Like amethyst, especially in colour; violet-purple.
ammonolyses
ammonolyses
noun
plural of ammonolysis
amyosthenia
amyosthenia
noun
(medicine) Myasthenia.
amyosthenic
amyosthenic
adj
Of or relating to amyosthenia.
noun
(medicine) A drug or agent that depresses muscular action.
anaphylaxes
anaphylaxes
noun
plural of anaphylaxis
anapophyses
anapophyses
noun
plural of anapophysis
ancestrally
ancestrally
adv
Pertaining to ancestry.
ancyloceras
ancylostome
ancylostome
noun
Alternative form of ancylostoma (“type of hookworm”)
androgynies
androgynies
noun
plural of androgyny
anisylidene
anniversary
anniversary
noun
(especially) Such a day that commemorates a wedding.
(loosely) A day subsequent in time to a given event by some significant period other than a year (especially as prefixed by the amount of time in question).
A day that is an exact number of years (to the day) since a given significant event occurred. Often preceded by an ordinal number indicating the number of years.
anonymities
anonymities
noun
plural of anonymity
answeringly
answeringly
adv
In a way that answers; so as to answer; in reply.
antiamylase
antileprosy
antileprosy
adj
(medicine) Countering leprosy.
antiobesity
antiobesity
adj
(pharmacology, nutrition, of a drug, etc.) Serving to counter obesity.
antipyresis
antipyresis
noun
(medicine) The reduction of fever.
antipyrines
antipyrines
noun
plural of antipyrine
antisecrecy
antisecrecy
adj
Opposing or countering secrecy.
antislavery
antislavery
adj
(sociology) Opposed to the practice of slavery.
aphanomyces
apoxyomenos
apoxyomenos
noun
(art) A conventional subject of ancient Greek votive sculpture: an athlete caught in the familiar act of scraping sweat and dust from his body with a strigil.
appeasingly
appeasingly
adv
in an appeasing manner
aptenodytes
arkansawyer
arkansawyer
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Arkansas in the United States of America.
arrestingly
arrestingly
adv
In a way or to an extent that is arresting; so as to catch the attention suddenly.
arsenophagy
arsenophagy
noun
The practice of eating arsenic.
ascendantly
ascendantly
adv
In an ascendant manner.
ascendingly
ascendingly
adv
In an ascending manner.
assemblyman
assemblyman
noun
A male member of an assembly.
A member of the lower house of certain US state legislatures.
assemblymen
assemblymen
noun
plural of assemblyman
assentatory
assentatory
adj
(obsolete) flattering; obsequious
assentingly
assentingly
adv
in an assenting manner
assertingly
assyrianize
asteroxylon
asthenology
astringency
astringency
noun
An astringent taste.
That which acts as an astringent, causing contraction of soft tissue to restrict the flow of blood.
asynartetic
asynartetic
adj
(prosody) Having or containing two different types of metre
attorneyism
attorneyism
noun
The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys.
babyishness
babyishness
noun
The state or quality of being babyish.
barleycorns
barleycorns
noun
plural of barleycorn
brainlessly
brainlessly
adv
in a brainless manner; stupidly; foolishly
bunyanesque
bunyanesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of (1628–1688), English Christian writer and preacher, best known for his allegorical book .
buoyantness
buoyantness
noun
The state or quality of being buoyant.
caenostylic
cageynesses
cahenslyism
cahenslyism
Noun
A plan proposed to the Pope in 1891 by P. P. Cahensly, a member of the German parliament, to divide the foreign-born population of the United States, for ecclesiastical purposes, according to European nationalities, and to appoint bishops and priests of the same race and speaking the same language as the majority of the members of a diocese or congregation.
cancerously
cancerously
adv
In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
With cancer.
caressingly
caressingly
adv
In a caressing manner; soothingly.
causewaying
causewaying
verb
present participle of causeway
causewayman
causewayman
noun
A man employed to build a causeway.
cavernously
cavernously
adv
In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
In a cavernous manner; sounding deep, hollow, or echoey.
chatoyances
chatoyances
noun
plural of chatoyance
chelyabinsk
choanocytes
choanocytes
noun
plural of choanocyte
chrysophane
chrysophane
noun
(organic chemistry) A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition.
coalescency
coalescency
noun
Alternative form of coalescence
commensally
commensally
adv
In a commensal manner.
companyless
connascency
connascency
noun
Alternative form of connascence
conservancy
conservancy
noun
(Britain) A commission that deals with fishery and navigation.
(US, law) A state in which a company is allowed to continue trading without incurring any new financial liabilities or disposing of any assets.
An organization dedicated to the conservation of natural resources.
The conservation of a resource.
constablery
constablery
noun
Obsolete form of constabulary.
contestably
contestably
adv
Such that it can be contested or challenged.
conversably
conversably
adv
In a conversable manner.
conversancy
conversancy
Noun
The condition of being conversant
conveyances
conveyances
noun
plural of conveyance
cosymmedian
countersway
countersway
noun
(obsolete) A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence.
countryseat
countryseat
noun
an estate in the country; gentleman's country residence
courtesanry
crayonstone
crystalline
crystalline
adj
(chemistry) Having a regular three-dimensional molecular structure.
Of, relating to, or composed of crystals.
Pure.
Resembling crystal in being clear and transparent.
noun
(obsolete) Any crystalline substance.
(obsolete) aniline
cutaneously
cutaneously
adv
In a cutaneous way.
cynaraceous
cynicalness
cynicalness
noun
The state or quality of being cynical.
cyphonautes
cyphonautes
noun
(zoology) The larva of an ectoproct or bryozoan.
cyrenaicism
cyrenaicism
Proper noun
The doctrine of Cyrenaics that people should ultimately aim at the pleasure of the present moment, disregarding future pain that could result from it.
cystadenoma
cystadenoma
noun
A hidrocystoma.
cysteamines
cysteamines
noun
plural of cysteamine
cystenchyma
cystonectae
cytinaceous
cytinaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Cytinaceae.
dailynesses
dangerously
dangerously
adv
In a dangerous manner.
dauntlessly
dauntlessly
adv
In a dauntless manner.
decayedness
decayedness
noun
The state or quality of being decayed.
delusionary
delusionary
adj
(psychology) Delusional.
demonastery
designatory
designatory
adj
Serving to designate.
discernably
discernably
adv
In a way that can be discerned; observably.
discrepancy
discrepancy
noun
An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
The state or quality of being discrepant.
disecondary
disensanity
disensanity
noun
(obsolete, nonce word) insanity; folly
displacency
displacency
noun
(obsolete) Lack of complacency or gratification; envious displeasure; dislike.
dynamoscope
dynamoscope
noun
(historical) A modified stethoscope for auscultation of the muscles.
dyskinesias
dyskinesias
noun
plural of dyskinesia
dyspareunia
dyspareunia
noun
(medicine) Painful or difficult sexual intercourse, especially in women.
dyssynergia
dyssynergia
noun
(physiology) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly
easygoingly
egyptianise
egyptianism
eleemosynar
enchymatous
enchytraeus
encyclicals
encyclicals
noun
plural of encyclical
encystation
encystation
noun
encystment
endosteally
endosteally
adv
In the endosteum.
enneagynous
enneastylar
enneastylos
ensnaringly
ensnaringly
adv
So as to ensnare.
erosionally
erosionally
adv
In an erosional manner; by means of erosion.
essentially
essentially
adv
in essence
ethanolysis
ethanolysis
noun
(organic chemistry) alcoholysis using ethanol
eutychianus
evanescency
evanescency
noun
(archaic) Synonym of evanescence
excystation
excystation
noun
(biology) The stage in the life cycle of a parasite in which it escapes from a cyst (after being swallowed by its host)
expansively
expansively
adv
In an expansive manner
expansivity
expansivity
noun
(mathematics) The formal notion of points moving away from one another under the action of an iterated function.
expansiveness
farawayness
farawayness
noun
The state of being faraway
festinately
festinately
adv
(obsolete) In a festinate manner; hastily; hurriedly.
freemasonry
freemasonry
noun
(figuratively) Fellowship and sympathy among a number of people.
(figuratively) Strange customs which resemble those of Freemasons.
Alternative letter-case form of Freemasonry: the institutions, precepts, and rites of the Freemasons.
genioplasty
genioplasty
noun
(surgery) mentoplasty
genyoplasty
geodynamics
geodynamics
noun
the branch of geophysics that studies the deformation processes of planetary mantle and crust, and the resulting earthquakes and volcanism
glycogenase
glycogenase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of glycogen
grandiosely
grandiosely
adv
In a grandiose manner
granophyres
granophyres
noun
plural of granophyre
grayishness
grayishness
noun
The quality of being grayish.
gymnopaedes
gynecomasty
gynecomasty
noun
Alternative form of gynecomastia
gynobaseous
handyperson
handyperson
noun
(uncommon) A handyman or handywoman.
haynesville
heavenishly
heavenishly
adv
In a heavenish manner.
hemanalysis
hemocyanins
hemocyanins
noun
plural of hemocyanin
hendiadyses
hendiadyses
noun
plural of hendiadys
heptagynous
heptagynous
adj
(botany) Having seven pistils
honeyeaters
honeyeaters
noun
plural of honeyeater
hyaenarctos
hyalescence
hyalescence
noun
The process of becoming, or the state of being, transparent like glass.
hydrogenase
hydrogenase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a substrate by the reversible oxidation of hydrogen.