(ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
acquaintance
acquaintance
noun
(countable) A person or persons with whom one is acquainted.
(uncountable) A state of being acquainted with a person; originally indicating friendship, intimacy, but now suggesting a slight knowledge less deep than that of friendship; acquaintanceship.
(uncountable) Such people collectively; one's circle of acquaintances (with plural concord).
Personal knowledge (with a specific subject etc.).
acquiescence
acquiescence
noun
(law) Inaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent content, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
acquiescency
acquiescency
noun
The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence.
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
acroneurosis
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
acutilinguae
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adiapneustia
adiapneustia
noun
(medicine) defective perspiration; adiaphoresis
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
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.
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
aeronautical
aeronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight
aeroneurosis
aeroneurosis
noun
(aviation, medicine, pathology) A disorder afflicting pilots and members of aviation crews, characterized by exhaustion, fearfulness, and other symptoms of physical and emotional distress, associated with prolonged flying times and stressful flight conditions.
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
agglutinable
agglutinable
adj
Able to be agglutinated; that readily undergoes agglutination
agglutinated
agglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate
agglutinates
agglutinates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agglutinate
agglutinogen
agglutinogen
noun
(biochemistry) Any antigen that stimulates the production of an agglutinin
agglutogenic
agglutogenic
adj
Synonym of agglutinogenic
agribusiness
agribusiness
noun
(countable) A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.
(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do.
albopruinose
albuginaceae
albumeniizer
albumenising
albumenising
verb
present participle of albumenise
albumenizing
albumenizing
verb
present participle of albumenize
aldebaranium
aldebaranium
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) A rejected name for ytterbium.
alexandrinus
alkaligenous
alkaligenous
adj
Producing or generating alkali.
alluringness
alluringness
noun
The state or quality of being alluring.
allusiveness
allusiveness
noun
The quality of being allusive.
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.
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
aluminaphone
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
ammoniureted
amphineurous
amphinucleus
amphipneusta
andouillette
andouillette
noun
A small andouille (type of sausage).
anemophilous
anemophilous
adj
(botany) Pollinated by the wind.
aneuploidies
aneuploidies
noun
plural of aneuploidy
aneurilemmic
aneurismally
aneurismatic
aneurismatic
adj
Alternative spelling of aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
aneurysmatic
adj
(medicine) Describing a blood vessel that has an aneurysm; aneurysmal
angularities
angularities
noun
plural of angularity
anguliferous
angulinerved
angusticlave
angusticlave
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a narrow stripe of purple worn by the equites on each side of the tunic as a sign of rank
anhalouidine
anilinctuses
animalculine
animalculine
adj
(obsolete, rare) Of, relating to, or resembling animalcules.
anisopleural
anisopterous
anitrogenous
annunciative
annunciative
adj
Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.
anomaluridae
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antediluvial
antediluvial
adj
(biblical) Of or pertaining to a time before Noah's flood.
(rare) Antiquated.
antediluvian
antediluvian
adj
(biblical) Pertaining or belonging to the time prior to Noah's Flood.
Ancient or antiquated.
Extremely dated.
Pertaining or belonging to the time period prior to a great or destructive flood or deluge.
noun
One who lived prior to Noah's Flood.
anteluminary
antependiums
antependiums
noun
plural of antependium
antesignanus
antesuperior
antialbumose
antibusiness
antibusiness
adj
Opposed to or biased against business, or private enterprise
anticonsumer
anticonsumer
adj
Opposing the consumer.
noun
A person of anticonsumerist beliefs.
anticourtier
anticourtier
adj
Opposing courtiers.
anticritique
anticritique
noun
A critique written in response to another critique.
antidiffuser
antidiuretic
antidiuretic
adj
preventing or counteracting diuresis, especially by the reduction of urination
noun
(physiology, medicine) an agent that prevents or counteracts diuresis
antiguerilla
antileukemic
antileukemic
adj
(oncology, pharmacology) Preventing or countering leukemia.
noun
Any drug that prevents or counters leukemia.
antimoniuret
antimoniuret
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) An antimonide.
antineuritic
antineuritic
adj
(pharmacology) Preventing or acting against neuritis.
antineutrino
antineutrino
noun
(physics) The antiparticle of the neutrino.
