(civil law, transitive) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
(obsolete) To estrange; to cause alienation of.
ablegation
ablegation
noun
(obsolete) Expulsion; banishment.
abolitions
abolitions
noun
plural of abolition
abortional
abortional
adj
(rare) Pertaining to abortion; miscarrying; abortive.
absinthial
absinthial
adj
Of or pertaining to wormwood; absinthian.
absinthole
absolution
absolution
noun
(civil law, obsolete) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.
(ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
(obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
abterminal
abterminal
adj
(anatomy, of an electrical current in a muscle) Away from the end and towards the centre
accidental
accidental
adj
(geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
(music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
(philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
noun
(music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
(painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
acetaminol
acetanilid
acetanilid
noun
Alternative form of acetanilide
acetylenic
acetylenic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetylene or its derivatives; having a carbon-to-carbon triple bond
acolyctine
acolyctine
noun
(organic chemistry) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.
acrolithan
acrolithan
Adjective
Relating to, or like, an acrolith.
actinolite
actinolite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂, belonging to the amphibole group.
actinology
actinology
noun
(sciences) The study of the effect of light on chemicals.
actinozoal
actinozoal
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa.
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.
actionably
actionably
adv
In an actionable manner.
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
adaptional
adaptional
adj
(biology) Applied to the process by which an organism is fitted or adapted to its environment
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the action of adapting.
additional
additional
adj
Supplemental or added to something.
noun
Something added.
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.
adoptional
adoptional
adj
Of or relating to adoption.
adterminal
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
aedilitian
aesculetin
aesculetin
noun
A derivative of coumarin found in chicory and many other plants.
aeviternal
aeviternal
adj
(theology) Pertaining to aeviternity, a state between eternity, which is unchanging and outside of time, and temporality, which is subject to change and to death or annihilation. Things aeviternal are creations, like the temporal, but everlasting, like the eternal.
afflicting
afflicting
noun
An affliction.
verb
present participle of afflict
affliction
affliction
noun
A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.
aggelation
agglutinin
agglutinin
noun
(specifically) A protein found in cow's milk.
A substance that causes particles or cells to clump; it may be an antibody, a lectin, or otherwise.
aglutition
aglutition
noun
(medicine) Inability to swallow.
agnostical
agnostical
adj
Alternative form of agnostic
airlifting
airlifting
verb
present participle of airlift
airplanist
airplanist
noun
(archaic) An airplane pilot.
alabandite
alabandite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of manganese sulfide, MnS, sometimes found in meteorites
albication
albication
noun
The process of becoming white, or developing white patches or streaks.
albinistic
albinistic
adj
Of or pertaining to albinism.
alboranite
albuminate
albuminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound of albumin and a base or acid
albutannin
albutannin
noun
exsiccated tannin albuminate
alcoranist
alcoranist
Noun
One who follows the Qur'an exactly as it is written.
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
alienating
alienating
adj
Tending to alienate.
verb
present participle of alienate
alienation
alienation
noun
(property law) The transfer of property to another person.
(theater) Verfremdungseffekt.
Emotional isolation or dissociation.
The act of alienating.
The state of being alienated.
alightment
alightment
noun
The act of alighting, or descending and settling.
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
alimentary
alimentary
adj
Nourishing; nutritious.
Of, or relating to food, nutrition or digestion.
alimenting
alimenting
verb
present participle of aliment
alimentive
alimentive
adj
Alternative form of alimentative
alineation
alineation
noun
Alternative form of allineation
alipterion
alkalinity
alkalinity
noun
(chemistry) The state of being, or the degree to which a thing is, alkaline.
alkylating
alkylating
verb
present participle of alkylate
alkylation
alkylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction in which an alkyl group is added to a molecule; used in the production of high-octane petroleum fuels.
allalinite
allanturic
allegation
allegation
noun
An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
The act of alleging.
alligating
alligating
verb
present participle of alligate
alligation
alligation
noun
(obsolete) An old practical method of solving arithmetic problems related to mixtures of ingredients.
(obsolete) The act of tying together or attaching by some bond.
(obsolete) The state of being attached.
Misspelling of allegation.
allocating
allocating
verb
present participle of allocate
allocation
allocation
noun
(embryology) Restriction of an embryonic cell and its clonal descendents to a particular cell type or body region
That which is allocated; allowance, entitlement.
The process or procedure for allocating things, especially money or other resources.
allocution
allocution
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A pronouncement by a pope to an assembly of church officials concerning a matter of church policy.
(chiefly US, law) The legal right of a victim, in some jurisdictions, to make a statement to a court prior to sentencing of a defendant convicted of a crime causing injury to that victim; the actual statement made to a court by a victim.
(chiefly US, law) The question put to a convicted defendant by a judge after the rendering of the verdict in a trial, in which the defendant is asked whether he or she wishes to make a statement to the court before sentencing; the statement made by a defendant in response to such a question; the legal right of a defendant to make such a statement.
(communication, media) The mode of information dissemination in which media broadcasts are transmitted to multiple receivers with no or very limited capability of a two-way exchange of information.
A formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful.
alloxantin
alloxantin
noun
(organic chemistry) A hemiacetal formed by alloxan with its reduced reaction product dialuric acid.
allylation
allylation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that introduces an allyl group.
alpestrian
alpestrine
alpestrine
adj
Synonym of subalpine
alteration
alteration
noun
The act of altering or making different.
