(biochemistry, steroids) Any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as testosterone or anabolic steroids.
andromed
androuet
anearing
anearing
verb
present participle of anear
aneretic
anergias
anergies
anergies
noun
plural of anergy
aneroids
aneroids
noun
plural of aneroid
anerotic
anestrus
anestrus
noun
In some female animals, a spell of sexual respite in between breeding periods.
aneurine
aneurine
Noun
thiamine
aneurins
aneurism
aneurism
noun
Alternative spelling of aneurysm
aneurysm
aneurysm
noun
(pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
(aeronautics) the downward slope of an aircraft’s wing
anhedron
anheuser
animater
animater
noun
Alternative form of animator
ankerite
ankerite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a group of mixed carbonate minerals, principally of calcium with iron, magnesium and manganese.
annealer
annealer
noun
A device or process that anneals.
The operator of such a device or process.
annexure
annexure
noun
(UK) Something annexed.
(UK) The process of annexing
(especially India and UK law, otherwise dated) An appendix or attachment to a document.
annmarie
annoyers
annoyers
noun
plural of annoyer
annueler
annueler
Noun
A priest employed in saying anniversary Masses.
annuller
annuller
noun
One who, or that which, annuls.
anointer
anointer
noun
One who anoints.
anoretic
anoretic
adj
Alternative form of anorexic
anorexia
anorexia
noun
Anorexia nervosa.
Loss of appetite, especially as a result of disease.
anorexic
anorexic
adj
(by extension) Thin, skinny, insubstantial.
Pertaining to, or suffering from anorexia nervosa.
noun
A medicine which suppresses appetite.
Somebody suffering from anorexia nervosa.
anserine
anserine
adj
Pertaining to a goose or geese; gooselike.
Silly, foolish, stupid.
noun
(biochemistry) A dipeptide compound present in birds and other vertebrates, originally isolated from goose muscle.
ansermet
anserous
anserous
adj
resembling a goose
silly
answered
answered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of answer
answerer
answerer
noun
A person who, or thing that, answers or responds.
anteater
anteater
noun
Any of several animals of South and Central America, in suborder Vermilingua, which are noted for eating ants and termites which they catch with their long sticky tongues.
Any of some other unrelated species that feed with ants, including pangolin (scaly anteater), echidna (spiny anteater), aardvark and numbat (banded anteater).
anteport
anteport
noun
An outer port, gate, or door.
antergic
anteriad
anteriad
adv
(biology) Towards the anterior part of the body
anterior
anterior
adj
(anatomy) Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
(botany) (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
(formal) Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.
(phonetics) Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
anteroom
anteroom
noun
A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
antevert
antevert
verb
(medicine, obsolete) To displace by anteversion.
(obsolete) To prevent, to avert.
antheral
antheral
adj
Relating to an anther.
antherid
anthrone
anthrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic ketone, used in a popular cellulose assay and in the colorimetric determination of carbohydrates; any derivative of this compound
antiager
antiager
noun
An anti-aging cosmetic.
anticker
anticker
noun
(archaic) One who performs antics; a comic performer.
antifire
antifire
adj
Opposing or countering fire.
antihero
antihero
noun
(literature, role-playing games) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.
antimere
antimere
noun
(biology) One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.
antiquer
antiquer
adj
comparative form of antique: more antique
noun
(slang) A person who browses for antiques.
A person who finishes furniture or objects so they have the appearance of an antique, either for decoration or to perpetrate a fraud.
antirape
antirape
adj
Opposed to rape
antirent
antirent
adj
(US, historical) Opposing the collection of outstanding rents in upstate New York during the early 19th century after the death of Stephen Van Rensselaer III.
antisera
antiwear
antiwear
adj
Preventing mechanical wear.
antlered
antlered
adj
Having antlers.
antrorse
antrorse
adj
(biology) Curved or pointed forward or upward.
anureses
anuresis
anuresis
noun
(medicine) The inability to urinate; the retention of urine in the bladder.
anuretic
anuretic
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to or characterised by anuresis.
(medicine) Who has anuresis; unable to urinate.
anvasser
anywhere
anywhere
adv
In or at any location or an unknown location.
To (in the direction of) any location or an unknown location.
pron
Any location or an unknown location.
aperient
aperient
adj
Having a gentle laxative effect.
noun
A laxative, either in the form of a medicine or a food such as asparagus or hops, which has the effect of moving the bowels, or aiding digestion and preventing constipation.
apertion
apertion
noun
(archaic) An opening; an aperture.
(archaic) The act of opening.
apocrine
apocrine
adj
(anatomy, biology, histology) Of or pertaining to an apocrine gland or to its mode of secretion, which involves the budding of portions of the secreting cells.
apparens
apparent
apparent
adj
Appearing to the eye or mind (distinguished from, but not necessarily opposed to, true or real); seeming.
