(biochemistry) Part of the ferritin that is not combined with iron
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
aporhyolite
aporocactus
aposteriori
aposteriori
adv
Alternative form of a posteriori
apostrophal
apostrophal
adj
Of or relating to an apostrophe.
apostrophes
apostrophes
noun
plural of apostrophe
apostrophia
apostrophic
apostrophic
adj
(orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ').
(rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
apostrophus
apotracheal
apotracheal
adj
Not associated with vascular tracheids
apotropaion
apotropaion
noun
Something that wards off evil; an amulet or magic charm.
apotropaism
apotropaism
noun
(religion, mysticism) The use of ritual or other magical means (including charms and/or incantations) to avert evil or bad luck.
apoturmeric
apparatchik
apparatchik
noun
(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
apparatuses
apparatuses
noun
plural of apparatus
apparelment
apparelment
noun
The manner in which someone is clothed, including accessories.
apparitions
apparitions
noun
plural of apparition
appartement
appartement
noun
(non-native speakers' English) Misspelling of apartment.
appellatory
appellatory
adj
Containing an appeal.
appertained
appertained
verb
past participle of appertain
appertinent
appertinent
adj
Belonging; appertaining; appurtenant.
noun
(obsolete) That which belongs to something else; an appurtenant.
applicators
applicators
noun
plural of applicator
applicatory
applicatory
adj
able to be applied or used, practical
apportioned
apportioned
adj
Assigned as somebody's portion; allotted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apportion
apportioner
apportioner
noun
One who apportions.
appreciated
appreciated
adj
(of an investment) having risen in value
recognized as having value
verb
simple past tense and past participle of appreciate
appreciates
appreciates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appreciate
appreciativ
appreciator
appreciator
noun
Someone who assesses or appraises the value of something.
Someone who values something highly.
appredicate
apprenticed
apprenticed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apprentice
apprentices
apprentices
noun
plural of apprentice
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprentice
apprizement
apprizement
noun
Archaic form of appraisement.
approbating
approbating
verb
present participle of approbate
approbation
approbation
noun
The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition.
approbative
approbative
adj
Expressing approval.
Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
noun
(linguistics) A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
approbatory
approbatory
adj
Tending to approve or confirm
appropriate
appropriate
adj
(obsolete) Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
Suitable or fit; proper.
Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
verb
(transitive) To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
(transitive) To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
(transitive, Britain, ecclesiastical, law) To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
(transitive, archaic) To make suitable to; to suit.
approvement
approvement
noun
(UK, law, obsolete) A confession of guilt by a prisoner charged with treason or felony, together with an accusation of his accomplices and a giving evidence against them in order to obtain his own pardon.
(archaic) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete, Old English law) Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord.
approximant
approximant
noun
(mathematics) An approximation to the solution of a function, series, etc.
(phonetics) A consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a smooth flow of air. Liquids and glides are approximants.
approximate
approximate
adj
Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling.
Nearing correctness; nearly exact; not perfectly accurate.
verb
(transitive) To carry or advance near; to cause to approach.
(transitive) To come near to; to approach.
(transitive, intransitive) To estimate.
appurtenant
appurtenant
adj
Ancillary or subsidiary.
Of or pertaining to an appurtenance.
noun
(law, nominalized, informal) An appurtenance.
An appendage or attachment.
aprioristic
aprioristic
adj
A priori; based on hypothesis rather than experiment.
apriorities
apriorities
noun
plural of apriority
apronstring
apterygidae
aragonspath
archapostle
archetypist
archetypist
noun
A proponent of the Jungian concept of archetypes.
archoptosis
archplotter
archpontiff
archprelate
archprelate
noun
(ecclesiastical) An archbishop or other chief prelate.
archpriests
archpriests
noun
plural of archpriest
archprimate
archprimate
noun
The chief primate of a Christian church.
archprophet
archpuritan
archtempter
areopagitic
areopagitic
Adjective
Relating to the Areopagus.
argiphontes
armipotence
armipotence
noun
Power in arms; military might.
armorplated
aromatophor
arpeggiated
arpeggiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arpeggiate
arpeggiates
arpeggiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arpeggiate
arthropathy
arthropathy
noun
(pathology) Any of several diseases of a joint
arthrophyma
arthropodal
arthropodal
adj
(zoology) Relating to the Arthropoda.
arthropodan
arthropodan
adj
(zoology) Of, or relating to, arthropods.
noun
(zoology) An arthropod.
arthroscope
arthroscope
noun
(medicine) A form of endoscope used in arthroscopy
arthroscopy
arthroscopy
noun
the examination of the interior of a joint (such as the knee) using an arthroscope
arthrospore
arthrospore
noun
A similar cell produced by some bacteria.
