(mycology, biology) The creation of spores by cutting off portions of the sporophore by the growth of septa; abstriction.
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
achenodium
acinaceous
acinaceous
adj
(botany) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
acinacious
acinarious
acinarious
adj
(botany) Having acini
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acousticon
acousticon
noun
(historical) A kind of hearing aid.
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
acusection
acutorsion
acutorsion
noun
(medicine) The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.
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.
aeronautic
aeronautic
adj
Having to do with aerial navigation
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.
aluconidae
aluconinae
ammoniacum
ammoniacum
noun
gum ammoniac, a resin exuded from the stem of the perennial herb Dorema ammoniacum.
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
ancipitous
ancipitous
adj
Synonym of ancipital
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
andronicus
announcing
announcing
verb
present participle of announce
antichorus
antilochus
argonautic
argonautic
adj
(by extension) adventurous
relating to Jason's ship, the Argo
ascogonium
ascogonium
noun
(mycology) The spiral female organ of an ascomycetous fungus from which asci are produced
assecution
assecution
noun
(obsolete) acquisition; an obtaining
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
audiogenic
audiogenic
adj
Produced by sound.
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
autonetics
autonoetic
autonoetic
adj
Of or relating to autonoesis.
auxoaction
batocrinus
bicornuate
bicornuate
adj
(medicine) Resembling a pair of horns, as a malformed uterus may.
biloculina
binoculars
binoculars
noun
A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.
binoculate
binoculate
adj
Having two eyes.
biunivocal
biunivocal
adj
Relating to two, related univocal terms, sources etc.
buccinator
buccinator
noun
(anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.
bucconidae
bucconinae
bucorvinae
buoyancies
buoyancies
noun
plural of buoyancy
cacuminous
cacuminous
adj
(rare) Having a pyramidal top.
caducicorn
caducicorn
adj
(zoology) Having deciduous horns or antlers.
cairngorum
cairngorum
noun
Alternative form of cairngorm
caliginous
caliginous
adj
(archaic or literary) Dark, obscure; murky.
callousing
callousing
verb
present participle of callous
calumnious
calumnious
adj
Possessing the traits of calumny.
cappuccino
cappuccino
noun
(countable, uncountable, proscribed) Any of various similar drinks.
(uncountable) An Italian coffee-based beverage made from espresso to which milk that has been steamed and/or frothed is added; (countable) a cup of this beverage.
(uncountable, also attributively) A medium- to dark-brown colour like that of the coffee drink (sense 1) or the habit of a Capuchin monk.
carbonuria
cardioncus
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
ceratinous
charmonium
charmonium
noun
(physics) Any meson formed from a charm quark and its antiquark.
chiriguano
chousingha
chousingha
noun
The four-horned antelope (Tetracerus quadricornis), a small antelope found in open forest in India and Nepal.
cinnamomum
clamouring
clamouring
noun
A sound that clamours.
verb
present participle of clamour
coassuming
coassuming
verb
present participle of coassume
coatimundi
coatimundi
noun
The ring-tailed coati, Nasua nasua, a South American carnivore.
coaudience
coequating
coequating
verb
present participle of coequate
coequation
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
coguardian
coguardian
noun
A joint guardian.
collingual
collingual
adj
Having, or relating to, the same language.
collunaria
colubrinae
columbiana
comminuate
communital
conalbumin
conalbumin
noun
(biology) One of the two major types of albumin found in egg white (the other being ovalbumin), which isolates and sequesters metallic contaminants in the egg white.
concubinal
concubinal
adj
Of or pertaining to concubinage.
configural
configural
adj
Relating to the spatial configuration of something, such as a human face to be recognised, rather than its separate visual features.
confucians
conjuctiva
connubiate
connubiate
verb
(rare, slang) To live together as man and wife; to marry; (loosely), to have relations.
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.
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.
copulating
copulating
verb
present participle of copulate
copulation
copulation
noun
(countable) The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.
(uncountable) Sexual procreation between a man and a woman or transfer of the sperm from male to female; usually applied to the mating process in nonhuman animals; coitus; coition.
coriandrum
coriolanus
cornicular
cornicular
adj
Being or relating to a horn angle.
noun
A secretary or clerk.
cornucopia
cornucopia
noun
(Greek mythology) A goat's horn endlessly overflowing with fruit, flowers and grain; or full of whatever its owner wanted: or, an image of a such a horn, either in two or three dimensions.
A hollow horn- or cone-shaped object, filled with edible or useful things.
