(geomorphology) A slope or inclination of the earth, as the side of a hill, considered as ascending, in opposition to declivity, or descending; an upward slope; ascent.
acetosity
acetosity
noun
The quality of being acetous; sourness.
acetoxyls
acetoxyls
noun
plural of acetoxyl
acetylate
acetylate
verb
(chemistry) To react with acetic acid or one of its derivatives; to introduce one or more acetyl groups into a substance
acetylene
acetylene
noun
(organic chemistry, countable) Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
(organic chemistry, uncountable) Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odorless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy.
A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.
acetylide
acetylide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound derived from acetylene or a terminal acetylene by replacing a hydrogen atom with a metal.
acetylize
acetylize
verb
Synonym of acetylate
acinacity
acoumetry
acoumetry
noun
The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
acronycta
acropathy
acropathy
noun
Any disease specific to the extremities.
acrylates
acrylates
noun
plural of acrylate
actinally
actinally
adv
In an actinal manner.
actionary
actionary
noun
(business, obsolete) A shareholder in a joint-stock company.
actipylea
actuality
actuality
noun
(historical, film) A short early motion picture.
(television) Live reporting on current affairs.
An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact.
The state of existing; existence.
acylating
acylating
verb
present participle of acylate
acylation
acylation
noun
(organic chemistry) The process of adding an acyl group to a compound.
adactylia
adactylia
noun
Alternative form of adactyly
adenocyst
adipocyte
adipocyte
noun
(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
adjunctly
adjunctly
adv
In an adjunct manner.
adjutancy
adjutancy
noun
The state or office of being an adjutant, assistant, or helper.
aeroyacht
aeroyacht
noun
(archaic) aeroboat
alectryon
aletocyte
allectory
allotypic
allotypic
adj
Of, due to, or pertaining to an allotype.
alternacy
alternacy
noun
alternateness; alternation
amebocyte
amebocyte
noun
Alternative spelling of amoebocyte
amyatonic
anacidity
anacidity
noun
Lack of acidity, as of the stomach.
analytics
analytics
noun
Discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data.
The principles governing any of various forms of analysis.
anaptychi
anaptychi
noun
plural of anaptychus
anciently
anciently
adv
Done long ago.
In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did.
(archaic) Something ancient (countable); ancient things (collectively).
(archaic) The olden days; antiquity.
(archaic) The quality or fact of being ancient or very old.
androcyte
angiocyst
ankylotic
ankylotic
adj
Of or pertaining to ankylosis.
anthocyan
anthocyan
noun
(organic chemistry) anthocyanin
anthracyl
antically
antically
adv
In an antic manner
anticynic
antilytic
antilytic
adj
Of or pertaining to antilysis
That inhibits lysis
antipyics
antipyics
noun
plural of antipyic
antitypic
antitypic
Adjective
antitypical
antizymic
antizymic
adj
Preventing fermentation.
antonymic
antonymic
adj
(semantics) Of or relating to an antonym or antonyms.
apocalypt
appetency
appetency
noun
Strong desire; craving; powerful instinct.
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
archicyte
arcuately
arcuately
adv
In an arcuate way.
arhythmic
arhythmic
Adjective
Having no rhythm.
aromacity
arrectary
arrectary
noun
(obsolete) A vertical beam or post.
arrythmic
ascochyta
ascochyta
noun
Any fungus of the genus Ascochyta.
asphyctic
asphyctic
adj
Pertaining to asphyxia.
astrocyte
astrocyte
noun
(neurology) A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain.
asymtotic
asynaptic
asynaptic
adj
(genetics) Relating to asynapsis
asyndetic
asyndetic
adj
(grammar) Not connected by a conjunction.
(psychiatry) Relating to asyndesis.
asystolic
asystolic
adj
Not having a heartbeat.
Not systolic.
Pertaining to asystole.
athrocyte
athrocyte
noun
(biology) A cell that ingests foreign particles
atomicity
atomicity
noun
(chemistry) The number of atoms in a molecule.
(computing) The state of a system (often a database system) in which either all stages complete or none complete.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being atomic.
atonicity
atonicity
noun
The property of being atonic.
autocracy
autocracy
noun
(countable) An instance of this government.
(uncountable) A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.
autocycle
autocycle
noun
(US) A three-wheeled vehicle with an enclosed cabin, where passengers ride in seats instead of astride the body.
A hybrid between motorcycle and automobile, with a drive system like a motorcycle and rider amenities like a car.
A vehicle somewhat like a moped, having a small motor where the pedals would be, and a petrol tank located within the frame.
autolycus
autolycus
Proper noun
In Ancient Greek mythology, a son of Hermes and Chione.
autolytic
autolytic
adj
(pathology) Relating to autolysis
autoscopy
autoscopy
noun
The experience of seeing one's body from the outside while awake, as if disembodied.
autotypic
autotypic
adj
Relating to an autotype
auxilytic
avocatory
backstays
backstays
noun
plural of backstay
baronetcy
baronetcy
noun
The rank of a baronet.
battycake
biacetyls
bicyclist
bicyclist
noun
Rare form of cyclist.
bidactyle
biplicity
biplicity
noun
Doubleness, the state of being double.
The state of being twice folded; reduplication.
biscuitry
biscuitry
noun
(countable) An individual business that manufactures biscuits and similar items; a biscuit factory.