The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.
alternaria
altisonant
altisonant
adj
High-sounding; lofty or pompous.
altisonous
altisonous
adj
Alternative form of altisonant
altitonant
altitonant
adj
Thundering loudly from high above.
noun
Something or someone that thunders loudly from on high.
altrincham
altrincham
Proper noun
a town in Greater Manchester, England
ambivalent
ambivalent
adj
Alternately having one opinion or feeling, and then the opposite.
Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
ambulation
ambulation
Noun
walking around
ameliorant
ameliorant
noun
A substance that helps plants grow by improving the physical condition of the soil.
Anything that improves something else.
aminolytic
aminolytic
adj
Relating to aminolysis
aminoplast
ampliation
ampliation
noun
(law, civil law) A postponement of the decision of a cause for further consideration or reargument.
enlargement; amplification
ampulating
anabolitic
anabolitic
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to anabolism or to anabolites
anaclastic
anaclastic
adj
Produced by the refraction of light, as seen through water.
Springing back, as the bottom of an anaclastic glass.
anacletica
anaglyptic
anaglyptic
adj
Of or pertaining to anaglyptics or to an anaglyph
analcimite
analcitite
analgesist
analytical
analytical
adj
Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts
Using analytic reasoning as opposed to synthetic.
analytique
anaplastic
anaplastic
adj
(oncology) Of, or relating to, a tumor that shows little histogenetic differentiation. It implies that a tumor is high grade and likely to behave in an aggressive fashion.
(surgery) Of or relating to plastic surgery.
anaretical
anastalsis
anastaltic
anastaltic
adj
(medicine, obsolete) styptic
anatomical
anatomical
adj
Of or relating to anatomy or dissection.
ancestrial
ancestrial
adj
(dated) Ancestral.
anchylotic
anchylotic
adj
Of or pertaining to anchylosis.
andalusite
andalusite
noun
(mineralogy) An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅.
andouillet
anelectric
anelectric
adj
Not becoming electrified by friction.
noun
Any substance incapable of being electrified by friction.
angaralite
angioblast
angioblast
noun
(biology) A cell that differentiates into blood cells and endothelium within an embryo.
angioclast
angleinlet
anglesmith
anglistics
angularity
angularity
noun
(countable) A sharp point or angle.
(countable) A stiff, cranky, crotchety manner or behaviour.
(uncountable) The property or characteristic of possessing angles.
angulating
angulating
verb
present participle of angulate
angulation
angulation
noun
An angular part, position, or formation.
The formation of an abnormal angle or bend in an organ
The formation of angles.
angulosity
angulosity
noun
(obsolete) angularity
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.
anilinctus
anilinctus
noun
Rare form of anilingus.
animatedly
animatedly
adv
In an animated manner; with animation.
annalistic
annalistic
adj
Of or pertaining to annals.
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.
annularity
annularity
noun
The property of being annular.
annulation
annulation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that forms a ring of atoms
Any structure in the form of a ring
The formation of a ring
anogenital
anogenital
adj
(anatomy) Of, or relating to, the anus and genitals.
anormality
anormality
noun
(obsolete) abnormality
antalgesic
antalgesic
noun
(uncommon) Alternative form of analgesic
antalkalis
antalkalis
noun
plural of antalkali
antebridal
antelabium
antelation
antelopian
antelopine
antemedial
antemedial
adj
(entomology) Situated before (i.e. closer to the head than) the middle of the thorax or wing.
antenarial
anteriorly
anteriorly
adv
before (in time)
in front (in position)
towards the anterior
anthelices
anthelices
noun
plural of anthelix
anthelions
antholysis
anthophila
anthophile
anthophile
noun
(zoology) An organism that visits flowers.
A person who loves flowers.
anthradiol
antialexin
antialexin
noun
(biochemistry) Any material that counteracts the action of an alexin
antibridal
anticlergy
anticlergy
adj
Opposing the clergy.
anticlimax
anticlimax
noun
(narratology) An unsatisfying resolution to a narrative, usually owing to a deus ex machina or similarly trivial resolution of the main conflict.
(rhetoric) An abrupt descent (either deliberate or unintentional) from the dignity of the idea which the speaker or writer appeared to be aiming for.
anticlinal
anticlinal
adj
(botany) Used to describe a type of cell division in a layer of cells that occurs perpendicular to the adjacent layer of cells.
(chemistry) Describing a torsion angle between 90° and 150°
(geology) Consisting of, related to, or part of an anticline.
Inclining or dipping in opposite directions.
noun
(geology) An anticlinal fold.
anticlines
anticlines
noun
plural of anticline
anticyclic
anticyclic
adj
(of an antibody) That is associated with a cyclic peptide
Varying in the opposite manner to an underlying (typically economic) cycle
antidactyl
antidromal
antidromal
adj
(botany) antidromous
(neurology) antidromic
antifelony
antifemale
antifemale
adj
Averse to, or acting against, females.
noun
A genetic sequence that produces a non-feminine quality.
antifeudal
antifeudal
adj
(politics) Opposing a feudal system.
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
antifungal
antifungal
adj
(pharmacology) That inhibits the growth of fungi; antimycotic.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that inhibits the growth of fungi.