The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
alliterative
alliterative
adj
In the form or style of alliteration.
alloantigens
alloantigens
noun
plural of alloantigen
allodelphite
alloiometric
allomorphite
allopathetic
allopathetic
adj
Involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.
allophanates
allophanates
noun
plural of allophanate
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
allotelluric
allotheistic
allotheistic
adj
Of or relating to allotheism.
allothigenic
allothogenic
almightiness
almightiness
noun
The state or quality of being almighty.
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
alphabetical
alphabetical
adj
(obsolete) literal
According to the sequence of the letters of the alphabet.
Pertaining to, furnished with, or expressed by letters of the alphabet.
alphabetised
alphabetised
adj
(Britain) Arranged in alphabetical order.
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetise
alphabetiser
alphabetiser
noun
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetizer.
alphabetized
alphabetized
adj
(Canada, US) Arranged in alphabetical order.
Alternative spelling of alphabetised
verb
(Canada, US) simple past tense and past participle of alphabetize
alphabetizer
alphabetizer
noun
One who, or that which, alphabetizes.
alphabetizes
alphabetizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alphabetize
alstroemeria
alstroemeria
noun
Any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies.
alterability
alterability
noun
The property of being alterable.
alteratively
altercations
altercations
noun
plural of altercation
alternamente
alternariose
alternations
alternations
noun
plural of alternation
alternatives
alternatives
noun
plural of alternative
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
altimetrical
altimetrical
adj
Synonym of altimetric
altingiaceae
altiplanicie
alveolectomy
alveolectomy
noun
the surgical reshaping of the alveolar ridge to facilitate dental prosthesis
amalgamative
amalgamative
adj
That amalgamates
amalgamatize
amalgamatize
verb
(archaic, transitive) To amalgamate (make an alloy of a metal and mercury).
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
ambicolorate
ambitionless
ambitionless
adj
Without ambition or motivation
ambivalently
ambivalently
adv
In an ambivalent manner.
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amblystegite
ambrettolide
ambrettolide
noun
(organic compond) The macrolide lactone 1-oxacycloheptadec-8-en-2-one
ambulatories
ambulatories
noun
plural of ambulatory
ameliorating
ameliorating
verb
present participle of ameliorate
amelioration
amelioration
noun
(linguistics) The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.
(philosophy) An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts.
An improvement.
The act of making better.
ameliorative
ameliorative
adj
(linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
(philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
Able to repair or ameliorate.
noun
(linguistics, rare) A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation.
That which betters or improves.
ameliorators
ameliorators
noun
plural of ameliorator
amelioratory
amelioratory
adj
Serving to ameliorate or improve.
ameloblastic
ameloblastic
adj
Of or relating to ameloblasts.
amethystlike
amiabilities
amiabilities
noun
plural of amiability
amphibolites
amphibolites
noun
plural of amphibolite
amphithecial
amyelotrophy
amyelotrophy
noun
(medicine) Atrophy of the spinal cord.
amygdalotome
amylodextrin
amylodextrin
noun
(biochemistry) A high molecular weight form of dextrin
amyloleucite
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
anaeroplasty
anagenetical
analphabetic
analphabetic
adj
(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
noun
An illiterate person.
anapaestical
anapaestical
Adjective
anapestic
anatomisable
anatomizable
anchoretical
anchoretical
adj
anchoretic
andouillette
andouillette
noun
A small andouille (type of sausage).
andropetalar
anecdotalism
anecdotalism
noun
A predisposition to relate anecdotes.
anecdotalist
anecdotalist
noun
One who recounts anecdotes, or uses them instead of experimental evidence in a field of study.
anelasticity
anelasticity
noun
The property of being anelastic.
anemoclastic
angelologist
angelologist
noun
A person involved in angelology.
angularities
angularities
noun
plural of angularity
angulateness
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
anhaemolytic
anilinctuses
anisodactyle
ankylenteron
annexational
annexational
adj
Of or pertaining to annexation
annihilative
annihilative
adj
Serving to annihilate; radically destructive.
annotatively
annotatively
adv
In an annotative manner.
anorthoclase
anorthoclase
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a group of feldspars being mixed sodium and potassium aluminosilicates.
anteambulate
antebrachial
antebrachial
adj
(anatomy) relating to the forearm
antecedental
antecedently
antecedently
Adverb
In the manner of an antecedent; previously
antediluvial
antediluvial
adj
(biblical) Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood.
