(biochemistry, dated) A plant hormone controlling the dropping off or abscission of certain plant parts, notably the leaves of trees in autumn or cotton bolls.
absconded
absconded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscond
absconder
absconder
noun
A person who absconds.
absinthic
absinthic
adj
(chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
acanthous
acanthous
adj
(botany) Synonym of spinous
acaridans
acaridans
noun
plural of acaridan
accension
accension
noun
(obsolete) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
accentors
accentors
noun
plural of accentor
accessing
accessing
verb
present participle of access
accession
accession
noun
(Scotland) Complicity, concurrence or assent in some action.
(law) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
(law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
(medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
A group of plants of the same species collected at a single location, often held in genebanks.
Access; admittance.
Agreement.
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
verb
(transitive) To make a record of (additions to a collection).
accidents
accidents
noun
plural of accident
accosting
accosting
noun
The act of physically confronting a person.
verb
present participle of accost
accounsel
accursing
accursing
verb
present participle of accurse
accusants
accusants
noun
plural of accusant
acensuada
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
acescence
acescence
noun
The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.
acescency
acescency
noun
Synonym of acescence
acescents
acescents
noun
plural of acescent
acesodyne
achimenes
achimenes
noun
A Central American plant, of the genus Achimenes, having showy, trumpet-shaped flowers
achronism
acipenser
aconitums
aconitums
noun
plural of aconitum
acquaints
acquaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquaint
acridines
acridines
noun
plural of acridine
acridness
acridness
noun
bitterness or acerbity
acrodonts
acrodonts
noun
plural of acrodont
acroleins
acroleins
noun
plural of acrolein
actinians
actinians
noun
plural of actinian
actinides
actinides
noun
plural of actinide
actinisms
actinisms
noun
plural of actinism
actiniums
actiniums
noun
plural of actinium
actinoids
actinoids
noun
plural of actinoid
actionist
actionist
noun
(art, sometimes capitalized) One taking part in the actionism movement.
Synonym of activist
acuminose
acuminose
adj
Terminating in a flat, narrow end.
acuminous
acuminous
adj
Characterized by acumen; keen.
acutances
acutances
noun
plural of acutance
acuteness
acuteness
noun
(medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
(of the senses or feelings) The faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness
Shrewdness, quickness of mind
Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds.
The quality of being acute or pointed
adamances
adenocyst
adenoncus
adnascent
adnascent
adj
Growing to or on something else.
adnescent
advancers
advancers
noun
plural of advancer
aeschines
affiances
affiances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance
aglycones
aglycones
noun
plural of aglycone
agnostics
agnostics
noun
plural of agnostic
agonistic
agonistic
adj
(pharmacology, biochemistry) Pertaining to an agonist.
(rhetoric) Argumentative; combative.
(zoology, anthropology) Characterised by conflict or hostility.
Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
albescent
albescent
adj
Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
alcedines
alcyoneus
alliances
alliances
noun
plural of alliance
alnaschar
ambiances
ambiances
noun
plural of ambiance
ambiences
ambiences
noun
plural of ambience
amelcorns
americans
ammoniacs
amnesiacs
amnesiacs
noun
plural of amnesiac
anacharis
anacharis
noun
(obsolete) A freshwater weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharitaceae), native to America; the waterweed or water thyme.
anaclasis
anaclasis
noun
(medicine) The forced bending of a joint.
The substitution of a long for a short syllable (or vice versa) to break up the rhythm of a poem.
reflection or refraction of light or sound.
anacletus
anaclisis
anaclisis
noun
(psychoanalysis) The choice of an object of libidinal attachment on the basis of a resemblance to early childhood protective and parental figures.
anacondas
anacondas
noun
plural of anaconda
anacortes
anacostia
anacrisis
anacrisis
noun
(historical) A stage of the Ancient Greek judicial process in which all of the evidence is produced prior to the trial.
(literary criticism) A dialog or plot event that causes a character to reveal his or her beliefs and motivations.
An interrogation that provokes its subject to make explicit his or her underlying assumptions and deeply held values.
anacruses
anacruses
noun
plural of anacrusis
anacrusis
anacrusis
noun
(music) An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase.
(prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
anacyclus
anadipsic
anagogics
anagogics
noun
Mystical interpretations or studies, especially of the Scriptures.
analcimes
analcimes
noun
plural of analcime
analcites
analcites
noun
plural of analcite
analgesic
analgesic
adj
(of a person, etc) Unable to feel pain.
(of medicine) Acting to relieve pain; being an analgesic.
noun
(pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
analytics
analytics
noun
Discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data.
