(psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
abrenounce
abrenounce
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To renounce; to contradict.
abscessing
abscessing
verb
present participle of abscess
abscession
abscession
noun
(obsolete) An abscess.
(rare) A separating; a removal; a going away.
abscission
abscission
noun
(botany) The natural separation of a part at a predetermined location, such as a leaf at the base of the petiole.
(obsolete) The state of being cut off.
(rhetoric) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly
The act or process of cutting off.
absconders
absconders
noun
plural of absconder
absconding
absconding
noun
An instance in which someone absconds.
verb
present participle of abscond
absorbance
absorbance
noun
(physics) A logarithmic measure of the amount of light that is absorbed when passing through a substance; the capacity of a substance to absorb light of a given wavelength; optical density.
absorbancy
absorbancy
noun
(physics) Alternative form of absorbency
absorbency
absorbency
noun
(obsolete) The action of absorbing.
(physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
The quality of being absorbent.
abstinence
abstinence
noun
(business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.
(ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
(obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
abstinency
abstinency
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abstinence
abundances
abundances
noun
plural of abundance
acanaceous
acanaceous
adj
(very rare) Bearing prickles or thistles; prickly.
acanonical
acanonical
adj
Not canonical
acantharia
acanthodea
acanthodei
acanthodes
acanthodii
acanthomas
acanthopod
acanthopod
adj
Spiny-footed.
acanthoses
acanthoses
noun
plural of acanthosis
acanthosis
acanthosis
noun
(pathology) A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum, or prickle cell, layer of the epidermis.
acanthotic
acanthotic
adj
Of or relating to acanthosis.
acanthurus
acanthuses
acanthuses
noun
plural of acanthus
acanthuthi
acarinosis
acarinosis
noun
acariasis
accelerant
accelerant
adj
Causing acceleration or speeding up; accelerating.
noun
(figurative) Something that speeds up a process or the uptake of something else.
A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber.
In the context of fire protection, a substance that accelerates the development of a fire, especially some hydrocarbon-based fuel used to spread a fire caused by arson.
accendible
accendible
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable
accentless
accentless
adj
Of a word, having no diacritical mark; unaccented.
Speaking without an accent.
accentuate
accentuate
verb
(transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
(transitive) To mark with a written accent.
(transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
acceptance
acceptance
noun
(business, finance) An assent and engagement by the person on whom a bill of exchange is drawn, to pay it when due according to the terms of the acceptance; the bill of exchange itself when accepted.
(countable) An instance of that act.
(government, US) The act of an authorized representative of the government by which the government assents to ownership of existing and identified supplies, or approves specific services rendered, as partial or complete performance of a contract.
(horse racing, Australia, New Zealand, plural only) A list of horses accepted as starters in a race.
(law) An agreeing to the action, proposals, or terms of another by some act which results in the conclusion of a legally binding contract; the reception or taking of a thing bought as that for which it was bought, or as that agreed to be delivered, or the taking of possession of a thing as owner.
(optics) Synonym of etendue.
(uncountable) The act of accepting; the receiving of something offered, with acquiescence, approbation, or satisfaction; especially, favourable reception; approval.
Belief in something; agreement, assent.
The state of being accepted.
The usual or accepted meaning of a word or expression.
acceptancy
acceptancy
noun
(dated) acceptance
accessions
accessions
noun
A collection of laboratory tests performed on a single sample.
plural of accession
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accession
accidental
accidental
adj
(geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
(music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
(philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
noun
(music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
(painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
accidented
accidented
adj
(possessional) Having had an accident
That has an uneven or undulating surface
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
accipenser
accipenser
noun
Any sturgeon of the genus Acipenser.
acclaiming
acclaiming
adj
That acclaims; applauding, welcoming enthusiastically.
verb
present participle of acclaim
accordance
accordance
noun
Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
The act of granting something.
accordancy
accordancy
noun
(obsolete, rare) accordance
accordions
accordions
noun
plural of accordion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accordion
accountant
accountant
adj
(obsolete) Accountable.
noun
(accounting) One who is skilled in, keeps, or adjusts, accounts; an officer in a public office, who has charge of the accounts.
(accounting) One whose profession includes organizing, maintaining and auditing the records of another. The records are usually, but not always, financial records.
(euphemistic) A sex worker, particularly one who does not want to be publicized as one
A reckoner, or someone who maintains financial matters for a person(s).
One who renders account; one accountable.
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accounting
accounting
noun
(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
(law) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
A relaying of events; justification of actions.
verb
present participle of account
accoutring
accoutring
verb
present participle of accoutre
accrescent
accrescent
adj
(botany) Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting.
Growing; increasing.
accretions
accretions
noun
plural of accretion
accrington
accrington
Proper noun
A town in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England.
accruement
accruement
noun
The act of accruing.
accubation
accubation
noun
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
accumbency
accumbency
noun
(rare) The state of being accumbent or reclining.
accusation
accusation
noun
(law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
An allegation.
The act of accusing.
accusingly
accusingly
adv
In an accusing manner.
acecaffine
aceconitic
acediamine
acensuador
acephalina
acephaline
acephaline
adj
Of or pertaining to the parasitic protozoans of the suborder Acephalina
acerbating
acerbating
verb
present participle of acerbate
acertannin
acertannin
noun
(organic chemistry) The tannin 1,5-anhydro-2,6-bis-O-(3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoyl)-D-glucitol present in leaves of the maple Acer ginnala
acervation
acervation
noun
(obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation
acervuline
acervuline
adj
Resembling little heaps.
acetamidin
acetaminol
acetanilid
acetanilid
noun
Alternative form of acetanilide
acetarsone
acetarsone
noun
Synonym of acetarsol
acetifying
acetifying
verb
present participle of acetify
acetonemia
acetonemia
noun
(veterinary medicine) Presence of excessive levels of acetone in blood, sometimes occurring in cows during the first weeks after giving birth to a calf.
acetonemic
acetonemic
adj
Of or pertaining to acetonemia
acetonuria
acetonuria
noun
(pathology) A form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
acetopyrin
acetylenes
acetylenes
noun
plural of acetylene
acetylenic
acetylenic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetylene or its derivatives; having a carbon-to-carbon triple bond
acetylenyl
acetylenyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any radical derived from an acetylene, but especially ethynyl
achaemenes
achaemenid
achaenodon
acharnians
achenocarp
achenodium
acheronian
acheronian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Acheron.
acherontic
acherontic
adj
Alternative form of Acherontic
achilleine
achilleine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid (C₂₀H₃₈N₂O₁₅) found in plants of the genus Achillea.
achinesses
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
achromatin
achromatin
noun
(biology) Tissue that is not stained by fluid dyes.
achromycin
achronical
achronical
adj
(astronomy) Alternative form of achronic
acidifiant
acidifiant
noun
Any acidifying agent.
acidifying
acidifying
verb
present participle of acidify
acidnesses
acidogenic
acidogenic
adj
Which generates acid or acidity.
acierating
acierating
verb
present participle of acierate
acieration
acieration
noun
(rare) The conversion of iron into steel.
acinaceous
acinaceous
adj
(botany) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
acinacious
acinarious
acinarious
adj
(botany) Having acini
acinetaria
acinetinan
acolyctine
acolyctine
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.
acondylose
acondylose
adj
Alternative form of acondylous
acondylous
acondylous
adj
(anatomy) Without joints; jointless.
aconelline
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acotyledon
acotyledon
noun
(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
acousticon
acousticon
noun
(historical) A kind of hearing aid.
acquainted
acquainted
adj
Personally known; familiar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquaint
acquirenda
acquirenda
noun
plural of acquirendum
acquitment
acquitment
noun
(law) Acquittal.
acquitting
acquitting
verb
present participle of acquit
acridinium
acridinium
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any cation produced by protonation of an acridine.
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
acriflavin
acriflavin
noun
Alternative form of acriflavine
acrimonies
acrimonies
noun
plural of acrimony
acrindolin
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
acrogynous
acrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
acrolithan
acrolithan
Adjective
Relating to, or like, an acrolith.
acronichal
acronychal
acronychal
adj
Alternative form of acronical
acronymize
acronymize
verb
(transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.
acronymous
acronymous
adj
Pertaining to the use of acronyms.
acrophonic
acrophonic
adj
Conforming to acrophony.
acroterion
acroterion
noun
Alternative form of acroterium
actiniaria
actiniform
actiniform
adj
Having a radiated form
actinistia
actinocarp
actinogram
actinogram
noun
The record produced by an actinograph
actinoidea
actinolite
actinolite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂, belonging to the amphibole group.
actinology
actinology
noun
(sciences) The study of the effect of light on chemicals.
actinomere
actinomere
noun
(zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism