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a cheval -
phr. - 'on horseback'; astride; straddling. |
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a corps perdu - phr. - 'with lost body';
impetuously; in desperation. |
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a fond phr. - 'to the bottom'; thoroughly. |
a la belle étoile
phr. - 'under the beautiful star'; in the open air at
night. |
a la mort
phr. - 'to the death'; mortally. |
a mensa et thoro
adj. - 'from table and bed'; applied to judicial
separation of husband and wife. |
a outrance
phr. - 'to the utmost'; to the death. |
ab initio
phr. - from the beginning; from the very start or
outset |
ab irato
phr. - from an angry man: hence, not to be taken
tooseriously |
ab ovo
phr. - from the egg: from the very beginning, hence
completely and in great detail; throughly or voluminously |
abderian
adj. - pertaining to foolish or excessive laughter |
abdominous
adj. - having or pertaining to a distended stomach |
abliguration
n. - extravagance in cooking and serving |
ablutomania
n. - a mania for washing oneself |
abscissin
n. - hormone which triggers the fall of autumn leaves
in certain trees |
absquatulate
v. - to leave hurriedly, suddenly, or secretly |
abstersive
adv. - serving to cleanse or purge |
acalculia
n. - the inability to work with numbers |
acapnotic
n. - person who doesn't smoke |
acariasis
n. - infestation with mites or ticks; the itch. |
acaricide
n. - substance killing mites. acaricidal, adj. |
acarpous
adj. - Botany, not yielding fruit. |
acatalepsy
n. - state of being impossible to understand;
Philosophy, sceptic doctrine that knowledge cannot be
certain. acataleptic, adj. |
acataleptic
adj. - incomprehensible |
acaudate
adj. - lacking tail. |
acaulescent
adj. - lacking a stem. |
accensor
n. - Roman Catholic, acolyte. |
acceptilation
n. - the settlement of a debt without payment |
accessit
n. - honourable mention of one who comes nearest to a
prize. |
acciaccatura
n. - Music, very short note played before a longer
note; short appoggiatura. |
accismus
n. - rhetorical device of pretending to refuse. |
acclivity
n. - slope upward. acclivitous, acclivous, adj. |
accolent
adj. - neighbouring. |
accouchement
n. - childbirth. accoucheur, accoucheuse, n.
male and female midwife respectively |
accrementition
n. - Biology growth by addition of similar matter. |
accrescent
adj. - Botany, growing larger even after flowering. |
accubation
n. - act or state of reclining at table; Medicine,
accouchement. |
accumbent
adj. - Botany, (of plants) lying against something. |
acediast
n. - a person who is slothful or wickedly lax when it
comes to spiritual or religious matters |
aceldama
n. - field, or scene, of bloodshed. |
acephalist
n. - the balky maverick who acknowledges no head or
superior or authority |
acephalous
adj. - lacking a head or a leader; lacking the first
syllable or foot (of a hexameter). |
aceric
adj. - pertaining to the maple. |
acerose
adj. - like a needle. |
acerous
adj. - without horns or antennae. |
acersecomic
n. - one who has never had a haircut |
acervate
adj. - Botany, growing in heaps; clustered. |
acervation
n. - heaping up. |
acervuline
adj. - resembling small heaps |
acescent
adj. - becoming, or tending to be, sour. |
acetabulum
n. - cuplike hollow on hipbone to receive thighbone. |
acetarious
adj. - applied to plants used in salads. |
acetometer
n. - instrument measuring strength of acetic acid or
vinegar. acetometry, n. |
achar
n. - kind of pickles. |
achene
n. - small one-seeded fruit of plant; naked seed. |
acherontic
adj. - darky, gloomy, forbidding |
achlamydeous
adj. - Botany having neither petals nor sepals. |
acholous
adj. - lacking bile. |
achondroplasia
n. - condition where cartilage does not develop
normally, resulting in dwarfism. |
achor
n. - Medicine, archaic, eruption on the scalp. |
achromatopsia
n. - color-blindness, where only white, grey and
black are visible. |
achromia
n. - Medicine, pallor. achromic, adj. |
acronychal
adj. - Occurring at nightfall |
achroous
adj. - colorless. |
acicula
n. - a needle-shaped prickle, spine or crystal.
acicular, adj. aciculate, adj. having bristles
or spines; with scratched appearance. |
acidophilic
adj. - easily stained by acid dyes; thriving in acid
environment. |
acidulous
adj. - sharp or sour in taste or manner. acidulate,
v. |
acierage
n. - process of steel-plating. acierate, v.
make into steel. |
aciform
adj. - needle-shaped. |
acinaciform
adj. - having shape of scimitar. |
aciniform
adj. - shaped like cluster of grapes; full of seeds,
like a grape. |
acinous, acinose
adj. - containing small seeds or drupes. |
acipenser
n. - sturgeon. |
aclastic
adj. - non-refractive. |
aclinic
adj. - applied to line passing through all points
where there is no magnetic inclination. aclinic line,
magnetic equator. |
acology
n. - science of medical remedies. |
acomia
n. - baldness. |
aconite
n. - the monk's-hood or wolf's-bane plant. |
aconitine
n. - poisonous alkaloid obtained from aconite. |
acopic
n. - & a. Medicine, curative of fatigue. |
acor
n. - Medicine, stomach acidity. |
acosmism
n. - doctrine denying existence of universe distinct
from God. acosmist, n. |
acotyledon
n. - plant without differentiated seed lobes.
acotyledonous, adj. |
acouasm
n. - a ringing sound in the head |
acoumeter
n. - instrument measuring keenness of hearing.
acoumetry, n. |
acousma
n. - ringing noise in head. |
acquittance
n. - payment of, or release from, debt; full receipt. |
acraein
n. - foul-tasting butterfly's juice |
acrasy
n. - anarchy, disorder. |
acratia
n. - impotence. |
acritochromacy
n. - color-blindness. |
acroamatic
adj. - esoteric, told only orally. |
acroatic
adj. - pertaining to profound learning |
acrocephalic
n.,adj. - pertaining to pointed heads; someone with
apointed head |
acrodont
adj. - (of a tooth) fused with the jaw; having such
teeth. |
acrogen
n. - Botany, any flowerless plant where growth takes
place at the tip of the main stem. acrogenous, adj. |
acrolith
n. - statue with wooden trunk and stone head and
extremities. |
acrologic
adj. - pertaining to initials. |
acromegaly
n. - gigantism; enlargement of extremities, head,
jaw, etc., due to excess secretion of pituitary gland.
acromegalic, adj. |
acromonogrammatic
adj. - applied to verse in which each line begins
with letter with which preceding line ended. |
acronychal, acronycal,
adj. - Astronomy, happening at sunset, especially of
star whose rising is at sunset. |
acronyx
n. - ingrowing nail. |
acrophony
n. - The use of a word starting with a letter of the
alphabet as the name of the letter. |
acroscopic
adj. - Botany, facing, or moving to, apex. |
acrospire
n. - the first real shoot developing in a germinating
grain seed. |
acroteric
adj. - pertaining to or affecting the extremities. |
acroterion
n. - Architecture, ornament or its pedestal at angle
of pediment. |
acrotic
adj. - pertaining to surface. acrotism, n.
failure of pulse. |
actamer
n. - a substance preventing the growth of bacteria in
cosmetics and soaps. |
actinism
n. - property of solar radiation of causing chemical
change. actinic, a.; actinic glass, glass opaque to actinic
rays. |
actino-chemistry
n. - chemical study of actinism; photo-chemistry. |
actinograph
n. - instrument for calculating time of photographic
exposures. |
actinoid
adj. - star-shaped; like rays. |
actinology
n. - science of chemical effects of light. |
actinometer
n. - instrument measuring heating power of the sun's
rays; Photography, instrument for calculating exposure
times. actinometry, n. |
actinomorphic, actinomorphous
adj. - Botany, having symmetrically radiated shape. |
actinomycosis
n. - parasitic disease in men and cattle resulting in
inflammation of jaw; 'lumpy jaw'. |
actinophone
n. - instrument in which sound is produced by actinic
rays. actinophonic, adj. |
actinotherapy
n. - use of ultra-violet and other actinic rays in
medical treatment. |
actum ut supra
phr. - 'done as above' (abbr. a.u.s.). |
aculeate
adj. - Botany, bearing many sharp points; Zoology,
having sting; incisive. |
aculeiform
adj. - thorn-shaped. |
acuminate
adj. - pointed; tapering; v.t. sharpen; v.i. end in
point. |
acuminulate
adj. - very sharply pointed; ending in minute point. |
acushla
n. - term of address: darling. |
acutorsion
n. - twisting artery with needle to stop bleeding. |
acyanopsia
n. - color blindness towards blue. |
acyrology
n. - incorrect diction. |
ad baculum
phr. - to the rod: appealing to or suggesting the use
of force to settle the question |
ad captandum (vulgus)
phr. - 'to capture' the affection or suit the taste
(of the crowd). |
ad captandum benevolentiam
phr. - with intent to win good will or favor |
ad captandum vulgus
phr. - with intent to take in the public: designed to
court the crowd emotionally, even if using unsound reason |
ad crumenam
phr. - to the purse: appealing to greed or to the
hearer's pocket |
ad finem
phr. - 'to the end' (abbr. ad fin.). |
ad hanc vocem
phr. - 'to this word' (abbr. a.h.v). |
ad hunc locum
phr. - Law, 'at this place'; on this passage (abbr.
ad loc. ; a.h.l.). |
ad ignorantium
phr. to ignorance: depending for its effect on
thehearer's not knowing something essential; arguing that
something is true because it has not been proven false, or
challenging another to disprove rather than endeavoring to
prove |
ad interim
adj. - 'at interval'; meanwhile; for the present
(abbr. ad int.). |
ad judicium
phr. - to judgment: appealing to the common sense of
mankind or to the judgment of the people |
ad libitum
adj. - 'at one's pleasure'; as much or long as
desired; Music, according to desire of performer (abbr. ad
lib.). ad-lib, v.i. & t. speak impromptu, especially (of
actors) jokes, words, etc., not written or rehearsed, or to
replace forgotten lines; a. said on the spur of the moment;
n. an ad-lib statement. |
ad locum
phr. - 'at the place' (abbr. ad loc.) |
ad misericordiam
phr. - to compassion: appealing to a sense of pity or
mercy; asking compassion |
ad populum
phr. - to the people: appealing to popular
sentimental weaknesses rather than to facts or reasons |
ad rem
phr. - to the matter: to the point; pertinent to the
matter |
ad unguem
phr. - to the fingernail: with great precision;
finely |
ad usum
phr. - 'to usage'; according to custom (abbr. ad us.) |
ad valorem
adj. - in proportion to value, especially of import
duties of a percentage of the value of the imports (abbr. ad
val.). |
ad verbum
phr. - to the word: word for word; literally;
verbatim |
ad verecundiam
phr. - to modesty: appealing to traditional values,
reverence for authority, or sense of prestige; requiring an
opponent to offend against decorum |
ad vitam aut culpam
phr. - 'to life or misdeed'; so long as good
behaviour lasts. |
adactylous
adj. - lacking fingers, toes or claws. adactylia,
n. congenital lack of toes or fingers. |
adaxial
adj. - on, beside, or turned towards, axis of an
organ, organism, or plant. |
additament
n. - thing added. |
addititious
adj. - pertaining to, or resulting from, addition;
Astronomy, applied to force increasing gravitation between
planet and satellite. |
adduct
v. - (of muscles) draw towards a central axis.
