(obsolete) A person supporting the abdication of another.
abenteric
abenteric
adj
(pathology) Relating to organs outside of the intestine.
abrachias
abrachias
noun
plural of abrachia
abrahamic
abrahamic
Adjective
Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch.
Descended from the religious tradition of Abraham.
abrazitic
abstricts
abstricts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstrict
acariasis
acariasis
noun
An infestation with, or disease caused by mites or ticks.
acariatre
acaricide
acaricide
noun
Any substance which kills acarids (mites and ticks).
acaridans
acaridans
noun
plural of acaridan
acaridean
acariform
acariform
noun
Any mite of the superorder Acariformes
accipiter
accipiter
noun
(medicine, surgery) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
(ornithology) Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
acclaimer
acclaimer
noun
(obsolete) One who claims.
One who salutes or praises with great approval.
according
according
adj
Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
adv
(obsolete) Accordingly; correspondingly.
verb
present participle of accord.
accordion
accordion
noun
(figurative) A set of items (concepts, links, or otherwise) that can be packed and unpacked cognitively, or their representation as a set of virtual objects.
(graphical user interface) A vertical list of items that can be individually expanded and collapsed to reveal their contents.
A box-shaped musical instrument with means of keys and buttons, whose tones are generated by play of the wind from a squeezed bellows upon free metallic reeds.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To fold up, in the manner of an accordion
accredits
accredits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accredit
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.
accretive
accretive
adj
Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
accroides
accroides
noun
acaroid resin
accursing
accursing
verb
present participle of accurse
acervatim
acetifier
acetifier
noun
An apparatus for hastening acetification
acheilary
acheirous
acheirous
adj
Of or pertaining to acheiria (lacking one or both hands)
achievers
achievers
noun
plural of achiever
acholuria
acholuria
noun
(pathology) A lack of bile pigments in the urine
acholuric
acholuric
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to acholuria
achronism
achropsia
acidifier
acidifier
noun
(chemistry) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
acidproof
acidproof
adj
Resistant to the corrosive effects of acid.
acidurias
acidurias
noun
plural of aciduria
acierated
acierated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acierate
acierates
acierates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acierate
aciniform
aciniform
adj
Full of small kernels like a grape.
Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes.
noun
A type of spinneret of a spider formed of spherical particles
acipenser
acneiform
acneiform
adj
(pathology) Alternative form of acneform
acopyrine
acquirers
acquirers
noun
plural of acquirer
acquiring
acquiring
verb
present participle and gerund of acquire
acquitter
acquitter
noun
One who acquits or releases.
acraeinae
acraniate
acraniate
adj
That lacks a cranium
noun
Any animal of the class Acrania
acrasieae
acrididae
acridines
acridines
noun
plural of acridine
acridinic
acridness
acridness
noun
bitterness or acerbity
acritical
acritical
adj
Not critical
Not involving a crisis
acrobatic
acrobatic
adj
Of or pertaining to an acrobat.
vigorously active
acrocarpi
acrocomia
acrodynia
acrodynia
noun
(pathology) An epidemic disease of the skin characterized by increased sensibility of the soles and palms, with pricking sensations in them and rheumatoid pains in the hands and feet.
acrogenic
acrogenic
adj
Alternative form of acrogenous
acroleins
acroleins
noun
plural of acrolein
acroliths
acroliths
noun
plural of acrolith
acrologic
acrologic
adj
Of or pertaining to acronyms
Of or pertaining to the naming of hieroglyphic symbols by the first phonetic sound of the picture they represent
acromania
acromania
noun
(obsolete) mental illness (especially when accompanied by hyperactivity)
acromimia
acromyodi
acronical
acronical
adj
(astronomy) Alternative form of acronycal
Occurring at sunset.
Occurring at the end of life.
acronymic
acronymic
Adjective
Pertaining to the use of acronyms.
acropodia
acropodia
noun
plural of acropodium
acropolis
acropolis
noun
A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.
acrospire
acrospire
noun
(botany) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate.
verb
To put forth the first sprout.
acrostics
acrostics
noun
plural of acrostic
acroteria
acroteria
noun
plural of acroterium
acroteric
acroteric
adj
Relating to the extremities of the limbs or to the tip of the nose
acrotisms
actionary
actionary
noun
(business, obsolete) A shareholder in a joint-stock company.
activator
activator
noun
(biology) A type of effector that increases the rate of enzyme-mediated reactions.
(biology) Any chemical or agent which regulates one or more genes by increasing the rate of transcription.
(chemistry) Something that activates a catalyst
(mining) An agent that enables the flotation of a mineral or minerals.
A type of dopant used in phosphors and scintillators.
One who, or that which, activates.
actoridae
actorship
actorship
noun
The state or quality associated with being an actor.
actuarial
actuarial
adj
Of or pertaining to actuaries.
