(psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
abscessing
abscessing
verb
present participle of abscess
abscession
abscession
noun
(obsolete) An abscess.
(rare) A separating; a removal; a going away.
abstinence
abstinence
noun
(business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.
(ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
(obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
abstinency
abstinency
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abstinence
acanthodei
accendible
accendible
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable
accessions
accessions
noun
A collection of laboratory tests performed on a single sample.
plural of accession
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accession
accidental
accidental
adj
(geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
(music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
(philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
noun
(music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
(painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
accidented
accidented
adj
(possessional) Having had an accident
That has an uneven or undulating surface
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
accipenser
accipenser
noun
Any sturgeon of the genus Acipenser.
accretions
accretions
noun
plural of accretion
acecaffine
aceconitic
acediamine
acephalina
acephaline
acephaline
adj
Of or pertaining to the parasitic protozoans of the suborder Acephalina
acerbating
acerbating
verb
present participle of acerbate
acertannin
acertannin
noun
(organic chemistry) The tannin 1,5-anhydro-2,6-bis-O-(3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl)-D-glucitol present in leaves of the maple Acer ginnala
acervation
acervation
noun
(obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation
acervuline
acervuline
adj
Resembling little heaps.
acetamidin
acetaminol
acetanilid
acetanilid
noun
Alternative form of acetanilide
acetifying
acetifying
verb
present participle of acetify
acetonemia
acetonemia
noun
(veterinary medicine) Presence of excessive levels of acetone in blood, sometimes occurring in cows during the first weeks after giving birth to a calf.
acetonemic
acetonemic
adj
Of or pertaining to acetonemia
acetonuria
acetonuria
noun
(pathology) A form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
acetopyrin
acetylenic
acetylenic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetylene or its derivatives; having a carbon-to-carbon triple bond
achaemenid
achenodium
acheronian
acheronian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Acheron.
acherontic
acherontic
adj
Alternative form of Acherontic
achilleine
achilleine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid (C₂₀H₃₈N₂O₁₅) found in plants of the genus Achillea.
achinesses
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
acidnesses
acidogenic
acidogenic
adj
Which generates acid or acidity.
acierating
acierating
verb
present participle of acierate
acieration
acieration
noun
(rare) The conversion of iron into steel.
acinaceous
acinaceous
adj
(botany) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
acinetaria
acinetinan
acolyctine
acolyctine
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.
aconelline
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acquainted
acquainted
adj
Personally known; familiar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquaint
acquirenda
acquirenda
noun
plural of acquirendum
acquitment
acquitment
noun
(law) Acquittal.
acrimonies
acrimonies
noun
plural of acrimony
acronymize
acronymize
verb
(transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.
acroterion
acroterion
noun
Alternative form of acroterium
actinoidea
actinolite
actinolite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂, belonging to the amphibole group.
actinomere
actinomere
noun
(zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism
actinonema
actinosome
actinosome
noun
(zoology) The entire body of a coelenterate.
actionable
actionable
adj
(law) Affording grounds for legal action.
I'm sure it's not good of me to write that he's a lush, but is it actionable?
That can be acted on; that can be used as the basis for taking action.
actionized
actionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actionize
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
activeness
activeness
noun
The state or quality of being active.
acturience
acturience
noun
tendency or impulse to act
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
acusection
adamancies
adamancies
noun
plural of adamancy
adendritic
adendritic
adj
(biology) (of a neuron) Not having dendrites.
(biology) (of other cells) Not having cytoplasmic processes.
Not having a branching structure, not tree-like.
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adjunctive
adjunctive
adj
(logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a
additional; neither basic nor primary
forming an adjunct
noun
(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
(manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."
admittance
admittance
noun
(Britain, law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
(physics) The reciprocal of impedance
Actual entrance, reception.
Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
The act of admitting.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adrenergic
adrenergic
adj
Activated by an adrenal mechanism
Containing or releasing adrenaline.
Having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine.
noun
Any adrenergic compound
advenience
advenience
noun
The property of being advenient.
aegicrania
aeolodicon
aeolodicon
noun
(music) An obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone produced from steel springs.
aerodontic
aeromantic
aeromantic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of aeromancy.
aeronautic
aeronautic
adj
Having to do with aerial navigation
aeronomics
aeschynite
aeschynite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several basic oxide minerals of mostly titanium and niobium with either cerium, neodymium or yttrium.
aesculetin
aesculetin
noun
A derivative of coumarin found in chicory and many other plants.
aetiogenic
affections
affections
noun
plural of affection
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affirmance
affirmance
noun
(countable, law) A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency
(uncountable) The act of affirming, affirmation
africander
africanize
africanize
Verb
To make African.
aircrewman
aircrewman
noun
A member of a military aircrew.
aircrewmen
aircrewmen
noun
plural of aircrewman
akaniaceae
alcheringa
aldermanic
aldermanic
adj
(Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
(Of size) plump, rotund, fleshy.
Of or pertaining to an alderman.
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
aliacensis
alienicola
allegiance
allegiance
noun
Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.
allegiancy
allegiancy
noun
Alternative form of allegiance
allergenic
allergenic
adj
Having the effect of an allergen.
Of or pertaining to an allergen.
alliciency
alliciency
noun
(obsolete) attractive power; attractiveness
allogeneic
allogeneic
adj
(genetics) Genetically different because of being derived from separate individuals of the same species.
(immunology) Of a reaction that occurs when cells are transplanted into a genetically different recipient.
alsinaceae
aluconidae
aluconinae
amasthenic
amasthenic
adj
(photography) Uniting the rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens does.
americanly
americanly
Adverb
In an American manner; in a way characteristic of Americans.
americanos
americanos
noun
plural of americano
americanum
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amylogenic
amylogenic
adj
Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
Of or pertaining to amylogen.
anacahuite
anacletica
anagenetic
anagenetic
adj
Relating to anagenesis.
anakinetic
analcimite
analcitite
analgesics
analgesics
noun
plural of analgesic
anallergic
anamnestic
anamnestic
adj
Of or pertaining to anamnesis
That aids memory; mnemonic
anapaestic
anapaestic
adj
Alternative spelling of anapestic
anaretical
anaseismic
anaseismic
adj
Moving up and down; said of earthquake shocks.
anatinacea
anatreptic
anatreptic
adj
rebutting; overthrowing; defeating; applied to Plato's refutative dialogues.
ancestrial
ancestrial
adj
(dated) Ancestral.
ancestrian
ancestrian
adj
(archaic) ancestral
ancestries
ancestries
noun
plural of ancestry
anchesmius
anchietine
anchithere
anchithere
noun
Any extinct horse of the genus †Anchitherium
anchoretic
anchoretic
adj
Relating to an anchoret or hermit.
anchorites
anchorites
noun
plural of anchorite
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
anchorwise
anciennete
ancientest
ancientest
adj
superlative form of ancient: most ancient
ancientism
ancientism
noun
The belief that people in ancient times were wiser than those of today.
androeccia
androecial
androecial
adj
(botany) Relating to the androecium
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
androgenic
androgenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
anecdotist
anecdotist
noun
One who relates anecdotes.
anelectric
anelectric
adj
Not becoming electrified by friction.
noun
Any substance incapable of being electrified by friction.
anemically
anemically
adv
In an anemic manner.
anemologic
anepiploic
anesthetic
anesthetic
adj
Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.
Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious.
noun
(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
angelicize
angelicize
verb
(transitive) To make or treat as angelic.
angiogenic
angiogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to blood vessels
Relating to angiogenesis
angioscope
angioscope
noun
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
anglicised
anglicised
adj
Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicise