(organic chemistry) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum.
actinolite
actinolite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂, belonging to the amphibole group.
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.
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
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.
aggelation
alboranite
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
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.
alineation
alineation
noun
Alternative form of allineation
alipterion
allegation
allegation
noun
An assertion, especially an accusation, not necessarily based on facts.
The act of alleging.
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.
ameliorant
ameliorant
noun
A substance that helps plants grow by improving the physical condition of the soil.
Anything that improves something else.
andouillet
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.
anogenital
anogenital
adj
(anatomy) Of, or relating to, the anus and genitals.
antelation
antelopian
antelopine
anteriorly
anteriorly
adv
before (in time)
in front (in position)
towards the anterior
anthelions
anthophile
anthophile
noun
(zoology) An organism that visits flowers.
A person who loves flowers.
antifelony
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
antilepton
antilepton
noun
(physics) The antiparticle of a lepton.
antiloemic
antilogies
antilogies
noun
plural of antilogy
antilopine
antilopine
adj
Relating to, or resembling, antelopes in the bovid subfamily Antelopinae.
Relating to, or resembling, antelopes in the tribe Antelopini within that subfamily
Relating to, or resembling, antelopes.
noun
An antilopine kangaroo
Any antelope in the subfamily Antelopinae
Any antelope in the tribe Antilopini
antinovels
antinovels
noun
plural of antinovel
antipleion
antipleion
noun
A region of negative departure from a norm.
antipolice
antipolice
adj
Opposed to or prejudiced against the police
antizealot
antizealot
noun
One who opposes zealotry.
areolation
areolation
noun
An areola, or a similar form of a space surrounded by something of a different colour.
arsenolite
arsenolite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of arsenic trioxide.
assoilment
assoilment
noun
Act of assoiling, or state of being assoiled; absolution; acquittal.
Act of soiling; defilement.
autolesion
babylonite
ballottine
balneation
balneation
noun
(formal) The act of bathing.
The administration of public baths.
bayldonite
bayldonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.
beclothing
beclothing
verb
present participle of beclothe
bedlington
belonesite
benevolist
bertolonia
betorcinol
binoculate
binoculate
adj
Having two eyes.
binoxalate
binoxalate
noun
(chemistry) A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate.
bluepoints
bluepoints
noun
plural of bluepoint
bolstering
bolstering
noun
The act by which something is bolstered; support.
verb
present participle of bolster
bonnetlike
bonnetlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bonnet (traditional hat).
borolanite
borolanite
noun
(mineralogy) A pyroxene-melanite containing nepheline syenite
brontolite
butanolide
butanolide
noun
(organic chemistry) The cyclic lactone derived from 4-hydroxybutanoic acid; any of its derivatives
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
cacothelin
caledonite
caledonite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic carbonate / sulfate mineral of copper and lead
capitoline
celadonite
celadonite
noun
(mineralogy) A blueish-green form of mica.
centillion
centillion
num
(long scale) 10⁶⁰⁰.
(short scale) 10³⁰³.
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
centimolar
centimolar
adj
(chemistry) Of or relating to centimoles; one hundredth as concentrated as a molar solution.
centonical
centonical
adj
Of or pertaining to a cento (work quoting from other authors).
centroidal
centroidal
adj
(graph theory, of a tree) Having a single centroid.
Of or pertaining to a centroid.
chlorinate
chlorinate
verb
(transitive, chemistry) To add chlorine to (something, especially water, to purify it; or an auriferous substance, to extract gold from it).
choletelin
citronella
citronella
noun
A tropical Asian grass, Cymbopogon nardus, that has citrus-scented leaves.
