(rare) superlative form of absolute: most absolute
absolutive
absolutive
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.
(rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.
noun
(grammar) An uninflected verb form used to indicate another action performed by the subject of the principal verb.
(grammar) The absolutive case, or a phrase that uses it.
absolutize
absolutize
verb
(transitive) To make absolute.
abstemious
abstemious
adj
(rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
acanaceous
acanaceous
adj
(very rare) Bearing prickles or thistles; prickly.
acarpelous
acarpelous
adj
Alternative spelling of acarpellous
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accustomed
accustomed
adj
(obsolete) Frequented by customers.
(of a person) Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions.
(of a thing, condition, activity, etc.) Familiar through use; usual; customary.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustom
acensuador
acephalous
acephalous
adj
(botany) Having the style spring from the base, instead of from the apex, as is the case in certain ovaries
(of a manuscript) Lacking the first portion of the text.
(prosody) Deficient in the beginning, as a line of poetry that is missing its expected opening syllable.
(rare) Without a beginning.
(social sciences, political science, sociology) A system of society without centralised state authority, where power is welded amongst groups of community entities e.g. clans. Without a leader or chief.
(zoology, applied to bivalve mollusks) Without a distinct head.
Having no head.
aceraceous
aceraceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Aceraceae of maples and close relatives, now subsumed in family Sapindaceae, especially its subfamily Hippocastanoideae.
acetarious
acetarious
adj
(archaic) Used in salads or as salad
acinaceous
acinaceous
adj
(botany) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
acleistous
acoelomous
acoelomous
adj
Synonym of acoelomate
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
acuclosure
acusection
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adjustores
adoxaceous
adulterous
adulterous
adj
Of, or characterized by adultery.
aeriferous
aeriferous
adj
(of a tube etc) That conveys air
aerogenous
aerogenous
adj
(biology) Transmitted through the air.
aeruginous
aeruginous
adj
Of or pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris.
aestuation
aetosaurus
affectious
affectious
adj
(obsolete) affectionate
affectuous
affectuous
adj
(obsolete) Full of passion or emotion; earnest.
affettuoso
affettuoso
adv
(music) With feeling; in a loving, tender way.
afterhours
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
airiferous
airiferous
adj
Alternative form of aeriferous
aizoaceous
aizoaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Aizoaceae of fig-marigolds.
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
aleurobius
alliaceous
alliaceous
adj
Smelling or tasting of garlic or onion.
allomerous
allomerous
adj
(chemistry) Characterized by allomerism.
almshouses
almshouses
noun
plural of almshouse.
alopecurus
alutaceous
alutaceous
adj
Of the colour or texture of leather
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
ambosexous
ambosexous
adj
(obsolete) ambisexual; hermaphroditic
ambosexual
ametallous
ammiaceous
amphoterus
amylaceous
amylaceous
adj
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, starch; starchy.
anelytrous
anenterous
anenterous
adj
(zoology) Without a stomach or an intestine.
anguineous
anguineous
adj
Like a snake.
anisomelus
annelidous
annelidous
adj
Of or pertaining to annelids
announcers
announcers
noun
plural of announcer
anoestrous
anonaceous
anonaceous
adj
Alternative form of annonaceous
anorectous
anorectous
adj
(archaic) anorectic; lacking appetite
antipoenus
aperulosid
apocyneous
apocyneous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum.
aquiferous
aquiferous
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to an aquifer
Carrying water
arboresque
arboretums
arbusterol
archemorus
arciferous
arecaceous
arecaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Arecaceae of palms.
arenaceous
arenaceous
adj
(geology) Arenitic.
(of a plant) Growing in sandy soil.
(of soil) Sandy.
arenarious
arenarious
adj
sandy
argenteous
argenteous
adj
(formal) Silvery.
arietinous
arietinous
Adjective
Shaped like a ram's head.
armiferous
armiferous
adj
(rare) Bearing arms or weapons.
armigerous
armigerous
adj
Entitled to bear a coat of arms.
arousement
arousement
noun
Arousal.
asciferous
ascigerous
ascigerous
adj
(botany) Having asci.
ascogenous
ascogenous
adj
(mycology) That grows from the ascogonium of a fungus
asperously
asperously
adv
In an asperous manner.
asperulous
asperulous
adj
(botany) Slightly rough, due to minute small hard protrusions on the surface.
asphodelus
asporulate
asporulate
adj
(botany) That does not produce spores
assecution
assecution
noun
(obsolete) acquisition; an obtaining
atrematous
audiotapes
audiotapes
noun
plural of audiotape
auditories
auditories
noun
plural of auditory
auriferous
auriferous
adj
Containing or producing gold; gold-bearing.
aurigerous
aurigerous
adj
Bearing or yielding gold; auriferous.
austrogaea
authorised
authorised
adj
Alternative spelling of authorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorise
authoriser
authoriser
noun
Alternative form of authorizer
authorizes
authorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authorize
authorless
authorless
adj
Without an author.
autobusses
autobusses
noun
(dated) plural of autobus
autoclaves
autoclaves
noun
plural of autoclave
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autoclave
autoecious
autoecious
adj
Pertaining to a fungus, most often a rust, completing its life cycle on one host.
autogamies
autogamies
noun
plural of autogamy
autogenies
autogenous
autogenous
adj
(anatomy) Developed from an independent centre of ossification.
Produced independently of an external cause or influence.
autokinesy
autokinesy
noun
autokinesis
autolesion
autolysate
autolysate
noun
(chemistry) Any product of autolysis
autonetics
autonomies
autonomies
noun
plural of autonomy
autopepsia
autosender
autosender
noun
An automatic sender.
autosexing
autosexing
noun
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
autostoper
autotelism
autotelism
noun
(art) In literature or art, the belief that a work, having been created, is a justification in and of itself. Poems with a unified rhetorical device to frame the poem in a singular idea.
The belief that an entity or event has within itself its own meaning or purpose.
autotheism
autotheism
noun
Belief that one is a deity.
Belief that one is possessed by a divine power.
The doctrine of the self-subsistence of God, especially of the second person in the Trinity.
Worship of oneself.
autotheist
autotheist
noun
One who subscribes to autotheism; a self-worshipper.
autotomies
autotomies
noun
plural of autotomy
autotomise
autotomise
verb
Alternative form of autotomize
autotypies
autotypies
noun
plural of autotypy
avenaceous
avenaceous
adj
Belonging to, or resembling, oats or the oat grasses.
axiopoenus
baccaceous
baccaceous
adj
Resembling a berry.
backhouses
backhouses
noun
plural of backhouse
bacterious
bakehouses
bakehouses
noun
plural of bakehouse
balourdise
bargehouse
basigenous
basisolute
basisolute
adj
(botany) Prolonged at the base, like certain leaves.
bathhouses
bathhouses
noun
plural of bathhouse
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
bawdyhouse
bawdyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
beadhouses
beadhouses
noun
plural of beadhouse
beaujolais
becousined
bedehouses
bedehouses
noun
plural of bedehouse
bedouinism
bedouinism
noun
Nomadic desert life, like that of the bedouins.
beerhouses
beerhouses
noun
plural of beerhouse
behaviours
behaviours
noun
plural of behaviour
bellowsful
bellowsful
noun
Enough to fill a bellows.
belorussia
belorussia
Proper noun
Belarus
beltcourse
beltcourse
noun
Alternative form of belt course
bescouring
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
beshrouded
beshrouded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshroud
bespousing
bespousing
verb
present participle of bespouse
bielorouss
biliferous
biliferous
adj
Generating bile.
bipetalous
bipetalous
Adjective
Having two petals.
birdhouses
birdhouses
noun
plural of birdhouse
bistouries
bistouries
noun
plural of bistoury
blisterous
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
blottesque
blottesque
adj
(art) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; lacking delineation.
noun
(art) An artwork characterized by blots or heavy touches.