(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.
amatorious
amatorious
adj
(obsolete) amatory
amurcosity
antimonous
antimonous
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative form of antimonious
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.
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
calamitous
calamitous
adj
Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
clamourist
disomatous
disomatous
adj
Having two bodies.
emulations
emulations
noun
plural of emulation
emuscation
emuscation
noun
(obsolete, rare) The removal of moss.
fumatories
fumatories
noun
plural of fumatory
fumigators
fumigators
noun
plural of fumigator
gliomatous
gliomatous
adj
Affected with, or of the nature of, glioma.
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
humoralist
humoralist
noun
One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
informatus
iotacismus
iotacismus
noun
(obsolete) iotacism
lipomatous
lipomatous
adj
Relating to a lipoma.
lomatinous
majestious
miasmatous
miasmatous
adj
Containing or relating to miasma.
misaccount
misaccount
noun
A bad or wrong account; an incorrect narrative.
verb
(transitive) to account badly, wrongfully, or in error
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.
mustachios
mustachios
noun
plural of mustachio
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mustachio
mutilators
mutilators
noun
plural of mutilator
nasutiform
osmaterium
osmaterium
noun
Alternative form of osmeterium
outshaming
outshaming
verb
present participle of outshame
pantomimus
pastoriums
potassiums
potassiums
noun
plural of potassium
putaminous
ruminators
ruminators
noun
plural of ruminator
sanatorium
sanatorium
noun
An institution that treats chronic diseases, and provides supervised recuperation and convalescence.
sanctorium
sanitorium
sanitorium
noun
Alternative spelling of sanatorium
simulation
simulation
noun
(soccer) The act of falling over in order to be awarded a foul, when no foul has been committed.
(video games) A video game designed to convey a more or less realistic experience, as of a sport or warfare.
Assuming an appearance which is feigned, or not true.
Something that simulates a system or environment in order to predict actual behaviour.
The process of simulating.
simulators
simulators
noun
plural of simulator
simulatory
simulatory
adj
simulated, or capable of being simulated
soumansite
squamation
squamation
noun
(pathology, dermatology, countable) A scaly growth on the skin.
(zoology, countable) A particular arrangement of scales; a special mode or form of squamation.
(zoology, uncountable) The condition or character of being covered with scales.
squamosity
squamosity
noun
The quality of being squamose.
stamineous
stamineous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the stamens; possessing stamens; attached to the stamens.
Consisting of stamens or threads.
stimulator
stimulator
noun
A person, device or substance that stimulates.
stomatitus
stramonium
stramonium
noun
A narcotic drug obtained from the dried leaves of this plant.
The jimsonweed plant
sublimator
suboptimal
suboptimal
adj
Worse than optimal.
sudatorium
sudatorium
noun
A hot room used to induce sweating, steam room, steam bath, sauna.
summations
summations
noun
plural of summation
tambourins
tambourins
noun
plural of tambourin
tambourist
tambourist
noun
A musician who plays the tambour.
unmonastic
unmonastic
Adjective
Not monastic.
unmoralist
uromantist
urosomatic
utopianism
utopianism
noun
The belief in a system for an ideal society, usually regarded as unrealistic.