The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.
The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.
abstruseness
abstruseness
noun
The property of being abstruse; abstrusity.
acanthaceous
acanthaceous
adj
(botany): Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a member of the Acanthaceae family.
Armed with prickles, as a plant.
acanthuridae
accentuality
accentuality
noun
The quality of being accentual.
accentuating
accentuating
verb
present participle of accentuate
accentuation
accentuation
noun
(ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
accouchement
accouchement
noun
Delivery in childbed; parturition
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.
accoutrement
accoutrement
noun
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouterment
accurateness
accurateness
noun
The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy
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.).
acquirements
acquirements
noun
plural of acquirement
acquittances
acquittances
noun
plural of acquittance
actiniferous
actiniferous
adj
Containing or producing actinium
acupunctuate
acupunctuate
verb
(rare) To pierce with a needle; 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
acutenaculum
acutilinguae
adequateness
adequateness
noun
The quality of being adequate, of meeting needs or expectations.
adiapneustia
adiapneustia
noun
(medicine) defective perspiration; adiaphoresis
adjournments
adjournments
noun
plural of adjournment
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adjustmental
adjustmental
adj
Relating to adjustment.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
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.
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
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.
adventureful
adventureful
adj
Given to adventure.
adventurisms
adventurisms
noun
plural of adventurism
adventurists
adventurists
noun
plural of adventurist
aeronautical
aeronautical
adj
Of or pertaining to the scientific study of flight
affluentness
affluentness
noun
The state or quality of being affluent.
afterburners
afterburners
noun
plural of afterburner
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
agapanthuses
agapanthuses
noun
plural of agapanthus
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
agranulocyte
agranulocyte
noun
(biochemistry) Any of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.
altiloquence
altiloquence
noun
Pompous language; lofty speech.
amentiferous
amentiferous
adj
(botany) Bearing catkins.
ammoniureted
amphipneusta
andouillette
andouillette
noun
A small andouille (type of sausage).
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
angulateness
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
anilinctuses
anisopterous
anitrogenous
announcement
announcement
noun
An act of announcing, or giving notice.
That which conveys what is announced.
The content which is announced.
annunciative
annunciative
adj
Pertaining to annunciation; announcing.
anotherguess
anotherguess
adj
(archaic) Of another kind.
anteambulate
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
anthomedusae
anthomedusan
anthomedusan
noun
Any hydrozoan of the former order Anthomedusae (now Anthoathecata)
anthospermum
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
apneumatosis
apneumatosis
noun
(medicine) atelectasis
aponeurotome
aponeurotomy
aponeurotomy
noun
(anatomy) dissection of aponeuroses
appenditious
appurtenance
appurtenance
noun
(grammar) A modifier that is appended or prepended to another word to coin a new word that expresses belonging.
(in the plural) Equipment used for some specific task; gear.
(law) A subordinate interest in land which benefits a principal estate, which cannot be detached from or held separately to that estate; an appurtenant interest.
That which appertains; an appendage to something else; an addition.
The state or quality of being an appurtenance.
appurtenants
appurtenants
noun
plural of appurtenant
aquapuncture
aquapuncture
noun
(medicine) The subcutaneous injection of water, once thought to relieve pain.
aquativeness
aquativeness
noun
(phrenology, obsolete, obscure) love of liquids, including drinking, bathing, and sailing.
aquilinities
aquilinities
noun
plural of aquilinity
arcocentrous
argumentator
argumentator
noun
One who argues; a debator.
arrenotokous
arrenotokous
adj
Alternative form of arrhenotokous
arseniureted
arseniureted
adj
Alternative form of arseniuretted
artfulnesses
artfulnesses
noun
plural of artfulness
arthrogenous
arthrogenous
adj
(anatomy) Originating from a joint
assecuration
assecuration
noun
(obsolete) assurance; certainty
assentaneous
assentaneous
adj
(formal) Ready to agree.
assentatious
assuagements
assuagements
noun
plural of assuagement
assuefaction
assuefaction
noun
(obsolete) habituation
astispumante
astutenesses
astutenesses
noun
plural of astuteness
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
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.
attouchement
attroupement
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
augustnesses
augustnesses
noun
plural of augustness
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
autochthones
autochthones
noun
plural of autochthon
autodrainage
autogenously
autogenously
adv
In an autogenous manner; spontaneously
autohypnoses
autohypnoses
noun
plural of autohypnosis
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.
autoskeleton
autoskeleton
noun
(zoology) The true skeleton of a sponge, composed of elements secreted by the sponge itself.
autosyndesis
averruncator
averruncator
noun
An instrument for pruning trees, consisting of two blades, or a blade and a hook, fixed on the end of a long rod.
ayuntamiento
ayuntamiento
noun
A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.