The cultivation of aquatic produce such as aquatic plants, fish, and other aquatic animals.
aquarellist
aquarellist
noun
(art) An artist who paints aquarelles
aquatinters
aquatinters
noun
plural of aquatinter
aquiculture
aquiculture
noun
Alternative form of aquaculture
arbitrageur
arbitrageur
noun
(finance) One who engages in arbitrage, such as a financial broker or an investment bank.
arcocentrum
argentarius
arguitively
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
aristodemus
articulable
articulable
adj
(of ideas, thoughts, etc.) Capable of being expressed clearly in language.
(phonetics, of words, linguistic expressions, etc.) Capable of being pronounced or expressed distinctly in speech.
articulated
articulated
adj
(grammar, linguistics) Qualified by an article
Constructed with one or more pivoted joints which allow bending of an otherwise rigid structure.
Of a vehicle, composed of component parts each with its own wheels and chassis, e.g. an articulated lorry, articulated bus, or certain kinds of streetcars and trains.
noun
An articulated vehicle, such as a locomotive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of articulate
articulates
articulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of articulate
arviculture
arviculture
noun
(agriculture) arable farming
aspermatous
aspermatous
adj
Alternative form of aspermous
assaugement
assaultable
assaultable
adj
Capable of being assaulted.
assecurator
assiduities
assiduities
noun
plural of assiduity
assuagement
assuagement
noun
An assuaging medicine or application.
The action of assuaging; appeasement.
The condition of being assuaged.
assubjugate
assubjugate
verb
(obsolete) To bring into subjection.
asteraceous
asteraceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Asteraceae.
asteropaeus
astoundable
astoundable
adj
Capable of being astounded.
astoundment
astoundment
noun
amazement
astriferous
astriferous
adj
Bearing stars.
athermanous
athermanous
adj
Not transmitting heat.
atmocautery
atomiferous
atramentous
atramentous
adj
atramental
atropaceous
attapulgite
attapulgite
noun
(mineralogy) A clay mineral that is a constituent of fuller's earth and bentonite
attenuating
attenuating
verb
present participle of attenuate
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.
attenuative
attenuative
adj
(brewing) Of a yeast, capable of high attenuation, able to convert a high proportion of sugar to alcohol.
Tending to attenuate or lessen the force of something.
attenuators
attenuators
noun
plural of attenuator
attributive
attributive
adj
(grammar, of a word or phrase) Modifying another word, typically a noun, while in the same phrase.
Attributing; characterized by attributing; effecting attribution.
noun
(grammar) An attributive word or phrase (see above), contrasted with predicative or substantive.
attunements
attunements
noun
plural of attunement
aubergistes
aubergistes
noun
plural of aubergiste
auctioneers
auctioneers
noun
plural of auctioneer
auctorizate
audiometers
audiometers
noun
plural of audiometer
audiometric
audiometric
adj
Measured using an audiometer
Of or pertaining to audiometry
augitophyre
augmentable
augmentable
adj
Capable of being augmented or increased.
Capable of increasing.
augmentedly
augmentedly
adv
In an augmented manner.
aureateness
auriculated
auriculated
adj
(biology, rare) Having ears or appendages like ears; eared.
(botany, rare) Having lobes or appendages like the ear; shaped like the ear; auriculate.
(zoology, rare) Having an angular projection on one or both sides, as in certain bivalve shells, the foot of some gastropods, etc.
auripigment
auripigment
noun
(archaic) Variant of orpiment
auscultated
auscultated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of auscultate
auscultates
auscultates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of auscultate
ausgespielt
austenitize
austenitize
verb
To heat iron (or an iron-based metal such as steel) to a temperature at which it changes crystal structure from ferrite to austenite.
austereness
austereness
noun
harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
severity; strictness; austerity.
austerities
austerities
noun
plural of austerity
austinville
austrianize
austrogaean
austronesia
austronesia
Proper noun
The Pacific islands of Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia considered as a group.
austrophile
autaesthesy
auteciously
autecologic
authentical
authentical
adj
(archaic) Authentic.
authenticly
authenticly
adv
Dated spelling of authentically.
