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.
abjurations
abjurations
noun
plural of abjuration
ablutionary
ablutionary
adj
Pertaining to ablution.
abouchement
abruptiones
absolutions
absolutions
noun
plural of absolution
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.
accountably
accountably
adv
In an accountable manner.
accountancy
accountancy
noun
(countable, accounting) A company or organisation that performs such a function.
(uncountable, Britain, New Zealand, often Philippines, accounting) The function of compiling and providing financial information primarily by reports referred to as financial statements, including bookkeeping, systems design, analysis and interpretation of accounting information.
accountants
accountants
noun
plural of accountant
accountings
accountings
noun
plural of accounting
accountment
accountment
noun
Responsibility.
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
accurtation
accusations
accusations
noun
plural of accusation
accustoming
accustoming
verb
present participle of accustom
acidulation
acidulation
noun
The act of acidulating.
acoustician
acoustician
noun
One versed in acoustics, especially a physicist who specializes in acoustics.
acquisition
acquisition
noun
(computing) The process of sampling signals that measure real world physical conditions and converting these signals into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer.
The act or process of acquiring.
The thing acquired or gained; a gain.
acronyctous
acronyctous
adj
(astronomy) acronycal
actinologue
actinologue
noun
(biology) Part of an actinomere
acumination
acumination
noun
A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
acutonodose
adenomatous
adenomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenoma
adenotyphus
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
adjunctions
adjunctions
noun
plural of adjunction
adjurations
adjurations
noun
plural of adjuration
adjustation
adjustation
noun
(rare) Adjustment.
adjustoring
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
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
afunctional
afunctional
adj
Not functional.
agglutinoid
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
agonostomus
allocutions
allocutions
noun
plural of allocution
alluviation
alluviation
noun
The deposition of alluvium (sediment) by a river.
altiloquent
altiloquent
adj
Pompous, or pretentious in speech
aluminosity
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
ambulations
ambulations
noun
plural of ambulation
amentaceous
amentaceous
adj
(botany) Bearing, resembling, or consisting of an ament or aments.
ammunitions
ammunitions
noun
plural of ammunition
amphithuron
amputations
amputations
noun
plural of amputation
anacanthous
anacanthous
adj
Spineless, like certain fishes.
anacoluthia
anacoluthia
noun
(grammar) A syntactic construction in which an element is followed by another that does not agree properly
anacoluthic
anacoluthic
adj
Of, pertaining to, being, or resembling an anacoluthon.
anacoluthon
anacoluthon
noun
(grammar) A sentence or clause that is grammatically inconsistent, especially with respect to the type of clausal or phrasal complement for the initial clause.
(rhetoric) Intentional use of such a structure.
anacoluttha
anakoluthia
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.
anatosaurus
androtauric
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuous
anfractuous
adj
craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
sinuous, twisty, winding.
angiomatous
angiomatous
adj
Relating to an angioma.
angulations
angulations
noun
plural of angulation
angulometer
angulometer
noun
An instrument for measuring exterior angles.
anisanthous
annulations
annulations
noun
plural of annulation
annullation
annullation
noun
(obsolete) Annulment.
annunciator
annunciator
noun
(UK, railways) A buzzer in a signal box that sounds when a train activates a treadle positioned on the track, and thus provides a warning or announcement of a nearby train.
A signalling device that shows which of several electrical circuits is active, especially such a device in a telephone switchboard
An officer in the church of Constantinople, whose business it was to inform the people of the festivals to be celebrated.
Anything that announces something
anoplanthus
anovulatory
anovulatory
adj
Not ovulatory; characterized by anovulation (a lack of ovulation).
anthogenous
anthropodus
antibilious
antibilious
adj
(pharmacology) Countering liver disorder.
antibubonic
antibubonic
adj
Countering bubonic plague.
anticarious
anticarious
adj
(dentistry) That prevents, or counteracts caries
anticouncil
anticouncil
noun
A council set up in opposition to another council.
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
antifouling
antifouling
adj
That prevents or counteracts the buildup of barnacles and other deposits on undersea surfaces such as those of boats.
noun
Any substance that prevents or counteracts the buildup of barnacles and other deposits on undersea surfaces such as those of boats.
(physics) The antiparticle corresponding to a neutron.
antinucleon
antinucleon
noun
(physics) The antiparticle of a nucleon
antipopular
antipopular
adj
Opposing the people.
antiquation
antiquation
noun
(countable) Something that is antique or obsolete.
(uncountable) The process of becoming antique or obsolete.
antisudoral
antisudoral
adj
Preventing sweating.
antitropous
antitropous
adj
(botany) Displaying, of, or pertaining to antitropy.
antitumoral
antitumoral
adj
(oncology) antitumor
antrostomus
apiculation
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
arcocentrum
assumptions
assumptions
noun
plural of assumption
astoundable
astoundable
adj
Capable of being astounded.
astoundment
astoundment
noun
amazement
astronautic
astronautic
adj
Of or pertaining to astronautics.
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
attribution
attribution
noun
(law) A legal doctrine by which liability is extended to a defendant who did not actually commit the tortious or criminal act.
An explicit or formal acknowledgment of ownership or authorship.
The act of attributing something.
auctioneers
auctioneers
noun
plural of auctioneer
audiotaping
audiotaping
verb
present participle of audiotape
auditioning
auditioning
verb
present participle of audition
austrogaean
austromancy
austromancy
noun
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
austronesia
austronesia
Proper noun
The Pacific islands of Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia considered as a group.
authigenous
authigenous
adj
authigenic
authorising
authorising
verb
present participle of authorise
authorizing
authorizing
verb
present participle of authorize
autoboating
autocamping
autocamping
verb
present participle of autocamp
autocarpian
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.
autochthons
autochthons
noun
plural of autochthon.
autochthony
autochthony
noun
An aboriginal condition or state.
autocinesis
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autodialing
autodialing
verb
present participle of autodial
autodynamic
autodynamic
adj
Supplying its own power.
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
autognostic
autognostic
adj
self-aware
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.
autoloading
autoloading
noun
(programming) Capability of loading and linking portions of a program from mass storage automatically when needed.
verb
present participle of autoload
automations
automations
noun
plural of automation
automatonta
autonomical
autonomical
adj
Alternative form of autonomic
autonomists
autonomists
noun
plural of autonomist
autophonous
autoscience
autosymnoia
autoturning
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
auxanometer
auxanometer
noun
An instrument to measure the growth of plants.
auxiliation
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
azothionium
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
badmouthing
badmouthing
verb
present participle of badmouth
basculation
basculation
noun
(geology) The tilting of a geological layer.
(medicine, archaic) The replacement of a retroverted uterus by swinging it into its place.
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
biconjugate
biconjugate
adj
(botany) paired twice
(mathematics) conjugate in two ways
bifurcation
bifurcation
noun
(biology) A division into two branches.
(by extension) Any place where one thing divides into two.
(computer science) A command that executes one block or other of commands depending on the result of a condition.
(geography) A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
(mathematics) The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as described by bifurcation theory.
(nautical) The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.