(pathology) Relating to organs outside of the intestine.
abernathy
abernethy
abernethy
Proper noun
A village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
aberrants
aberrants
noun
plural of aberrant
abhorrent
abhorrent
adj
(archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
Contrary to something; discordant.
Detestable or repugnant.
abnegator
abnegator
noun
(rare) One who abnegates, denies, or rejects.
abortient
abortient
adj
(archaic, medicine) Reproductively sterile or miscarrying.
noun
(archaic, medicine) Abortifacient; an agent producing abortion.
abreption
abreption
noun
(obsolete) A snatching away.
absenters
absenters
noun
plural of absenter
absorbent
absorbent
adj
Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
noun
(chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
(medicine) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
(physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
Anything which absorbs.
abstainer
abstainer
noun
Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
accentors
accentors
noun
plural of accentor
accounter
accounter
noun
A person providing an account of events.
A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
accreting
accreting
verb
present participle of accrete
accretion
accretion
noun
(astrophysics) The formation of planets and other bodies by collection of material through gravity.
(biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
(geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
(law) Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.
(law) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
Concretion; coherence of separate particles.
Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item.
The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
acraniate
acraniate
adj
That lacks a cranium
noun
Any animal of the class Acrania
adherents
adherents
noun
plural of adherent
adorantes
adornment
adornment
noun
A decoration; that which adorns.
The act of decorating.
adrenitis
adrenitis
noun
Alternative form of adrenalitis
adsorbent
adsorbent
adj
Tending to adsorb.
noun
The solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates.
adstringe
adventure
adventure
noun
(obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
(obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
(archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
adversant
advertent
advertent
adj
Attentive.
Not inadvertent; intentional.
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
aegrotant
aerations
aerations
noun
plural of aeration
aerobiont
aerobiont
noun
(biology) Any organism that needs air (oxygen) to survive
aeronauts
aeronauts
noun
plural of aeronaut
affronted
affronted
adj
(heraldry) Synonym of affronté
Defiant
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affront
affrontee
affronter
affronter
noun
One who receives an affront.
Someone who affronts.
afterband
afterguns
afterhand
afterhand
adj
(Scotland, law, archaic) Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.
adv
(archaic) Afterwards; subsequently.
afterhend
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
afternoon
afternoon
adv
(more often in the plural) In the afternoon.
intj
Ellipsis of good afternoon..
noun
(figuratively) The later part of anything, often with implications of decline.
(informal) A party or social event held in the afternoon.
The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm.
afternose
afternote
afternote
noun
A note appended after the main body of text.
afterpain
afterpain
noun
(pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)
aftersend
aftersong
afterturn
agentries
agentries
noun
plural of agentry
aggregant
aggregant
noun
(medicine) Any drug that promotes the aggregation of platelets.
agreation
agreement
agreement
noun
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
(uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
agrements
agrements
noun
plural of agrement
agrestian
agrestian
adj
Synonym of agrestic (“rural, rustic”)
agrigento
agrigento
Proper noun
The capital city of Agrigento.
ailantery
alaternus
alaternus
noun
Alternative form of alatern
albertina
albertine
albertson
alburnett
alectrion
alectryon
alentours
alertness
alertness
noun
The quality of being alert or on the alert
aleuronat
aleuronat
noun
(archaic) flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetics
alienator
alienator
noun
A person who alienates.
alimenter
allenport
allethrin
allethrin
noun
Either of a pair of related synthetic pyrethroids used in insecticides to paralyse the nervous system.
altenburg
alterants
alterants
noun
plural of alterant
alternacy
alternacy
noun
alternateness; alternation
alternant
alternant
adj
(geology) Composed of alternate layers, like certain rocks.
Alternating from one row of a matrix to another.
noun
(linguistics) An alternate form or allomorph.
(mathematics) A determinant which is an alternating function.
alternate
alternate
adj
(US) Other; alternative.
(botany, of leaves) Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
(mathematics) Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly)
noun
(US) A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
(US) A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
(heraldry) Figures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns.
(mathematics) A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
verb
(intransitive) To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
(intransitive) To vary by turns.
(transitive) To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
(transitive, geometry) To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
alternity
alternity
noun
(archaic) alternation
The concept that there exist alternate worlds or universes to the one in which we live.
alternize
alternize
verb
To alternate or take turns.
amounters
anachoret
anacortes
anaeretic
anatherum
anaunters
anaxarete
ancestors
ancestors
noun
plural of ancestor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ancestor
ancestral
ancestral
adj
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors
anchorate
anchorets
anchorets
noun
plural of anchoret
anchorite
anchorite
noun
One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.
(archaic) Something ancient (countable); ancient things (collectively).
(archaic) The olden days; antiquity.
(archaic) The quality or fact of being ancient or very old.
andradite
andradite
noun
A nesosilicate mineral of the garnet group with chemical formula Ca₃Fe₂Si₃O₁₂.
andreotti
andriette
androcyte
anestrous
anestrous
adj
not estrous
of, or pertaining to, anestrus
angetenar
anhydrate
anhydrate
noun
(chemistry) The anhydrous form of a normally hydrated compound
(organic chemistry) An acid anhydride
verb
To dehydrate, especially in food processing.
anhydrite
anhydrite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.
animaters
animaters
noun
plural of animater
aniseroot
aniseroot
noun
Any of certain North American herbs of the genus Osmorhiza.
ankerites
ankerites
noun
plural of ankerite
annotater
annotater
noun
Misspelling of annotator.
anoestrum
anoestrus
anoestrus
noun
Alternative spelling of anestrus
anointers
anointers
noun
plural of anointer
anorectal
anorectal
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the anus and the rectum.
anorectic
anorectic
adj
Causing a loss of appetite.
Characterised by a lack of appetite, especially as suffering from anorexia nervosa; anorexic.
noun
A drug or dietary supplement that reduces the appetite so as to promote weight loss.
A person suffering from anorexia nervosa; an anorexic.
anorthite
anorthite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of plagioclase feldspar, the calcium endmember of that series.
anorthose
anoterite
anserated
anserated
adj
(heraldry) Having the extremities terminate in the heads of eagles, lions, etc.
anteaters
anteaters
noun
plural of anteater
antechoir
antechoir
noun
The division of a choir, that is divided as in some Spanish churches, that is further away from the sanctuary.
The part of a church in front of the choir, often reserved for the clergy and choristers.
antecornu
antecourt
antefurca
antefurca
noun
(anatomy) A forked chitinous structure in the thorax of some insects
antegrade
antegrade
adj
moving or directed forward
antemural
antemural
noun
An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.
antennary
antennary
adj
(organic chemistry) branching
Relating to antennae or feelers
anteporch
anteriors
anterooms
anterooms
noun
plural of anteroom
antesfort
anteverts
anteverts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antevert
antevorta
antheraea
antherids
antherine
antheroid
antheroid
adj
Resembling an anther.
anthorine
anthraces
anthrenus
anticreep
anticrime
anticrime
adj
Opposed to or aimed at preventing or punishing crime
antiglare
antiglare
adj
Acting to reduce or combat glare
antimeres
antimeres
noun
plural of antimere
antimeric
antimeric
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to antimeres.
antimeter
antimeter
noun
(obsolete) A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles.
antinegro
antinegro
adj
Opposing Negros.
antipater
antiprime
antiprime
noun
(number theory) Synonym of highly composite number
antiquers
antiquers
noun
plural of antiquer
antiracer
antiserum
antiserum
noun
(medicine) A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antibodies able to counter certain diseases or toxins.
antitrade
antitrade
adj
Opposing trade.
noun
the wind that blows from west to east above the trade wind
antitrope
antiulcer
antiulcer
adj
(medicine) Serving to prevent or counteract ulcers.
antlerite
antlerite
noun
(mineralogy) A greenish hydrous copper sulfate mineral.
antrocele
antrotome
antrovert
antshrike
antshrike
noun
Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
antsirane
antwerpen
anywither
anywither
adv
Archaic form of anywhither.
apartment
apartment
noun
(archaic) A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.
(chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
(computing, COM) A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.
(obsolete) A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment