(now rare) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant.
absinthe oil
absolutism
absolutism
noun
(philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
(political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
(rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
(theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
abstemious
abstemious
adj
(rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
acousmatic
acousmatic
adj
(music) Referring to pre-recorded music that is presented in concert using loudspeakers, e.g. some types of computer music.
Referring to Pythagorean disciples who for years listened to his lectures from behind a curtain, unable to see him.
Referring to a sound that has no visually identifiable cause.
acquisitum
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
aktivismus
amateurish
amateurish
adj
Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
amateurism
amateurism
noun
Amateur beliefs and practices generally.
The opinion or conviction that sports ought not to be played for money.
amatorious
amatorious
adj
(obsolete) amatory
amiantuses
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
ampullitis
ampullitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of an ampulla
amurcosity
antimachus
antimasque
antimasque
noun
A comic or grotesque dance presented before or between the acts of a masque.
antimonous
antimonous
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative form of antimonious
antiserums
antiserums
noun
plural of antiserum
antisquama
artemisium
artemisium
Proper noun
A cape north of Euboea, Greece.
assimulate
assimulate
verb
(obsolete) To assimilate.
(obsolete) To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate.
assumption
assumption
noun
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
assumptive
assumptive
adj
(heraldry, of arms, not comparable) Originally, being arms which a person had a right to assume, in consequence of an exploit; now, those assumed without sanction of the Heralds' College.
Forward or presumptuous.
Held as true or valid without evidence.
atmocausis
aulostomid
aulostomid
noun
(zoology) Any of the family Aulostomidae of trumpetfishes.
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
automatics
automatics
noun
plural of automatic
automatism
automatism
noun
(art) A surrealist painting technique whereby one attempts to move the brush, pen etc. without conscious control over it.
(psychology) An action performed subconsciously, without any apparent direction from the mind; a thought which appears spontaneously in one's consciousness.
Acting automatically or involuntarily.
The doctrine that animals are automata, operating according to mechanical laws.
The power of initiating vital processes from within the cell, organ, or organism, independent of external stimulus.
automatist
automatist
adj
Of or characterized by automatism
noun
An artist working in the style of automatism.
One who holds the doctrine of automatism, believing that animals are automata.
One who performs automatic writing.
autonomies
autonomies
noun
plural of autonomy
autonomist
autonomist
noun
An advocate of autonomy or autonomism.
autotelism
autotelism
noun
(art) In literature or art, the belief that a work, having been created, is a justification in and of itself. Poems with a unified rhetorical device to frame the poem in a singular idea.
The belief that an entity or event has within itself its own meaning or purpose.
autotheism
autotheism
noun
Belief that one is a deity.
Belief that one is possessed by a divine power.
The doctrine of the self-subsistence of God, especially of the second person in the Trinity.
Worship of oneself.
autotomies
autotomies
noun
plural of autotomy
autotomise
autotomise
verb
Alternative form of autotomize
barbituism
baumeister
betacismus
bismuthate
bismuthate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The anion BiO₃⁻ of pentavalent bismuth; any salt containing this anion
calamitous
calamitous
adj
Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
causticism
causticism
noun
A caustic attitude or utterance.
chikamatsu
clamourist
culminates
culminates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of culminate
cumulatist
dentaliums
designatum
designatum
noun
(semantics) That which is named or designated by a linguistic term.
disaugment
disomatous
disomatous
adj
Having two bodies.
disparatum
emulations
emulations
noun
plural of emulation
emuscation
emuscation
noun
(obsolete, rare) The removal of moss.
enthusiasm
enthusiasm
noun
(obsolete or historical) Possession by a god; divine inspiration or frenzy.
Intensity of feeling; excited interest or eagerness.
Something in which one is keenly interested.
erimanthus
eustachium
factualism
factualism
noun
A form of evaluation that emphasizes the usage of facts, falsifiability, logic and reason.
fastigiums
fulminates
fulminates
noun
plural of fulminate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fulminate
fumatories
fumatories
noun
plural of fumatory
fumigators
fumigators
noun
plural of fumigator
gliomatous
gliomatous
adj
Affected with, or of the nature of, glioma.
guestimate
guestimate
noun
Alternative spelling of guesstimate
haustorium
haustorium
noun
A cellular structure, growing into or around another structure to absorb water or nutrients, such as a cotyledon.
A root of a parasitic plant modified to take nourishment from its host.
himantopus
humanistic
humanistic
adj
Of or pertaining to humanism.
humanities
humanities
noun
(obsolete) Synonym of classical studies: the study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, etc.
The study of language, literature, the arts, history, and philosophy, sometimes including religion.
plural of humanity
humidistat
humidistat
noun
A device that measures, or controls, the relative humidity of a gas.
humiliates
humiliates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of humiliate
humoralist
humoralist
noun
One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
impuissant
impuissant
adj
weak; impotent; feeble
informatus
insimulate
insimulate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To accuse.
iotacismus
iotacismus
noun
(obsolete) iotacism
latissimus
latissimus
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of latissimus dorsi.
lipomatous
lipomatous
adj
Relating to a lipoma.
lomatinous
luminarist
lutuamians
magnitudes
magnitudes
noun
plural of magnitude
majestious
malthusian
malthusian
Adjective
of, or relating to Malthus or his views on human population and world resources
manicurist
manicurist
noun
A person who performs manicures.
manistique
manuscript
manuscript
adj
Handwritten, or by extension manually typewritten, as opposed to being mechanically reproduced.
noun
A book, composition or any other document, written by hand (or manually typewritten), not mechanically reproduced.