adductor, n. such a muscle. |
adeciduate
adj. - evergreen. |
adelphogamy
n. - form of marriage in which brothers share a wife
or wives. |
ademonist
n. - person denying existence of demons or the Devil. |
ademption
n. - Law, revoking by testator, donor, etc., of
legacy, donation, etc., by previously paying sum or parting
with object bequeathed. |
adenia
n. - Medicine, enlargement of glands. |
adeniform
adj. - gland-shaped. |
adenitis
n. - inflammation of glands. |
adenoma
n. - usually non-lethal tumour of gland. adenomatous,
adj. |
adenopathy
n. - glandular disease. |
adenotomy
n. - incision into or removal of gland. |
adephagous
adj. - gluttonous |
adespoton
n. - anonymous saying, poem, etc. |
adevism
n. - denial of legendary gods. |
adhibit
v. - grant admittance to; apply; attach. |
adiabatic
adj. - without losing or gaining heat. adiabatic
gradient, rate of change in temperature of rising or falling
air. |
adiabolist
n. - person denying existence of the Devil. |
adiactinic
adj. - not transmitting actinic rays. |
adiaphoresis
n. - absence or lack of perspiration. adiaphoretic, n
& adj. (drug) preventing perspiration. |
adiaphoristic
adj. - theologically indifferent |
adiaphoron
n. - (pl. -ra), matter of indifference; Theology,
religious observance left to conscience; amoral matter.
adiaphorism, n. belief in doctrine of adiaphora.
adiaphorist, n. adiaphoristic, adj. applied to
certain controversies on religious observances. adiaphorous,
adj. neutral; indifferent, neither right nor wrong (of
conduct, etc.) |
adiaphorous
adj. - neutral; neither right nor wrong; neither
deleterious nor salubrious |
adiapneustia
n. - defective perspiration. |
adiathermic
adj. - impervious to heat. adiathermancy, n. |
adient
adj. - tending to expose an organism to, or turn it
towards, a stimulus or situation. |
adipescent
adj. - becoming fatty. |
adipic
adj. - Chemistry, pertaining to fatty or greasy
substance. |
adipsy
n. - lack of thirst. adipsous, adj. Medicine,
quenching thirst. |
adit
n. - entrance, especially horizontal passage into
mine. |
adjectitious
adj. - added, thrown in |
adjuvant
adj. - helping; Medicine, remedial; n. such drug. |
admaxillary
adj. - near or connected with jaw. |
adminicle
n. - something that helps or supports; corroboratory
evidence; explanatory proof |
adnate
adj. - Botany closely attached; related; grown
together especially unusually. adnation, n. |
adnomination
n. - punning |
adonize
v. -i. & t. ornament; adorn oneself (of men). |
adoptionism
n. - doctrine that Christ was Son of God by adoption
and not birth. adoptionist, n. & a. |
adoral
adj. - near to mouth. |
adosculation
n. - sexual impregnation by contact only;
wind-pollination. |
adoxography
n. - good writing on a trivial subject |
adrectal
adj. - close to rectum. |
adrenergic
adj. - released or activated by adrenalin. |
adscititious
adj. - not essential; supplemental; superfluous |
adsorb
v. - attract and hold to surface (minute particles of
mixture or molecules of gas or liquid). adsorbate, n.
substance or molecules adsorbed. adsorbent, n. & a.
(substance) adsorbing. adsorption, n. |
adsum
phr. - 'I am present'. |
adumbral
adj. - shadowy. |
adumbrate
v. - shadow forth; outline; sketch out. adumbrative,
adj. adumbration, n. |
aduncous, aduncate
adj. - hook-shaped; crooked. aduncity, n.
inward curvature. |
adust
adj. - (sun) burnt or scorched; dried up by heat;
gloomy, sad. |
advection
n. - horizontal movement of an air mass, causing
temperature changes. |
advenient
adj. - due to outside causes. advenience, n. |
adventitious
adj. - Medicine, Botany, added from without; not
essential; accidental; casual; acquired; adventive. |
adventive
adj.,n. -. Botany, (plant) not completely naturalized
or growing out of natural habitat. |
adversaria
n. - pl. collection of notes and comments;
commonplace book. |
adversative
adj.,n. -. Grammar, (word or clause) expressing
opposition or antithesis. |
adynamic
adj. - lacking strength; causing weakness. adynamia,
n.. |
adynaton
n. - magnifying or exaggerating an actual event by
reference to something impossible |
adytum
n. - inner sanctuary of temple; secret room. |
aedile
n. - head of ancient Roman office of works. aedility,
n. aedile's office. |
aedoeology
n. - study of generative organs. |
aegagrus
n. - mountain goat of Asia Minor. |
aegilops
n. - stye in inner corner of eye. |
aegrotat
n. - 'he or she is ill'; certificate of student's
illness for absence from university lectures or examination.
aegrotat degree, degree given to student absent from
examination by reason of illness. |
aeneous
adj. - like brass. |
aenos
n. - use of erudite words or allusions to appeal to
the learned |
aeolipyle, aeolipile
n. - first steam engine, with globe made to revolve
by steam jets, described in 1st century AD. |
aeolistic
adj. - long-winded. |
aeolotropic
adj. - having different physical properties in
different positions or directions. |
aepyornis
n. - large fossil bird of Madagascar. |
aeriform
adj. - lacking substance, unreal; gaseous. |
aerobiology
n. - the biology of airborne particles and organisms. |
aerodonetics
n. - science of gliding. |
aerogenic
adj. - derived from air; gas-forming. aerogenesis,
n. |
aerolite, aerolith
n. - meteorite. |
aerology
n. - study of physical properties of atmosphere,
especially meteorological. |
aeromancy
n. - divination by the state of the air; weather
forecasting. aeromantic, adj. |
aeromechanics
n. - science of mechanical properties of gases. |
aerometer
n. - instrument measuring weight or density of gases.
aerometry, n. such measurement; pneumatics. |
aeronomy
n. - study of chemical and physical phenomena in the
upper atmosphere. aeronomic, adj. |
aeropause
n. - level above surface of earth above which
ordinary aircraft cannot fly. |
aerophagia
n. - neurotic habit of swallowing air. |
aerophobia
n. - fear of air, draughts. |
aerophore
n. - apparatus for inflating lungs, especially of
still-born child. |
aerophyte
n. - plant obtaining all nourishment from the air;
epiphyte. |
aeropleustic
adj. - pertaining to aerial navigation. |
aeroscopy
n. - observation of varying air conditions. |
aerose
adj. - brassy. |
aerospace
n. - the Earth's atmosphere and space beyond it. |
aerosphere
n. - the entire atmosphere surrounding the Earth. |
aerostat
n. - lighter-than-air craft. aerostatic, adj.
aerostatics, n. science of gases in equilibrium.
aerostation, n. navigation of aerostats. |
aerugo
n. - rust, especially of copper and brass; verdigris.
aeruginous, adj. |
aesculaceous
adj. - pertaining to or like horse-chestnut;
belonging to the horse- chestnut family of plants. |
aesculapian
adj. - relating to that which is medical or to the
artof healing |
aesthesia
n. - sensibility, sense perception. |
aesthesiogenic
adj. - causing sensation. |
aesthesiometer
n. - instrument measuring acuteness of sense
perception. |
aesthesis
n. - sense perception, aesthesia. |
aestival
adj. - of summer. aestivation, n. Zoology,
sleepiness in animals during summer; Botany, arrangement of
organs in flower bud. |
afebrile
adj. - free from fever. |
afferent
adj. - carrying towards, especially of nerves
carrying impulses to centres. |
affiche
n. - poster; placard. |
affinal
adj. - related by marriage. |
affined
adj. - closely related; connected. |
afflatus
n. - divine breath; inspiration. afflation, n.
act of breathing upon; inspiration. |
afflux
n. - flowing towards or together. |
affranchise
v. - liberate from servitude, debt etc. |
affreightment
n. - hiring of a ship to carry freight; such a
contract. |
affricate
n. - rub; grate on;, n. Phonetics, sound, as
or, comprising a stop developing into a fricative.
affrication, n. affricative, n., adj. |
affusion
n. - pouring liquid on, especially in baptismal
ceremony or as medical treatment. |
afreet
n. - in Arabian mythology, an evil spirit or giant
monster. |
afrormosia
n. - a dense tropical hardwood resembling teak, used
for furniture and panelling. |
afterdamp
n. - poisonous gas (mixture of carbon dioxide and
nitrogen) remaining after explosion of fire-damp in mine;
choke-damp. |
agalactia
n. - Medicine, absence or lack of milk secretion.
agalactic, agalactous, adj. |
agamic, agamous
adj. - non-sexual. |
agamogenesis
n. - non-sexual reproduction. agamogenetic, adj. |
agamy
n. - lack of marriage or sexual reproduction. |
agastopia
n. - admiration of a particular part of someone's
body |
agelast
n. - somebody who absolutely never laughs |
agenesis
n. - incomplete development of body or part of body.
agenesic, adj. |
agenhina
n. - a guest at an inn who, after having stayed for
three nights, was considered one of the family |
agenocratia
n. - opposition to birth control |
ageotropic
adj. - Botany, turning away from the earth;
apogeotropic. |
ageustia
n. - absence of sense of taste. |
agger
n. - earth rampart or bank, especially Roman. |
aggeration
n. - heaping up; mound raised by prehistoric people
when erecting standing stones. aggerose, adj. in
heaps; having many heaps. |
aggerwator
n. - locks of hair that frame the face |
agglomerate
v. - collect, especially into a mass; a. so
collected; clustered; n. Geology, rock comprised of angular
volcanic fragments. |
agglutinate
v. - join firmly; thicken; make like glue; coagulate;
Philology, make compound words by additions. agglutinin,
n. substance in blood causing coagulation. agglutinogen,
n. substance causing production of agglutinin.
agglutinative, adj. applied to agglutinated words or
languages containing many such words. agglutination, n. |
agglutination
n. - compound-word formation from discrete word
elements, or the creation of derivatives and inflections, by
added affixes, e.g. 'disestablishment' from 'dis',
'establish',and 'ment' |
agio
n. - charge made when cash is given for paper
currency, or one currency is exchanged for another.
agiotage, n. such exchange; speculation; brokerage. |
agiotage
n. - playing the stock market |
agist
v. - Law, care for, feed cattle, horses, for payment.
agistment, n. this practice; pastureland available
for this. |
aglossal, aglossate
adj. - Zoology, lacking tongue. |
aglutition
n. - state of being unable to swallow. |
agminate
adj. - grouped. |
agnate
adj. - having same male forefather; allied; Law,
related on father's side; n. such relative. agnation, n.
kinship. |
agnathous
adj. - lacking jaws. agnathia, n. |
agnogenic
n. - of unknown cause |
agnoiology
n. - the study of ignorance |
agnomen
n. - additional name. agnomination, n.
surname; punning; alliteration. |
agnosia
n. - loss of ability to recognize familiar things or
people. |
agnosy
n. - ignorance; especially ignorance shared by the
wholehuman race |
agomphious
adj. - toothless. |
agon
n. - struggle, contest (especially athletic);
conflict between main characters in a play, novel etc.
agonist, n. competitor; protagonist in literary work.
agonistic, a., competitive; striving for effect. |
agonic
adj. - applied to line drawn through all places where
magnetic north is the same as true north. |
agonist
n. - a struggler; a person who is contending, whether
in a mental or spiritual conflict or against an opponent for
an athletic prize |
agonistic
n. - combative; strained for the sake of effect |
agraffe
n. - hook, especially on piano-string to prevent
rattle. |
agraphia
n. - inability to write due to form of aphasia. |
agrestial
adj. - growing in country, fields (especially of
weeds). |
agrestic,
adj. - of the countryside; rustic, uncouth. |
agriology
n. - study of customs of primitive peoples. |
agrology
n. - scientific study of soils. agrological, adj. |
agrostology
n. - Botany, study of grasses. agrostologic(al),
adj. agrostologist, n. agrostography, n.
description of grasses. |
agrypnia
n. - sleeplessness. agrypnotic, n. & a.
