(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
ablegation
ablegation
noun
(obsolete) Expulsion; banishment.
abnegating
abnegating
verb
present participle of abnegate
abnegation
abnegation
noun
A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest.
abnegative
abnegative
adj
(obsolete, rare): Denying; renouncing; negative
abreacting
abreacting
verb
present participle of abreact
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
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.
abstaining
abstaining
verb
present participle of abstain
absterging
absterging
verb
present participle of absterge
accounting
accounting
noun
(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
(law) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
A relaying of events; justification of actions.
verb
present participle of account
accoutring
accoutring
verb
present participle of accoutre
accrington
accrington
Proper noun
A town in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England.
acerbating
acerbating
verb
present participle of acerbate
acetifying
acetifying
verb
present participle of acetify
acierating
acierating
verb
present participle of acierate
acquitting
acquitting
verb
present participle of acquit
actinogram
actinogram
noun
The record produced by an actinograph
actinology
actinology
noun
(sciences) The study of the effect of light on chemicals.
activating
activating
verb
present participle of activate
activizing
activizing
verb
present participle of activize
adagiettos
adagiettos
noun
plural of adagietto
adhibiting
adhibiting
verb
present participle of adhibit
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
adsmithing
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
aeciostage
aegialitis
aegithalos
aegyptilla
aerobating
aerobating
verb
present participle of aerobate
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
aetiogenic
aetiologue
afflicting
afflicting
noun
An affliction.
verb
present participle of afflict
affrighted
affrighted
adj
(archaic) Terrified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affright
affrighter
affrighter
noun
(archaic) One who frightens.
affronting
affronting
noun
The offering of an affront.
verb
present participle of affront
afterglide
aftergrief
aftergrind
afterimage
afterimage
noun
An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.
afterlight
afterlight
noun
Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
afternight
againstand
againstand
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To stand against; to withstand; to oppose.
agapetidae
aggelation
aggeration
aggeration
noun
A heaping up; accumulation.
agglutinin
agglutinin
noun
(specifically) A protein found in cow's milk.
A substance that causes particles or cells to clump; it may be an antibody, a lectin, or otherwise.
agitatedly
agitatedly
adv
In an agitated manner.
agitations
agitations
noun
plural of agitation
aglutition
aglutition
noun
(medicine) Inability to swallow.
agnostical
agnostical
adj
Alternative form of agnostic
agnotozoic
agoniatite
agonistics
agonistics
noun
The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.