An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect
verb
present participle and gerund of abandon
abiogenist
abiogenist
noun
(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.
abnegation
abnegation
noun
A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest.
abnegators
abnegators
noun
plural of abnegator
abolishing
abolishing
verb
present participle of abolish
aboriginal
aboriginal
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal
First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans.
noun
An animal or plant native to a region.
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
abrogating
abrogating
verb
present participle of abrogate
abrogation
abrogation
noun
The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition.
absconding
absconding
noun
An instance in which someone absconds.
verb
present participle of abscond
accounting
accounting
noun
(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
(law) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
A relaying of events; justification of actions.
verb
present participle of account
accoutring
accoutring
verb
present participle of accoutre
accrington
accrington
Proper noun
A town in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England.
acidogenic
acidogenic
adj
Which generates acid or acidity.
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
acrogynous
acrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
actinogram
actinogram
noun
The record produced by an actinograph
actinology
actinology
noun
(sciences) The study of the effect of light on chemicals.
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adjourning
adjourning
verb
present participle of adjourn
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
adorningly
adorningly
adv
decoratively; using adornments.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
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
affronting
affronting
noun
The offering of an affront.
verb
present participle of affront
aforegoing
aforegoing
adj
(archaic) preceding, going before.
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.
agitations
agitations
noun
plural of agitation
aglaozonia
aglipayano
aglutition
aglutition
noun
(medicine) Inability to swallow.
agnoiology
agnoiology
noun
The study of things of which cannot be known.
agnostical
agnostical
adj
Alternative form of agnostic
agnotozoic
agoniatite
agonistics
agonistics
noun
The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agonothete
agonothete
noun
Alternative form of agonothetes
agoramania
agoranomus
agreations
agregation
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agrionidae
agronomial
agronomial
adj
Synonym of agronomic
agronomics
agronomics
noun
The science of soil management and the production of field crops.
(historical) A dyestuff made from the wood of Ceratonia siliqua, the European carob tree.
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.
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
algolagnia
algolagnia
noun
A physical condition that causes a person to gain sexual pleasure by suffering pain, particularly to erogenous zones.
algolagnic
algolagnic
adj
Of or relating to algolagnia.
algonquian
algonquian
Adjective
Relating to a group of North American languages.
Noun
An Algonquin.
algonquins
allargando
allargando
adv
(music) Decreasing in tempo; getting slower.
allegation
allegation
noun
An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
The act of alleging.
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
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.
alongships
alongshore
alongshore
adv
At or along a shore or coast.
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.
amblygonal
amblygonal
adj
(obsolete) obtuse-angled
amortising
amortising
verb
present participle of amortise
amortizing
amortizing
verb
present participle of amortize
amphigonia
amphigonic
amphigonic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or arising from amphigony
amphogenic
amphogenic
adj
producing approximately equal numbers of male and female offspring
amylogenic
amylogenic
adj
Forming starch; applied specifically to leucoplasts.
Of or pertaining to amylogen.
anaglypton
anagnostes
anagogical
anagogical
adj
anagogic
analogical
analogical
adj
Of, pertaining to, based on, or composed of an analogy.
analogions
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
analogized
analogized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogize
anaxagoras
anchorages
anchorages
noun
plural of anchorage
androgenic
androgenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
androgonia
androgynal
androgynal
adj
androgynous
androgynia
androgynic
androgynus
androgynus
noun
A hermaphrodite.
andropogon
andropogon
noun
(botany) Any member of the grass genus Andropogon.
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
angarstroi
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.
anginiform
anginiform
adj
(medicine) Resembling angina.
angioblast
angioblast
noun
(biology) A cell that differentiates into blood cells and endothelium within an embryo.
angiocarpy
angioclast
angiogenic
angiogenic
adj
Of or pertaining to blood vessels
Relating to angiogenesis
angiograph
angiograph
noun
The film or image of the blood vessels produced by angiography.
angiometer
angiomyoma
angiomyoma
noun
(pathology) A benign, solitary tumor associated with blood vessels
angionosis
angiopathy
angiopathy
noun
(pathology) Any disease of the blood vessels.
angioplany
angiorrhea
angioscope
angioscope
noun
An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants.
angiospasm
angiospasm
noun
(medicine) Spasmodic contraction of the blood vessel.
angiosperm
angiosperm
noun
(botany) Any plant of the clade Angiosperms, characterized by having ovules enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant.
angiostomy
angiostomy
noun
(surgery) The formation of an opening into a blood vessel, typically by means of a cannula
angiotasis
angiotonic
angiotonic
adj
That increases blood pressure
angiotonin
angiotonin
noun
A vasoconstrictor that causes narrowing of blood vessels
angiotribe
angiotribe
noun
An instrument for controlling hemorrhages
angledozer
angledozer
noun
A kind of bulldozer whose blade can be tilted at an angle
angletouch
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
anglogaean
anglomania
anglophile
anglophile
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophile
anglophily
anglophobe
anglophobe
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophobe
anglophone
anglophone
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Anglophone
anguilloid
anguilloid
adj
eellike
noun
Any eel of the suborder Anguilloidei
anguineous
anguineous
adj
Like a snake.
anguishous
anguishous
adj
(obsolete) Full of anguish.
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
angwantibo
angwantibo
noun
Either of two small primates, of the genus Arctocebus, similar to lemurs
anisogamic
anisogamic
adj
(biology) Relating to anisogamy.
ankylosing
ankylosing
verb
present participle of ankylose
annotating
annotating
verb
present participle of annotate
announcing
announcing
verb
present participle of announce
annoyingly
annoyingly
adv
In an annoying manner.
anogenital
anogenital
adj
(anatomy) Of, or relating to, the anus and genitals.
anorganism
anorogenic
anorogenic
adj
(geology) Unrelated to orogeny
antagonise
antagonise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antagonize.
antagonism
antagonism
noun
A strong natural dislike or hatred; antipathy.
antagonist
antagonist
noun
(anatomy) A muscle that acts in opposition to another.
(authorship) The main character or force opposing the protagonist in a literary work or drama.
(biochemistry) A chemical that binds to a receptor but does not produce a physiological response, blocking the action of agonist chemicals.
An opponent or enemy.
One who antagonizes or stirs.
antagonize
antagonize
verb
(transitive) To work against; to oppose (especially to incite reaction)
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.