antineutrons
antineutrons
noun
plural of antineutron
antinucleons
antinucleons
noun
plural of antinucleon
antiopelmous
antiopelmous
adj
(zoology) Of birds: having a zygodactylous foot with one tendon to flex the third toe and another, trifurcate tendon to flex the first, second and fourth toes.
antiopiumite
antipetalous
antipetalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antepetalous
antipleasure
antipleasure
adj
Opposing pleasure.
antireducing
antisensuous
antisensuous
adj
not being sensuous.
antisepalous
antisepalous
adj
(botany) Alternative form of antesepalous
antisuffrage
antisuffrage
adj
(politics) Opposing suffrage.
antitrusters
antitrusters
noun
plural of antitruster
antitussives
antitussives
noun
plural of antitussive
antivenomous
antivenomous
adj
(pharmacology, immunology) acting against venom
aouellimiden
apneumatosis
apneumatosis
noun
(medicine) atelectasis
apoquinamine
apoquinamine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid, C₁₉H₂₂N₂O, that is formed by dissolving quinamine in acid.
appendicious
appendicular
appendicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a limb or appendage.
Of or pertaining to the appendix.
appenditious
aquaemanalia
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
aqueoigneous
aqueoigneous
adj
(archaic) Synonym of igneoaqueous
aquilinities
aquilinities
noun
plural of aquilinity
armeniaceous
armeniaceous
adj
(zoology) Apricot-colored.
arseniferous
arseniferous
adj
(geology) Containing or producing arsenic.
arseniureted
arseniureted
adj
Alternative form of arseniuretted
arundiferous
arundiferous
adj
(rare, botany) Producing reeds or canes.
asexualising
asexualising
verb
present participle of asexualise
asexualizing
asexualizing
verb
present participle of asexualize
assecuration
assecuration
noun
(obsolete) assurance; certainty
assentatious
assuefaction
assuefaction
noun
(obsolete) habituation
assumingness
assumingness
noun
The state or quality of assuming.
astispumante
attenuations
attenuations
noun
plural of attenuation
attitudinise
attitudinise
verb
Alternative spelling of attitudinize
attitudinize
attitudinize
verb
(intransitive) To assume an affected, unnatural exaggerated attitude or pose.
(transitive) To cause to assume a pose.
(transitive) To give the appearance of, make a show of by posing.
augmentation
augmentation
noun
(Scotland, law) An increase of stipend obtained by a parish minister by an action raised in the Court of Teinds against the titular and heritors.
(heraldry) A particular mark of honour, granted by the sovereign in consideration of some noble action, or by favour; and either quartered with the family arms, or on an escutcheon or canton.
(medicine) A surgical procedure to enlarge a body part, as breast augmentation.
(medicine) The stage of a disease during which symptoms increase or continue.
(music) A compositional technique where the composer lengthens the melody by lengthening its note values.
The act or process of augmenting.
augmentative
augmentative
adj
Growing, enlarging, increasing.
noun
(grammar) A form of word that expresses large size, intensity, or seniority
aurantiaceae
auripuncture
austenitized
austenitized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of austenitize
austronesian
austronesian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Austronesia.
Noun
Any of a family of languages from Austronesia, including Formosan, Indonesian, Malay, Melanesian, Micronesian, and Polynesian subfamilies
authenticate
authenticate
adj
Synonym of authentic.
verb
(transitive) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
(transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
authenticity
authenticity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).
The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.
authigenetic
authigenetic
adj
Synonym of authigenic
autodrainage
autoimmunize
autoindexing
autoindexing
noun
(computing) The programmed retrieval of words from a document for use in building an index
automatic indexing
autolimnetic
autolimnetic
adj
Living at the surface of a body of water.
autonegation
autonegation
noun
The negation of oneself or itself.
autosyndesis
ayuntamiento
ayuntamiento
noun
A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
baculiticone
balaniferous
balaniferous
adj
(nonce word) Bearing or producing acorns.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
barquentines
barquentines
noun
plural of barquentine
barramundies
baserunnings
becudgelling
beelzebubian
beelzebubian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Beelzebub.
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
beglamouring
beglamouring
verb
present participle of beglamour
begoniaceous
begoniaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Begoniaceae.
begrudgingly
begrudgingly
adv
In a begrudging manner; in a manner that is envious or reluctant.