(rare) Absenteeism, in particular related to landowners.
academicianship
academicianship
noun
A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences
accomplishment
accomplishment
noun
(grammar, semantics) The lexical aspect (aktionsart) of verbs or predicates that change over time until a natural end point.
Something accomplished; an achievement.
That which completes, perfects, or equips thoroughly; acquirement; attainment; that which constitutes excellence of mind, or elegance of manners, acquired by education or training.
The act of accomplishing; completion; fulfilment.
accomplishments
accomplishments
noun
plural of accomplishment
acquaintanceship
acquaintanceship
noun
(countable) A relationship as acquaintances.
(uncountable) The state of being acquainted.
acquaintanceships
acquaintanceships
noun
plural of acquaintanceship
acrophonies
acrophonies
noun
plural of acrophony
acrotrophoneurosis
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
adenemphraxis
adenohypersthenia
adenohypophysial
adenohypophysial
adj
Relating to the adenohypophysis.
adenohypophysis
adenohypophysis
noun
(anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland, producing and secreting several peptide hormones that regulate many physiological processes including stress, growth, and reproduction.
adenopharyngitis
adiaphanousness
adventureship
aepyornithiformes
affenpinscher
affenpinscher
Noun
A breed of toy dog bred in Western Europe.
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
alienship
alienship
noun
The state or status of being alien.
alispheno
alisphenoid
alisphenoid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a bone in the base of the skull, which in the adult is often consolidated with the sphenoid.
(anatomy) Relating to or forming the wing of the sphenoid bone.
noun
(anatomy) The greater wing of the sphenoid bone
alisphenoidal
alisphenoidal
adj
Alternative form of alisphenoid
almonership
almonership
noun
The rank or office of an almoner.
alnagership
alnagership
noun
The role or status of an alnager.
alphabetisation
alphabetisation
noun
The act or process of arranging in alphabetical order.
alphabetising
alphabetising
verb
present participle of alphabetise
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
alphonsine
aminopherase
amphetamines
amphetamines
noun
plural of amphetamine
amphibiousness
amphibiousness
noun
The state or quality of being amphibious.
amphicarpogenous
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphigenesis
amphigenesis
noun
(biology) Sexual generation; amphigony
amphigenous
amphigenous
adj
(botany) Increasing in size by growth on all sides, as in the lichens.
(psychology, obsolete) Relating to a form of inversion where the desired partner may be either male or female, i.e. bisexuality.
amphigenously
amphigenously
adv
In an amphigenous manner.
amphinesian
amphineurous
amphinucleus
amphipneust
amphipneusta
amphipneustic
amphisbaena
amphisbaena
noun
(mythology) A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction.
A member of a genus of lizards, native to the Americas, having extremities which are very similar.
amphisbaenae
amphisbaenas
amphisbaenas
noun
plural of amphisbaena
amphisbaenian
amphisbaenian
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenia, the clade of worm lizards.
amphisbaenic
amphisbaenic
adj
(mythology) Relating to an amphisbaena.
amphisbaenid
amphisbaenid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenidae; a worm lizard.
amphisbaenidae
amphisbaenoid
amphisbaenoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the lizards of the genus Amphisbaena.
amphisbaenous
amphisporangiate
anacephalaeosis
analphabetism
analphabetism
noun
Illiteracy, the inability to read and write.
androsphinges
androsphinxes
androsphinxes
noun
plural of androsphinx
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
anepigraphous
anerythroplasia
anerythroplastic
angelship
angiemphraxis
angiocardiographies
angioelephantiasis
anglophiles
anglophiles
noun
plural of anglophile
anhaematopoiesis
anhematopoiesis
anophelines
anophelines
noun
plural of anopheline
anosphresia
antehypophysis
antehypophysis
noun
(anatomy) The anterior lobe of the pituitary gland
anthropocentrism
anthropocentrism
noun
A viewpoint or theory that places human beings at the center of something, giving preference to human beings above all other considerations.
anthropogenesis
anthropogenesis
noun
The origin of man.
anthropogenist
anthropologies
anthropologies
noun
plural of anthropology
anthropometrist
anthropometrist
noun
A practitioner of anthropometry
anthropomorphise
anthropomorphise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anthropomorphize.
anthropomorphised
anthropomorphised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthropomorphise
anthropomorphotheist
anthropophysite
anthropopithecus
anthropotheism
anthropotheism
noun
The ascription of human form and nature to the gods, or the belief that gods are deified human beings.
anthropotheist
anthropotheistic
anticensorship
anticensorship
adj
Acting against or opposed to censorship.
