(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
academic
academic
adj
(art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
noun
(archaic) A student in a college.
(plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
(plural only) Academic studies.
(usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
A member of the Academy; an academician.
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
academie
acemetic
acetamid
acetamid
noun
Obsolete spelling of acetamide
acetoxim
achenium
achenium
noun
(botany) achene
acidemia
acidemia
noun
Alternative form of acidaemia
acoelomi
acoemeti
adamsite
adamsite
noun
An organic compound, diphenylaminechlorarsine, used as a riot-control agent.
addiment
addiment
noun
(immunology, archaic) Synonym of complement
adeeming
adeeming
verb
present participle of adeem
adermine
adlumine
adlumine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in plants of genus Adlumia.
admedial
admedial
adj
(anatomy) Near the medial plane
admedian
admedian
adj
(anatomy) Near the median plane
admirers
admirers
noun
plural of admirer
admitted
admitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admit
admittee
admittee
noun
One who is admitted.
admitter
admitter
noun
Someone who or something which admits.
aecidium
aecidium
noun
(mycology) A member of the form genus Aecidium.
The cupulate fruiting body borne upon the mycelium of certain fungi commonly parasitic upon specimens of the Compositae, Lamiaceae, Leguminosae, and Ranunculaceae families
aegimius
aerarium
aerarium
noun
(historical) The state treasury of Ancient Rome.
aeriform
aeriform
adj
Having a form similar to that of air.
Light, unsubstantial, or unstable.
Pertaining to air.
aerobium
affirmed
affirmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affirm
affirmer
affirmer
noun
One who affirms.
afikomen
afikomen
noun
(Judaism) The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
agamidae
aglimmer
aglimmer
adj
Glimmering; gleaming or shining.
agmatine
agmatine
noun
(biochemistry) The amine (4-aminobutyl)guanidine which is a decarboxylation product of arginine and an intermediate in polyamine biosynthesis
agminate
agminate
adj
(biology) Grouped together.
aguamiel
ailments
ailments
noun
plural of ailment
airdrome
airdrome
noun
A location where aircraft are operated, usually having a runway and maintenance facilities.
airframe
airframe
noun
The main body and structure of an aircraft (without the powerplant).
airtimes
airtimes
noun
plural of airtime
airwomen
airwomen
noun
plural of airwoman
alcamine
alchemic
alchemic
adj
alchemical.
alcimede
aldamine
aldimine
aldimine
noun
(organic chemistry) An imine derived from an aldehyde; general formula RCH=NR
aldoxime
aldoxime
noun
(organic chemistry) Any oxime derived from an aldehyde; general formula RCH=NOH
aleichem
aleikoum
alemanni
alembics
alembics
noun
plural of alembic
alienism
alienism
noun
(archaic) The study or treatment of mental disorders; psychiatry.
A foreignism, a word (or trait, etc) from another language (or country, etc).
The fact or position of being an alien; alienage.
aliments
aliments
noun
plural of aliment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aliment
alkamine
allelism
allelism
noun
(genetics) The existence of two or more alleles of a gene
allumine
almerian
almeries
almeries
noun
plural of almery
almicore
alumines
amacrine
amacrine
adj
(biology) Without long processes.
noun
(biology) Any cell that does not have a long process.
amaister
amandine
amandine
adj
(cooking) Served with almonds.
noun
A cosmetic cream prepared from almonds.
The vegetable casein of almonds.
amasesis
amatrice
amatrice
noun
(rare) A female amateur.
Alternative form of amatrix
ambaries
amberies
amberies
noun
plural of ambery
amberina
amberite
amberite
noun
A kind of smokeless powder.
amberoid
ambiance
ambiance
noun
(computer graphics, 3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
ambience
ambience
noun
Alternative spelling of ambiance
ambiency
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
ambivert
ambivert
noun
(psychology) A person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each.
ambonite
ambroise
ameiosis
ameiosis
noun
(biology) The absence of pairing of chromosomes during meiosis
ameiotic
ameiotic
adj
(biology) Not undergoing meiosis; relating to ameiosis
ameiurus
amending
amending
verb
present participle of amend
amentias
amentias
noun
plural of amentia
amercing
amercing
verb
present participle of amerce
american
americas
americus
americus
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
a CDP in Indiana, USA.
