(botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.
(obsolete) The state of being cut off.
(rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
The act or process of cutting off.
absconders
absconders
noun
plural of absconder
absconding
absconding
noun
An instance in which someone absconds.
verb
present participle of abscond
absorbance
absorbance
noun
(physics) A logarithmic measure of the amount of light that is absorbed when passing through a substance; the capacity of a substance to absorb light of a given wavelength; optical density.
absorbancy
absorbancy
noun
(physics) Alternative form of absorbency
absorbency
absorbency
noun
(obsolete) The action of absorbing.
(physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
The quality of being absorbent.
acanaceous
acanaceous
adj
(very rare) Bearing prickles or thistles; prickly.
acanthodes
acanthomas
acanthoses
acanthoses
noun
plural of acanthosis
acanthosis
acanthosis
noun
(pathology) A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum, or prickle cell, layer of the epidermis.
acarinosis
acarinosis
noun
acariasis
accessions
accessions
noun
A collection of laboratory tests performed on a single sample.
plural of accession
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accession
accordions
accordions
noun
plural of accordion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accordion
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accretions
accretions
noun
plural of accretion
accusation
accusation
noun
(law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
An allegation.
The act of accusing.
acensuador
acetarsone
acetarsone
noun
Synonym of acetarsol
acinaceous
acinaceous
adj
(botany) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
acinacious
acinarious
acinarious
adj
(botany) Having acini
acondylose
acondylose
adj
Alternative form of acondylous
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.
acrimonies
acrimonies
noun
plural of acrimony
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.
actinosoma
actinosome
actinosome
noun
(zoology) The entire body of a coelenterate.
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
actomyosin
actomyosin
noun
(biochemistry) A protein complex composed of actin and myosin, found in muscle fibres.
acusection
acutorsion
acutorsion
noun
(medicine) The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.
acyanopsia
acyanopsia
noun
Alternative form of acyanopia
addictions
addictions
noun
plural of addiction
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
advowsance
aeronomics
affections
affections
noun
plural of affection
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
agnostical
agnostical
adj
Alternative form of agnostic
agonistics
agonistics
noun
The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
agronomics
agronomics
noun
The science of soil management and the production of field crops.
alcoranist
alcoranist
Noun
One who follows the Qur'an exactly as it is written.
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
allowances
allowances
noun
plural of allowance
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
americanos
americanos
noun
plural of americano
anachorism
anachorism
noun
Something that is incongruous with the spirit of the country.
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
anacrotism
anacrotism
noun
(biology) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing.
anasarcous
anasarcous
adj
Belonging to, or affected by, anasarca, or dropsy; dropsical.
anchorages
anchorages
noun
plural of anchorage
anchorites
anchorites
noun
plural of anchorite
anchorless
anchorless
adj
Lacking an anchor; adrift
anchorwise
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
anchylosis
anchylosis
noun
(anatomy, medicine) Alternative spelling of ankylosis
ancipitous
ancipitous
adj
Synonym of ancipital
ancistroid
ancistroid
adj
Hook-shaped.
andronicus
anecdotist
anecdotist
noun
One who relates anecdotes.
anemoscope
anemoscope
noun
An instrument that shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind.
angioclast
angioscope
angioscope
noun
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
anisocoria
anisocoria
noun
(pathology) A condition characterized by unequal size of the pupils of the eye
anisocycle
anisogamic
anisogamic
adj
(biology) Relating to anisogamy.
anisomeric
anisomeric
adj
(chemistry) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.
anisotonic
anisotonic
adj
Not isotonic (in any sense)
announcers
announcers
noun
plural of announcer
annoyances
annoyances
noun
plural of annoyance
anocarpous
anonaceous
anonaceous
adj
Alternative form of annonaceous
anorectous
anorectous
adj
(archaic) anorectic; lacking appetite
anovesical
anovesical
adj
Relating to the anus and urinary bladder.
anoxyscope
antecessor
antecessor
noun
(now rare) A person from whom one is descended.
(now rare) A person or thing that precedes or goes before.
antechoirs
antechoirs
noun
plural of antechoir
antecloset
anthoceros
antichorus
anticorset
anticorset
adj
Opposing the wearing of corsets.
anticosine
anticosine
noun
Synonym of arccosine
antidorcas
antiknocks
antiknocks
noun
plural of antiknock
antilochus
antipsoric
antipsoric
adj
(pharmacology) Effective against the itch.
noun
(medicine) Any remedy for the itch.
antischool
antischool
adj
Opposed to schools.
antiscolic
antiscolic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) anthelmintic
antisocial
antisocial
adj
Antagonistic, hostile, or unfriendly toward others; menacing
Opposed to social order or the principles of society; hostile toward society
Unwilling or unable to cooperate and associate normally with other people
noun
An antisocial individual.
antoecians
antonovics
antroscope
antroscope
noun
An instrument that is used to inspect the maxillary antrum
antroscopy
antroscopy
noun
An antroscopic examination
apocyneous
apocyneous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum.
arabinosic
arabinosic
adj
Of or relating to arabinose.
archonship
archonship
noun
The rank or office of an archon.
arenaceous
arenaceous
adj
(geology) Arenitic.
(of a plant) Growing in sandy soil.
(of soil) Sandy.
arrogances
arrogances
noun
plural of arrogance
arthroncus
ascensions
ascensions
noun
plural of ascension
ascogenous
ascogenous
adj
(mycology) That grows from the ascogonium of a fungus
ascogonial
ascogonial
adj
Relating to ascogonia.
ascogonium
ascogonium
noun
(mycology) The spiral female organ of an ascomycetous fungus from which asci are produced
ascolichen
ascolichen
noun
Any lichen whose fungal component is an ascomycete
ascription
ascription
noun
(sociology) The stratification of people according to inborn characteristics (such as race or sex) outside of their control.
The act, or an instance, of ascribing a quality, characteristic, quotation, artistic work, or other thing to someone or something.
assecution
assecution
noun
(obsolete) acquisition; an obtaining
assonanced
assonanced
adj
(prosody) Containing assonance
assonances
assonances
noun
plural of assonance
assonantic
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
astriction
astriction
noun
(law, Scotland, historical) An obligation to have the grain growing on certain lands ground at a certain mill, the owner paying a toll. (The lands were said to be astricted to the mill.)
(medicine) A contraction of parts by applications; the action of an astringent substance.
(obsolete) astringency
(obsolete) constipation
The act of binding; restriction; obligation.
astrionics
astrionics
noun
(astronautics) The science dealing with the application of electronics to astronautics.
astrogonic
astrogonic
adj
Of or pertaining to astrogony.
astromancy
astromancy
noun
Divination by the stars; astrology in its modern prophetic aspect.
astronomic
astronomic
adj
(figurative) of very large or immense proportions; colossal
pertaining or relating to astronomy
asynchrony
asynchrony
noun
The state of being asynchronous, or out of synchronization
autonetics
avenaceous
avenaceous
adj
Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
avocations
avocations
noun
plural of avocation
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
badacsonyi
bandicoots
bandicoots
noun
plural of bandicoot
barcelonas
batocrinus
batonistic
beaconless
beaconless
adj
Without a beacon.
beaconwise
beaconwise
adv
Like a beacon; in the manner of a beacon.
becousined
bescouring
bicornuous
bijections
bijections
noun
plural of bijection
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.
biocenosis
biocenosis
noun
(biology) a group of interacting animals and/or plants that form a particular ecosystem
biocoenose
biocoenose
noun
A living collection of life forms that are found together, interacting as a community within an ecosystem.
bioscience
bioscience
noun
Any of several sciences that deal with living organisms
bisections
bisections
noun
plural of bisection
blackstone
blockiness
blockiness
noun
The state or condition of being blocky.
bontebucks
bontebucks
noun
plural of bontebuck
boschneger
bosporanic
botchiness
botchiness
noun
The state of being botchy
bounciness
bounciness
noun
The characteristic of being bouncy.
brickmason
bronchitis
bronchitis
noun
(countable) An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis.
(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.