(biochemistry, cytology) A form of dextrin that is not colourable by iodine
achromatised
achromatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achromatise
achromatized
achromatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achromatize
achromatizes
achromatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of achromatize
achromoderma
achromoderma
noun
(pathology) A lack of pigmentation in the skin
achtelthaler
acidimetries
acidimetries
noun
plural of acidimetry
acipenserine
acipenserine
adj
Pertaining to sturgeons
acipenseroid
acipenseroid
noun
Synonym of chondrostean
acknowledged
acknowledged
adj
Generally accepted, recognized or admitted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledg
simple past tense and past participle of acknowledge
acknowledger
acknowledger
noun
One who acknowledges.
acknowledges
acknowledges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acknowledge
acmaesthesia
acocantherin
acocantherin
noun
Alternative form of acokantherin
acoelomatous
acquaintance
acquaintance
noun
(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
(uncountable) Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
acriflavines
acriflavines
noun
plural of acriflavine
acrocentrics
acrocentrics
noun
plural of acrocentric
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.
acroesthesia
acroesthesia
noun
Alternative spelling of acroaesthesia
acrogenously
acrogenously
adv
In an acrogenous manner.
acromegalics
acromegalics
noun
plural of acromegalic
acromegalies
acromegalies
noun
plural of acromegaly
acromelalgia
acromelalgia
noun
(pathology) melalgia of the hands or feet
acroneurosis
acrophonetic
acrophonetic
adj
Of or pertaining to acrophony.
acrosticheae
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.
acroterteria
acrotretidae
actabilities
actabilities
noun
plural of actability
actinenchyma
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
actinometers
actinometers
noun
plural of actinometer
actinometric
actinometric
adj
Measured using an actinometer
Of or pertaining to actinometry
actinomycese
actinomycete
actinomycete
noun
Any of various filamentous or rod-shaped bacteria, of the order Actinomycetales, that resemble fungi. Some actinomycetes are pathogens and some are sources of antibiotics.
actinopteran
activenesses
activenesses
noun
plural of activeness
acuaesthesia
acupressures
acupressures
noun
plural of acupressure
acupunctuate
acupunctuate
verb
(rare) To pierce with a needle; to treat with acupuncture.
acupunctured
acupunctured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture
acupunctures
acupunctures
noun
plural of acupuncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture
acutenaculum
acutifoliate
acutifoliate
adj
(botany) Having sharp-pointed leaves.
acutilinguae
adaptiveness
adaptiveness
noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adaptivities
adaptivities
noun
plural of adaptivity
addictedness
addictedness
noun
The degree of addiction.
The quality or state of being addicted; attachment.
additivities
additivities
noun
plural of additivity
addlebrained
addlebrained
adj
stupid and confused or muddled
adelocodonic
adelocodonic
adj
(zoology) Applied to sexual zooids of hydroids, that have a saclike form and do not become free; opposed to phanerocodonic.
adelomorphic
adelphophagy
adelphophagy
noun
The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
adenasthenia
adenectomies
adenectomies
noun
plural of adenectomy
adenocystoma
adenocystoma
noun
(pathology) An adenoma in which the neoplastic glandular epithelium forms cysts
adenofibroma
adenofibroma
noun
(pathology) A benign glandular and fibrous (connective) neoplasm
adenogenesis
adenogenesis
noun
The development of uterine glands (in mammals)
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenological
adenological
adj
Pertaining to adenology.
adenomalacia
adenomycosis
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adenosarcoma
adenosarcoma
noun
An uncommon form of cancer that arises from mesenchymal tissue and has a benign glandular component.
adenotyphoid
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adequateness
adequateness
noun
The quality of being adequate, of meeting needs or expectations.
adessenarian
adessenarian
Noun
A believer in the real presence of Christ's body in the Eucharist, but not by transubstantiation.
adherescence
adhesiveness
adhesiveness
noun
the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive
adiaphoresis
adiaphoresis
noun
(medicine) Lack of sweating; anhidrosis.