An abundance or plentiful supply.
cosingular
cosingular
adj
(algebra) Having the same singularities.
cothurnian
coumarinic
coumarinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to, or derived from a coumarin
councilman
councilman
noun
A male member of a council, especially a city council.
cronartium
cruciation
cruciation
noun
(obsolete) torture; torment
crustation
crustation
noun
An adherent crust; an incrustation
cumulation
cumulation
noun
Accumulation.
The effect of free trade agreements on the rules of origin in calculating importation tariffs, quotas, etc.
cunctation
cunctation
noun
(obsolete) Delay, hesitation, procrastination.
custodians
custodians
noun
plural of custodian
cutization
cutization
noun
The transition from mucous membrane to skin at the mucocutaneous margins.
cyanoauric
daunomycin
daunomycin
noun
(pharmacology) Alternative form of daunorubicin.
decubation
decubation
noun
(obsolete, rare, formal) The act of lying down.
diaconicum
dicoumarin
dinosauric
dinosauric
adj
(rare) Dinosaurian.
dioscurian
dracontium
dracontium
noun
(pharmacy, obsolete) The roots and rhizomes of skunk cabbage, Symplocarpus foetidus
duplicando
duplicando
noun
(Scotland, law) Alternative form of duplicand
ecuadorian
educations
educations
noun
plural of education
eluctation
eluctation
noun
(obsolete) A struggling out of any difficulty.
emuscation
emuscation
noun
(obsolete, rare) The removal of moss.
encomiumia
enunciator
enunciator
noun
One who enunciates or proclaims.
erinaceous
erinaceous
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling a hedgehog.
eriocaulon
eructation
eructation
noun
An erumpent blast of gas, wind, or other matter ejected from the depths of the earth.
The act of belching, of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth.
euangiotic
eudaemonic
eudaemonic
adj
Of or pertaining to a eudaemon.
That produces satisfied happiness and well-being.
euharmonic
euharmonic
adj
(rare) Pleasingly melodious or harmonious — applied especially to the euharmonic organ invented by Henry Ward Poole (1825-1890), in whose design mathematical principles of harmony were employed.
euphonical
euphonical
adj
(archaic) Euphonious; pleasing to the ear.
evacuation
evacuation
noun
Abolition; nullification.
That which is evacuated or discharged; especially, a discharge by stool or other natural means.
The act of emptying, clearing of the contents, or discharging, including creating a vacuum.
The act of evacuating; leaving a place in an orderly fashion, especially for safety.
Voidance of any matter by the natural passages of the body or by an artificial opening; defecation; also, a diminution of the fluids of an animal body by cathartics, venesection, or other means.
Withdrawal of troops or civils from a town, country, fortress, etc.
excusation
excusation
noun
(obsolete) The act of offering an excuse or apology, or the fact of being excused; an excuse, a defence.
exucontian
facinorous
facinorous
adj
(archaic, formal) Extremely wicked.
fauconnier
functional
functional
adj
(computing theory) Having semantics defined purely in terms of mathematical functions, without side-effects.
(medicine) Of a disease, such that its symptoms cannot be referred to any appreciable lesion or change of structure; opposed to organic disease, in which the organ itself is affected.
In good working order.
Only for functional purposes, notably in architecture
Useful; serving a purpose, fulfilling a function
noun
(computing) An object encapsulating a function pointer (or equivalent).
(mathematics) A function that takes a function as its argument; More precisely: A function whose argument varies in a space of (real or complex valued) functions and whose value belongs to a monodimensional space. An example is the definite integration of integrable real functions in a real interval.
(mathematics, functional analysis) A scalar-valued linear function on a vector space.
functorial
functorial
adj
(category theory) Of or pertaining to a functor
glauconite
glauconite
noun
(mineralogy) A greenish form of mica found in greensand
guaiaconic
guvacoline
guvacoline
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid that is the methyl ester of guvacine
housatonic
hyaluronic
hyaluronic
adj
Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives
incautious
incautious
adj
careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution.
incubation
incubation
noun
(chemistry) A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction.
(pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
(psychology) One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point.
Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.
incubators
incubators
noun
plural of incubator
incubatory
incubatory
adj
Serving for incubation.
inculcator
inculcator
noun
One who inculcates.
ingracious
ingracious
adj
(obsolete) ungracious; unkind.
innoculate
innoculate
verb
Alternative spelling of inoculate
inoceramus
inoculable
inoculable
adj
Capable of being inoculated.
Capable of transmitting disease, or of being transmitted, by inoculation.
inoculated
inoculated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of inoculate
inoculates
inoculates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inoculate