An essential oil obtained from this plant, often used as an insect repellent.
citronelle
cliftonite
cliftonite
noun
(mineralogy) A form of graphite present in some meteorites
clingstone
clingstone
noun
A stone fruit having a stone (pit) that clings to the flesh.
clinkstone
clinkstone
noun
phonolite
clinometer
clinometer
noun
An apparatus for measuring a vertical angle, a slope, or the height of a large object (e.g. a tree).
clinometry
clinometry
noun
(geology) The art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.
clintonite
clintonite
noun
(mineralogy) A calcium magnesium aluminium phyllosilicate mineral of the margarite group of micas.
clothespin
clothespin
noun
A clip or fastener used to secure garments to a clothesline while drying, and sometimes for other applications requiring holding or pinching.
verb
(transitive) To affix with a clothespin.
coastlines
coastlines
noun
plural of coastline
coelection
coelestine
coelestine
noun
Archaic form of celestine (“the mineral”).
colbertine
colbertine
noun
(obsolete) A kind of lace.
colemanite
colemanite
noun
(mineralogy) A white, grey or colorless mineral form of calcium borate; a principal source of boron.
collecting
collecting
noun
A hobby including seeking, locating, acquiring, organizing, cataloging, displaying, storing, and maintaining whatever items are of interest to the individual collector.
verb
present participle of collect
collection
collection
noun
(Oxford University, usually in the plural) A set of college exams generally taken at the start of the term.
(UK) The jurisdiction of a collector of excise.
(law) Debt collection.
(obsolete) The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred.
(set theory, topology, mathematical analysis) A set of sets; used because such a thing is in general too large to comply with the formal definition of a set.
A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for donations.
A set of items or amount of material procured or gathered together.
Multiple related objects associated as a group.
The activity of collecting.
The quality of being collected; calm composure.
collegiant
collineate
collineate
verb
To collimate
To converge to form a single line or point
collinsite
collinsite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pinacoidal mineral containing calcium, hydrogen, iron, magnesium, oxygen, and phosphorus.
completing
completing
verb
present participle of complete
completion
completion
noun
(American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
(law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
(mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
(mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.
Misspelling of complement.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).
conciliate
conciliate
verb
(intransitive) To mediate in a dispute.
(transitive) To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate.
(transitive, now rare) To reconcile (discordant theories, demands etc.); to make compatible, bring together.
(transitive, obsolete) To acquire, to procure.
conflicted
conflicted
adj
(Canada, US, informal) In a state of personal or emotional conflict.
Having a conflict of interest.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflict
congenital
congenital
adj
(of a trait or a disease) Present since birth.
connellite
connellite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare hexagonal hydrous copper chlorosulfate mineral.
consilient
consilient
adj
Of academic disciplines, displaying consilience.
consultive
consultive
adj
Determined by, or relating to, consultation; deliberate.
contactile
contritely
contritely
adv
In a contrite manner.
corelating
corelation
corelation
noun
(mathematics) The dual of a relation.
A corresponding relationship.
Alternative form of correlation
cornulites
costliness
costliness
noun
The characteristic of being costly.
coterminal
coterminal
adj
(category theory) Describing an object in a category, such that there is precisely one morphism that maps that object to every object in the category.
(geometry, of two angles) Differing only by a whole number of complete circles.
(university education, of a student) Simultaneously studying towards two or more separate degrees.
Coterminous: having the same scope or range, or meeting at the ends.
noun
(aviation) One of a number of terminals or airports which are interchangeable for the purposes of ticketing.
counterlit
covetingly
covetingly
adv
in a coveting way
creational
creational
adj
of, or pertaining to creation
crinolette
crinolette
noun
(historical) A whalebone, cane, or steel framework that was worn between petticoat and dress, attached at the waist and projecting backwards but not as far to the sides as in the case of a full hoop skirt.
crotalinae
dealbation
dealbation
noun
(chemistry, archaic) The process or act of becoming or being made white, most commonly by bleaching; whitening.
declinator
declinator
noun
(obsolete) A dissenter.
An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.
dedolation
dedolation
noun
(medicine, archaic) A slicing wound made by a sharp instrument grazing the surface.
deflations
deflations
noun
plural of deflation
deflection
deflection
noun
The act of deflecting or something deflected.
