(mycology, biology) The creation of spores by cutting off portions of the sporophore by the growth of septa; abstriction.
abjuration
abjuration
noun
A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle.
A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
The act of abjuring.
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.
abstrusion
abstrusion
noun
(rare) The act of thrusting away.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
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
accubation
accubation
noun
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
accusation
accusation
noun
(law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
An allegation.
The act of accusing.
acetonuria
acetonuria
noun
(pathology) A form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
acousticon
acousticon
noun
(historical) A kind of hearing aid.
acusection
acutorsion
acutorsion
noun
(medicine) The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.
adequation
adequation
noun
(linguistics) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context
(obsolete) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
equivalence
adjunction
adjunction
noun
(category theory) Given a pair of categories 𝒞 and 𝒟: an anti-parallel pair of functors F:𝒞→𝒟 and G:𝒟→𝒞 and a natural transformation 𝜂: mbox id_C→GF called “unit” such that for any object A∈𝒞, for any object B∈𝒟, and for any morphism f:A→GB, there is a unique morphism g:FA→B such that Gg∘𝜂_A=f. (Note: there is another natural transformation called “counit” as well but its existence may be derived by theorem.) The pair of functors express a similarity between the pair of categories which is weaker than that of an equivalence of categories.
(law) The joining of personal property owned by one to that owned by another.
The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
adjuration
adjuration
noun
A grave warning.
A solemn oath.
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
aeronautic
aeronautic
adj
Having to do with aerial navigation
aestuation
aglutition
aglutition
noun
(medicine) Inability to swallow.
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.
altisonous
altisonous
adj
Alternative form of altisonant
ambulation
ambulation
Noun
walking around
ammoniuret
ammunition
ammunition
noun
(figurative) Arguments and information that can be used against the other party in a conflict.
(obsolete) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
verb
To supply with ammunition.
amputation
amputation
noun
surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma
anacoustic
anacoustic
adj
(physics) Describing the upper reaches of the atmosphere, and of space, in which the concentration of molecules is too small to support the propagation of sound
anechoic, soundless
anazoturia
anazoturia
noun
(medicine) A decrease in the amount of nitrogenous material (such as urea) in the urine.
ancipitous
ancipitous
adj
Synonym of ancipital
andouillet
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
annotinous
annotinous
adj
(botany) A year old; in yearly growths.
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
antichorus
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
antigyrous
antiliquor
antiliquor
adj
Opposing the drinking of alcoholic liquor.
antilobium
antilochus
antilogous
antilogous
adj
Being or relating to that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated.
Of the contrary name or character; opposite.
antimonium
antimonous
antimonous
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative form of antimonious
antipoenus
antitypous
antitypous
adj
(obsolete) resistant to blows; hard
antrustion
antrustion
noun
(historical) A vassal or voluntary follower of Frankish princes in their enterprises.
argonautic
argonautic
adj
(by extension) adventurous
relating to Jason's ship, the Argo
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
argutation
argutation
noun
(obsolete) caviling; subtle disputation
arietinous
arietinous
Adjective
Shaped like a ram's head.
assecution
assecution
noun
(obsolete) acquisition; an obtaining
assumption
assumption
noun
(logic) The minor or second proposition in a categorical syllogism.
(rhetoric) Assumptio.
A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven, celebrated on 15 August.
The act of assuming, or taking to or upon oneself; the act of taking up or adopting.
The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; a supposition; an unwarrantable claim.
The taking of a person up into heaven.
The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition.
astounding
astounding
adj
That astounds or astound.
verb
present participle of astound
auctionary
auctionary
adj
Of or pertaining to an auction.
auctioneer
auctioneer
noun
A person who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, taking bids to find the best price for the vendor.
verb
(transitive) To sell at an auction; to auction.
auctioning
auctioning
verb
present participle of auction
auditioned
auditioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of audition
auguration
auguration
noun
The practice of augury.
aurigation
aurigation
noun
The act of driving a chariot or a carriage.
authorling
authorling
noun
A young or insignificant author.
autogenies
autognosis
autognosis
noun
self-knowledge; the understanding of one's character and peculiarities
autoimmune
autoimmune
adj
(pathology, immunology) Of or pertaining to autoimmunity.
autokinesy
autokinesy
noun
autokinesis
autolesion
autolyzing
autolyzing
verb
present participle of autolyze
automating
automating
verb
present participle of automate
automation
automation
noun
The act or process of converting the controlling of a machine or device to a more automatic system, such as computer or electronic controls.
autonetics
autonoetic
autonoetic
adj
Of or relating to autonoesis.
autonomies
autonomies
noun
plural of autonomy
autonomist
autonomist
noun
An advocate of autonomy or autonomism.
autonomize
autonomize
verb
(transitive) To make autonomous.
autopsying
autopsying
verb
present participle of autopsy
autosexing
autosexing
noun
The identification of the sex of newborn chicks by their physical appearance, possible with certain breeds of poultry.
auxoaction
azthionium
batocrinus
beaumontia
beshouting
beshouting
verb
present participle of beshout
bicornuate
bicornuate
adj
(medicine) Resembling a pair of horns, as a malformed uterus may.
binoculate
binoculate
adj
Having two eyes.
binotonous
bituminoid
bituminous
bituminous
adj
Of or pertaining to bitumen.
noun
(countable) A type or grade of bituminous coal.
