A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
academian
academian
noun
(historical, obsolete) A follower of Plato.
(obsolete) A member of an academy, university, or college.
acalycine
acalycine
adj
(botany) Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.
acanthine
acanthine
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus, or its leaves.
acanthite
acanthite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of silver sulfide, Ag₂S, that is a major ore of silver, that forms slender prisms.
acaridean
accension
accension
noun
(obsolete) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
accenting
accenting
verb
present participle of accent
accepting
accepting
adj
Characterized by acceptance.
verb
present participle of accept
acception
acception
noun
(obsolete) Acceptation; received meaning.
accessing
accessing
verb
present participle of access
accession
accession
noun
(Scotland) Complicity, concurrence or assent in some action.
(law) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
(law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
(medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
A group of plants of the same species collected at a single location, often held in genebanks.
Access; admittance.
Agreement.
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
verb
(transitive) To make a record of (additions to a collection).
accidence
accidence
noun
(grammar) The accidents or inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.
A book containing the first principles of grammar; (by extension) a book containing the rudiments of any subject or art.
The rudiments of any subject.
accidency
accidents
accidents
noun
plural of accident
accipient
accipient
noun
(obsolete) Someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives).
acclinate
acclinate
adj
Having an upward slope.
accreting
accreting
verb
present participle of accrete
accretion
accretion
noun
(astrophysics) The formation of planets and other bodies by collection of material through gravity.
(biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
(geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
(law) Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.
(law) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
Concretion; coherence of separate particles.
Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item.
The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.
acecaffin
acediamin
acetanion
acetannin
acetannin
noun
(organic chemistry) An acetyl derivative of tannic acid
acetation
acetation
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) Synonym of acetification
acetonize
acetonize
verb
(rare) Synonym of acetonate
achenodia
acheulian
achieving
achieving
noun
Achievements, emphasizing the process of accomplishing them.
verb
present participle of achieve
achillean
achillean
Adjective
Resembling or relating to Achilles, the hero of the Iliad.
Invincible with only one small weakness (an Achilles heel), which becomes one's downfall.
Guided by emotional motives, especially rage, rather than reason.
Of or relating to a Roman-era Greek writer.
Pertaining to the Achilles tendon.
Of or relating to male homosexuals or male homosexuality, in the style of Achilles' relationship with Patroclus.
achillein
achimenes
achimenes
noun
A Central American plant, of the genus Achimenes, having showy, trumpet-shaped flowers
acidulent
acidulent
adj
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
acinetina
acipenser
acleidian
acleidian
adj
Alternative form of aclidian
acneiform
acneiform
adj
(pathology) Alternative form of acneform
aconative
aconative
adj
Lacking conation
aconitine
aconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite
acopyrine
acraeinae
acraniate
acraniate
adj
That lacks a cranium
noun
Any animal of the class Acrania
acridines
acridines
noun
plural of acridine
acridness
acridness
noun
bitterness or acerbity
acrogenic
acrogenic
adj
Alternative form of acrogenous
acroleins
acroleins
noun
plural of acrolein
actinides
actinides
noun
plural of actinide
actinulae
actinulae
noun
plural of actinula
actionize
actionize
verb
(transitive, rare) To bring a legal action against; to sue.
acuminate
acuminate
adj
(botany, mycology) Tapering to a long point in concave manner at its apex.
Tapering to a point; pointed.
verb
(intransitive) To end in or come to a sharp point.
(transitive) To render sharp or keen; to sharpen.
acuminose
acuminose
adj
Terminating in a flat, narrow end.
adjection
adjection
noun
Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
adminicle
adminicle
noun
(Scotland, law) Corroborative proof.
An auxiliary.
Background ornamentation on a coin or medal.
Something that aids or supports.
admirance
admirance
noun
(obsolete) admiration
advancive
advancive
adj
(archaic) Tending to advance.
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
aeginetic
aelodicon
aerogenic
aerogenic
adj
(biology) Producing gas or air (used especially of some bacteria)
aeronomic
aeronomic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to aeronomy
aeschines
affecting
affecting
adj
Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
verb
present participle of affect
affection
affection
noun
(medicine, archaic) A disease; a morbid symptom; a malady.
A feeling of love or strong attachment.
An attribute; a quality or property; a condition.
An emotion; a feeling or natural impulse acting upon and swaying the mind.
The act of affecting or acting upon.
The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person or other animal, caused by a subjective affect (a subjective feeling or emotion), which arises in response to a stimulus which may result from either thought or perception.
verb
(now rare) To feel affection for.
affianced
affianced
adj
(literary) engaged; betrothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affiance
affiancer
affiancer
noun
One who makes a contract of marriage between two persons.
affiances
affiances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance
agaricine
agennetic
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
alcedines
alcimedon
alectrion
alemannic
alemannic
Proper noun
The language, closely related to German, spoken in certain parts of South Germany, in Alsace (France), Vorarlberg (Austria), Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Alemannic language.
Of or relating to the Alemanni, a confederation of Suebian Germanic tribes.
aleuronic
aleuronic
adj
Of or pertaining to aleurone.
algedonic
algedonic
adj
Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
algogenic
algogenic
adj
(medicine) Inducing pain.
alimentic
allentiac
allianced
allianced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alliance
alliancer
alliancer
noun
One who favors and/or forms an alliance.
alliances
alliances
noun
plural of alliance
allicient
allicient
adj
That attracts; attracting.
allogenic
allogenic
adj
(geology) Formed in another location and transported.
(medicine, biology, genetics, immunology) Alternative form of allogeneic: genetically distinct, but of the same species; nonself but intraspecies.
Having an external cause, or source; exogenous.
ambiances
ambiances
noun
plural of ambiance
ambiences
ambiences
noun
plural of ambience
americana
americano
americano
noun
A cocktail made with Campari, sweet vermouth, and club soda.
A drink made of espresso coffee diluted with hot water.
americans
amerindic
amerindic
Adjective
Amerindian
amnemonic
amnemonic
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of amnesic
amnesiacs
amnesiacs
noun
plural of amnesiac
amyelinic
amyelinic
adj
That lacks a myelin sheath
amyelonic
anaeretic
anaerobic
anaerobic
adj
Of exercise, involving glycolysis (the conversion of glucose to adenosine triphosphate) rather than using oxygen to supply bodily energy needs.
Of or relating to an anaerobe.
Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
analcimes
analcimes
noun
plural of analcime
analcites
analcites
noun
plural of analcite
analectic
analectic
adj
Relating to analects; made up of selections.
analeptic
analeptic
adj
Of or relating to analepsis (a form of flashback).
That restores or stimulates health.
noun
A restorative or stimulative medication, especially one used to overcome depression.
analgesic
analgesic
adj
(of a person, etc) Unable to feel pain.
(of medicine) Acting to relieve pain; being an analgesic.
noun
(pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
analgetic
analgetic
noun
analgesic
analogice
anapestic
anapestic
adj
of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry (see also limeric or limerick).
of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum. Surdo literally means "deaf" in Brasilian Portuguese, and the surdo drums play the bass parts in a samba rhythm as performed by a batucada (drumming ensemble) during the Carnaval celebration.
of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human?) heartbeat pattern.
of, or relating to, or composed of an anapest.
noun
A verse that contains anapestic feet
anapnoeic
anarchies
anarchies
noun
plural of anarchy
anarchize
anarchize
verb
To reduce or elevate to a state of anarchy.
anchietea
anchietin
anchistea
anchorite
anchorite
noun
One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
anchusine
ancienter
ancienter
adj
comparative form of ancient: more ancient
anciently
anciently
adv
Done long ago.
In the manner of very long ago. As the ancients did.