(rare) Antiquated.
antediluvian
antediluvian
adj
(biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.
Ancient or antiquated.
Extremely dated.
Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
noun
One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.
antelocation
anteluminary
antemarginal
antemetallic
antemetallic
adj
Before the discovery and use of metals.
antepectoral
antepectoral
adj
(anatomy) Of the feet of insects: fixed in the forepart of the prosternum or prothorax.
antephialtic
antephialtic
adj
(medicine) Acting against nightmares.
antepileptic
antepileptic
adj
Alternative form of antiepileptic
anteprandial
anteprandial
adj
Before a meal, especially before dinner.
anterodorsal
anterodorsal
adj
(anatomy) in front (at the head end) and toward the back (side nearest the spine)
anteromedial
anteromedial
adj
(anatomy) Located in the front and towards a middle line.
anterospinal
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.
anthoecology
anthologised
anthologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologise
anthologized
anthologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologize
anthologizer
anthologizer
noun
Agent noun of anthologize; one who creates an anthology.
anthologizes
anthologizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anthologize
anthranilate
anthranilate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of anthranilic acid
anthratetrol
anthraxolite
anthraxolite
noun
A carbonaceous substance resembling anthracite.
anthropolite
anthropolite
noun
(paleontology, dated) A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
antialbumose
antialdoxime
anticatalase
antichlorine
antichlorine
noun
Synonym of antichlor (“substance used to remove chlorine”)
anticlerical
anticlerical
adj
Opposed to political influence of clerics.
noun
One who opposes the political influence of clerics.
anticlimaxes
anticlimaxes
noun
plural of anticlimax
anticyclones
anticyclones
noun
plural of anticyclone
antielectron
antielectron
noun
(physics) Synonym of positron
antielitisms
antiepilepsy
antiepilepsy
adj
Countering epilepsy.
antigropelos
antigropelos
noun
(dated) Waterproof leggings.
antiguerilla
antilacrosse
antilegalist
antilegomena
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
antileveling
antileveling
adj
(politics) Opposing the elimination of disparities between the haves and the have-nots in society.
antiliberals
antiliberals
noun
plural of antiliberal
antiliterate
antiliterate
adj
Opposed to literacy or literature.
antimedieval
antimedieval
adj
Opposed to the Middle Ages.
antimetabole
antimetabole
noun
(rhetoric) The technique of reversal, where accentuated by reversal of words, actions or grammatical structure.
antimetrical
antimetrical
adj
antimetric
antimodernly
antinovelist
antinovelist
noun
(literature) A writer of antinovels.
antinucleons
antinucleons
noun
plural of antinucleon
antiopelmous
antiopelmous
adj
(zoology) Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
antiparallel
antiparallel
adj
(biochemistry) Describing the orientations of the two strands of DNA.
(biochemistry) Describing two beta strands comprising a protein's secondary structure that are aligned and hydrogen bonded but where the vectors describing the amino- and carboxy-terminal ends of each strand are oriented 180° relative to one another.
noun
(geometry) A line that forms equal angles with two other lines, but in opposite directions.
antiparticle
antiparticle
noun
(physics) A subatomic particle corresponding to another particle with the same mass, spin and mean lifetime but with charge, parity, strangeness and other quantum numbers flipped in sign; a particle that has a reversed world line to another.
antipetalous
antipetalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antepetalous
antiplatelet
antiplatelet
adj
(immunology) Working against or destroying blood platelets.
noun
A drug that destroys blood platelets.
antipleasure
antipleasure
adj
Opposing pleasure.
antipoetical
antipoetical
Adjective
Opposed to poetry.
antipolemist
antiportable
antiprelatic
antirealisms
antirealisms
noun
plural of antirealism
antirealists
antirealists
noun
plural of antirealist
antireligion
antireligion
adj
Opposed to or acting against religion
antisalooner
antisalooner
noun
One who opposes saloons (as places where alcohol is sold and drunk).