adiaphoretic
adiapneustia
adiapneustia
noun
(medicine) defective perspiration; adiaphoresis
adiponitrile
adiponitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The nitrile derived from adipic acid
adjectitious
adjectitious
adj
(formal) Added; additional.
adjectivally
adjectivally
adv
As, or in the manner of, an adjective.
adjectivitis
adjectivitis
noun
(humorous) The overuse of adjectives in writing.
adjournments
adjournments
noun
plural of adjournment
adjudicative
adjudicative
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication or to an adjudicator.
adjudicature
adjudicature
noun
An act of adjudication; a judgment.
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adjustmental
adjustmental
adj
Relating to adjustment.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
administered
administered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of administer
administrate
administrate
verb
(computing) the act or function of providing maintenance and general housekeeping for computer systems, networks, peripheral equipment, etc.
to administer
admiratively
admiratively
adv
In an admirative manner.
admonishment
admonishment
noun
The act of admonishing; a reprimand or rebuke.
admonitioner
admonitioner
noun
(obsolete) An admonisher; one who admonishes.
admonitively
admonitively
adv
As an admonition.
adolescences
adolescences
noun
plural of adolescence
adolescently
adolescently
adv
In a adolescent manner; like a teenager.
adorableness
adorableness
noun
The state or quality of being adorable.
adrenochrome
adrenochrome
noun
(biochemistry) An oxidation product of adrenaline or epinephrine; its semicarbazone is used as a drug to reduce bleeding.
(fiction) A fictional drug obtained from human adrenal glands.
adrenotropic
adrenotropic
adj
That stimulates the adrenal glands or adrenal cortex
adroitnesses
adroitnesses
noun
plural of adroitness
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adstipulated
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
adulterately
adulterately
adv
In an adulterate manner.
adulterating
adulterating
verb
present participle of adulterate
adulteration
adulteration
noun
The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.
adulterators
adulterators
noun
plural of adulterator
adulteresses
adulteresses
noun
plural of adulteress
adulterously
adulterously
adv
In an adulterous manner.
advancedness
advancedness
noun
The quality of being advanced.
advancements
advancements
noun
plural of advancement
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
advectitious
advectitious
adj
Relating to, or transported by, advection.
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
adverbiality
adverbiality
noun
The condition of having characteristics of an adverb.
adverbialize
adverbialize
verb
(American spelling) To use as or change into an adverb.
adverbiation
adversarious
adversarious
adj
(archaic) hostile; adversarial
adversatives
adversatives
noun
plural of adversative
advertencies
advertencies
noun
plural of advertency
advertisable
advertisable
adj
Suitable for being advertised.
advertisings
advertisings
noun
plural of advertising
advertizable
advertizable
adj
Alternative spelling of advertisable
advertorials
advertorials
noun
plural of advertorial
advisiveness
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
aechmophorus
aecidiospore
aecidiostage
aegagropilae
aegagropiles
aegirinolite
aelurophobia
aelurophobia
noun
Alternative spelling of ailurophobia
aeluropodous
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.
aerification
aerification
noun
Aeration, especially of the soil.
Transformation into air or gas.
aeroacoustic
aeroacoustic
adj
Relating to aeroacoustics.
aerobicizing
aerobicizing
verb
present participle of aerobicize
aerobiologic
aerobiologic
adj
Pertaining to, or characteristic of, aerobiology.
aerobioscope
aerobioscope
noun
An instrument that collects the bacterial content of air
aerobranchia
aerocharidae
aerodonetics
aerodonetics
noun
the study of the stability of aircraft in flight, especially the study of gliders
aerodynamics
aerodynamics
noun
The aerodynamic properties of a particular object (typically a car)
The science of the dynamics of bodies moving relative to gases, especially the interaction of moving objects with the atmosphere
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.
aerographics
aerographics
noun
Synonym of aerography (“production of weather charts”)