(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
abiogenous
abiogenous
adj
(biology) Produced by spontaneous generation.
abjections
abjections
noun
plural of abjection
abnegators
abnegators
noun
plural of abnegator
abominates
abominates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abominate
aborigines
aborigines
noun
(history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
Indigenous flora and fauna.
The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
plural of aborigine
aborsement
aborsement
noun
(obsolete) Abortment; abortion
abscession
abscession
noun
(obsolete) An abscess.
(rare) A separating; a removal; a going away.
absconders
absconders
noun
plural of absconder
absinthole
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.
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.
absorbents
absorbents
noun
plural of absorbent
abstention
abstention
noun
(obsolete) The act of restraining oneself.
Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.
The act of abstaining or refraining (from).
The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
abstersion
abstersion
noun
(archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
abstertion
acanaceous
acanaceous
adj
(very rare) Bearing prickles or thistles; prickly.
acanthodes
acanthoses
acanthoses
noun
plural of acanthosis
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
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accretions
accretions
noun
plural of accretion
acensuador
acetarsone
acetarsone
noun
Synonym of acetarsol
acinaceous
acinaceous
adj
(botany) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
acondylose
acondylose
adj
Alternative form of acondylous
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acrimonies
acrimonies
noun
plural of acrimony
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
actinosome
actinosome
noun
(zoology) The entire body of a coelenterate.
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
acusection
adenoblast
adenoblast
noun
(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adenoidism
adenoidism
noun
adenoiditis
adenostoma
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
admonished
admonished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admonish
admonisher
admonisher
noun
One who admonishes.
admonishes
admonishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admonish
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
adornments
adornments
noun
plural of adornment
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adsorbents
adsorbents
noun
plural of adsorbent
advowsance
aerogenous
aerogenous
adj
(biology) Transmitted through the air.
aeronomics
aeronomies
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aeroplanes
aeroplanes
noun
plural of aeroplane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aeroplane
aerosporin
aeruginous
aeruginous
adj
Of or pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris.
aestuation
affections
affections
noun
plural of affection
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
afternoons
afternoons
noun
plural of afternoon
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.
aggression
aggression
noun
Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
The practice or habit of launching attacks.
agreations
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agronomies
agronomies
noun
plural of agronomy
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
aldononose
alessandro
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
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.
allophones
allophones
noun
plural of allophone
allotments
allotments
noun
plural of allotment
allowances
allowances
noun
plural of allowance
alongshore
alongshore
adv
At or along a shore or coast.
alpenhorns
alpenhorns
noun
plural of alpenhorn
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain
alphonsine
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.
americanos
americanos
noun
plural of americano
ammonifies
ammonifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ammonify
ammonitess
ampelopsin
ampelopsin
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular flavanonol.
anaerobies
anaerobies
noun
(biology) anaerobes
anaerobism
anaerobism
noun
The property of being anaerobic.
anagnostes
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
anastomose
anastomose
adj
(botany, mycology) Joined or run together; interconnected.
(of rivers, etc) Joined or run together, ramified, interconnected.
verb
(intransitive, of rivers, blood vessels, etc.) To join by anastomosis.
(transitive, of streams and rivers, blood vessels, etc.) To join (two or more things) by anastomosis, to interconnect forming a network.
anastrophe
anastrophe
noun
(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
anatomised
anatomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anatomise
anatomiser
anatomiser
noun
Alternative form of anatomizer
anatomizes
anatomizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anatomize
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
andamentos
anderstorp
androlepsy
androspore
androspore
noun
(biology) A spore with male functions, in some algae.
anecdotist
anecdotist
noun
One who relates anecdotes.
anelytrous
anematosis
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.
anemotaxis
anemotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement of an organism in response to air currents.
anenterous
anenterous
adj
(zoology) Without a stomach or an intestine.
angioscope
angioscope
noun
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
anguineous
anguineous
adj
Like a snake.
anisocycle
anisomeles
anisomelia
anisomelia
noun
(pathology) Inequality between paired limbs.
anisomelus
anisomeric
anisomeric
adj
(chemistry) Not isomeric; not made of the same components in the same proportions.
anisoptera
anisospore
anisospore
noun
(biology) A sexual spore in which the sexes differ in size.
anisotrope
anisotrope
adj
(dated) anisotropic
anklebones
anklebones
noun
plural of anklebone
annelidous
annelidous
adj
Of or pertaining to annelids
announcers
announcers
noun
plural of announcer
annoyances
annoyances
noun
plural of annoyance
anoestrous
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
ansonville
antagonise
antagonise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antagonize.
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
antedorsal
anthelions
anthoceros
antibodies
antibodies
noun
plural of antibody
anticorset
anticorset
adj
Opposing the wearing of corsets.
anticosine
anticosine
noun
Synonym of arccosine
antiegoism
antiegoist
antiheroes
antiheroes
noun
plural of antihero
antilogies
antilogies
noun
plural of antilogy
antimonies
antimonies
noun
Misspelling of antinomies.
plural of antimony
antinomies
antinomies
noun
plural of antinomy
antinoness
antinovels
antinovels
noun
plural of antinovel
antipoenus
antoecians
antonymies
antonymies
noun
plural of antonymy
antrophose
antrorsely
antrorsely
adv
(biology) In an antrorse fashion.
antroscope
antroscope
noun
An instrument that is used to inspect the maxillary antrum
apocyneous
apocyneous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum.