Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
ableptically
abolitionary
abolitionary
adj
Relating to or favoring abolition.
aboriginally
aboriginally
adv
(Canada) By indigenous Canadians (often capitalized in this sense).
From or in the earliest known times.
In the period before contact with Europeans (especially with reference to peoples subjected to colonization).
To the utmost degree (modifying an adjective).
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
absorptivity
absorptivity
noun
(analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
(thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
abstemiously
abstemiously
adv
Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
academically
academically
adv
In an academic style or way; from an academic perspective.
acantholysis
acantholysis
noun
(medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.
accentuality
accentuality
noun
The quality of being accentual.
accidentally
accidentally
adv
In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.
Unintentionally.
accompanying
accompanying
adj
Present together.
noun
That which accompanies; accompaniment.
verb
present participle of accompany
accompanyist
accompanyist
noun
Alternative spelling of accompanist
accomplicity
accomplicity
noun
(rare) The act or state of being an accomplice.
accretionary
accretionary
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an accretion
accusatively
accusatively
adv
(not comparable) In relation to the accusative case in grammar.
In an accusative manner.
acetylations
acetylations
noun
plural of acetylation
acetylbiuret
acetylglycin
acetyliodide
acetylizable
acetylizable
adj
Able to be acetylized.
acetyltannin
acetyltannin
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of acetyltannic acid
achillodynia
achillodynia
noun
(pathology) pain due to achillobursitis
achlorhydria
achlorhydria
noun
(medicine) The absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach
achlorhydric
achlorhydric
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to achlorhydria
acoustically
acoustically
adv
(domain) From the perspective of acoustics.
(manner) In an acoustic manner, or using an acoustic musical instrument.
acquaintancy
acquaintancy
noun
acquaintanceship
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acroasphyxia
acroasphyxia
noun
(pathology) Impaired circulation to the fingers
acrobystitis
acrocyanosis
acrocyanosis
noun
(pathology) A persistent blue or cyanotic discoloration of the digits, most commonly occurring in the hands although also occurring in the face and feet as well.
acromiohyoid
acromyotonia
acromyotonia
noun
(pathology) myotonia of the limbs
acronichally
acronymizing
acronymizing
verb
present participle of acronymize
acrostically
acrostically
adv
In the manner of an acrostic.
actinenchyma
actinography
actinography
noun
measurement with an actinograph
actinomorphy
actinomorphy
noun
The condition of being actinomorphic.
actinomycese
actinomycete
actinomycete
noun
Any of various filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria, of the order Actinomycetales, that resemble fungi. Some actinomycetes are pathogens and some are sources of antibiotics.
actinomycins
actinomycins
noun
plural of actinomycin
actinomycoma
actinomycoma
noun
The granulomatous lesion characteristic of actinomycosis
actinophryan
acyrological
adaptability
adaptability
noun
(biology) Variability in respect to, or under the influence of, external conditions; susceptibility of an organism to that variation whereby it becomes suited to or fitted for its conditions of environment; the capacity of an organism to be modified by circumstances.
The quality of being adaptable; a quality that renders adaptable.
additionally
additionally
adv
By way of addition; in addition to; also.
adenomycosis
adenotyphoid
adjectivally
adjectivally
adv
As, or in the manner of, an adjective.
adjudicatory
adjudicatory
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication.
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adminiculary
adminiculary
adj
(obsolete) Adminicular.
admirability
admirability
noun
That quality which produces admiration or wonder
admiratively
admiratively
adv
In an admirative manner.
admonitively
admonitively
adv
As an admonition.
admonitorily
admonitorily
adv
In an admonitory manner.
adoptability
adoptability
noun
The property of being adoptable.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adverbiality
adverbiality
noun
The condition of having characteristics of an adverb.
advisability
advisability
noun
(countable) An instance of advisability; a consideration in determining overall advisability.
(uncountable) The quality of being advisable or prudent.
aerodynamics
aerodynamics
noun
The aerodynamic properties of a particular object (typically a car)
The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere
aerophysical
aerophysical
adj
Relating to aerophysics.
aetiophyllin
afflictingly
afflictingly
adv
In a way that causes affliction.
afflictively
afflictively
adv
In an afflictive manner
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
affrontingly
affrontingly
adv
in an affronting manner
aggressively
aggressively
adv
In an aggressive manner.
aggressivity
aggressivity
noun
(geology) The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve calcium carbonate from rocks.
The quality of being aggressive.
agnostically
agnostically
adv
In an agnostic manner; not having or expressing a firm opinion on something.
