(law) The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement; transferring a legal title.
aberrational
aberrational
adj
Characterized by aberration.
abmodalities
abnormalcies
abnormalcies
noun
plural of abnormalcy
abnormalised
abnormalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abnormalise
abnormalized
abnormalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abnormalize
abolishments
abolishments
noun
plural of abolishment
abolitionise
abolitionise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abolitionize.
abolitionize
abolitionize
verb
(transitive, rare, obsolete) To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
abstemiously
abstemiously
adv
Marked by abstinence or restraint, especially in relation to food or drink.
acategorical
acategorical
adj
Not categorical; not subject to being included in a category.
acceleration
acceleration
noun
(countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
(physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
(uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
accompletive
accompletive
adj
(rare) Tending to accomplish.
accomplished
accomplished
adj
Completed; effected; established.
Having many accomplishments, often as a result of study or training.
Showing skill and artistry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accomplish
accomplisher
accomplisher
noun
One who accomplishes.
accomplishes
accomplishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accomplish
acetonitrile
acetonitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The simplest organic cyanide or nitrile, CH₃CN, formally derived from acetic acid
acetotoluide
acetotoluide
noun
(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of a toluidine
acetylations
acetylations
noun
plural of acetylation
acetyliodide
acherontical
acrocephalia
acrocephalia
noun
(medicine) A deformity of the head in which the top is more or less pointed.
acrocephalic
acrocephalic
adj
Possessing a pointed skull.
noun
A person suffering from a pointed skull.
acromegalics
acromegalics
noun
plural of acromegalic
acromegalies
acromegalies
noun
plural of acromegaly
acromelalgia
acromelalgia
noun
(pathology) melalgia of the hands or feet
acroteleutic
acroteleutic
noun
(obsolete, Christianity) The end of a verse or psalm, or something added to it, to be sung by the people by way of a response.
acutifoliate
acutifoliate
adj
(botany) Having sharp-pointed leaves.
adelocodonic
adelocodonic
adj
(zoology) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; opposed to phanerocodonic.
adelomorphic
adenological
adenological
adj
Pertaining to adenology.
adenomalacia
adiponitrile
adiponitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The nitrile derived from adipic acid
admonitively
admonitively
adv
As an admonition.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adulteration
adulteration
noun
The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.
advertorials
advertorials
noun
plural of advertorial
aegagropilae
aegagropiles
aegirinolite
aelurophobia
aelurophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of ailurophobia
aeolotropism
aeolotropism
noun
aeolotropy
aeolsklavier
aeolsklavier
noun
(music, historical) A modification of the aeolodicon, having wooden reeds or springs, and a pedal which triggered a set of bellows (one for each note) and produced a soft and ethereal sound.
aerobiologic
aerobiologic
adj
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, aerobiology.
aeroelastics
aeroelastics
noun
aeroelasticity
aeroembolism
aeroembolism
noun
An embolism that results from the introduction, (or the formation under reduced pressure) of air bubbles in the blood.
aeronautical
aeronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight
aerophysical
aerophysical
adj
Relating to aerophysics.
aeropleustic
aeropleustic
adj
(humorous) Of or pertaining to aerial navigation.
aerosolizing
aerosolizing
verb
present participle of aerosolize
aerostatical
aerostatical
adj
Of or relating to aerostatics; pneumatic.
aeronautic
aetiological
aetiological
adj
Alternative spelling of etiological
aetiophyllin
agalmatolite
agalmatolite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.
ageometrical
agglomeratic
agglomeratic
adj
(geology) Of or relating to an agglomerate.
agglutinogen
agglutinogen
noun
(biochemistry) Any antigen that stimulates the production of an agglutinin
agglutogenic
agglutogenic
adj
Synonym of agglutinogenic
agrochemical
agrochemical
adj
Relating to agrochemistry.
noun
(chemistry) A chemical compound, such as a hormone, fungicide, or insecticide, that improves the production of crops.
