A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
accepting
accepting
adj
Characterized by acceptance.
verb
present participle of accept
acception
acception
noun
(obsolete) Acceptation; received meaning.
acceptive
acceptive
adj
(obsolete) Ready to accept.
Fit for acceptance.
Receptive.
accipient
accipient
noun
(obsolete) Someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives).
accipiter
accipiter
noun
(medicine, surgery) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
(ornithology) Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
actinopod
actinopod
noun
(zoology) Any member of the variously ranked group Actinopoda of protozoa.
actipylea
actorship
actorship
noun
The state or quality associated with being an actor.
adaptions
adaptions
noun
plural of adaption
adderspit
ademption
ademption
noun
(law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.
adeptship
adeptship
noun
The role or status of an adept.
adipocyte
adipocyte
noun
(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
adipomata
adiposity
adiposity
noun
Obesity; the state of being fat.
The condition of being adipose; adipose tissue.
adoptions
adoptions
noun
plural of adoption
adoptious
adoptious
adj
(obsolete) Adopted.
adscripts
adscripts
noun
plural of adscript
afterpain
afterpain
noun
(pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)
aftership
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
agitprops
agitprops
noun
plural of agitprop
agitpunkt
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
airstrips
airstrips
noun
plural of airstrip
aistopoda
alepidote
alepidote
adj
(of a fish) not having scales
noun
A fish that has no scales
aliphatic
aliphatic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of a class of organic compounds in which the carbon atoms are arranged in an open chain.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) A petroleum fraction containing no aromatic compounds
A compound of this type.
alipteria
aliseptal
aliseptal
adj
(anatomy, obsolete) Relating to expansions of the nasal septum.
allophite
allotypic
allotypic
adj
Of, due to, or pertaining to an allotype.
alopathic
alopecist
alopecist
noun
One who undertakes to cure or prevent baldness.
alphonist
alpinists
alpinists
noun
plural of alpinist
altigraph
altigraph
noun
An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
altiplano
altiplano
noun
a high plateau
altiscope
altiscope
noun
An arrangement of lenses and mirrors making it possible to see around obstructing objects.
ametropia
ametropia
noun
(medicine) Any of several disorders of the eye (spherical or cylindrical) resulting from faulty refractive ability.
ametropic
ametropic
adj
(ophthalmology) Relating to or suffering from ametropia
ampelitic
ampelitic
adj
Relating to the mineral ampelite.
amphitene
amphitoky
amphitron
amphitruo
amplitude
amplitude
noun
(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
(firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
(mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
(physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
analeptic
analeptic
adj
Of or relating to analepsis (a form of flashback).
That restores or stimulates health.
noun
A restorative or stimulative medication, especially one used to overcome depression.
anapestic
anapestic
adj
of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry (see also limeric or limerick).
of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum. Surdo literally means "deaf" in Brasilian Portuguese, and the surdo drums play the bass parts in a samba rhythm as performed by a batucada (drumming ensemble) during the Carnaval celebration.
of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human?) heartbeat pattern.
of, or relating to, or composed of an anapest.
noun
A verse that contains anapestic feet
anaptotic
anaptotic
adj
(linguistics) Having lost, or tending to lose, inflections by phonetic decay.
anaptychi
anaptychi
noun
plural of anaptychus
anaptyxis
anaptyxis
noun
(phonetics) The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
anatopism
anatopism
noun
(rare) A thing that is out of its proper place; the geographic counterpart to anachronism.
anatropia
anatropia
noun
(medicine) A disorder of the vision. Deviation of the visual axis of one eye upwards when the other eye is fixing; anaphoria.
(medicine) A tendency for both eyes to look upward.
ancipital
ancipital
adj
(botany) Two-edged instead of round; said of certain flattened stems, such as those of bluegrass, and rarely also of leaves.
Double; doubtful or ambiguous.
anotropia
antapices
antapices
noun
plural of antapex
anthropic
anthropic
adj
Of or pertaining to mankind or humans, or the period of humanity's existence.
anticreep
antigraph
antigraph
noun
(obsolete) A copy or transcript.
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
antilapse
antilapse
adj
Alternative form of anti-lapse
antiopium
antiopium
adj
Opposing the drug opium.
antipapal
antipapal
adj
(Roman Catholicism) characterized by opposition to the pope
(Roman Catholicism) of or relating to an antipope
antipasch
antipasti
antipasti
noun
plural of antipasto
antipasto
antipasto
noun
An Italian starter for a meal; normally a cold assortment of salami, cheese, seafood and vegetables.
antipater
antipathy
antipathy
noun
A feeling of dislike (normally towards someone, less often towards something); repugnance or distaste often without any conscious reasoning.
Natural contrariety or incompatibility
antipedal
antiphase
antiphase
adj
(sciences) Describing a boundary between an ordered phase and a disordered or random phase
noun
(physics, mathematics) A difference in phase (of two waves) of 180°
antiphona
antiphons
antiphons
noun
plural of antiphon
antiphony
antiphony
noun
(music, singing) alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner
alternate, or responsive ideas or opinions; juxtaposition
antipodal
antipodal
adj
On opposite sides of the globe; pertaining to antipodes
diametrically opposite
noun
(biology) One of the cells at the chalazal pole of an embryo sac.
antipodes
antipodes
noun
(UK, now rare) Australia and New Zealand.