(stimulant) causing wakefulness. |
agynary
adj. - Botany, lacking female organs. |
ahimsa
n. - principle of non-violence towards any living
creature, in Hinduism and Buddhism. |
ahypnia
n. - insomnia. |
aiger
n. - tidal wave in river; bore. |
aigrette
n. - spray of feathers; any object in that shape;
egret. |
aiguille
n. - 'needle'; sharp point; peak. |
ailurophile
n. - one fond of cats. ailurophilia, n.
ailurophobe, n. one with dread of cats. |
ailurophobe
n. - the person who can't stand cats |
airmonger
n. - the man or woman who is attracted to visionary
ideas and projects |
aischrolatreia
n. - worship of filth, dirt, smut; obscenity cult |
ait
n. - small island in river or lake; eyot. |
akinesia, akinesis
n. - paralysis of motor nerves. akinetic, adj. |
ala
n. - (pl. -lae ) 'wing'; wing- shaped projection. |
alalia
n. - loss of speech. |
alamode
n. - soft, light silk, used in 19th century for
shawls, dresses, etc. |
alanine
n. - an amino-acid occuring in protein. |
alar(y)
adj. - like or pertaining to a wing or shoulder. |
alastrim
n. - disease like, or mild form of, smallpox. |
alate
adj. - winged. alation, n. state of having
wings; disposition of wings in insect. |
alaudine
phr. - adj. belonging to bird family which includes
the skylark; like or pertaining to skylark. |
alb
n. - long white priestly garment. |
albescent
adj. - becoming white; whitish. |
albicant
adj. - growing white. albication, n. formation
of white patches in plants. |
albificative
adj. - able to whiten. |
albiflorous
adj. - having white flowers. |
alborado
n. - morning song. |
albuginea
n. - white of eye; white fibrous tissue. albugineous,
adj. like white of eye or egg. |
albugo
n. - Medicine, white spot on cornea of eye; leucoma;
Botany, white rust. |
albuminuria
n. - presence of albumin in urine. |
aleatoric
adj. - (of electronic music) with random elements
inside a framework. |
aleatory
adj. - dependent on chance; pertaining to gambling or
luck. |
alectryomachy
n. - cock-fighting. |
alegar
n. - sour ale; malt vinegar. |
aleger
n. - in good spirits, happy |
alembic
n. - ancient distilling apparatus; purifying or
transforming apparatus or act. alembicate, v. distil.
alembicated, adj. rather too refined (of literary
style). |
aleph
n. - first letter of the Hebrew alphabet. |
alethiology
n. - study of nature of truth. |
aleurometer
n. - instrument measuring gluten content of flour. |
aleurone
n. - protein granules in plant seeds; external
protein layer of cereal seeds. |
alevin
n. - young fish, especially salmon just hatched. |
alexia
n. - inability to read due to aphasia. |
alexipharmic
adj.,n. -. (antidote) against poisoning. |
alexipyretic
n. - & a. (drug) curative of fever. |
alexiteric
n. - & a. preventive of contagion; antidote against
poison. |
alfet
n. - test in which an accused person plunges his hand
into vat of boiling water |
alfin
n. - bishop in game of chess |
algedonic
adj. - pertaining to pain, especially in association
with pleasure. |
algedonica
n. - the science of pleasure and pain |
algefacient
adj. - cooling. |
algid
adj. - chilly, especially during fever. algidity,
n. |
algific
adj. - making cold. |
alginuresis
n. - Medicine, painful urination. |
algivorous
adj. - feeding on algae. |
algogenic
adj. - producing pain; reducing body temperature. |
algolagnia
n. - taking sexual pleasure in inflicting or enduring
pain. algolagnic, adj. algolagnist, n. |
algometer
n. - instrument measuring sensitivity to pain.
algometry, n. |
algophobia
n. - morbid dread of pain. |
algor
n. - coldness; shivering fit in fever. |
algorism
n. - art of calculating, especially in Arabic
numeration; arithmetic. algorismic, adj. |
algous
adj. - pertaining to algae. |
alias
adj. - otherwise called; n. assumed name. |
alible
adj. - nourishing. |
alicyclic
adj. - denoting organic compounds that are both
aliphatic and cyclic, i.e. aliphatic in chemical behaviour
but having their carbon atoms in a ring. |
alidade
n. - instrument used in surveying & navigation. |
alienism
n. - study of mental disease. alienist, n.
expert in alienism; American, psychiatrist specialising in
legal aspects of mental illness. |
aliferous
adj. - having wings. |
aliform
adj. - like a wing. |
aligerous
adj. - winged. |
aliment
n. - food; nourishment. alimental,, adj.
affording food. alimentary, adj. pertaining to food;
nourishing; alimentation, n. act of feeding or being
fed. alimentative, adj. nourishing. |
alimentotherapy
n. - Medicine, treatment by dieting. |
aliped
adj. - having winged feet; n. such an animal. |
aliphatic
adj. - pertaining to fat; Chemistry, applied to group
of organic compounds, including the fats, having open-chain
structure. |
aliquant
adj. - (number) not dividing exactly into another
number; not aliquot. |
aliquot
adj.,n. -. (number) contained an exact number of
times in another number; equal share; v.t. divide into equal
parts. |
aliter
phr. - adv. 'otherwise'; Law, requiring a different
rule. |
alk
n. - resin obtained from turpentine tree. |
alkahest
n. - universal solvent sought by alchemists. |
alkalify
v. - & v.i. change into alkali. |
allagrugous
adj. - grim and ghastly |
allantiasis
n. - sausage poisoning. |
allantoic
adj. - pertaining to allantois; sausage-shaped.
allantoid, adj. |
allantois
n. - sac-like fetal membrane developing into
umbilical cord and forming part of placenta. |
allative
n. - & a. Grammar, (case) expressing motion towards. |
alliaceous
adj. - having smell or taste of garlic; belonging to
the onion family of plants. |
alligation
n. - act or state of attaching or being attached;
Arithmetic, archaic method of solving 'mixture' problems;
'rule of mixtures'. |
allision
n. - intentional collision, especially of ships. |
allocatur
n. - Law, (certificate of) allowance of costs. |
allochromatic
adj. - pertaining to change of color; variable in
color. |
allochroous
adj. - changing in color. |
allochthonous
adj. - foreign |
allocution
n. - authoritative or exhortatory address; Roman
Catholic, formal papal address to College of Cardinals. |
allodium
n. - property under absolute ownership; freehold;
American, estates in fee simple. allodial, adj. |
allogamy
n. - cross-fertilization. allogamous, adj. |
allogeneous
adj. - different in kind. allegeneity, n. |
allograft
n. - surgical graft from a non-identical donor. |
allograph
n. - writing especially signature, for another;
opposite of autograph. |
allolalia
n. - form of aphasia in which words are spoken at
random. |
allomerism
n. - Chemistry, variation in constitution without
variation in form. |
allometry
n. - study of growth of a part of an organism in
relation to the whole. |
allonge
n. - Commerce, slip of paper attached to bill of
exchange for additional endorsements. |
allonym
n. - other person's name assumed by writer; work
published under an allonym. allonymous, adj. |
allophone
n. - any of several speech sounds regarded as
variants of a given phoneme. |
allopurinal
adj. - synthetic drug used against gout. |
allosematic
adj. - having imitative protective coloration. |
allotheism
n. - worship of strange gods |
allotriophagy
n. - the craving for weird food |
allotropy
n. - existence of an element in more than one form.
allotrope, n. form taken by allotropic element.
allotropic, adj. |
alluvion
n. - impact of water on shore; flood; alluvium. |
almagest
n. - comprehensive treatise or textbook, especially
on astronomy, generally the treatise of Ptolemy. |
almandine
n. - kind of violet-colored garnet. |
almira
n. - furniture for storing, e.g. cupboard or chest. |
almoner
n. - official who distributes alms; hospital official
who interviews prospective patients, etc. almonry, n.
place for alms distribution. |
almucantar
n. - Astronomy, circle of celestial sphere parallel
with horizon; parallel of altitude; telescope that, in
rotating, sweeps out curves of this kind. |
alnico
n. - trademark, permanent magnet alloy of aluminium,
nickel and cobalt, with some iron and sometimes copper. |
alogia
n. - speech defect due to brain lesion, etc. |
alogism
n. - unreasonableness; absurdity |
alopecoid
n. - fox-like. |
alpestrine
adj. - pertaining to alpine zone. |
alphosis
n. - Medicine, lack of skin pigmentation. |
alsike
n. - pink-flowered clover, grown as forage. |
alsinaceous
adj. - like or pertaining to chickweed; belonging to
chickweed family of plants. |
altarage
n. - offerings at altar; payment for masses for dead;
certain payments to priest. |
altazimuth
n. - instrument measuring altitude and azimuth of
heavenly bodies. |
alterative
adj. - causing change; Medicine, changing gradually
to healthy state; n. drug or other treatment changing
nutritional processes. |
alterity
n. - state of being different. |
altiloquence
n. - pompous, high-sounding speech. |
altisonant
adj. - high-sounding, pompous. |
altivolant
adj. - flying high. |
alula
n. - part of a bird's wing, corresponding to thumb. |
alveary
n. - beehive; outer canal of ear. |
alveola
n. - (pl. -lae ) Botany, small cavity, especially in
surface of an organ. |
alveolar
adj. - pertaining to alveolus; bearing alveolae;
Phonetics, pronounced with tongue and alveolus; n. sound so
pronounced. alveolar arch, tooth-bearing part of upper jaw. |
alveolate
adj. - having many deep cavities; like a honey-comb. |
alviducous
adj. - purgative. |
alvine
adj. - pertaining to belly or intestines. |
amadelphous
adj. - gregarious. |
amandine
n. - albumin in sweet almonds; cold cream composed of
that substance. |
amanous
adj. - lacking hands. |
amanuensis
n. - (pl. amanuenses ), employee who writes from
dictation; secretary. |
amaranthine
adj. - eternally beautiful; unfading; everlasting |
amarthritis
n. - arthritis of several joints. |
amaryllis
n. - belladonna lily; any of several similar plants;
poetic name for country girl. |
amative
adj. - amorous. |
amatol
n. - explosive composed of T.N.T. and ammonium
nitrate. |
amatorculist
n. - an insignificant or hypocritical lover |
amaurosis
n. - loss of sight without noticeable change in eye,
due to failure of optic nerve; gutta serena. amaurotic,
adj. |
amazia
n. - absence of breasts dating back to one's birth |
ambages
n. -pl. pl. archaic, circuitous path or approach;
circumlocution. ambagious, adj. |
ambari
n. - fibre-yielding plant of E Indies; kenaf. |
ambatch
n. - spongy wood, often used for rafts |
ambisinister
n. - left-handed in both hands; awkward. |
ambit
n. - scope, limits. |
ambivert
n. - someone who is both extroverted and introverted. |
amblyopia
n. - partial loss of sight not due to disease of eye;
early stage of amaurosis. |
amblysia
n. - phrasing in such a way as to forewarn or to
cushion a dire announcement, but sometimes thereby alarming
in itself |
ambo
n. - raised place or pulpit in early Christian
Church. |
ambry
n. - niche containing sacred vessels in chancel. |
ambsace
n. - double ace; lowest score; bad luck. |
âme damnée
phr. - "lost soul'; dupe; tool; devoted follower. |
amebicide
n. - substance killing amoebas. |
amelification
n. - formation of tooth-enamel. |
ameloblast
n. - enamel-producing cell of tooth. |
amende
n. - fine; reparation. amende honorable, public
apology; full reparation for dishonour. |
amenorrhoea
n. - abnormal absence or arrest of menstruation. |
ament, amentum
n. - catkin. amentaceous, adj. like or
composed of catkins. amentiferous, adj. bearing
catkins. amentiform, adj. catkin-shaped. |
amentia
n. - severe, usually congenital, mental deficiency. |
amerce
v. - punish, especially by fine. amercement, n.
