Not caused by bacteria; characterized by a lack of bacteria.
aberrantly
aberrantly
adv
In an aberrant manner; abnormally.
abortively
abortively
adv
In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
abruptedly
abruptedly
adv
Abruptly; by a sudden interruption or transition.
abstrusely
abstrusely
adv
In an abstruse manner.
abterminal
abterminal
adj
(anatomy, of an electrical current in a muscle) Away from the end and towards the centre
accelerant
accelerant
adj
Causing acceleration or speeding up; accelerating.
noun
(figurative) Something that speeds up a process or the uptake of something else.
A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber.
In the context of fire protection, a substance that accelerates the development of a fire, especially some hydrocarbon-based fuel used to spread a fire caused by arson.
accelerate
accelerate
adj
(rare) Accelerated; quickened; hastened; hurried.
verb
(intransitive) Grow; increase.
(intransitive) To become faster; to begin to move more quickly.
(obsolete) Alternative form of accelerated
(transitive) To cause to move faster; to quicken the motion of; to add to the speed of.
(transitive) To hasten, as the occurrence of an event.
(transitive) To quicken the natural or ordinary progression or process of.
(transitive, education) To enable a student to finish a course of study in less than normal time.
(transitive, physics) To cause a change of velocity.
accurately
accurately
adv
In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
acervately
acervately
adv
In an acervate manner.
acetabular
acetabular
adj
Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped.
Related to the acetabulum.
acetylator
acetylator
noun
(biochemistry) A human being or other organism that can metabolize certain drugs by acetylating them (to a greater or lesser extent).
acetylizer
acetylizer
noun
Synonym of acetylator
acetylurea
achterveld
acroterial
acroterial
adj
Pertaining to an acroterium.
adelarthra
adherently
adherently
adv
In an adherent manner.
adterminal
adulatress
adulatress
noun
(archaic) A female adulator.
adulterant
adulterant
noun
That which adulterates, or reduces the purity of something.
adulterate
adulterate
adj
Corrupted or made impure by being mixed with something else; adulterated.
Tending to commit adultery; relating to or being the product of adultery; adulterous.
verb
(intransitive, also figuratively, archaic) To commit adultery.
(transitive) To corrupt, to debase (someone or something).
(transitive) To make less valuable or spoil (something) by adding impurities or other substances.
(transitive, archaic) To commit adultery with (someone).
(transitive, archaic) To defile (someone) by adultery.
adulterers
adulterers
noun
plural of adulterer
adulteress
adulteress
noun
A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery.
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
adulterize
adulterize
verb
(intransitive, largely obsolete) To commit adultery.
(transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To adulterate.
adulterous
adulterous
adj
Of, or characterized by adultery.
aedilberct
aeolotropy
aeolotropy
noun
(physics) The phenomenon whereby the physical properties (e.g, electric conductivity, refractive index) of a body depend on the direction in which they are measured.
aerialists
aerialists
noun
plural of aerialist
aerolitics
aerolitics
noun
The scientific study of aerolites.
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
aethelbert
aeviternal
aeviternal
adj
(theology) Pertaining to aeviternity, a state between eternity, which is unchanging and outside of time, and temporality, which is subject to change and to death or annihilation. Things aeviternal are creations, like the temporal, but everlasting, like the eternal.
afferently
afferently
adv
Inwardly, toward the center.
afterglide
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
afterlifes
afterlifes
noun
(rare, proscribed) plural of afterlife
afterlight
afterlight
noun
Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
afterlives
afterlives
noun
plural of afterlife
afterswell
aftertrial
afterwhile
afterwhile
adv
(US, dialect) Afterwards.
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
agrestical
agrestical
adj
Obsolete form of agrestic.
agricolite
agrosteral
agrosterol
aguilarite
aguilarite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic sulfosalt mineral found in Mexico.
akroterial
alabasters
alabasters
noun
plural of alabaster
alablaster
alacrities
alacrities
noun
plural of alacrity
alberttype
alboranite
alectoriae
alexiteric
alexiteric
adj
Resisting poison or venom.
noun
(medicine) A preservative against infectious diseases.
A preservative against the effects of poison.
algebraist
algebraist
noun
(mathematics) A mathematician who specializes in algebra.
algometric
algometric
Adjective
Relating to algometry.
alimentary
alimentary
adj
Nourishing; nutritious.
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
alipterion
aliptteria
allegorist
allegorist
noun
One who speaks in, or writes, allegories.
allegretto
allegretto
adv
(music) To be played rather fast and lively.
noun
(music) A movement in this time.
allenhurst
allergists
allergists
noun
plural of allergist
alleviater
alleviator
alleviator
noun
That who or which alleviates.
alliterate
alliterate
verb
(intransitive) To exhibit alliteration.
(transitive) To use (a word or sound) so as to make alliteration.
alloerotic
alloerotic
adj
having erotic desire of or attraction to another person of any sex
allometric
allometric
adj
(mathematics, of a population) That grows at a rate proportional to a power of another population
Of or pertaining to allometry
allosteric
allosteric
adj
(biochemistry, of an enzyme) That binds a compound on an inactive site and thus changes macromolecular conformation or dynamics in order to become either active or inactive
noun
(biochemistry) An allosteric modulator
allotheria
allotropes
allotropes
noun
plural of allotrope
allurement
allurement
noun
An enticement, inducement or bait.
Attractiveness; appeal, charisma.
allutterly
allwhither
alpestrian
alpestrine
alpestrine
adj
Synonym of subalpine
alpharetta
altarpiece
altarpiece
noun
a work of art suspended above and behind an altar in a church
alteration
alteration
noun
The act of altering or making different.
The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.
alterative
alterative
adj
(medicine) Gradually changing, or tending to change, a morbid state into a healthy one.
Causing alteration.
noun
(medicine, now historical) A medicine or treatment which works by changing processes within the body, rather than by evacuating something etc.
altercated
altercated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of altercate
alternance
alternance
noun
Alternation.
alternaria
alternated
alternated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alternate
alternater
alternates
alternates
noun
plural of alternate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alternate
alternator
alternator
noun
(electrical engineering) An electric generator which produces alternating current through mechanical means.