A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.
abnumerable
abnumerable
adj
(mathematics) Not enumerable or denumerable; uncountable.
abumbrellar
abumbrellar
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of abumbral
acclimature
acclimature
noun
(rare) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.
accruements
accruements
noun
plural of accruement
accumulator
accumulator
noun
(Britain) A wet-cell storage battery.
(UK, education, historical) One who takes two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce their length of study.
(cryptography) A one way membership function.
(engineering, hydraulics) A container which stores hydraulic power for release, in the form of a pressurized fluid (often suspended within a larger tank of fluid under pressure).
(finance) A derivative contract under which the seller commits to sell shares of an underlying security at a certain strike price, which the buyer is obligated to buy.
(gambling) A collective bet on successive events, with both stake and winnings being carried forward to accumulate progressively.
(literally) One who, or that which, accumulates.
(manufacturing) A vessel containing pressurized hot water ready for release as steam.
(mechanics) A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
(programming) A register or variable used for holding the intermediate results of a computation or data transfer.
achromatium
achromatous
achromatous
adj
Lacking normal colour; colourless
acquirement
acquirement
noun
(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acrimonious
acrimonious
adj
(archaic) Harsh and sharp, or bitter and not pleasant to the taste; acrid, pungent.
(figuratively) Angry, acid, and sharp in delivering argumentative replies: bitter, mean-spirited, sharp in language or tone.
acroclinium
acroclinium
noun
Any Australian plant of the former genus Acroclinium (now named Rhodanthe)
acrodromous
acrodromous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of acrodrome
acromphalus
acromphalus
noun
(pathology) An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia
acromyodous
acromyodous
adj
Synonym of acromyodic
acrorrheuma
acrostichum
acrostolium
acrotarsium
acrotarsium
noun
(zoology) The instep of the foot (front of the tarsus)
adarbitrium
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adumbrative
adumbrative
adj
Of or pertaining to adumbration
adumbrellar
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
aeronautism
aeronautism
noun
The practice of aeronautic travel.
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
ailuromania
alabastrums
alabastrums
noun
plural of alabastrum
albumeniser
albumenizer
albumenizer
noun
One who albumenizes.
albumimeter
albuminuria
albuminuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of albumin in the urine, often a symptom of renal disease
albuminuric
albuminuric
adj
showing the symptom albuminuria, i.e. having albumen in the urine
albumosuria
albumosuria
noun
(pathology) The presence of proteoses in the urine.
alcicornium
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
aleurometer
aleurometer
noun
An instrument used for the examination of crude gluten as to its power of distending under the influence of heat, as a means of judging of the value of a flour for breadmaking.
alloxuremia
allurements
allurements
noun
plural of allurement
alumiferous
aluminiform
aluminiform
adj
Having the form of alumina.
amateurisms
amateurisms
noun
plural of amateurism
amateurship
amateurship
noun
The quality or character of an amateur.
ambassadeur
ambulatoria
ambuscaders
ambuscaders
noun
plural of ambuscader
aminopurine
aminopurine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any amino derivative of a purine
amorousness
amorousness
noun
The state or quality of being amorous.
amorphously
amorphously
adv
In an amorphous manner.
amortisseur
amortisseur
noun
Short for amortisseur winding.
amphibryous
amphicarpus
amphigouris
amphimorula
amphipleura
amphithuron
amphivorous
ampulliform
ampulliform
adj
Having the shape of a flask.
amyliferous
anamorphous
anamorphous
adj
distorted, deformed
anchtherium
androconium
androconium
noun
A specialised, glandular scale, on the forewings of some butterflies, that emits pheromones
androgonium
androphorum
androphorum
noun
(botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which emerge the stamens.
anguimorpha
angulometer
angulometer
noun
An instrument for measuring exterior angles.
animalcular
animalcular
adj
Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.
anisomerous
anisomerous
adj
(botany) Having the number of floral organs unequal.
antecardium
antesternum
antheridium
antheridium
noun
(botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
anticardium
anticardium
noun
(anatomy) The epigastrium, especially the part almost in front of the heart.
antidromous
antidromous
adj
(botany) Changing the direction in the spiral sequence of leaves on a stem.
antimasquer
antimasquer
noun
One who takes part in an antimasque.
antiquarism
antiquarism
noun
Synonym of antiquarianism
antiquarium
antiquarium
noun
A place for keeping antiques.
antirrhinum
antirrhinum
noun
Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum of snapdragons.
antitrismus
antitumoral
antitumoral
adj
(oncology) antitumor
antrostomus
aphroditeum
apodyterium
apodyterium
noun
(architecture, historical) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, for getting undressed.
apoturmeric
aquafarming
aquafarming
noun
(agriculture) aquaculture
aquamarines
aquamarines
noun
plural of aquamarine
arachnidium
archaimbaud
archambault
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archimorula
archmugwump
arcocentrum
argumentive
argumentive
adj
Being or presenting an argument or line of reasoning.
argyrosomus
aristodemus
arrhythmous
aspergillum
aspergillum
noun
(Christianity) An implement, in the form of a brush, or of a rod with a perforated container, for sprinkling holy water; a holy water sprinkler.
aspermatous
aspermatous
adj
Alternative form of aspermous
aspersorium
aspersorium
noun
A basin that holds holy water with which worshippers sprinkle themselves.
astrocaryum
athermanous
athermanous
adj
Not transmitting heat.
atmocautery
atomiferous
atramentous
atramentous
adj
atramental
audiometers
audiometers
noun
plural of audiometer
audiometric
audiometric
adj
Measured using an audiometer
Of or pertaining to audiometry
auditoriums
auditoriums
noun
plural of auditorium
auribromide
aurichalcum
aurichalcum
noun
Alternative form of orichalcum
auripigment
auripigment
noun
(archaic) Variant of orpiment
aurobromide
aurodiamine
austromancy
austromancy
noun
Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
autoerotism
autoerotism
noun
Sexual activity involving oneself, including masturbation.
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autotropism
autotropism
noun
The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line unless influenced by external stimuli.
auxanometer
auxanometer
noun
An instrument to measure the growth of plants.
auxochromic
auxochromic
adj
Relating to an auxochrome
auxohormone
avicularium
avicularium
noun
(biology) A modified zooid, in some colonial bryozoans, in the form of a beak, that prevents other organisms from settling on the colony
axospermous
bacteririum
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
barbiturism
barbiturism
noun
(dated, medicine) A morbid condition caused by excessive use of barbiturates.
barlafumble
barlafumble
intj
(Scotland, obsolete) A cry for peace or truce in children's games.
barlafummil
barlafummil
intj
Alternative form of barlafumble
barnumesque
barnumesque
Adjective
Reminiscent of (1810–1891), American showman and businessman remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding a circus.
barotraumas
barotraumas
noun
plural of barotrauma
barramundas
barramundas
noun
plural of barramunda
barramundis
barramundis
noun
plural of barramundi
battarismus
beglamoured
beglamoured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beglamour
bemurmuring
beuniformed
beuniformed
adj
(dated) Wearing a uniform.
bimolecular
bimolecular
adj
(chemistry) Relating to bimolecules
(chemistry, of a reaction) involving two molecules
consisting of two layers of molecules
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
birdmouthed
blundersome
blundersome
adj
Apt or prone to cause blunders; troublesome; difficult; problematic.
Indicating or marked by blunders or mistakes; messed-up.
borborygmus
borborygmus
noun
(figurative) Something resembling borborygmus.
A rumbling sound made by the movement of gas in the intestines.