(physics) The branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases; it comprises aerostatics and aerodynamics
plural of aeromechanic
aeromedicine
aeromedicine
noun
Aviation or aerospace medicine.
aeronautism
aeronautism
noun
The practice of aeronautic travel.
aeronomer
aeronomer
noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aeronomic
aeronomic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to aeronomy
aeronomical
aeronomical
adj
Of or pertaining to aeronomy
aeronomics
aeronomies
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aeronomists
aeronomists
noun
plural of aeronomist
aeronomy
aeronomy
noun
A branch of science that deals with the upper atmosphere of the Earth and the other planets with reference to their chemical composition, physical properties, relative motion, and responses to radiation from space.
aeroperitoneum
aerothermodynamic
aerothermodynamic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
noun
(physics) The scientific study of the thermodynamic properties of gases, especially when travelling at a high velocity.
aerotonometer
aerotonometer
noun
An instrument that is used to measure the partial pressure of gases in the blood
aerotonometric
aerotonometric
adj
Relating to aerotonometry.
aerotonometry
aerotonometry
noun
The measurement of the partial pressure of gases in the blood.
affeerment
affeerment
noun
(obsolete, law) The act of affeering or assessing an amercement, according to the circumstances of the case.
affirmance
affirmance
noun
(countable, law) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency
(uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation
affirmances
affirmances
noun
plural of affirmance
affirmativeness
affirmativeness
noun
The property of being affirmative.
afforcement
afforcement
noun
(obsolete) A reinforcement; a strengthening.
afforestment
afforestment
noun
The process of afforesting.
affranchisement
affranchisement
noun
The act of freeing; enfranchisement.
affreightment
affreightment
noun
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affrightment
affrightment
noun
(archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
(obsolete) A cause of fear.
(obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
affrontment
affrontment
noun
An act of affronting; an insult or hostile confrontation.
afibrinogenemia
afibrinogenemia
noun
(medicine) A blood disorder in which the blood does not clot normally due to a lack of, or a malfunction involving, fibrinogen.
aforementioned
aforementioned
adj
Previously mentioned.
noun
(uncountable) The one or ones mentioned previously.
aforenamed
aforenamed
Adjective
Named earlier in a document.
aframerican
africanderism
afrikanderdom
afrikanderism
afrikanerdom
afrikanerdom
Noun
The world or sphere of Afrikaners.
aftercoming
aftercoming
adj
(obstetrics) Specifically, of a baby's head: following the rest of the body out of the womb, rather than (as is usual) preceding it.
Succeeding, following.
noun
A following state, sequel, consequence, or result; an aftercome.
afterfermentation
afterimpression
afterimpression
noun
Alternative spelling of after-impression
afterswarming
aftertreatment
aggiornamenti
aggiornamento
aggiornamento
noun
A bringing up to date, especially of the Roman Catholic Church by the Second Vatican Council of 1962-65; modernization.
agglomerant
agglomerant
adj
That causes agglomeration
agglomerating
agglomerating
verb
present participle of agglomerate
agglomeration
agglomeration
noun
(geography) An extended city area comprising the built-up area of a central city and any suburbs linked by continuous urban area.
(geology) a mass of large volcanic fragments bonded under heat.
State of being collected in a mass; a mass; cluster.
The act or process of collecting in a mass; a heaping together.
agglomerations
agglomerations
noun
plural of agglomeration
aggrandisement
aggrandisement
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of aggrandizement
aggrandizement
aggrandizement
Noun
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
aggrandizements
aggrandizements
noun
plural of aggrandizement
aggrievement
aggrievement
noun
The state of being aggrieved.
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
agoranome
agoranome
noun
Alternative form of agoranomos
agreement
agreement
noun
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
(uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
agreements
agreements
noun
plural of agreement
agremens
agrement
agrement
noun
Obsolete form of agreement.
agrements
agrements
noun
plural of agrement
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agronome
agronome
noun
An agronomist.
agronomies
agronomies
noun
plural of agronomy
ahmednagar
aimworthiness
aimworthiness
noun
The quality of having good aim (with a weapon).
aircraftmen
aircraftmen
noun
plural of aircraftman
aircraftsmen
aircraftsmen
noun
plural of aircraftsman
aircraftswomen
aircraftswomen
noun
plural of aircraftswoman
aircrewman
aircrewman
noun
A member of a military aircrew.
aircrewmen
aircrewmen
noun
plural of aircrewman
airmen
airmen
noun
plural of airman
airmonger
airwomen
airwomen
noun
plural of airwoman
akkerman
alarmingness
alarmingness
noun
The state or quality of being alarming.
albumeniizer
albumeniser
albumenizer
albumenizer
noun
One who albumenizes.
