A pruning device mounted on a pole, so as to reach high branches; a weeding machine.
abouchement
acaulescent
acaulescent
adj
(botany) Having no stem or caulis, or only a very short one concealed in the ground.
accentuable
accentuable
adj
Capable of being accentuated
accentually
accentually
adv
In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.
accentuated
accentuated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accentuate
accentuates
accentuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accentuate
accentuator
accentuator
noun
An agent that accentuates.
accountable
accountable
adj
(rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
Liable to be called on to render an account.
Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds).
Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
accountment
accountment
noun
Responsibility.
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
accruements
accruements
noun
plural of accruement
acesodynous
acessamenus
acquiescent
acquiescent
adj
resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit
willing to acquiesce, accept or agree to something without objection, protest or resistance
acquiescing
acquiescing
verb
present participle of acquiesce
acquiesence
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.
acquittance
acquittance
noun
(now historical) A writing which is evidence of a discharge; a receipt in full, which bars a further demand.
(now historical) The release from a debt, or from some obligation or duty; exemption.
(now rare) Payment of debt; settlement.
(now rare) The acquittal of one's duties; the carrying out of fulfilment of a job or role.
(obsolete) The dismissal of a legal charge against someone; acquittal.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To acquit.
actinologue
actinologue
noun
(biology) Part of an actinomere
acuminulate
acuminulate
adj
(rare) Somewhat or slightly acuminate.
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.
acutenesses
acutenesses
noun
plural of acuteness
acutonodose
adjutancies
adjutancies
noun
plural of adjutancy
aeronautics
aeronautics
noun
The design, construction, mathematics and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects
The theory and practice of aircraft navigation
aesculapian
affluencies
affluencies
noun
plural of affluency
aleuromancy
aleuromancy
noun
divination using flour or related products such as dough or cakes and fortune cookies
alsinaceous
amentaceous
amentaceous
adj
(botany) Bearing, resembling, or consisting of an ament or aments.
anacleticum
anchtherium
anfractuose
anfractuose
adj
Alternative form of anfractuous
animalculae
animalcules
animalcules
noun
plural of animalcule
annonaceous
annonaceous
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to the soursop and other members of the Annonaceae family.
annunciable
annunciable
adj
(archaic, rare) That may be announced or declared.
annunciated
annunciated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of annunciate
annunciates
annunciates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of annunciate
antecardium
antecubital
antecubital
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or situated in the anterior or inner part of the elbow (cubitus)
anticruelty
anticruelty
adj
Opposing cruelty, especially towards animals.
antieugenic
antieugenic
adj
Opposing eugenics.
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
antinucleon
antinucleon
noun
(physics) The antiparticle of a nucleon
antireducer
antisuicide
antisuicide
adj
Opposing or preventing suicide.
aphelenchus
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
archegonium
archegonium
noun
(botany) A multicellular reproductive structure that contains a large, non-motile gamete (egg cell), and within which an embryo will develop.
archfounder
archineuron
arcocentrum
arenicolous
arenicolous
adj
(biology) living or burrowing in sand
auctioneers
auctioneers
noun
plural of auctioneer
auricyanide
aurocyanide
aurocyanide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, Au(CN)₂⁻, produced when gold is dissolved as part of the cyanide process.
authentical
authentical
adj
(archaic) Authentic.
authenticly
authenticly
adv
Dated spelling of authentically.
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autocinesis
autogenetic
autogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to autogenesis.
Self-generated.
autokinetic
autokinetic
adj
(historical) Of a fire-alarm telegraphy system, arranged so that when one alarm is being transmitted, no other alarm, sent in from another point, will be transmitted until after the first alarm has been disposed of.
Moving by itself or automatically.
autoscience
autovaccine
autovaccine
noun
autogenous vaccine
averruncate
averruncate
verb
(transitive, rare) To avert; to ward off.
(transitive, rare) To root up.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
balaneutics
bangiaceous
barbecueing
bareknuckle
beauticians
beauticians
noun
plural of beautician
becudgeling
becudgeling
verb
present participle of becudgel
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
becushioned
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
bescoundrel
bescutcheon
bettencourt
biacuminate
biacuminate
adj
(botany) Having points in two directions.
biconjugate
biconjugate
adj
(botany) paired twice
(mathematics) conjugate in two ways
bicuculline
bicuculline
noun
(biochemistry) A light-sensitive competitive antagonist of GABA receptors; it is used in the study of epilepsy
bimucronate
bimucronate
adj
(biology) Having two mucros
binucleated
binucleated
adj
binucleate
bittencourt
blacktongue
bruckleness
brunellesco
buccaneered
buccaneered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buccaneer
bucerotinae
buckeystown
buckishness
buckishness
noun
The quality of being buckish.
bucklandite
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
bullfinches
bullfinches
noun
plural of bullfinch
bunchbacked
bunchflower
bunchflower
noun
A perennial herb, Melanthium virginicum, having a branched cluster of pale flowers
butchnesses
calcigenous
calcigenous
adj
That forms a calx when oxidized.
calenturing
calenturish
calenturist
callensburg
callousness
callousness
noun
The quality of being callous; emotional hardheartedness or indifference.
The quality of having calluses.
calumniated
calumniated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calumniate
calumniates
calumniates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumniate
campanulate
campanulate
adj
Shaped like a bell.
cancerously
cancerously
adv
In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
With cancer.
candelabrum
candelabrum
noun
A candle holder.
candidature
candidature
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The condition of becoming a candidate; candidateship.
cantacuzene
cantaloupes
cantaloupes
noun
plural of cantaloupe
caprigenous
caprigenous
adj
Resembling or originating from goats.
carbolineum
carbolineum
noun
An oily, water-insoluble, flammable, dark brown coal tar mixture, formerly used to preserve wooden structures.
carbonnieux
carburetant
carburetant
noun
Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.
carbureting
carbureting
verb
present participle of carburet
carburetion
carburetion
noun
The process, such as occurs in a carburetor, of mixing fuel with oxygen or air in appropriate proportion for combustion.
carefulness
carefulness
noun
The state of being careful.
carilloneur
carilloneur
noun
someone who plays the carillon; a carillonist
cariousness
cariousness
noun
the state or quality of being carious, an advanced state of corrosion.
carniferous
carniferous
adj
Obsolete form of carnivorous.
carpogenous
carunculate
carunculate
adj
Having a caruncle or caruncles; caruncular.
castellanus
castellanus
noun
(meteorology) A cloud species which shows vertical formations giving a crenellated appearance, associated with cirrus, cirrocumulus, altocumulus, and stratocumulus genera.
Alternative form of castellan
catechumens
catechumens
noun
plural of catechumen
catercousin
cauligenous
cauligenous
adj
(botany) Originating from the stem of a plant.
causewaying
causewaying
verb
present participle of causeway
causewayman
causewayman
noun
A man employed to build a causeway.
causingness
causingness
noun
(philosophy) The quality or characteristic of being the cause of something.
causticness
causticness
noun
The state or quality of being caustic.
cauterising
cauterising
verb
present participle of cauterise
cauterizing
cauterizing
verb
present participle of cauterize
cavernously
cavernously
adv
In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
In a cavernous manner; sounding deep, hollow, or echoey.
cavernulous
cavernulous
adj
Full of small cavities.
ceanothuses
ceanothuses
noun
plural of ceanothus
cellucotton
cellucotton
noun
A cellulose-based cotton substitute used in the early 20th century.
cellulating
cellulating
verb
present participle of cellulate
cellulation
cellulation
noun
The formation of cells (in a material).
cellulosing
censureless
censureless
adj
(rare) Without censure.
censureship
censureship
noun
The act or process of censuring; censure or condemnation.
The rejection and suppression of offensive material; censorship.
centerpunch
centerpunch
noun
A hand tool used to prepare a workpiece prior to drilling a hole. It typically compresses and then suddenly releases a spring, creating a small indentation that, in turn, guides and centers the drill.
The indentation left by such a tool.
verb
To place something directly in the middle.
To prepare a workpiece for drilling by using a centerpunch to create an indentation.
centranthus
centriciput
centriciput
noun
(anatomy) The middle part of the head; the part of the head situated between the occiput and sinciput.
centrifugal
centrifugal
adj
(botany) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster.
(botany) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos.
Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.
noun
A rotating machine used to separate massecuite into sugar crystals and molasses.
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
centrifuges
centrifuges
noun
plural of centrifuge
centropomus
centrosoyus
centumviral
centumviral
adj
Of or pertaining to the centumviri
centunculus
centuriator
centuriator
noun
A historian who distinguishes time by centuries, especially one of those who wrote the Magdeburg Centuries.