A device that measures refractive aberrations of the eye
abnormalist
abnormalist
noun
(Christianity, theology) One who believes that the cosmos is in an abnormal state that can only be set right by divine influence.
abnormality
abnormality
noun
Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.
The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
abnormities
abnormities
noun
plural of abnormity
abominators
abominators
noun
plural of abominator
abrahamitic
abrahamitic
Adjective
Relating to the patriarch Abraham.
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
acclamatory
acclamatory
adj
Pertaining to, or expressing approval by, acclamation.
acclimature
acclimature
noun
(rare) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.
accriminate
accriminate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To accuse of a crime.
accruements
accruements
noun
plural of accruement
accumulator
accumulator
noun
(Britain) A wet-cell storage battery.
(UK, education, historical) One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
(cryptography) A one way membership function.
(engineering, hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
(finance) A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
(gambling) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
(literally) One who, or that which, accumulates.
(manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
(mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
(programming) A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
acetimetric
acetometric
acetometric
adj
Relating to acetometry.
acharnement
acharnement
noun
(obsolete) Savage fierceness; ferocity.
achromacyte
achromacyte
noun
(cytology) Any cell that lacks its normal pigmentation (especially an erythrocyte that has ruptured and lost its haemoglobin)
achromatise
achromatise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of achromatize.
achromatism
achromatism
noun
(optics) The state or quality of being achromatic; achromaticity.
Achromatopia.
The state of being free of colors, not emitting or separating into colors.
achromatium
achromatize
achromatize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of colour; to make achromatic.
(transitive) To remove chromatic aberration from an optical system
achromatope
achromatope
noun
A person who has achromatopia.
achromatous
achromatous
adj
Lacking normal colour; colourless
acidimeters
acidimeters
noun
plural of acidimeter
acidimetric
acidimetric
adj
(chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an acid.
acinetiform
acinetiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling the Acinetae.
acquirement
acquirement
noun
(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acroamatics
acroamatics
noun
esoteric lectures.
acrodontism
acrostichum
acrosticism
acrosticism
noun
Acrostic arrangement or character.
acrostolium
acrotarsium
acrotarsium
noun
(zoology) The instep of the foot (front of the tarsus)
actinodrome
actinodrome
adj
Alternative form of actinodromous
actinomeric
actinomeric
adj
Relating to actinomeres
actinometer
actinometer
noun
(physics) A device used to measure the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation.
actinometry
actinometry
noun
the measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light
the measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation
adaptometer
adaptometer
noun
An optometric instrument that measures the minimum threshold of brightness that can be detected or how well the human eye can adapt to a recently darkened environment.
adarbitrium
adiantiform
adiathermal
adiathermal
adj
(thermodynamics) adiabatic; not involving transmission of heat
adiathermic
adiathermic
adj
impervious to heat
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
admarginate
admarginate
verb
(archaic) To write in the margin.
administerd
administerd
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of administer
administers
administers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of administer
admiralties
admiralties
noun
plural of admiralty
admirations
admirations
noun
plural of admiration
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
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.
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
aerometries
aeronautism
aeronautism
noun
The practice of aeronautic travel.
aeronomists
aeronomists
noun
plural of aeronomist
aerotropism
aerotropism
noun
(biology) The growth of an organism either towards, or away from a region of higher oxygen content.
aetomorphae
affirmation
affirmation
noun
(law) The solemn declaration made by Quakers and others incapable of taking an oath.
A form of self-forced meditation or repetition; autosuggestion.
That which is affirmed; a declaration that something is true.
affirmative
affirmative
adj
(algebra) positive; not negative
(logic) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
Confirmative; ratifying.
dogmatic
pertaining to any assertion or active confirmation that favors a particular result
pertaining to truth; asserting that something is; affirming
positive
intj
(military, especially radio communications) Yes; true; correct.
An elaborate synonym for the word yes.
noun
(grammar) An answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
(obsolete) An assertion.
Yes; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
affirmatory
affirmatory
adj
Giving affirmation; assertive; affirmative.
afforcement
afforcement
noun
(obsolete) A reinforcement; a strengthening.
afformative
afformative
noun
(grammar) An affix.
affrontment
affrontment
noun
An act of affronting; an insult or hostile confrontation.
afterchrome
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
aftermarket
aftermarket
noun
(business) The industry that serves that market.
(business) The market for further goods and services, such as replacement parts and accessories, subsequent to the sale of a product such as an automobile or computer.