authigenous
authigenous
adj
authigenic
authoresses
authoresses
noun
plural of authoress
authorities
authorities
noun
The bodies that enforce law and order or provide a public service
The bodies that have political or administrative power and control in a particular sphere
plural of authority
authorizers
authorizers
noun
plural of authorizer
autoaddress
autocephaly
autocephaly
noun
(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
autoceptive
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.
autocinesis
autocoherer
autocoherer
noun
(historical, wireless telegraphy) A self-restoring coherer, such as a microphonic detector.
autocracies
autocracies
noun
plural of autocracy
autocrosses
autocrosses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autocross
autodialers
autodialers
noun
plural of autodialer
autodialled
autoerotism
autoerotism
noun
Sexual activity involving oneself, including masturbation.
autofocuses
autofocuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autofocus
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
autografted
autografted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograft
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
autogravure
autogravure
noun
(historical) A process of photo-engraving akin to autotype.
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.
autoloaders
autoloaders
noun
plural of autoloader
autolysates
autolysates
noun
plural of autolysate
autolyzates
autolyzates
noun
plural of autolyzate
automatable
automatable
adj
able to be automated
automatized
automatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of automatize
automatizes
automatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automatize
automobiled
automobiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of automobile
automobiles
automobiles
noun
plural of automobile
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automobile
autopelagic
autophagies
autophagies
noun
plural of autophagy
autorotated
autorotated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autorotate
autorotates
autorotates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autorotate
autoscience
autosoteric
autosoteric
adj
Relating to autosoterism
autostarter
autosuggest
autosuggest
noun
(computing) Any feature that makes automatic suggestions to the user.
verb
(computing) To suggest automatically.
(psychiatry) To suggest to oneself.
autotheater
autotherapy
autotherapy
noun
(medicine) Self-treatment of a medical condition.
(medicine) The spontaneous cure of a medical condition.
(medicine) Treament of a disease by administration of filtrates from the patient's own pathological secretions, such as the ingestion of discharge from wounds.
autotomised
autotomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autotomise
autotomized
autotomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autotomize
autotomizes
autotomizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autotomize
autotoxemia
autotoxemia
noun
Alternative form of autotoxaemia
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
autoworkers
autoworkers
noun
plural of autoworker
autoxidizer
auxanometer
auxanometer
noun
An instrument to measure the growth of plants.
auxetically
auxetically
adv
By auxesis.
aventurines
aventurines
noun
plural of aventurine
averruncate
averruncate
verb
(transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off.
(transitive, rare) To root up.
avicultures
avicultures
noun
plural of aviculture
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
bacteririum
bacteriuria
bacteriuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of bacteria in the urine
balaneutics
balustraded
balustraded
adj
Having balustrades.
balustrades
balustrades
noun
plural of balustrade
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
banquetings
banquetings
noun
plural of banqueting
barbiturate
barbiturate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of barbituric acid.
(pharmacology) Any of derivatives of barbituric acid that act as depressants of the central nervous system and are used as sedatives or hypnotics.
barouchette
barouchette
noun
A light barouche.
barquantine
barquentine
barquentine
noun
(nautical) A sailing vessel similar to a barque, but fore-and-aft (schooner) rigged on the mainmast
batidaceous
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beauteously
beauteously
adv
In a beauteous manner.
beauticians
beauticians
noun
plural of beautician
beautifiers
beautifiers
noun
plural of beautifier
beautifully
beautifully
adv
In a beautiful manner.
beautifying
beautifying
adj
That beautifies; tending to make beautiful.
noun
The action of the verb to beautify.
verb
present participle of beautify
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
bequeathals
bequeathals
noun
plural of bequeathal
bequeathing
bequeathing
verb
present participle of bequeath
betulaceous
betulaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Betulaceae.
biacuminate
biacuminate
adj
(botany) Having points in two directions.
biangulated
biangulated
adj
Alternative form of biangulate
biconjugate
biconjugate
adj
(botany) paired twice
(mathematics) conjugate in two ways
bicuspidate
bicuspidate
adj
Having two points or prominences (as teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.); bicuspid.