Not caused by bacteria; characterized by a lack of bacteria.
abbreviate
abbreviate
adj
(biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
(obsolete) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) An abridgment.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To speak or write in a brief manner.
(obsolete, transitive) To shorten by omitting parts or details.
(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
(transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
(transitive, mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
abductores
abductores
Noun
of. Sometimes used instead of abductor when referring to the anatomical muscles.
aberrantly
aberrantly
adv
In an aberrant manner; abnormally.
aberrating
aberrating
verb
present participle of aberrate
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.
aberrative
aberrative
adj
Having deviated or been knocked, momentarily and sharply, from the more dominant or expected course or trajectory.
aberuncate
aberuncate
verb
(rare, transitive) To eradicate; to pull up by the roots.
abirritate
abirritate
verb
(transitive, medicine) To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate; to soothe.
abjurement
abjurement
noun
(rare) renunciation
abnegators
abnegators
noun
plural of abnegator
aborsement
aborsement
noun
(obsolete) Abortment; abortion
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.
abortively
abortively
adv
In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
abrahamite
abreacting
abreacting
verb
present participle of abreact
abreaction
abreaction
noun
(psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
abrogative
abrogative
adj
Tending or designed to abrogate.
abruptedly
abruptedly
adv
Abruptly; by a sudden interruption or transition.
abruptness
abruptness
noun
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence.
The state of being abrupt or broken
absarokite
absarokite
noun
(mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite
absorbents
absorbents
noun
plural of absorbent
absorptive
absorptive
adj
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
abstainers
abstainers
noun
plural of abstainer
abstergent
abstergent
adj
Cleansing, detergent.
noun
A substance used to cleanse; a detergent.
absterging
absterging
verb
present participle of absterge
abstersion
abstersion
noun
(archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
(now rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete.
Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative.
Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstract
abstracter
abstracter
adj
(rare) comparative form of abstract: more abstract
noun
An accounting clerk who records payroll deductions.
One who abstracts, or makes an abstract, as in records or documents.
Someone that finds and summarizes information for legal or insurance work.
abstrahent
abstricted
abstricted
adj
Separated by abstriction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstrict
abstrusely
abstrusely
adv
In an abstruse manner.
abstrusest
abstrusest
adj
(rare) superlative form of abstruse: most abstruse
abterminal
abterminal
adj
(anatomy, of an electrical current in a muscle) Away from the end and towards the centre
abthainrie
accelerant
accelerant
adj
Causing acceleration or speeding up; accelerating.
noun
(figurative) Something that speeds up a process or the uptake of something else.
A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber.
In the context of fire protection, a substance that accelerates the development of a fire, especially some hydrocarbon-based fuel used to spread a fire caused by arson.
accelerate
accelerate
adj
(rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
verb
(intransitive) Grow; increase.
(intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
(obsolete) Alternative form of accelerated
(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
(transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
(transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
(transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
(transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
acceptress
acceptress
noun
(rare) A female acceptor.
accersitor
accipitres
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accoutered
accoutered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accouter
accredited
accredited
adj
Given official approval after meeting certain standards, as an accredited university; or as disease free cattle.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accredit
accreditee
accreditee
noun
A person who has received accreditation
accrescent
accrescent
adj
(botany) Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting.
Growing; increasing.
accretions
accretions
noun
plural of accretion
accruement
accruement
noun
The act of accruing.
accurately
accurately
adv
In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
acerathere
acerathere
noun
A fossil of such an animal
An extinct rhinoceros of the genus †Aceratherium.
aceratosis
acerbating
acerbating
verb
present participle of acerbate
acerbities
acerbities
noun
plural of acerbity
acerbitude
acerbitude
noun
(archaic) Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
acertannin
acertannin
noun
(organic chemistry) The tannin 1,5-anhydro-2,6-bis-O-(3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl)-D-glucitol present in leaves of the maple Acer ginnala
acervately
acervately
adv
In an acervate manner.
acervation
acervation
noun
(obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation
acervative
acervative
adj
Heaped up; tending to heap up.
acetabular
acetabular
adj
Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped.
Related to the acetabulum.
acetarious
acetarious
adj
(archaic) Used in salads or as salad
acetarsone
acetarsone
noun
Synonym of acetarsol
acetimeter
acetimeter
noun
An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar
acetimetry
acetimetry
noun
(obsolete) The ascertaining of the strength of vinegar by measurement of the proportion of acetic acid in it
acetometer
acetometer
noun
Alternative form of acetimeter
acetometry
acetometry
noun
The measurement of the concentration of acetic acid in vinegar
acetonuria
acetonuria
noun
(pathology) A form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
acetopyrin
acetylator
acetylator
noun
(biochemistry) A human being or other organism that can metabolize certain drugs by acetylating them (to a greater or lesser extent).
acetylizer
acetylizer
noun
Synonym of acetylator
acetylurea
acherontic
acherontic
adj
Alternative form of Acherontic
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
achroacyte
achroacyte
noun
(cytology) Any colourless cell (especially a lymphocyte)
achterveld
acidimeter
acidimeter
noun
(chemistry) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.
acidimetry
acidimetry
noun
(chemistry) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.
acidometer
acidometer
noun
A hydrometer, especially one that is used to measure the strength of an acid.
