Nouns

abasia

noun

inability to walk

abetment

noun

the verbal act of urging on

abelmosk

noun

bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to...

abettor

noun

one who helps or encourages or incites another

abettal

noun

the verbal act of urging on

abecedarian

noun

a 16th century sect of Anabaptists centered in Germany who h...

abidance

noun

the act of dwelling in a place

abiogenist

noun

a believer in abiogenesis

abiogenesis

noun

a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms...

abominator

noun

one who hates or loathes

abortus

noun

a human fetus whose weight is less than 0.5 kilogram when re...

aborticide

noun

a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion

abortifacient

noun

a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion

abrader

noun

a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or poli...

abradant

noun

a substance that abrades or wears down

aboulia

noun

a loss of will power

abridgment

noun

a shortened version of a written work

abridger

noun

one who shortens or abridges or condenses a written work

abridgement

noun

a shortened version of a written work

abutter

noun

the owner of contiguous property

abulia

noun

a loss of will power

abutilon

noun

herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mall...

abukir

noun

a bay on the Mediterranean Sea in northern Egypt

abysm

noun

a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently un...

academism

noun

orthodoxy of a scholastic variety

acanthocephalan

noun

any of various worms living parasitically in intestines of v...

acapnia

noun

a state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood is...

acanthus

noun

any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves an...

acaricide

noun

a chemical agent used to kill mites

acardia

noun

congenital absence of the heart (as in the development of so...

acatalectic

noun

(prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllab...

acerbity

noun

a sharp sour taste

acervulus

noun

small asexual fruiting body resembling a cushion or blister...

acetylation

noun

the process of introducing an acetyl group into a compound

acedia

noun

apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified...

acetum

noun

sour-tasting liquid produced usually by oxidation of the alc...

achaean

noun

the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea

achaea

noun

a region of ancient Greece on the north coast of the Pelopon...

achaian

noun

a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehisto...

achene

noun

small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the...

achimenes

noun

any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped fl...

achlorhydria

noun

an abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid...

achondrite

noun

a stony meteor lacking chondrules

acholia

noun

a condition in which little or no bile is secreted or the fl...

achromatin

noun

the part of a cell nucleus that is relatively uncolored by s...

achromatism

noun

the visual property of being without chromatic color

acicula

noun

a needlelike part or structure of a plant or animal or cryst...

acousma

noun

illusory auditory perception of strange nonverbal sounds

acridity

noun

extreme bitterness

acrostic

noun

a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the...