(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
acoumetry
acoumetry
noun
The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
actuality
actuality
noun
(historical, film) A short early motion picture.
(television) Live reporting on current affairs.
An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact.
The state of existing; existence.
adjunctly
adjunctly
adv
In an adjunct manner.
adjutancy
adjutancy
noun
The state or office of being an adjutant, assistant, or helper.
adulatory
adulatory
adj
Exhibiting adulation; overly flattering.
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
antiloquy
antiquary
antiquary
adj
Relating to antiquity.
noun
A person who is knowledgeable of, or who collects antiques; an antiquarian.
An aficionado or student of antiquities, ancient artifacts, historic sites, ancient writings, or things of the past.
antiquely
antiquely
adv
In an antique manner.
antiquity
antiquity
noun
(history) The historical period preceding the Middle Ages (c. 500-1500), primarily relating to European history.
(obsolete) An old gentleman.
(often constructed as an uncountable plural) A relic or monument of ancient times, such as a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution.
Ancient times; faraway history; former ages
The people of ancient times.
The state of being ancient or of ancient lineage.
arcuately
arcuately
adv
In an arcuate way.
assiduity
assiduity
noun
(in the plural) Constant personal attention, solicitous care.
Great and persistent toil or effort.
atterbury
aulophyte
aureately
austerely
austerely
adv
In an austere manner.
austerity
austerity
noun
(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
(obsolete) Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
autexousy
authority
authority
noun
(countable) A government-owned agency that runs a revenue-generating activity for public benefit.
(countable) A reliable, definitive source of information on a subject.
(plural) Persons, regarded collectively, who occupy official positions of power; police or law enforcement.
(uncountable) Official permission; authorisation to act in some capacity on behalf of a ruling entity.
(uncountable) Power or right to make or enforce rules or give orders; or a position having such power or right.
(uncountable) Status as a trustworthy source of information, reputation for mastery or expertise; or claim to such status or reputation.
authotype
autocracy
autocracy
noun
(countable) An instance of this government.
(uncountable) A form of government in which unlimited power is held by a single individual.
autocycle
autocycle
noun
(US) A three-wheeled vehicle with an enclosed cabin, where passengers ride in seats instead of astride the body.
A hybrid between motorcycle and automobile, with a drive system like a motorcycle and rider amenities like a car.
A vehicle somewhat like a moped, having a small motor where the pedals would be, and a petrol tank located within the frame.
autodynes
autodynes
noun
plural of autodyne
autogyros
autogyros
noun
plural of autogyro
autolatry
autolatry
noun
The worship of oneself.
autolycus
autolycus
Proper noun
In Ancient Greek mythology, a son of Hermes and Chione.
autolysin
autolysin
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that hydrolyses a component of the cell (or tissue) in which it is produced
autolysis
autolysis
noun
(baking) A two-stage mixing process where water and flour are combined first before adding leavening and salt.
(pathology) The autocytolysis of blood cells.
(pathology) The autodigestion of the tissues of an organism.
(pathology, cytology) The destruction of an organism's cells by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
(wine) The decomposition of dead yeast cells in wine after fermentation.
autolytic
autolytic
adj
(pathology) Relating to autolysis
autolytus
autolyzed
autolyzed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autolyze
autolyzes
autolyzes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autolyze
autometry
autometry
noun
(mathematics) An isometry of a metric space to itself
autopathy
autopathy
noun
(biology) An interaction where a species affects its own subsequent growth, especially negatively.
(homeopathy) The philosophy that the cause of sickness in one individual is the same as the cause in another person.
autophagy
autophagy
noun
(cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
(cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within the same cell. Often a defensive and/or self-preservation measure.
(rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself.
autophoby
autophoby
noun
Archaic form of autophobia.
autophony
autophony
noun
(medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.
