(obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence.
(obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing.
abnormalcy
abnormalcy
noun
Synonym of abnormality
absorbancy
absorbancy
noun
(physics) Alternative form of absorbency
absorbency
absorbency
noun
(obsolete) The action of absorbing.
(physics) The ratio of the absorbance or optical density of a substance to that of a similar body of pure solvent.
The quality of being absorbent.
abstractly
abstractly
adv
In an abstract way or manner
separately; absolutely
accordancy
accordancy
noun
(obsolete, rare) accordance
accurately
accurately
adv
In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.
accursedly
accursedly
adv
(degree, somewhat dated) Damnably; extremely.
In an accursed manner.
accusatory
accusatory
adj
Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation.
acervately
acervately
adv
In an acervate manner.
acetimetry
acetimetry
noun
(obsolete) The ascertaining of the strength of vinegar by measurement of the proportion of acetic acid in it
acetometry
acetometry
noun
The measurement of the concentration of acetic acid in vinegar
acetopyrin
acetylator
acetylator
noun
(biochemistry) A human being or other organism that can metabolize certain drugs by acetylating them (to a greater or lesser extent).
acetylizer
acetylizer
noun
Synonym of acetylator
acetylurea
achroacyte
achroacyte
noun
(cytology) Any colourless cell (especially a lymphocyte)
achromycin
acicularly
acicularly
adj
In an acicular way.
acidimetry
acidimetry
noun
(chemistry) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
acrobryous
acrography
acrography
noun
A method of relief etching on wood, metal, or stone by means of a coating of compressed chalk, invented by Louis Schonberg in 1841.
An organizing principle for written lists, based on initial glyphs.
Decorative plaster work of various styles used in middle eastern architecture.
acrogynous
acrogynous
adj
(botany) Producing archegonia from the apical cell of a reproductive branch.
acromegaly
acromegaly
noun
(pathology) A chronic disease marked by enlargement of the bones of the extremities, face, and jaw that is caused by over-activity of the pituitary gland.
acromyodic
acromyodic
adj
Relating to the acromyodians
acronychal
acronychal
adj
Alternative form of acronical
acronymize
acronymize
verb
(transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.
acronymous
acronymous
adj
Pertaining to the use of acronyms.
adriamycin
adriamycin
noun
An anthracycline antibiotic drug used in cancer chemotherapy.
advertency
advertency
noun
The quality of being advertent.
advocatory
advocatory
adj
Characteristic of an advocate.
aerenchyma
aerenchyma
noun
(botany) A spongy, airy tissue found especially in the roots of aquatic plants
aeroscepsy
aeroscepsy
noun
(zoology) The ability to perceive the state of the atmosphere.
In an American manner; in a way characteristic of Americans.
ammochryse
ammochryse
Noun
A soft, glossy yellow stone.
amurcosity
androcracy
androcracy
noun
(government, sociology) Government or rule by men.
androgynic
angiocarpy
anhydremic
anhydrotic
annoyancer
anticlergy
anticlergy
adj
Opposing the clergy.
antrectomy
antrectomy
noun
(surgery) The removal (resection) of part of the stomach, often combined with a vagotomy.
antroscopy
antroscopy
noun
An antroscopic examination
apicillary
apocryphal
apocryphal
adj
(Christianity) Of, or pertaining to, the Apocrypha.
(by extension) Of doubtful authenticity, or lacking authority; not regarded as canonical.
(by extension) Of dubious veracity; of questionable accuracy or truthfulness; anecdotal or in the nature of an urban legend.
apocryphon
apothecary
apothecary
noun
(archaic in US, dated in UK) Synonym of pharmacist: a person who sells medicine, especially (historical) one who made and sold their own medicines in the medieval or early modern eras.
(archaic or historical) Synonym of pharmacy: an apothecary's shop, a drugstore.
(uncommon) A glass jar of the sort once used for storing medicine.
arcadianly
archeocyte
archeocyte
noun
Alternative form of archaeocyte
archeology
archeology
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of archaeology
archetypal
archetypal
adj
Of or pertaining to an archetype.
archetypes
archetypes
noun
plural of archetype
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archetype
archetypic
archetypic
adj
archetypical
archheresy
archinfamy
archjockey
archplayer
archtyrant
arctically
arctically
adv
In an Arctic manner.
aristarchy
aristarchy
noun
A body of such rulers.
Government by the best rulers.
arithmancy
arithmancy
noun
Divination using numbers that are the equivalent of letters of a name
arrhythmic
arrhythmic
adj
(music) Without rhythm.
(pathology) Suffering from cardiac arrhythmia.
articulacy
articulacy
noun
The condition of being articulate.
articulary
articulary
adj
articular; relating to the joints
noun
(anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
arythmical
asecretory
assurgency
assurgency
noun
A tendency to rise.
astrocytic
astrocytic
adj
Of or pertaining to the astrocytes.
astromancy
astromancy
noun
Divination by the stars; astrology in its modern prophetic aspect.
astroscopy
astroscopy
noun
(obsolete) observation of the stars
asymmetric
asymmetric
adj
(cryptography) Not involving a mutual exchange of keys between the sender and receiver.
