A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
accepters
accepters
noun
plural of accepter
acceptors
acceptors
noun
plural of acceptor
accipiter
accipiter
noun
(medicine, surgery) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
(ornithology) Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
acropathy
acropathy
noun
Any disease specific to the extremities.
acropetal
acropetal
adj
(botany) That develops, matures or opens from the base towards the apex in sequence.
actorship
actorship
noun
The state or quality associated with being an actor.
adderspit
adoperate
adscripts
adscripts
noun
plural of adscript
aeropathy
aeropathy
noun
illness caused by a change in atmospheric pressure
aerophoto
aerophoto
noun
Alternative form of aerophotograph
aerophyte
aerophyte
noun
(biology) epiphyte
afterclap
afterclap
noun
(South Africa, historical) A canvas curtain or tailboard at the rear of a covered wagon.
(archaic) An additional adverse event that occurs unexpectedly after an earlier one was thought to be over and done with.
(archaic) An unfavourable turn of events following a favourable situation; an eventuality for which one ought to be prepared.
(humorous) A child born after the one that was intended to be the last.
(obsolete) A change or attempted change to an agreement after it has been entered into; an additional charge (especially one over and above the previously agreed-upon price).
(slang, obsolete) A sweet food, drink, or tobacco product consumed at the end of a meal.
(uncountable, medicine, obsolete) Urethral discharge as a symptom of gonorrhea.
A phenomenon occurring after a similar earlier one; a later manifestation of something.
A sound that follows another, especially a loud noise, such as thunder.
A symptom of an illness, especially one that appears after the initial onset; an illness or symptom caused by exposure to a substance, an injury, etc.
The consequence (often, but not always, adverse) of an action or event.
aftercrop
aftercrop
noun
A second crop in the same year.
afterdamp
afterdamp
noun
(mining) Suffocating gases present in a coal mine after an explosion caused by firedamp, consisting of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen, and sometimes hydrogen sulfide.
afterhelp
afterhope
afterpain
afterpain
noun
(pathology, often in the plural) pain of uterine contractions experienced after childbirth (especially after passage of the placenta)
afterpart
afterpart
noun
A rear part
afterpast
afterpeak
afterpeak
noun
(nautical) The compartment nearest the stern in the hold of a ship
afterplay
afterplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the erotic acts done after finishing sex.
aftership
agitprops
agitprops
noun
plural of agitprop
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
airstrips
airstrips
noun
plural of airstrip
albertype
albertype
noun
(historical) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
alipteria
allenport
allopatry
allopatry
noun
(biology) The condition of being allopatric.
allotrope
allotrope
noun
(chemistry) Any form of an element that has a distinctly different molecular structure to another form of the same element.
(linguistics) An other form, a different shape of a lexical unit.
(philosophy) An alternative shape of a cognitive structure.
allotropy
allotropy
noun
(chemistry) A property, exhibited by some elements, of existing in multiple forms with different atomic structures.
alpargata
alpargata
noun
Synonym of espadrille
alpestral
alpheratz
alpheratz
Proper noun
A binary star in the constellation of Andromeda (formerly seen as part of Pegasus).
altigraph
altigraph
noun
An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
ambrotype
ambrotype
noun
(photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.
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
amphitron
amphitruo
amputator
amputator
noun
The person who performs, or thing that causes, an amputation.
anatropal
anatropal
adj
(botany) anatropous
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.
anotropia
anteporch
anthocarp
anthocarp
noun
(botany) A collective, composite or aggregated fruit formed from an entire inflorescence, as in the sorosis of a pineapple or the syconus of a fig.
(botany) A composite false fruit, consisting of the actual fruit and the perianth.
(botany) A fruit formed by the union of the floral organs or part of them, with the fruit itself, as in Nyctagineae; also applied to fruits with accessories, sometimes termed pseudocarps, as the strawberry and pineapple.
(botany) A fruit resulting from many flowers, such as the pineapple; a fruit of which the perianth or the torus forms part.
(botany) In the Nyctaginaceae, individual apetalous flowers have a tubular, petaloid calyx that resembles a sympetalous corolla. The lower portion of the calyx tightly enwraps the one-seeded achene and is persistent around the fruit as an anthocarp. The calyx base plus the enclosed seed-bearing achene is the unit of dispersal.
(botany) Lower part of a perianth containing the fruit, the upper part having dropped away, well seen in plants of the family Nyctaginaceae.
anthropic
anthropic
adj
Of or pertaining to mankind or humans, or the period of humanity's existence.
anthropol
anthropos
anthropos
Proper noun
The primordial man/humanity.
anticreep
antigraph
antigraph
noun
(obsolete) A copy or transcript.
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
antipater
antipolar
antipolar
adj
Diametrically opposed.
Relating to or located at an antipole.
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.
antipyrin
antipyrin
noun
Alternative form of antipyrine
antipyryl
antitrope
antitropy
antitropy
noun
(botany) A disposition of opposed, asymmetric leaves where a pair of leaves displays bilateral symmetry.
antwerpen
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.
apartment
apartment
noun
(archaic) A suite of rooms within a domicile, designated for a specific person or persons and including a bedroom.
(chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) A complete domicile occupying only part of a building, especially one for rent; a flat.