amerciable, adj. |
ametropia
n. - abnormality in optical refraction, resulting in
inability to focus images on the retina. ametropic, adj. |
ami de cour
n. - the fairweather or foul-hearted friend |
amiantus, amianthus
n. - asbestos with silky fibres. amianthine, adj. |
amice
n. - Roman Catholic, white linen square covering
shoulders of celebrant priest. |
amicicide
n. - murder or murderer of a friend. |
amicron
n. - one of the smallest microscopically detectable
particles. |
amicus humani generis
n. - a philathropist |
amine
n. - compound derived from ammonia. |
aminobutene
n. - synthetic pain-relieving drug, less addictive
than morphine. |
amitosis
n. - direct cell division. amitotic, adj. |
ammophilous
adj. - sand-loving. |
ammotherapy
n. - medical treatment by sand baths. |
amour-propre
n. - self-love; self-respect. |
ampelideous
adj. - of or like the vine. |
ampelotherapy
n. - Medicine, grape cure. |
amphibole
n. - rock-forming silicate similar to asbestos and
hornblende. |
amphibolic
adj. - able to turn backwards or forwards, especially
of joints and limbs; ambiguous; like amphibole. |
amphibolite
n. - rock composed of amphibole; hornblende. |
amphibology, amphiboly
n. - ambiguous speech; equivocation; quibble.
amphibolous, adj. |
amphibolous
adj. - susceptible of two meanings; ambiguous;
equivocal,e.g. 'we'll engage them in battle hopefully after
our reinforcementsarrive.' |
amphichroic, amphichromatic
adj. - producing two colors. amphichrome, n.
such a plant. amphichrom, n. |
amphicoelous
adj. - Zoology, having both surfaces concave. |
amphictyonic
adj. - applied to ancient Greek council of
state-deputies. amphictyany, n. league of adjacent
states. |
amphicyrtic
adj. - with both sides convex. |
amphigean
adj. - found or occuring throughout the world |
amphigony
n. - sexual reproduction. |
amphigory
n. - nonsensical writing |
amphilogism
n. - circumlocution. |
amphimixis
n. - interbreeding; joining of germ plasm of two
individuals in sexual reproduction. |
amphipodous
adj. - Zoology, having both walking and swimming
feet. |
amphiprostyle
adj.,n. -. (building) with columns at each end but
not at sides. |
amphirhinal
adj. - with two nostrils. |
amphisbaena
n. - Mythology double-headed serpent able to move in
both directions; kind of worm-like lizard. |
amphiscian
n. - & a. (inhabitant) of tropics, whose shadow falls
in different ways according to the time of year. |
amphivorous
adj. - both carnivorous and herbivorous. |
amphoteric
adj. - of both kinds; Chemistry, reacting as either
alkali or acid. |
ampicillin
n. - an improved form of penicillin taken by mouth. |
amplexus
n. - the mating embrace of frogs and toads. |
ampliative
adj. - supplementary. |
ampollosity
n. - bombast; pompous style |
amurcous
adj. - stinking; filled with dregs |
amyctic
adj. - irritating; abrasive |
amygdala
n. - (pl. -lae ) any almond-shaped formation in body,
e.g. tonsil. |
amygdalin
n. - glucoside in bitter almonds, used as an
expectorant. amygdaline, adj. pertaining to almonds;
pertaining to tonsils. |
amygdaloid
n. - basaltic rock with almond-shaped cavities,
adj. almond-shaped. |
amylolysis
n. - conversion of starch into soluble products in
digestive process. amylolytic, adj. |
amyotonia
n. - deficiency of muscle tone. |
anabasis
n. - (pl. -ses ) upward journey; military advance
inland, especially of Persians and Greeks under Cyrus (401
BC); Medicine, first phase of disease; increase of fever.
anabatic, adj. ascending; Meteorology, (of wind)
moving upwards. |
anabiosis
n. - return to life after seeming death. |
anacampserote
n. - something which can bring back a lost love |
anacardic
adj. - pertaining to cashew nut. |
anacathartic
n. - & a. (drug) causing vomiting. |
anachorism
n. - foreign to a certain locality; geographically
impossible |
anachronic
adj. - out of (chronological) order; out of date. |
anaclitic
adj. - overly dependent on another |
anacoluthon
n. - an abrupt shift in midsentence in syntax to
another construction |
anacreontic
adj. - jovial, festive and amatory |
anacrusis
n. - unaccented syllable(s) at beginning of
verse-line, or such notes at beginning of piece of music.
anacrustic, adj. |
anadem
n. - band; wreath; fillet. |
anadiplosis
n. - rhetorical device of repetition of last word of
one clause at beginning of next. |
anadipsia
n. - Medicine, abnormal thirst. anadipsic, adj. |
anadipsic
adj. - pertaining to excessive thirst |
anadromous
adj. - ascending, especially of fish that ascend
rivers to spawn. |
anemotrophy
n. - insufficient nourishment of blood. |
anaeretic, aneretic
adj. - Medicine destructive. |
anaerophyte
n. - Botany, anaerobic plant. |
anagalactic
adj. - Astronomy, beyond our galaxy; not galactic. |
anagapesis
n. - lack of interest in former loved ones |
anagenesis
n. - tissue regeneration. |
anagnorisis
n. - denouement in play, arising from recognition. |
anagoge, anagogy
n. - spiritual exaltation; mystical interpretation of
sacred works such as the Bible. anagogic(al), adj.
mystical. |
anagogig
adj. - relating to things spiritual and mystical;
occult;gnostic |
analects
n. - selected parts of a literary work or works |
analects, analecta
n. -pl. pl. collection of writings; literary
gleanings. analectic, adj. |
analemma
n. - graduated scale in figure-of-eight, showing
difference between actual time and that shown by the sun. |
analeptic
adj. n. - Medicine, restorative. |
anallagmatic
adj. - Mathematics, unchanged in shape by inversion. |
analphabet
n. - an illiterate, or one who is literally ignorant
of the abc's |
anamnesis
n. - act of reminiscence; history of medical case.
anamnestic, adj. |
anamnestic
adj. - reminiscent; aiding the memory |
anamorphosis
n. - distorted image only recognisable if viewed
through appropriate device; method of making such images;
Biology, evolution by slow changes; Botany, abnormal change
of shape. anamorphoscope, n. device for viewing
anamorphosis. |
anandrious
adj. - impotent. |
anandrous
adj. - Botany, without stamens. |
ananias
n. - a teller of untruths; liar (from a follower of
the apostles who was struck dead for lying) |
ananthous
adj. - having no flowers. |
ananym
n. - name written backwards as pseudonym. |
anaphora
n. - repitition of a word or phrase in successive
clauses,sentences, or paragraphs for rhetorical effect, e.g.
"a sure man,a sure alternative, a sure vote!" |
anaphrodisia
n. - absence of sexual desire. anaphrodisiac, n.
& a. (drug) reducing sexual desire. |
anaphroditic
adj. - asexually produced. |
anaplasia
n. - reversion of plant or animal cells to a simpler
form. |
anapodictic
adj. - undemonstrable |
anaptotic
adj. - Philology, with weakened or no case
inflections. |
anaptyxis
n. - insertion of a vowel between two consonants for
ease of pronunciation. |
anarthrous
adj. - Zoology, non-jointed; Grammar, without the
article (of Greek nouns). |
anastomosis
n. - (pl. -ses ) intercommunication between branches
of blood-vessels, nerves, etc., or of rivers; formation of
network. anastomotic, adj. |
anastrophe
n. - rhetorical device of reversing natural order of
words; inversion. |
anatocism
n. - compound interest; taking such interest. |
anatreptic
adj. - defeating, refuting |
anaudia
n. - loss of voice. |
anautarchia
n. - perpetual unhappiness |
ancilla
n. - a sidekick who helps another to accomplish or
master something difficult or complicated |
ancipital, ancipitous
adj. - having two faces or edges; double-headed;
twofold. |
ancistroid
n. - having shape of hook. |
ancon
n. - Architecture, one of a pair of brackets
supporting a cornice. |
ancoral
adj. - like an anchor; hooked. |
ancylostomiasis, ankylostomiasis
n. - infestation with hookworms, leading to anaemia. |
andabate
n. - one who is hoodwinked, in the dark or virtually
blind to the realities of a situation |
androcentric
adj. - revolving around men; regarding the male sex
as primary. |
androcephalous
adj. - with human head. |
androcracy
n. - domination of society by men. androcratic,
adj. |
androgyne
n. - hermaphrodite; effeminate man; masculine woman.
androgynism, n. |
androlepsia
n. - international governmental kidnapping
forpolitical gain |
andromedotoxin
n. - a poisonous substance extracted from plants of
the heath family and used in medicine to lower high blood
pressure. |
androphagous
adj. - cannibal. |
androphilic
adj. - preferring the male sex, or humans rather than
animals. |
androphobia
n. - dread or hatred of men. |
androphonomania
n. - homicidal mania. |
androphorous
adj. - Zoology, having male organs. |
androsphinx
n. - figure with man's head and lion's body. |
androsterone
n. - androgenic steroid male hormone. |
anechoic
adj. - free from echoes and reverberations;
sound-absorbent. |
anele
v. - archaic anoint; administer extreme unction to. |
anemochord
n. - kind of pianoforte having strings vibrated by
air currents. |
anemograph
n. - recording anemometer. anemogram, n.
record made by an anemograph. |
anemophilous
adj. - Botany, pollinated by wind. anemophile, n.