(finance) Trading activity in a security immediately following its initial offering to the public.
verb
(business) To sell goods or services in the aftermarket.
aftermatter
afterwisdom
agglomerant
agglomerant
adj
That causes agglomeration
agglomerate
agglomerate
adj
collected into a ball, heap, or mass
noun
(geology, volcanology) A mass of angular volcanic fragments united by heat; distinguished from conglomerate.
(meteorology) An ice cover of floe formed by the freezing together of various forms of ice.
A collection or mass.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To wind or collect into a ball; hence, to gather into a mass or anything like a mass.
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
agrammatica
agrammatism
agrammatism
noun
An ungrammatical utterance.
The inability to form sentences by virtue of a brain disorder.
agronomists
agronomists
noun
plural of agronomist
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
alabastrums
alabastrums
noun
plural of alabastrum
albedometer
albedometer
noun
An instrument used to measure the albedo of a surface
albumimeter
alchemister
alchemistry
alchemistry
noun
(obsolete) alchemy
aldermanate
aldermanate
noun
The members of the aldermanate, collectively.
The office of an alderman; the municipal legislative body of a city or town.
aldermanity
aldermanity
noun
The condition of being an alderman.
aldermaston
aleurometer
aleurometer
noun
An instrument used for the examination of crude gluten as to its power of distending under the influence of heat, as a means of judging of the value of a flour for breadmaking.
algesimeter
algesimeter
noun
Synonym of algometer
algometries
algorithmic
algorithmic
adj
(mathematics, computing) Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
alkalimeter
alkalimeter
noun
A device used to measure alkalinity.
alkalimetry
alkalimetry
noun
The process of determining the strength of an alkali.
alkalometry
alloerotism
alloerotism
noun
Synonym of alloeroticism
alloiometry
allometries
allometries
noun
plural of allometry
allotropism
allotropism
noun
(chemistry) The ability (of an element) to exist in more than one physical form without change of state.
allurements
allurements
noun
plural of allurement
alteregoism
alteregoism
noun
altruism as a result of the identification of others with oneself
altimetries
altimetries
noun
plural of altimetry
amalgamater
amalgamator
amalgamator
noun
(dentistry) A device for preparing amalgam.
One who amalgamates.
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
amarthritis
amateurisms
amateurisms
noun
plural of amateurism
amateurship
amateurship
noun
The quality or character of an amateur.
amatorially
amatorially
adv
In an amatory manner, romantically.
ambidextral
ambidextral
adj
Pertaining equally to the left and right sides.
ambilateral
ambilateral
adj
(medicine) Affecting both sides of the body, or of an organ.
ambrosterol
ambulatoria
amebobacter
ameliorated
ameliorated
adj
Having had problem(s) improved upon; having been the subject of amelioration.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ameliorate
ameliorates
ameliorates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ameliorate
ameliorativ
ameliorator
ameliorator
noun
A person who, or thing which, ameliorates.
amentiferae
amercements
amercements
noun
plural of amercement
amerciament
amerciament
noun
Alternative form of amercement
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
ametrometer
amherstdale
aminopterin
aminopterin
noun
(pharmacology) A 4-amino analog of folic acid used as a chemotherapy drug.
ammotherapy
amobarbital
amobarbital
noun
(pharmacology) A barbiturate administered especially in the form of its sodium salt C₁₁H₁₇N₂NaO₃ as a hypnotic and sedative; and as a supposed truth serum.
amoralities
amoralities
noun
plural of amorality
amortisable
amortisable
adj
Alternative form of amortizable
amortisseur
amortisseur
noun
Short for amortisseur winding.
amortizable
amortizable
adj
Capable of being amortized.
amperemeter
amperemeter
noun
Synonym of ammeter.
amperometer
amperometer
noun
(rare) Synonym of ammeter.
ampherotoky
amphicyrtic
amphierotic
amphiprotic
amphiprotic
adj
(chemistry) Able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric.
amphistylar
amphithuron
amphithyron
amphitricha
amphitropal
amphitropal
adj
(botany) Having the ovule inverted, but with the attachment near the middle of one side; half anatropous.
amphoricity
amphoricity
noun
(rare) The quality of being amphoric.
ampitheater
ampitheater
noun
Misspelling of amphitheater.
amsterdamer
amsterdamer
Noun
A person from, or residing in, Amsterdam.
amyotrophia
amyotrophia
noun
Alternative form of amyotrophy
amyotrophic
amyotrophic
adj
(medicine) Characterized by amyotrophy (atrophy of the muscles)