The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminometry
aldermanity
aldermanity
noun
The condition of being an alderman.
alienability
alienability
noun
(countable) An alienable transfer or sale
(uncountable) The quality of being alienable
alimentally
alimentally
adv
(obsolete) In such a way that serves for nourishment or food.
alimentary
alimentary
adj
Nourishing; nutritious.
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
alimentatively
alimentotherapy
alkalinity
alkalinity
noun
(chemistry) The state of being, or the degree to which a thing is, alkaline.
alkylating
alkylating
verb
present participle of alkylate
alkylation
alkylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction in which an alkyl group is added to a molecule; used in the production of high-octane petroleum fuels.
alkylations
alkylations
noun
plural of alkylation
allegiantly
allegiantly
adv
In an allegiant manner
allergenicity
allergenicity
noun
The property or degree of being allergenic.
alleviatingly
alleviatingly
adv
So as to alleviate.
alloantibody
alloantibody
noun
An antibody involved in alloimmunity.
allogeneity
allogeneity
noun
(genetics) The condition of being allogeneic
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
allothigenetically
allylation
allylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces an allyl group.
alphitomancy
alphitomancy
noun
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
alternatingly
alternatingly
adv
In an alternating manner; taking turns.
alternatively
alternatively
adv
(conjunctive) Used to link a pair of possibilities
in an alternative way
alternativity
alternativity
noun
(mathematics) A term of magma used to describe identifiable properties in an algebraic structure.
A characteristic of something having alternative connotations, akin to the representation of choice between two or more possibilities.
The tendency to pursue an alternative, especially when the previous solution is less available or less desirable.
alternity
alternity
noun
(archaic) alternation
The concept that there exist alternate worlds or universes to the one in which we live.
aluminosity
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
ambitendency
ambitendency
noun
(psychology) Contradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.
ambitionlessly
ambitionlessly
adv
Without ambition.
ambivalently
ambivalently
adv
In an ambivalent manner.
amblygonite
amblygonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral, a mixed fluoride and aluminophosphate of sodium and lithium that is an important ore of lithium.
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amenability
amenability
noun
The state or quality of being amenable.
amenity
amenity
noun
(cartography) a unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.
A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.
Convenience.
Pleasantness.
amethystine
amethystine
adj
Like amethyst, especially in colour; violet-purple.
aminity
aminolytic
aminolytic
adj
Relating to aminolysis
aminopolypeptidase
aminopolypeptidase
noun
(biochemistry) The enzyme cytosol alanyl aminopeptidase.
amitriptyline
amitriptyline
noun
(pharmacology) An antidepressant drug; a tablet containing this drug.
amminolytic
ammonolytic
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
amphictyon
amphictyon
noun
(Ancient Greece) One of the deputies from the confederated states of Ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters.
amphictyonian
amphictyonic
amphictyonic
adj
(Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council.
amphictyonies
amphictyonies
noun
plural of amphictyony
amphictyons
amphictyons
noun
plural of amphictyon
amphictyony
amphictyony
noun
A religious foundation or co-operative shared between Greek city states during the classical period, typically to support the temple or cult of a deity shared by the city states. Also used academically to refer to similar arrangements in non-Greek cultures.
amphiplatyan
amphiplatyan
adj
(anatomy, of a vertebra) Having flat surfaces at both ends
amphithyron
amphithyrons
amphitryon
amyatonic
amygdonitrile
amylodextrin
amylodextrin
noun
(biochemistry) A high molecular weight form of dextrin
amylopectin
amylopectin
noun
(biochemistry) A highly branched, insoluble form of starch (the soluble form being amylose)
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
amylosynthesis
amyosthenia
amyosthenia
noun
(medicine) Myasthenia.
amyosthenic
amyosthenic
adj
Of or relating to amyosthenia.
noun
(medicine) A drug or agent that depresses muscular action.
amyotonia
amyotonia
noun
Lack of normal muscular tension or tonus, especially when congenital.
