(organic chemistry) The univalent radical CH₃-CO-CH₂- formally derived from acetone
addyston
aduncity
aduncity
noun
Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
adventry
affinity
affinity
noun
(chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds
(computing) tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses
(geology) structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
(geometry) An automorphism of affine space.
(medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
(taxonomy) resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.
A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
A love interest; a paramour.
A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
Any passionate love for something.
Any romantic relationship.
The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
affronty
affronty
Adjective
Facing the observer.
amythaon
analysts
analysts
noun
plural of analyst
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.
anaphyte
ancestry
ancestry
noun
A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
ancienty
ancienty
noun
(obsolete) age; antiquity
(obsolete) seniority
andesyte
andesyte
noun
Alternative spelling of andesite
anesthyl
anolytes
anolytes
noun
plural of anolyte
anophyte
anophyte
noun
(botany) A moss or similar plant with cellular stems, having usually an upward growth and distinct leaves.
antagony
antagony
noun
(obsolete) contest; opposition; antagonism
antakiya
antarchy
antetype
antetype
noun
An archetype or prototype; something serving as a model for what comes later.
antibody
antibody
noun
(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
anticity
anticity
adj
Opposing a city.
antilogy
antilogy
noun
(rhetoric) A contradiction in related terms or ideas. Usually an inconsistency in syllogisms, of a person or group supposedly of one set of ideals.
antimony
antimony
noun
A chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: a lustrous gray metalloid.
The alloy stibnite.
antinomy
antinomy
noun
(archaic) A contradiction within a law, or between different laws; also, a contradiction between authorities.
(by extension) Any contradiction or paradox.
(specifically, epistemology, logic) In the thought of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804): an apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox.
antipyic
antipyic
adj
antisuppurative
noun
An antisuppurative agent.
antitype
antitype
noun
A type that represents the opposite or antagonist of another type.
Something that is symbolized or represented by a type, such as Christ by the Paschal Lamb; the fulfillment of a type.
antitypy
antitypy
noun
(obsolete, physics) reaction (to an applied force)
antonyms
antonyms
noun
plural of antonym
antonymy
antonymy
noun
(semantics) The semantic relation between antonyms; the quality of being antonymous.
anything
anything
adv
In any way, any extent or any degree.
noun
Someone or something of importance.
pron
(with “as” or “like”) Expressing an indefinite comparison.
Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; a thing of any kind; something or other.
apreynte
ardently
ardently
adv
fervently
argentry
argentry
noun
(obsolete) Silver plate or vessels.
aroynted
aroynted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aroynt
arrantly
arrantly
adv
In an arrant manner; utterly, thoroughly, outright.
ascutney
astogeny
astogeny
noun
Any morphological change in colonial zooids as the colony grows
astyanax
astyllen
asyndeta
athanasy
athanasy
noun
An absence of death or the condition of everlasting life.
atonally
atonally
adv
In an atonal manner; without tone.
attently
attently
adv
(obsolete) attentively
attorney
attorney
noun
(Philippines, sometimes US) An honorific given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.
(UK, 20th century and later, rare, usually derogatory) A solicitor.
(UK, dated, 19th century and earlier) One such who practised in the courts of the common law.
(US) A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
(obsolete outside set phrases) An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.
A prosecutor
Clusia spp.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To work as a legal attorney.
(transitive, rare) To provide with a legal attorney.
attunely
atymnius
auntsary
autodyne
autodyne
noun
(radio, historical) A circuit that improved radio signal amplification by means of an audion.
autogeny
autogeny
noun
spontaneous generation
autonomy
autonomy
noun
(Christianity, uncountable) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.
(government, countable) A self-governing country or region.
(mechanics, uncountable) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
(philosophy, uncountable) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
(uncountable) The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
autoxeny
avantlay
ayenbite
ayudante
banality
banality
noun
(countable) Something which is banal.
(rare, historical) A feudal right or obligation, especially the obligation for a peasant to grind grain at the lord's mill, or the profits accruing from such rights.
(uncountable) The quality of being banal.
banditry
banditry
noun
Acts characteristic of a bandit; armed robbery.
bantayan
barryton
barytine
barytone
barytone
adj
(linguistics) Not having an accent on the last syllable.
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to a word not having an accent on the last syllable.
