(obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
abhorrency
abhorrency
noun
(obsolete) Aberrancy.
(obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence.
(obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing.
ablepharon
ablepharon
noun
(medicine) ablepharia
abrahamsen
absinthine
absinthine
adj
Like absinthe.
absinthole
abstrahent
abthainrie
acanthodea
acanthodei
acanthodes
acanthoses
acanthoses
noun
plural of acanthosis
acanthuses
acanthuses
noun
plural of acanthus
acephalina
acephaline
acephaline
adj
Of or pertaining to the parasitic protozoans of the suborder Acephalina
achaemenes
achaemenid
achaenodon
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
adenopathy
adenopathy
noun
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adenophora
adenophore
adenophyma
adherences
adherences
noun
plural of adherence
adherently
adherently
adv
In an adherent manner.
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
adiphenine
adiphenine
Noun
An antispasmodic drug.
admonished
admonished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admonish
admonisher
admonisher
noun
One who admonishes.
admonishes
admonishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admonish
adnephrine
aerenchyma
aerenchyma
noun
(botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants
aeschylean
aeschylean
Adjective
Of or relating to Aeschylus, an ancient Greek dramatic poet.
aeschynite
aeschynite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several basic oxide minerals of mostly titanium and niobium with either cerium, neodymium or yttrium.
aethionema
afternight
aftershine
aghastness
aghastness
noun
The state or quality of being aghast.
agonothete
agonothete
noun
Alternative form of agonothetes
agrotechny
agrotechny
noun
The science and technology of agriculture.
aguishness
aguishness
noun
The state or quality of being aguish.
ahmednagar
ahvenanmaa
alcheringa
aldehydine
alemannish
alightment
alightment
noun
The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
allenhurst
allophones
allophones
noun
plural of allophone
almochoden
alongshore
alongshore
adv
At or along a shore or coast.
alpenhorns
alpenhorns
noun
plural of alpenhorn
alphonsine
amasthenic
amasthenic
adj
(photography) Uniting the rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens does.
ambushment
ambushment
noun
(obsolete) An ambush
amenorrhea
amenorrhea
noun
(American spelling) Alternative spelling of amenorrhoea
amianthine
amniorrhea
amphigaean
amphineura
amphirhine
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
anacahuite
analphabet
analphabet
adj
Ignorant of the letters of the alphabet; partly or wholly illiterate.
noun
A person who does not know the letters of the alphabet; a partly or wholly illiterate person.
anammelech
anastrophe
anastrophe
noun
(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
anathemata
anathemize
anathemize
verb
To declare to be anathema; to curse and reject.
anchesmius
anchietine
anchithere
anchithere
noun
Any extinct horse of the genus †Anchitherium
anchorable
anchorable
adj
Capable of being anchored.
That can be used as an anchorage.
anchorages
anchorages
noun
plural of anchorage
anchoretic
anchoretic
adj
Relating to an anchoret or hermit.
anchorites
anchorites
noun
plural of anchorite
anchorless
anchorless
adj
Lacking an anchor; adrift
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
anchorwise
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
anderlecht
andromache
andromache
Proper noun
the wife of Hector
androphore
androphore
noun
(botany) A support or column on which stamens are raised
(zoology) The part which, in some Siphonophorae, bears the male gonophores.
anemochord
anemochore
anemochore
noun
An organism that spreads by wind, as a plant with wind-borne seeds.
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
anemopathy
anemophile
anemophile
noun
Any anemophilous plant.
anemophily
anemophily
noun
(botany) A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
anesthesia
anesthesia
noun
(American spelling) The loss or prevention of sensation, as caused by anesthesia (in the above sense), or by a lesion in the nervous system, or by another physical abnormality.
(Philippines, loosely, medicine, proscribed) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
(medicine)(American spelling, Canadian spelling) An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.
anesthesis
anesthesis
noun
Alternative form of anaesthesis
anesthetic
anesthetic
adj
Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.
Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious.
noun
(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
angiorrhea
anglesmith
angletouch
anglophile
anglophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophile
anglophobe
anglophobe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophobe
anglophone
anglophone
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophone
anhalamine
anhalamine
Noun
A bioactive isolate of Lophophora williamsii.
anhalonine
anhalonine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid isolated from Lophophora williamsii.
anhelation
anhelation
noun
(uncountable) Followed by after or for: eager desire; (countable) an instance of this.
(uncountable) Mental or spiritual agitation.
(uncountable, pulmonology, archaic) Breathing difficulty, shortness of breath.
anhungered
anhungered
Adjective
Hungry.
anhydrated
anhydremia
anhydremic
anhydrides
anhydrides
noun
plural of anhydride
annihilate
annihilate
verb
(archaic) To treat as worthless, to vilify.
(particle physics) To react with antimatter, producing gamma radiation and (for higher-mass reactants, especially composite particles such as protons) lighter particles (such as pions, muons, and neutrinos).
(transitive) To render null and void; to abrogate.
To reduce to nothing, to destroy, to eradicate.
anomatheca
anopheline
anopheline
adj
Of or pertaining to the anopheles mosquitoes.
noun
Any mosquito of the genus Anopheles
antechapel
antechapel
noun
The outer part of the west end of a chapel.
antechoirs
antechoirs
noun
plural of antechoir
antechurch
anterethic
anthelices
anthelices
noun
plural of anthelix
anthelions
anthemwise
anthemwise
adv
(obsolete, music) Alternately.
anthericum
anthericum
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
antheridia
antheridia
noun
plural of antheridium
antherless
antherless
adj
Without anthers.
anthicidae
anthoceros
anthophile
anthophile
noun
(zoology) An organism that visits flowers.
A person who loves flowers.
anthophore
anthophore
noun
(botany) The stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the pink family.
anthophyte
anthophyte
noun
(botany) Any flowering plant, or extinct close relative of the flowering plants.
anthracene
anthracene
noun
(organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (an acene containing three fused rings) obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of wood preservatives, insecticides and the dye alizarin; it is isomeric with phenanthrene.
anthracite
anthracite
noun
A form of carbonized ancient plants; the hardest and cleanest-burning of all the coals.
anthramine
anthranone
anthranone
noun
Alternative form of anthrone
anthrylene
antichance
antichrome
antiethnic
antiethnic
adj
(sociology) Opposing those of a particular ethnicity.
antihectic
antihectic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) Countering hectic fever.
noun
(medicine, obsolete) An agent or substance that counters hectic fever.
antiheroes
antiheroes
noun
plural of antihero
antiheroic
antiheroic
adj
(narratology) Of, pertaining to or typical of an antihero.
antimethod
antiochene
antiphates
antiphoner
antiphoner
noun
An antiphonal.
antitheism
antitheism
noun
The categorical opposition to the belief in any and all deities.
antitheist
antitheist
noun
An active opponent of the belief in the existence of a god or gods.
antithenar
antithenar
adj
(anatomy) Situated opposite to the palm of the hand or the sole of the foot
antitheses
antitheses
noun
plural of antithesis
antithesis
antithesis
noun
(rhetoric) A device by which two contrasting ideas are juxtaposed in parallel form; a figure of speech arranged in this manner
A proposition that is the diametric opposite of some other proposition.
antithetic
antithetic
adj
antithetical
noun
(statistics) Short for antithetic variate.
antrophore
antrophose
anywhither
anywhither
adv
(rare) To (in the direction of) anywhere.
aphanesite
aphelandra
aphelandra
noun
Any of the tropical evergreen shrubs in the genus Aphelandra