Toward, or from the perspective of, agnosticism.
agreeability
agreeability
noun
(uncountable) The property of being agreeable; pleasantness.
agriotypidae
airohydrogen
airohydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.
alchemically
alchemically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, alchemy.
alcoholicity
alcoholicity
noun
A measure of the alcoholic content of something
alcyonarians
alcyonarians
noun
plural of alcyonarian
alcyoniaceae
alexipyretic
alexipyretic
adj
(pharmacology, obsolete, rare) Having the effect of reducing fever.
noun
(pharmacology, obsolete) A medicine which reduces fever.
alienability
alienability
noun
(countable) An alienable transfer or sale
(uncountable) The quality of being alienable
alloantibody
alloantibody
noun
An antibody involved in alloimmunity.
allocability
allocability
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is able to be allocated.
(uncountable) The condition of being allocable.
allochirally
allorhythmia
allorhythmia
noun
(pathology) An irregular pattern of the heartbeat
allorrhyhmia
allosyndesis
allosyndesis
noun
(genetics) The meiotic pairing of nonhomologous chromosomes from an allopolyploid individual
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
alphitomancy
alphitomancy
noun
An Ancient Greek method of divination using barley meal, used for instance to reveal guilty parties; it entailed feeding a person or group barley meal, and judging those who felt no effects to be innocent, while judging those who felt indigestion to be guilty.
alterability
alterability
noun
The property of being alterable.
alteratively
amateurishly
amateurishly
adv
In an amateurish manner; without expertise or professionalism.
ambisyllabic
ambisyllabic
adj
(phonology, of a consonant) Acting simultaneously as the coda of one syllable and the onset of the following syllable.
ambitendency
ambitendency
noun
(psychology) Contradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.
ambivalently
ambivalently
adv
In an ambivalent manner.
amblyacousia
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amblyopsidae
amblystegite
ambulatorily
ambulatorily
adv
By or in terms of walking.
ambystomidae
amelioratory
amelioratory
adj
Serving to ameliorate or improve.
amethystlike
aminopyrines
aminopyrines
noun
plural of aminopyrine
amissibility
amissibility
noun
The quality of being amissible; the possibility of being lost.
amitotically
amitotically
adv
By means of amitosis.
ammonolyzing
amoxycillins
amoxycillins
noun
plural of amoxycillin
ampelosicyos
amphibiology
amphibiology
noun
The branch of science that deals with amphibious animals.
amphibiously
amphibiously
adv
In an amphibious manner.
In the manner of an amphibian.
amphicondyla
amphictyonic
amphictyonic
adj
(Ancient Greece) Of or relating to the amphictyons or their League or Council.
amphicyrtous
amphiplatyan
amphiplatyan
adj
(anatomy, of a vertebra) Having flat surfaces at both ends
amphipyrenin
amphithyrons
amphoriloquy
amphoriloquy
noun
(medicine) A condition where the voice is characterized by amphoric sound over the patient's lung cavity.
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
amygdaloidal
amygdaloidal
adj
Of, like or pertaining to, the amygdaloid mineral.
amygdalolith
amygdophenin
amyloclastic
amylodextrin
amylodextrin
noun
(biochemistry) A high molecular weight form of dextrin
amylogenesis
amylogenesis
noun
The formation of starch.
amyloleucite
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
amyloplastic
amyloplastic
adj
starch-forming; amylogenic
amyloplastid
anabaptistry
anabaptistry
Noun
The doctrine or practices of Anabaptists.
anaglyphical
anaglyphical
adj
Alternative form of anaglyphic
anaglyptical
anagogically
anagogically
adv
In terms of, or by means of, anagoge.
analkalinity
analogically
analogically
adv
In an analogical manner; in the manner of an analogy.
analytically
analytically
adv
In an analytical manner.
analyzations
analyzations
noun
plural of analyzation
anaphylactic
anaphylactic
adj
Pertaining to anaphylaxis.
anaphylactin
anapophysial
anaptyctical
anaptyctical
adj
Relating to anaptyxis.
anarchically
anarchically
adv
In an anarchic manner; in the manner of anarchy.
anatomically
anatomically
adv
Pertaining to the anatomy.
androgyneity
anelasticity
anelasticity
noun
The property of being anelastic.
aneurismally
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
angiorrhaphy
angiorrhaphy
noun
(surgery) suture of a blood vessel
angiostrophy
anguishously
anhaemolytic
anhysteretic
anhysteretic
adj
Not involving or producing hysteresis.
anisaldehyde
anisaldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic aldehyde 4-methoxybenzaldehyde that has a strong aroma or anise or licorice; it is used in flavourings and in organic synthesis
anisocytosis
anisocytosis
noun
(medicine) Significant size variation of blood cells