A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
agedness
agedness
noun
The state or quality of being aged.
agednesses
agelacrinitidae
agend
agend
noun
Obsolete form of agendum.
agenda
agenda
noun
(now rare) plural of agendum
(obsolete) A ritual.
A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.
A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
An ulterior motive.
agendaless
agendaless
adj
Without an agenda.
agendas
agendas
noun
plural of agenda
agendum
agendum
noun
(obsolete) A task which ought to be done.
(theology) Something to be done; a practical duty, rather than an article of faith.
agendums
agendums
noun
plural of agendum
agenized
agenized
adj
Treated with agene.
agglutinated
agglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate
agglutinoid
aggradation
aggradation
noun
(geology) Increase in land elevation due to the deposition of sediment.
aggradational
aggradational
adj
(geology) Pertaining to or formed by aggradation.
aggradations
aggradations
noun
plural of aggradation
aggrading
aggrading
verb
present participle of aggrade
aggrandise
aggrandise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize.
aggrandised
aggrandised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggrandise
aggrandisement
aggrandisement
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of aggrandizement
aggrandiser
aggrandiser
noun
Alternative form of aggrandizer
aggrandises
aggrandises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrandise
aggrandising
aggrandising
verb
present participle of aggrandise
aggrandizable
aggrandizable
adj
(very rare) Capable of being made great; increasable.
aggrandize
aggrandize
verb
(intransitive, rare) To increase or become great.
(transitive) To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
(transitive) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).
(transitive) To make great; to enlarge; to increase.
aggrandized
aggrandized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggrandize
aggrandizement
aggrandizement
Noun
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
aggrandizements
aggrandizements
noun
plural of aggrandizement
aggrandizer
aggrandizer
noun
One who makes great or aggrandizes.
aggrandizers
aggrandizers
noun
plural of aggrandizer
aggrandizes
aggrandizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrandize
aggrandizing
aggrandizing
verb
present participle of aggrandize
aggrievedness
aggrievedness
noun
The state or quality of being aggrieved.
agkistrodon
aglyphodont
aglyphodonta
aglyphodontia
agminated
agminated
adj
agminate
agnamed
agnamed
adj
Styled or called apart from given name and surname.
agnized
agnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agnize
agoniada
agoniadin
agoniadin
noun
A glucoside found in agonia bark (Plumeria lancifolia), used as an antiperiodic or a febrifuge in malaria.
agonied
agonied
adj
Feeling or undergoing agony; agonized.
agonised
agonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agonise
agonized
agonized
adj
in agony or distraught
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agonize
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agrionid
agrionidae
aground
aground
adj
(by extension) at a loss, ruined, with no way out
(nautical, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
agrypnode
aguardiente
aguardiente
noun
A kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.
aguinaldo
aguinaldo
noun
(Latin America) A Christmas carol.
A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
A gift given on any other holiday or occasion.
A wild tropical plant of the Convolvulaceae family, very common in Cuba and which flowers at Easter and Christmas.
Christmas pay bonus; Christmas box.
aguinaldos
aguinaldos
noun
plural of aguinaldo
ahmadnagar
ahmednagar
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
aiding
aiding
noun
The act of one who aids or assists.
verb
present participle of aid
airconditioning
airconditioning
noun
Alternative spelling of air conditioning
airdropping
airdropping
verb
present participle of airdrop
airohydrogen
airohydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.
alderling
aldington
aldolizing
algedonic
algedonic
adj
Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
algidness
algidness
noun
The state or quality of being algid.
algidnesses
algodon
algodoncillo
algodoncillo
noun
Bauhinia picta, a fabaceous plant found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
aligned
aligned
adj
(figurative) Allied or working together with a common goal.
Having been placed, arranged or formed in alignment (with something).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of align
allargando
allargando
adv
(music) Decreasing in tempo; getting slower.
alluding
alluding
verb
present participle of allude
alongside
alongside
adv
Along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.
prep
Side by side with.
Together with or at the same time.
ambuscading
ambuscading
verb
present participle of ambuscade
amending
amending
verb
present participle of amend
amidating
amidating
adj
(organic chemistry) That causes an amidation reaction
amidocyanogen
amidogen
amidogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry, dated) The amino radical, •NH₂, the neutral form of the amide ion −NH₂⁻, regardable as the ammonia molecule with one of its hydrogen atoms removed.
amidogens
amidogens
noun
plural of amidogen
aminoguanidine
aminoguanidine
noun
(organic chemistry, medicine) An amino derivative of guanidine, used for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy under the name pimagedine
amygdalin
amygdalin
noun
(biochemistry) A glycoside of benzaldehyde and hydrogen cyanide found in bitter almonds, and in the kernels of some other fruit.
amygdaline
amygdaline
adj
Resembling or characteristic of almonds.
noun
Alternative form of amygdalin
amygdalinic
amygdaloncus
amygdonitrile
amygdophenin
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatized
anagrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize
anagrammed
anagrammed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagram
analgesidae
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
analogized
analogized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogize
anangioid
anderegg
anding
anding
verb
present participle of and
andragogy
andragogy
noun
The methods or techniques used to teach adults; adult education.
androgametangium
androgametophore
androgamone
androgen
androgen
noun
(biochemistry, steroids) Any natural or synthetic compound, usually a steroid hormone, that stimulates or controls the development and maintenance of masculine characteristics in vertebrates. A male sex hormone such as testosterone or anabolic steroids.
androgeneses
androgeneses
noun
plural of androgenesis
androgenesis
androgenesis
noun
(botany, zoology) Male or paternal apomixis, involving fusion of the male and female gametes and replacement of the female nucleus by the male nucleus.
androgenetic
androgenetic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androgenesis.
androgenic
androgenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
androgenous
androgenous
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
Misspelling of androgynous.
androgens
androgens
noun
plural of androgen
androgeus
androginous
androgone
androgonia
androgonial
androgonidium
androgonidium
noun
An androspore
androgonium
andrographis
andrographolide
andrographolide
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter labdane diterpenoid that is the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, effective against certain cancers
androgyn
androgynal
androgynal
adj
androgynous
androgynary
androgyne
androgyne
noun
A person who is androgynous.
An androgynous plant.
androgyneity
androgynia
androgynic
androgynies
androgynies
noun
plural of androgyny
androgynism
androgynism
noun
hermaphroditism
androgynous
androgynous
adj
(of a connector or docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
androgynus
androgynus
noun
A hermaphrodite.
androgyny
androgyny
noun
Hermaphroditism.
The state of appearing to be neither feminine nor masculine.
The state of having traits of both male and female genders.
The state or ability, of a connector or docking port, to connect with either male (plug) or female (socket) or other neutral connectors or ports.
andrologies
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
andropogon
andropogon
noun
(botany) Any member of the grass genus Andropogon.
androscoggin
androsphinges
androsporangium
androsporangium
noun
A sporangium for androspores.
anecdotage
anecdotage
noun
anecdotes considered as a group
garrulous old age
anecdotages
anecdotages
noun
plural of anecdotage
aneroidograph
angadreme
angadresma
angdistis
angeldom
angeldom
noun
The world of angels.
angeled
angeled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of angel
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
angelized
angelized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of angelize
angerboda
angered
angered
adj
Having been made angry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anger
angild
anginoid
anginoid
adj
Resembling or relating to angina.
angiocardiographic
angiocardiographic
adj
Relating to angiocardiography.
angiocardiographies
angiocardiography
angiocardiography
noun
(medicine) A technique for radiographic examination of the heart chambers and thoracic vessels wherein a liquid radiocontrast agent is injected into the bloodstream, then the tissues are examined using X-rays.