(rare) Absenteeism, in particular related to landowners.
absorptances
absorptances
noun
plural of absorptance
acanthopteri
acanthopteri
noun
(zoology) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
acceptancies
acceptations
acceptations
noun
plural of acceptation
accipitrines
accipitrines
noun
plural of accipitrine
accompanable
accompanable
adj
(obsolete) sociable
accomplement
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
acenaphthene
acenaphthene
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon, found in coal tar, derived from naphthalene by the addition of a short aliphatic bridge.
acetomorphin
acetophenine
acetophenone
acetophenone
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic ketone phenyl methyl ketone, used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds
acetphenetid
acetylphenol
acipenserine
acipenserine
adj
Pertaining to sturgeons
acipenseroid
acipenseroid
noun
Synonym of chondrostean
acrophonetic
acrophonetic
adj
Of or pertaining to acrophony.
actinopteran
acupunctuate
acupunctuate
verb
(rare) To pierce with a needle; to treat with acupuncture.
acupunctured
acupunctured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture
acupunctures
acupunctures
noun
plural of acupuncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture
adaptiveness
adaptiveness
noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adenotyphoid
adiapneustia
adiapneustia
noun
(medicine) defective perspiration; adiaphoresis
adiponitrile
adiponitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The nitrile derived from adipic acid
adrenotropic
adrenotropic
adj
That stimulates the adrenal glands or adrenal cortex
aeroplankton
aeroplankton
noun
The tiny lifeforms that float and drift in the air, carried by the current of the wind.
aetiophyllin
agapanthuses
agapanthuses
noun
plural of agapanthus
albopruinose
aldermanship
aldermanship
noun
The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
allophanates
allophanates
noun
plural of allophanate
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
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.
altiplanicie
aluminaphone
aminopherase
aminopterins
aminopterins
noun
plural of aminopterin
aminopyrines
aminopyrines
noun
plural of aminopyrine
amnioclepsis
ampangabeite
ampangabeite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of samarskite
ampasimenite
ampelograpny
ampelopsidin
amphetamines
amphetamines
noun
plural of amphetamine
amphicentric
amphicoelian
amphicoelian
adj
amphicoelous
amphigenesis
amphigenesis
noun
(biology) Sexual generation; amphigony
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
amphineurous
amphinucleus
amphipeptone
amphipneusta
amphipyrenin
amphisbaenae
amphisbaenas
amphisbaenas
noun
plural of amphisbaena
amphisbaenic
amphisbaenic
adj
(mythology) Relating to an amphisbaena.
amphisbaenid
amphisbaenid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Amphisbaenidae; a worm lizard.
amphitriaene
amphopeptone
amphopeptone
noun
(biochemistry) A product of gastric digestion, a mixture of hemipeptone and antipeptone.
amphotericin
amphotericin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a group of amphoteric antibiotic and antifungal agents derived from Streptomyces bacteria.
amygdophenin
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
anacephalize
anaeroplasty
analphabetic
analphabetic
adj
(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
noun
An illiterate person.
anamorphoses
anamorphoses
noun
plural of anamorphosis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anamorphose
anapaestical
anapaestical
Adjective
anapestic
anaplasmoses
anaplasmoses
noun
plural of anaplasmosis
anapodeictic
anapodeictic
adj
(rare, rhetoric) Not able to be shown or proved by argument; undemonstrable.
anapterygota
anapterygote
anchorpeople
anchorperson
anchorperson
noun
The primary reporter on a television news broadcast.
andropetalar
anemographic
anemographic
adj
Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography.
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
anemotropism
anemotropism
noun
(botany) The orientation of plants in response to the direction of the wind.
anencephalia
anencephalic
anencephalic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting anencephaly.
anencephalus
anencephalus
noun
anencephaly
anepigraphic
anepigraphic
adj
Without a legend or inscription (on artifacts, coins, etc.)
aneuploidies
aneuploidies
noun
plural of aneuploidy
angelophanic
angioparesis
angiopoietic
angiopoietic
adj
Relating to angiopoiesis.
angiospermae
angiospermal
angiospermal
adj
angiospermous
angiospermic
angiospermic
adj
Relating to angiosperms
anilinophile
anisometrope
anisopleural
anisopterous
anisotropies
anisotropies
noun
plural of anisotropy
anomaloscope
anomaloscope
noun
(ophthalmology) An instrument used to test for color blindness by measuring quantitative and qualitative anomalies in color perception.
anorthophyre
anorthoscope
anorthoscope
noun
An optical device (often a toy) used to produce a form of anamorphosis or to view distorted figures
antepagmenta
antepagments
antepectoral
antepectoral
adj
(anatomy) Of the feet of insects: fixed in the forepart of the prosternum or prothorax.
antependiums
antependiums
noun
plural of antependium
antephialtic
antephialtic
adj
(medicine) Acting against nightmares.
antepileptic
antepileptic
adj
Alternative form of antiepileptic
antepirrhema
anteporticos
anteposition
anteposition
noun
(rare) The placing of something in front of something else, especially of words in a sentence.
anteprandial
anteprandial
adj
Before a meal, especially before dinner.
antepreterit
antepretonic
anteprostate
anterospinal
antesuperior
anthospermum
anthropogeny
anthropogeny
noun
The study of human origins, human generation, or the origin and development of man.
anthropoidea
anthropolite
anthropolite
noun
(paleontology, dated) A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.
anticipative
anticipative
adj
Of or pertaining to anticipation; inclined to anticipate; expectant.
anticreeping
antientropic
antientropic
adj
Countering entropy.
antiepilepsy
antiepilepsy
adj
Countering epilepsy.
antigropelos
antigropelos
noun
(dated) Waterproof leggings.
antimephitic
antimephitic
adj
Countering mephitic gases.
antimetropia
antimetropia
noun
(ophthalmology) An extreme form of anisometropia in which one eye is myopic and the other hyperopic.
antimetropic
antimetropic
adj
Relating to antimetropia
antinepotism
antinepotism
adj
(politics, business) Opposing or preventing nepotism.
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.
antiopiumite
antiparabema
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.
antipathetic
antipathetic
adj
Causing a feeling of antipathy; repugnant
Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance
Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic
antipathogen
antipathogen
noun
(medicine) Any drug that counters the effects of a pathogen
antiperiodic
antiperiodic
adj
(mathematics) Exhibiting antiperiodicity.
(medicine) preventing the regular recurrence of symptoms
noun
(medicine) A drug that prevents the regular recurrence of symptoms.
antiperthite
antiperthite
noun
(mineralogy) A perthite having sodic feldspar as the dominant phase.
antipetalous
antipetalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antepetalous
antiphonetic
antiphonetic
adj
(linguistics) Going against the rules of phonetics; not spelled according to the sound.
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
antipredator
antipredator
adj
Alternative spelling of anti-predator
antiprelatic
antiprostate
antiprostate
adj
That counters a disease of the prostate
antiprotease
antiprotease
noun
Anything that inhibits the action of a protease
antipyretics
antipyretics
noun
plural of antipyretic
antisepalous
antisepalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antesepalous
antiseptical
antiseptical
adj
Archaic form of antiseptic.
antispending
antispending
adj
(politics) Opposed to or combating spending, especially government spending
antisplasher
antisplasher
noun
A device in a sink or toilet to prevent splashing.