(obsolete, meteorology) The branch of meteorology that involves the scientific examination of the various properties and composition of the atmosphere, and their variation
(rare) divination by observation of the sky
(zoology) aeroscepsy
aerotherapy
aerotherapy
noun
(medicine) Any therapy that uses some form of air
aerothermodynamic
aerothermodynamic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
aerothermodynamics
noun
(physics) The scientific study of the thermodynamic properties of gases, especially when travelling at a high velocity.
aerotonometry
aerotonometry
noun
The measurement of the partial pressure of gases in the blood.
Of or relating to Aeschylus, an ancient Greek dramatic poet.
aeschylus
aeschynanthus
aeschynite
aeschynite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several basic oxide minerals of mostly titanium and niobium with either cerium, neodymium or yttrium.
aeschynomene
aeschynomenous
aesthetically
aesthetically
adv
In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect.
aesthiology
aesthophysiology
aesthophysiology
noun
The science of sensation in relation to the actions of the nerves.
aestuary
aesyetes
aethylla
aetiologically
aetiologically
adv
In aetiological terms.
aetiology
aetiology
noun
(medicine, countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).
(medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
The study of causes or causation.
aetiophyllin
aetiotropically
affectability
affectability
noun
The condition of being affectable.
affectedly
affectedly
adv
(obsolete) Lovingly; with tender care.
(obsolete) With intention, intentionally, deliberately.
In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
affectibility
affectibility
noun
The quality or state of being affectible.
affectingly
affectingly
adv
So as to affect in an emotional sense.
affectionally
affectionally
adv
In an affectional manner.
affectionately
affectionately
adv
In an affectionate manner.
affectively
affectively
adv
In an affective way; emotionally.
affectivity
affectivity
noun
Ability to experience affects: feelings, emotions, judgement, motivations, etc.
afferently
afferently
adv
Inwardly, toward the center.
affinely
affinely
adv
In an affine manner
affinitatively
affinitatively
adv
(perhaps dated) In a manner than pertains to an affinity; familiarly; understandingly; similarly.
affirmatively
affirmatively
adv
In an affirming manner.
afflictively
afflictively
adv
In an afflictive manner
affluency
affluency
noun
(obsolete) affluence
affluently
affluently
adv
In an affluent manner.
affrayed
affrayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affray
affrayer
affrayer
noun
One involved in an affray.
affrayers
affrayers
noun
plural of affrayer
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
affrontedly
affrontedly
adv
(obsolete) shamelessly
afley
afterbay
afterbay
noun
(hydrology) a stream, conduit, pond or reservoir, of a hydroelectric power plant at the outlet of the turbines.
afterbody
afterbody
noun
(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
afterdays
afterdays
noun
(archaic) Days that follow; a later time or period; (figuratively) people in the future.
aftereye
afterplay
afterplay
noun
In human sexual behavior, the erotic acts done after finishing sex.
afterstudy
afteryears
afteryears
noun
subsequent years
agamogenetically
agamogenetically
adv
By means of agamogenesis.
agamospermy
agamospermy
noun
(botany) The asexual production of embryos and seeds.
agapeically
agedly
agedly
adv
In an aged manner.
agelessly
agelessly
adv
In an ageless manner.
agency
agency
noun
(sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by such unit of government.
A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
agentry
agentry
noun
The position of being an agent.
agglutinatively
agglutinatively
adv
In an agglutinative fashion; via agglutination.
aggregately
aggregately
adv
collectively; in mass.
aggregatively
aggregatively
adv
In an aggregative manner.
aggregatory
aggregatory
adj
Causing aggregation.
aggressively
aggressively
adv
In an aggressive manner.
aggressivity
aggressivity
noun
(geology) The acidic ability of water (when it contains dissolved carbon dioxide) to dissolve calcium carbonate from rocks.
The quality of being aggressive.
aggrievedly
aggrievedly
adv
In the manner of someone who is aggrieved
agilely
agilely
adv
In an agile manner; with agility.
agitatedly
agitatedly
adv
In an agitated manner.
agley
agley
adj
(Scotland) Wrong; askew.
adv
(chiefly Scotland) Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
aglycone
aglycone
noun
(organic chemistry) The non-sugar fragment of a glycoside.
aglycones
aglycones
noun
plural of aglycone
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
agreeability
agreeability
noun
(uncountable) The property of being agreeable; pleasantness.
agreeably
agreeably
adv
(obsolete) Alike; similarly.