Any of various other devices used to measure acidity, either chemical or electronic.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
acierating
acierating
verb
present participle of acierate
acieration
acieration
noun
(rare) The conversion of iron into steel.
acinetaria
acouometer
acridities
acridities
noun
plural of acridity
acroterial
acroterial
adj
Pertaining to an acroterium.
acroterion
acroterion
noun
Alternative form of acroterium
acroterium
acroterium
noun
(architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
actinomere
actinomere
noun
(zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism
acturience
acturience
noun
tendency or impulse to act
acutograve
adelarthra
adendritic
adendritic
adj
(biology) (of a neuron) Not having dendrites.
(biology) (of other cells) Not having cytoplasmic processes.
Not having a branching structure, not tree-like.
adherently
adherently
adv
In an adherent manner.
adipometer
adipometer
noun
A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
adjustores
administer
administer
verb
(intransitive) To minister (to).
(law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
(medicine) To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.
(transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
(transitive) To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
To give, as an oath.
admirative
admirative
adj
Characterized by admiration.
noun
(An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
adornments
adornments
noun
plural of adornment
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adscripted
adscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adscript
adsorbates
adsorbates
noun
plural of adsorbate
adsorbents
adsorbents
noun
plural of adsorbent
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
adterminal
adulatress
adulatress
noun
(archaic) A female adulator.
adulterant
adulterant
noun
That which adulterates, or reduces the purity of something.
adulterate
adulterate
adj
Corrupted or made impure by being mixed with something else; adulterated.
Tending to commit adultery; relating to or being the product of adultery; adulterous.
verb
(intransitive, also figuratively, archaic) To commit adultery.
(transitive) To corrupt, to debase (someone or something).
(transitive) To make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances.
(transitive, archaic) To commit adultery with (someone).
(transitive, archaic) To defile (someone) by adultery.
adulterers
adulterers
noun
plural of adulterer
adulteress
adulteress
noun
A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery.
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
adulterize
adulterize
verb
(intransitive, largely obsolete) To commit adultery.
(transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To adulterate.
adulterous
adulterous
adj
Of, or characterized by adultery.
adumbrated
adumbrated
adj
(comparable) Foreshadowed.
(comparable) Obscured.
(heraldry) Depicted on a shield as an outline instead of a solid figure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adumbrate
adumbrates
adumbrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate
adventured
adventured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adventure
adventurer
adventurer
noun
(video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
One who enjoys adventures.
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
advertence
advertence
noun
The quality of being advertent
advertency
advertency
noun
The quality of being advertent.
advertised
advertised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertise
advertisee
advertisee
noun
One who views or reads an advertisement; the target of advertising.
advertiser
advertiser
noun
A periodical in which advertisements can be published by individuals.
One who advertises.
advertises
advertises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertise
advertized
advertized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertize
advertizer
advertizer
noun
One who advertizes.
advertizes
advertizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertize
aedilberct
aeolotropy
aeolotropy
noun
(physics) The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g, electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured.
aerialists
aerialists
noun
plural of aerialist
aerobacter
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
aerobiotic
aerobiotic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerobiosis
aerodontia
aerodontic
aerolitics
aerolitics
noun
The scientific study of aerolites.
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
aeromantic
aeromantic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of aeromancy.
aerometric
aerometric
adj
Describing any measurement of a physical property of air (or other gases), but especially of temperature, pressure and velocity.
aeronautic
aeronautic
adj
Having to do with aerial navigation
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aerophotos
aerophotos
noun
plural of aerophoto
aerostatic
aerostatic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerostatics; pneumatic.
Pertaining to aerial navigation or aeronautics.
aerotactic
aerotactic
adj
Relating to aerotaxis.
aerotropic
aerotropic
adj
(biology) growing towards higher concentrations of oxygen
aestivator
aestivator
noun
An animal that becomes dormant during the summer or dry season.
aethelbert
aetosaurus
aeviternal
aeviternal
adj
(theology) Pertaining to aeviternity, a state between eternity, which is unchanging and outside of time, and temporality, which is subject to change and to death or annihilation. Things aeviternal are creations, like the temporal, but everlasting, like the eternal.
affeerment
affeerment
noun
(obsolete, law) The act of affeering or assessing an amercement, according to the circumstances of the case.
afferently
afferently
adv
Inwardly, toward the center.
afforested
afforested
adj
Created by afforestation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforest
affricated
affricated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affricate