anabaptistically
anabaptistry
anabaptistry
Noun
The doctrine or practices of Anabaptists.
anacamptically
anacamptically
adv
In an anacamptic manner; by reflection of sound.
anacatadidymus
anachronistically
anachronistically
adv
In an anachronistic manner; in the manner of an anachronism.
anacidity
anacidity
noun
Lack of acidity, as of the stomach.
anacoluthically
anacoluthically
adv
In an anacoluthic manner.
anacreontically
anacreontically
adv
In an anacreontic manner.
anacrustically
anacrustically
adv
In an anacrustic manner.
anaerobiotically
anaerobiotically
adv
In an anaerobiotic manner.
anaesthesiology
anaesthesiology
noun
(British spelling, medicine) Alternative spelling of anesthesiology
anaesthetically
anaesthetically
adv
Alternative form of anesthetically
anaglyptic
anaglyptic
adj
Of or pertaining to anaglyptics or to an anaglyph
anaglyptical
anaglyptics
anaglyptics
noun
(art) The art of carving or embossing in low relief
anaglyptographic
anaglyptographic
adj
Relating to anaglyptography.
anagrammatically
anagrammatically
adv
In an anagrammatic manner.
anality
anality
noun
(psychoanalysis) The state of being anal.
analkalinity
analysability
analysability
noun
Alternative form of analyzability
analysation
analysation
noun
Alternative form of analyzation
analytic
analytic
adj
(linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the arrangement of uninflected words within sentences to indicate meaning. Compare synthetic.
(logic, of a proposition) that follows necessarily; tautologous.
(mathematical analysis) Being defined in terms of objects of differential calculus such as derivatives.
(mathematics) Of, or relating to algebra or a similar method of analysis.
(mathematics, of a function) Being able to be locally represented by convergent power series around every point of the domain.
Having the ability to analyse.
Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.
Of, or relating to division into elements or principles.
analytical
analytical
adj
Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts
Using analytic reasoning as opposed to synthetic.
analytically
analytically
adv
In an analytical manner.
analyticities
analyticities
noun
plural of analyticity
analyticity
analyticity
noun
The property of being analytic, especially of being an analytic function.
analytics
analytics
noun
Discovery, interpretation, and communication of meaningful patterns in data.
The principles governing any of various forms of analysis.
analytique
analyzability
analyzability
noun
The ability to be analyzed.
analyzation
analyzation
noun
(rare) analysis
analyzations
analyzations
noun
plural of analyzation
anamnestically
anamnestically
adv
By means of anamnesis
anapaestically
anapaestically
adv
Alternative form of anapestically
anapestically
anapestically
adv
In an anapestic manner.
anaphylactic
anaphylactic
adj
Pertaining to anaphylaxis.
anaphylactically
anaphylactically
adv
In an anaphylactic manner
anaphylactin
anaphylactogenic
anaphylactogenic
adj
That tends to cause anaphylaxis.
anaphylactoid
anaphylactoid
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling anaphylaxis
anaphylatoxin
anaphylatoxin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several toxic substances that trigger anaphylaxis
anapterygotism
anaptychi
anaptychi
noun
plural of anaptychus
anaptyctic
anaptyctic
adj
(phonology) Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word.
anaptyctical
anaptyctical
adj
Relating to anaptyxis.
anaptyxis
anaptyxis
noun
(phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
anarchosyndicalist
anarchosyndicalist
noun
Alternative spelling of anarcho-syndicalist
anathematically
anathematically
adv
In an anathematic manner.
anatomically
anatomically
adv
Pertaining to the anatomy.
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anatripsology
anatripsology
noun
(medicine) The study or application of friction or rubbing as a remedy.
ancestorially
ancestorially
adv
In an ancestorial context.
anchoritically
anchoritically
adv
In the manner of an anchorite; reclusively.
anchylotic
anchylotic
adj
Of or pertaining to anchylosis.
anciently
anciently
adv
Done long ago.
In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did.