A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.
ambergrises
ambergrises
noun
plural of ambergris
ambisporangiate
ambrogino
ambrogio
ambrology
amburgey
ameliorating
ameliorating
verb
present participle of ameliorate
amercing
amercing
verb
present participle of amerce
americanising
americanizing
amerigo
amgarn
aminoglutaric
aminoglutaric
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any amino derivative of a glutaric group
amorgos
amorgos
Proper noun
A Greek island in the east of the Cyclades
A town, the capital of the island of that name.
amornings
amornings
adv
(obsolete) In the mornings.
amortising
amortising
verb
present participle of amortise
amortizing
amortizing
verb
present participle of amortize
ampelographist
ampelographist
noun
One who studies ampelography.
ampelography
ampelography
noun
(botany) The discipline within botany concerned with the taxonomy of cultivars in the grapevine genus, Vitis.
ampelograpny
amperage
amperage
noun
(physics) The electric current; charge transmitted per unit time, measured in amperes.
amperages
amperages
noun
plural of amperage
amphicarpogenous
amphigastria
amphigastrium
amphigastrula
amphigoric
amphigoric
adj
Nonsensical; absurd; pertaining to an amphigory.
amphigories
amphigories
noun
plural of amphigory
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.
amphigouri
amphigouris
amphisporangiate
amtorg
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
amygdalothripsis
amygdonitrile
anagram
anagram
noun
(of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
verb
To form anagrams.
anagrammatic
anagrammatic
adj
Being or relating to an anagram.
anagrammatical
anagrammatical
adj
Alternative form of anagrammatic
anagrammatically
anagrammatically
adv
In an anagrammatic manner.
anagrammatise
anagrammatise
verb
(transitive) To produce an anagram of; to transpose the letters of.
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatising
anagrammatising
verb
present participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatism
anagrammatism
noun
The creation or formation of anagrams.
anagrammatist
anagrammatist
noun
A creator or finder of anagrams.
anagrammatization
anagrammatization
noun
Transformation of a word into its anagram.
anagrammatize
anagrammatize
verb
Alternative spelling of anagrammatise
anagrammatized
anagrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize
anagrammatizing
anagrammatizing
verb
present participle of anagrammatize
anagrammed
anagrammed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagram
anagramming
anagramming
verb
present participle of anagram
anagrams
anagrams
noun
plural of anagram
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anagram
anapterygotism
anatomicochirurgical
anatomicosurgical
anatomicosurgical
adj
Relating to anatomy and surgery.
androgametangium
androgametophore
androgamone
androgonidium
androgonidium
noun
An androspore
androgonium
androgynism
androgynism
noun
hermaphroditism
androsporangium
androsporangium
noun
A sporangium for androspores.
anemobiagraph
anemogram
anemogram
noun
A record made by an anemograph.
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
anemographically
anemographically
adv
By means of anemography.
anemographs
anemographs
noun
plural of anemograph
anemography
anemography
noun
A scientific description of the winds.
The art of recording the direction and force of the wind, as by means of an anemograph.
anemometrograph
anemometrograph
noun
(archaic) An anemograph.
anemometrographic
anemometrographically
angadreme
angadresma
angelinformal
angiemphraxis
anginiform
anginiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling angina.
angiochondroma
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
angiofibroma
angiofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign neoplasm that affects fibrous tissue.
angiogram
angiogram
noun
(medicine) An X-ray image of the blood vessels gained after the injection of a radiopaque contrast medium.
angiohydrotomy
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
angiometer
angiomyocardiac
angiomyosarcoma
angiosarcoma
angiosarcoma
noun
(oncology) Any malignant tumour of vascular tissue
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
angiospermae
angiospermal
angiospermal
adj
angiospermous
angiospermatous
angiospermatous
adj
Alternative form of angiospermous
angiospermic
angiospermic
adj
Relating to angiosperms
angiospermous
angiospermous
adj
(botany) Having seeds enclosed in a pod or other pericarp.
angiosperms
angiosperms
noun
plural of angiosperm
anglemeter
anglemeter
noun
An instrument to measure angles, especially one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
angraecum
angstrom
angstrom
noun
(physics) A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
angstroms
angstroms
noun
plural of angstrom
anguiform
anguiform
adj
Shaped like a snake.
anguilliform
anguilliform
adj
Shaped like an eel.
Swimming in the manner of an eel.
noun
Any eel of the order Anguilliformes
anguimorpha
angulometer
angulometer
noun
An instrument for measuring exterior angles.
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
animatograph
anorganism
antemarginal
anthropoclimatologist
anthropoclimatology
anthropoclimatology
noun
The scientific study of the relationship between human beings and the climate.
anthropomorphising
anthropomorphising
verb
present participle of anthropomorphise
anthropomorphizing
anthropomorphizing
verb
present participle of anthropomorphize
anthropomorphological
anthropomorphological
adj
(biology) Relating to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropomorphologically
anthropomorphologically
adv
(biology) With regard to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropomorphology
anthropomorphology
noun
(biology) Human morphology.
(biology) The study of human morphology.
(religion) The attribution of human characteristics to God.
anthropophagism
anthroposomatology
anthroposomatology
noun
(dated, rare) The sum of knowledge regarding the human body, comprehending anatomy, physiology, pathology, etc.
antiferromagnet
antiferromagnet
noun
(physics) An antiferromagnetic material
antiferromagnetic
antiferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting antiferromagnetism.
antiferromagnetism
antiferromagnetism
noun
(physics) a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism, in which magnetic domains line up in a regular pattern, but with neighbouring electron spins pointing in opposite directions; materials showing this effect are either ferrimagnetic or diamagnetic, and become paramagnetic above the Neel temperature
antiforeignism
antiforeignism
noun
antiforeign attitudes
antigovernment
antigovernment
adj
Opposed to a government currently in power.
Opposed to government in general.
antigovernmental
antigovernmental
adj
Opposing a government.
antigovernmentally
antigrammatical
antigrammatical
adj
Opposing or flouting the rules of grammar.
antigrammatically
antigrammaticalness
antihemorrhagic
antihemorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
noun
(pharmacology) Any drug etc. that stops or reduces hemorrhage.
antilogarithm
antilogarithm
noun
(mathematics) The number of which a given number is the logarithm (to a given base).
antilogarithmic
antilogarithmic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to an antilogarithm.
antilogarithms
antilogarithms
noun
plural of antilogarithm
antimagistratical
antimagistratical
adj
(archaic) Opposing magistrates.
antimerger
antimerger
adj
(business) Opposing a corporate merger.
antimerging
antinegroism
antinegroism
noun
A prejudice against black people.
antiparallelogram
antiparallelogram
noun
A quadrilateral in which the pairs of nonadjacent sides are congruent, but in which two opposite sides intersect and are therefore not parallel.