Referring to the alphabet; alphabetical; related to or resembling an abecedarius; abecedarian.
noun
(rare) The alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium.
One that teaches or learns the alphabet or the fundamentals of any subject; abecedarian.
abenteric
abenteric
adj
(pathology) Relating to organs outside of the intestine.
aberrance
aberrance
noun
State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude.
aberrancy
aberrancy
noun
(geometry) The deviation of a curve from circular form.
The condition of being aberrant; an aberrance.
abreacted
abreacted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abreact
absconder
absconder
noun
A person who absconds.
acariatre
acaricide
acaricide
noun
Any substance which kills acarids (mites and ticks).
acaridean
accentors
accentors
noun
plural of accentor
accepters
accepters
noun
plural of accepter
acceptors
acceptors
noun
plural of acceptor
accessary
accessary
adj
(law) Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory.
noun
(law) Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
accessors
accessors
noun
plural of accessor
accessory
accessory
adj
(law) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.
Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory. Said of things and actions, very rarely of people (and then usually in a humorous version of the legal sense [or due to confusion between the noun and the adjective]).
Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
noun
(art) Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
(fashion) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
(law) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
accipiter
accipiter
noun
(medicine, surgery) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
(ornithology) Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
acclaimer
acclaimer
noun
(obsolete) One who claims.
One who salutes or praises with great approval.
accorders
accorders
noun
plural of accorder
accounter
accounter
noun
A person providing an account of events.
A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
accourage
accourage
Verb
To encourage.
accouters
accouters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accouter
accoutred
accoutred
adj
Provided with vital supplies for a precise aim, more specifically for the armed forces.
Supplied with essential equipments for a certain intention, particularly military.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accoutre
accoutres
accoutres
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accoutre
accredits
accredits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accredit
accreting
accreting
verb
present participle of accrete
accretion
accretion
noun
(astrophysics) The formation of planets and other bodies by collection of material through gravity.
(biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
(geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
(law) Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.
(law) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
Concretion; coherence of separate particles.
Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item.
The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.
accretive
accretive
adj
Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
accroides
accroides
noun
acaroid resin
accruable
accruable
adj
Able to be accrued.
acellular
acellular
adj
Not composed of cells; not cellular
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
aceraceae
acerbated
acerbated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acerbate
acerbates
acerbates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acerbate
acervatim
acervulus
acervulus
noun
Synonym of corpora arenacea (calcified concretions near the pineal gland)
acetifier
acetifier
noun
An apparatus for hastening acetification
acheilary
acheirous
acheirous
adj
Of or pertaining to acheiria (lacking one or both hands)
achievers
achievers
noun
plural of achiever
achordate
achordate
adj
(biology) Not having a proto-spinal chord at any stage of development.
achromate
achyrodes
acidifier
acidifier
noun
(chemistry) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
acierated
acierated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acierate
acierates
acierates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acierate
acipenser
acneiform
acneiform
adj
(pathology) Alternative form of acneform
acopyrine
acoumeter
acoumeter
noun
(physics) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
acoumetry
acoumetry
noun
The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
acquereur
acquirers
acquirers
noun
plural of acquirer
acquitter
acquitter
noun
One who acquits or releases.
acraeinae
acraniate
acraniate
adj
That lacks a cranium
noun
Any animal of the class Acrania
acrasieae
acraspeda
acraspeda
noun
(zoology) A group of acalephs that includes most of the larger jellyfish
acrestaff
acrididae
acridines
acridines
noun
plural of acridine
acridness
acridness
noun
bitterness or acerbity
acrobates
acrodrome
acrodrome
adj
(botany, of the veins of a leaf) That run parallel to the edges of the leaf and meet at the tip
acrogenic
acrogenic
adj
Alternative form of acrogenous
acrogynae
acroleins
acroleins
noun
plural of acrolein
acrologue
acrometer
acropetal
acropetal
adj
(botany) That develops, matures or opens from the base towards the apex in sequence.
acrosomes
acrosomes
noun
plural of acrosome
acrospire
acrospire
noun
(botany) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate.
verb
To put forth the first sprout.
acrospore
acrospore
noun
A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.
acroteral
acroteria
acroteria
noun
plural of acroterium
acroteric
acroteric
adj
Relating to the extremities of the limbs or to the tip of the nose
acrotreta
acrylates
acrylates
noun
plural of acrylate
actoridae
actresses
actresses
noun
plural of actress
actuaries
actuaries
noun
plural of actuary
acurative
acusector
adherence
adherence
noun
(Scotland, law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.
(medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
A close physical union of two objects.
Faithful support for some cause.
adherency
adherency
noun
(obsolete) That which adheres.
(obsolete) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
adipocere
adipocere
noun
A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis
adjutrice
adjutrice
noun
Alternative form of adjutrix (“female adjutor”)
admirance
admirance
noun
(obsolete) admiration
advancers
advancers
noun
plural of advancer
aegicores
aepyceros
aerobatic
aerobatic
adj
Having to do with acrobatic maneuvers, such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.
aerocraft
aerocraft
noun
(dated or nonstandard) An aircraft.
aerocurve
aerocurve
noun
(aviation, historical) A kind of early aeroplane with curved surfaces.
aeroducts
aeroducts
noun
plural of aeroduct
aerogenic
aerogenic
adj
(biology) Producing gas or air (used especially of some bacteria)
aerolitic
aerolitic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerolites.
aerologic
aerologic
adj
Pertaining to aerology, characteristic of aerology.
aeromancy
aeromancy
noun
Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.
aeronomic
aeronomic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to aeronomy
aeroscope
aeroscope
noun
A device used to collect dust particles, spores etc from the air for subsequent analysis.
