(of a person) Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond.
(of an action, etc.) Characterised by or proceeding from affection; indicating love; tender.
verb
(obsolete, reflexive) To emotionally attach (oneself) to.
(rare) To show affection to; to have affection for.
affiliations
affiliations
noun
plural of affiliation
affinitative
affinitative
adj
Of the nature of affinity.
affirmations
affirmations
noun
plural of affirmation
afflictingly
afflictingly
adv
In a way that causes affliction.
affluentness
affluentness
noun
The state or quality of being affluent.
afforestment
afforestment
noun
The process of afforesting.
affrightment
affrightment
noun
(archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
(obsolete) A cause of fear.
(obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
affrontingly
affrontingly
adv
in an affronting manner
afterburners
afterburners
noun
plural of afterburner
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
afterthinker
afterthinker
noun
One who acts first and thinks afterwards.
afterworking
agamogenetic
agamogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to agamogenesis.
agapanthuses
agapanthuses
noun
plural of agapanthus
agathodaemon
agathodaemon
noun
A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
agglutinable
agglutinable
adj
Able to be agglutinated; that readily undergoes agglutination
agglutinated
agglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate
agglutinates
agglutinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglutinate
agglutinator
agglutinator
noun
That which agglutinates
agglutinogen
agglutinogen
noun
(biochemistry) Any antigen that stimulates the production of an agglutinin
agglutogenic
agglutogenic
adj
Synonym of agglutinogenic
aggradations
aggradations
noun
plural of aggradation
aggravations
aggravations
noun
plural of aggravation
aggregations
aggregations
noun
plural of aggregation
aggrievement
aggrievement
noun
The state of being aggrieved.
aghorapanthi
agitationist
agitationist
noun
Synonym of agitator (“one who stirs up or excites others, for example political reformers”)
aglyphodonta
agnification
agnomination
agnomination
noun
(rhetoric) A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another
(rhetoric) An alliteration.
(rhetoric) Assigning to a proper name its literal or homophonic meaning.
(rhetoric) polyptoton.
agnostically
agnostically
adv
In an agnostic manner; not having or expressing a firm opinion on something.
Toward, or from the perspective of, agnosticism.
agnosticisms
agnosticisms
noun
plural of agnosticism
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
aircondition
aircraftsman
aircraftsman
noun
An aircraftman.
aircraftsmen
aircraftsmen
noun
plural of aircraftsman
airtightness
airtightness
noun
The quality of being airtight.
alacreatinin
albification
albification
noun
(obsolete) The act or process of making white.
albitization
albitization
noun
(mineralogy) conversion into albite
alcantarines
alcaptonuria
alcaptonuria
noun
Alternative spelling of alkaptonuria
alcoothionic
aldolization
aldolization
noun
(organic chemistry) The formation of an aldol, normally from a corresponding aldehyde or ketone
aldosterones
aldosterones
noun
plural of aldosterone
alectoridine
alexandretta
alexandrites
alexandrites
noun
plural of alexandrite
alienability
alienability
noun
(countable) An alienable transfer or sale
(uncountable) The quality of being alienable
alienigenate
alienigenate
adj
(obsolete, rare) foreign-born
alimentation
alimentation
noun
(biology) Nourishment, as a process or as a substance.
A French delicatessen.
alimentative
alimentative
adj
Nutritious, nourishing.
Relating to aliment
alkalinities
alkalinities
noun
plural of alkalinity
alkalisation
alkalisation
noun
Alternative form of alkalization
alkalization
alkalization
noun
alkalinization
alkaptonuria
alkaptonuria
noun
(medicine) A rare inherited genetic disorder of phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism, causing the accumulation and eventual excretion of alkapton.
alkaptonuric
alkaptonuric
adj
Relating to alkaptonuria
allantoidean
allantoidian
allantoinase
allantoinase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that produces allantoate as part of purine metabolism.
allassotonic
alleviations
alleviations
noun
plural of alleviation
alligatoring
alligatoring
noun
(painting) A pattern of cracking of paint on a surface leaving roughly hexagonal areas of uncracked paint.
(roofing) The cracking of the surfacing bitumen on a bituminous roof or coating on a SPF roof, producing a pattern of cracks similar to an alligator's hide.
verb
present participle of alligator
alliterating
alliterating
verb
present participle of alliterate
alliteration
alliteration
noun
The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter.
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals.
alloantibody
alloantibody
noun
An antibody involved in alloimmunity.
alloantigens
alloantigens
noun
plural of alloantigen
allocrotonic
allocthonous
allocthonous
adj
Misspelling of allochthonous.
allografting
allografting
noun
The transplanting of an allograft
allophanates
allophanates
noun
plural of allophanate
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
allothigenic
allothogenic
almightiness
almightiness
noun
The state or quality of being almighty.
alpenstocker
alpenstocker
noun
A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock.
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.
altercations
altercations
noun
plural of altercation
alternamente
alternariose
alternations
alternations
noun
plural of alternation
alternatives
alternatives
noun
plural of alternative
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
altingiaceae
altiplanicie
altitudinous
altitudinous
adj
(humorous) Lofty; very high.
amalgamating
amalgamating
verb
present participle of amalgamate
amalgamation
amalgamation
noun
(obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races.
(specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
amarantaceae
amazonstones
amazonstones
noun
plural of amazonstone
ambisinister
ambisinister
adj
(rare) Awkward or clumsy with both hands.
ambitendency
ambitendency
noun
(psychology) Contradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.
ambitionless
ambitionless
adj
Without ambition or motivation
ambivalently
ambivalently
adv
In an ambivalent manner.
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
ameliorating
ameliorating
verb
present participle of ameliorate
amelioration
amelioration
noun
(linguistics) The process by which a term gains a more positive connotation over time.
(philosophy) An ameliorative change of a concept or a repertoire of concepts.
An improvement.
The act of making better.
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
americanitis
americanitis
Noun
neurasthenia
amianthiform
amianthiform
adj
Resembling amianthus in form.
amianthoidal
aminoacetone
aminoacetone
noun
(chemistry) 1-amino-2-propanone, a secondary amino ketone
aminoplastic
aminoplastic
noun
melamine/formaldehyde resin
aminopterins
aminopterins
noun
plural of aminopterin
ammoniations
ammoniations
noun
plural of ammoniation
ammoniticone
ammonitoidea
ammoniureted
ammonization
amontillados
amontillados
noun
plural of amontillado
amortization
amortization
noun
The distribution of the cost of an intangible asset, such as an intellectual property right, over the projected useful life of the asset.
The reduction of loan principal over a series of payments.