(civil law, obsolete) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.
(ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
(obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
abstrusion
abstrusion
noun
(rare) The act of thrusting away.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
acanaceous
acanaceous
adj
(very rare) Bearing prickles or thistles; prickly.
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accusation
accusation
noun
(law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
An allegation.
The act of accusing.
acensuador
acinaceous
acinaceous
adj
(botany) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
acinacious
acinarious
acinarious
adj
(botany) Having acini
acondylous
acondylous
adj
(anatomy) Without joints; jointless.
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acousticon
acousticon
noun
(historical) A kind of hearing aid.
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
acrogynous
acrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
acronymous
acronymous
adj
Pertaining to the use of acronyms.
acusection
acutorsion
acutorsion
noun
(medicine) The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
aerogenous
aerogenous
adj
(biology) Transmitted through the air.
aeruginous
aeruginous
adj
Of or pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris.
aestuation
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
agoranomus
aguinaldos
aguinaldos
noun
plural of aguinaldo
agynarious
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
albuminous
albuminous
adj
Relating to, containing, or having the properties of albumen or albumin.
algonquins
allonomous
allonomous
adj
(biology) Controlled by an external stimulus
allonymous
allonymous
adj
Misattributed: appearing or (especially) knowingly published under the name of a different person from the true author.
altisonous
altisonous
adj
Alternative form of altisonant
aluminosis
aluminosis
noun
(construction) A structural defect resulting from the degradation of poor quality concrete.
(pathology) A disease of the lungs caused by aluminum dust.
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
amphinomus
amphipnous
anacoustic
anacoustic
adj
(physics) Describing the upper reaches of the atmosphere, and of space, in which the concentration of molecules is too small to support the propagation of sound
anechoic, soundless
anadromous
anadromous
adj
(botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.
(of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.
anakrousis
anandrious
anarthrous
anarthrous
adj
(biology, of a limb) Not having joints.
(biology, of an organism) Not having legs, wings, or other limbs.
(linguistics) Not having a determiner.
(linguistics) Not having an article (especially of Greek nouns).
Nouns indicating status often appear in anarthrous noun phrases, ie, as bare nouns.
anasarcous
anasarcous
adj
Belonging to, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
anatropous
anatropous
adj
(botany, of an ovule) Having an inverted nucleus, whose apex points to the base
ancipitous
ancipitous
adj
Synonym of ancipital
androgynus
androgynus
noun
A hermaphrodite.
andronicus
anelytrous
anenterous
anenterous
adj
(zoology) Without a stomach or an intestine.
anguineous
anguineous
adj
Like a snake.
anguishous
anguishous
adj
(obsolete) Full of anguish.
angulosity
angulosity
noun
(obsolete) angularity
anisomelus
ankylosaur
ankylosaur
noun
Synonym of ankylosaurus
annelidous
annelidous
adj
Of or pertaining to annelids
annotinous
annotinous
adj
(botany) A year old; in yearly growths.
announcers
announcers
noun
plural of announcer
annoyously
anocarpous
anoestrous
anomalurus
anonaceous
anonaceous
adj
Alternative form of annonaceous
anorectous
anorectous
adj
(archaic) anorectic; lacking appetite
anthonomus
antichorus
antigyrous
antilochus
antilogous
antilogous
adj
Being or relating to that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated.
Of the contrary name or character; opposite.
antimonous
antimonous
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative form of antimonious
antipoenus
antitypous
antitypous
adj
(obsolete) resistant to blows; hard
antonymous
antonymous
adj
Having an opposite or diametrically opposite meaning.
Of, or being an antonym; antonymic.
antrustion
antrustion
noun
(historical) A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises.
apocyneous
apocyneous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum.
apollonius
arenaceous
arenaceous
adj
(geology) Arenitic.
(of a plant) Growing in sandy soil.
