Unit of electrical current in electromagnetic and Gaussian cgs systems of units, equal to 10 amperes in SI units.
abarambo
abdomens
abdomens
noun
plural of abdomen
abdomina
abelmosk
abelmosk
noun
(uncommon, usually in the plural) Other members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.
The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
The tropical evergreen shrub Abelmoschus moschatus itself.
abelmusk
abelmusk
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of abelmosk in its various senses.
abetment
abetment
noun
(chiefly law) The act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc.
Encouragement or assistance.
abnormal
abnormal
adj
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
noun
A person or object that is not normal.
abomasal
abomasal
adj
Belonging to or involving the abomasum.
abomasum
abomasum
noun
(biology, food) The fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;
the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.
abomasus
abomasus
noun
Alternative form of abomasum
abrahams
abramson
abrocoma
abrocome
abrocome
noun
Either of the ratlike rodents that form the genus Abrocoma; rat chinchilla.
absurdum
absurdum
noun
An illogical conclusion or state.
abumbral
abumbral
adj
Alternative form of exumbrellar
abutment
abutment
noun
(architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
(dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
(engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
(engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
The state of abutting.
academes
academes
noun
plural of academe
academia
academia
noun
(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
academic
academic
adj
(art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
noun
(archaic) A student in a college.
(plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
(plural only) Academic studies.
(usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
A member of the Academy; an academician.
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
academie
academus
acampsia
acampsia
noun
(pathology) Rigidity of a joint.
accismus
accismus
noun
(rhetoric) The feigning of disinterest in something while actually desiring it.
acclaims
acclaims
noun
plural of acclaim
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclaim
accompli
accumber
accumber
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
accustom
accustom
noun
(obsolete) Custom.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be wont.
(intransitive, obsolete) To cohabit.
(transitive, often passive or reflexive) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure. [+ to (object)]
aceldama
aceldama
noun
A field of bloodshed, a place of slaughter.
The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his master, and therefore called the field of blood.
acemetae
acemetic
acestoma
acetamid
acetamid
noun
Obsolete spelling of acetamide
acetoxim
achamoth
achenium
achenium
noun
(botany) achene
acherman
achimaas
achmetha
achomawi
achomawi
Proper noun
The native language spoken by the Pit River people of present-day California.
achromat
achromat
noun
(optics) A lens that imparts little color; a lens that is achromatic.
achromia
achromia
noun
(medicine) Absence of pigmentation, especially in the skin or blood
achromic
achromic
adj
(sciences) Uncoloured; not pigmented; lacking in colour.
achymous
achymous
adj
(physiology) Without chyme.
aciculum
aciculum
noun
(botany, zoology) A needlelike spine or bristle, specially the seta of an annelid
acidemia
acidemia
noun
Alternative form of acidaemia
ackerman
ackerman
Proper noun
a town in Mississippi, USA
acmispon
acneform
acneform
adj
(pathology, especially of a rash) Resembling acne
acoelomi
acoemeti
aconitum
aconitum
noun
Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.
The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
acontium
acontium
noun
An Ancient Greek weapon similar to a javelin
One of a series of threads of a septum of some actinians
acosmism
acosmism
noun
A denial of the existence of the universe as distinct from God.
The determination of the world as mere phenomena to which true reality does not pertain.
acosmist
acosmist
noun
A follower of acosmism
acousmas
acridium
acrimony
acrimony
noun
A sharp and bitter hatred.
acrogamy
acromial
acromial
adj
Of or pertaining to the acromion.
acromion
acromion
noun
(anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.
acronomy
acronyms
acronyms
noun
plural of acronym
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acronym
acrosome
acrosome
noun
A structure forming the end of the head of a spermatozoon
acrotism
acrotism
noun
(medicine) A lack or defect of the pulse.
acrydium
actinism
actinism
noun
(chemistry, physics) That property of electromagnetic radiation that leads to the production of photochemical effects
actinium
actinium
noun
A radioactive, metallic chemical element (symbol: Ac) with an atomic number of 89; found in uranium ores.
activism
activism
noun
The practice of using action to achieve a result, such as political demonstration or a strike in support of or in opposition to an issue.
adamance
adamance
noun
The quality of being adamant
adamancy
adamancy
noun
The property of being adamant.
adamants
adamants
noun
plural of adamant
adamello
adamhood
adamical
adamical
Adjective
Adamic
adaminah
adamitic
adamsite
adamsite
noun
An organic compound, diphenylaminechlorarsine, used as a riot-control agent.
addendum
addendum
noun
(engineering) The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.