such plant. anemophily, n. such pollination. |
anemophobia
n. - morbid dread of high winds, hurricanes, etc. |
anemoscope
n. - any instrument indicating direction of wind. |
anencephaly
n. - state of lacking a brain or a part of the brain.
anencephalic, anencephalous, adj. |
anenterous
adj. - lacking intestine or stomach. |
anergy
n. - absence of energy; loss of immunity. |
aneroid
adj. - not using liquid. aneroid barometer,
instrument measuring atmospheric pressure by recording the
movements of the surface of an air- tight box. |
anesis
n. - Medicine, abatement of symptoms; Music, tuning
to lower pitch. |
aneurin
n. - thiamine. |
anfractuous
adj. - winding, tortuous |
angary
n. - right of belligerent to take or destroy property
of neutral, subject to compensation. |
angelus
n. - prayer(s) said at early morning, noon and
sunset. angelus bell, bell calling to prayer at such times. |
angiitis
n. - Medicine, inflammation of vessel. |
angiography
n. - technique for X-raying major blood vessels,
using dye opaque to X-rays. |
angioid
n. - like blood or lymph vessel. |
angiology
n. - study of blood and lymphatic system. |
angioma
n. - tumour due to dilated blood vessels.
angiomatosis, n. state of having many angiomas.
angiomatous, adj. |
angiospasm
n. - sudden contraction of blood vessels.
angiospastic, a.; n. substance causing angiospasm. |
angiotomy
n. - dissection of or incision into blood vessel. |
angostura
n. - Brazilian tree and its bark; tonic fluid
extracted from the bark. |
anguiform
adj. - having shape of snake. |
anguilliform
adj. - having shape of eel. |
anguine, anguinous
adj. - pertaining to or like a snake. |
anhedonia
n. - the inability to be happy |
anhedral
n. - denoting the angle at which the main planes of
an aircraft are inclined downwards to the lateral axis. |
anhelation
n. - shortness of breath. |
aniconic
adj. - without idols; (of objects of worship)
portrayed symbolically rather than representationally.
aniconism, n. worship of object symbolising but not
representing god; iconoclasm. |
anicular
adj. - old-womanish, weak; feeble-minded |
anidian
adj. - (of an embryo) shapeless. |
anile
adj. - like a very old woman; imbecile. |
anililagnia
n. - sexual desire for older women |
aniline
n. - poisonous substance obtained from indigo,
nitro-benzene, etc., used in manufacture of dyes; a. applied
to dye prepared with aniline. |
animadversion
n. - generally adverse criticism |
animadvert
v. -i. take notice; comment; criticize; reprove.
animadversion, n. |
anion
n. - negatively charged ion. anionic, adj. |
aniseed
n. - dried fruit of anise; cordial made from it. |
anisometropia
n. - condition of eyes having unequal refractive
power. anisometropic, adj. |
anisosthenic
adj. - of unequal strength. |
ankus
n. - elephant goad with hook and spike. |
ankylosis, anchylosis
n. - joining together of bones or hard parts;
resulting stiffness. ankylose, v.i. (of bones) to fuse or
stiffen in this way. |
ankylostoma
n. - lockjaw. |
ankyroid, ancyroid
adj. - having shape of hook. |
anlace
n. - short double-edged sword or long dagger. |
annatto
n. - reddish dye used for coloring foodstuffs;
tropical American tree from seeds of which it is obtained. |
anneal
v. - strengthen; temper, especially by subjecting to
great heat and slow cooling. |
annectant, annectent
adj. - connecting; Biology, linking, especially of
species. |
annomination
n. - play on words; pun. |
annos vixit
phr. - 'lived (so many) years'; was aged (abbr.
a.v.). |
annotine
n. - one-year-old, especially bird after first moult. |
annuent
adj. - nodding, especially of muscles that nod the
head. |
annulism
n. - ringed structure. |
annunciate
v. - announce; proclaim. Annunciation, n.
announcement of the Incarnation to Mary, mother of Jesus;
feast celebrated on Lady Day (March 25); Annunciation lily,
madonna lily. annunciative, annunciatory, adj. |
anoa
n. - wild ox of Celebes. |
anobiid
n. - one of the family of beetles which includes the
deathwatch and the furniture beetle. |
anocathartic
adj.,n. -. (drug) causing vomiting or expectoration. |
anode
n. - Electricity, positive terminal; electrode by
which current enters, or to which electrons flow. anodal,
anodic, adj. anodize, v. coat with protective
film electrolytically. |
anodon
n. - hingeless and toothless bivalve; freshwater
mussel. |
anodontia
n. - absence of teeth. |
anodyne
adj. - painless, soothing |
anoesia, anoia
n. - imbecility. |
anoesis
n. - Psychology, mere reception of impressions
without understanding or intellectual effort. |
anoestrus
n. - period between two periods of sexual activity in
animals. anoestrous, adj. |
anoetic
adj. - pertaining to anoesis. |
anogenic
adj. - Geology, formed from below; plutonic. |
anolyte
n. - Electricity, portion of electrolyte about anode. |
anomalistic
adj. - Astronomy, pertaining to anomaly. anomalistic
month, interval between two perigees of moon. anomalistic
year, interval between two perihelion passages of Earth. |
anomaloscope
n. - device for testing for color blindness. |
anonymuncule
n. - an insignificant anonymous writer |
anoopsia, anopsia
n. - upward squint. |
anopheles
n. - kind of mosquito. anopheline, adj. |
anopisthographic
adj. - bearing writing, etc., on one side only. |
anorchous
adj. - without testicles; or gutless |
anorthography
n. - inability to write correctly due to imperfect
muscular co-ordination. |
anosmia, anosphresia
n. - loss of sense of smell. anosmic, adj. |
anosognosia
n. - the lack of interest or belief in the existence
of one's disease |
anourous
adj. - lacking a tail, especially applied to frog. |
anovulatory
adj. - not associated with ovulation; suppressing
ovulation. |
ansate
adj. - having a handle. ansate cross, ankh. ansation,
n. handlemaking. |
Anschauung
n. - intuition; sense awareness of perception |
anserine
adj. - like or pertaining to a goose; foolish. |
antalgic
adj.,n. -. (drug) alleviating pain. |
antanaclasis
n. - a phrasing in which the topic or key word is
repeated, sometimes with a different sense or connotation,
for a play on words, e.g. "the business of america is
business" |
antapex
n. - Astronomy, point 180° from that to which sun is
moving. |
antarthritic
adj. - (drug) used against gout. |
ante mortem
phr. - 'before death'. |
antecedaneous
adj. - before in time. |
antefix
n. - (pl. -xes, -xa) ornament at end of classical
building, hiding ends of roof tiles. |
antelucan
adj. - pertaining to or occurring before dawn |
antemetic
adj.,n. -. (drug) preventive of vomiting. |
antemundane
adj. - before the Creation. |
antenatal
adj. - before birth. |
antenuptial
adj. - before marriage. |
antepaschal
adj. - before Easter or the Passover. |
antepast
n. - foretaste, especially a first course. |
antependium
n. - altar frontal; similar cloth on pulpit or
lectern. |
antepenult
n. - antepenultimate syllable or word.
antepenultimate, adj. third from last. |
antephialtic
adj. - preventive of nightmares |
anteprandial
adj. - before dinner. |
antevenient
adj. - preceding. |
antevert
v. - to displace a body organ forwards. anteversion,
n. |
antevocalic
adj. - immediately preceding a vowel. |
anthelion
n. - kind of solar halo opposite sun; antisun. |
anthelmintic
n. - (remedy) used against intestinal worms. |
anthemion
n. - (pl. -ia) flat cluster of leaves or flowers as
ornament in classical art; Architecture, honeysuckle
ornament. |
anther
n. - Botany, male, pollen-bearing organ of flower.
antheral, adj. antherozoid, n. male sexual
element in lower plants; spermatozoid. |
antheridium
n. - (pl. -dia) male organ in cryptogams. |
anthesis
n. - the process or period of flowering. |
anthimeria
n. - the using of one part of speech for another for
a strking effect |
anthomania
n. - great love of flowers. |
anthophagous
adj. - feeding on flowers. |
anthophilous, anthophilian
adj. - flower-loving; feeding on flowers. |
anthophorous
adj. - Botany, flower-bearing. |
anthorism
n. - a counterdefinition, or a delineation or
description differing from that of an opponent |
anthotaxy
n. - Botany, disposition of flowers in cluster. |
anthozoan
n. - sea-anemone; coral polyp; any creature of the
natural class Anthozoa. anthozoan, anthozoic, adj.
anthozooid, n. coral polyp. |
anthracoid
adj. - resembling anthrax; resembling carbon, coal or
charcoal. |
anthropogenesis, anthropogeny
n. - study of human generation or evolution.
anthropogenetic, adj. |
anthropogenic
adj. - pertaining to the effect of human beings on
the natural world. |
anthropogeography
n. - study of geographical distribution of human
beings. |
anthropoglot
n. - animal with human-like tongue; parrot. |
anthropolatry
n. - worship, deification of a human being. |
anthropolith, anthropolite
n. - petrified human remains. |
anthropometry
n. - measurement of parts and functions of human
body, especially as part of study of evolution. |
anthropopathy
n. - ascribing human feelings to a god or inanimate
object. anthropopathic, adj. |
anthropophaginia
n. - a cannibal |
anthropophobia
n. - fear of meeting people; fear of society |
anthropophuism
n. - ascribing human nature to God. |
anthropopsychism
n. - ascribing human-like soul to nature. |
anthroposcopy
n. - evaluation of human bodily characteristics by
inspection rather than anthropometry. |
anthroposociology
n. - study of effect of environment on race, and vice
versa. |
anthroposophy
n. - knowledge of human nature; human wisdom; form of
mysticism akin to theosophy. anthroposophical, adj. |
anthropotheism
n. - belief that gods have human nature or are only
deified human beings. |
anthropotomy
n. - human anatomy. |
antibasilican
adj. - opposed to principle of monarchy. |
antiblastic
adj. - opposing growth, especially of harmful
substances; giving natural immunity. |
antibrachial
adj. - pertaining to forearm. |
antibromic
adj. - causing the elimination of odors; deodorizing |
anticholinergic
adj. - blocking nerve impulses, in order to control
intestinal spasms. |
antichresis
n. - (pl. -ses ) possession and enjoyment of
mortgaged property by mortgagee in lieu of interest
payments. |
anticlastic
adj. - having transverse and opposite curvatures of
surface. |
anticline
n. - Geology, upward fold. anticlinal, adj.
