(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
abiogenous
abiogenous
adj
(biology) Produced by spontaneous generation.
ablegation
ablegation
noun
(obsolete) Expulsion; banishment.
abnegating
abnegating
verb
present participle of abnegate
abnegation
abnegation
noun
A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest.
abnegative
abnegative
adj
(obsolete, rare): Denying; renouncing; negative
abnegators
abnegators
noun
plural of abnegator
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
abreacting
abreacting
verb
present participle of abreact
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
abscessing
abscessing
verb
present participle of abscess
abstergent
abstergent
adj
Cleansing, detergent.
noun
A substance used to cleanse; a detergent.
absterging
absterging
verb
present participle of absterge
acerbating
acerbating
verb
present participle of acerbate
acetifying
acetifying
verb
present participle of acetify
acidogenic
acidogenic
adj
Which generates acid or acidity.
acierating
acierating
verb
present participle of acierate
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
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
adfreezing
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adjudgment
adjudgment
noun
The action of imposing judgment.
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.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adrenergic
adrenergic
adj
Activated by an adrenal mechanism
Containing or releasing adrenaline.
Having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine.
noun
Any adrenergic compound
advantaged
advantaged
adj
(of a person) Financially secure; elite and economically successful.
Having been given an advantage, such as by biased referees in a competition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advantage
advantages
advantages
noun
plural of advantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advantage
aegicrania
aerobating
aerobating
verb
present participle of aerobate
aerogenous
aerogenous
adj
(biology) Transmitted through the air.
aeruginous
aeruginous
adj
Of or pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris.
aetiogenic
aforegoing
aforegoing
adj
(archaic) preceding, going before.
aftergrind
afternight
agalenidae
agednesses
agendaless
agendaless
adj
Without an agenda.
aggelation
aggenerate
aggeration
aggeration
noun
A heaping up; accumulation.
aggrandise
aggrandise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize.
aggrandize
aggrandize
verb
(intransitive, rare) To increase or become great.
(transitive) To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
(transitive) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).
(transitive) To make great; to enlarge; to increase.
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.
aggrieving
aggrieving
verb
present participle of aggrieve
aghastness
aghastness
noun
The state or quality of being aghast.
agoniatite
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agonothete
agonothete
noun
Alternative form of agonothetes
agreations
agreeingly
agreeingly
adv
In a manner that agrees or corresponds; in agreement.
agreements
agreements
noun
plural of agreement
agregation
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agrionidae
agronomies
agronomies
noun
plural of agronomy
agrotechny
agrotechny
noun
The science and technology of agriculture.
aguishness
aguishness
noun
The state or quality of being aguish.
ahmednagar
albigenses
alcheringa
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.
algerienne
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
alienating
alienating
adj
Tending to alienate.
verb
present participle of alienate
alightment
alightment
noun
The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
alimenting
alimenting
verb
present participle of aliment
allegation
allegation
noun
An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
The act of alleging.
allegement
allegement
noun
(archaic) Allegation.
allegiance
allegiance
noun
Loyalty to some cause, nation or ruler.
allegiancy
allegiancy
noun
Alternative form of allegiance
allergenic
allergenic
adj
Having the effect of an allergen.
Of or pertaining to an allergen.
allogeneic
allogeneic
adj
(genetics) Genetically different because of being derived from separate individuals of the same species.
(immunology) Of a reaction that occurs when cells are transplanted into a genetically different recipient.
alongshore
alongshore
adv
At or along a shore or coast.
amagansett
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
amphigaean
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
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.
anagenesis
anagenesis
noun
The evolution of a new species by the large scale change in gene frequency so that the new species replaces the old rather than branching to produce an additional species.
anagenetic
anagenetic
adj
Relating to anagenesis.
anagnostes
anagrammed
anagrammed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagram
analgesics
analgesics
noun
plural of analgesic
analgesist
anallergic
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
analogized
analogized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogize
anchorages
anchorages
noun
plural of anchorage
androgenic
androgenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
anecdotage
anecdotage
noun
anecdotes considered as a group
garrulous old age
anemograph
anemograph
noun
(obsolete or historical) An anemometer that makes a graphical recording.
anemologic
angadresma
angaralite
angelicize
angelicize
verb
(transitive) To make or treat as angelic.
angelizing
angelizing
verb
present participle of angelize
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.
angiogenic
angiogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to blood vessels
Relating to angiogenesis
angiometer
angiorrhea
angioscope
angioscope
noun
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
angiotribe
angiotribe
noun
An instrument for controlling hemorrhages
angleberry
angleberry
noun
A warty growth of the skin of cattle.
angledozer
angledozer
noun
A kind of bulldozer whose blade can be tilted at an angle
angleinlet
anglemeter
anglemeter
noun
An instrument to measure angles, especially one used by geologists to measure the dip of strata.
anglesmith
angletouch
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
anglicised
anglicised
adj
Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicise
anglicized
anglicized
adj
Alternative spelling of anglicised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicize
anglicizes
anglicizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anglicize
anglogaean
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
anguillule
anguineous
anguineous
adj
Like a snake.
anguinidae
angularize
angularize
verb
(transitive) To make angular.
angulately
angulately
adv
In an angulate manner.
anhungered
anhungered
Adjective
Hungry.
anogenital
anogenital
adj
(anatomy) Of, or relating to, the anus and genitals.
anorogenic
anorogenic
adj
(geology) Unrelated to orogeny
antagonise
antagonise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antagonize.
antagonize
antagonize
verb
(transitive) To work against; to oppose (especially to incite reaction)
antalgesic
antalgesic
noun
(uncommon) Alternative form of analgesic
antanagoge
antanagoge
noun
(rhetoric) Answering the charge of an adversary by a countercharge.
(rhetoric) Offsetting a proposition with an opposing proposition in one's own speech or writing.
anteceding
anteceding
verb
present participle of antecede
antedating
antedating
noun
(lexicography) An earlier citation of a lexical item.
The action of marking with an earlier date.
verb
present participle of antedate
antegarden
antespring
anticlergy
anticlergy
adj
Opposing the clergy.
antiegoism
antiegoist
antigorite
antigorite
noun
(mineralogy) A brownish-green variety of serpentine.
antileague
antileague
adj
Opposing a league or confederation.
antilogies
antilogies
noun
plural of antilogy
antimerger
antimerger
adj
(business) Opposing a corporate merger.
antioxygen
antioxygen
noun
The antimatter counterpart of oxygen. Made up of positron and antiprotons instead of electrons and protons.
antiplague
antiplague
adj
Countering plague
antisavage
antisavage
adj
Opposing savages (people living in traditional, especially tribal, societies).
antitegula
apogonidae
aponogeton
appareling
appareling
noun
clothing
verb
present participle of apparel
appendaged
appendaged
adj
Having appendages.
appendages
appendages
noun
plural of appendage
appetising
appetising
adj
(chiefly British spelling) Alternative spelling of appetizing.