a small city in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
amerinds
amerveil
amethist
amicable
amicable
adj
Showing friendliness or goodwill.
amicheme
amidases
amidases
noun
plural of amidase
amidated
amidated
adj
(organic chemistry) Converted into, or reacted with an amide
amidines
amidines
noun
plural of amidine
amidogen
amidogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry, dated) The amino radical, •NH₂, the neutral form of the amide ion −NH₂⁻, regardable as the ammonia molecule with one of its hydrogen atoms removed.
amidones
amidones
noun
plural of amidone
amilcare
amimeche
aminated
aminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aminate
aminogen
amintore
amioidei
amirates
amirates
noun
plural of amirate
amitoses
amitoses
noun
plural of amitosis
amitrole
amitrole
noun
(organic chemistry) The heterocyclic amine 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole that is used as a nonselective systemic triazole herbicide on nonfood croplands
ammanite
ammelide
ammelide
noun
(organic chemistry) 6-amino-2,4-dihydroxy-1,3,5-triazine, the hydrolysis product of ammeline.
ammeline
ammeline
noun
(organic chemistry) 4,6-diamino-2-hydroxy-1,3,5-triazine, the hydrolysis product of melamine.
ammonite
ammonite
noun
(paleontology) Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.
An explosive prepared from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate; a form of amatol, popular in Eastern Europe and China.
amnesiac
amnesiac
noun
Person who suffers from loss of memory (amnesia).
amnesias
amnesias
noun
plural of amnesia
amnesics
amnesics
noun
plural of amnesic
amnestic
amnestic
adj
(medicine) Synonym of amnesic (adj).
noun
Synonym of amnesic (noun)
amniotes
amniotes
noun
plural of amniote
amoebian
amoebian
noun
(zoology) One of the Amoebea.
amoebida
amoeboid
amoeboid
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an amoeba, particularly in having amoeboid movement.
noun
A single-celled organism that moves or feeds by amoeboid movement.
amoibite
amoinder
amoretti
amortise
amortise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative form of amortize
amortize
amortize
verb
(transitive) To alienate (property) in mortmain.
(transitive) To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments.
(transitive, computer science) To even out the costs of running an algorithm over many iterations, so that high-cost iterations are much less frequent than low-cost iterations, which lowers the average running time.
ampelite
ampelite
noun
(mineralogy) A carbonaceous alum schist.
(mineralogy) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines.
amperian
amphigen
amphigen
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An element that in combination produces amphid salt; applied by Jöns Jacob Berzelius to oxygen, sulphur, selenium, and tellurium.
ampliate
ampliate
adj
(zoology) Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To enlarge.
amuletic
amuletic
adj
Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.
amylemia
anaemias
anaemias
noun
plural of anaemia
analcime
analcime
noun
(mineralogy) A sodium aluminosilicate with a chemical formula NaAlSi₂O₆·H₂O, having a zeolite structure, found in alkaline basalts.
anemious
anemious
adj
Pertaining to anemia.
anemonin
anemonin
noun
(organic chemistry) An acrid toxic substance obtained from some species of anemone.
anemosis
anemosis
noun
A shake in timber caused by high winds.
anemotis
aneurism
aneurism
noun
Alternative spelling of aneurysm
animable
animable
adj
Capable of being put into life or receiving animation.
animated
animated
adj
Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move through the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.
Endowed with life.
Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of animate
animater
animater
noun
Alternative form of animator
animates
animates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animate
animetta
animized
animuses
animuses
noun
plural of animus
annamite
annelism
annmarie
anoxemia
anoxemia
noun
Alternative spelling of anoxaemia
anoxemic
anoxemic
adj
Alternative form of anoxaemic
anthemia
anthemia
noun
plural of anthemion
anthemis
anthemis
noun
camomile, in genus Anthemis.
antietam
antifame
antifame
adj
Opposing fame.
antimale
antimale
adj
Averse to, or acting against, males.
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.
antinome
antinome
noun
(archaic, rare) Synonym of antinomy
aphetism
aphetism
noun
Aphesis.
The aphetized form of a word, i.e. a word which has dropped its initial vowel or syllable, such as squire.
apomixes
apomixes
noun
plural of apomixis
apterium
apterium
noun
(ornithology) An area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird.