(mathematics) Not enumerable or denumerable; uncountable.
abouchement
abstemiousness
abstemiousness
noun
The quality of being abstemious, temperate, or sparing, particularly in the use of food and strong drinks.
abutment
abutment
noun
(architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
(dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
(engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
(engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
The state of abutting.
abutments
abutments
noun
plural of abutment
accouchement
accouchement
noun
Delivery in childbed; parturition
accouchements
accouchements
noun
plural of accouchement
accountment
accountment
noun
Responsibility.
accountrement
accouplement
accouplement
noun
(rare) That which couples, as a tie or brace
(rare) The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union
accouterment
accouterment
noun
(archaic) The act of accoutering; furnishing.
(by extension) An identifying yet superficial characteristic.
(chiefly in the plural) An article of clothing or equipment, in particular when used as an accessory.
(military, chiefly in the plural) A soldier's equipment, other than weapons and uniform.
accouterments
accouterments
noun
plural of accouterment
accoutrement
accoutrement
noun
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouterment
accoutrements
accoutrements
noun
plural of accoutrement
accruement
accruement
noun
The act of accruing.
accruements
accruements
noun
plural of accruement
accumbency
accumbency
noun
(rare) The state of being accumbent or reclining.
accumbent
accumbent
adj
(botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
noun
One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
accumulativeness
accumulativeness
noun
The state or qualities of being accumulative.
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
acessamenus
acetonurometer
achenium
achenium
noun
(botany) achene
achenodium
acquiescement
acquirement
acquirement
noun
(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquitment
acquitment
noun
(law) Acquittal.
acrimoniousness
acrimoniousness
noun
The quality of being acrimonious.
actinomycesous
actinomycetous
actinomycetous
adj
Of or relating to actinomycetes.
actinosphaerium
acumen
acumen
noun
(anatomy) A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.
(botany) A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
acumens
acumens
noun
plural of acumen
acuminate
acuminate
adj
(botany, mycology) Tapering to a long point in concave manner at its apex.
Tapering to a point; pointed.
verb
(intransitive) To end in or come to a sharp point.
(transitive) To render sharp or keen; to sharpen.
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
acuminose
acuminose
adj
Terminating in a flat, narrow end.
acuminulate
acuminulate
adj
(rare) Somewhat or slightly acuminate.
acutenaculum
addendum
addendum
noun
(engineering) The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.
A postscript.
Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.
addendums
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocystomatous
adenomatous
adenomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenoma
adenostemonous
adiathermanous
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
adjournments
adjournments
noun
plural of adjournment
adjudgment
adjudgment
noun
The action of imposing judgment.
adjument
adjument
noun
(obsolete) Help; support; that which or one who helps or supports.
adjustment
adjustment
noun
The action of adjusting something
The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim
The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
The settling or balancing of a financial account
adjustmental
adjustmental
adj
Relating to adjustment.
adjustments
adjustments
noun
plural of adjustment
adlumidine
adlumine
adlumine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in plants of genus Adlumia.
admeasurement
admeasurement
noun
Apportionment.
admeasuring
admeasuring
verb
present participle of admeasure
admensuration
admensuration
noun
admeasurement
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
adnumber
adrenomedullary
adrenomedullary
adj
Of or relating to the adrenal medulla.
adventurement
adventurement
noun
(obsolete) adventure.
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventuresomeness
adventuresomeness
noun
The state or quality of being adventuresome.
adventuresomes
adventurism
adventurism
noun
(politics) The taking of excessive risks by a government in their political, economic or foreign affairs.
The behaviour of an adventurer; risk-taking.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
aeronautism
aeronautism
noun
The practice of aeronautic travel.
aeroperitoneum
aeschynomenous
agammaglobulinemia
agammaglobulinemia
noun
(medicine) A condition in which gammaglobulins such as immunoglobulins are absent from the blood, or present only in low concentrations
agammaglobulinemic
agammaglobulinemic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting agammaglobulinemia.
noun
An individual with agammaglobulinemia.
agendum
agendum
noun
(obsolete) A task which ought to be done.