The unusually loud hearing of a person's own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds.
autophyte
autophyte
noun
Any plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances
autoscopy
autoscopy
noun
The experience of seeing one's body from the outside while awake, as if disembodied.
autospray
autospray
noun
(medicine, countable, obsolete) A medicine provided in the form of a spray for topical application.
(uncountable) Automatic spraying.
autostyly
autostyly
noun
The condition of being autostylic
autotypes
autotypes
noun
plural of autotype
autotypic
autotypic
adj
Relating to an autotype
autumnity
autumnity
noun
autumn
middle age
auxilytic
ayutthaya
barrulety
bathybius
bathybius
Noun
A gelatinous substance found in mud dredged from the Atlantic and once supposed to be a free living protoplasm, later found to be the result of precipitation.
beautydom
beautydom
noun
The estate or rank of a beauty or of beautiful women.
brutality
brutality
noun
A cruel or savage act.
The state of being brutal.
The use of excessive physical force, often in the form of violence.
bryanthus
budgetary
budgetary
adj
Of or pertaining to a budget.
buoyantly
buoyantly
adv
In a buoyant manner.
burgality
butadiyne
butadiyne
noun
(organic chemistry) diacetylene
butylated
butylated
adj
(organic chemistry) Modified to contain one or more butyl groups
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butylate
butylates
butylates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butylate
butyrates
butyrates
noun
plural of butyrate
byzantium
byzantium
Noun
A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple
Proper noun
The ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus, named Constantinople in 330 and now known as Istanbul.
The Byzantine Empire.
candytuft
candytuft
noun
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
carryouts
carryouts
noun
plural of carryout
cartulary
cartulary
noun
A collection of original documents bound in one volume.
A medieval manuscript register containing full or excerpted transcriptions of important documents, especially of originally loose, single-sheet charters.
An officer who had charge of records or other public papers.
casuality
casuistry
casuistry
noun
(derogatory) A specious argument designed to defend an action or feeling.
The process of answering practical questions via interpretation of rules, or of cases that illustrate such rules, especially in ethics; case-based reasoning.
caudatory
caulotaxy
causality
causality
noun
The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.
The relationship between something that happens or exists and the thing that causes it; the cause and consequence relationship.
causticly
causticly
adv
Archaic form of caustically.
cautionry
cautionry
noun
(Scotland, law) suretyship
clayoquot
contumacy
contumacy
noun
(chiefly Christianity and law) Disobedience, resistance to authority.
countably
countably
adv
(mathematics) In a way that can be put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.
In a countable manner; in a way that can be counted.
courtenay
courtyard
courtyard
noun
An area, open to the sky, partially or wholly surrounded by walls or buildings.
culpatory
culpatory
adj
Expressing blame; censuring.
cumaphyte
cuneately
cuneately
adv
In a cuneate manner.
curiality
curiality
noun
(obsolete) The privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court.
customary
customary
adj
Holding or held by custom
In accordance with, or established by, custom or common usage
noun
A book containing laws and usages, or customs; a custumal.
cyanurate
cyanurate
noun
(biochemistry) A compound formed with cyanuric acid
(biochemistry) The anion formed by the deprotonation of cyanuric acid
dactylous
daugherty
doubtably
dryadetum
dryasdust
dryasdust
adj
Boring and pedantic in speech or writing.
noun
A dull, boring or pedantic speaker or writer.
dubitably
dubitably
adv
doubtfully
dubitancy
dubitancy
noun
doubt; uncertainty
educatory
educatory
adj
(archaic) Educational; instructive.
electuary
electuary
noun
(medicine) Any preparation of a medicine mixed with honey or other sweetener in order to make it more palatable to swallow.
emulatory
emulatory
adj
Pertaining to emulation or rivalry.
ennuyante
equitably
equitably
adv
In an equitable manner
erugatory
eucalypti
eucalypti
noun
plural of eucalyptus
eucalypts
eucalypts
noun
plural of eucalypt
eucaryote
eucaryote
noun
Alternative spelling of eukaryote
eudialyte
eudialyte
noun
(mineralogy) A red silicate mineral that forms in alkaline igneous rocks such as nepheline syenites.
eukaryote
eukaryote
noun
(cytology) Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.
eurybates
euthanasy
euthanasy
noun
Archaic form of euthanasia.
eutychian
eutychian
Adjective
Pertaining to Eutyches, to Eutychianism, or to Eutychians.
