(ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
acciaccature
acculturized
acculturized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acculturize
accumulative
accumulative
adj
Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass
Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.
accusatively
accusatively
adv
(not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
In an accusative manner.
accusatrixes
accustomized
accustomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustomize
aceratherium
acetabularia
acetotoluide
acetotoluide
noun
(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of a toluidine
acetylbiuret
achariaceous
acquaintance
acquaintance
noun
(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
(uncountable) Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
acroneurosis
acroteleutic
acroteleutic
noun
(obsolete, Christianity) The end of a verse or psalm, or something added to it, to be sung by the people by way of a response.
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
acuaesthesia
acutifoliate
acutifoliate
adj
(botany) Having sharp-pointed leaves.
acutilinguae
adjectitious
adjectitious
adj
(formal) Added; additional.
adjudicative
adjudicative
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication or to an adjudicator.
adjudicature
adjudicature
noun
An act of adjudication; a judgment.
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
advectitious
advectitious
adj
Relating to, or transported by, advection.
aeroacoustic
aeroacoustic
adj
Relating to aeroacoustics.
aeronautical
aeronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight
aeropleustic
aeropleustic
adj
(humorous) Of or pertaining to aerial navigation.
agaricaceous
agaricaceous
adj
(mycology) Belonging to the Agaricaceae.
agglutogenic
agglutogenic
adj
Synonym of agglutinogenic
agriculturer
agriculturer
noun
agriculturist
agricultures
agricultures
noun
plural of agriculture
agriochoerus
albuginaceae
allotelluric
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphinucleus
amphithecium
amyloleucite
aneurilemmic
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
anilinctuses
animalculine
animalculine
adj
(obsolete, rare) Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.
annunciative
annunciative
adj
Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
anticonsumer
anticonsumer
adj
Opposing the consumer.
noun
A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
anticourtier
anticourtier
adj
Opposing courtiers.
anticritique
anticritique
noun
A critique written in response to another critique.
antidiuretic
antidiuretic
adj
preventing or counteracting diuresis, especially by the reduction of urination
noun
(physiology, medicine) an agent that prevents or counteracts diuresis
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
antineuritic
antineuritic
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or acting against neuritis.
antinucleons
antinucleons
noun
plural of antinucleon
antireducing
appendicious
appendicular
appendicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
Of or pertaining to the appendix.
aqueoglacial
aqueoglacial
adj
(geology) Deposited by and in water at a time contemporary with the presence of glacial ice in the region.
aquicultures
aquicultures
noun
plural of aquiculture
arceuthobium
archesporium
archesporium
noun
(botany) Any of the cells of the sporangium that give rise to spores.
archisupreme
architecture
architecture
noun
(computing) A family of CPUs sharing a common instruction set and having partial or full compatibility with software built on each other.
(computing) A specific model of a microchip or CPU.
A unifying structure.
Any particular style of building design.
Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
The art and science of designing and managing the construction of buildings and other structures, particularly if they are well proportioned and decorated.
The structure and design of a system or product.
architeuthis
architeuthis
noun
A giant squid (genus Architeuthis).
arcubalister
arcubalister
noun
A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.
argillaceous
argillaceous
adj
(chiefly geology) pertaining to clay; made of, containing, or resembling clay
armeniaceous
armeniaceous
adj
(zoology) Apricot-colored.
articulacies
articulacies
noun
plural of articulacy
articulately
articulately
adv
In an articulate manner.
articulative
articulative
adj
Serving to articulate or express something.
ascidiferous
assecuration
assecuration
noun
(obsolete) assurance; certainty
assuefaction
assuefaction
noun
(obsolete) habituation
asteriscuses
athericerous
aurantiaceae
aurichalcite
aurichalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic carbonate mineral of copper and zinc.
aurichloride
aurichloride
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Tetrachloroaurate
auriculariae
auriculately
auripuncture
aurochloride
aurochloride
noun
(inorganic chemistry, countable) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, AuCl₄⁻, produced when gold is dissolved in aqua regia.
auscultative
auscultative
adj
Relating to auscultation
autecologies
autecologies
noun
plural of autecology
autecologist
autecologist
noun
One who studies autecology.
authenticate
authenticate
adj
Synonym of authentic.
verb
(transitive) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
(transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
authenticity
authenticity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).
The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.
authigenetic
authigenetic
adj
Synonym of authigenic
autocephalia
autocephalia
noun
Alternative form of autocephaly
autocephalic
autocephalic
adj
Autocephalous.
autochemical
autoeciously
autoeciously
adv
In an autoecious manner.
autolimnetic
autolimnetic
adj
Living at the surface of a body of water.
bacteriurias
bacteriurias
noun
plural of bacteriuria
baculiferous
baculiticone
baluchithere
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
beaumarchais
becquerelite
becquerelite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and uranium.
becudgelling
begoniaceous
begoniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Begoniaceae.
biarticulate
biarticulate
adj
(zoology) Having, or consisting of, two joints.
biauriculate
biauriculate
adj
Having two auricles
Having two ear-like projections at the base.
bicarbureted
bicarbureted
adj
(chemistry, obsolete) Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule.
binucleolate
binucleolate
adj
(biology) Having two nucleoli.
biomolecular
biomolecular
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to biomolecules (especially macromolecules)
biomolecules
biomolecules
noun
plural of biomolecule
biscuitmaker
bitubercular
blackfigured
bluestocking
bluestocking
noun
(historical) A member of an 18th-century Blue Stockings Society.
(historical) The English parliament of 1653, more commonly called the Barebones Parliament
(usually derogatory) A scholarly, literary, or cultured woman.
boraciferous
boraciferous
adj
Yielding or containing borax.
brachiferous
brachigerous
bradyauxetic
braunschweig
braunschweig
Proper noun
a city in Lower Saxony, Germany; Brunswick
brevicaudate
brevicaudate
adj
(zoology) Having a short tail.
brunelleschi
brunoniaceae
buccaneering
buccaneering
adj
bold, reckless and unscrupulous
noun
robbery on the high seas; piracy
verb
present participle of buccaneer
buccaneerish
buccaneerish
adj
Like a buccaneer; piratical.
buccellarius
bucketmaking
bucketmaking
noun
The manufacture of buckets.
bulbocapnine
bulbocapnine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid that inhibits acetylcholinesterase.
bunchberries
bunchberries
noun
plural of bunchberry
bureaucratic
bureaucratic
adj
Of or pertaining to bureaucracy or the actions of bureaucrats.
butyrometric
butyrometric
adj
Measured using a butyrometer
Relating to butyrometry
calamiferous
calamiferous
adj
Producing reeds; reedy.
calculifrage
calculifrage
noun
(surgery) An instrument inserted into the bladder in order to break up calculi.
calistheneum
calistheneum
noun
(dated) A gymnasium, especially one for light physical exercise by women and children.
callistephus
calumniative
calyciferous
calyciferous
adj
Bearing the calyx.
calycoideous
canaliculate
canaliculate
adj
(botany) Channeled lengthwise; grooved.
canaliferous
canaliferous
adj
(zoology, of the shell of a mollusc) Having a canal.