(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
accouterment
accouterment
noun
(archaic) The act of accoutering; furnishing.
(by extension) An identifying yet superficial characteristic.
(chiefly in the plural) An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.
(military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform.
accoutrement
accoutrement
noun
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouterment
accreditment
accreditment
noun
The process of becoming accredited.
accroachment
accroachment
noun
(obsolete) An encroachment; usurpation.
accumulating
accumulating
verb
present participle of accumulate
accumulation
accumulation
noun
(UK, education, historical, uncountable) The practice of taking two higher degrees simultaneously, to reduce the length of study.
(accounting) The continuous growth of capital by retention of interest or savings.
(finance) The action of investors buying an asset from other investors when the price of the asset is low.
(law) The concurrence of several titles to the same proof.
A mass of something piled up or collected.
The act of amassing or gathering, as into a pile.
The process of growing into a heap or a large amount.
acetomorphin
achievements
achievements
noun
plural of achievement
achromatinic
achromatinic
adj
(cytology, of a cell nucleus) Lacking the ability to be coloured by a stain.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acromyotonia
acromyotonia
noun
(pathology) myotonia of the limbs
acromyotonus
acromyotonus
noun
Synonym of acromyotonia
actinenchyma
actinometers
actinometers
noun
plural of actinometer
actinometric
actinometric
adj
Measured using an actinometer
Of or pertaining to actinometry
actinomorphy
actinomorphy
noun
The condition of being actinomorphic.
actinomycese
actinomycete
actinomycete
noun
Any of various filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria, of the order Actinomycetales, that resemble fungi. Some actinomycetes are pathogens and some are sources of antibiotics.
actinomycins
actinomycins
noun
plural of actinomycin
actinomycoma
actinomycoma
noun
The granulomatous lesion characteristic of actinomycosis
actinostomal
acutenaculum
adenectomies
adenectomies
noun
plural of adenectomy
adenocystoma
adenocystoma
noun
(pathology) An adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
advancements
advancements
noun
plural of advancement
aeromagnetic
aeromagnetic
adj
Of or pertaining to aeromagnetics
agamogenetic
agamogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to agamogenesis.
agnosticisms
agnosticisms
noun
plural of agnosticism
aircraftsman
aircraftsman
noun
An aircraftman.
aircraftsmen
aircraftsmen
noun
plural of aircraftsman
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.
amarantaceae
ambitendency
ambitendency
noun
(psychology) Contradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.
americanitis
americanitis
Noun
neurasthenia
aminoacetone
aminoacetone
noun
(chemistry) 1-amino-2-propanone, a secondary amino ketone
aminoplastic
aminoplastic
noun
melamine/formaldehyde resin
ammoniticone
amphibiontic
amphicentric
amphictyonic
amphictyonic
adj
(Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council.
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
amphotericin
amphotericin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of amphoteric antibiotic and antifungal agents derived from Streptomyces bacteria.
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
anadicrotism
anagrammatic
anagrammatic
adj
Being or relating to an anagram.
anallagmatic
anallagmatic
adj
(mathematics) Not changed in form by inversion.
anastigmatic
anastigmatic
adj
(of the eye, or a lens system) Free from astigmatism
anatomically
anatomically
adv
Pertaining to the anatomy.
ancylostomum
anecdotalism
anecdotalism
noun
A predisposition to relate anecdotes.
anemoclastic
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
anhaemolytic
animalculist
animalculist
adj
(historical) Pertaining to animalculism.
noun
(historical) A believer in the theory that the embryo exists preformed within the spermatozoon; a proponent of animalculism.
(obsolete) Someone who studies animalcules.
anisogametic
announcement
announcement
noun
An act of announcing, or giving notice.
That which conveys what is announced.
The content which is announced.
antasthmatic
antasthmatic
adj
(pharmacology) Relieving the symptoms of asthma.
noun
(pharmacology) Drug that relieves the symptoms of asthma.
