogistic
aphlogistic
adj
(archaic) flameless
aphototaxis
aphrodesiac
aphrodisiac
aphrodisiac
adj
Arousing or intensifying sexual desire.
noun
Something, generally a food or drug, having such an effect.
aphrodisian
aphrodisian
Adjective
Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus.
aphrodision
aphrodistic
aphroditous
apocrisiary
apocrisiary
noun
An apocrisiarius.
apollinaris
apollinaris
noun
(archaic) A type of sparkling mineral water.
apologetics
apologetics
noun
The field of study concerned with the systematic defense of a position, or of religious or occult doctrines
apologising
apologising
verb
present participle of apologise
apologizers
apologizers
noun
plural of apologizer
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.
apophylaxis
apophysitis
apophysitis
noun
(pathology) Inflammation of an apophysis, a bony tubercle.
apoplexious
aposiopeses
aposiopeses
noun
plural of aposiopesis
aposiopesis
aposiopesis
noun
(rhetoric) An abrupt breaking-off in speech, often indicated in print using an ellipsis (…) or an em dash (—).
aposiopetic
aposiopetic
adj
(rhetoric) Of or pertaining to aposiopesis.
apostatical
apostatical
adj
Apostate.
apostatised
apostatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apostatise
apostatises
apostatises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apostatise
apostatized
apostatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apostatize
apostatizes
apostatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apostatize