Carissa macrocarpa, a shrub native to Southern Africa.
ambagiosity
ambagiosity
noun
The quality of being ambagious.
ambagitory
ambagitory
adj
(obsolete) periphrastic or circumlocutory
ambiguities
ambiguities
noun
plural of ambiguity
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
ambisporangiate
ambitioning
ambitioning
verb
present participle of ambition
amblygonite
amblygonite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral, a mixed fluoride and aluminophosphate of sodium and lithium that is an important ore of lithium.
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amblystegite
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
ameliorating
ameliorating
verb
present participle of ameliorate
amidating
amidating
adj
(organic chemistry) That causes an amidation reaction
aminating
aminating
verb
present participle of aminate
aminoglutaric
aminoglutaric
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any amino derivative of a glutaric group
ammoniating
ammoniating
verb
present participle of ammoniate
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
amongst
amongst
prep
Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.
amortising
amortising
verb
present participle of amortise
amortizing
amortizing
verb
present participle of amortize
amounting
amounting
verb
present participle of amount
ampangabeite
ampangabeite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of samarskite
ampelographist
ampelographist
noun
One who studies ampelography.
amphigastria
amphigastrium
amphigastrula
amphigenetic
amphigenetic
adj
Relating to amphigenesis.
amphisporangiate
ampulating
amputating
amputating
verb
present participle of amputate
amtorg
amygdalate
amygdalate
adj
Of or pertaining to almonds.
noun
(obsolete, uncountable) almond milk
(organic chemistry, countable) Any salt or ester of amygdalic acid.
amygdalectomy
amygdalectomy
Noun
Surgical removal of the amygdala.
amygdalitis
amygdalitis
noun
(obsolete) tonsillitis
amygdalolith
amygdalopathy
amygdalothripsis
amygdalotome
amygdalotomy
amygdalotomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the amygdala.
amygdonitrile
anagrammatic
anagrammatic
adj
Being or relating to an anagram.
anagrammatical
anagrammatical
adj
Alternative form of anagrammatic
anagrammatically
anagrammatically
adv
In an anagrammatic manner.
anagrammatise
anagrammatise
verb
(transitive) To produce an anagram of; to transpose the letters of.
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatising
anagrammatising
verb
present participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatism
anagrammatism
noun
The creation or formation of anagrams.
anagrammatist
anagrammatist
noun
A creator or finder of anagrams.
anagrammatization
anagrammatization
noun
Transformation of a word into its anagram.
anagrammatize
anagrammatize
verb
Alternative spelling of anagrammatise
anagrammatized
anagrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize
anagrammatizing
anagrammatizing
verb
present participle of anagrammatize
anallagmatic
anallagmatic
adj
(mathematics) Not changed in form by inversion.
anallagmatis
anapterygotism
anastigmat
anastigmat
noun
(photography) An anastigmatic lens.
anastigmatic
anastigmatic
adj
(of the eye, or a lens system) Free from astigmatism
anastigmats
anastigmats
noun
plural of anastigmat
anastomosing
anastomosing
adj
(geology) Networked into irregularly branching and reconnecting veins of ore.
(mycology) Fused together in a vein-like network; used to describe mushroom gills that are interconnected with veins.
verb
present participle of anastomose
anathematising
anathematising
verb
present participle of anathematise
anathematizing
anathematizing
verb
present participle of anathematize
anatomicobiological
anatomicobiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and biology.
anatomicochirurgical
anatomicopathologic
anatomicopathological
anatomicopathological
adj
Relating to anatomy and pathology.
anatomicophysiologic
anatomicophysiological
anatomicophysiological
adj
Relating to anatomy and physiology.
anatomicosurgical
anatomicosurgical
adj
Relating to anatomy and surgery.
anatomising
anatomising
verb
present participle of anatomise
anatomizing
anatomizing
verb
present participle of anatomize
anatomopathologic
anatomopathologic
adj
Alternative form of anatomopathological
anatomopathological
anatomopathological
adj
(anatomy, pathology) Relating to both anatomy and pathology
androgametangium
androgametophore
anematizing
anemometrograph
anemometrograph
noun
(archaic) An anemograph.
anemometrographic
anemometrographically
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
angiohydrotomy
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
angiolymphitis
angiomata
angiomatosis
angiomatosis
noun
(medicine) A rare genetic non-neoplastic condition presenting with little knots of capillaries in various organs.
angiomatous
angiomatous
adj
Relating to an angioma.
angiometer
angiospermatous
angiospermatous
adj
Alternative form of angiospermous
angiostomize
angiostomy
angiostomy
noun
(surgery) The formation of an opening into a blood vessel, typically by means of a cannula
angiotome
angiotomy
angiotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of the blood vessels and lymphatics of the body
anglemeter
anglemeter
noun
An instrument to measure angles, especially one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
anglesmith
anglocatholicism
angstrom
angstrom
noun
(physics) A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
angstroms
angstroms
noun
plural of angstrom
angulometer
angulometer
noun
An instrument for measuring exterior angles.
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
animating
animating
verb
present participle of animate
animatingly
animatingly
adv
in an animating manner
animatograph
anisogamete
anisogamete
noun
(biology) heterogamete
anisogametes
anisogametes
noun
plural of anisogamete
anisogametic
anisognathism
anomalogonatae
anomalogonatous
antagonism
antagonism
noun
A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
antagonisms
antagonisms
noun
plural of antagonism
antemarginal
antemingent
antepagment
antepagmenta
antepagments
antheming
antheming
verb
present participle of anthem
anthropoclimatologist
anthropoclimatology
anthropoclimatology
noun
The scientific study of the relationship between human beings and the climate.
anthropomorphising
anthropomorphising
verb
present participle of anthropomorphise
anthropomorphizing
anthropomorphizing
verb
present participle of anthropomorphize
anthropomorphological
anthropomorphological
adj
(biology) Relating to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropomorphologically
anthropomorphologically
adv
(biology) With regard to anthropomorphology (human morphology).
anthropomorphology
anthropomorphology
noun
(biology) Human morphology.
(biology) The study of human morphology.
(religion) The attribution of human characteristics to God.
anthropophagism
anthroposomatology
anthroposomatology
noun
(dated, rare) The sum of knowledge regarding the human body, comprehending anatomy, physiology, pathology, etc.
antidogmatic
antidogmatic
adj
Opposed to dogma.
antidogmatical
antidogmatically
antidogmatism
antidogmatism
noun
Opposition to dogma.
antidogmatist
antidumping
antidumping
adj
(economics, trade, diplomacy) Intended to combat or prevent dumping, the sale of goods below cost for anticompetitive purposes
antiegoism
antiegotism
antiferromagnet
antiferromagnet
noun
(physics) An antiferromagnetic material
antiferromagnetic
antiferromagnetic
adj
(physics) Exhibiting antiferromagnetism.
antiferromagnetism
antiferromagnetism
noun
(physics) a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism, in which magnetic domains line up in a regular pattern, but with neighbouring electron spins pointing in opposite directions; materials showing this effect are either ferrimagnetic or diamagnetic, and become paramagnetic above the Neel temperature
antifoaming
antifoaming
adj
That inhibits the formation of foam
antifogmatic
antifogmatic
noun
An alcoholic drink taken in the morning to brace oneself before going out into bad weather.
antiforeignism
antiforeignism
noun
antiforeign attitudes
antigambling
antigambling
adj
Acting against or opposing gambling.
antighostism
antigigmanic
antigovernment
antigovernment
adj
Opposed to a government currently in power.
Opposed to government in general.
antigovernmental
antigovernmental
adj
Opposing a government.
antigovernmentally
antigrammatical
antigrammatical
adj
Opposing or flouting the rules of grammar.
antigrammatically
antigrammaticalness
antihemagglutinin
antihemagglutinin
adj
(immunology) That reacts with hemagglutinin
antihemoglobin
antihemorrhagic
antihemorrhagic
adj
(pharmacology) That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
noun
(pharmacology) Any drug etc. that stops or reduces hemorrhage.
antihumbuggist
antijamming
antijamming
adj
Designed not to jam (become stuck).
Designed to prevent being jammed (communications interference).
antilegomena
antilogarithm
antilogarithm
noun
(mathematics) The number of which a given number is the logarithm (to a given base).
antilogarithmic
antilogarithmic
adj
(mathematics) Of or pertaining to an antilogarithm.