A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Aberdeen, NE Scotland.
aberration
aberration
noun
(astronomy) A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer.
(astronomy, by extension) The tendency of light rays to preferentially strike the leading face of a moving object (the effect underlying the above phenomenon).
(electronics) A defect in an image produced by an optical or electrostatic lens system.
(medicine) A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.
(optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point.
(zoology, botany) A typical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ.
A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character.
A partial alienation of reason.
The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
abhorrible
abhorrible
adj
(rare, obsolete) Detestable.
abiotrophy
abiotrophy
noun
(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
abjuration
abjuration
noun
A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle.
A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
The act of abjuring.
abolishers
abolishers
noun
plural of abolisher
abominator
abominator
noun
One who abominates.
aboriginal
aboriginal
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal
First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans.
noun
An animal or plant native to a region.
aborigines
aborigines
noun
(history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
Indigenous flora and fauna.
The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
plural of aborigine
aborticide
aborticide
noun
An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.
The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
abortional
abortional
adj
(rare) Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.
abortively
abortively
adv
In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
abreaction
abreaction
noun
(psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
abrogating
abrogating
verb
present participle of abrogate
abrogation
abrogation
noun
The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition.
abrogative
abrogative
adj
Tending or designed to abrogate.
absarokite
absarokite
noun
(mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite
absolvitor
absolvitor
noun
(Scotland, law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
absorbtion
absorbtion
noun
Misspelling of absorption.
absorption
absorption
noun
(chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
(electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
(meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
(obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
(physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
Mental assimilation.
assimilation; incorporation.
absorptive
absorptive
adj
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
abstersion
abstersion
noun
(archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
abstertion
abstrusion
abstrusion
noun
(rare) The act of thrusting away.
acrobacies
acrobatics
acrobatics
noun
A spectacular display of agility.
The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats.
acrobatism
acrobatism
noun
(dated) The feats of an acrobat; daring gymnastic feats.
acrophobia
acrophobia
noun
phobia or strong fear of being high above ground level
aerobatics
aerobatics
noun
Spectacular stunts, performed in an airplane or glider. Examples include various types of rolls and loops.
aerobating
aerobating
verb
present participle of aerobate
aerobiosis
aerobiosis
noun
(biology) Any form of life that is sustained by the presence of air (or oxygen)
aerobiotic
aerobiotic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerobiosis
aerophobia
aerophobia
noun
(medicine) A pathological aversion or sensitivity to air or the movement of air, especially as a symptom of rabies.
(rare, by extension or possibly from acrophobia) Fear of heights
(travel) Fear of flying
An aversion to fresh air, drafts or breezes.
aerophobic
aerophobic
adj
Disliking or avoiding air.
Having a fear of flying in aircraft.
alboranite
aleurobius
algarrobin
algarrobin
noun
(historical) A dyestuff made from the wood of Ceratonia siliqua, the European carob tree.
ambagitory
ambagitory
adj
(obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory
ambiparous
ambrosiate
ambrosiate
noun
A crystalline substance, C₂₃H₂₅O₅Br, that is one of the common irritants that can be refined from ragweed (Ambrosia arthemisiifolia).
amoebiform
amoebiform
adj
Alternative form of amebiform
anaerobian
anaerobies
anaerobies
noun
(biology) anaerobes
anaerobion
anaerobism
anaerobism
noun
The property of being anaerobic.
anaerobium
angiotribe
angiotribe
noun
An instrument for controlling hemorrhages
antibaryon
antibaryon
noun
(physics) The antiparticle corresponding to a baryon.
antibromic
antibromic
adj
(archaic) Having the power to eliminate offensive smells.
noun
(archaic) Any substance capable of eliminating offensive smells.
antorbital
antorbital
adj
(anatomy) Situated to the front of the orbit of the eye
noun
(anatomy) The antorbital bone
arabinosic
arabinosic
adj
Of or relating to arabinose.
arbitrator
arbitrator
noun
A person to whom the authority to settle or judge a dispute is delegated.
arboricole
arboricole
adj
(zoology) arboreal
arboriform
arboriform
adj
Resembling a tree in shape or appearance.
arborizing
arborizing
verb
present participle of arborize
arborvitae
arborvitae
noun
(anatomy) The white nerve tissue of the cerebellum that has a branching structure.