Capable of being seen, or easily seen; open to view; visible to the eye, eyely; within sight or view.
Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable.
appender
appender
noun
(computing) A software component that appends data to a computer file.
apprense
aprendiz
apreynte
apriline
aproneer
aproneer
noun
(obsolete, derogatory) A shopkeeper.
araguane
araignee
aramaean
aramenta
araneida
araneids
araneids
noun
plural of araneid
araneina
araneose
araneose
adj
Resembling a spider's web; arachnoid.
araneous
araneous
adj
Extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb.
arangoes
arangoes
noun
plural of arango
arbinose
arborean
arborean
adj
Archaic form of arboreal.
arbutean
arbutean
adj
(obsolete) Made from arbute, the wood of the strawberry tree.
arcanite
arcanite
noun
(mineralogy) Potassium sulfate.
archaean
archaean
noun
(biology) Any organism of the domain Archaea.
archdean
archdean
noun
A member of a discontinued Catholic ecclesiastical office, higher in rank than a dean.
archeion
archelon
archenia
archines
archines
noun
plural of archine
archness
archness
noun
The state of being arch.
arcsines
arcsines
noun
plural of arcsine
ardennes
ardennes
Proper noun
One of the départements of Champagne-Ardenne, France (INSEE code 08)
ardently
ardently
adv
fervently
arecaine
arecaine
noun
Synonym of arecaidine
arecolin
arenaria
arenites
arenites
noun
plural of arenite
arezzini
argemone
argemone
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Argemone of flowering plants, the prickly poppies.
argemony
argental
argental
adj
Of silver.
argentan
argentan
noun
nickel silver
argenter
argentia
argentic
argentic
adj
(chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a lower proportion than in argentous compounds.
Of, pertaining to or containing silver.
argentin
argentol
argenton
argentry
argentry
noun
(obsolete) Silver plate or vessels.
argentum
arginase
arginase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of arginine to form urea and ornithine
arginine
arginine
noun
An amino acid found in animal foods that plays an important role in several physiological processes.
argosine
arguendo
arguendo
adv
(law) Used to set off the facts presented in an argument on a point of law from facts in dispute in the case.
(law) for the sake of argument; assuming without deciding; identifying the premises of a hypothetical argument while making it clear that no finding is being made on whether the premises are true.
argument
argument
noun
(also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
(by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
(countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
(countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
(countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
(countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
(logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
(uncountable, archaic) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.
A matter in question; a business in hand.
A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
The independent variable of a function.
The phase of a complex number.
The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.
(intransitive, obsolete, now nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) To put forward as an argument; to argue.
arianize
aridness
aridness
noun
The state or quality of being arid.
armament
armament
noun
(military, naval) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
A body of forces equipped for war.
Any equipment for resistance.
The process of building up military capacity.
armenian
armenite
armenite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
armenize
armenoid
armenoid
Noun
A member of a subtype of the Caucasian race, similar to the Dinaric but with slightly darker pigmentation, found mainly in the northern part of Western Asia.
armozeen
armozeen
noun
A thick plain silk, generally black, used for clerical garments.
armozine
armozine
noun
Alternative form of armozeen
arnberry
arnegard
arnegard
Proper noun
A city/town in North Dakota.
arnement
arointed
arointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aroint
arondell
aroynted
aroynted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aroynt
arranged
arranged
adj
(of a marriage) Having the match decided by someone other than the couple being married.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arrange
arranger
arranger
noun
Digital keyboard to play music with accompaniment styles.
One who arranges.
arranges
arranges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrange
arrasene
arrasene
noun
A fabric of wool or silk used for working the figures in embroidery.
arretine
arretine
Adjective
Of, from or pertaining to Arezzo, Italy.
arrhenal
arsedine
arsedine
noun
(obsolete) An imitation gold used in gilding.
arsenals
arsenals
noun
plural of arsenal
arsenate
arsenate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of arsenic acid.
(chemistry) The anion AsO₄³⁻.
arsenics
arsenics
noun
plural of arsenic
arsenide
arsenide
noun
A compound with arsenic in oxidation state −3.
An ion that is an arsenic atom with three extra electrons and charge −3.
arsenism
arsenism
noun
arsenic poisoning
arsenite
arsenite
noun
(chemistry) Any oxyanion of trivalent arsenic, especially the AsO₃³⁻ anion (or protonated derivatives); any salt containing this anion, or any ester of arsenious acid
arsenium
arsenium
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The radical cation H₂As:⁺ derived from arsine
(organic chemistry) Any derivative of this ion R₂As:⁺
arsenous
arsenous
adj
(chemistry) of, related to, or derived from arsenic, especially in an oxidation state of three; arsenious