(of soil) Sandy.
arenarious
arenarious
adj
sandy
argenteous
argenteous
adj
(formal) Silvery.
arietinous
arietinous
Adjective
Shaped like a ram's head.
armisonous
arousement
arousement
noun
Arousal.
arthroncus
ascogenous
ascogenous
adj
(mycology) That grows from the ascogonium of a fungus
ascogonium
ascogonium
noun
(mycology) The spiral female organ of an ascomycetous fungus from which asci are produced
assecution
assecution
noun
(obsolete) acquisition; an obtaining
assumption
assumption
noun
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
astounding
astounding
adj
That astounds or astound.
verb
present participle of astound
astronauts
astronauts
noun
plural of astronaut
audivision
ausforming
ausforming
verb
present participle of ausform
autogenies
autogenous
autogenous
adj
(anatomy) Developed from an independent centre of ossification.
Produced independently of an external cause or influence.
autognosis
autognosis
noun
self-knowledge; the understanding of one's character and peculiarities
autokinesy
autokinesy
noun
autokinesis
autolesion
automatons
automatons
noun
plural of automaton
autonetics
autonomasy
autonomasy
noun
Archaic form of autonomasia.
autonomies
autonomies
noun
plural of autonomy
autonomist
autonomist
noun
An advocate of autonomy or autonomism.
autonomous
autonomous
adj
(Celtic linguistics, of a verb form) Used with no subject, indicating an unknown or unspecified agent; used in similar situations as the passive in English (the difference being that the theme in the English passive construction is the subject, while in the Celtic autonomous construction the theme is the object and there is no subject).
Acting on one's own or independently; of a child, acting without being governed by parental or guardian rules.
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
avenaceous
avenaceous
adj
Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
axiopoenus
basigenous
basutoland
basutoland
Proper noun
Lesotho.
batocrinus
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
biangulous
biangulous
adj
(archaic) biangular
binoculars
binoculars
noun
A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.
boethusian
boulangism
boulangism
Noun
The spirit or principles of a French political movement identified with (1837–1891), who promoted an aggressive nationalism which opposed Germany and called for the defeat of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-71) to be avenged.
boulangist
boulangist
Noun
A supporter of Boulangism.
boundaries
boundaries
noun
plural of boundary
bradynosus
brassbound
brassbound
adj
Bound with brass.
brontosaur
brontosaur
noun
Any member of the genus Brontosaurus.
bucconasal
bucconasal
adj
Relating to the cheek and the nose
buoyancies
buoyancies
noun
plural of buoyancy
cacuminous
cacuminous
adj
(rare) Having a pyramidal top.
caliginous
caliginous
adj
(archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky.
callousing
callousing
verb
present participle of callous
calumnious
calumnious
adj
Possessing the traits of calumny.
camponotus
cancellous
cancellous
adj
(anatomy, of bone) Having low density and strength but high surface area, of the kind that fills the inner cavity of long bones.
canephorus
cannaceous
cannaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Cannaceae.
canonsburg
canorously
canorously
adv
In a canorous manner.
cardioncus
carnoustie
castaneous
castaneous
adj
Having the colour of a chestnut; chestnut-coloured.
catamounts
catamounts
noun
plural of catamount
causations
causations
noun
plural of causation
cautioners
cautioners
noun
plural of cautioner
cenanthous
cenanthous
adj
(botany, of a perianth) That lacks both stamens and pistil
ceratinous
chaogenous
chaogenous
adj
That which is born from chaos.
chousingha
chousingha
noun
The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), a small antelope found in open forest in India and Nepal.
clangorous
clangorous
adj
Making a clangor.
coagulants
coagulants
noun
plural of coagulant
coassuming
coassuming
verb
present participle of coassume
coetaneous
coetaneous
adj
Belonging to the same age, era or period; coeval or contemporary.
columnates
columnates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of columnate
concussant
confucians
confusable
confusable
adj
Able to be confused.
noun
A word or phrase that is easily confused with another
confusably
confusably
adv
In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.
conjugales
conjugates
conjugates
noun
plural of conjugate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of conjugate