(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.
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.
amatorious
amatorious
adj
(obsolete) amatory
ambulation
ambulation
Noun
walking around
ammoniuret
ammunition
ammunition
noun
(figurative) Arguments and information that can be used against the other party in a conflict.
(obsolete) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
verb
To supply with ammunition.
amputation
amputation
noun
surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma
amurcosity
antilobium
antimonium
antimonous
antimonous
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative form of antimonious
apothecium
apothecium
noun
(lichenology & mycology) A type of fructification of some ascomycete fungi, forming cyst structures of various shapes. Often the fungal components of lichens have this sort of fertile structure.
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
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
aulostomid
aulostomid
noun
(zoology) Any of the family Aulostomidae of trumpetfishes.
autodermic
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
autoimmune
autoimmune
adj
(pathology, immunology) Of or pertaining to autoimmunity.
automatics
automatics
noun
plural of automatic
automating
automating
verb
present participle of automate
automation
automation
noun
The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
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.
automative
automative
adj
Relating to automation.
automatize
automatize
verb
To cause to be automated; to automate.
To make or become automatic.
autometric
autometric
adj
(mathematics) Relating to an autometry
automobile
automobile
adj
Self-moving; self-propelled.
noun
(US, Canada) A type of vehicle designed to move on the ground under its own stored power and intended to carry a driver, a small number of additional passengers, and a very limited amount of other load. A car or motorcar.
automolite
automolite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of gahnite.
automotive
automotive
adj
Having the ability to move by itself; self-propelled or self-propelling.
Of, or relating to motor vehicles.
noun
A shop or company that sells motor vehicle parts
autonomies
autonomies
noun
plural of autonomy
autonomist
autonomist
noun
An advocate of autonomy or autonomism.
autonomize
autonomize
verb
(transitive) To make autonomous.
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
autotomize
autotomize
verb
(transitive) To shed (a body part) by autotomy.
azthionium
beaumontia
bigmouthed
bigmouthed
adj
(of a person) Loud or talkative, especially in an indiscreet manner.
Having a large mouth.
bismuthous
bismuthous
adj
(chemistry) Of, or containing bismuth in its lower valence.
bituminoid
bituminous
bituminous
adj
Of or pertaining to bitumen.
noun
(countable) A type or grade of bituminous coal.
(uncountable) Bituminous coal.
bothridium
bothridium
noun
An outgrowth from the head of some tapeworms that is used for attachment
botrychium
botuliform
botuliform
adj
Having the shape of a sausage
botulismus
botulismus
noun
Obsolete form of botulism.
cafetorium
cafetorium
noun
A large room, usually in a school, used as both a cafeteria and an auditorium.
calamitous
calamitous
adj
Concerning or involving calamity, disastrous.
capitolium
capitolium
Noun
An ancient temple dedicated to Jupiter, Juno and Minerva, built on hills and other prominent areas in many cities in Italy and the provinces.
chromatium
clamourist
closterium
coatimundi
coatimundi
noun
The ring-tailed coati, Nasua nasua, a South American carnivore.
colatorium
columnists
columnists
noun
plural of columnist
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
combustion
combustion
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of burning.
(figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult.
A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.
combustive
combustive
adj
Of, pertaining to, caused by, or partaking in combustion.
cometarium
cometarium
noun
(astronomy) An instrument intended to represent the revolution of a comet around the Sun.
comminuate
comminuted
comminuted
adj
Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comminute
comminutor
comminutor
noun
(engineering) A type of machine that grinds up solid materials, especially in waste treatment
commixture
commixture
noun
The act or state of being mixed together; a union or mingling of constituents; commixtion.
communists
communists
noun
plural of communist
communital
consortium
consortium
noun
(biology) A group of symbiotic microbes.
(law) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
An association or society.
continuums
coquimbite
coquimbite
noun
(mineralogy) The nonahydrate of iron(III) sulfate.
costumiere
costumiers
costumiers
noun
plural of costumier
coustumier
cronartium
cultriform
cultriform
adj
(botany, zoology) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.
cummington
cumulation
cumulation
noun
Accumulation.
The effect of free trade agreements on the rules of origin in calculating importation tariffs, quotas, etc.
curatorium
curatorium
noun
A board of curators or advisory board, in certain European institutions.
customized
customized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of customize
customizer
customizer
noun
A person or business that provides customization services
customizes
customizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of customize
democritus
democritus
Proper noun
A Greek philosopher (c.460-c.370 BC). The originator of the atomic theory together with his teacher Leucippus.
demounting
demounting
verb
present participle of demount
digitorium
digitorium
noun
A small keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers, without producing any sound; a dumb piano.
diminution
diminution
noun
(music) a compositional technique where the composer shortens the melody by shortening its note values.