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminimeter
albuminimeter
noun
An instrument for determining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminometer
albuminometry
albuminorrhea
alcovinometer
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
alderamin
alderamin
Proper noun
A star in the constellation of Cepheus.
alderman
alderman
noun
(UK, historical, obsolete slang) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
(US, slang) A potbelly, paunch.
A long pipe for smoking.
A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.
aldermanate
aldermanate
noun
The members of the aldermanate, collectively.
The office of an alderman; the municipal legislative body of a city or town.
aldermancy
aldermancy
noun
The office or position of an alderman.
aldermaness
aldermaness
noun
(rare) A female alderman; an alderwoman.
The wife of an alderman.
aldermanic
aldermanic
adj
(Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
(Of size) plump, rotund, fleshy.
Of or pertaining to an alderman.
aldermanical
aldermanical
adj
Alternative form of aldermanic
aldermanity
aldermanity
noun
The condition of being an alderman.
aldermanlike
aldermanlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an alderman.
aldermanly
aldermanly
adj
Relating to, or like, an alderman.
adv
In the manner of an alderman.
aldermanries
aldermanries
noun
plural of aldermanry
aldermanry
aldermanry
noun
(countable) the district in which an alderman serves
(uncountable) the rank or status of an alderman
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
aldermaston
aldermen
aldermen
noun
plural of alderman
alderwoman
alderwoman
noun
(rare) A female alderman.
alderwomen
alderwomen
noun
plural of alderwoman
aldosteronism
aldosteronism
noun
(pathology) A condition, marked by excessive secretion of aldosterone, that gives rise to cardiac difficulties
alectoromancy
alectoromancy
noun
Alternative form of alectryomancy
alectryomancy
alectryomancy
noun
A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.
alemonger
alemonger
noun
(historical) A seller of ale.
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
alexandrianism
alexandrianism
Noun
The culture (of literature, philosophy, medicine, and the sciences) that developed in Alexandria, Egypt during the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
Alexandrian Wicca.
alexipharmacon
alexipharmacon
noun
An antidote to a poison.
alimentariness
alimentariness
noun
The state or quality of being alimentary.
alimentary
alimentary
adj
Nourishing; nutritious.
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
alimenter
alimentotherapy
allomerization
allomerization
noun
The interconversion of allomeric forms
allomerizing
allurement
allurement
noun
An enticement, inducement or bait.
Attractiveness; appeal, charisma.
allurements
allurements
noun
plural of allurement
almander
almander
noun
(obsolete) almond tree
almanner
almendro
almendron
almendron
noun
The brazil nut tree.
almerian
almner
almner
noun
Obsolete spelling of almoner
almners
almners
noun
plural of almner
almoner
almoner
noun
A hospital official responsible for patient welfare and after-care.
a title given to a royal officer charged with the duty of distributing alms or bounty on behalf of a monarch
one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop
one who distributes alms, especially the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses
almoners
almoners
noun
plural of almoner
almonership
almonership
noun
The rank or office of an almoner.
almonries
almonries
noun
plural of almonry
almuredin
alongshoreman
alongshoreman
noun
(archaic) Alternative form of longshoreman
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.
alphanumerical
alphanumerical
adj
Consisting of only letters and numbers; alphanumeric.
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
alterman
alternamente
aluminiferous
aluminiferous
adj
containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or alum
aluminoferric
aluminothermic
aluminothermic
adj
Relating to, or employing, aluminothermy.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
amacrine
amacrine
adj
(biology) Without long processes.
noun
(biology) Any cell that does not have a long process.
amarantaceae
amarantaceous
amarantaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family Amaranthaceae of plants, of which the amaranth is the type.
amaranthaceae
amaranthaceous
amaranthaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Amaranthaceae of amaranths and goosefoots.
amaranthine
amaranthine
adj
Of a dark reddish purple colour.
Relating to the mythical amaranth flower that never fades.
Relating to, or having the form of plants of the genus Amaranthus.
Unfading, eternal, immortal, infinite.
noun
A dark reddish-purple colour.
The amaranth flower.
amarantine
amarantine
noun
Alternative form of amaranthine
amarantite
amarantite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and sulfur.
amarine
amarine
noun
(chemistry) A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.