(evolutionary theory) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
abiogenetic
abiogenetic
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to abiogenesis, originated by abiogenesis.
abiogenists
abiogenists
noun
plural of abiogenist
abnegations
abnegations
noun
plural of abnegation
abominating
abominating
verb
present participle of abominate
aboriginals
aboriginals
noun
plural of aboriginal
aboriginary
aboriginary
adj
Obsolete form of aboriginal.
abortogenic
abortogenic
adj
Causing abortion; abortifacient.
noun
A substance that induces abortion; an abortifacient.
aboundingly
aboundingly
adv
In an abounding manner; in a manner that abounds.
To an abounding degree.
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abrogations
abrogations
noun
plural of abrogation
absorbingly
absorbingly
adv
In an absorbing manner.
acanthology
acanthology
noun
The study of spined things, in particular sea urchins, and the resultant impact on taxonomy.
accordingly
accordingly
adv
(conjunctive) In natural sequence; consequently; so.
(manner) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably
accountings
accountings
noun
plural of accounting
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
accroaching
accroaching
verb
present participle of accroach
accustoming
accustoming
verb
present participle of accustom
achroglobin
acknowledge
acknowledge
verb
(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
(transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
(transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
(transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
(transitive) To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
acrospiring
acrospiring
verb
present participle of acrospire
actinograph
actinograph
noun
A recording actinometer.
actinologue
actinologue
noun
(biology) Part of an actinomere
actionizing
actionizing
verb
present participle of actionize
adenogenous
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adiagnostic
adiagnostic
adj
(geology) Difficult to identify.
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adjustoring
admonishing
admonishing
noun
admonishment
verb
present participle of admonish
aerobraking
aerobraking
noun
(astronautics) The use of atmospheric drag to reduce the velocity of a spacecraft, especially so as to establish a stable orbit and to reduce fuel consumption.
verb
present participle of aerobrake
aerogenesis
aerogenesis
noun
The production of gas or air.
afforesting
afforesting
verb
present participle of afforest
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
aganglionic
aganglionic
adj
(physiology) Without ganglia.
agapemonian
agapemonist
agapemonite
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
agglomerant
agglomerant
adj
That causes agglomeration
agglutinoid
aggradation
aggradation
noun
(geology) Increase in land elevation due to the deposition of sediment.
aggravation
aggravation
noun
(informal) Provocation, irritation, annoyance.
An extrinsic circumstance or accident which increases the guilt of a crime or the misery of a calamity.
Exaggerated representation.
The act of aggravating, or making worse; used of evils, natural or moral; the act of increasing in severity or heinousness; something additional to a crime or wrong and enhancing its guilt or injurious consequences.
aggregation
aggregation
noun
(epidemiology) The majority of the parasite population concentrated into a minority of the host population.
(networking) Summarizing multiple routes into one route.
(object-oriented programming) Kind of object composition which does not imply ownership.
A collection of particulars; an aggregate.
The act of collecting together (aggregating).
The state of being collected into a mass, assemblage, or sum (aggregated).
aggressions
aggressions
noun
plural of aggression
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
agitational
agitational
adj
Relating to, or having the character of, political agitation
agkistrodon
aglyphodont
agnosticism
agnosticism
noun
(by extension) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.
Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
agoniatites
agonisingly
agonisingly
adv
Alternative spelling of agonizingly
agonistarch
agonistarch
noun
(Ancient Greece) One who trained persons to compete in public games and contests.
agonistical
agonistical
adj
(archaic) agonistic (of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks).
agonizingly
agonizingly
adv
In an agonizing manner; in a way that causes agony.
agonostomus
agonothetic
agonothetic
adj
Of or pertaining to an agonothete.
agronomical
agronomical
adj
agronomic
agronomists
agronomists
noun
plural of agronomist
airdropping
airdropping
verb
present participle of airdrop
airproofing
airproofing
verb
present participle of airproof
albugineous
albugineous
adj
Of the nature of, or resembling, the white of the eye, or of an egg; albuminous; applied to textures, bodily fluids, etc., which are perfectly white.
algolagniac
algolagniac
noun
Someone who indulges in algolagnia; a sadomasochist.
algolagnias
algolagnist
algolagnist
noun
(dated) A sexual masochist.
algonquians
allegations
allegations
noun
plural of allegation
alligations
alligations
noun
plural of alligation
alloantigen
alloantigen
noun
(genetics) Any antigen, present in only some individuals of a species, that stimulates the production of antibodies in those that lack it; an isoantigen
allogeneity
allogeneity
noun
(genetics) The condition of being allogeneic
allogeneous
allogeneous
adj
(medicine) From a nonself donor of the same species.
