Proper noun

1. A village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland

noun

1. The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.

noun

1. plural of acrylate

noun

1. (countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
2. (uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.

noun

1. The state of being aerial or airy; insubstantiality.

noun

1. The science of measuring the air, including its pressure, rarefaction, and condensation; pneumatics.

noun

1. illness caused by a change in atmospheric pressure

noun

1. (biology) epiphyte

noun

1. (archaic) aeroboat

noun

1. (astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
2. (astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
3. (nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
4. The afterpart of a vehicle.

noun

1. (archaic) Days that follow; a later time or period; (figuratively) people in the future.

noun

1. In human sexual behavior, the erotic acts done after finishing sex.

noun

1. An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.

noun

1. (historical) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.

noun

1. (medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.

noun

1. (biology) Disproportionate growth of a part of a living organism in relation to the whole.
2. (biology) The science studying the differential growth rates of the parts of a living organism.

noun

1. (obsolete) Allotment. portion, allocation.

adv

1. In an alterable manner.

noun

1. alternateness; alternation

noun

1. (archaic) alternation
2. The concept that there exist alternate worlds or universes to the one in which we live.

noun

1. The science of measuring altitude.

noun

1. (photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.

noun

1. (archaic) Elderly people, elders, ancients (collectively).
2. (archaic) Old-fashioned style, elaborate ceremony.
3. (archaic) Something ancient (countable); ancient things (collectively).
4. (archaic) The olden days; antiquity.
5. (archaic) The quality or fact of being ancient or very old.

noun

1. (chemistry) The anhydrous form of a normally hydrated compound
2. (organic chemistry) An acid anhydride

verb

1. To dehydrate, especially in food processing.

noun

1. (mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.

adj

1. (organic chemistry) branching
2. Relating to antennae or feelers

adv

1. Archaic form of anywhither.

noun

1. plural of apteryx

noun

1. (literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
2. (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.
3. (textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
4. An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
5. An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.

verb

1. To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.

adv

1. In an arcuate way.

noun

1. The quality or degree of being arenose.

noun

1. The study of the measurement of specific gravity of liquids.

noun

1. Alternative form of araeostyle

noun

1. A form of sacred biography in which a deity's attributes are listed, in the form of poem or text, in the first person.

noun

1. (obsolete) A vertical beam or post.

noun

1. (archaic) Weapons.
2. An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
3. Gunnery.
4. Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.

adv

1. In an artless manner.

adj

1. (anatomy) Relating to or being an arytenoid cartilage.
2. (anatomy) Relating to or being an arytenoid muscle.

noun

1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of arytenoid cartilage..
2. (anatomy) Ellipsis of arytenoid muscle..

adj

1. Affirming; maintaining.

noun

1. (neurology) A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain.

noun

1. The creation or evolution of the stars or heavens.

noun

1. Absence of symmetry or proportion between the parts of a thing, or a distinction that produces such a lack of symmetry.
2. The lack of a common measure between two objects or quantities; incommensurability.

noun

1. (biology) A cell that ingests foreign particles

noun

1. (chemistry) An apparatus for carrying out atmolysis.

noun

1. The measurement of the rate of evaporation of a liquid.

noun

1. plural of attorney

adv

1. In an austere manner.

noun

1. (economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
2. (obsolete) Sourness and harshness to the taste.
3. Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
4. Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.

noun

1. (mathematics) An isometry of a metric space to itself

adv

1. In an averted manner; turned away.

noun

1. (physics, chemistry) The formation of an azeotrope; the condition of being azeotropic

noun

1. A magenta-coloured turbid variety of ruby from Victoria, Australia.

noun

1. The art or process of making barometrical measurements.

noun

1. The rank of a baronet.

noun

1. plural of barytone

adj

1. Containing beetroot.
2. Resembling or characteristic of beetroot in colour, texture, etc.

noun

1. (inorganic chemistry) The anion BeO₂²⁻ or any salt containing this anion

noun

1. plural of betrayal

noun

1. plural of betrayer

noun

1. betrayal

verb

1. present participle of betray

adj

1. bungling; awkward

noun

1. (mineralogy) A hydrous magnesium sulfate mineral.

noun

1. Someone who engages in a boycott

noun

1. (biology) Unusually slow evolution.

adv

1. In a breathy manner.

adv

1. in a brittle way

noun

1. bromargyrite

noun

1. prostitution, especially in brothels

adj

1. Of or characteristic of brothers.

adv

1. In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.

noun

1. (botany) Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants.

adj

1. Of or pertaining to a budget.

adj

1. Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.

adv

1. (obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.

noun

1. (alternate history) A random change in an aspect of the timeline seemingly unrelated to the primary point of divergence, resulting from the butterfly effect.
2. (finance) A combination of four options of the same type at three strike prices giving limited profit and limited risk.
3. (in the plural) A sensation of excited anxiety felt in the stomach.
4. (medicine, attributive) A use of surgical tape, cut into thin strips and placed across an open wound to hold it closed.
5. (now rare) Someone seen as being unserious and (originally) dressed gaudily; someone flighty and unreliable.
6. (sports) A type of stretch in which one sits on the ground with the legs folded into a shape like that of a butterfly's wings, slightly rocking them up and down, resembling the wings fluttering.
7. (swimming) The butterfly stroke.
8. A flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, distinguished from moths by their diurnal activity and generally brighter colouring.
9. A person who changes partners frequently.
10. Any of several plane curves that look like a butterfly; see Butterfly curve (transcendental) and Butterfly curve (algebraic).

