A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Aberdeen, NE Scotland.
aberration
aberration
noun
(astronomy) A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer.
(astronomy, by extension) The tendency of light rays to preferentially strike the leading face of a moving object (the effect underlying the above phenomenon).
(electronics) A defect in an image produced by an optical or electrostatic lens system.
(medicine) A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.
(optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point.
(zoology, botany) A typical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ.
A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character.
A partial alienation of reason.
The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
abhorrence
abhorrence
noun
(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.
abiogenist
abiogenist
noun
(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
abiogenous
abiogenous
adj
(biology) Produced by spontaneous generation.
abjections
abjections
noun
plural of abjection
ablegation
ablegation
noun
(obsolete) Expulsion; banishment.
ablepharon
ablepharon
noun
(medicine) ablepharia
abnegation
abnegation
noun
A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest.
abnegators
abnegators
noun
plural of abnegator
abominable
abominable
adj
(obsolete) Excessive, large (used as an intensifier).
Disagreeable or unpleasant.
Very bad or inferior.
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
abominated
abominated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abominate
abominates
abominates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abominate
abonnement
abonnement
noun
A subscription or season ticket in a French-speaking country or another country where abonnement is the local term.
aborigines
aborigines
noun
(history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
Indigenous flora and fauna.
The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
plural of aborigine
aborsement
aborsement
noun
(obsolete) Abortment; abortion
abreaction
abreaction
noun
(psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
abrenounce
abrenounce
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To renounce; to contradict.
abscession
abscession
noun
(obsolete) An abscess.
(rare) A separating; a removal; a going away.
absconders
absconders
noun
plural of absconder
absinthole
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.
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.
absorbents
absorbents
noun
plural of absorbent
abstention
abstention
noun
(obsolete) The act of restraining oneself.
Non-participation in the political world; as a country avoiding international affairs.
The act of abstaining or refraining (from).
The act of declining to vote on a particular issue.
abstersion
abstersion
noun
(archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
abstertion
acanaceous
acanaceous
adj
(very rare) Bearing prickles or thistles; prickly.
acanthodea
acanthodei
acanthodes
acanthoses
acanthoses
noun
plural of acanthosis
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
accordance
accordance
noun
Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
The act of granting something.
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accretions
accretions
noun
plural of accretion
aceconitic
acensuador
acervation
acervation
noun
(obsolete, rare) A heaping up; accumulation
acetaminol
acetarsone
acetarsone
noun
Synonym of acetarsol
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
achaenodon
achenocarp
achenodium
acheronian
acheronian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Acheron.
acherontic
acherontic
adj
Alternative form of Acherontic
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
acidogenic
acidogenic
adj
Which generates acid or acidity.
acieration
acieration
noun
(rare) The conversion of iron into steel.
acinaceous
acinaceous
adj
(botany) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
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
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.
acrimonies
acrimonies
noun
plural of acrimony
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
acronymize
acronymize
verb
(transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.
acroterion
acroterion
noun
Alternative form of acroterium
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.
actinomere
actinomere
noun
(zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism
actinonema
actinosome
actinosome
noun
(zoology) The entire body of a coelenterate.
actionable
actionable
adj
(law) Affording grounds for legal action.
I'm sure it's not good of me to write that he's a lush, but is it actionable?
That can be acted on; that can be used as the basis for taking action.
actionized
actionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actionize
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
acusection
adelantado
adelantado
noun
(historical) A governor of a province; a commander, in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries.
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adenoblast
adenoblast
noun
(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adenodynia
adenodynia
noun
(pathology) pain in a gland; adenalgia
adenoidism
adenoidism
noun
adenoiditis
adenomyoma
adenomyoma
noun
A complex tumor including components derived from glands and muscle.
adenoneure
adenopathy
adenopathy
noun
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adenophora
adenophore
adenophyma
adenostoma
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adequation
adequation
noun
(linguistics) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context
(obsolete) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
equivalence
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adjoinedly
adjoinedly
adv
In an adjoined manner; connectedly.
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
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
admonitive
admonitive
adj
Of or conveying admonition
adnexopexy
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adornments
adornments
noun
plural of adornment
adrenalone
adrenalone
noun
An adrenergic agonist used as a topical vasoconstrictor and hemostatic.
adrianople
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adsorbents
adsorbents
noun
plural of adsorbent
advowsance
aeolodicon
aeolodicon
noun
(music) An obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone produced from steel springs.
aerobating
aerobating
verb
present participle of aerobate
aerodontia
aerodontic
aerogenous
aerogenous
adj
(biology) Transmitted through the air.
aeromancer
aeromancer
noun
A practitioner of aeromancy
aeromantic
aeromantic
adj
Pertaining to or of the nature of aeromancy.
aeromarine
aeromarine
adj
Relating to aviation and the sea.
aeronautic
aeronautic
adj
Having to do with aerial navigation
aeronomics
aeronomies
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aeroplaner
aeroplaner
noun
(archaic) An aeroplane pilot.
aeroplanes
aeroplanes
noun
plural of aeroplane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aeroplane
aerosporin
aeruginous
aeruginous
adj
Of or pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris.
aestuation
aethionema
aetiogenic
affections
affections
noun
plural of affection
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affrontive
affrontive
adj
Tending to affront or offend.
aforegoing
aforegoing
adj
(archaic) preceding, going before.
aforenamed
aforenamed
Adjective
Named earlier in a document.
afternoons
afternoons
noun
plural of afternoon
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
aggelation
aggeration
aggeration
noun
A heaping up; accumulation.
aggression
aggression
noun
Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
The practice or habit of launching attacks.
agoniatite
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agonothete
agonothete
noun
Alternative form of agonothetes
agreations
agregation
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agrionidae
agronomies
agronomies
noun
plural of agronomy
agrotechny
agrotechny
noun
The science and technology of agriculture.
akenobeite
akroterion
alanbrooke
alboranite
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
albuminone
albuminone
noun
(organic chemistry, dated) A principle derived from certain albuminoids; it is soluble in alcohol and is not coagulable by heat.