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antechambers
antechambers
noun
plural of antechamber
antechinomys
antemetallic
antemetallic
adj
Before the discovery and use of metals.
anthelmintic
anthelmintic
adj
(pharmacology) Destructive to parasitic intestinal worms.
noun
(medicine) A drug for the treatment of intestinal worm infestation, either by killing the worms or by causing them to be expelled from the body.
anthoclinium
anthracaemia
anthracaemia
noun
Alternative form of anthracemia
anthracitism
anthracitism
noun
(geology, rare) The formation of anthracite.
antiacademic
antiacademic
adj
Opposing what is academic.
noun
One who opposes what is academic.
antiblackism
antiblackism
noun
Antiblack sentiments or politics.
antichronism
antichronism
noun
Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism.
antichymosin
anticlimaxes
anticlimaxes
noun
plural of anticlimax
anticonsumer
anticonsumer
adj
Opposing the consumer.
noun
A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
anticosmetic
anticosmetic
adj
destructive or opposed to beauty
anticynicism
antidemocrat
antidemocrat
noun
One who opposes democracy.
antidemoniac
antidemoniac
adj
Alternative form of antidemonic
antidogmatic
antidogmatic
adj
Opposed to dogma.
antidomestic
antidomestic
adj
Opposing what is domestic.
antieconomic
antieconomic
adj
(economics) Opposing or working against the economy.
antifascisms
antifascisms
noun
plural of antifascism
antifogmatic
antifogmatic
noun
An alcoholic drink taken in the morning to brace oneself before going out into bad weather.
antigigmanic
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
antimacassar
antimacassar
noun
A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, originally to prevent them from being soiled by macassar oil.
antimagnetic
antimagnetic
adj
(physics) Unable to be magnetized; unaffected by a magnetic field.
antimaniacal
antimedicine
antimedicine
adj
Opposing medicine.
antimephitic
antimephitic
adj
Countering mephitic gases.
antimethodic
antimetrical
antimetrical
adj
antimetric
antimetropic
antimetropic
adj
Relating to antimetropia
antimicrobic
antimicrobic
adj
antimicrobial
noun
Any antimicrobial agent
antimitotics
antimitotics
noun
plural of antimitotic
antimnemonic
antimnemonic
adj
Hard to remember, often intentionally so.
antimonarchy
antimonarchy
adj
(politics) Opposing a specific monarchical system or monarchy in general.
noun
(politics) An antimonarchic movement.
(politics) Stance against monarchy.
antimystical
antimythical
antipacifism
antipacifism
noun
Opposition to pacifism.
antiracemate
antiromantic
antiromantic
adj
Opposing or rejecting the Romantic movement.
Opposing or unconducive to romance.
noun
One who opposes or rejects the Romantic movement.
antithrombic
antithrombic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the action of antithrombin
antonomastic
antonomastic
adj
(rhetoric) Relating to, or characterized by, antonomasia.
appendectomy
appendectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
approachment
approachment
noun
(archaic) approach
archminister
arctamerican
arithmomancy
arithmomancy
noun
Alternative form of arithmancy
aromaticness
aromaticness
noun
The state or quality of being aromatic.
astrodynamic
astrodynamic
adj
Pertaining to astrodynamics.
astronomical
astronomical
adj
(comparable) Very large; of vast measure.
(not comparable) Of or relating to astronomy.
atomechanics
atomechanics
noun
(obsolete) The mechanics of atoms.
attemperance
attemperance
noun
(obsolete) temperance; attemperament
attouchement
autolimnetic
autolimnetic
adj
Living at the surface of a body of water.
avitaminotic
avitaminotic
adj
Having or relating to avitaminosis.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backstamping
becompliment
besmirchment
besmirchment
noun
The act of sullying or besmirching.
bewitchments
bewitchments
noun
plural of bewitchment
biometrician
biometrician
noun
One who practices biometrics.
blanchimeter
bothrenchyma
bothrenchyma
noun
(botany, obsolete) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood.
brahmanistic
bromoacetone
bromoacetone
noun
(organic chemistry) The brominated derivative of acetone CH₃-CO-CH₂Br, once used as a lachrymatory agent
bronchomotor
bronchomotor
adj
Relating to change in the form or action of a bronchus
bronchostomy
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
cabinetmaker
cabinetmaker
noun
A skilled woodworker who makes high-quality wooden furniture
cacumination
calistheneum
calistheneum
noun
(dated) A gymnasium, especially one for light physical exercise by women and children.
calumniating
calumniating
verb
present participle of calumniate
calumniation
calumniation
noun
A false accusation, or a malicious statement, about someone.
calumniative
calumniators
calumniators
noun
plural of calumniator
calumniatory
calumniatory
adj
Containing calumny; slanderous.
calycanthemy
campanulatae
campanulated
campanulated
adj
Alternative form of campanulate (“bell-shaped”)
campbelltown
camphorating
camphorating
verb
present participle of camphorate
campsheeting
campsheeting
noun
Alternative form of campshedding
camptonville
cantharidism
cantharidism
noun
(medicine) poisoning due to the excess use of cantharides