(computing, COM) A conceptual space used for separation in the threading architecture. Objects in one apartment cannot directly access those in another, but must use a proxy.
(obsolete) A division of an enclosure that is separate from others; a compartment
apartness
apartness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being apart.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being apart.
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
apertness
apertness
noun
(archaic) openness; frankness
apertural
apertural
adj
Relating to an aperture.
apertured
apertured
adj
Having an aperture (or a specified type of aperture).
apertures
apertures
noun
plural of aperture
apheretic
apheretic
adj
US standard spelling of aphaeretic.
aphorists
aphorists
noun
plural of aphorist
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
aplectrum
aplustria
apocenter
apocenter
noun
(astronomy) The furthest point of an astronomical object in an elliptical orbit to its center of attraction (the principal focus of the ellipse)
apocentre
apocentre
noun
Alternative form of apocenter
apolarity
apolarity
noun
The condition of being apolar
aportlast
aportoise
aposaturn
apparatus
apparatus
noun
(collective) An assortment of tools and instruments.
(firefighting) A vehicle used for emergency response.
(gymnastics) Any of the equipment on which the gymnasts perform their movements.
(video games) A complex, highly modified weapon (typically not a firearm); a weaponized “Rube Goldberg machine.”
A bureaucratic organization, especially one influenced by political patronage.
A complex machine or instrument.
The entirety of means whereby a specific production is made existent or task accomplished.
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.
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
appetiser
appetiser
noun
Alternative spelling of appetizer.
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.
applecart
applecart
noun
A barrow from which apples and other fruit were formerly sold in the street
A planned situation.
appleroot
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.
apprecate
appreteur
approbate
approbate
adj
Approved.
verb
(transitive) To give official sanction, consent or authorization to.
aprilette
apriorist
apriorist
noun
(philosophy) A believer in apriorism.
apriority
apriority
noun
(philosophy) The quality or state of being known a priori
aproctous
aproctous
adj
(zoology) Without an anal orifice.
apteryges
apteryxes
apteryxes
noun
plural of apteryx
apyrotype
arapahite
arapahite
noun
(mineralogy) A dark, fine-grained magnetite basalt mineral.
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
arhatship
arhatship
Noun
The state of being an arhat.
arpenteur
arreption
arreption
noun
(obsolete) The act of taking away.
arthropod
arthropod
noun
An invertebrate animal of the phylum Arthropoda, characterized by a chitinous exoskeleton and multiple jointed appendages.
aspartame
aspartame
noun
(organic chemistry) An artificial sweetener, the methyl ester of a dipeptide formed from aspartic acid and phenylalanine, used in many processed foods and beverages.
aspartate
aspartate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of aspartic acid.
asperated
asperated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asperate
asperates
asperates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of asperate
aspermont
asphalter
asphalter
noun
One who pours or works with asphalt.
aspirants
aspirants
noun
plural of aspirant
aspiratae
aspirated
aspirated
adj
(French linguistics) In French, describing an initial letter h which, though silent, does not permit liaison or elision with the preceding word.
(phonetics) Pronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aspirate
aspirates
aspirates
noun
plural of aspirate
aspirator
aspirator
noun
A pooter (device for collecting insects).
A pump for removing gases or liquids.
A pump which draws gas through a liquid.
astrophel
astrophel
Noun
A lover similar to that in the poem
astrophil
astrophil
noun
Obsolete form of astrophile.
atemporal
atemporal
adj
Unaffected by time; timeless; permanent or unchanging.
athrepsia
athrepsia
noun
(pathology) Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings.
athreptic
athreptic
adj
Relating to athrepsia
atmograph
atriopore
atriopore
noun
a hole in a lancelet through which water exits the body
atrophias
atrophias
noun
plural of atrophia
atrophied
atrophied
adj
Characterized by atrophy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atrophy
atrophies
atrophies
noun
plural of atrophy
atrophous
atropidae
atropines
atropines
noun
plural of atropine
atropisms
attempers
attempers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attemper
attempter
attempter
noun
One who attempts.
attercrop
attercrop
noun
Alternative form of attercop (“a spider”)
austemper
austemper
verb
(transitive) To harden (a metal) and produce a stronger microstructure by heating it into the austenite region and then immediately quenching and removing any bainite and ausferrite.
autograph
autograph
adj
(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
noun
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
verb
(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
automorph
automorph
adj
Alternative form of automorphic
autopolar
autopolar
adj
(electronics) Relating to or having autopolarity.
autospore
autospore
noun
An immobile spore that cannot develop flagella.
autospray
autospray
noun
(medicine, countable, obsolete) A medicine provided in the form of a spray for topical application.
(uncountable) Automatic spraying.
autotroph
autotroph
noun
(ecology) Any organism that can synthesize its food from inorganic substances, using heat or light as a source of energy.
auxotroph
auxotroph
noun
Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation
azeotrope
azeotrope
noun
(physics) A mixture of two or more substances whose liquid and gaseous forms have the same composition (at a certain pressure); the substances cannot be separated by normal distillation.
verb
To create a mixture of this kind.
azeotropy
azeotropy
noun
(physics, chemistry) The formation of an azeotrope; the condition of being azeotropic
backstrap
backstrap
noun
(drugs) The rolling a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion
(firearms) The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.