(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
abterminal
abterminal
adj
(anatomy, of an electrical current in a muscle) Away from the end and towards the centre
acetimeter
acetimeter
noun
An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar
acetimetry
acetimetry
noun
(obsolete) The ascertaining of the strength of vinegar by measurement of the proportion of acetic acid in it
achromatic
achromatic
adj
(biology) Uncolored; not absorbing color from a fluid; -- said of tissue
(music) Having only the diatonic notes of the scale; not modified by accidentals.
(optics) Free from color; transmitting light without color-related distortion.
Being achromatic in subject
Containing components such as achromatic lenses and prisms, designed to prevent color-related distortion.
achromatin
achromatin
noun
(biology) Tissue that is not stained by fluid dyes.
acidimeter
acidimeter
noun
(chemistry) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.
acidimetry
acidimetry
noun
(chemistry) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.
acidometer
acidometer
noun
A hydrometer, especially one that is used to measure the strength of an acid.
Any of various other devices used to measure acidity, either chemical or electronic.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
acroamatic
acroamatic
adj
(rare) Of or related to esoteric knowledge transmitted orally, particularly (historical) the teachings of Aristotle intended only for his disciples as opposed to the exoteric doctrines declaimed in public.
Of or related to lectures.
acrobatism
acrobatism
noun
(dated) The feats of an acrobat; daring gymnastic feats.
acroterium
acroterium
noun
(architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
actiniform
actiniform
adj
Having a radiated form
actinogram
actinogram
noun
The record produced by an actinograph
actinomere
actinomere
noun
(zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism
adipometer
adipometer
noun
A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
administer
administer
verb
(intransitive) To minister (to).
(law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
(medicine) To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.
(transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
(transitive) To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
To give, as an oath.
admiration
admiration
noun
(obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
(obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
admirative
admirative
adj
Characterized by admiration.
noun
(An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).
admittatur
admittatur
noun
The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
admonitory
admonitory
adj
Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
admonitrix
admonitrix
noun
(archaic) A female admonitor.
adterminal
aeromantic
aeromantic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of aeromancy.
aerometric
aerometric
adj
Describing any measurement of a physical property of air (or other gases), but especially of temperature, pressure and velocity.
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aforetimes
aforetimes
Adverb
formerly, previously
afterimage
afterimage
noun
An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.
aftertimes
aftertimes
noun
plural of aftertime
agronomist
agronomist
noun
A scientist whose speciality is agronomy.
algometric
algometric
Adjective
Relating to algometry.
algorithms
algorithms
noun
plural of algorithm
alimentary
alimentary
adj
Nourishing; nutritious.
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
allometric
allometric
adj
(mathematics, of a population) That grows at a rate proportional to a power of another population
Of or pertaining to allometry
altimeters
altimeters
noun
plural of altimeter
altrincham
altrincham
Proper noun
a town in Greater Manchester, England
amarantine
amarantine
noun
Alternative form of amaranthine
amarantite
amarantite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.
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
ambagitory
ambagitory
adj
(obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory
ambidexter
ambidexter
adj
Ambidextrous.
noun
(archaic) A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant.
(by extension) Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook.
Someone who is ambidextrous.
ambrosiate
ambrosiate
noun
A crystalline substance, C₂₃H₂₅O₅Br, that is one of the common irritants that can be refined from ragweed (Ambrosia arthemisiifolia).
ameliorant
ameliorant
noun
A substance that helps plants grow by improving the physical condition of the soil.
Anything that improves something else.
ameliorate
ameliorate
verb
(intransitive) To become better; improve.
(transitive) To make better, or improve, something perceived to be in a negative condition.
amentiform
amentiform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a catkin.
amherstite
amidstream
ammoniuret
amortising
amortising
verb
present participle of amortise
amortizing
amortizing
verb
present participle of amortize
amphiaster
amphiaster
noun
(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphithere
amphithere
noun
(heraldry) A type of winged serpent
amphithura
amphithyra
amphitrite
amphitrite
noun
Any polychaete worm of the genus Amphitrite.
amphitryon
amphoteric
amphoteric
adj
(chemistry) Having the characteristics of both an acid and a base, and capable of reacting as either; amphiprotic.
amurcosity
amyraldist
anacrotism
anacrotism
noun
(biology) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.
anarithmia
anarithmia
noun
A pathological inability to count
anartismos
anatomiser
anatomiser
noun
Alternative form of anatomizer
anatomizer
anatomizer
noun
One who carries out dissection.