(figuratively, by extension) The opposite of something.
The Southern Hemisphere.
The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
plural of antipode
antipodic
antipodic
adj
diametrically opposed; antipodean
antipolar
antipolar
adj
Diametrically opposed.
Relating to or located at an antipole.
antipoles
antipoles
noun
plural of antipole
antipopes
antipopes
noun
plural of antipope
antiprime
antiprime
noun
(number theory) Synonym of highly composite number
antiprism
antiprism
noun
A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.
antipudic
antipudic
adj
(rare) That covers the genitals.
antipyics
antipyics
noun
plural of antipyic
antipyrin
antipyrin
noun
Alternative form of antipyrine
antipyryl
antispace
antispace
adj
(military) Against space.
noun
(mathematics) A kind of topological space.
A space or region that violates the norms or conventions of spaces.
antispast
antispast
noun
(prosody) A metrical foot composed of an iambus and a trochee
antitrope
antitropy
antitropy
noun
(botany) A disposition of opposed, asymmetric leaves where a pair of leaves displays bilateral symmetry.
antitypal
antitypal
adj
antitypical
antitypes
antitypes
noun
plural of antitype
antitypic
antitypic
Adjective
antitypical
anviltops
apantesis
apartheid
apartheid
noun
(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
(by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
(by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.
verb
To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.
apathetic
apathetic
adj
Of, or pertaining to apatheism.
Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion.
apatornis
apenteric
aperients
aperients
noun
plural of aperient
aperitifs
aperitifs
noun
plural of aperitif
aperitive
aperitive
adj
(medicine) Tending to open the bowels; aperient
Serving as an apéritif: a pre-meal alcoholic drink.
noun
(medicine) aperient
apetalies
apetaloid
apetaloid
adj
apetalous
aphanites
aphanites
noun
plural of aphanite
aphanitic
aphanitic
adj
(geology, petrology) Pertaining to aphanites, igneous rocks composed of microscopic mineral crystals (fine grains too small to be visible to the naked eye.
apheretic
apheretic
adj
US standard spelling of aphaeretic.
aphorists
aphorists
noun
plural of aphorist
aphotaxis
aphrizite
aphrodite
aphrodite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.
aphrolite
apiarists
apiarists
noun
plural of apiarist
apiculate
apiculate
adj
(botany) Having a short, sharply pointed tip.
apjohnite
apjohnite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, manganese, oxygen, and sulfur.
aplanatic
aplanatic
adj
(optics, of an optical system) Free from, or corrected for, spherical aberration and chromatic aberration
aplington
aplustria
apneustic
apneustic
adj
(pathology) Of or relating to apneusis.
apobiotic
apodictic
apodictic
adj
(theology, Biblical studies) Absolute and without explanation, as in a command from God like "Thou shalt not kill!"
Being a style of argument in which a person presents their reasoning as categorically true, even if it is not necessarily so.
apolarity
apolarity
noun
The condition of being apolar
apolistan
apologist
apologist
noun
One who makes an apology.
One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution.
apomictic
apomictic
adj
(botany, zoology) Of, pertaining to, or characterised by apomixis.
apophatic
apophatic
adj
(by extension) That which passively defines a thing by describing what it is not characteristic thereof.
(theology) Pertaining to knowledge of God obtained through negation rather than positive assertions.
aportoise
apostasis
apostatic
apostatic
Adjective
Apostate.
apostaxis
apostille
apostille
noun
A special sign established in 1961 for certifying foreign documents.
verb
To authenticate an official document in accordance with the Apostille Convention.
apostoile
apostolic
apostolic
adj
(religion, Christianity) Pertaining to apostles or their practice of teaching; pertaining to the apostles (of early Christianity) or their teachings.
According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles.
Of or pertaining to the Catholic missions.
Of or pertaining to the pope or the papacy; papal.
apotactic
apothecia
apothecia
noun
plural of apothecium
apothesis
apothesis
noun
(architecture) A place on the south side of the chancel in primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc.
A dressing room connected with a public bath.
apparitor
apparitor
noun
(historical) An officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.
A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court.
appentice
appentice
noun
(architecture) penthouse; pentice
appertain
appertain
verb
To belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.
To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to.
appertise
appetible
appetible
adj
Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.
appetiser
appetiser
noun
Alternative spelling of appetizer.
appetisse
appetites
appetites
noun
plural of appetite
appetized
appetized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appetize
appetizer
appetizer
noun
A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal
Something that creates or increases excitement for what is to follow.
applicant
applicant
noun
(specific, law) A party who initiates legal proceedings against another party.
One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.
The third coordinate (or z-coordinate) in a three-dimensional coordinate system.
applicate
applicate
adj
(obsolete) Applied or put to some use.
noun
(mathematics) A line at right angles to the axis of a conic section that extends from the axis to the curve
(mathematics) The z-coordinate, similar to abscissa and ordinate for the x- and y-coordinates, respectively.
An applied material; an application
verb
To apply (a material to a surface)
appointed
appointed
adj
(of a politician or a title) Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appoint.
appointee
appointee
noun
a person who is appointed
appointer
appointer
noun
A person who appoints (in any sense).
appointor
appointor
noun
(law) The person who selects the appointee.
apportion
apportion
verb
(transitive) Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
(transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.