(obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence.
(obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing.
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.
abstinency
abstinency
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abstinence
acceptancy
acceptancy
noun
(dated) acceptance
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
accumbency
accumbency
noun
(rare) The state of being accumbent or reclining.
acetifying
acetifying
verb
present participle of acetify
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
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
acotyledon
acotyledon
noun
(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
acronymize
acronymize
verb
(transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adenodynia
adenodynia
noun
(pathology) pain in a gland; adenalgia
adenomyoma
adenomyoma
noun
A complex tumor including components derived from glands and muscle.
adenopathy
adenopathy
noun
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adenophyma
adherently
adherently
adv
In an adherent manner.
adjacently
adjacently
adv
In such a way as to be adjacent.
adjoinedly
adjoinedly
adv
In an adjoined manner; connectedly.
adnexopexy
advertency
advertency
noun
The quality of being advertent.
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.
afferently
afferently
adv
Inwardly, toward the center.
affluently
affluently
adv
In an affluent manner.
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agreeingly
agreeingly
adv
In a manner that agrees or corresponds; in agreement.
agrotechny
agrotechny
noun
The science and technology of agriculture.
alcyonacea
aldehydine
aldermancy
aldermancy
noun
The office or position of an alderman.
aldermanly
aldermanly
adj
Relating to, or like, an alderman.
adv
In the manner of an alderman.
aldermanry
aldermanry
noun
(countable) the district in which an alderman serves
(uncountable) the rank or status of an alderman
alimentary
alimentary
adj
Nourishing; nutritious.
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
alkylamine
alkylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any aliphatic amine
alkylidene
alkylidene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of divalent functional groups derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom, the free valencies being part of a double bond - R₂C=
allegiancy
allegiancy
noun
Alternative form of allegiance
alliciency
alliciency
noun
(obsolete) attractive power; attractiveness
allylamine
allylamine
noun
(organic chemistry) The unsaturated primary amine CH₂=CH-CH₂-NH₂ or any of its derivatives
amarynceus
amendatory
amendatory
adj
For the purpose of amending or correction.
americanly
americanly
Adverb
In an American manner; in a way characteristic of Americans.
ammonolyze
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
amygdaline
amygdaline
adj
Resembling or characteristic of almonds.
noun
Alternative form of amygdalin
amylogenic
amylogenic
adj
Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
Of or pertaining to amylogen.
anadyomene
analysable
analysable
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of analyzable
analytique
analyzable
analyzable
adj
Able to be analyzed.
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
andreyevka
androlepsy
anelytrous
anemically
anemically
adv
In an anemic manner.
anemometry
anemometry
noun
Measurement of the direction and velocity of the wind.
anemopathy
anemophily
anemophily
noun
(botany) A form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind.
aneuploidy
aneuploidy
noun
(genetics) The condition of being aneuploid; the state of possessing a chromosome number that is not an exact multiple of the haploid number of the organism in question.
aneurysmal
aneurysmal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or causing aneurysms
angelology
angelology
noun
The study of angels. Angels have been grouped into nine categories or “choirs,” from lowest to highest: angel, virtue, archangel, power, principality, dominion, throne, cherub, and seraph.
angleberry
angleberry
noun
A warty growth of the skin of cattle.
angulately
angulately
adv
In an angulate manner.
anhydrated
anhydremia
anhydremic
anhydrides
anhydrides
noun
plural of anhydride
animatedly
animatedly
adv
In an animated manner; with animation.
anisocycle
ankylomele
ankylotome
annoyancer
annoyances
annoyances
noun
plural of annoyance
annulately
anoxyscope
answerably
answerably
adv
In a corresponding manner; correspondingly.
In suitable proportion; proportionately.
anteriorly
anteriorly
adv
before (in time)
in front (in position)
towards the anterior
anthophyte
anthophyte
noun
(botany) Any flowering plant, or extinct close relative of the flowering plants.
anthrylene
anticlergy
anticlergy
adj
Opposing the clergy.
antienzyme
antienzyme
noun
Any substance, especially an antibody or another enzyme, that counteracts the effects of a specific enzyme
antifelony
antioxygen
antioxygen
noun
The antimatter counterpart of oxygen. Made up of positron and antiprotons instead of electrons and protons.
antipopery
antipopery
noun
Opposition to popery.
antipyrine
antipyrine
noun
(pharmacology) The drug phenazone.
antonymies
antonymies
noun
plural of antonymy
antrectomy
antrectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal (resection) of part of the stomach, often combined with a vagotomy.
antrorsely
antrorsely
adv
(biology) In an antrorse fashion.
anywhither
anywhither
adv
(rare) To (in the direction of) anywhere.
apocyneous
apocyneous
adj
Relating to, or resembling, the dogbanes of the genus Apocynum.
(zoology) The study of the spider, a branch of arachnology.
argyroneta
arrenotoky
arrenotoky
noun
Alternative form of arrhenotoky
ascendancy
ascendancy
noun
(ecology) A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.
(historical, Ireland, sometimes capitalized) A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century
Supremacy; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant.
ascendency
ascendency
noun
Alternative spelling of ascendancy
ascescency
assistency
assurgency
assurgency
noun
A tendency to rise.
assythment
assythment
noun
(Scotland, law, historical) Compensation or reparation for a criminal offence.
asymmetron
asymmetron
noun
(physics) A massive scalar field proposed as a form of dark matter
asynartete
asynartete
adj
Being or relating to a verse of two members, having different rhythms, as for example when the first consists of iambuses and the second of trochees.
disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.
asyndetons
asyndetons
noun
plural of asyndeton
athenianly
athermancy
athermancy
noun
Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
attendancy
attendancy
noun
(obsolete) A retinue.
(obsolete) Relative position.
attingency
attingency
noun
Alternative form of attingence
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
autokinesy
autokinesy
noun
autokinesis
avengingly
avengingly
adv
So as to avenge.
awaynesses
axenically
axenically
adv
Without other living organisms.
axonometry
axonometry
noun
axonometric projection
azocyanide
babaylanes
babylonite
babylonize
baldmoneys
balloonery
balneatory
balneatory
adj
(obsolete, rare) Pertaining to a bath
balneology
balneology
noun
The study of baths and bathing, especially therapeutic bathing.
bandlessly
barleycorn
barleycorn
noun
(architecture, woodworking) A small groove between two mouldings.
(obsolete) The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes.
A grain of barley.
barycenter
barycenter
noun
(geometry) The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure
(physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
verb
To determine such a barycenter
barycentre
barycentre
noun
(mathematics, physics, astronomy) The point at the centre of a system; an average point, weighted according to mass or other attribute. The term is usually used in astronomy for the centre of mass about which a system rotates, for example, the moon and the earth rotate about a common point within the earth but not near the centre. Jupiter and the Sun rotate about a common point just outside the surface of the Sun.
batteryman
bayldonite
bayldonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.
bayminette
bayoneteer
bayoneteer
noun
A soldier armed with a bayonet.
bayoneting
bayoneting
noun
A stabbing with a bayonet.
verb
(US) present participle of bayonet
bayonetted
bayonetted
adj
Fitted with a bayonet.
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of bayonet
beatifying
beatifying
verb
present participle of beatify
becomingly
becomingly
adv
In a becoming manner.
bedirtying
bedirtying
verb
present participle of bedirty
bellypinch
benignancy
benignancy
noun
benignity
benzhydrol
benzhydrol
noun
diphenylmethanol
benzofuryl
benzopyran
benzopyran
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric bicyclic heterocycles consisting of a benzene ring fused to that of pyran, but especially 2-benzopyran
benzoylate
benzoylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To react with a benzoyl radical