angiometer
animadvert
animadvert
verb
(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
ankaramite
ankaramite
noun
(geology) A specific type of volcanic rock
anormality
anormality
noun
(obsolete) abnormality
antadiform
antarchism
antarchism
noun
(archaic) anarchism
anthericum
anthericum
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
anthramine
antibromic
antibromic
adj
(archaic) Having the power to eliminate offensive smells.
noun
(archaic) Any substance capable of eliminating offensive smells.
anticamera
antichrome
antidromal
antidromal
adj
(botany) antidromous
(neurology) antidromic
antidromic
antidromic
adj
(neurology, of a nerve impulse) flowing in the opposite direction from normal
antiformin
antiformin
noun
sodium hypochlorite
antimarian
antimartyr
antimasker
antimasker
noun
(healthcare, politics, neologism) A person who is opposed to the practice of wearing masks.
Alternative form of antimasquer.
antimatter
antimatter
noun
(physics) A form of matter that has a key property, such as charge, opposite to that of ordinary matter.
(physics) Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter.
antimerger
antimerger
adj
(business) Opposing a corporate merger.
antimerina
antimerism
antimerism
noun
(biology) The division of the body into antimeres.
antimodern
antimodern
adj
Opposed to modernity or modernization
noun
A person opposed to modernity or modernization
antinormal
antiprimer
antiracism
antiracism
adj
Acting to combat or prevent racism
noun
(sociology) Opposition to racism.
antireform
antireform
adj
(politics) Opposing reform
antiserums
antiserums
noun
plural of antiserum
aramayoite
aramayoite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing antimony, bismuth, silver, and sulfur.
archistome
areometric
areometric
adj
Relating to, or measured by, an areometer.
argentamid
argentamin
argentamin
noun
Alternative form of argentamine
arimathaea
arimathean
arithmancy
arithmancy
noun
Divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name
arithmetic
arithmetic
adj
(arithmetic) Of a progression, mean, etc, computed solely using addition.
(mathematics) Of, relating to, or using arithmetic; arithmetical.
noun
The mathematics of numbers (integers, rational numbers, real numbers, or complex numbers) under the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
armaturing
armaturing
verb
present participle of armature
armillated
armipotent
armipotent
adj
(obsolete) Powerful in battle.
noun
(poetic, archaic) A powerful combatant.
armisonant
armisonant
adj
(obsolete, nonce word, poetic) Resounding with arms, or weapons.
armistices
armistices
noun
plural of armistice
aromatical
aromatical
adj
(rare) aromatic.
aromatised
aromatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aromatise
aromatiser
aromatitae
aromatites
aromatized
aromatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aromatize
aromatizer
aromatizer
noun
One who, or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic.
arrhythmia
arrhythmia
noun
A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others.
An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse
arrhythmic
arrhythmic
adj
(music) Without rhythm.
(pathology) Suffering from cardiac arrhythmia.
arrowsmith
arrowsmith
noun
A smith who made the iron tips for arrows
arsmetrike
artemision
artemisium
artemisium
Proper noun
A cape north of Euboea, Greece.
arthritism
arthritism
noun
(pathology) A predisposition to gout or to arthritis.
arythmical
aspermatic
aspermatic
adj
That does not produce sperm
asterismal
asterismal
adj
(astrology) Relating to asterisms.
astronomic
astronomic
adj
(figurative) of very large or immense proportions; colossal
pertaining or relating to astronomy
asymmetric
asymmetric
adj
(cryptography) Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver.
(set theory) Of a relation R on a set S: having the property that for any two elements of S (not necessarily distinct), at least one is not related to the other via R.
Not symmetric.
atactiform
atactiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling ataxia.
ataxiagram
atmiatrics
atmometric
atmometric
adj
Relating to atmometry.
atraumatic
atraumatic
adj
That minimises trauma
atropamine
atropinism
atropinism
noun
atropine poisoning
atterminal
attermined
attirement
attirement
noun
(archaic) attire; adornment
audiometer
audiometer
noun
An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
auditorium
auditorium
noun
(in a theater, etc.) the space where the audience is located
a large room for public meetings or performances
autodermic
autometric
autometric
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an autometry
avertiment
avertiment
noun
(obsolete) advertisement (public notice).
bacteremia
bacteremic
bacteremic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to or having bacteremia (having bacteria in the blood)
barbatimao
barbatimao
noun
A South American mimosa tree, Stryphnodendron adstringens (formerly Stryphnodendron barbatimao), which has an astringent, tannin-rich bark.
barbituism
barometric
barometric
adj
Made or done with a barometer
Of or pertaining to atmospheric pressure.
bartramian
barythymia
barythymia
noun
(medicine, archaic, rare) A depressed state of mind.
bastardism
bastardism
noun
The condition of being born out of wedlock; bastardy.