anticlinorium, n. arch-shaped group of anticlines and
synclines. |
anticous
adj. - Botany, turning away from axis. |
anticryptic
adj. - Zoology, having protective resemblance to
environment. |
antidromic
adj. - (of nerve fibres) conducting impulses in the
opposite direction to normal; Botany, twining towards right
and left in members of one species. |
antifebrile
n. - & a. preventive or curative of fever. |
antigalactic
adj.,n. -. preventive of milk-secretion. |
antihydropic
adj.,n. -. (drug) used against jaundice. |
antilapsarian
adj.,n. -. (person) denying doctrine of the fall of
Man. |
antilibration
n. - counterpoising. |
antilogarithm
n. - number of which logarithm is a power of 10 or
other base (abbr. antilog.). |
antilogism
n. - Logic, statement containing three propositions
two of which contradict the third. antilogistic, adj. |
antilogous
adj. - contrary; inconsistent |
antilogy
n. - self-contradictory statement. |
antimetabole
n. - repetition of words or ideas in different order. |
antimetathesis
n. - repetition of parts of antithesis in reverse
order. antimetathetic, adj. |
antineuritic
adj.,n. -. preventive of neuritis, especially applied
to vitamin B or food containing it. |
antinomian
n. - one believing that belief in Christ frees
someone from normal legal and moral obligations. |
antinomy
n. - an inconsistency, or built-in contradiction;
opposition of one law to another |
antiodontalgic
adj.,n. -. (drug) used against toothache. |
antiorgastic
adj.,n. -. sedative. |
antipedobaptist
adj.,n. -. (person) denying validity of infant
baptism. |
antiperistasis
n. - opposition; resistance; denying an inference
while admitting the fact on which it is based. |
antiphlogistic
n. - & a. (drug) used against inflammation. |
antiphon
n. - a response said or sung as part of the liturgy;
a psalm etc. sung alternately by two choirs. antiphonal,
adj. (of music) sung alternately. |
antiphrasis
n. - Rhetoric use of a word in the opposite sense to
its usual one, for humorous or ironic purposes. |
antipodagric
adj. - used against gout. |
antipruritic
adj.,n. -. (drug) alleviating itching. |
antipsychiatry
n. - treatment of mental illness not relying on
drugs, etc. |
antipyrotic
adj.,n. -. (treatment) used against burns. |
antirachitic
adj. - preventive of rickets, especially applied to
vitamin D or food containing it. |
antiscians
n. -pl. pl. persons living on opposite sides of
equator but in same longitude. |
antiscorbutic
n. - & a. preventive of scurvy, especially applied to
vitamin C or food containing it. |
antisideric
adj.,n. -. (substance) counteracting effect of iron. |
antispast
n. - metrical foot comprising an iambus followed by a
trochee. |
antistasis
n. - the defense of an action that prevented
something worse from happening |
antistrophe
n. - stanza answering strophe in Greek chorus,
recited during movement from left to right. antistrophic,
adj. |
antistrumatic
n. - remedy for scrofula. |
antithalian
adj. - disapproving of festivity and laughter. |
antithrombin
n. - substance in blood preventing coagulation of
blood. |
antitoxic
adj. - neutralizing poison. antitoxin, n.
antibody, especially obtained from infected animal. |
antitropic
adj. - Zoology, symmetrically reversed, as right and
left hands. antitrope, n. such appendage. antitropy,
n. state of being antitropic. |
antitussive
n. - & a. (drug, etc.) that alleviates or prevents
coughing. |
antitype
n. - object or person prefigured by the type or
symbol. antitypic, antitypical, adj. |
antitypy
n. - resistance to penetration or alteration. |
antizymic
adj.,n. -. preventive of fermentation. antizymotic n. |
antoecial
adj. - applied to places in opposite hemispheres but
in same latitude and longitude. antoecians, n.pl. persons
living in such places. |
antonomasia
n. - literary device of using descriptive epithet or
phrase instead of person's name; using proper name as
epithet. |
antrorse
adj. - Biology, turning upward and forward. |
antrum
n. - (pl. -ra) sinus; cavity, especially leading into
nose. |
anuptaphobia
n. - fear of staying single |
anuran
n. - any of the order of amphibians which includes
frogs and toads. |
anuresis
n. - inability to urinate. anuretic a. |
anuria
n. - inability to produce urine. |
anurous
adj. - lacking a tail, especially applied to frog. |
aolist
n. - a person who claims to be inspired--to feel
within that sudden wind of genius or artistic urgency; the
wind is sometimesmore like a draft |
aorist
n. - Grammar, (tense) signifying happening in
unrestricted or unspecified past. aoristic, adj.
indefinite; pertaining to aorist. |
apaesthesia
n. - loss of feeling in limb. |
apaetesis
n. - the angry putting aside of a matter to be
takenup later |
apagoge
n. - Mathematics, argument by reductio ad absurdum.
apogogic(-al), adj. |
apagogic
adj. - pertaining to a proof by reductio ad absurdum;
an indirect demonstration of a proof |
apandrous
adj. - having non-functioning male organs (of fungi,
etc.). |
apanthropy
n. - dislike of being with people; love of solitude |
apatetic
adj. - Zoology, having protective imitative
coloration or shape. |
apercu
n. - a quick, penetrating insight; immediate
impression,intuition, or estimate |
aperient
n. - & a. laxative (medicine). aperitive, adj. |
apetalous
adj. - Botany, lacking petals. |
aphaeresis
n. - cutting off beginning of word. aphaeretic,
adj. |
aphagia
n. - inability to swallow. |
apheliotropic
adj. - growing away from the sun. apheliotropism,
n. |
aphemia
n. - loss of power of articulate speech; motor
aphasia. |
aphephobe
n. - the person who doesn't like being touched |
aphesis
n. - (pl. -ses) loss of unaccented vowel at beginning
of word. aphetic, adj. |
aphilophrenia
n. - a feeling that one is unloved or unwanted |
aphis
n. - (pl. -ides, plant-louse; member of genus Aphis
which includes greenfly, etc. aphidiphagous, adj.
feeding on aphides. |
aphonia
n. - loss of voice. aphonic, adj. voiceless. |
aphotic
adj. - without light. |
aphrasia
n. - inability to speak, or to make intelligible
phrases. |
aphylly
n. - absence of leaves. aphyllous, adj. |
apiaceous
adj. - parsley-like; belonging to plant family
including carrot, parsley, etc. |
apian
adj. - pertaining to bees. |
apical
adj. - at the summit or tip; Phonetics, pertaining to
a consonant formed with help of tip of tongue. apicad, adv.
towards the summit. |
apiculate
adj. - (of leaves) having short point at tip. |
apiculture
n. - bee-keeping. apiculturist, n. |
apiology
n. - study of bees. |
apivorous
adj. - eating bees. |
aplanat
n. - aplanatic lens. aplanatic, adj. free from
spherical aberration. aplanatism, n. |
aplasia
n. - Medicine, incomplete development. aplastic,
adj. |
aplotomy
n. - simple surgical cut. |
apocarteresis
n. - suicide by starvation |
apocatastisis
n. - restoration; Medicine, relapse; subsidence;
Astronomy, reversion to same position; Theology, conversion
of whole world to Christianity. |
apocentre
n. - point in orbit opposite centre of attraction.
apocentric, adj. different from archetype.
apocentricity, n. |
apocope
n. - cutting off end of word. apocopate, v. &
a. |
apocrisis
n. - replying to one's own arguments |
apocrustic
adj.,n. -. astringent (medicine). |
apocynthion
n. - point in an orbit of the moon which is farthest
from the moon's centre. |
apodeictic, apodictic
adj. - evident; demonstrable; incontrovertible. |
apodiabolosis
n. - diabolical treatment |
apodictic
adj. - absolutely certain or necessarily
true;uncontestable |
apodixis
n. - indisputable evidence or proof |
apodosis
n. - (pl. -ses ) main clause in conditional sentence. |
apodysophilia
n. - feverish desire to undress |
apogaic
adj. - pertaining to apogee. |
apogamy
n. - Biology, interbreeding in a separated group
which has no characteristic differentiating it from parents;
Botany, non-sexual reproduction in some ferns. |
apogeny
n. - Botany, sterility. apogenous, adj. |
apogeotropic
adj. - Botany, bending up or away from the ground.
apogeotropism, n. |
apograph
n. - copy; facsimile. apographal, adj. |
apolaustic
adj. - given to enjoyment; self indulgent |
apolegamic
adj. - Biology, pertaining to selection, especially
sexual. |
apologue
n. - parable, moral tale. |
apolune
n. - point in the orbit of body revolving round the
moon that is farthest from the centre of the moon. |
apomecometer
n. - instrument measuring height and distance. |
apomict
n. - organism reproducing by, or formed by, apomixis. |
apomixis
n. - non-sexual reproduction. apomictic, adj. |
apomnemonysis
n. - quoting an approved authority |
apophasis
n. - rhetorical device of emphasizing a fact, by
pretending to ignore or deny it. |
apophthegm
n. - brief wise saying. apophthegmatic, adj. |
apophyge
n. - Architecture, curve between shaft and base, or
between shaft & capital, in a column. |
apophysis
n. - offshoot; projecting part, especially of bone.
apophyseal, apophysial, adj. apophysate, adj.
Botany, having an apophysis. |
aporia
n. - professing to be at a loss as to what to say,
where to begin, or how to express something; true or feigned
doubt or deliberation about an issue |
aposematic
adj. - Zoology, giving warning, applied to
coloration, odour, etc., of animals. |
aposiopesis
n. - a conscious breaking off in the middle of a
sentence because of emotion, a dramatic change in thought,
or, sometimes, a shifting to understatement or irony |
apostasy
n. - desertion from religion or similar body. |
apostate
n. - & a. (person) committing apostasy. apostatize,
v.i. change one's religious allegiance; forsake one's
principles. |
apostil(le)
n. - comment; note in margin. |
apotelesm
n. - casting of horoscope. |
apothegm
n. - a concise formulation of a truth; an aphorism |
apothem
n. - perpendicular from centre of regular polygon to
any of its sides. |
apothesis
n. - Medicine, setting of broken limb. |
apotropaic
adj. - averting or combating evil. apotropaism, n.
such magical practice. |
apotypic
adj. - differing from type. |
appanage, apanage
n. - perquisite; provision, such as land or office,
for younger son(s) of king or high official. |
apparitor
n. - herald; harbinger; officer executing order of
ecclesiastical court. |
apperception
n. - perception of inner meaning, and of relation of
new facts to facts already known; mental assimilation; state
of being conscious of perceiving. apperceptive, adj.
apperceive, v. |
appersonation
n. - delusion of insane person that he is another,
generally famous, person. |
appetence, appetency
n. - strong desire; craving; powerful instinct.
appetent, adj. |
appetible
adj. - desirable. appetition, n. yearning. |
applanate
adj. - flattened. applanation, n. |
appoggiatura
n. - Music, short note placed before a longer one.
short appoggiatura, acciaccatura. |
apport
n. - tangible object caused to appear by spiritualist
medium; production of such object. |
appose
v. - to place (things) side by side or next to each
other. |
apposite
adj. - appropriate, fitting, apt, suitable |
apposition
n. - juxtaposition; Grammar, putting two nouns or
phrases together as attributive or adjunct terms;
relationship of such nouns or phrases. appositive, adj. |
appulse
n. - act of striking against; Astronomy, close
approach of two celestial objects. |
apraxia
n. - impaired ability to execute complex muscular
movements. |
aprosexia
n. - inability to concentrate on anything |
apse
n. - rounded extension at end of building, especially
at east end of church; Astronomy, apsis. |
apsidal
adj. - having shape of apse; pertaining to apsides. |
apsis
n. - (pl. -sides ) Astronomy, point at which heavenly
body is most or least distant from centre of attraction.