(uncountable) A form of unglazed earthenware.
(uncountable) A mass or collection of baked goods such as biscuits and bread.
(uncountable) The baking of biscuits, bread, and similar items.
(uncountable) The business of manufacturing biscuits.
(woodworking, uncountable) The process of inserting biscuits (thin ovals of wood or other material) into mating slots in order to provide a gluing surface.
blotchily
blotchily
adv
In a blotchy manner.
botchedly
botchedly
adv
In a clumsy manner.
botcherly
botcherly
adj
bungling; awkward
boycotted
boycotted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boycott
boycotter
boycotter
noun
Someone who engages in a boycott
brachytic
brythonic
brythonic
Proper noun
A Celtic language.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Brythonic language subgroup, a set of Celtic languages.
butcherly
butcherly
adj
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
adv
(obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.
byproduct
byproduct
noun
Alternative form of by-product
cabinetry
cabinetry
noun
High-quality wooden furniture; cabinetwork.
The craft of making high-quality wooden furniture; cabinetmaking.
cacopathy
caecotomy
caitanyas
callidity
callidity
noun
(obsolete) craftiness, cunning
callitype
callosity
callosity
noun
(countable) A callus
(uncountable) A callous demeanour; insensitivity or hardheartedness
calotypic
calotypic
adj
Of or relating to calotypes.
calycanth
calycanth
noun
A plant of the family Calycanthaceae.
calypsist
calypters
calypters
noun
plural of calypter
calyptras
calyptras
noun
plural of calyptra
cambistry
cambistry
noun
The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.
campylite
campylite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of mimetite.
camsteary
camsteery
camstrary
candytuft
candytuft
noun
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
cantatory
cantatory
adj
(rare) Of or pertaining to singing or singers
(rare) Of, pertaining to, or containing cant
cantingly
cantingly
adv
In a canting manner; with jargon or religious affectation.
capitally
capitally
adv
(dated) Excellent.
(not comparable) By capital punishment.
Chiefly; principally.
caprylate
caprylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of caprylic acid
captaincy
captaincy
noun
(historical) An administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires.
The jurisdiction of a captain.
The rank or status of a captain.
captainly
captainly
adj
Befitting a captain.
captainry
captainry
noun
(obsolete) Power or command over a district; chieftainship.
captivity
captivity
noun
(obsolete) A group of people/beings captive.
The state of being captive.
The state or period of being imprisoned, confined, or enslaved.
cariosity
cariosity
noun
(medicine) caries
carnality
carnality
noun
A preoccupation with sexual desire.
The state of being carnal.
carnosity
carnosity
noun
(countable) A fleshy caruncle or excrescence.
(uncountable) Fleshiness.
carpentry
carpentry
noun
(countable) A carpenter's workshop.
(uncountable) A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
(uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.
carryouts
carryouts
noun
plural of carryout
carrytale
carrytale
Noun
A talebearer.
cartulary
cartulary
noun
A collection of original documents bound in one volume.
A medieval manuscript register containing full or excerpted transcriptions of important documents, especially of originally loose, single-sheet charters.
An officer who had charge of records or other public papers.
caryatids
caryatids
noun
plural of caryatid
caryotins
castaways
castaways
noun
plural of castaway
casuality
casuistry
casuistry
noun
(derogatory) A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.
The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.
cataclysm
cataclysm
noun
(geology) A sudden and violent change in the earth's crust.
A great flood.
A sudden, violent event.
catalepsy
catalepsy
noun
(pathology) A severe bodily condition, described in psychiatric pathology, marked by sudden rigidity, fixation of posture, and loss of contact with environmental conditions.
catalyses
catalyses
noun
plural of catalysis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalyse
catalysis
catalysis
noun
(chemistry) The increase of the rate of a chemical reaction, induced by a catalyst.
catalysts
catalysts
noun
plural of catalyst
catalytic
catalytic
adj
(chemistry) Of or relating to a catalyst; having properties facilitating chemical reaction or change.
catalyzed
catalyzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catalyze
catalyzer
catalyzer
noun
(American spelling, Canadian spelling) That which catalyzes.
A catalytic converter.
catalyzes
catalyzes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalyze
cataphyll
cataphyll
noun
(botany) A leaf, sometimes abortive, sometimes persistent, that does not develop into a photosynthetic structure, but instead fulfills protective or storage functions. Examples include cotyledons, bud-scales, glochids, rhizome-scales, and bulb-scales.
cataplexy
cataplexy
noun
(medicine) An abrupt loss of muscle tone, sometimes associated with narcolepsy.
catholyte
catholyte
noun
(flow batteries) The liquid cathode
The portion of an electrolyte near a cathode, especially in a cell in which the cathode and anode are in separate compartments
cathyleen
cattishly
cattishly
adv
In a cattish manner.
cattleyak
cattleyas
cattleyas
noun
plural of cattleya
caudatory
caulotaxy
causality
causality
noun
The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship.
causticly
causticly
adv
Archaic form of caustically.
cautionry
cautionry
noun
(Scotland, law) suretyship
cecostomy
cecostomy
noun
Alternative spelling of caecostomy
celebrity
celebrity
noun
(obsolete) A rite or ceremony.
(uncountable) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.
A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person.