(theology) Something to be done; a practical duty, rather than an article of faith.
agendums
agendums
noun
plural of agendum
aggroupment
aggroupment
noun
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.
ajutment
akuammine
akuammine
noun
(organic chemistry) An indole alkaloid found in the seeds of the tree Picralima nitida.
alalcomeneus
albumean
albumen
albumen
noun
The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.
albumeniizer
albumenisation
albumenise
albumenise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albumenize
albumenised
albumenised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albumenise
albumeniser
albumenising
albumenising
verb
present participle of albumenise
albumenization
albumenization
noun
Alternative form of albuminization
albumenize
albumenize
verb
(transitive) To coat or saturate with albumen.
(transitive) To convert into albumen.
albumenized
albumenized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albumenize
albumenizer
albumenizer
noun
One who albumenizes.
albumenizing
albumenizing
verb
present participle of albumenize
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
albumens
albumens
noun
plural of albumen
albuminate
albuminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound of albumin and a base or acid
albuminiferous
albuminiferous
adj
Supplying albumen.
albuminimeter
albuminimeter
noun
An instrument for determining the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminimetry
albuminimetry
noun
The measurement of the quantity of albumen in a liquid.
albuminise
albuminise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albuminize
albuminised
albuminised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albuminise
albuminize
albuminize
verb
Alternative form of albumenize
albuminized
albuminized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of albuminize
albuminogenous
albuminogenous
adj
Forming albumen.
albuminometer
albuminometry
albuminone
albuminone
noun
(organic chemistry, dated) A principle derived from certain albuminoids; it is soluble in alcohol and is not coagulable by heat.
albuminorrhea
albuminoscope
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
albuminousness
albuminousness
noun
(rare) The state or quality of being albuminous.
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
alimentum
allagostemonous
alloimmune
alloimmune
adj
(pathology) Characterized by alloimmunity, which is immunity, obtained from a tissue graft from another person, against one's own cells.
allumine
allurement
allurement
noun
An enticement, inducement or bait.
Attractiveness; appeal, charisma.
allurements
allurements
noun
plural of allurement
almuredin
almuten
alphanumeric
alphanumeric
adj
Consisting of these characters plus punctuation and other special characters.
Consisting of, or limited to, letters and/or numbers, especially the characters A to Z (lowercase and uppercase) and 0 to 9.
noun
An alphanumeric character.
alphanumerical
alphanumerical
adj
Consisting of only letters and numbers; alphanumeric.
alphanumerically
alphanumerically
adv
In a manner that is in numeric / numerical, then alphabetic / alphabetical, order.
In an alphanumeric / alphanumerical manner; using alphanumeric / alphanumerical characters.
alphanumerics
alphanumerics
noun
plural of alphanumeric
alumen
aluminaphone
aluminate
aluminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound, containing aluminium and oxygen with more electropositive elements, that is a salt of the hypothetical aluminic acid
alumine
alumine
noun
(obsolete) alumina
alumines
aluminide
aluminide
noun
(chemistry) Any intermetallic compound of aluminium and a more electropositive element
aluminiferous
aluminiferous
adj
containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or alum
aluminise
aluminise
verb
(transitive) To coat with a layer of aluminium.
aluminised
aluminised
adj
Having the property of being coated with aluminium
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aluminise
aluminite
aluminite
Noun
A hydrous aluminium sulfate mineral with formula Al2SO4(OH)4·7(H2O).
aluminize
aluminize
verb
US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminise.
aluminized
aluminized
adj
US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aluminize
aluminizes
aluminizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aluminize
aluminoferric
aluminose
aluminosilicate
aluminosilicate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of many silicate minerals, such as feldspar and zeolite, in which a proportion of the Si⁴⁺ ions are replaced by Al³⁺, the excess negative charge being balanced by extra sodium, potassium or calcium ions.
aluminothermic
aluminothermic
adj
Relating to, or employing, aluminothermy.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
aluminothermy
aluminothermy
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium
aluminotype
aluminotype
noun
A form of printing plate made of a sheet of aluminium.
alumnae
alumnae
noun
plural of alumna
alumniate
alumstone
alumstone
noun
(mineralogy) alunite
amanuenses
amanuenses
noun
plural of amanuensis
amanuensis
amanuensis
noun
A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.
One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
amarantaceous
amarantaceous
adj
(botany) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family Amaranthaceae of plants, of which the amaranth is the type.
amaranthaceous
amaranthaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the family Amaranthaceae of amaranths and goosefoots.