A type of compressed air camera for making films, constructed by Polish inventor Kazimierz Prószyński in 1909
aeroscopy
aeroscopy
noun
(obsolete, meteorology) The branch of meteorology that involves the scientific examination of the various properties and composition of the atmosphere, and their variation
(rare) divination by observation of the sky
(zoology) aeroscepsy
aerospace
aerospace
adj
Of, or relating to the Earth's atmosphere and nearby space.
Of, or relating to the science, technology and industry associated with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.
noun
The atmosphere of the Earth and the region of space around it.
The industry concerned with aircraft, missiles, satellites and spacecraft.
aeroyacht
aeroyacht
noun
(archaic) aeroboat
affecters
affecters
noun
plural of affecter
affiancer
affiancer
noun
One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
afflicter
afflicter
noun
One who afflicts.
affricate
affricate
noun
(phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative.
verb
(transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.
aftercare
aftercare
noun
(BDSM) Tender affection and care given to a partner after a BDSM activity, usually to serve as a transition between the activity and whatever follows it.
(business, frequently attributive) Services and support offered to a customer for the goods or service they have purchased.
(medicine) The care given to a patient during recovery from an operation or after hospitalization.
Childcare services tending to children after the school day.
Emotional support offered by the programme makers to a person who has appeared on a stressful talk show, etc.
aftercast
aftercast
noun
(art) A reproduction work made by reusing a cast.
A throw of dice after the game is ended.
afterclap
afterclap
noun
(South Africa, historical) A canvas curtain or tailboard at the rear of a covered wagon.
(archaic) An additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
(archaic) An unfavourable turn of events following a favourable situation; an eventuality for which one ought to be prepared.
(humorous) A child born after the one that was intended to be the last.
(obsolete) A change or attempted change to an agreement after it has been entered into; an additional charge (especially one over and above the previously agreed-upon price).
(slang, obsolete) A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
(uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Urethral discharge as a symptom of gonorrhea.
A phenomenon occurring after a similar earlier one; a later manifestation of something.
A sound that follows another, especially a loud noise, such as thunder.
A symptom of an illness, especially one that appears after the initial onset; an illness or symptom caused by exposure to a substance, an injury, etc.
The consequence (often, but not always, adverse) of an action or event.
aftercome
aftercome
noun
(archaic, Scotland) A subsequent result; consequence.
aftercost
aftercost
noun
(accounting) A subsequent expense related to but occurring after the source of an expenditure.
(by extension) A subsequent burden or loss resulting from an endeavor.
aftercrop
aftercrop
noun
A second crop in the same year.
aftercure
afterdeck
afterdeck
noun
(nautical) The part of a ship's deck from amidships toward the stern
agaricine
agrodolce
agrodolce
noun
An Italian sweet-and-sour sauce.
airchecks
airchecks
noun
plural of aircheck
airscapes
airscapes
noun
plural of airscape
airscrews
airscrews
noun
plural of airscrew
airspaces
airspaces
noun
plural of airspace
albacores
albacores
noun
plural of albacore
albicores
albicores
noun
plural of albicore
alchornea
aleatoric
aleatoric
adj
(art, music, not comparable) Of or pertaining to works that have been produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).
Having an element of chance.
aleconner
aleconner
noun
(historical, UK) An officer appointed yearly at the leet of ancient English communities to ensure the goodness and wholesomeness of bread, ale, and beer.
(historical, UK) One of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London, England for the sinecure of inspecting the measures used in public houses.
alectoria
alectoria
noun
A magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks.
alectoris
alectrion
alectryon
aleochara
aleuritic
aleuronic
aleuronic
adj
Of or pertaining to aleurone.
algebraic
algebraic
adj
(algebra, number theory, of a number) Which is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(algebra, of a field) Whose every element is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(chess, of notation) Describing squares by file (referred to in intrinsic order rather than by the piece starting on that file) and rank, both with reference to a fixed point rather than a player-dependent perspective.
(mathematics, of an expression, equation, or function) Containing only numbers, letters, and arithmetic operators.
Of, or relating to, algebra.
algeciras
algeciras
Proper noun
A city in the Bay of Gibraltar, in the Spanish province of Andalusia.
allectory
allegoric
allegoric
adj
of, or relating to allegory
alliancer
alliancer
noun
One who favors and/or forms an alliance.
allurance
allurance
noun
(archaic) allurement
almocrebe
altercate
altercate
verb
(intransitive) To argue, quarrel or wrangle.
alternacy
alternacy
noun
alternateness; alternation
amberjack
amberjack
noun
Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
amelcorns
americana
americano
americano
noun
A cocktail made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda.
A drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.
americans
americium
americium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Am) with an atomic number of 95.
amerindic
amerindic
Adjective
Amerindian
ameristic
ameristic
adj
(biology) Lacking a meristem and thus undifferentiated
ameritech
ametropic
ametropic
adj
(ophthalmology) Relating to or suffering from ametropia