Any of several North American or Asian conifers, of the genera Thuja and Thujopsis or the species Platycladus orientalis, grown for timber or ornament.
archbishop
archbishop
noun
A senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)
archibaldo
archibuteo
arcimboldi
aryballoid
ashipboard
ashipboard
adv
on shipboard
attributor
attributor
noun
One who attributes; an imputer.
aurophobia
aurophobia
noun
The fear of gold; by extension, the fear of wealth.
babiroussa
babiroussa
noun
A large hoglike quadruped, of the genus Babyrousa, found in the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.
baccharoid
bacterioid
bacterioid
adj
(rare) Resembling a bacterium.
bacterious
bactritoid
bactritoid
noun
Any extinct cephalopod of the order Bactritida
baculiform
baculiform
adj
Shaped like a bacillus; rod-shaped.
balatronic
balatronic
adj
buffoonish
balourdise
baragnosis
baragnosis
noun
Inability to judge weight differences accurately.
baralipton
barbarious
barbarious
adj
(dated, before 20th century, now literary) barbarous, barbaric.
barbatimao
barbatimao
noun
A South American mimosa tree, Stryphnodendron adstringens (formerly Stryphnodendron barbatimao), which has an astringent, tannin-rich bark.
barbirolli
barhopping
barhopping
verb
present participle of barhop
barognosis
barognosis
noun
(medicine) The ability to evaluate the weight of objects, or to differentiate objects of different weights by holding or lifting them.
barometric
barometric
adj
Made or done with a barometer
Of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure.
baroneting
baronetise
baronetize
baronizing
baronizing
verb
present participle of baronize
barophobia
barophobia
noun
An abnormal fear of gravity.
baroscopic
baroscopic
adj
Relating to, or determined by, the baroscope.
baroswitch
baroswitch
noun
Any form of switch that is activated barometrically (by a change in pressure)
barotactic
barotactic
adj
Relating to barotaxis
barotropic
barotropic
adj
(meteorology) In which the pressure of the atmosphere is dependent upon its density only.
barricados
barrientos
barrigudos
barrigudos
noun
plural of barrigudo
barrington
barrington
Proper noun
A village in Cambridgeshire, England
A village in Somerset, England
A village in Illinois
A town in New Hampshire
A borough in New Jersey
A town in New York
A village in New South Wales, Australia
A town in Rhode Island
bartolozzi
baryphonia
baryphonic
basidorsal
basidorsal
adj
At the base of the rear
noun
A cartilage on the dorsolateral side of the notochord
basiotribe
bastionary
bastionary
adj
Having the form of a bastion (fortification).
batocrinus
batrachoid
batrachoid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Batrachoididae of marine fishes, called toadfish.
(zoology, dated) Frog-like; batrachian.
noun
(zoology) Any species of the family Batrachoididae; a batrachoidid.
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
beerothite
beforesaid
beforesaid
adj
(archaic) Previously said.
beforetime
beforetime
adv
(archaic) Formerly, previously.
begroaning
begroaning
verb
present participle of begroan
behavioral
behavioral
adj
(American spelling) Of or relating to behavior.
behaviored
behaviours
behaviours
noun
plural of behaviour
belaboring
belaboring
verb
present participle of belabor
beliquored
beliquored
adj
Drunken.
belorussia
belorussia
Proper noun
Belarus
bergsonian
bergsonian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1859–1941), French philosopher, who convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science in understanding reality.
bergsonism
beribboned
beribboned
adj
Adorned, trimmed with ribbons
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beribbon
bernalillo
bernalillo
Proper noun
a town in New Mexico, USA
bernardino
bernouilli
berrettino
bertolonia
bertolucci
beryciform
beryciform
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes
noun
Any fish of the order Beryciformes
berycoidea
berycoidei
beryllosis
bescouring
bestrowing
bestrowing
verb
present participle of bestrow
bethorning
betorcinol
betrothing
betrothing
verb
present participle of betroth
beworrying
beworrying
verb
present participle of beworry
biacromial
biacromial
adj
(anatomy) interacromial
bialveolar
bichloride
bichloride
noun
(chemistry) A dichloride.
bichromate
bichromate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Synonym of dichromate
bicolorous
bicolorous
adj
(biology, mycology) Having two different colors.
bicoloured
bicoloured
adj
Of two colours.
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
bicornuate
bicornuate
adj
(medicine) Resembling a pair of horns, as a malformed uterus may.
bicornuous
bicorporal
bicorporal
adj
Having two bodies
bicrofarad
bicrofarad
noun
(dated, nonstandard) A billionth of a farad.
bielorouss
bifluoride
bifluoride
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of difluoride
biharmonic
biharmonic
adj
(mathematics) Describing a class of fourth-order partial differential equations which arises in areas of continuum mechanics
noun
Any equation of this kind.
bijouterie
bijouterie
noun
Small articles of jewellery, trinkets, etc.
biliferous
biliferous
adj
Generating bile.
billboards
billboards
noun
plural of billboard
billholder
billholder
noun
A device by means of which bills, etc., are held.
One who holds a bill or acceptance.
billposter
billposter
noun
One who posts handbills or posters in public places.
binoculars
binoculars
noun
A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.
biocentric
biocentric
adj
Supporting or pertaining to biocentrism.
biocontrol
biocontrol
noun
(biology) The biological control of pests by the use of organisms that are natural predators, parasites, or pathogens
verb
To exercise such control
biodegrade
biodegrade
verb
to decompose as a result of biological action, especially by microorganisms
biographee
biographee
noun
One about whom a biography is written; the subject of a biography.
biographer
biographer
noun
The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.