The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.
defoliants
defoliants
noun
plural of defoliant
degelation
degelation
noun
The conversion of a gel into a liquid.
delatorian
delegation
delegation
noun
(computing) A method-dispatching technique describing the lookup and inheritance rules for self-referential calls.
(law) The act whereby or constellation in which the performance of an obligation (owed to an obligee, presuming its validity; irrespective of the obligation as the target of the delegation, rarely called delegatary) is assigned by its debtor (delegator, obligor) to and towards another party (delegatee, delegate)
A group of delegates used to discuss issues with an opponent.
An act of delegating.
deligation
deligation
noun
(surgery) A binding up; a bandaging.
delineator
delineator
noun
A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.
One who, or that which, delineates.
delinition
delinition
noun
(obsolete) A smearing.
deliration
deliration
noun
aberration of the mind; delirium
demolition
demolition
noun
The process of demolishing or destroying buildings or other structures.
dendrolite
dendrolite
noun
(paleontology) A petrified or fossil shrub, plant, or part of a plant. .
dentiloguy
dentiloquy
dentiloquy
noun
(rare) The habit or practice of speaking through the teeth.
deoppilant
depilation
depilation
noun
Act of pulling out or removing the hair; unhairing; hair removal.
Removal of hair, wool or bristles from the body.
depletions
depletions
noun
plural of depletion
desolating
desolating
verb
present participle of desolate
desolation
desolation
noun
A place or country wasted and forsaken.
The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation.
The state of being desolated or laid waste
devolution
devolution
noun
(derogatory) Degeneration (as opposed to evolution).
(government) The transfer of some powers and the delegation of some functions from a central government to local government (e.g. from the U.K. parliament to Scottish parliament and Welsh assembly).
A descent, especially one that passes through a series of revolutions, or by succession
A rolling down.
The transference of a right to a successor, or of a power from one body to another.
devotional
devotional
adj
(usually religious) Of or pertaining to devotion or worship.
noun
A brief religious service.
A text or piece of music or writing to be used for devotion.
diocletian
diocletian
Proper noun
Roman cognomen, particularly borne by the Roman emperor Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus (245 - 313).
Adjective
Of or relating to the Roman Emperor Diocletian.
dissolvent
dissolvent
adj
Capable of dissolution into a fluid.
Having power to dissolve a solid body.
noun
A substance which can dissolve or be dissolved into a liquid.
donatively
donatively
adv
As a donation.
By means of donations.
earlington
eatonville
ebullition
ebullition
noun
A sudden emotional outburst.
The act of boiling.
ectorhinal
ectorhinal
adj
Of or pertaining to that part of the brain exterior to the entorhinal cortex
Of or pertaining to the exterior of the nose
electroing
electroing
verb
present participle of electro
electronic
electronic
adj
(physics, chemistry) Of or pertaining to an electron or electrons.
Generated by an electronic device.
Of or pertaining to the Internet.
Operating on the physical behavior of electrons, especially in semiconductors.
electrowin
electrowin
verb
To win (extract) electrically.
elementoid
elementoid
adj
(chemistry) Resembling an element.
eleonorite
elevations
elevations
noun
plural of elevation
eliminator
eliminator
noun
One who, or that which, eliminates.
eliquation
eliquation
noun
(metallurgy) The process of separating a fusible substance from one less fusible, by means of a degree of heat sufficient to melt the one and not the other, as an alloy of copper and lead; liquation.
ellingston
elocutions
elocutions
noun
plural of elocution
eloignment
eloignment
noun
(obsolete) Removal to a distance; withdrawal.
elongating
elongating
verb
present participle of elongate
elongation
elongation
noun
(astronomy) The angular distance of a planet from the sun
Removal to a distance; withdrawal; a being at a distance; distance.
That which lengthens out; continuation.
The act of lengthening
The ratio of the extension of a material to the length of the material prior to stretching.