verb

1. (transitive) To cut (food) almost entirely in half and spread the halves apart, in a shape suggesting the wings of a butterfly.
2. (transitive) To cut strips of surgical tape or plasters into thin strips, and place across (a gaping wound) to close it.
3. (transitive, of the point of divergence of an alternate history scenario) To cause events after the point of divergence to not happen as they did in real history, and people conceived after the point of divergence to not exist in recognizable form, due to the random variations introduced by the butterfly effect.

noun

1. plural of butyrate

noun

1. A person who, although present at some event, does not take part in it; an observer, witness, or spectator.

noun

1. plural of bystreet

noun

1. High-quality wooden furniture; cabinetwork.
2. The craft of making high-quality wooden furniture; cabinetmaking.

noun

1. plural of calypter

noun

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of caprylic acid

noun

1. (countable) A carpenter's workshop.
2. (uncountable) A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.
3. (uncountable) The trade of cutting and joining timber in order to construct buildings or other structures; woodworking.

Noun

1. A talebearer.

noun

1. (American spelling, Canadian spelling) That which catalyzes.
2. A catalytic converter.

noun

1. (obsolete) A rite or ceremony.
2. (uncountable) Fame, renown; the state of being famous or talked-about.
3. A person who has a high degree of recognition by the general population for his or her success or accomplishments; a famous person.

adj

1. (historical, obsolete) Of or relating to hundreds, the administrative unit.
2. Lasting or aged 100 years, 100-year-old.
3. Occurring every 100 years.

noun

1. (historical) Synonym of centgrave: a position in the Frankish Empire overseeing local administration.
2. (historical) Synonym of hundredman: a position in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms overseeing local administration.
3. (obsolete) Synonym of centurion: An officer commanding 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army.
4. (obsolete) Synonym of century: a period of 100 years.
5. (obsolete) Synonym of hundred: a collection of 100 things.
6. (obsolete, rare) Synonym of centenarian: a person 100 or more years old.
7. (uncommon) Synonym of hundredweight, especially (historical) in Greek and Roman contexts.
8. Synonym of centennial: a hundredth anniversary.

verb

1. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate the centennial of.

adv

1. (location) In a central manner or situation; at, to, through or from the centre.

noun

1. plural of cerotype

adv

1. An emphatic affirmative answer; of course.
2. In a way which is certain; with certainty.
3. Without doubt, surely.

noun

1. A fact or truth unquestionably established.
2. An instance of being certain.
3. The state of being certain.

noun

1. (law) The investing of money into an individual's lawsuit.

noun

1. iatrochemistry

noun

1. (countable) An application of chemical theory and method to a particular substance.
2. (informal) The mutual attraction between two people; rapport.
3. (uncountable) The branch of natural science that deals with the composition and constitution of substances and the changes that they undergo as a consequence of alterations in the constitution of their molecules.
4. The chemical properties and reactions of a particular organism, environment etc.

noun

1. (chemistry) An instrument for measuring liquids, consisting of a tube with a piston inside.

Noun

1. The group of all citizens.

noun

1. The state of belonging to the clergy.

noun

1. Archaic form of clerestory.

adj

1. (obsolete) Clumsy; awkward.

noun

1. (linguistics) analysis or division of a rhythmical period into cola

noun

1. (photography, historical) A color print that is produced by combining the images from three photo-engraved plates, each contributing a single primary color (red, blue, or yellow).

adv

1. In a cordate form.

Adverb

1. In a correct manner.

noun

1. (mineralogy) Alternate name for aenigmatite.

noun

1. Costumes in general.

adv

1. (heraldry) Having the field divided into two equal parts; party per pale.

noun

1. (obsolete) The manners of a courtier; courtliness.

adv

1. In a credent manner.

noun

1. (now nonstandard) Faith, credence; acceptance or maintenance of a belief.
2. A willingness to believe in someone or something in the absence of reasonable proof; credulousness.

adj

1. Pertaining to the act of cremating bodies.

noun

1. The establishment or furnace that cremates bodies.

noun

1. (organic chemistry) Any salt of cresylic acid

noun

1. An explosive composed of a mixture of trinitrocresol and picric acid

adj

1. Cranky, disagreeable, or stubborn, especially if prone to odd whims or fancies.

noun

1. plural of cryolite

noun

1. A thermometer used at very low temperatures.

noun

1. The measurement of very low temperatures

noun

1. (botany) Any plant that grows on ice or snow
2. (botany) Any plant whose buds overwinter below ground

adv

1. At this moment, at present, now.

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of curtsey

noun

1. (India) A hall used for business, political, or social assemblies, such as a magistrate's court or a building housing a public agency.
2. An administration office in India.
3. Kaempferia galanga, a plant resembling ginger.