different in nature or kind.
allothigene
allowancing
allowancing
verb
present participle of allowance
ambitioning
ambitioning
verb
present participle of ambition
amblygonite
amblygonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral, a mixed fluoride and aluminophosphate of sodium and lithium that is an important ore of lithium.
ammoniating
ammoniating
verb
present participle of ammoniate
ammonifying
ammonifying
verb
present participle of ammonify
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphigonium
amphigonous
amphigonous
adj
(biology) Relating to both parents.
amphogenous
anacrogynae
anagnorises
anagnorises
noun
plural of anagnorisis
anagnorisis
anagnorisis
noun
The moment in the plot of a drama in which the hero makes a discovery that explains previously unexplained events or situations; a denouement.
analogising
analogising
verb
present participle of analogise
analogistic
analogizing
analogizing
noun
The drawing of an analogy.
verb
present participle of analogize
analogously
analogously
adv
In an analogous manner; in a manner which evokes analogy.
anapnograph
anapnograph
noun
A form of spirometer.
anatomising
anatomising
verb
present participle of anatomise
anatomizing
anatomizing
verb
present participle of anatomize
anaxagorean
anaxagorean
Adjective
Of or relating to Anaxagoras, an ancient Greek natural philosopher noted for the cosmological concept of Nous (mind), as an ordering force.
anaxagorize
ancestoring
ancestoring
verb
present participle of ancestor
anchylosing
anchylosing
verb
present participle of anchylose
androgamone
androgenous
androgenous
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
Misspelling of androgynous.
androginous
androgonial
androgonium
androgynary
androgynies
androgynies
noun
plural of androgyny
androgynism
androgynism
noun
hermaphroditism
androgynous
androgynous
adj
(of a connector or docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
andrologies
anecdotages
anecdotages
noun
plural of anecdotage
anemographs
anemographs
noun
plural of anemograph
anemography
anemography
noun
A scientific description of the winds.
The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
anemologies
angariation
angariation
noun
(obsolete) exaction of forced service; compulsion
angelocracy
angelocracy
noun
government or rule by angels
angelolater
angelolatry
angelolatry
noun
The worshipping of angels.
angelologic
angelomachy
angelomachy
noun
(rare) A battle between angels.
angelophany
angelophany
noun
The appearance of an angel to a human being.
angeronalia
angiectopia
angioataxia
angiocarpic
angioglioma
angioglioma
noun
(pathology) A highly vascular glioma
angiography
angiography
noun
(medicine) A medical imaging technique in which an X-ray image is taken to visualize the inside of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.
angiolipoma
angiolipoma
noun
A subcutaneous nodule with vascular structure, having all other features of a typical lipoma.
angiologies
angiomatous
angiomatous
adj
Relating to an angioma.
angiomegaly
angioplasty
angioplasty
noun
(surgery) The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.
angiosperms
angiosperms
noun
plural of angiosperm
angiotensin
angiotensin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several polypeptides that narrow blood vessels and thus regulate arterial pressure.
angiotonase
angiotripsy
angiotripsy
noun
hemostasis by means of an angiotribe
anglomaniac
anglomaniac
Noun
One affected with Anglomania; one who loves England or English people or things.
anglophiles
anglophiles
noun
plural of anglophile
anglophilia
anglophilia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophilia
anglophilic
anglophilic
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophilic
anglophobes
anglophobes
noun
plural of anglophobe
anglophobia
anglophobia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophobia
anglophobic
anglophobic
Adjective
Having an aversion to England or the English.
anguimorpha
angulations
angulations
noun
plural of angulation
angulometer
angulometer
noun
An instrument for measuring exterior angles.
anisogamete
anisogamete
noun
(biology) heterogamete
anisogamies
anisogamous
anisogamous
adj
being married to someone whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one's own.
having a sexual partner whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one's own.
anisogenous
anisogynous
anoegenetic
anosognosia
anosognosia
noun
(pathology) Failure to be aware of a defect or deficit resulting from disability, due to brain injury (e.g. Anton-Babinski syndrome).
The inability of a person to recognize his or her own illness or handicap.
antagonised
antagonised
adj
Alternative form of antagonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antagonise
antagonisms
antagonisms
noun
plural of antagonism
antagonists
antagonists
noun
plural of antagonist
antagonized
antagonized
adj
(medicine, especially describing a muscle) Having been acted on by antagonistic forces.
(of a person or group) Having been aggravated or made into an enemy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antagonize
antagonizer
antagonizer
noun
One who, or that which, antagonizes.
antagonizes
antagonizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antagonize
anterograde
anterograde
adj
(medicine) Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock.
(medicine) Moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of.