A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accountrement
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
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
accurateness
accurateness
noun
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy
accuratenesses
accursedness
accursedness
noun
The quality of being accursed.
aceanthrenequinone
acensuador
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
acervuline
acervuline
adj
Resembling little heaps.
acetonuria
acetonuria
noun
(pathology) A form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
acetonurometer
acetylenediurein
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acounter
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
acquirenda
acquirenda
noun
plural of acquirendum
acrimoniousness
acrimoniousness
noun
The quality of being acrimonious.
acroceraunian
acroceraunian
Adjective
Of or relating to the high mountain range of "thunder-smitten" peaks (now Kimara), between Albania and Macedonia.
acrocontracture
acrocontracture
noun
(pathology) contracture of the joints of the hands or feet
acrogenous
acrogenous
adj
(botany) Increasing by growth from the extremity.
acrogenously
acrogenously
adv
In an acrogenous manner.
acroneurosis
acrotrophoneurosis
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
actinoneuritis
actinopterous
actinopterygious
actinosphaerium
actinotherapeutic
actinotherapeutic
adj
Relating to actinotherapy.
actinotherapeutics
actinotherapeutics
noun
actinotherapy
acturience
acturience
noun
tendency or impulse to act
acupuncture
acupuncture
noun
The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body, especially for purposes of pain relief.
verb
(transitive) To treat with acupuncture.
acupunctured
acupunctured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture
acupunctures
acupunctures
noun
plural of acupuncture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acupuncture
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adularescence
adularescence
noun
The optical phenomenon, exhibited by some specimens (moonstones) of the mineral adularia, of exhibiting a white to pale bluish or rarely pale orange sheen along crystal faces.
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
aeronautic
aeronautic
adj
Having to do with aerial navigation
aeronautical
aeronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight
aeronautically
aeronautically
adv
In a aeronautical manner; with respect to aeronautics or aviation.
aeronautics
aeronautics
noun
The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects
The theory and practice of aircraft navigation
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
albocinereous
alcornoque
alcornoque
noun
The plant Bowdichia virgilioides.
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
aleuronic
aleuronic
adj
Of or pertaining to aleurone.
allurance
allurance
noun
(archaic) allurement
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
aluminoferric
aluminothermic
aluminothermic
adj
Relating to, or employing, aluminothermy.
aluminothermics
aluminothermics
noun
Synonym of aluminothermy
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.
amarynceus
ambulancer
ambulancer
noun
(military) A medic working in a mobile field hospital.
americanum
americanumancestors
amicronucleate
amphicarpogenous
anacardiaceous
anacardiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Anacardiaceae of cashews and sumacs.
anacruses
anacruses
noun
plural of anacrusis
anaculture
anchtherium
ancistrocladaceous
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androcephalum
androdioecious
androdioecious
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androdioecy.
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
andromonoecious
andromonoecious
adj
(botany) Producing both bisexual and male flowers on the same plant
anelectrotonus
anelectrotonus
noun
The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it.
anemochorous
anemochorous
adj
(botany) Adapted for dispersal via wind.
aneuric
aneurilemmic
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
anfractuousness
anfractuousness
noun
The state or quality of being anfractuous.
anfracture
anfracture
noun
(obsolete) A mazy winding.
angiocavernous
angioneurotic
angioneurotic
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting blood vessels and nerves
angraecum
announcer
announcer
noun
One who makes announcements.
radio announcer
announcers
announcers
noun
plural of announcer
anorectous
anorectous
adj
(archaic) anorectic; lacking appetite
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antecardium
antechurch
antecornu
antecourt
antecurvature
antefurca
antefurca
noun
(anatomy) A forked chitinous structure in the thorax of some insects
antefurcae
antefurcae
noun
plural of antefurca
antefurcal
antefurcal
adj
Relating to an antefurca
antejentacular
antejentacular
adj
(rare, formal) Occurring before breakfast.
antejudiciary
anteocular
anteocular
adj
Positioned in front of the eye
anteoperculum
anteresurrection
anteroclusion
anthericum
anthericum
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
anthraceniferous
anthraciferous
anthraciferous
adj
(mineralogy) Yielding anthracite.
anthracitiferous
anthracotherium
anthropopithecus
antibureaucratic
antibureaucratic
adj
(politics) Opposed to bureaucracy
anticancerous
anticancerous
adj
anticancer
anticensorious
anticensoriously
anticensoriousness
anticeremonious
anticeremoniously
anticeremoniousness
anticonsumer
anticonsumer
adj
Opposing the consumer.
noun
A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
anticourtier
anticourtier
adj
Opposing courtiers.
anticrepuscular
anticrepuscule
anticritique
anticritique
noun
A critique written in response to another critique.
anticruelty
anticruelty
adj
Opposing cruelty, especially towards animals.
antidiuretic
antidiuretic
adj
preventing or counteracting diuresis, especially by the reduction of urination
noun
(physiology, medicine) an agent that prevents or counteracts diuresis
antiinsurrectionally
antiinsurrectionists
antineuralgic
antineuralgic
adj
(pharmacology) Counteracting neuralgia.
noun
(pharmacology) Any agent that counteracts neuralgia.
antineuritic
antineuritic
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or acting against neuritis.
antinuclear
antinuclear
adj
Against the nucleus of a biological cell.
Opposed to the production or use of nuclear weapons, or opposed to the generation of electricity from nuclear power.
Serving as protection from nuclear devices
antipeduncular
antipleuritic
antipleuritic
adj
Working against pleurisy.
antipolyneuritic
antipolyneuritic
adj
Countering polyneuritis.
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiputrefaction
antiputrefaction
adj
That counters (the effects of) putrefaction
antiputrefactive
antiputrefactive
adj
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.
noun
Any substance preventing putrefaction.
antiputrescent
antiputrescent
Adjective
Counteracting, or preserving from, putrefaction; antiseptic.