A postscript.
Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.
addiment
addiment
noun
(immunology, archaic) Synonym of complement
adeeming
adeeming
verb
present participle of adeem
adempted
adempted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adempt
adenomas
adermine
adhamant
adhamant
adj
(rare) Clinging, as by hooks.
adiantum
adiantum
noun
The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum)
adjument
adjument
noun
(obsolete) Help; support; that which or one who helps or supports.
adlumine
adlumine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in plants of genus Adlumia.
admedial
admedial
adj
(anatomy) Near the medial plane
admedian
admedian
adj
(anatomy) Near the median plane
admirals
admirals
noun
plural of admiral
admirers
admirers
noun
plural of admirer
admiring
admiring
adj
Feeling or showing admiration.
noun
admiration
verb
present participle of admire
admitted
admitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admit
admittee
admittee
noun
One who is admitted.
admitter
admitter
noun
Someone who or something which admits.
admixing
admixing
verb
present participle of admix
admonish
admonish
verb
(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.
(transitive) To instruct or direct.
(transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
adnumber
adoniram
adreamed
adreamed
adj
(obsolete) Visited by a dream.
adumbral
adumbral
adj
Dark, shady.
adynamia
adynamia
noun
Lack or loss of strength, usually due to a disease.
adynamic
adynamic
adj
(physics) Characterised by the absence of force.
Not dynamic; without strength or vigor.
aecidium
aecidium
noun
(mycology) A member of the form genus Aecidium.
The cupulate fruiting body borne upon the mycelium of certain fungi commonly parasitic upon specimens of the Compositae, Lamiaceae, Leguminosae, and Ranunculaceae families
aegemony
aegimius
aerarium
aerarium
noun
(historical) The state treasury of Ancient Rome.
aeriform
aeriform
adj
Having a form similar to that of air.
Light, unsubstantial, or unstable.
Pertaining to air.
aerobium
aerogram
aerogram
noun
(dated) A wireless message.
(dated, rare) A telegram whose transmission included at least one segment sent via airplane.
(medicine, rare) A pneumogram.
A thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail.
aeronomy
aeronomy
noun
A branch of science that deals with the upper atmosphere of the Earth and the other planets with reference to their chemical composition, physical properties, relative motion, and responses to radiation from space.
affamish
affamish
verb
(obsolete) To cause (somebody) to die of hunger; to starve.
affectum
affirmed
affirmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affirm
affirmer
affirmer
noun
One who affirms.
affirmly
afikomen
afikomen
noun
(Judaism) The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
agamedes
agametes
agametes
noun
plural of agamete
agamidae
agamobia
agathism
agathism
noun
The doctrine that the ultimate end of all things is good, although the intermediate means may be evil.
agendums
agendums
noun
plural of agendum
ageratum
ageratum
noun
Any of the genus Ageratum of tropical American herbs, annuals and perennials, from the sunflower family Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae; they are sometimes used in floral displays.
aglimmer
aglimmer
adj
Glimmering; gleaming or shining.
agmatine
agmatine
noun
(biochemistry) The amine (4-aminobutyl)guanidine which is a decarboxylation product of arginine and an intermediate in polyamine biosynthesis
agminate
agminate
adj
(biology) Grouped together.
agnomens
agnomens
noun
plural of agnomen
agnomina
agremens
agrement
agrement
noun
Obsolete form of agreement.
agrimony
agrimony
noun
Any of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.
Any of several unrelated plants of a similar appearance.
agromyza
agronome
agronome
noun
An agronomist.
agronomy
agronomy
noun
The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.
aguamiel
ahamkara
ahamkara
noun
(Hinduism) Attachment to one's ego.
ahmadiya
ahmadpur
ailments
ailments
noun
plural of ailment
aimfully
aimfully
adv
In an aimful manner; with fixed purpose.
airdrome
airdrome
noun
A location where aircraft are operated, usually having a runway and maintenance facilities.
airframe
airframe
noun
The main body and structure of an aircraft (without the powerplant).
airmails
airmails
noun
(colloquial) The items of mail conveyed using aircraft.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airmail
airtimes
airtimes
noun
plural of airtime
airwoman
airwoman
noun
A woman who flies in an aircraft; a female aviator.