Relating to statistical calculation, especially pertaining to insurance.
actuarian
actuarian
adj
Synonym of actuarial
noun
Synonym of actuary
actuaries
actuaries
noun
plural of actuary
acurative
acutiator
adipocere
adipocere
noun
A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis
adjutrice
adjutrice
noun
Alternative form of adjutrix (“female adjutor”)
admirance
admirance
noun
(obsolete) admiration
adscripts
adscripts
noun
plural of adscript
aegicores
aerobatic
aerobatic
adj
Having to do with acrobatic maneuvers, such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.
aerogenic
aerogenic
adj
(biology) Producing gas or air (used especially of some bacteria)
aerolitic
aerolitic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerolites.
aerologic
aerologic
adj
Pertaining to aerology, characteristic of aerology.
aeronomic
aeronomic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to aeronomy
affiancer
affiancer
noun
One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
afflicter
afflicter
noun
One who afflicts.
afforcing
afforcing
verb
present participle of afforce
affricate
affricate
noun
(phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative.
verb
(transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.
agaricine
agaricoid
agaricoid
adj
(of a fungus) Resembling an agaric
agincourt
agrologic
agrologic
Adjective
Relating to agrology.
agronomic
agronomic
adj
Of or pertaining to agronomy.
ahistoric
ahistoric
adj
Synonym of ahistorical
airchecks
airchecks
noun
plural of aircheck
aircrafts
aircrafts
noun
(nonstandard) plural of aircraft
airscapes
airscapes
noun
plural of airscape
airscrews
airscrews
noun
plural of airscrew
airspaces
airspaces
noun
plural of airspace
alacrious
alacrious
adj
Lively and joyfully involved.
albicores
albicores
noun
plural of albicore
albricias
albricias
noun
(historical) A sum of money paid as a reward to the bearer of good news.
alchitran
alcoranic
alcoranic
Adjective
Of or relating to the Qur'an; qur'anic.
aleatoric
aleatoric
adj
(art, music, not comparable) Of or pertaining to works that have been produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).
Having an element of chance.
alectoria
alectoria
noun
A magical stone said to be found in the gizzard of cocks.
alectoris
alectrion
aleuritic
aleuronic
aleuronic
adj
Of or pertaining to aleurone.
algebraic
algebraic
adj
(algebra, number theory, of a number) Which is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(algebra, of a field) Whose every element is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(chess, of notation) Describing squares by file (referred to in intrinsic order rather than by the piece starting on that file) and rank, both with reference to a fixed point rather than a player-dependent perspective.
(mathematics, of an expression, equation, or function) Containing only numbers, letters, and arithmetic operators.
Of, or relating to, algebra.
algeciras
algeciras
Proper noun
A city in the Bay of Gibraltar, in the Spanish province of Andalusia.
algraphic
algraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to algraphy.
aliturgic
aliturgic
adj
Not liturgic; without a liturgy.
alkoranic
allegoric
allegoric
adj
of, or relating to allegory
alliancer
alliancer
noun
One who favors and/or forms an alliance.
allituric
allobaric
allobaric
adj
Concerning changes in atmospheric pressure.
alloxuric
alorcinic
altricial
altricial
adj
(zoology) Helpless at birth (of young animals); or having young which are helpless at birth.
noun
Such an animal
amacratic
amacratic
adj
(optics) Uniting the rays of light into one focus.
amacrinal
amacrinal
adj
Alternative form of amacrine
amaurotic
amaurotic
adj
Pertaining to or suffering from amaurosis.
ambrosiac
ambrosiac
adj
Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
americana
americano
americano
noun
A cocktail made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda.
A drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.
americans
americium
americium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Am) with an atomic number of 95.
amerindic
amerindic
Adjective
Amerindian
ameristic
ameristic
adj
(biology) Lacking a meristem and thus undifferentiated
ameritech
ametropic
ametropic
adj
(ophthalmology) Relating to or suffering from ametropia
amicrobic
amicrobic
adj
Not caused by microbes
amoristic
amoristic
adj
Pertaining or devoted to love; amatory.
anabrotic
anacardic
anacardic
adj
Pertaining to cashews (Anacardium occidentale).
noun
Ellipsis of anacardic acid..
anacharis
anacharis
noun
(obsolete) A freshwater weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharitaceae), native to America; the waterweed or water thyme.
anacrisis
anacrisis
noun
(historical) A stage of the Ancient Greek judicial process in which all of the evidence is produced prior to the trial.
(literary criticism) A dialog or plot event that causes a character to reveal his or her beliefs and motivations.
An interrogation that provokes its subject to make explicit his or her underlying assumptions and deeply held values.
anacrotic
anacrotic
adj
(biology) Relating to anacrotism.
anacrusis
anacrusis
noun
(music) An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase.
(prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
anaeretic
anaerobic
anaerobic
adj
Of exercise, involving glycolysis (the conversion of glucose to adenosine triphosphate) rather than using oxygen to supply bodily energy needs.
Of or relating to an anaerobe.
Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
anaphoric
anaphoric
adj
Of, or relating to, an anaphora.
anarchial
anarchial
adj
(obsolete) anarchic
anarchies
anarchies
noun
plural of anarchy
anarchism
anarchism
noun
A belief that proposes the abolition of hierarchy and authority in most forms.
A political and philosophical belief that all forms of involuntary rule or government are undesirable, unnecessary, or unethical, and as such that society would function without a state.