antihemisphere
antihypertensive
antihypertensive
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or counteracting hypertension.
noun
(pharmacology) an agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension
antihypertensives
antihypertensives
noun
plural of antihypertensive
antipatheticalness
antipatheticalness
noun
The state or quality of being antipathetical.
antipathies
antipathies
noun
plural of antipathy
antiphase
antiphase
adj
(sciences) Describing a boundary between an ordered phase and a disordered or random phase
noun
(physics, mathematics) A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°
antiphates
antiphilosophies
antiphilosophies
noun
plural of antiphilosophy
antiphonaries
antiphonaries
noun
plural of antiphonary
antiphonies
antiphonies
noun
plural of antiphony
antiphrases
antiphrases
noun
plural of antiphrase
plural of antiphrasis
antiphysicalness
antipriesthood
antispirochetic
antispirochetic
adj
Destroying or countering the activity of spirochetes.
antisplasher
antisplasher
noun
A device in a sink or toilet to prevent splashing.
antistrophe
antistrophe
noun
(rhetoric) The repetition of a word or phrase at the end of successive clauses
(rhetoric) The repetition of words in an inverse order.
In Greek choruses and dances, the returning of the chorus, exactly answering to a previous strophe or movement from right to left.
The lines of this part of the choral song.
The retort or turning of an adversary's plea against him.
antistrophes
antistrophes
noun
plural of antistrophe
antistrophize
antistrophize
verb
(transitive, poetry) To turn into antistrophe.
aphanesite
aphanipterous
aphanipterous
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Aphaniptera, a former classification of insects.
aphanites
aphanites
noun
plural of aphanite
aphelilions
aphelinus
apishness
apishness
noun
The state or quality of being apish.
apishnesses
apomorphines
apomorphines
noun
plural of apomorphine
apophonies
apophonies
noun
plural of apophony
apotheosising
apotheosising
verb
present participle of apotheosise
apotheosizing
apotheosizing
verb
present participle of apotheosize
apothesine
apprehensibility
apprehensibility
noun
The quality of being apprehensible.
apprehensible
apprehensible
adj
Which can be apprehended (usually in the sense of being understood).
apprehensibly
apprehensibly
adv
Such that it can be apprehended; understandably.
apprehension
apprehension
noun
(law) The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
(rare) The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.
Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
apprehensions
apprehensions
noun
plural of apprehension
apprehensive
apprehensive
adj
(obsolete) Perceptive; quick to learn; capable of understanding using one's intellect.
Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt.
apprehensively
apprehensively
adv
in an apprehensive manner; with apprehension
apprehensiveness
apprehensiveness
noun
the state of being apprehensive
apprehensivenesses
apprenticeship
apprenticeship
noun
The condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.
The system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.
apprenticeships
apprenticeships
noun
plural of apprenticeship
archangelship
archangelship
noun
The role or status of archangel.
archdeaconship
archdeaconship
noun
The rank or office of an archdeacon.
archimpressionist
archrepresentative
argeiphontes
argininephosphoric
argiphontes
aristophanes
aristophanes
Proper noun
An Ancient Greek male name, most famously borne by a playwright who lived from circa 446 BC to circa 386 BC.
arsenicophagy
arsenicophagy
noun
The eating of arsenic, formerly practiced for supposed health benefits.
arsenophenylglycin
arsenophenylglycin
noun
(chemistry) An arsenic compound used to treat trypanosomiasis in animals.
arsphenamine
arsphenamine
noun
(pharmacology, organic chemistry) A phenolic amine derivative of arsenic that was used to treat syphilis (under the trade name of Salvarsan).
asiphonate
asiphonate
adj
(zoology) Lacking a siphon or breathing tube.
noun
(zoology) Any mollusk lacking a siphon or breathing tube.
asphodeline
aspidobranchiate
assigneeship
assigneeship
noun
The role or status of assignee.
asthenophobia
asthenopia
asthenopia
noun
An ophthalmological condition that manifests itself through nonspecific symptoms such as fatigue, red eyes, eye strain, pain in or around the eyes, blurred vision, headache and occasional double vision.
asthenopic
asthenopic
adj
Having, or pertaining to, asthenopia.
astrospherecentrosomic
attorneyship
attorneyship
noun
The office or profession of an attorney.
australopithecinae
australopithecine
australopithecine
adj
(anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.
noun
(anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus, Paranthropus when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera.
azinphosmethyl
azinphosmethyl
noun
Alternative form of azinphos-methyl
azosulphine
bacteriorhodopsin
bacteriorhodopsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several related purple photosynthetic proteins, found in halobacteria, that act as proton pumps