(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio.
adstringe
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
aeginetan
aeginetan
Adjective
Of or relating to Aegina.
Noun
An inhabitant of Aegina.
aeginetic
aegisthus
aegisthus
Proper noun
The murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
aegritude
aetheling
aetiology
aetiology
noun
(medicine, countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).
(medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
The study of causes or causation.
affecting
affecting
adj
Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
verb
present participle of affect
affreight
affreight
verb
To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
agatelike
agatelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of agate.
agennetic
agentival
agentives
agentives
noun
plural of agentive
agentries
agentries
noun
plural of agentry
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
aghlabite
agilities
agilities
noun
plural of agility
agilmente
agiotages
agiotages
noun
plural of agiotage
agistment
agistment
noun
(historical) The taking and feeding of other people's cattle in the king's forests; the price paid for such a feeding.
A charge or rate against lands
The taking in by any one of other people's livestock to graze at a certain rate.
agitative
agitative
adj
Tending to agitate.
agminated
agminated
adj
agminate
agnoetism
agreation
agrestial
agrestial
adj
Synonym of agrestic
agrestian
agrestian
adj
Synonym of agrestic (“rural, rustic”)
agrigento
agrigento
Proper noun
The capital city of Agrigento.
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
aigrettes
aigrettes
noun
plural of aigrette
aleknight
alginates
alginates
noun
plural of alginate
alignment
alignment
noun
(astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
(bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
(role-playing games) In a roleplaying game, one of a set number of philosophical attitudes a character can take.
(transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
An alliance of factions.
An arrangement of items in a line.
The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
allegiant
allegiant
adj
Steadfastly loyal, especially to a monarch or government.
allergist
allergist
noun
A doctor who specializes in the treatment of allergies.
allgovite
alligated
alligated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alligate
analgetic
analgetic
noun
analgesic
angiotome
anglesite
anglesite
noun
(mineralogy) A crystalline mineral form of lead sulfate, PbSO₄, formed by the weathering of galena.
antheming
antheming
verb
present participle of anthem
antigenes
antigenes
noun
plural of antigene
antigenic
antigenic
adj
(biology, obsolete) Sexually dimorphic, especially with reference to lepidopterans.
(immunology) Of or relating to an antigen.
antiglare
antiglare
adj
Acting to reduce or combat glare
antinegro
antinegro
adj
Opposing Negros.
antiwedge
aragonite
aragonite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃; it is dimorphous with calcite.
arbitrage
arbitrage
noun
(archaic) Arbitration.
(finance) A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.
verb
(intransitive, finance) To employ arbitrage
(transitive, finance) To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among
arctogeic
argentide
argentina
argentine
argentine
adj
Containing or resembling silver.
noun
(mineralogy) A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
White metal coated with silver.
argentino
argention
argention
noun
(chemistry, archaic) ionized silver
argentite
argentite
noun
(mineralogy) Silver sulfide, (Ag₂S), a primary ore of silver, in cubic or hexoctahedral crystals.
argillite
argillite
noun
(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock, intermediate between shale and slate, sometimes used as a building material
armangite
armangite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing arsenic, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
arresting
arresting
adj
striking, gripping
verb
present participle of arrest
arterying
assenting
assenting
verb
present participle of assent
asserting
asserting
noun
The act of making assertions.
verb
present participle of assert
astringed
astringed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astringe
astringer
astringer
noun
Obsolete form of austringer.
astringes
astringes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of astringe
athelings
athelings
noun
plural of atheling
atmogenic
attending
attending
adj
Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant.
noun
(Canada, US) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
verb
present participle of attend
attesting
attesting
verb
present participle of attest
attingent
attingent
adj
touching; adjacent
augustine
authigene
autogenic
autogenic
adj
(specifically, of a process of soldering) Performed by fusing the parts to be joined without adding solder.
Independent of a medium.
Relating to autogenic training.
Self-produced.
bantering
bantering
adj
That teases
noun
joking; jesting
teasing
verb
present participle of banter
bartering
bartering
noun
barter
verb
present participle of barter
basketing
basketing
verb
present participle of basket
basseting
basseting
noun
(mining) The emergence of a stratum at the surface.
(mining) The upward direction of a vein in a mine.
verb
present participle of basset
batteling
batteling
noun
Alternative form of battling
verb
present participle of battel
battening
battening
noun
(construction) Synonym of batten (“strip of wood used to hold things together or provide a fixing point”)
verb
present participle of batten
battering
battering
noun
A heavy beating.
A large defeat.
verb
present participle of batter
beastings
beastings
noun
plural of beasting
beastling
beastling
noun
A little beast.
bebington
bedighted
bedighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedight
bednights
bedstring
beegerite
beestings
beestings
noun
The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth.
plural of beesting
befitting
befitting
adj
appropriate, becoming
verb
present participle of befit
befreight
begetting
begetting
noun
The act or product of one who begets.
verb
present participle of beget
beggiatoa
beglitter
beglitter
verb
To cover with glitter; to make glittery.
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight