A building that houses bathing and toilet facilities on a military base.
plural of ablution
abuilding
abuilding
adj
(archaic, excluding US) Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
(archaic, excluding US) Developing or arising, as a trend or an idea.
abusively
abusively
adv
In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
abutilons
abutilons
noun
plural of abutilon
acalculia
acalculia
noun
(pathology) The condition of lacking basic mathematical skills caused by a brain injury, or more specifically an injury to the parietal lobe.
acclivous
acclivous
adj
sloping upward; rising like a hillside.
acheilous
acheilous
adj
(obsolete, pathology) lipless
acheulian
acholuria
acholuria
noun
(pathology) A lack of bile pigments in the urine
acholuric
acholuric
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to acholuria
aciculate
aciculate
adj
Furnished with aciculae.
Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
acicular (needle-shaped)
aciculums
aciculums
noun
plural of aciculum
acidalium
acidulant
acidulant
noun
A food additive used to increase acidity or to give a tart taste
acidulate
acidulate
verb
(transitive) To make slightly or moderately acid; to acidify.
(transitive) To make sour in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
(transitive) To use an acidic catalyst, with the chemical change being emphasised over the importance of the change in pH. Used in the processing of biodiesel co-products.
acidulent
acidulent
adj
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
acidulous
acidulous
adj
(figurative) Sharp; caustic.
Containing carbonic acid.
Slightly sour; sub-acid; sourish.
acoluthic
acoluthic
adj
Pertaining to a residual sense impression immediately following a stimulus, as with an afterimage
acquittal
acquittal
noun
(historical) The act of releasing someone from debt or other obligation; acquittance.
(law) A legal decision that someone is not guilty with which they have been charged, or the formal dismissal of a charge by some other legal process.
(now rare) The act of fulfilling the duties (of a given role, obligation etc.).
(rare) Avoidance of danger; deliverance.
Payment of a debt or other obligation; reparations, amends.
actinulae
actinulae
noun
plural of actinula
actualise
actualise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of actualize.
actualism
actualism
noun
(philosophy) The belief that actuality and existence are co‐extensive: i.e., that only actual things exist, and merely possible things do not.
actualist
actualist
noun
A proponent of actualism.
actuality
actuality
noun
(historical, film) A short early motion picture.
(television) Live reporting on current affairs.
An instance or quality of being actual or factual; fact.
The state of existing; existence.
actualize
actualize
verb
(intransitive) To become actual or real.
(reflexive) To realize one's full potential.
(transitive) To make real; to realize.
actuarial
actuarial
adj
Of or pertaining to actuaries.
Relating to statistical calculation, especially pertaining to insurance.
adducible
adducible
adj
Capable of being adduced.
adfluxion
adfluxion
noun
Alternative form of affluxion
adlumidin
adularias
adularias
noun
plural of adularia
adulating
adulating
verb
present participle of adulate
adulation
adulation
noun
Flattery; fulsome praise.
adultlike
adultlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an adult
adviceful
adviceful
adj
(obsolete) Attentive; watchful.
Providing advice; informative, insightful.
aediculae
aediculae
noun
plural of aedicula
aegialeus
aequiculi
aethalium
aethalium
noun
A flat, plump fruiting body, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia, in certain slime molds.
affluxion
affluxion
noun
The act of flowing towards; afflux.
aglobulia
aguadilla
aguinaldo
aguinaldo
noun
(Latin America) A Christmas carol.
A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
A gift given on any other holiday or occasion.
A wild tropical plant of the Convolvulaceae family, very common in Cuba and which flowers at Easter and Christmas.
Christmas pay bonus; Christmas box.
ahluwalia
aiguilles
aiguilles
noun
plural of aiguille
ailanthus
ailanthus
noun
Any of several deciduous Asiatic trees of the genus Ailanthus, including the tree of heaven.
ailuridae
ailuropus
akoluthia
alacrious
alacrious
adj
Lively and joyfully involved.
alambique
alaruming
alaruming
verb
(archaic, rare) present participle of alarum
alaudidae
albinuria
albinuria
noun
Synonym of albiduria
albuginea
albuginea
noun
(anatomy) A layer of white, fibrous tissue.
albugines
alcuinian
alcyonium
alcyonium
noun
(zoology) Any of the genus Alcyonium of fleshy Alcyonaria, their polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays.
aleucemic
aleukemic
aleukemic
adj
Relating to aleukemia.
aleurites
aleuritic
aleuronic
aleuronic
adj
Of or pertaining to aleurone.
aleutians
aleutians
Noun
of (person)
Proper noun
The Aleutian Islands.
alfaquins
alfaquins
noun
plural of alfaquin
algonquin
aliferous
aliferous
adj
Having wings; winged
aligerous
aligerous
adj
winged
alimentum
aliquippa
aliturgic
aliturgic
adj
Not liturgic; without a liturgy.
alleluiah
alleluiah
noun
Alternative form of alleluia
alleluias
alleluias
noun
plural of alleluia
allituric
allomucic
alloquial
alloxuric
alluminor
alluminor
noun
(obsolete) An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
allusions
allusions
noun
plural of allusion
alluvials
alluvials
noun
Deposits of sediment formed over a long period of time by rivers; layers of alluvium.
alluviate
alluviate
verb
(transitive) To fill or cover with alluvium.
alluvions
alluvions
noun
plural of alluvion
alluvious
alluvious
adj
(archaic) alluvial
alluviums
alluviums
noun
plural of alluvium
alluvivia
almuredin
altitudes
altitudes
noun
plural of altitude
altruisms
altruisms
noun
plural of altruism
altruists
altruists
noun
plural of altruist
alumetize
aluminate
aluminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound, containing aluminium and oxygen with more electropositive elements, that is a salt of the hypothetical aluminic acid
aluminide
aluminide
noun
(chemistry) Any intermetallic compound of aluminium and a more electropositive element
aluminise
aluminise
verb
(transitive) To coat with a layer of aluminium.
aluminish
aluminite
aluminite
Noun
A hydrous aluminium sulfate mineral with formula Al2SO4(OH)4·7(H2O).
aluminium
aluminium
noun
(slang) Aircraft or other machinery made partially or wholly of aluminium.
A light, silvery metal extracted from bauxite, and a chemical element (symbol Al) with an atomic number of 13.
aluminize
aluminize
verb
US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminise.
aluminose
aluminous
aluminous
adj
(chemistry) of or pertaining to alumina or alum
aluminums
aluminums
noun
plural of aluminum
alumniate
alushtite
alvearium
ambulatio
amburbial
amburbial
adj
Relating to the amburbium.
amplitude
amplitude
noun
(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
(firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
(mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
(physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
amusingly
amusingly
adv
In an amusing manner.
amusively
amusively
adv
In an amusive manner.
andalusia
andouille
andouille
noun
A spiced, heavily smoked Cajun pork sausage, often made from the entire gastrointestinal system of the pig.
aneuploid
aneuploid
adj
(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that is not a multiple of the haploid number.
noun
A cell or an organism having such a number of chromosomes.
angelique
angelique
noun
Alternative form of angélique
anguineal
anguineal
adj
(obsolete, mathematics) Describing a certain type of hyperbola that has a snakelike form
Like a snake; anguineous
angularia
anilingus
anilingus
noun
A form of oral sex in which the tongue and lips are used for stimulation of a sexual partner's anus.
animacule
annualist
annualist
noun
One who writes for, or edits, an annual.
annualize
annualize
verb
American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of annualise.
annularia
annulling
annulling
noun
An annulment.
verb
present participle of annul
annuloida
antiloquy
antiquely
antiquely
adv
In an antique manner.
antiulcer
antiulcer
adj
(medicine) Serving to prevent or counteract ulcers.
antluetic
anxiously
anxiously
adv
In an anxious manner; with painful uncertainty; solicitously.
aphelinus
apiculate
apiculate
adj
(botany) Having a short, sharply pointed tip.
aplustria
apolousis
appliqued
appliqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of applique
appliques
appliques
noun
plural of applique
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of applique
appulsion
appulsion
noun
(obsolete, rare) A driving or striking against; an appulse.
appulsive
appulsive
adj
Striking against; impinging.
apulmonic
apulmonic
adj
Not pulmonic; lacking, or not using, the lungs.
aquatical
aquatical
adj
Archaic form of aquatic.
aquiclude
aquiclude
noun
(geology) A solid, impermeable area underlying or overlying an aquifer.
aquilaria
aquilegia
aquilegia
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Aquilegia.
archilute
archilute
noun
Alternative form of archlute
argillous
argillous
adj
clayey; argillaceous
arguslike
articular
articular
adj
(anatomy) Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body.
(grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical article.
articulus
articulus
noun
(zoology) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea.
(zoology) A joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
asclepius
asclepius
Proper noun
The god of doctors, medicine and healing. He is the son of Apollo and Coronis, husband of Epione, and father of the Asclepiades. His Roman name is Aesculapius.
Short for an
asphalius
asplenium
asplenium
noun
(botany) Synonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.
assistful
assistful
adj
(archaic) helpful
auctorial
auctorial
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an author.
audiology
audiology
noun
An allied health profession pertaining to the assessment and rehabilitation of hearing and balance disorders.
The study of the auditory and vestibular systems, and associated disorders