A pruning device mounted on a pole, so as to reach high branches; a weeding machine.
abjudicator
abouchement
accentuator
accentuator
noun
An agent that accentuates.
acclivitous
acclivitous
adj
Acclivous
accordatura
accordature
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
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.
accurtation
accusations
accusations
noun
plural of accusation
accustoming
accustoming
verb
present participle of accustom
accustomize
accustomize
verb
(rare) To learn to adapt one's lifestyle to a new or changed environment.
acetabulous
acetabulous
adj
cup-shaped; acetabular
acetotoluid
acettoluide
achromatium
achromatous
achromatous
adj
Lacking normal colour; colourless
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.
acquisitors
acquisitors
noun
plural of acquisitor
acronyctous
acronyctous
adj
(astronomy) acronycal
acrostichum
acrostolium
acrotarsium
acrotarsium
noun
(zoology) The instep of the foot (front of the tarsus)
actinologue
actinologue
noun
(biology) Part of an actinomere
acumination
acumination
noun
A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point.
acutilobate
acutonodose
adjudicator
adjudicator
noun
One who adjudicates.
adjunctions
adjunctions
noun
plural of adjunction
aeciotelium
aeronautics
aeronautics
noun
The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects
The theory and practice of aircraft navigation
aftercourse
aftercourse
noun
(archaic, regional) The final course of a meal.
(obsolete) A subsequent course of study.
The course (sequence of events or actions) that follows something; subsequent course.
afunctional
afunctional
adj
Not functional.
allocutions
allocutions
noun
plural of allocution
alphatoluic
altocumulus
altocumulus
noun
(physics, meteorology) A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or greyish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows. (Abbreviated Ac.)
amentaceous
amentaceous
adj
(botany) Bearing, resembling, or consisting of an ament or aments.
ametoecious
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
androtauric
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuous
anfractuous
adj
craggy, rugged, coarse, rough, uneven.
sinuous, twisty, winding.
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
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.
antinucleon
antinucleon
noun
(physics) The antiparticle of a nucleon
apiculation
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
aporocactus
apoturmeric
arcocentrum
articulator
articulator
noun
(dentistry) A mechanical device to which casts of the teeth are fixed, reproducing recorded positions of the mandible in relation to the maxilla.
(phonetics) Any organ in the vocal tract used to articulate, produce speech.
One who articulates bones and mounts skeletons.
One who, or that which, articulates or expresses.
artificious
artificious
adj
(obsolete) Using, exhibiting, performed with or characterized by much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
artocarpous
ascititious
ascititious
adj
supplemental; not inherent or original
assecurator
asteraceous
asteraceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Asteraceae.
astrocaryum
astronautic
astronautic
adj
Of or pertaining to astronautics.
astroscopus
astuciously
astuciously
adv
astutely
atmocautery
atrociously
atrociously
adv
in an atrocious manner
atropaceous
auctioneers
auctioneers
noun
plural of auctioneer
auctorizate
audiometric
audiometric
adj
Measured using an audiometer
Of or pertaining to audiometry
auscultator
auscultator
noun
(historical) In Germany, one who had passed his first public examination in law, and who was merely retained, not yet employed or paid by government.
An instrument for auscultation.
One who practices auscultation.
austromancy
austromancy
noun
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
auteciously
autecologic
authorcraft
authorcraft
noun
The craft of an author; the writing of books.
autocamping
autocamping
verb
present participle of autocamp
autocarpian
autocarpous
autocarpous
adj
(botany) Having fruit formed by self-pollination
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.
autochthons
autochthons
noun
plural of autochthon.
autochthony
autochthony
noun
An aboriginal condition or state.
autocinesis
autoclastic
autoclastic
adj
(geology) Broken in place; said of rocks having a broken or brecciated structure due to crushing, in contrast to those of brecciated materials brought from a distance.
autoclaving
autoclaving
noun
sterilization in an autoclave
verb
present participle of autoclave
autocoherer
autocoherer
noun
(historical, wireless telegraphy) A self-restoring coherer, such as a microphonic detector.
autocracies
autocracies
noun
plural of autocracy
autocratrix
autocratrix
noun
(in particular, historical) The enlightened despot Catherine II of Russia, who reigned from 1762 to 1796 as empress and autocratrix of all the Russias.
A female autocrat.
autocrosses
autocrosses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autocross
autodidacts
autodidacts
noun
plural of autodidact
autodynamic
autodynamic
adj
Supplying its own power.
autofocuses
autofocuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autofocus
autogenetic
autogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to autogenesis.
Self-generated.
autognostic
autognostic
adj
self-aware
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
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.
autological
autological
adj
(grammar, of a word, phrase, or especially an adjective) Possessing the property it describes.
automatical
automatical
adj
Archaic form of automatic.
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autonomical
autonomical
adj
Alternative form of autonomic
autopelagic
autoplastic
autoplastic
adj
(psychology) Involving a subject changing him/herself rather than the environment or situation.
Of or pertaining to autoplasty (type of lesion repair with healthy tissue).
autopotamic
autopsychic
autopsychic
adj
(psychology) Relating to the perception of one's own mind
autopticity
autopticity
noun
The condition of being autoptic; an autoptic event
autoscience
autosoteric
autosoteric
adj
Relating to autosoterism
autotractor
autotrophic
autotrophic
adj
(biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
backcountry
backcountry
noun
A remote region; countryside that is relatively inaccessible; the boondocks.
barouchette
barouchette
noun
A light barouche.
barracoutas
barracoutas
noun
plural of barracouta
basculation
basculation
noun
(geology) The tilting of a geological layer.
(medicine, archaic) The replacement of a retroverted uterus by swinging it into its place.
bathukolpic
bathukolpic
adj
(rare) Deep-bosomed.
batidaceous
betulaceous
betulaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Betulaceae.
biconjugate
biconjugate
adj
(botany) paired twice
(mathematics) conjugate in two ways
bidactylous
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.
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
blacktongue
boletaceous
boletaceous
adj
Belonging to the family Boletaceae of mushrooms.
borzicactus
buccinators
buccinators
noun
plural of buccinator
buccinatory
buccinatory
adj
Relating to the buccinator muscle.
bucerotidae
bucerotinae
bulbochaete
bulborectal
butomaceous
butomaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Butomaceae.
butyraceous
butyraceous
adj
Of, pertaining to or containing butter; buttery
cafetoriums
cafetoriums
noun
plural of cafetorium
calculation
calculation
noun
(chess, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually moving the pieces.
(countable) An expectation based on circumstances.
(countable) Reckoning, estimate.
(mathematics, countable) The result of calculating.
(mathematics, uncountable) The act or process of calculating.
calculators
calculators
noun
plural of calculator
calculatory
calculatory
adj
Of or pertaining to calculation.
calochortus
calumniator
calumniator
noun
A person who calumniates (slanders, or makes personal attacks upon, others).