A compound or product derived from farmed plants.
ailurophiles
ailurophiles
noun
plural of ailurophile
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
albopruinose
alcyoniaceae
alectoridine
alethiologic
algaeologist
algaeologist
noun
One who studies algaeology.
algesiometer
algometrical
algometrical
adj
Relating to algometry.
aliethmoidal
aliethmoidal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
alimentation
alimentation
noun
(biology) Nourishment, as a process or as a substance.
A French delicatessen.
alkaliferous
alkaliferous
adj
Yielding alkalis.
alkaligenous
alkaligenous
adj
Producing or generating alkali.
allantoidean
allantoinase
allantoinase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that produces allantoate as part of purine metabolism.
allegorising
allegorising
noun
The act or process of making an allegory.
verb
present participle of allegorise
allegorister
allegoristic
allegoristic
adj
allegorical
allegorizers
allegorizers
noun
plural of allegorizer
allegorizing
allegorizing
verb
present participle of allegorize
allelopathic
allelopathic
adj
relating to an allelopathy
allelotropic
alleviations
alleviations
noun
plural of alleviation
allioniaceae
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.
alloantigens
alloantigens
noun
plural of alloantigen
allocaffeine
allodelphite
alloiometric
alloisomeric
alloisomeric
adj
(chemistry) Relating to an alloisomer or to alloisomerism
allomerizing
allomorphite
allopathetic
allopathetic
adj
Involving or based on allopathy; allopathic.
allosyndesis
allosyndesis
noun
(genetics) The meiotic pairing of nonhomologous chromosomes from an allopolyploid individual
allosyndetic
allosyndetic
adj
Relating to allosyndesis
allotelluric
allotheistic
allotheistic
adj
Of or relating to allotheism.
allothigenic
allothogenic
alloxuraemia
alstroemeria
alstroemeria
noun
Any member of the genus Alstroemeria of South American flowering plants, the Peruvian lilies.
altercations
altercations
noun
plural of altercation
alternariose
alternations
alternations
noun
plural of alternation
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
aluminaphone
ambicolorate
ambitionless
ambitionless
adj
Without ambition or motivation
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amblyopsidae
ambrettolide
ambrettolide
noun
(organic compond) The macrolide lactone 1-oxacycloheptadec-8-en-2-one
ambulatories
ambulatories
noun
plural of ambulatory
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.
ameliorative
ameliorative
adj
(linguistics) Suggesting or relating to a positive or approving evaluation.
(philosophy) Of or relating to conceptual engineering, the normative study of which conceptual demarcation is most conducive to solve the problems the concept is a priori taken to solve.
Able to repair or ameliorate.
noun
(linguistics, rare) A linguistic unit (such as a word, morpheme) that implies a positive or approving evaluation.
That which betters or improves.
ameliorators
ameliorators
noun
plural of ameliorator
amelioratory
amelioratory
adj
Serving to ameliorate or improve.
ameloblastic
ameloblastic
adj
Of or relating to ameloblasts.
aminovaleric
ammoreslinol
amnioclepsis
ampelopsidin
ampelosicyos
amphibolites
amphibolites
noun
plural of amphibolite
amphicoelian
amphicoelian
adj
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
amphicoelous
adj
(zoology, of vertebrae) Having both ends concave; biconcave.
amphimorulae
amylodextrin
amylodextrin
noun
(biochemistry) A high molecular weight form of dextrin
amylogenesis
amylogenesis
noun
The formation of starch.
amyloleucite
amylopectins
amylopectins
noun
plural of amylopectin
anatomisable
anatomizable
anchoretical
anchoretical
adj
anchoretic
andouillette
andouillette
noun
A small andouille (type of sausage).
anecdotalism
anecdotalism
noun
A predisposition to relate anecdotes.
anecdotalist
anecdotalist
noun
One who recounts anecdotes, or uses them instead of experimental evidence in a field of study.
anemoclastic
anemological
anemological
adj
Relating to anemology.
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
aneuploidies
aneuploidies
noun
plural of aneuploidy
angelologies
angelologies
noun
plural of angelology
angelologist
angelologist
noun
A person involved in angelology.
angelophanic
angiospermal
angiospermal
adj
angiospermous
anguliferous
anhaemolytic
anhalonidine
anhalonidine
noun
(organic chemistry) A bioactive isolate of Lophophora williamsii.