(archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
(obsolete) A cause of fear.
(obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
agalmatolite
agalmatolite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.
agamogenesis
agamogenesis
noun
asexual reproduction
agamogenetic
agamogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to agamogenesis.
agathodaemon
agathodaemon
noun
A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
ageometrical
agglomerated
agglomerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglomerate
agglomerates
agglomerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglomerate
agglomeratic
agglomeratic
adj
(geology) Of or relating to an agglomerate.
agglomerator
agglomerator
noun
A device that agglomerates material.
aggrammatism
aggrievement
aggrievement
noun
The state of being aggrieved.
agnomination
agnomination
noun
(rhetoric) A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another
(rhetoric) An alliteration.
(rhetoric) Assigning to a proper name its literal or homophonic meaning.
(rhetoric) polyptoton.
agnosticisms
agnosticisms
noun
plural of agnosticism
agrammatical
agrammatical
adj
(grammar) Not grammatical; ungrammatical.
agrarianisms
agrarianisms
noun
plural of agrarianism
agrichemical
agrichemical
noun
Alternative form of agrochemical
agrochemical
agrochemical
adj
Relating to agrochemistry.
noun
(chemistry) A chemical compound, such as a hormone, fungicide, or insecticide, that improves the production of crops.
A compound or product derived from farmed plants.
alarmingness
alarmingness
noun
The state or quality of being alarming.
albumenising
albumenising
verb
present participle of albumenise
albumenizing
albumenizing
verb
present participle of albumenize
albuminising
albuminising
verb
present participle of albuminise
albuminizing
albuminizing
verb
present participle of albuminize
algesiometer
algometrical
algometrical
adj
Relating to algometry.
allomerizing
almightiness
almightiness
noun
The state or quality of being almighty.
amalgamating
amalgamating
verb
present participle of amalgamate
amalgamation
amalgamation
noun
(obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.
(specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
amalgamative
amalgamative
adj
That amalgamates
amalgamatize
amalgamatize
verb
(archaic, transitive) To amalgamate (make an alloy of a metal and mercury).
amalgamators
amalgamators
noun
plural of amalgamator
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amblystegite
ameliorating
ameliorating
verb
present participle of ameliorate
ammonolyzing
amoebogeniae
ampangabeite
ampangabeite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of samarskite
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
ampelograpny
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amphigastria
amphigenesis
amphigenesis
noun
(biology) Sexual generation; amphigony
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
amygdalaceae
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
amygdaloidal
amygdaloidal
adj
Of, like or pertaining to, the amygdaloid mineral.
amygdalolith
amygdaloncus
amygdalotome
amygdalotomy
amygdalotomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the amygdala.
amygdophenin
amylogenesis
amylogenesis
noun
The formation of starch.
anagrammatic
anagrammatic
adj
Being or relating to an anagram.
anallagmatic
anallagmatic
adj
(mathematics) Not changed in form by inversion.
anallagmatis
anastigmatic
anastigmatic
adj
(of the eye, or a lens system) Free from astigmatism
anastomosing
anastomosing
adj
(geology) Networked into irregularly branching and reconnecting veins of ore.
(mycology) Fused together in a vein-like network; used to describe mushroom gills that are interconnected with veins.
verb
present participle of anastomose
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
anemological
anemological
adj
Relating to anemology.
angiofibroma
angiofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign neoplasm that affects fibrous tissue.
angiomalacia
angiomatosis
angiomatosis
noun
(medicine) A rare genetic non-neoplastic condition presenting with little knots of capillaries in various organs.
angiosarcoma
angiosarcoma
noun
(oncology) Any malignant tumour of vascular tissue
angiospermae
angiospermal
angiospermal
adj
angiospermous
angiospermic
angiospermic
adj
Relating to angiosperms
angiostomize
anglicanisms
anglophilism
anguilliform
anguilliform
adj
Shaped like an eel.
Swimming in the manner of an eel.
noun
Any eel of the order Anguilliformes
animatograph
anisogametes
anisogametes
noun
plural of anisogamete
anisogametic
antemarginal
antepagmenta
antepagments
antidogmatic
antidogmatic
adj
Opposed to dogma.
antifogmatic
antifogmatic
noun
An alcoholic drink taken in the morning to brace oneself before going out into bad weather.
antigambling
antigambling
adj
Acting against or opposing gambling.
antighostism
antigigmanic
antilegomena
antimagnetic
antimagnetic
adj
(physics) Unable to be magnetized; unaffected by a magnetic field.
antinegroism
antinegroism
noun
A prejudice against black people.
antipolygamy
antipolygamy
adj
Opposing polygamy.
aplanogamete
aplanogamete
noun
A non-motile gamete found in certain lower algae.
apogalacteum
apogamically
apogamically
adv
By means of apogamy.
apothegmatic
apothegmatic
Adjective
Relating to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
archmagician
archmagician
noun
A very powerful magician.
archmagirist
ardhamagadhi
ardhamagadhi
Proper noun
A Middle Indian language used in Jain texts.
argentometer
argentometer
noun
The measuring instrument used in argentometry.
argentometry
argentometry
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A method of analytical chemistry involving titration with silver nitrate, especially for the quantitative analysis of chloride
argumentator
argumentator
noun
One who argues; a debator.
arithmograph
arraignments
arraignments
noun
plural of arraignment
arrangements
arrangements
noun
plural of arrangement
arteriograms
arteriograms
noun
plural of arteriogram
ascogonidium
asiphonogama
aspergillums
aspergillums
noun
plural of aspergillum
assemblagist
assemblagist
noun
(art) One who constructs assemblages (a form of 3D collage).
assimilating
assimilating
adj
That assimilates
verb
present participle of assimilate
assuagements
assuagements
noun
plural of assuagement
assumingness
assumingness
noun
The state or quality of assuming.
astigmatical
astigmatical
adj
astigmatic
astigmatisms
astigmatisms
noun
plural of astigmatism
astigmatizer
astigmometer
astigmometer
noun
An optical device used for measuring the degree of astigmatism
astigmometry
astigmoscope
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
autoallogamy
autographism
autographism
noun
(dated, pathology) A skin condition in which wheals can be raised on the skin by tracing over it
automatizing
automatizing
verb
present participle of automatize
automobiling
automobiling
verb
present participle of automobile
autotomising
autotomising
verb
present participle of autotomise
autotomizing
autotomizing
verb
present participle of autotomize
axiomatizing
axiomatizing
verb
present participle of axiomatize
backstamping
balladmonger
balladmonger
noun
A seller or composer of ballads.
bandlimiting
bandlimiting
noun
(physics) The limiting of a signal's Fourier transform or power spectral density to zero above a certain finite frequency.
bantamweight
bantamweight
noun
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
barbermonger
barbermonger
noun
(obsolete) A fop.
barnstorming
barnstorming
adj
(especially of a performance) Highly theatrical.
noun
The act of one who barnstorms, or travels making political speeches.
verb
present participle of barnstorm
barrelmaking
barrelmaking
noun
The manufacture of barrels.
basketmaking
basketmaking
noun
The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
beachcombing
beachcombing
noun
An item found lying near the sea; marine salvage.
The lifestyle and habits of a beachcomber.
verb
present participle of beachcomb
becomingness
becomingness
noun
The state or quality of being becoming (pleasingly suitable).
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
benchmarking
benchmarking
noun
A performance measurement according to a benchmark.
verb
present participle of benchmark
betanglement
bilingualism
bilingualism
noun
The condition of being bilingual; the ability to speak two languages.
biomagnetism
biomagnetism
noun
(biology) The production or detection of a magnetic field by a living organism.