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.
adulterant
adulterant
noun
That which adulterates, or reduces the purity of something.
adulterants
adulterants
noun
plural of adulterant
adulterateness
adulterateness
noun
The state or quality of being adulterate.
adulterating
adulterating
verb
present participle of adulterate
adulteration
adulteration
noun
The action of adulterating, being mixed with extraneous material, illicit substitution of one substance for another.
adulterations
adulterations
noun
plural of adulteration
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
adulterousness
adulterousness
noun
A state of being adulterous.
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
adumbrating
adumbrating
verb
present participle of adumbrate
adumbration
adumbration
noun
(countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
(countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer.
(countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
(specifically, heraldry) The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
(uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
adurent
adventure
adventure
noun
(obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
(obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
(archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
adventured
adventured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adventure
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
adventurement
adventurement
noun
(obsolete) adventure.
adventurer
adventurer
noun
(video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
One who enjoys adventures.
adventurers
adventurers
noun
plural of adventurer
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
adventureship
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
adventuress
adventuress
noun
A female adventurer; a woman who seeks adventure.
A female varietist.
A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character who pursues personal advancement, especially by sexual means; a demirep.
adventuresses
adventuresses
noun
plural of adventuress
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
adventurish
adventurish
adj
Somewhat connected with or indicative of adventure or adventurism.
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
adventurist
adventurist
noun
A politician involved in adventurism.
Someone who is into adventurism.
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
adventurousness
adventurousness
noun
The quality of being adventurous.
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
aground
aground
adj
(by extension) at a loss, ruined, with no way out
(nautical, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
aguardiente
aguardiente
noun
A kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
airbound
airbound
adj
Of a pump etc.: containing too much air, such that the flow is impeded.
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
alexandrinus
alexandroupolis
allround
almuredin
altitudinarian
altitudinarian
adj
Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.
noun
One who is lofty in doctrine, aims, etc.
ambidextrousness
ambidextrousness
noun
The state or quality of being ambidextrous.
aminoaciduria
aminoaciduria
noun
(medicine) The presence of amino acids in the urine.
ammoniureted
anacardiaceous
anacardiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Anacardiaceae of cashews and sumacs.
anacardium
anadromous
anadromous
adj
(botany) Of a fern in which the first veins in a frond segment are produced towards the apex of the frond.
(of a migratory fish) That lives in the sea and breeds in fresh water.
anametadromous
anandrarious
anandrious
anandrous
anandrous
adj
(botany) Lacking stamens; devoid of male parts in plants
anaphroditous
anarchoindividualist
anarthropodous
ancistrocladaceous
ancistrocladus
anderun
anderun
noun
(historical) The harem of the royal household of the shah of Persia.
androcephalous
androcephalous
adj
Having a human head (upon an animal's body), like the Egyptian sphinx.
androcephalum
androclinium
androclus
androconium
androconium
noun
A specialised, glandular scale, on the forewings of some butterflies, that emits pheromones
androdioecious
androdioecious
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androdioecy.
androdynamous
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
androgametangium
androgenous
androgenous
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing androgens; androgenic
Misspelling of androgynous.
androgeus
androginous
androgonidium
androgonidium
noun
An androspore
androgonium
androgynous
androgynous
adj
(of a connector or docking port) Able to connect to another connector or port of the same type, rather than being restricted to connecting to solely male or solely female connectors or ports.
Pertaining to a feature or characteristic that is not definitively of either sex.
Possessing qualities of both sexes.
Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.
androgynus
androgynus
noun
A hermaphrodite.
andromaque
andromonoecious
andromonoecious
adj
(botany) Producing both bisexual and male flowers on the same plant
andromorphous
andromorphous
adj
Having the outward appearance of a male
andronicus
andropetalous
androphagous
androphagous
adj
Inclined to eat human flesh.
androphorous
androphorous
adj
Having the physical features of a male.
androphorum
androphorum
noun
(botany) A stalk-like extension of the center of a flower from which emerge the stamens.
androsporangium
androsporangium
noun
A sporangium for androspores.
androtauric
androuet
andrus
angulinerved
angurboda
anhungered
anhungered
Adjective
Hungry.
anhydrous
anhydrous
adj
(chemistry) Having no water of crystallization.
Having little or no water.
anhydrously
anisandrous
anomaluridae
antecardium
antejudiciary
antheridium
antheridium
noun
(botany, mycology) An organ producing male gametes called antherozoids, found in some algae, ferns, and bryophytes.
anthradiquinone
anthrahydroquinone
anthropodus
anticardium
anticardium
noun
(anatomy) The epigastrium, especially the part almost in front of the heart.
anticonductor
antidandruff
antidandruff
adj
Countering or preventing dandruff.
antidiffuser
antidiuretic
antidiuretic
adj
preventing or counteracting diuresis, especially by the reduction of urination
noun
(physiology, medicine) an agent that prevents or counteracts diuresis