The principles governing any of various forms of analysis.
anapestic
anapestic
adj
of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry (see also limeric or limerick).
of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum. Surdo literally means "deaf" in Brasilian Portuguese, and the surdo drums play the bass parts in a samba rhythm as performed by a batucada (drumming ensemble) during the Carnaval celebration.
of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human?) heartbeat pattern.
of, or relating to, or composed of an anapest.
noun
A verse that contains anapestic feet
anaphasic
anaphasic
adj
(cytology) Relating to the anaphase.
anarchies
anarchies
noun
plural of anarchy
anarchism
anarchism
noun
A belief that proposes the abolition of hierarchy and authority in most forms.
A political and philosophical belief that all forms of involuntary rule or government are undesirable, unnecessary, or unethical, and as such that society would function without a state.
anarchist
anarchist
adj
(somewhat rare) Relating to anarchism or to anarchists; anarchistic.
noun
(by extension) One who promotes chaos and lawlessness.
One who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.
One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority.
One who resents outside control or influence on their life, in particular a government, and therefore desires the absence of political control.
anasarcas
anasarcas
noun
plural of anasarca
anastatic
anastatic
adj
(printing, historical) Of or relating to a printing process in which copies of drawings are printed from facsimiles produced in relief on zinc plates.
Of or pertaining to anastasis.
anatocism
anatocism
noun
(law) compound interest
ancestors
ancestors
noun
plural of ancestor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ancestor
ancestral
ancestral
adj
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors
anchistea
anchoress
anchoress
noun
(informal) An anchorwoman.
A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
anchorets
anchorets
noun
plural of anchoret
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
anchusine
anchusins
anchylose
anchylose
verb
Alternative form of ankylose
anconeous
anconitis
ancresses
ancresses
noun
plural of ancress
andesitic
andesitic
adj
(geology) Pertaining to, or composed of andesite
androcles
androcles
Proper noun
The main character of a common folktale that is included in the Aarne–Thompson classification system as type 156.
androclus
androsace
anecdotes
anecdotes
noun
plural of anecdote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anecdote
anecdysis
anelastic
anelastic
adj
(engineering, materials science) Showing no obvious relation between stress and strain.
angelicas
angelicas
noun
plural of angelica
angiocyst
anglicans
anglicise
anglicise
verb
(transitive) To become English.
(transitive) To dub or translate into English.
(transitive) To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
anglicism
anglicism
noun
A Briticism: a word or other feature in the English language that is specific to, or characteristic of, British English.
A cultural aspect typical of the English people.
An Englishism: a word or other feature originating in the English language that has been borrowed by another language.
anglicist
anglicist
Noun
Expert on English studies.
aniconism
aniconism
noun
A prohibition against artists depicting religious figures such as divinities, prophets, or anything that can be worshiped.
More broadly, a prohibition against all forms of visual artwork and photography.
animastic
animastic
adj
(rare) Pertaining to or possessing an animate nonphysical nature; having a mental or spiritual nature.
Relating to mind or spirit; spiritual.
animistic
animistic
adj
Of or pertaining to animism.
announces
announces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of announce
anorchism
anorchism
noun
anorchia
anorchous
anorexics
anorexics
noun
plural of anorexic
anosmatic
anosmatic
adj
(zoology) Lacking olfactory organs, and so having no sense of smell; anosmic.
anostraca
anschluss
antalgics
antalgics
noun
plural of antalgic
antapices
antapices
noun
plural of antapex
antecedes
antecedes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antecede
anthraces
anticaste
anticaste
adj
(sociology) Opposing the social system of caste.
anticness
anticness
noun
The state or quality of being antic.
anticosti
antiochus
antiochus
Proper noun
name, notably borne by the thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty.
antipasch
antipyics
antipyics
noun
plural of antipyic
antiscale
antiscale
adj
Countering or preventing scale (the mineral deposit).
antiscion
antiscion
noun
(astrology) The mirror image, or shadow, of a planet, based upon a line of reference which is the axis of 0 Cancer/0 Capricorn (the position of the sun at the solstices).
antispace
antispace
adj
(military) Against space.
noun
(mathematics) A kind of topological space.
A space or region that violates the norms or conventions of spaces.
antistock
antistock
adj
(rare) Opposing the farming of livestock.
antonescu
apneustic
apneustic
adj
(pathology) Of or relating to apneusis.
arachnids
arachnids
noun
plural of arachnid
arachnism
arachnism
noun
Alternative form of arachnidism
arcadians
arcadings
arcadings
noun
plural of arcading
arccosine
arccosine
noun
(trigonometry) Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the cosine function.