A lessening, decrease or reduction.
The act or process of making diminutive.
dismounted
dismounted
adj
Having gotten off one's horse, or been removed from its usual mounting, as with a statue off its pedestal, a framed picture from a wall, or a chandelier hanging from a ceiling.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dismount
disomatous
disomatous
adj
Having two bodies.
dracontium
dracontium
noun
(pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
elotherium
emporeutic
emporeutic
adj
Alternative form of emporetic
emulations
emulations
noun
plural of emulation
emundation
emundation
noun
Cleaning; disinfection.
Rectification; purification, especially of crude drugs.
emuscation
emuscation
noun
(obsolete, rare) The removal of moss.
equiatomic
equiatomic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Containing equal numbers of two or more atoms
eudemonist
eudemonist
noun
Alternative form of eudaemonist
eudiometer
eudiometer
noun
A graduated glass tube, closed at one end, that is used for measuring the change in the volume of gases during a chemical reaction.
eudiometry
eudiometry
noun
(chemistry, now chiefly historical) The art or process of determining the constituents of a gaseous mixture by means of the eudiometer, or for ascertaining the purity of the air or the amount of oxygen in it.
eumoiriety
eupatorium
eupatorium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Eupatorium of perennial herbs.
euthycomic
exhumation
exhumation
noun
The act of digging up that which has been buried.
exothecium
exothecium
noun
(botany) The outer coat of the anther.
fieulamort
florentium
florentium
noun
(chemistry, disused nomenclature) Promethium.
fortuitism
fortuitism
noun
The doctrine that chance is involved in natural events rather than absolute determinism.
fructiform
fruitwoman
fruitwomen
fulminator
fulminator
noun
One who fulminates, or criticizes intensely
fumatories
fumatories
noun
plural of fumatory
fumatorium
fumatorium
noun
An airtight compartment in which vapour may be generated to destroy germs or insects; especially, the apparatus used to destroy San Jose scale on nursery stock, using hydrocyanic acid vapour.
fumattoria
fumigation
fumigation
noun
The act of fumigating, or applying smoke or vapor, as for disinfection.
Vapor raised in the process of fumigating.
fumigators
fumigators
noun
plural of fumigator
fumigatory
fumigatory
adj
Having the quality of purifying by smoke.
fumitories
fumitories
noun
plural of fumitory
gliomatous
gliomatous
adj
Affected with, or of the nature of, glioma.
gluttonism
gluttonism
noun
The state of being a glutton.
gourmetism
gourmetism
noun
The habits and attitudes of gourmets; a love of fine food.
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.
hematobium
himantopus
housesmith
housesmith
noun
(dated) An ironworker who works on buildings.
hulotheism
hulotheism
noun
Alternative form of hylotheism
humilation
humiliator
humiliator
noun
One who humiliates.
humoralist
humoralist
noun
One who favors the humoral pathology or believes in humoralism.
humoristic
humoristic
adj
Pertaining to a humorist or his or her style.
hyotherium
hypoptilum
hypoptilum
noun
(ornithology, rare) An aftershaft.
illuminato
illumonate
immeritous
immeritous
adj
(obsolete) undeserving
imminution
imminution
noun
A lessening; diminution; decrease.
immuration
immuration
noun
A walling up or immuring.
immutation
immutation
noun
change; alteration; mutation
importuned
importuned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of importune
importuner
importuner
noun
One who importunes.
importunes
importunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of importune
imposthume
imposthume
noun
(obsolete) A person suffering from an abscess.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To form an abscess.
(obsolete, transitive) To affect with an abscess.
impostrous
impostrous
adj
(archaic) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
impostures
impostures
noun
plural of imposture
impromptus
impromptus
noun
plural of impromptu
impuration
impuration
noun
(obsolete) The act of making impure; defilement; obscuration.
imputation
imputation
noun
(game theory) A distribution that is efficient and individually rational.
(genetics) The statistical inference of unobserved genotypes.
(statistics) The process of replacing missing data with substituted values.
(theology) A setting of something to the account of; the attribution of personal guilt or personal righteousness of another.
Charge or attribution of evil; censure; reproach; insinuation.
Opinion; intimation; hint.
That which has been imputed or charged.
The act of imputing or charging; attribution; ascription.
incolumity
incolumity
noun
(obsolete) safety; security
informatus
infumation
infumation
noun
The process of drying in smoke.
inhumation
inhumation
noun
(medicine) arenation
The act of burial.
The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed.
iotacismus
iotacismus
noun
(obsolete) iotacism
irrumation
irrumation
noun
Vigorous oral sex; the active penetration of a mouth with a penis.