A single, original copy of a book, article, composition etc, written by hand or even printed, submitted as original for (copy-editing and) reproductive publication.
marquisate
marquisate
noun
The state or rank of a marquis.
The territory held by a marquis, margrave or marchioness.
marsupiata
marsupiate
marsupiate
Noun
marsupial
massecuite
massecuite
noun
A suspension of sugar crystals in a mother liquor, after boiling of syrup; produced in a sugar factory.
maturities
maturities
noun
plural of maturity
maumetries
maupertuis
melanthius
melianthus
metacismus
miasmatous
miasmatous
adj
Containing or relating to miasma.
miniatures
miniatures
noun
plural of miniature
miraculist
miraculist
noun
One who believes in miracles.
misaccount
misaccount
noun
A bad or wrong account; an incorrect narrative.
verb
(transitive) to account badly, wrongfully, or in error
misadjusts
misadjusts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misadjust
misdateful
miseducate
miseducate
verb
To educate wrongly.
misfeature
misfeature
noun
An undesirable or incorrect feature.
misnatured
misnatured
adj
Of a bad or wrong nature; malformed.
misquality
mistakeful
mistakeful
adj
Full of mistakes.
mithraeums
mortacious
mortuaries
mortuaries
noun
plural of mortuary
moustachio
moustachio
noun
Alternative spelling of mustachio
mousterian
mousterian
Adjective
Of or from Le Moustier
Characteristic of Paleolithic flint tools found in this region
mulattoism
mulattoism
noun
The quality of being mulatto.
multicasts
multicasts
noun
plural of multicast
multiflash
multiflash
adj
(photography) Involving more than one flash.
multiphase
multiphase
adj
That generates, or employs, multiple alternating current supplies with the same voltage but different phase angles.
multistage
multistage
adj
(astronautics, of a rocket) Composed of multiple detachable parts.
Having more than one step or phase.
multistate
multistate
adj
Involving multiple states (in all senses)
murasakite
musicality
musicality
noun
Talent or sensitivity in the playing of music.
The condition of being musical.
mustachial
mustachial
adj
Alternative form of moustachial.
mustachios
mustachios
noun
plural of mustachio
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mustachio
mustelidae
mutawallis
mutessarif
mutessarif
noun
Alternative spelling of mutasarrif
mutilators
mutilators
noun
plural of mutilator
mutualised
mutualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of mutualise
nachtmusik
nasturtium
nasturtium
noun
A plant in this genus, Tropaeolum majus.
Any of the plants in the genus, Nasturtium, that includes watercress.
The popular name of any of the plants in the Tropaeolum genus of flowering plants native to south and central America.
nasutiform
naturalism
naturalism
noun
(art) A movement in theatre, film, and literature that seeks to replicate a believable everyday reality, as opposed to such movements as romanticism or surrealism, in which subjects may receive highly symbolic or idealistic treatment.
(nonstandard) naturism, nudism, social nudity.
(philosophy) A doctrine which denies a strong separation between scientific and philosophic methodologies and/or topics
(philosophy) Any system of philosophy which refers the phenomena of nature as a blind force or forces acting necessarily or according to fixed laws, excluding origination or direction by a will.
(politics, law) The belief in natural law.
A state of nature; conformity to nature.
The doctrine that denies a supernatural agency in the miracles and revelations recorded in religious texts and in spiritual influences.
neutralism
neutralism
noun
(biology) The neutral theory of molecular evolution, holding that, at the molecular level, most evolutionary changes and variation within and between species are caused not by natural selection but by genetic drift of mutant alleles that are neutral.
A political policy of nonalignment in a situation of conflict.
The state of being neutral; neutrality.
numismatic
numismatic
adj
Of or pertaining to currency, especially to coins.
Of or pertaining to numismatics.
osmaterium
osmaterium
noun
Alternative form of osmeterium
outshaming
outshaming
verb
present participle of outshame
pantomimus
pasteurism
pasteurism
Proper noun
The prevention of certain diseases by successive inoculations with an attenuated virus of gradually increasing strength.
pasteurisation
pastoriums
pediastrum
periastrum
plastidium
pneumatics
pneumatics
noun
(theology, obsolete) The scientific study or knowledge of spiritual beings and their relations to God, angels, and human beings.
The branch of mechanics that deals with the mechanical properties of gases
pneumatism
pneumatism
noun
spiritualism centred on the belief in the pneuma
pneumatist
potassiums
potassiums
noun
plural of potassium
psalterium
psalterium
noun
A psaltery (zither-like musical instrument)
An omasum.
puritanism
puritanism
noun
(theology) Strict and austere religious conduct.
Extreme strictness regarding moral scruples.
putaminous
quitclaims
quitclaims
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of quitclaim
quizmaster
quizmaster
noun
A person who poses questions to contestants on a quiz show.
rheumatics
rheumatics
noun
(Britain, colloquial) Rheumatism.
plural of rheumatic
rheumatism
rheumatism
noun
(pathology) Any disorder of the muscles, tendons, joints, bones, nerves, characterized by pain, discomfort and disability.