higher apsis, most distant point. lower apsis, least distant
point. |
apteral
adj. - (of classical temple) having columns at front
or back only; (of church) lacking aisles: apterous. |
apterous
adj. - lacking wings. |
apterygial
adj. - wingless; finless. |
aptronym
n. - a name befitting the occupation, role or nature
of a person or character, e.g. doctor sawbones |
aptyalism
n. - lack or absence of saliva. |
apyretic
adj. - without fever. apyrexy, n. absence or
abatement of fever. |
apyrous
adj. - non-inflammable. |
aqua regia
n. - 'royal water'; mixture of hydrochloric and
nitric acids which dissolves some metals. Used in etching
and by alchemists to dissolve gold. |
aquarelle
n. - method of painting in transparent water-color;
such painting. aquarellist, n. artist painting
aquarelles. |
aquarist
n. - person who studies aquatic life; owner of an
aquarium. |
aquatint
n. - (print made by) a method of etching having
effect of water- color drawing. |
arachnophagous
adj. - eating spiders. |
araneid, araneidan
n. - spider; a. pertaining to spiders. araneiform,
adj. shaped like a spider. araneology, n. study
of spiders. |
araneous, araneose
adj. - like a spider's web; transparent; delicate. |
araphorostic, araphostic
adj. - seamless. |
arbalest, arbalist
n. - cross-bow with mechanism for drawing string. |
arboraceous
adj. - pertaining to or like a tree; wooded. |
arboreous
adj. - having many trees. |
arborescent
adj. - branched; having shape or growth like a tree.
arborescence, n. |
arborical
adj. - pertaining to trees. |
arboricole
n. - living in trees. |
arboriform
adj. - shaped like a tree. |
arborize
v. - take on or give tree-like shape. arborization,
n. |
arborous
adj. - pertaining to trees; composed of trees. |
arbuscle, arbuscula
n. - dwarf tree; shrub-like tree. arbuscular, adj. |
arbuscule
n. - tuft of hairs. |
arbustum
n. - (pl. -ta) copse; orchard. |
arbutus
n. - strawberry tree. |
arcate
adj. - shaped like a bow. arcature, n. small
or blind arcade. |
arc-boutant
n. - (pl. arcs-boutants [pron. same]) flying
buttress. |
archaeozoic
adj. - living in the earliest geological era. |
archecentric
adj. - pertaining to archetype. |
archeolatry
n. - worship of archaic customs, expressions, etc. |
archididascalos, archididascalus
n. - headteacher of school etc. archididascalian,
adj. |
archiepiscopal
adj. - pertaining to an archbishop. |
archil, orchil
n. - dye obtained from certain lichens; lichens
yielding this. |
archimage, archimagus
n. - (pl. -gi ) great magician. |
archimandrite
n. - superior of large monastery of Greek Church;
abbot. |
architectonic
adj. - pertaining to architecture, or to the
systematization of knowledge; resembling architecture;
structural; showing constructive ability; n. pl. science of
architecture; constructive skill. |
architrave
n. - beam resting directly on columns; epistyle;
moulding at head and sides of window or doorway. |
archivolt
n. - curved moulding on face of arch. |
archizoic
adj. - pertaining to earliest living things. |
archology
n. - theory of origins; science of government. |
archon
n. - a chief magistrate of ancient Athens. archontic,
adj. |
arcifinious
adj. - having a frontier which forms a natural
defence. |
arciform
adj. - shaped like an arch. |
arctogeal
adj. - pertaining to the region including Europe,
Africa, Asia and N America. |
arctoid
n. - like a bear. |
arctophile
n. - person who loves or collects teddy bears. |
arcuate, arcual
adj. - bow-shaped. arcuation, n. |
arcus senilis
n. - 'senile ring'; whitish ring round iris in eyes
of old people. |
areca
n. - several palm trees, especially the betel. areca
nut, betel-nut. |
arenaceous
adj. - like or consisting of sand; growing in sand. |
arenicolous
adj. - living in sand. |
arenilitic
adj. - pertaining to sandstone. |
arenoid
adj. - like sand. |
arenose
adj. - sandy; containing much sand. |
areography
n. - description of surface of planet Mars;
descriptive biogeography. |
areology
n. - study of planet Mars. |
Areopagus
n. - highest legal tribunal in ancient Athens; any
important tribunal. Areopagite, n. member of such a
tribunal. |
aretaics
n. - science of virtue. |
aretalogy
n. - relation of wonderful deeds of a god or hero. |
argent
n. - silver; silver-like. argentate, argenteous,
argentic, argentine, argentous, adj. argentiferous,
adj. yielding silver. argentine, n. silvery
metal. argentometer, n. instrument measuring strength
of silver solutions. |
argil
n. - clay, especially used in pottery. argillaceous,
argillous, adj. containing clay; clay-like.
argilliferous, adj. yielding or containing clay.
argilloid, adj. like clay. |
argol, argal
n. - crust formed on long-kept wine. |
Argus
n. - monster with a hundred eyes; careful watcher.
Argus-eyed, adj. ever watchful. argus, n. any
of several small brown butterflies with eyespots. |
argute
adj. - quick; sharp; shrill; astute; subtle. |
argyrocephalous
adj. - with silvery or shining head. |
arietta
n. - short aria. |
ariose
adj. - characterized by or like melody. |
aristarch
n. - severe critic. |
aristarchian
adj. - extremely critical |
aristology
n. - art or science of dining. aristological, adj.
aristologist, n. |
aristophrenia
n. - condition of having a superior intellect |
arithmancy
n. - divination by numbers. |
arithmocracy
n. - rule of the numerical majority |
arithmogram
n. - number composed of numerical values assigned to
letters in a word. arithmocracy, n. government by the
majority. arithmography, n. representing a number
with letters having numerical values. arithmomania, n.
obsession with numbers, especially compulsion to count
things. arithmometer, n. early adding machine. |
armiferous
adj. - carrying weapons or arms. |
armiger
n. - armour-bearer; knight's squire; person bearing
heraldic arms. armigerous, armigeral, adj. |
armillary
adj. - like, pertaining to or composed of rings.
armillary sphere, celestial globe composed only of rings
marking equator, tropics, etc. |
armipotent
adj. - having strong armament. armipotence, n. |
armisonant, armisonous
adj. - resounding with the clash of arms. |
arnica
n. - genus of plants including the mountain tobacco;
tincture obtained from mountain tobacco used for bruises,
etc. |
aroint
v. -i. archaic, (imperative) begone! |
arquebus(e), harquebus
n. - ancient hand gun supported on tripod.
arquebusier, n. soldier armed with arquebus. |
arras
n. - tapestry, especially covering wall. arrasene,
n. embroidery material of silk and wool. |
arrect
adj. - raised up; attentive. |
arrha
n. - (pl. -ae ) pledge; earnest money. arrhal,
adj. |
arrhenotoky
n. - to only give birth to boys |
arrhizal
adj. - rootless. |
arrière-ban
n. - summoning by king of his feudatories and their
vassals to military service; vassals so called; the
nobility. |
arrière-pensée
n. - hidden meaning; ulterior motive; mental
reservation. |
arris
n. - sharp edge formed by two angled surfaces,
especially edge of fluting on column. arriswise, adj.
edgewise. |
arriviste
n. - pushful, ambitious person. |
arrogate
v. - take or claim beyond one's rights. arrogation,
n. |
arrondissement
n. - largest subdivision of a French department. |
arsinotherium
n. - rhinoceros-like fossil mammal. |
arthralgia
n. - pain in a joint. |
arthrosis
n. - joint or articulation connecting two bones. |
articular
adj. - pertaining to joints. |
artuate
v. - to tear limb from limb |
arum
n. - large-spathed plant, called 'cuckoo-pint' or
'lords and ladies'. arum lily, calla lily. |
arundinaceous
adj. - like or pertaining to a reed. |
arvicoline
adj. - living in the fields or countryside.
arviculture, n. cultivation of fields. |
ascian
n. - one without a shadow: applied to the inhabitants
of the torrid zone, where the sun is vertical at noon for a
few days every year |
ascidian
n. - sea-squirt. |
aseismic
adj. - free from earthquakes; designed to withstand
earthquakes. aseismatic, adj. reducing or
withstanding effect of earthquakes. |
ashlar
n. - squared building stone; stonework composed of
these; thin, dressed stone for facing rough wall. ashlaring,
n. partition in attic to cut off angle made by
rafters and floor. |
asomatous
adj. - incorporeal; lacking body. asomatophyte, n.
Botany, plant in which body and reproductive cells are
undifferentiated. |
asparaginous
adj. - pertaining to, like or eaten like asparagus. |
asperate
adj. - rather rough; v.t. make rough. asperation,
n. |
asperge
v. - sprinkle. asperges, n. Roman Catholic,
ceremony of sprinkling holy water. |
aspergil, aspergill(um)
n. - Roman Catholic, brush-like implement used to
sprinkle holy water. |
aspergillus
n. - (pl. -li ) minute fungus forming mould.
aspergilliform, aspergillosis, n. animal disease
caused by aspergilli. |
asperity
n. - roughness, acrimony. |
aspermatism, aspermia
n. - failure of male generative powers. aspermic,
adj. |
aspersorium
n. - Roman Catholic, vessel holding holy water;
aspergil. |
asperulous
adj. - Botany, rather rough. |
asphalia
n. - emphatic guaranteeing of what one is saying, as
by assuring others, wagering about the truth of something |
aspheterism
n. - doctrine that there should be no private
property. |
asphodel
n. - kind of liliaceous plant; daffodil; Literature,
flower of the Elysian fields. bog asphodel, British
grass-like moorland plant. |
aspidate
adj. - shield-shaped. |
asportation
n. - removal, especially crime of removing property. |
assecuration
n. - marine insurance. |
assentaneous
adj. - acquiescent. |
assentation
n. - ready, insincere assent. assentatious, adj.
willing to assent. assentator, n. flatterer; one
assenting insincerely or conniving. assentatory, adj. |
asseverate
v. - to state positively, emphatically |
assibilate
v. - pronounce with sibilant sound or hiss.
assibilation, n. |
assiduity
n. - unremitting care; unflagging or obsequious
attention. assiduous, adj. |
assoil(zie)
v. - pardon; absolve; acquit; release. assoilment,
n. |
assuetude
n. - custom or habit |
assumpsit
n. - Law, contract (not under seal); suit for breach
of such contract. |
assurgent
adj. - ascending; Botany, upward-curving. assurgency,
n. |
astasia
n. - inability, due to imperfect muscular
co-ordination, to keep erect. |
astatic
adj. - unstable; in neutral equilibrium; Electricity,
not tending to assume a definite position. astatic pair,
pair of magnetized needles of opposite charges. astatics,
n. study of equilibrium of body under known forces. |
astatine
n. - radioactive element of the halogen group. |
asteism
n. - an ingeniously polite insult |
asteria
n. - gem cut so as to show asterism. |
asterial
adj. - starlike; n. a fossil starfish. |
asteriated
adj. - having star-like rays. |
asterism
n. - constellation of stars; group of asterisks;
appearance of star-like reflection by certain crystals.
asterismal, adj. |
asthenia
n. - debility. asthenic, adj. weak; of slender
build; weakening. |
asthenophobe
n. - the circumspect stoic, the stiff-upper-lip
afraid to admit to weakness of any sort |
asthenopia
n. - optical weakness, especially muscular.
asthenopic, adj. |
asthenosphere
n. - hypothetical layer of fluid matter below rigid
surface of earth's crust. |
astomatal, astomous
adj. - having no stomata. |
astragal
n. - ankle-bone; rounded beading or moulding on
column; pl., dice. astragalar, adj. astragalomancy,
n. divination by ankle-bones or dice. astragalus n.