A sporelike cell produced by some fungi and algae.
artisanship
artisanship
noun
The property of being an artisan.
artocarpous
artophagous
artophagous
adj
(rare) bread-eating
artophorion
artophorion
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The tabernacle on the high altar in an Eastern Orthodox church
ascriptions
ascriptions
noun
plural of ascription
ascriptitii
aspergation
aspermatism
aspermatism
noun
Synonym of aspermia
aspermatous
aspermatous
adj
Alternative form of aspermous
aspheterism
aspheterism
noun
(dated, rare) The view that all property should be in common ownership and that no individual should benefit from private possession.
aspheterize
aspheterize
verb
(dated, rare, transitive) To donate into common ownership, in line with the doctrine of aspheterism.
asphyxiator
asphyxiator
noun
One who or that which asphyxiates.
aspidistras
aspidistras
noun
plural of aspidistra
aspirations
aspirations
noun
plural of aspiration
asportation
asportation
noun
(law) The illegal movement of goods or carrying away of a person.
asterolepis
asteropaeus
astraphobia
astraphobia
noun
An abnormal fear of thunder and lightning.
astrography
astrography
noun
The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
astropecten
astropecten
noun
(zoology) Any of the genus Astropecten of sea stars.
astrophobia
astrophobia
noun
A fear of stars and celestial space.
astrophyton
astrophyton
noun
The giant basket star, an early Mesozoic invertebrate.
astroscopus
astrosphere
astrosphere
noun
A cavity filled with hot gas blown into the interstellar medium by stellar winds.
ataxiagraph
ataxiagraph
noun
An instrument that measures the degree of ataxia in a patient
athwartship
athwartship
adj
(nautical) Oriented across the vessel sideways, i.e. in a direction at right angles to the fore-and-aft line of the vessel.
adv
Alternative form of athwartships
atmosphered
atmosphered
adj
(in combination) Having a specified kind of atmosphere.
atmospheres
atmospheres
noun
plural of atmosphere
atmospheric
atmospheric
adj
(painting) Translucent or hazy.
Evoking a particular emotional or aesthetic quality.
Of, relating to, produced by, or coming from the atmosphere.
atractaspis
atropaceous
atrophiated
atrophiated
adj
(obsolete) Atrophied.
attemperate
attemperate
adj
Tempered; proportioned; properly adapted.
verb
(archaic) To attemper.
attempering
attempering
verb
present participle of attemper
attroopment
auditorship
auditorship
noun
The office or function of auditor.
augitophyre
auripigment
auripigment
noun
(archaic) Variant of orpiment
austrophile
authorships
authorships
noun
plural of authorship
autocarpian
autocarpous
autocarpous
adj
(botany) Having fruit formed by self-pollination
autographal
autographal
adj
(obsolete) autographic
autographed
autographed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autograph
autographer
autographer
noun
Someone who writes an autograph
autographic
autographic
adj
Containing or relating to an autograph.
automorphic
automorphic
adj
(geology) Describing a mineral, in an igneous rock, that is bounded by its own crystal face; euhedral, idiomorphic
(mathematics) Describing a number whose square ends in the number itself; circular
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to automorphy or an automorphism
Marked by automorphism, the ascription to others of one's own characteristics.
autorrhaphy
autotherapy
autotherapy
noun
(medicine) Self-treatment of a medical condition.
(medicine) The spontaneous cure of a medical condition.
(medicine) Treament of a disease by administration of filtrates from the patient's own pathological secretions, such as the ingestion of discharge from wounds.
autotrophic
autotrophic
adj
(biology) Relating to the production of organic compounds from carbon dioxide as a carbon source, using either light or reactions of inorganic chemical compounds, as a source of energy.
autotropism
autotropism
noun
The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line unless influenced by external stimuli.
auxotrophic
auxotrophic
adj
(biology) Describing a strain of organism that requires a specific metabolic substance that the parent organism was able to synthesize by itself
axerophthol
axerophthol
noun
Vitamin A
azeotropies
azeotropism
azeotropism
noun
azeotropy
backpointer
bankrupting
bankrupting
verb
present participle of bankrupt
bankruptism
bankruptism
noun
(obsolete) bankruptcy
bankrupture
bankrupture
noun
(dated) bankruptcy
baptistries
baptistries
noun
plural of baptistry
baroceptors
baroceptors
noun
plural of baroceptor
baronetship
baronetship
noun
baronetcy
basiotripsy
bathysphere
bathysphere
noun
A spherical steel deep-diving chamber with perspex windows, in which persons are lowered to the depths by a cable to study the oceans and deep-sea life; the precursor to the bathyscaphe
becarpeting
becarpeting
verb
present participle of becarpet
behypocrite
bespattered
bespattered
adj
covered in spots of splashed liquid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespatter
bespatterer
bespatterer
noun
One who bespatters.
bicorporate
bicorporate
adj
(heraldry) Having two bodies.
biographist
biographist
noun
(dated) A biographer.
biparasitic
biparasitic
adj
parasitic on another parasite
bipartitely
bipartitely
adv
In a bipartite fashion; into two parts.
bipartition
bipartition
noun
Something that is bipartite
sharing or partitioning in two
verb
To partition into two.
biperforate
biperforate
adj
Having two foramina or perforations
birthplaces
birthplaces
noun
plural of birthplace
blastophore
blastophore
noun
(biology, obsolete) That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.
blastoporal
blastoporal
adj
(biology) Pertaining to a blastopore; blastoporic.
blastopores
blastopores
noun
plural of blastopore
blastoporic
blastoporic
adj
(biology) Pertaining to a blastopore; blastoporal.
blastospore
blastospore
noun
(mycology) A type of fungal spore produced asexually by budding.