Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
accumulating
accumulating
verb
present participle of accumulate
accumulation
accumulation
noun
(UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
(accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
(law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
A mass of something piled up or collected.
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
accumulative
accumulative
adj
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.
accustomized
accustomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustomize
aceratherium
achromaturia
achromaturia
noun
(pathology) The lack of pigments (especially bile pigments) in the urine
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acroconidium
adminiculary
adminiculary
adj
(obsolete) Adminicular.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
albumeniizer
albumenising
albumenising
verb
present participle of albumenise
albumenizing
albumenizing
verb
present participle of albumenize
albuminiform
albuminising
albuminising
verb
present participle of albuminise
albuminizing
albuminizing
verb
present participle of albuminize
albuminoidal
albuminoidal
adj
(chemistry) Of the nature of an albuminoid.
albuminurias
albuminurias
noun
plural of albuminuria
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
alloquialism
alloxuraemia
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
aluminaphone
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
amberiferous
amberiferous
adj
Containing or yielding amber.
ambidextrous
ambidextrous
adj
(archaic) Practising or siding with both parties.
(humorous) Of a person, bisexual.
Equally usable by left-handed and right-handed people (as a tool or instrument).
Exceptionally skillful; adept in more than one medium, genre, style, etc.
Having equal ability in both hands; in particular, able to write equally well with both hands.
ambisextrous
ambisextrous
adj
(humorous, sometimes offensive, of a person) Bisexual.
Epicene, androgynous.
Having both male and female, or masculine and feminine elements.
amblyacousia
ambulatorial
ambulatorial
adj
(zoology) ambulatory; adapted for walking; gressorial
ambulatories
ambulatories
noun
plural of ambulatory
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
ambulatorium
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
amidofluorid
ammoniureted
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphicarpium
amphicarpous
amphicarpous
adj
Alternative form of amphicarpic
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphicyrtous
amphidesmous
amphimorulae
amphineurous
amphinucleus
amphipneusta
amphistomous
amphistomous
adj
(zoology) Having a sucker at each extremity.
amphithecium
amphithurons
amphitropous
amphitropous
adj
(botany) Having the ovule bent so that the ends are near each other.
amphophilous
amphophilous
adj
Synonym of amphophilic
amphoriloquy
amphoriloquy
noun
(medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity.
amputational
amputational
adj
Of or relating to amputation.
amyloleucite
androclinium
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
aneurilemmic
aneurismally
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
anguilliform
anguilliform
adj
Shaped like an eel.
Swimming in the manner of an eel.
noun
Any eel of the order Anguilliformes
animalculine
animalculine
adj
(obsolete, rare) Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.
animalculism
animalculism
noun
(biology, archaic) A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of animalcules.
(biology, archaic) The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism.
animalculist
animalculist
adj
(historical) Pertaining to animalculism.
noun
(historical) A believer in the theory that the embryo exists preformed within the spermatozoon; a proponent of animalculism.
(obsolete) Someone who studies animalcules.
animalculous
animalculous
adj
(archaic) Relating to animalcules.
anisomyodous
anisostomous
anomaluridae
anopluriform
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
anteluminary
antependiums
antependiums
noun
plural of antependium
anthoclinium
antialbumose
anticonsumer
anticonsumer
adj
Opposing the consumer.
noun
A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
antihumanism
antihumanism
noun
(philosophy, ethics) Opposition to humanism.
antihumanist
antihumanist
adj
(ethics) Opposing humanism
noun
(ethics) One who opposes humanism.
antihumanity
antihumanity
noun
The quality of being hostile towards humanity.
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
antimoniuret
antimoniuret
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An antimonide.
antimosquito
antimosquito
adj
Countering mosquitos.
antiopelmous
antiopelmous
adj
(zoology) Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
antiopiumist
antiopiumist
noun
(historical) One who opposes the use of the drug opium.
antiopiumite
antipopulism
antirrhinums
antirrhinums
noun
plural of antirrhinum
antistrumous
antistrumous
adj
(medicine) Acting against scrofulous disorders.
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
anutraminosa
aouellimiden
apneumatosis
apneumatosis
noun
(medicine) atelectasis
apoquinamine
apoquinamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, C₁₉H₂₂N₂O, that is formed by dissolving quinamine in acid.
aposaturnium
aposaturnium
noun
(astronomy) Apoapsis around Saturn
appressorium
appressorium
noun
(mycology) A bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi that is well attached to the cuticle of the host and from where a peg-shaped hypha is formed that penetrates the cuticle.
aquaemanalia
arceuthobium
archesporium
archesporium
noun
(botany) Any of the cells of the sporangium that give rise to spores.
archipallium
archipallium
noun
(anatomy) The oldest region of the brain's pallium, often considered contiguous with the olfactory cortex, but varying among species. In humans, the archipallium makes up the hippocampus.
archisupreme
aristomachus
armariumaria
armeniaceous
armeniaceous
adj
(zoology) Apricot-colored.
ascogonidium
aspergillums
aspergillums
noun
plural of aspergillum
aspersoriums
assumability
assumingness
assumingness
noun
The state or quality of assuming.
assumptively
assumptively
adv
In an assumptive manner.
astispumante
atmidalbumin
atmospherium
audiometries
audiometries
noun
plural of audiometry
audiometrist
audiometrist
noun
A technician who carries out audiometry.
augmentation
augmentation
noun
(Scotland, law) An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.
(heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
(medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
(medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
(music) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
The act or process of augmenting.
augmentative
augmentative
adj
Growing, enlarging, increasing.
noun
(grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
aulostomidae
auriscalpium
auriscalpium
noun
Auriscalpium, a genus of mushrooms.
earpick
autobasidium
autobasidium
noun
(mycology) Synonym of holobasidium
autochemical
autoerotisms
autoerotisms
noun
plural of autoerotism
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
autoimmunity
autoimmunity
noun
(pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
autoimmunize
autolimnetic
autolimnetic
adj
Living at the surface of a body of water.
automaticity
automaticity
noun
(medicine) The ability of the heart muscles to contract independently of each other when separated or in unison when reattached in whole or in groups.
The ability to do things without occupying the mind with the low level details required.
The process of one thing automatically following another.
automatizing
automatizing
verb
present participle of automatize
automobiling
automobiling
verb
present participle of automobile
automobilism
automobilism
noun
(dated) The use of automobiles.
automobilist
automobilist
noun
(archaic) The driver of a motor vehicle.
automobility
automobility
noun
The utilization of automobiles as the major means of transportation and mobility.
automorphism
automorphism
noun
(algebra) An isomorphism of a mathematical object or system of objects onto itself.
The ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autorhythmic
autorhythmic
adj
That generates its own rhythm
autosoterism
autosoterism
noun
(religion) The belief that salvation is attained through oneself and not an external agency
autosymbolic
autotomising
autotomising
verb
present participle of autotomise
autotomizing
autotomizing
verb
present participle of autotomize
autotoxaemia
autotoxaemia
noun
autointoxication
auxochromism
ayuntamiento
ayuntamiento
noun
A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
barquisimeto
barramundies
baumhauerite
baumhauerite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing arsenic, lead, and sulfur.
beaumarchais
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
behaviourism
behaviourism
noun
(British spelling) Standard spelling of behaviorism.
belimousined
bilingualism
bilingualism
noun
The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages.
bimillennium
biomolecular
biomolecular
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to biomolecules (especially macromolecules)
biomolecules
biomolecules
noun
plural of biomolecule
biscuitmaker
bismuthinite
bismuthinite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft bismuth sulfide mineral, an important ore for bismuth.