Medicine, ankle-bone. |
astrakhan
n. - closely-curled black or grey fur from fleece of
karakul lambs: cloth resembling this. |
astraphobia, astrapophobia
n. - morbid fear of thunder and lightning. |
astrict
v. - astringe. astriction, n. astrictive,
adj. |
astringe
v. - bind; brace; restrict; constipate. |
astrogate
v. - guide (spaceship, etc.); v.i. navigate in space. |
astrognosy
n. - knowledge of fixed stars. |
astrogony
n. - theory of the origin of the stars. |
astroid
n. - star-shaped. |
astrolatry
n. - worship of stars. |
astrolithology
n. - study of meteorites. |
astrophile, astrophil
n. - person fond of learning about stars. |
astucious
adj. - having keen perception; of astute and
penetrating discernment |
astylar
adj. - Architecture, lacking columns. |
asymptote
n. - line approaching a curve but meeting it only at
infinity. asymptotic, adj. |
asyndetic
adj. - not connected by conjunctions: I came, I saw,
I conquered |
asyndeton
n. - rhetorical device of omitting conjunctions.
asyndetic, adj. |
asynergy, asynergia
n. - Medicine, lack of co-ordination, especially of
muscles. |
asyngamy
n. - Botany, failure to effect cross-fertilization
due to asynchronous development of flowers. |
atactic
adj. - asyntactic; irregular; pertaining to ataxy. |
ataraxia
n. - imperturbability; utter calmness |
ataraxic
adj. - of or pertaining to freedom from anxiety or
emotional disturbance; calm and imperturbable |
ataraxy, ataraxia
n. - tranquillity of mind; imperturbability.
ataractic, ataraxic, n. & a. (drug) able to calm or
tranquillize. |
ataxaphasia
n. - inability, due to imperfect muscular
co-ordination, to speak sentences. |
ataxy, ataxia
n. - inability to co-ordinate muscles; lack of order.
ataxic, adj. |
ateknia
n. - childlessness. |
atelectasis
n. - incomplete dilatation or collapse of lungs. |
ateliosis
n. - imperfect development; dwarfism. |
atelophobe
n. - the driven perfectionist, one with a morbid fear
of having things less than perfect |
athanasia
n. - immortality |
atheling
n. - Anglo-Saxon noble; prince, especially heir
apparent. |
athermanous
adj. - impervious to radiant heat. athermancy, n. |
atherogenic
adj. - leading to atheroma. |
atheroma
n. - fatty degeneration of the arteries.
atherosclerosis, n. hardening of the inner lining of
the arteries with fatty degeneration. atheromatous, adj. |
athetise
v. - to spurn, reject |
athetosis
n. - nervous twitching of fingers and toes. |
athrepsia
n. - complete debility in children. athreptic,
adj. |
athymy
n. - melancholy. |
atlantes
n. - pl. male figures used as columns. |
atmogenic
adj. - Geology, of atmospheric origin. |
atmology
n. - study of laws of watery vapour. |
atmolysis
n. - method of separating gases of different
densities. |
atmometer
n. - instrument measuring rate of evaporation into
atmosphere. atmometry, n. |
atokous
adj. - lacking offspring. |
atomy
n. - very small creature; skeleton. |
atrabilarian
n. - a gloomy hypochondriac |
atrabilious
adj. - very melancholic; hypochondriac. |
atrament
n. - very dark liquid; ink. atramentous, adj. |
atresia
n. - lack or closing of a passage of the body.
atretic, adj. |
atrichia
n. - baldness. |
atrous
adj. - jet black. |
attainder
n. - loss of civil rights, formerly result of
outlawry or death sentence. |
attaint
v. - pass sentence of attainder on; sully; attach
disgrace to; infect; n. dishonour; misfortune. attainture,
n. |
attemper
v. - alter quality by addition or mixture; moderate.
attemperate, v. archaic, moderate temperature.
attemporator, n. apparatus for moderating
temperature. |
attingent
adj. - touching, in contact. |
attrahent
adj. - attracting; drawing towards or forward; n.
such thing or muscle. |
au fait
phr. - 'to the fact'; having complete and up-to-date
knowledge; conversant. |
aubade
n. - musical piece performed at or describing dawn. |
auctorial
adj. - pertaining to an author. |
audile
n. - person whose mental processes are stimulated
more strongly by hearing than by other senses; a. pertaining
to such persons; auditory. |
audiogenic
adj. - caused by sound waves, especially of high
frequency. |
aularian
adj. - pertaining to hall |
aulete
n. - flautist. |
aulic
adj. - courtly; ceremonious. |
aurated
adj. - gilded. |
aureate, aureous
adj. - golden-colored; ornate. |
aureity
n. - properties of gold. |
aureomycin
n. - trademark, an antibiotic drug extracted from a
soil mould, used in treatment of infections, especially of
eyes, skin, etc. |
auric
adj. - pertaining to, like or composed of gold. |
auricle
n. - external ear; ear-shaped appendage; upper cavity
of heart. |
auricomous
adj. - having golden hair; making hair golden. |
auricular
adj. - pertaining to hearing, or to the ear; spoken
secretly. auricular finger, the little finger. |
auriculate
adj. - having ears or ear-shaped outgrowths; lobed;
ear-like. |
auriferous
adj. - containing gold. |
auriform
adj. - ear-shaped. |
aurify
v. - change into gold. aurific, adj. producing
gold. aurification, n. working with gold. |
auriphrygia
n. - gold embroidery. auriphrygiate, adj. |
aurist
n. - specialist on the ear and its diseases. |
aurous
adj. - pertaining to, containing, or made of gold. |
aurulent
adj. - gold-colored. |
auscultate
v. - Medicine, listen to sounds in human body;
examine in this manner. auscultation, n.
auscultative, adj. auscultator, n. person
practising auscultation; stethoscope. auscultatory, adj. |
auscultation
n. - the process of listening |
auslaut
n. - final sound of syllable or word. |
autacoid
n. - hormone. autacoidal, adj. |
autarchia
n. - perpetual happiness |
autarchy
n. - absolute sovereignty; autocracy. autarchic,
autarchical, adj. |
autecology
n. - the ecology of the individual organism. |
autoangelist
n. - one who does his own communicating |
autocephalous
adj. - Ecclesiastical, self-governing. autocephaly,
n. |
autochthon
n. - native; aboriginal species. autochthonous,
adj. autochthony, n. |
autochthonous
adj. - native, aboriginal, indigenous |
autoclesis
n. - introducing an idea or subject by seeming to
refuse discussion of it, thereby arousing interest |
autoecious
adj. - (of fungus, etc.) passing through all life
stages on same species of host. |
autogamy
n. - self-fertilization. autogamic, autogamous,
adj. |
autogenesis
n. - spontaneous generation. autogenetic, adj. |
autogenous
adj. - self-generated. |
autognosis
n. - knowledge of self, especially the appreciation
of one's own emotional conflicts |
autointoxication
n. - poisoning due to toxins produced in body. |
autokinesis
n. - voluntary or automatic movement. autokinetic,
adj. |
autolatry
n. - self-worship. |
autological
adj. - self-descriptive, or being a word that
exemplifies what it means, e.g. "english" is english,
"polysyllabic" is polysyllabic |
automorphic
adj. - formed after its or one's own pattern.
automorphism, n. |
autonym
n. - writer's own name; work published under own
name. |
autophagy
n. - devouring of cell constituents by enzymes of
same cell. autophagous, adj. |
autophobe
n. - the socializer who does not like to be alone |
autophobia
n. - fear of solitude. |
autophony
n. - apparent distortion of one's own voice due to
infection or stoppage of ears; sound of auscultator's voice
as reverberating in patient's chest. |
autophyte
n. - plant able to organize its foodstuffs;
nonsaprophytic plant. autophytic, adj. |
autoplasty
n. - grafting tissue from patient's own body.
autoplastic, a.; Biology, pertaining to self-adaptation to
environment; pertaining to autoplasty. |
autoschediasm
n. - improvization. autoschediastic, adj. |
autoschediastic
adj. - impromptu; on the spur of the moment |
autoskeleton
n. - internal skeleton. |
autostrada
n. - motorway. |
autotelic
adj. - having itself as its only purpose. |
autothaumaturgist
n. - the coy or cagey person whose mission is to
appear mysterious or quite remarkable |
autotheism
n. - belief in self-subsistence of God the Son;
deification of oneself. |
autotheist
n. - the individual who is not only self-centered but
self-deifying, or at least self-worshipping |
autotomy
n. - reflex loss of part of the body to save the
whole (in lizards, etc.) |
autotrophic
adj. - Botany, nourishing itself; autophytic. |
autotropic
adj. - Botany, tending to grow in straight line. |
autotype
n. - facsimile; true copy. autotypy, n.
process of producing such copies. |
auxanometer
n. - instrument measuring rate of growth of plants. |
auxesis
n. - an ordering of thoughts expressed in a sequence
of ascending importance |
auxin
n. - Chemistry, substance increasing growth of
plants; plant hormone. |
auxograph
n. - instrument recording variations in volume. |
auxology
n. - science of growth. |
auxotonic
adj. - according or due to growth. |
avellaneous
adj. - hazel. |
avenaceous
adj. - pertaining to or like oats. aveniform, adj.
like oats in shape. |
avenous
adj. - lacking veins. |
aventurine
n. - glass containing golden or green flecks; quartz
containing mica flakes. |
averruncate
v. - avert; weed out. |
avicide
n. - killing of birds. |
avicular
adj. - pertaining to small birds. |
aviculture
n. - rearing of birds. |
avifauna
n. - birdlife of a region. |
avigation
n. - aerial navigation. |
avirulent
adj. - (of bacteria) not virulent. |
avolitional
adj. - involuntary. |
avulsion
n. - act of pulling away part of body, either by
injury or surgery. avulsive, adj. |
axenic
adj. - free of parasites and similar forms of life;
surgically sterile. |
axifugal
adj. - centrifugal. |
axil
n. - upper angle between leaf and stem, or branch and
trunk. axile, adj. |
axilla
n. - (pl. -las, -lae ,) armpit; shoulder. axillary a.
of arm-pit; of or growing in an axil. |
axiniform
adj. - having shape of axe-head. |
axiology
n. - study of ultimate values. axiological, adj.
axiologist, n. |
axonometry
n. - measurement of or by axes. axonometric
projectio, n. method of representing
three-dimensional object in two-dimensional drawing. |
axunge
n. - medicinal lard or grease. |
azofication
n. - nitrogenization of soil by bacteria. azofier,
n. bacterium causing azofication. |
azoic
adj. - lacking life, especially of geological period. |
azoology
n. - study of inanimate nature. |
azote
n. - nitrogen. azotaemia, azotemia, n. excess
of nitrogen in blood. azotic, adj. azotize, v.
combine with nitrogen. |
azoth
n. - alchemists' name for mercury; Paracelsus'
postulated panacea. |
azulejo
n. - brightly colored tile of Near East, Spain and
Holland. |
azygous
adj. - unpaired; odd. |
azym(e)
n. - unleavened bread; Passover cake; pl. feast of
such bread. |
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