(uncountable) Bituminous coal.
bluepoints
bluepoints
noun
plural of bluepoint
boethusian
botaurinae
boulangist
boulangist
Noun
A supporter of Boulangism.
bountihead
bountihead
noun
Bounteousness.
bourbonist
bourbonist
Noun
A supporter of Bourbonism.
bournonite
bournonite
noun
(mineralogy) A sulfosalt mineral, a sulfantimonite of lead and copper.
buccinator
buccinator
noun
(anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.
bufotenine
bufotenine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, found in the skins of some toads, related to serotonin.
buitenzorg
bullionist
bullionist
noun
An advocate for a metallic currency, or a paper currency always convertible into gold.
buonarroti
burlington
burlington
Proper noun
A place
A settlement in Canada
A city in Ontario
A riding, federally and provincially, in Ontario
A town in Newfoundland and Labrador
An incorporated community in Nova Scotia
An unincorporated area in Prince Edward Island
A location in the United States
A city in Colorado
A town in Connecticut
A village in Illinois
A town in Indiana
A city in Iowa
A city in Kansas
A census-designated place (CDP) in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A town in Massachusetts
A village in Michigan
A city in New Jersey
A town in New York
A city in North Carolina
A city in North Dakota
A CDP (census-designated place) in Ohio
A town in Oklahoma
A borough in Pennsylvania
A city in Vermont
A city in Washington
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in West Virginia
A city and a town in Wisconsin
A town in Wyoming
butanolide
butanolide
noun
(organic chemistry) The cyclic lactone derived from 4-hydroxybutanoic acid; any of its derivatives
buttonlike
buttonlike
adj
Resembling a button.
butylation
butylation
noun
(organic chemistry) A reaction in which a butyl group is added to a molecule
carnoustie
causations
causations
noun
plural of causation
cautionary
cautionary
adj
(obsolete) Held as security or hostage
Serving to caution or warn; admonitory
Serving to ward off; preventive
cautioners
cautioners
noun
plural of cautioner
cautioning
cautioning
noun
The act of giving a warning.
verb
present participle of caution
centiloquy
centiloquy
noun
A work divided into a hundred parts.
centurions
centurions
noun
plural of centurion
ceratinous
cetorhinus
circuition
circuition
noun
(archaic) The act of going round; a circuit, an encircling.
coatimundi
coatimundi
noun
The ring-tailed coati, Nasua nasua, a South American carnivore.
codisjunct
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
coequation
cofunction
cofunction
noun
(mathematics) The trigonometric function of the complement of the supplied angle.
(programming) A costatement that takes the form of a function and can accept parameters and return a value.
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
columnists
columnists
noun
plural of columnist
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
combustion
combustion
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of burning.
(figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult.
A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.
comminuate
comminuted
comminuted
adj
Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comminute
comminutor
comminutor
noun
(engineering) A type of machine that grinds up solid materials, especially in waste treatment
communists
communists
noun
plural of communist
communital
concubitus
concutient
conducting
conducting
verb
present participle of conduct
conduction
conduction
noun
(obsolete) The act of training up.
(physics) The conveying of heat or electricity through material.
The act of leading or guiding.
conductive
conductive
adj
Able to conduct electrical current or heat.
Of, or relating to conductivity of a material.
condurrite
condurrite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide.
conglution
conjuctiva
connubiate
connubiate
verb
(rare, slang) To live together as man and wife; to marry; (loosely), to have relations.
consortium
consortium
noun
(biology) A group of symbiotic microbes.
(law) The right of a spouse to all the normal relationships with his or her mate.
A similar arrangement among non-commercial institutions or organizations.
An association or combination of businesses, financial institutions, or investors, for the purpose of engaging in a joint venture.
An association or society.
constitute
constitute
noun
(obsolete) An established law.
verb
(transitive) To appoint, depute, or elect to an office; to make and empower.
(transitive) To make up; to compose; to form.
(transitive) To set up; to establish; to enact.
construing
construing
noun
The act of one who construes.
verb
present participle of construe
consubsist
consubsist
verb
(intransitive) To subsist together.
consulting
consulting
noun
Short for consulting physician.
verb
present participle and gerund of consult
consultive
consultive
adj
Determined by, or relating to, consultation; deliberate.
contagious
contagious
adj
(figurative) Easily passed on to others.
(of a disease) Easily transmitted to others.
(of a person) Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
contiguate
contiguate
adj
(obsolete) Contiguous; touching.
contiguity
contiguity
noun
A state in which two or more physical objects are physically touching one another or in which sections of a plane border on one another.
contiguous
contiguous
adj
Adjacent; neighboring.
Connected; touching; abutting.
Connecting without a break.
continuant
continuant
adj
Continuing; prolonged; sustained.
noun
(mathematics) A determinant formed from a tridiagonal matrix.
(ontology) An endurant.
(phonetics) A linguistic sound other than a stop.
continuate
continuate
adj
(obsolete) Chronic; long-lasting; long-continued.
(obsolete) Continuous; uninterrupted; continued without break or interruption.
continuers
continuers
noun
plural of continuer
continuing
continuing
noun
A continuation.
verb
present participle of continue
continuist
continuity
continuity
noun
(narratology) A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories.
(uncountable, film) Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions.
(uncountable, mathematics) A characteristic property of a continuous function.
(uncountable, radio, television) The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes.
Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time.
continuous
continuous
adj
(botany) Not deviating or varying from uniformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated.
(grammar) Expressing an ongoing action or state.
(mathematical analysis, of a function) Such that, for every x in the domain, for each small open interval D about f(x), there's an interval containing x whose image is in D.
(mathematics, more generally, of a function between two topological spaces) Such that each open set in the target space has an open preimage (in the domain space, with respect to the given function).
Without intervening space; continued.
Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
continuums
contouring
contouring
noun
a technique in makeup using blush and bronzing powder to define contours on the face
the building up of muscles with exercise
the construction of contour lines through a matrix of points each having a known value of some variable
walking along contour lines, usually to save energy or simplify navigation
verb
present participle of contour
contribute
contribute
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.