In accordance.
In an agreeable or pleasing manner
agreeingly
agreeingly
adv
In a manner that agrees or corresponds; in agreement.
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
agriotypidae
agroforestry
agroforestry
noun
An agricultural approach of using the interactive benefits from combining trees and shrubs with crops and/or livestock.
agrogeologically
agrogeologically
adv
In terms of agrogeology.
agrogeology
agrogeology
noun
The geological study of agrominerals.
agromyzidae
agrotechny
agrotechny
noun
The science and technology of agriculture.
agrotype
agrotype
noun
A type of soil used for agriculture
agrypnode
aguey
aguey
adj
Conditions associated with catching ague.
In the state of having a high fever accompanied by shaking or shivering.
agyieus
agyrate
ahey
aiery
aiery
adj
Obsolete form of aery.
ailantery
ailey
ailsyte
aimlessly
aimlessly
adv
Without an aim, purpose or direction; in an aimless manner.
ainsley
airlessly
airlessly
adv
In a airless manner; without air.
airohydrogen
airohydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.
akeley
akerley
akey
akeyla
akeylah
akiyenik
alarmedly
alarmedly
adv
In an alarmed manner.
alayne
alberttype
albertype
albertype
noun
(historical) A picture printed from a kind of gelatine plate produced by means of a photographic negative.
albespyne
albespyne
noun
Alternative form of albespine
albitophyre
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminometry
alcayde
alcayde
noun
Alternative form of alcaide
alcaydes
alcaydes
noun
plural of alcayde
alchemically
alchemically
adv
By means of, or in terms of, alchemy.
alchemistry
alchemistry
noun
(obsolete) alchemy
alchemy
alchemy
noun
(computing, slang, countable) Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.
(countable) The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
alchymies
alchymies
noun
plural of alchymy
alcoholometry
alcoholometry
noun
The measurement of the concentration of alcohol in a liquid, especially in the blood
alcyonacea
alcyonacean
alcyonacean
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Alcyonacea; a soft coral.
alcyone
alcyones
alcyoneus
alcyoniaceae
aldehydase
aldehyde
aldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.
aldehydes
aldehydes
noun
plural of aldehyde
aldehydic
aldehydic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, relating to, or being an aldehyde; having the character of an aldehyde.
aldehydine
aldehydrol
aldercy
alderfly
alderfly
noun
(fishing) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.
A member of any one of the 66 species of the family Sialidae of megalopteran insects, each specimen of which has a body length not exceeding one inch and possesses long filamentous antennae and four large dark wings.
aldermancy
aldermancy
noun
The office or position of an alderman.
aldermanity
aldermanity
noun
The condition of being an alderman.
aldermanly
aldermanly
adj
Relating to, or like, an alderman.
adv
In the manner of an alderman.
aldermanry
aldermanry
noun
(countable) the district in which an alderman serves
(uncountable) the rank or status of an alderman
alderney
aleatory
aleatory
adj
(art, music) Produced with an element of chance (aleatoricism).
Depending on the throw of a die; random, arising by chance.
aleberry
aleberry
noun
A beverage made by boiling ale with spice and sugar and sops of bread.
alectoromachy
alectoromachy
noun
(rare) cockfighting
alectoromancy
alectoromancy
noun
Alternative form of alectryomancy
alectryomachy
alectryomachy
noun
Cockfighting
alectryomancy
alectryomancy
noun
A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably the white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground.
alectryon
alekseyevska
alertedly
alertly
alertly
adv
In an alert manner; with alertness.
alethiology
alethiology
noun
(logic) The branch of logic dealing with truth and error.
aletocyte
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
alexipyretic
alexipyretic
adj
(pharmacology, obsolete, rare) Having the effect of reducing fever.
noun
(pharmacology, obsolete) A medicine which reduces fever.
aley
aley
adj
(rare) Resembling or characteristic of ale.
aleyard
aleydis
aleyrodes
aleyrodid
aleyrodid
noun
(zoology) Any insect of the whitefly family, Aleyrodidae.