(medicine) Absence of pigmentation, especially in the skin or blood
achromic
achromic
adj
(sciences) Uncoloured; not pigmented; lacking in colour.
acridium
acrimony
acrimony
noun
A sharp and bitter hatred.
acromial
acromial
adj
Of or pertaining to the acromion.
acromion
acromion
noun
(anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.
acrotism
acrotism
noun
(medicine) A lack or defect of the pulse.
acrydium
adermine
admirals
admirals
noun
plural of admiral
admirers
admirers
noun
plural of admirer
admiring
admiring
adj
Feeling or showing admiration.
noun
admiration
verb
present participle of admire
admitter
admitter
noun
Someone who or something which admits.
adoniram
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.
affirmly
aglimmer
aglimmer
adj
Glimmering; gleaming or shining.
agrimony
agrimony
noun
Any of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.
Any of several unrelated plants of a similar appearance.
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).
airmails
airmails
noun
(colloquial) The items of mail conveyed using aircraft.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airmail
airtimes
airtimes
noun
plural of airtime
airwoman
airwoman
noun
A woman who flies in an aircraft; a female aviator.
airwomen
airwomen
noun
plural of airwoman
alarming
alarming
adj
causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening
verb
present participle of alarm
alarmism
alarmism
noun
The raising of needless alarms.
alarmist
alarmist
adj
Of or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause.
noun
One who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
alastrim
alastrim
noun
(medicine) A milder variant of smallpox
albarium
albarium
noun
(art) A form of lime, made by heating marble, used for stucco.
algorism
algorism
noun
Obsolete spelling of algorithm (all senses)
almerian
almeries
almeries
noun
plural of almery
almicore
almistry
altamira
altruism
altruism
noun
(biology, sociobiology) Action or behaviour that benefits another or others at some cost to the performer.
Regard for others, both natural and moral without regard for oneself; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness.
amacrine
amacrine
adj
(biology) Without long processes.
noun
(biology) Any cell that does not have a long process.
amaister
amarillo
amatorio
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
ambivert
ambivert
noun
(psychology) A person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each.
ambrogio
ambroids
ambroise
ambrosia
ambrosia
noun
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The anointing-oil of the gods.
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
A dessert made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream.
A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.
Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.
Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.
ambrosin
ambrosin
noun
(numismatics) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose on its horseback.
(organic chemistry) The sesquiterpene lactone (3aS,6S,6aR,9aR,9bR)-6,9a-dimethyl-3-methylidene-3a,4,5,6,6a,9b-hexahydroazuleno[8,7-b]furan-2,9-dione present in Ambrosia maritima
ambrosio
ameiurus
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
amidward
amilcare
amintore
amiranha
amirates
amirates
noun
plural of amirate
amirship
amirship
noun
Alternative form of emirship
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
amitular
amoinder
amoretti
amorists
amorists
noun
plural of amorist
amoritic
amoritic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Amorites or their language.
amoritta
amorphia
amorphia
noun
Synonym of amorphism
amorphic
amorphic
adj
(genetics, of a mutation) Causing a complete loss of gene function.
Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
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.
amourist
amourist
noun
Alternative form of amorist
amperian
amphoric
amphoric
adj
(chiefly historical) Of or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure.
(medicine) Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter.
amratian
amravati
amritsar
amritsar
Proper noun
A large city in India, formerly known as Ramdaspur and sometimes called Ambarsar.
The district (the second most populous in Punjab) which contains this city.
amyluria
amyluria
noun
(medicine) A condition in which starch is found in the urine.
anamirta
aneurism
aneurism
noun
Alternative spelling of aneurysm
animater
animater
noun
Alternative form of animator
animator
animator
noun
One who animates something; one who brings something to life or the appearance of life.
One who creates an animation or cartoon; a cartoonist.
annmaria
annmarie
antimark
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.
aphorism
aphorism
noun
A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.
verb
To speak or write aphorisms.
apterium
apterium
noun
(ornithology) An area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird.
apurimac
aquarium
aquarium
noun
A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited.
A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
aquiform
aquiform
adj
Resembling water; watery, liquid
aramaism
aramaism
Noun
An idiom from the Aramaic language.
aramidae
araminta
arapaima
arapaima
noun
A large carnivorous predatory South American tropical freshwater fish, Arapaima gigas.
archaism
archaism
noun
An archaic word, style, etc.
The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style.
archmime
arciform
arciform
adj
Having the form of a bow (weapon)
arianism
arianism
Noun
A non-trinitarian Christology, denominated as heretical since Council of Nicaea, but still influential in Monophysite Christianity.
ariminum
arisaema
arithmic
armarian
armarian
noun
Synonym of armarius (“medieval monastery librarian”)
armaries
armarium
armarium
noun
(entomology) proventriculus
Synonym of ambry (“cupboard or storage area”)
armatoli
armatoli
noun
plural of armatole.
armchair
armchair
adj
(figuratively) Remote from actual involvement, including a person retired from previously active involvement.
(figuratively) Unqualified or uninformed but yet giving advice, especially on technical issues, such as law, architecture, medicine, military theory, or sports; relating to such advice.
noun
A chair with supports for the arms or elbows.
Hypernyms: chair, furniture
verb
To create based on theory or general knowledge rather than data.
To theorize based on analysis of data that was gathered previously; to reflect.
armenian
armenite
armenite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
armenize
armenoid
armenoid
Noun
A member of a subtype of the Caucasian race, similar to the Dinaric but with slightly darker pigmentation, found mainly in the northern part of Western Asia.
armigeri
armigero
armigers
armigers
noun
plural of armiger
armillae
armillae
noun
plural of armilla
armillas
armillda
armillia
arminian
arminius
arminius
Proper noun
A chieftain of the Cherusci (an ancient Germanic tribe) who defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian and founder of Arminianism.
armitage
armoires
armoires
noun
plural of armoire
armoniac
armoniac
adj
Obsolete form of ammoniac.
armonica
armonica
noun
A musical instrument made of blown-glass bowls mounted on a spindle turned originally by a foot pedal, and played with wetted fingers, producing an ethereal sound. Technically, it is a crystallophone.
armorial
armorial
adj
(heraldry) Of, or relating to heraldry, or to heraldic arms.
(rare) In, or pertaining to, armor.
noun
A book etc concerning heraldry, especially a collection of coats of arms.
armorica
armoried
armories
armories
noun
plural of armory
armoring
armoring
noun
Alternative form of armouring
verb
present participle of armor
armorist
armorist
noun
(heraldry) A person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms, and all relating to their emblazonment.
(uncommon) An armorer; one who produces arms and armor.
armozine
armozine
noun
Alternative form of armozeen
armpiece
armpiece
noun
(colloquial) A decorative companion.
A piece of armour that protects the arm.
aromatic
aromatic
adj
(organic chemistry) Derived from benzene.
(organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
Fragrant or spicy.
noun
(organic chemistry) Any aromatic compound.
A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.
arretium
arrivism
arrivism
noun
Alternative form of arrivisme
arsenism
arsenism
noun
arsenic poisoning
arsenium
arsenium
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The radical cation H₂As:⁺ derived from arsine
(organic chemistry) Any derivative of this ion R₂As:⁺
arsmetik
arsonium
arsonium
noun
(chemistry) The univalent AsH₄⁺ cation, derived from arsine.
artemisa
arthemis
arumlike
aryanism
aryanism
Noun
The ideological belief in the superiority of a defined Aryan race, particularly as an element of Nazism.