The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.
The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.
absolutizing
absolutizing
verb
present participle of absolutize
abstruseness
abstruseness
noun
The property of being abstruse; abstrusity.
absurdnesses
absurdnesses
noun
plural of absurdness
abusefulness
abusefulness
noun
The characteristic of being abuseful.
acanthaceous
acanthaceous
adj
(botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
acanthuridae
acaulescence
acaulescence
noun
The condition of being acaulescent
accentuality
accentuality
noun
The quality of being accentual.
accentuating
accentuating
verb
present participle of accentuate
accentuation
accentuation
noun
(ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
accouchement
accouchement
noun
Delivery in childbed; parturition
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
accouterment
accouterment
noun
(archaic) The act of accoutering; furnishing.
(by extension) An identifying yet superficial characteristic.
(chiefly in the plural) An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.
(military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform.
accoutrement
accoutrement
noun
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouterment
accumulating
accumulating
verb
present participle of accumulate
accumulation
accumulation
noun
(UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
(accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
(law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
A mass of something piled up or collected.
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
accurateness
accurateness
noun
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy
accursedness
accursedness
noun
The quality of being accursed.
achronychous
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acinotubular
acinotubular
adj
(anatomy) Having both acini and tubules
acousticians
acousticians
noun
plural of acoustician
acquaintance
acquaintance
noun
(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
(uncountable) Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
acquaintancy
acquaintancy
noun
acquaintanceship
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquisitions
acquisitions
noun
plural of acquisition
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
acroconidium
acrogenously
acrogenously
adv
In an acrogenous manner.
acromyotonus
acromyotonus
noun
Synonym of acromyotonia
acroneurosis
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
actinocrinus
actinologous
actinologous
adj
Relating to actinologues
acupunctuate
acupunctuate
verb
(rare) To pierce with a needle; to treat with acupuncture.
acupunctured
acupunctured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture
acupunctures
acupunctures
noun
plural of acupuncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture
acutenaculum
acutilinguae
acutilingual
acutilingual
adj
(zoology) Having a sharply pointed tongue or oral region.
acutiplantar
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adequateness
adequateness
noun
The quality of being adequate, of meeting needs or expectations.
adiapneustia
adiapneustia
noun
(medicine) defective perspiration; adiaphoresis
adjournments
adjournments
noun
plural of adjournment
adjudicating
adjudicating
verb
present participle of adjudicate
adjudication
adjudication
noun
(emergency response) The process of identifying the type of material or device that set off an alarm and assessing the potential threat with corresponding implications for the need to take further action.
(law) The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
(law, Scotland) A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.
A judgment or sentence.
The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adjustmental
adjustmental
adj
Relating to adjustment.
adjutantship
adjutantship
noun
The role or status of adjutant.
adminiculary
adminiculary
adj
(obsolete) Adminicular.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
adosculation
adosculation
noun
(biology) impregnation by external contact, without intromission
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
adulterating
adulterating
verb
present participle of adulterate
adulteration
adulteration
noun
The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
aeronautical
aeronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight
aeroneurosis
aeroneurosis
noun
(aviation, medicine, pathology) A disorder afflicting pilots and members of aviation crews, characterized by exhaustion, fearfulness, and other symptoms of physical and emotional distress, associated with prolonged flying times and stressful flight conditions.
affluentness
affluentness
noun
The state or quality of being affluent.
afterburners
afterburners
noun
plural of afterburner
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
agapanthuses
agapanthuses
noun
plural of agapanthus
agglutinable
agglutinable
adj
Able to be agglutinated; that readily undergoes agglutination
agglutinated
agglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate
agglutinates
agglutinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglutinate
agglutinator
agglutinator
noun
That which agglutinates
agglutinogen
agglutinogen
noun
(biochemistry) Any antigen that stimulates the production of an agglutinin
agglutogenic
agglutogenic
adj
Synonym of agglutinogenic
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
agribusiness
agribusiness
noun
(countable) A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.
(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do.
alalcomeneus
albopruinose
albuginaceae
albumeniizer
albumenising
albumenising
verb
present participle of albumenise
albumenizing
albumenizing
verb
present participle of albumenize
albuminiform
albuminising
albuminising
verb
present participle of albuminise
albuminizing
albuminizing
verb
present participle of albuminize
albuminoidal
albuminoidal
adj
(chemistry) Of the nature of an albuminoid.
albuminurias
albuminurias
noun
plural of albuminuria
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
alexandrinus
alkaligenous
alkaligenous
adj
Producing or generating alkali.
alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria
noun
(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
allocthonous
allocthonous
adj
Misspelling of allochthonous.
allonymously
allopurinols
allopurinols
noun
plural of allopurinol
alluringness
alluringness
noun
The state or quality of being alluring.
allusiveness
allusiveness
noun
The quality of being allusive.
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
altitudinous
altitudinous
adj
(humorous) Lofty; very high.
aluminaphone
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
ammoniureted
amphineurous
amphinucleus
amphipneusta
amphithurons
amputational
amputational
adj
Of or relating to amputation.
amygdaloncus
anacoluthons
anacoluthons
noun
plural of anacoluthon
anacrogynous
anacrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from cells other than the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
anandrarious
anarthrously
anarthrously
adv
(grammar) In an anarthrous manner; without an accompanying article.
ancylocladus
ancylostomum
andouillette
andouillette
noun
A small andouille (type of sausage).
androclinium
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
androphorous
androphorous
adj
Having the physical features of a male.
anemochorous
anemochorous
adj
(botany) Adapted for dispersal via wind.
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
anencephalus
anencephalus
noun
anencephaly
aneuploidies
aneuploidies
noun
plural of aneuploidy
aneurilemmic
aneurismally
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmally
aneurysmally
adv
In an aneurysmal way.
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
angiocarpous
angiocarpous
adj
describing a plant whose fruit is in an envelope and not part of a calyx
angiophorous
angiosporous
angiosporous
adj
(botany) Having spores contained in cells or thecae.
anguilliform
anguilliform
adj
Shaped like an eel.
Swimming in the manner of an eel.
noun
Any eel of the order Anguilliformes
anguishously
angularities
angularities
noun
plural of angularity
angulateness
anguliferous
angulinerved
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
anhalouidine
anilinctuses
animalculine
animalculine
adj
(obsolete, rare) Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.
animalculism
animalculism
noun
(biology, archaic) A theory seeking to explain certain physiological and pathological phenomena in terms of animalcules.
(biology, archaic) The theory that the spermatozoon and not the ovum contains the whole of the embryo; spermatism.
animalculist
animalculist
adj
(historical) Pertaining to animalculism.
noun
(historical) A believer in the theory that the embryo exists preformed within the spermatozoon; a proponent of animalculism.