(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
abjectness
abjectness
noun
The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.
abnegators
abnegators
noun
plural of abnegator
abominates
abominates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abominate
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
abrahamsen
abruptness
abruptness
noun
Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence.
The state of being abrupt or broken
abscessing
abscessing
verb
present participle of abscess
abscession
abscession
noun
(obsolete) An abscess.
(rare) A separating; a removal; a going away.
absconders
absconders
noun
plural of absconder
absentment
absentment
noun
(rare, obsolete): The state of being absent; withdrawal
absentness
absentness
noun
The quality of being absent-minded.
absinthine
absinthine
adj
Like absinthe.
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
abstainers
abstainers
noun
plural of abstainer
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.
abstergent
abstergent
adj
Cleansing, detergent.
noun
A substance used to cleanse; a detergent.
absterging
absterging
verb
present participle of absterge
abstersion
abstersion
noun
(archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
abstertion
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
abstrahent
absurdness
absurdness
noun
(rare) The quality of being absurd; absurdity.
abundances
abundances
noun
plural of abundance
acanaceous
acanaceous
adj
(very rare) Bearing prickles or thistles; prickly.
acanthodes
acanthoses
acanthoses
noun
plural of acanthosis
acanthuses
acanthuses
noun
plural of acanthus
accentless
accentless
adj
Of a word, having no diacritical mark; unaccented.
Speaking without an accent.
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
accipenser
accipenser
noun
Any sturgeon of the genus Acipenser.
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
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
acensuador
acetarsone
acetarsone
noun
Synonym of acetarsol
acetylenes
acetylenes
noun
plural of acetylene
achaemenes
achinesses
acidnesses
acinaceous
acinaceous
adj
(botany) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
acondylose
acondylose
adj
Alternative form of acondylous
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acrimonies
acrimonies
noun
plural of acrimony
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
actinosome
actinosome
noun
(zoology) The entire body of a coelenterate.
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
activeness
activeness
noun
The state or quality of being active.
actualness
actualness
noun
The state or quality of being actual.
acusection
adamancies
adamancies
noun
plural of adamancy
addressing
addressing
noun
(computing) Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
(linguistics) A mode, manner, or form of direct speech to an audience.
A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
verb
present participle of address
adenitises
adenitises
noun
plural of adenitis
adenoblast
adenoblast
noun
(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adenoidism
adenoidism
noun
adenoiditis
adenostoma
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adherences
adherences
noun
plural of adherence
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adjustment
adjustment
noun
The action of adjusting something
The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim
The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
The settling or balancing of a financial account
administer
administer
verb
(intransitive) To minister (to).
(law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
(medicine) To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.
(transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
(transitive) To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
To give, as an oath.
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
adnascence
adnascence
noun
Adhesion of parts to each other by the whole surface.
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
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adscendent
adsorbents
adsorbents
noun
plural of adsorbent
advantages
advantages
noun
plural of advantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advantage
adventists
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
advowsance
aefaldness
aerialness
aerialness
noun
The state or quality of being aerial.
aerogenous
aerogenous
adj
(biology) Transmitted through the air.
aeronomics
aeronomies
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
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.
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.
aesculetin
aesculetin
noun
A derivative of coumarin found in chicory and many other plants.
aestuation
affections
affections
noun
plural of affection
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affinities
affinities
noun
plural of affinity
affluences
affluences
noun
plural of affluence
afraidness
afraidness
noun
The state or quality of being afraid.
afternoons
afternoons
noun
plural of afternoon
afterpains
afterpains
noun
plural of afterpain
aftershine
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.
afterstain
agednesses
agendaless
agendaless
adj
Without an agenda.
aggrandise
aggrandise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize.
aggressing
aggressing
verb
present participle of aggress
aggression
aggression
noun
Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
The practice or habit of launching attacks.
aghastness
aghastness
noun
The state or quality of being aghast.
agreations
agreements
agreements
noun
plural of agreement
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agronomies
agronomies
noun
plural of agronomy
aguishness
aguishness
noun
The state or quality of being aguish.
airinesses
airinesses
noun
plural of airiness
albanenses
albescence
albescence
noun
The act of becoming white; whitishness.
albigenses
albumenise
albumenise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albumenize
albuminise
albuminise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albuminize
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
aldononose
alemannish
alessandra
alessandri
alessandro
alexanders
alexanders
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) Various plants of genus Zizia or Angelica thought to resemble European alexanders.
Any of various umbellifers, often specifically Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip.
plural of alexander
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
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.
aliacensis
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
alisanders
alisanders
noun
Alternative form of alexanders (plant)
alkalinise
alkalinise
verb
Alternative spelling of alkalinize
allemandes
allemandes
noun
plural of allemande
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allemande
allenhurst
allophones
allophones
noun
plural of allophone
allotments
allotments
noun
plural of allotment
allowances
allowances
noun
plural of allowance
almandines
almandines
noun
plural of almandine
alongshore
alongshore
adv
At or along a shore or coast.
alpenhorns
alpenhorns
noun
plural of alpenhorn
alpenstock
alpenstock
noun
a stout adjustable walking stick with a metal point, used by mountain climbers and walkers in hilly or uneven terrain