Noun
One who believes in Eutychianism.
exudatory
exudatory
adj
Relating to exudation
exultancy
exultancy
noun
exultance, exultation
factually
factually
adv
In a factual manner
facundity
facundity
noun
(archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech
fatefully
fatefully
adv
In a fateful manner.
fatuously
fatuously
adv
With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.
featurely
featurely
adj
Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome.
feudality
feudality
noun
The state or quality of being feudal; feudal form or constitution.
feudatary
feudatary
adj
Alternative form of feudatory
feudatory
feudatory
adj
Relating to feudalism, feudal.
noun
A fee paid by such a vassal to hold land.
A feudal territory, a fief.
A feudal vassal.
flauntily
flauntily
adv
In a flaunty manner.
fructuary
fructuary
noun
One who enjoys the profits or increase of anything.
frugality
frugality
noun
A sparing use; sparingness.
The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; thrift.
fullymart
furcately
furcately
adv
In a furcate manner.
garrulity
garrulity
noun
The state or characteristic of being garrulous.
geneautry
graycourt
gustatory
gustatory
adj
Of, or relating to, the sense of taste.
gyascutus
gyascutus
noun
Alternative form of guyascutus
hatefully
hatefully
adv
In a hateful manner.
haughtily
haughtily
adv
In a haughty manner; with excessive or unwarranted pride.
hybanthus
hydronaut
hydronaut
noun
An undersea explorer, such as a submariner.
hypantrum
hypantrum
noun
(zoology) The point on the neural arch at the anterior ends of the vertebrae of various reptiles where it articulates with the hyposphene
hypocaust
hypocaust
noun
An underfloor heating system, even without such an underfloor space or flue, as adapted for modern housing.
An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath.
immutably
immutably
adv
In an immutable manner. In a way that cannot be varied, or changed.
imputably
imputably
adv
In an imputable manner; by imputation.
insuavity
insuavity
noun
(obsolete) Lack of suavity; unpleasantness.
katsuyama
laudatory
laudatory
adj
Of or pertaining to praise, or the expression of praise.
layabouts
layabouts
noun
plural of layabout
loquacity
loquacity
noun
Talkativeness; the quality of being loquacious.
marquetry
marquetry
noun
(countable) An example of this work.
(uncountable, woodworking) A decorative technique in which veneers of wood, ivory, metal etc. are inlaid into a wooden surface to form intricate designs.
martyrium
martyrium
noun
(rhetoric) Confirming something by referring to one's own experience.
A tomb or other edifice erected in homage to a martyr.
matsuyama
matsuyama
Proper noun
a capital city of Ehime prefecture, Japan.
mountably
mountably
adv
Such that it can be mounted.
mountainy
mountainy
adj
(now chiefly Ireland) Mountainous.
mulctuary
mulctuary
adj
Imposing a pecuniary penalty; consisting of, or paid as, a fine.
multiyear
multiyear
adj
Having a duration of multiple years.
mundanity
mundanity
noun
mundaneness; the characteristic of being mundane
mundatory
mundatory
adj
(obsolete) Having power to cleanse.
noun
(Christianity) A purificator (napkin used during Holy Communion).
mutuality
mutuality
noun
The property of being mutual.
myomatous
myomatous
adj
(medicine) Of or pertaining to a myoma.
naturally
naturally
adv
In a natural manner.
Inherently or by nature.
Surely or without any doubt.
naturedly
naturedly
adv
(in combinations) With a certain nature, in a certain manner