(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
abiogenists
abiogenists
noun
plural of abiogenist
abnegations
abnegations
noun
plural of abnegation
abnegators
abnegators
noun
plural of abnegator
abolitionising
abolitionising
verb
present participle of abolitionise
abrogations
abrogations
noun
plural of abrogation
absolutizing
absolutizing
verb
present participle of absolutize
accommodatingness
accosting
accosting
noun
The act of physically confronting a person.
verb
present participle of accost
accountings
accountings
noun
plural of accounting
accustoming
accustoming
verb
present participle of accustom
accustomizing
accustomizing
verb
present participle of accustomize
achromatising
achromatising
verb
present participle of achromatise
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
actinologous
actinologous
adj
Relating to actinologues
actinopterygious
adenologaditis
adenopharyngitis
adiagnostic
adiagnostic
adj
(geology) Difficult to identify.
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
adjustoring
adsignification
adsignification
noun
additional signification
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
advantageousness
advantageousness
noun
The state or quality of being advantageous.
aegithognathism
aegithognathous
afforesting
afforesting
verb
present participle of afforest
affrontingness
affrontingness
noun
The state or quality of affronting.
aftersong
agapemonist
agastroneuria
agastroneuria
noun
(pathology) A loss of nervous control of the stomach
agglomerations
agglomerations
noun
plural of agglomeration
agglutinationist
agglutinations
agglutinations
noun
plural of agglutination
agglutinoscope
agglutinoscope
noun
An instrument that is used to observe agglutination in vitro
aggradations
aggradations
noun
plural of aggradation
aggravations
aggravations
noun
plural of aggravation
aggregations
aggregations
noun
plural of aggregation
aggressionist
aggressionist
noun
A proponent of aggressionism
agitationist
agitationist
noun
Synonym of agitator (“one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers”)
agitations
agitations
noun
plural of agitation
agkistrodon
agnathostomata
agnathostomatous
agnathous
agnathous
adj
(pathology) Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia.
Jawless.
agnations
agnations
noun
plural of agnation
agnoetism
agnoites
agnostic
agnostic
adj
(computing) Of a software component etc.: unaware or noncommittal regarding the specific nature of the components or input with which it interacts.
(usually with a prepositional phrase) Having no firmly held opinions on an issue or matter of uncertainty.
Doubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
Of or relating to agnosticism or its adherents.
noun
A person who holds to a form of agnosticism, especially uncertainty of the existence of a deity.
agnostical
agnostical
adj
Alternative form of agnostic
agnostically
agnostically
adv
In an agnostic manner; not having or expressing a firm opinion on something.
Toward, or from the perspective of, agnosticism.
agnosticism
agnosticism
noun
(by extension) Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding any subject of dispute.
Doubt, uncertainty, or scepticism regarding the existence of a god or gods.
The view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
The view that the existence of God or of all deities is unknown, unknowable, unproven, or unprovable.
agnosticisms
agnosticisms
noun
plural of agnosticism
agnostics
agnostics
noun
plural of agnostic
agnostus
agoniatites
agonist
agonist
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.
agonista
agonistarch
agonistarch
noun
(Ancient Greece) One who trained persons to compete in public games and contests.
agonistic
agonistic
adj
(pharmacology, biochemistry) Pertaining to an agonist.
(rhetoric) Argumentative; combative.
(zoology, anthropology) Characterised by conflict or hostility.
Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
agonistical
agonistical
adj
(archaic) agonistic (of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks).
agonistically
agonistically
adv
In an agonistic manner
agonistics
agonistics
noun
The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
agonists
agonists
noun
plural of agonist
agonostomus
agostini
agostino
agranulocytosis
agranulocytosis
noun
(pathology) An acute condition involving a severe and dangerous leukopenia, particularly of neutrophils, causing a neutropenia in the circulating blood.
agranuloplastic
agreations
agronomist
agronomist
noun
A scientist whose speciality is agronomy.
agronomists
agronomists
noun
plural of agronomist
algolagnist
algolagnist
noun
(dated) A sexual masochist.
allagostemonous
allegations
allegations
noun
plural of allegation
allegorisation
alligations
alligations
noun
plural of alligation
alloantigens
alloantigens
noun
plural of alloantigen
allothigenous
allothogenous
alongst
alongst
adv
(archaic) along
altingiaceous
altogetherness
amalgamationist
amalgamations
amalgamations
noun
plural of amalgamation
ambisporangiate
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amongst
amongst
prep
Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.
amortising
amortising
verb
present participle of amortise
amphisporangiate
anaesthesiologist
anaesthesiologist
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anesthesiologist
anaesthesiology
anaesthesiology
noun
(British spelling, medicine) Alternative spelling of anesthesiology
anagnost
anagnost
noun
(now chiefly historical) Someone who reads aloud, especially who reads lessons, passages etc. during a church service.
anagnostes
analogist
analogist
noun
One who reasons from analogy, or represents by an analogy.
analogistic
anapterygotism
anapterygotous
anastomosing
anastomosing
adj
(geology) Networked into irregularly branching and reconnecting veins of ore.
(mycology) Fused together in a vein-like network; used to describe mushroom gills that are interconnected with veins.
verb
present participle of anastomose
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anatomicosurgical
anatomicosurgical
adj
Relating to anatomy and surgery.
anatomising
anatomising
verb
present participle of anatomise
anatripsology
anatripsology
noun
(medicine) The study or application of friction or rubbing as a remedy.
ancestoring
ancestoring
verb
present participle of ancestor
anecdotages
anecdotages
noun
plural of anecdotage
anesthesiologies
anesthesiologist
anesthesiologist
noun
(American spelling, Canadian spelling) A physician who specializes in anesthesiology and administers anesthesia.
anesthesiologists
anesthesiologists
noun
plural of anesthesiologist
anesthesiology
anesthesiology
noun
(American spelling, Canadian spelling) The science of administering anesthetics.
angarstroi
angelologist
angelologist
noun
A person involved in angelology.
angioasthenia
angioblast
angioblast
noun
(biology) A cell that differentiates into blood cells and endothelium within an embryo.
angioblastic
angioblastic
adj
Relating to angioblasts.
angiocarditis
angiocholecystitis
angiocholitis
angiocholitis
noun
Synonym of cholangitis
angioclast
angiocyst
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
angioelephantiasis
angioleucitis
angiolymphitis
angiomatosis
angiomatosis
noun
(medicine) A rare genetic non-neoplastic condition presenting with little knots of capillaries in various organs.
angiomatous
angiomatous
adj
Relating to an angioma.
angioplasty
angioplasty
noun
(surgery) The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.
angiosclerotic
angiospastic
angiospastic
adj
(pathology) Relating to angiospasm
angiospermatous
angiospermatous
adj
Alternative form of angiospermous
angiostegnosis
angiostenosis
angiostenosis
noun
(pathology) The narrowing of a blood vessel
angiosteosis
angiostomize
angiostomy
angiostomy
noun
(surgery) The formation of an opening into a blood vessel, typically by means of a cannula
angiostrophy
angiotasis
angiotelectasia
angiotenosis
angiotensin
angiotensin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several polypeptides that narrow blood vessels and thus regulate arterial pressure.
angiotensinase
angiotensinase
noun
(biochemistry) Any peptidase that hydrolyzes angiotensin
angiotensins
angiotensins
noun
plural of angiotensin
angiothlipsis
angiotonase
angiotripsy
angiotripsy
noun
hemostasis by means of an angiotribe
anglicisation
anglicisation
noun
The process by which something or someone (usually a word) is made more English. Usually applied to language or culture.
anglocatholicism
anglophobist
angostura
angostura
noun
A South American tree, with bark used in tradition medicine and as an ingredient in various bitters (but not Angostura bitters), Angostura trifoliata.
Angostura bitters
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.