Archaic form of baritone.
noun
(linguistics) A word that is accented on the penultimate syllable.
(linguistics) A word that is not accented on the ultimate syllable.
barytons
barytons
noun
plural of baryton
bayonets
bayonets
noun
plural of bayonet
binately
binately
adv
In a binate manner.
bithynia
bithynia
Proper noun
ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor.
blankety
blankety
adj
(dated, euphemistic) damnable, damned
Resembling or related to a blanket.
blantyre
blatancy
blatancy
noun
(rare) The state or quality of being blatant.
bonitary
bonitary
adj
beneficial, as opposed to statutory or civil
bonytail
brantley
brantley
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
brittany
brittany
Proper noun
A region in north-west France.
The British Isles.
name popular in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s.
Coward
A breed of gun dog.
bryanite
bryanite
Noun
A supporter of (1860–1925), US orator and politician, and a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party.
buttyman
buttyman
noun
(mining) Synonym of butty (“miner who works under contract”)
caninity
caninity
noun
The quality or feature characteristic of a dog.
cantigny
caryotin
caryotin
noun
Alternative form of karyotin (“chromatin”)
catatony
catatony
noun
Dated form of catatonia.
catenary
catenary
adj
Relating to a catena.
Relating to a chain; like a chain.
noun
(engineering) Any physical cable, rope, chain, or other weight-supporting structure taking such geometric shape, as a suspension cable for a bridge or a power-transmission line or an arch for a bridge or roof.
(geometry) The curve described by a flexible chain or a rope if it is supported at each end and is acted upon by no other forces than a uniform gravitational force due to its own weight and variations involving additional and non-uniform forces.
(nautical) The curve of an anchor cable from the seabed to the vessel; it should be horizontal at the anchor so as to bury the flukes.
(transport) A cable, the segments of which between supports take a catenary geometric shape, supporting in turn an overhead conductor that provides trains, trams or trolley buses with electricity, or the combination of the conductor, the cable, and supports.
cathayan
cathayan
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Cathay, or China.
catheryn
catheryn
Proper noun
name, a rare nonstandard spelling variant of Catherine.
cattyman
cenanthy
cenatory
cenatory
adj
Of or relating to dinner (the evening meal) or supper.
centaury
centaury
noun
Centaurea, a genus in the Asteraceae containing species sometimes called centaury
Centaurium, sensu stricto
Cheirolophus crassifolius, a species in the Asteraceae commonly known as Maltese centaury
Gyrandra, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
Sabatia, a New World genus in the Gentianaceae containing species sometimes called centaury
Schenkia, a genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
Zeltnera, a New World genus in Gentianaceae, formerly included in Centaurium, with species commonly called centaury
centiday
centiday
noun
One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
chanteys
chanteys
noun
plural of chantey
clankety
clankety
intj
A clanking sound suggesting mechanical motion.
claymont
cocytean
contrary
contrary
adj
Given to opposition; perverse; wayward.
Opposed; contradictory; inconsistent.
Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse.
adv
Contrarily
noun
(logic) One of a pair of propositions that cannot both be simultaneously true, though they may both be false.
The opposite.
verb
(obsolete) To act inconsistently or perversely; to act in opposition to.
(obsolete) To argue; to debate; to uphold an opposite opinion.
(obsolete) To be self-contradictory; to become reversed.
(obsolete) To contradict (someone or something).
(obsolete) To do the opposite of (someone or something).
(obsolete) To impugn.
(obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.
corybant
courtnay
cyanates
cyanates
noun
plural of cyanate
cyanites
cyanites
noun
plural of cyanite
cyanitic
cyanitic
adj
Alternative form of kyanitic
cyanotic
cyanotic
adj
(pathology) Resembling or afflicted with cyanosis.
cyanuret
cyanuret
noun
(obsolete) cyanide
cymation
cynthian
cynthian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Cynthia.
daddynut
daintify
daintify
verb
(transitive, rare) To make dainty.
daintily
daintily
adv
In a dainty manner, delicately.
daktylon
dancetty
dancetty
adj
Alternative form of dancetté
danyette
dentally
dentally
adv
With reference to dental matters; with regards to the teeth.
desyatin
dictynna
distancy
distancy
noun
(obsolete) distance
donatary
donatary
noun
Alternative form of donatory
donatory
donatory
noun
(law, Scotland) A donee of the crown; one to whom, upon certain conditions, escheated property is made over.
dynamist
dynamist
noun
A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
dynamite
dynamite
noun
(figuratively, slang, uncountable) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
(informal, proscribed) A stick of trinitrotoluene (TNT).
(slang) A strong drug, in particular heroin, cocaine or potent marijuana.
A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in an absorbent medium such as kieselguhr, used in mining and blasting.
verb
(figuratively) To dismantle or destroy.
(intransitive, of brakes) To lock up from being invoked too suddenly.
(transitive, of brakes) To apply maximum pressure to very quickly.
To blow up with dynamite or other high explosive.
dynastes
dynastic
dynastic
adj
Pertaining to a dynasty.
dynastid
dynastid
noun
(zoology) Any beetle in the family Dynastidae, now considered to be the scarabaeid subfamily Dynastinae.
dynatron
dynatron
noun
A tetrode in which the voltage on the screen grid is higher than that on the control grid, causing the plate current to decrease as plate voltage increases; was used in oscillators.
dystonia
dystonia
noun
(pathology) A disabling neurological disorder in which prolonged and repetitive contractions of muscles cause jerking, twisting movements and abnormal postures of the body
egyptian
egyptian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Egypt, the Egyptian people or the Egyptian language.
Noun
A person from Egypt or of Egyptian descent.
A gypsy.
Proper noun
The Afro-Asiatic language spoken in ancient Egypt.
enactory
enactory
adj
Serving to enact something, such as a law.
ennuyant
enthalpy
enthalpy
noun
(physics, chemistry) In thermodynamics, a measure of the heat content of a chemical or physical system.
entohyal
entreaty
entreaty
noun
(archaic) A treatment; reception; entertainment.
The act of entreating or beseeching; a strong petition; pressing solicitation; begging.
entryman
entryway
entryway
noun
An opening or hallway allowing entry into a structure.
entyloma
epinasty
epinasty
noun
(botany) A nastic movement which bends a plant part (e.g. a petal) outward.
(botany) The downward curvature of leaves etc due to differential growth rates.
errantly
errantly
adv
In an errant manner.
errantry
errantry
noun
A wandering or roving around, especially in search of chivalrous adventure.
ethanoyl
fentanyl
fentanyl
noun
(pharmacology) A synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic C₂₂H₂₈N₂O with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate C₂₂H₂₈N₂O·C₆H₈O₇ is administered orally or parenterally (as by intravenous or epidural injection); N-phenyl-N-[1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidin-4-yl]propanamide.
finality
finality
noun
The state of being final; the condition from which no further changes occur.
finitary
finitary
adj
(logic) Pertaining to finite-length proofs, each using a finite set of axioms.
(mathematics) Of a function, taking a finite number of arguments to produce an output.
fontally
fontally
adv
In a fontal manner.
gannetry
gannetry
noun
A colony of gannets (especially one established on an isolated marine rock, during the breeding season)
goyetian
grandity
grandity
noun
(obsolete) grandness
grantley
graymont
graytown
guaranty
guaranty
noun
(law) An undertaking to answer for the payment of some debt, or the performance of some contract or duty, of another, in case of the failure of such other to pay or perform; a warranty; a security.
An assurance or guarantee.
Something serving as a security for such an undertaking.
verb
Alternative form of guarantee
guyandot
gymnasts
gymnasts
noun
plural of gymnast
gyniatry
gyniatry
noun
(dated) The study of women's diseases; gynecology.
gyrating
gyrating
verb
present participle of gyrate
gyration
gyration
noun
(also figuratively) The act of turning or whirling, especially around a fixed axis or centre; a circular or spiral motion; rotation.
(conchology) One of the whorls of a spiral univalve shell.
(neurology) The arrangement of convolutions of gyri in the cerebral cortex of the brain.
(specifically, Euclidean geometry) A rotation around an axis which is not the centre of rotational symmetry; an eccentric or off-centre rotation.
hanratty
hauynite
hauynite
noun
Alternative form of haüynite
haythorn
hornstay
humanity
humanity
noun
Any academic subject belonging to the humanities.
Humankind; human beings as a group.
The human condition or nature.
The quality of being benevolent; humane traits of character; humane qualities or aspects.