(set theory) Of a relation R on a set S: having the property that for any two elements of S (not necessarily distinct), at least one is not related to the other via R.
Not symmetric.
asynchrony
asynchrony
noun
The state of being asynchronous, or out of synchronization
athermancy
athermancy
noun
Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat.
auctionary
auctionary
adj
Of or pertaining to an auction.
aureomycin
aureomycin
noun
(medicine) The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
auricyanic
autochromy
autochromy
noun
The production of autochrome photographs.
bachelorly
bachelorly
adj
Befitting a bachelor.
backwardly
backwardly
adv
In a backward direction.
backyarder
backyarder
noun
One who carries on a project or business in a backyard, especially the raising of poultry.
ballywrack
bankruptcy
bankruptcy
noun
(finance, law) A legally declared or recognized condition of insolvency of a person or organization.
barleycorn
barleycorn
noun
(architecture, woodworking) A small groove between two mouldings.
(obsolete) The length of such a grain; a unit of length of approximately one third (or sometimes one quarter) of an inch or eight millimetres, still used as a basis for shoe sizes.
A grain of barley.
barleysick
barycenter
barycenter
noun
(geometry) The centroid, the geometric center of a plane figure
(physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal
verb
To determine such a barycenter
barycentre
barycentre
noun
(mathematics, physics, astronomy) The point at the centre of a system; an average point, weighted according to mass or other attribute. The term is usually used in astronomy for the centre of mass about which a system rotates, for example, the moon and the earth rotate about a common point within the earth but not near the centre. Jupiter and the Sun rotate about a common point just outside the surface of the Sun.
baryphonic
beckemeyer
beerocracy
beerocracy
noun
Those who control or profit from the brewing of beer.
bellyacher
bellyacher
noun
One who bellyaches; a complainer.
berecyntia
beryciform
beryciform
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the Beryciformes, an order of ray-finned fishes
noun
Any fish of the order Beryciformes
berycoidea
berycoidei
bewitchery
bewitchery
noun
The power of bewitching or fascinating; charm.
beyrichite
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
biorythmic
biracially
biracially
adv
In a biracial manner.
blackberry
blackberry
noun
(UK, dialectal) The blackcurrant.
A fruit-bearing shrub of the aggregate species Rubus fruticosus and some hybrids.
The soft fruit borne by this shrub, formed of a black (when ripe) cluster of drupelets.
verb
To gather or forage for blackberries.
bleachyard
blocklayer
blocklayer
noun
A person employed to lay down blocks of material, for example as a road surface.
bostrychid
bostrychid
noun
Misspelling of bostrichid.
botrychium
brachyaxis
brachycera
brachycome
brachydome
brachydome
noun
(crystallography) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis.
brachydont
brachydont
adj
Having low-crowned, short teeth.
noun
(zoology) Any organism with brachydont teeth.
brachylogy
brachylogy
noun
(rhetoric) Any of several forms of omission of words, including the omission of an understood part of a phrase, as, the omission of "good" from "(good) morning!"
Concise speech; laconism.
brachyoura
brachypnea
brachyural
brachyural
adj
(zoology) Of or relating to the Brachyura.
brachyuran
brachyuran
adj
Of or pertaining to crabs.
noun
(zoology) A crab.
brachyurus
bradycauma
bradytelic
bradytelic
adj
Of or relating to bradytely.
bradytocia
bricklayer
bricklayer
noun
A craftsman who builds walls and suchlike out of bricks.
brilliancy
brilliancy
noun
(chess) A spectacular and beautiful game of chess, generally featuring sacrificial attacks and unexpected moves.
A shining quality; brilliance.
An act of being brilliant.
bromhydric
bryceville
bryophytic
bryophytic
adj
Of or pertaining to bryophytes, the green, seedless land plants that make up the division Bryophyta, including mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
bunchberry
bunchberry
noun
Cornus canadensis - Canadian bunchberry or eastern bunchberry.
Cornus suecica - Eurasian bunchberry or northern bunchberry.
The fruit of either of these plants.
bursectomy
bursectomy
noun
(surgery) The surgical removal of a bursa
byproducts
byproducts
noun
plural of byproduct
cacography
cacography
noun
Bad spelling or punctuation, especially unintuitive spellings considered as a feature of a whole language or dialect.
Poor or illegible handwriting.
cacotrophy
cacotrophy
noun
(medicine, obsolete) Disordered or defective nutrition.
caerphilly
caerphilly
noun
A light-colored, crumbly cheese made from cow's milk.
calaminary
calciphyre
caligraphy
caligraphy
noun
Alternative form of calligraphy
calography
caloricity
caloricity
noun
Ectothermy.
calyciform
calyciform
adj
(botany) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.
calypterae
calyptraea
calyptrata
calyptrate
calyptrate
adj
Having a calyptra
noun
Any insect of the taxon Calyptratae
camphoroyl
campimetry
campimetry
noun
perimetry
candymaker
candymaker
noun
A manufacturer of candy.
cankeredly
cankeredly
adv
In a cankered manner.
canorously
canorously
adv
In a canorous manner.
canterbury
canterbury
noun
A rack for magazines or other papers, usually wooden, often done as a decorative piece.