Nouns

alinement

noun

an organization of people (or countries) involved in a pact...

alizarine

noun

an orange-red crystalline compound used in making red pigmen...

alumina

noun

any of various forms of aluminum oxide occurring naturally a...

alundum

noun

a substance made of fused alumina

aluminate

noun

a compound of alumina and a metallic oxide

alyssum

noun

a genus of the family Cruciferae

amalgamator

noun

a businessman who arranges an amalgamation of two or more co...

amati

noun

Italian violin maker in Cremona; taught the craft to Guarner...

amelioration

noun

the act of relieving ills and changing for the better

amenorrhea

noun

absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow

amenorrhoea

noun

absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow

amentia

noun

extreme mental retardation

amercement

noun

money extracted as a penalty

amenableness

noun

the trait of being cooperative

amenability

noun

the trait of being cooperative

amidopyrine

noun

a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antip...

aminophylline

noun

a theophylline derivative that is used as a bronchodilator i...

amiableness

noun

a disposition to be friendly and approachable (easy to talk...

aminoplast

noun

a plastic (synthetic resin) made from amino compounds; used...

aminopyrine

noun

a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antip...

amora

noun

one of a group of rabbis (active AD 250-500) who discussed t...

amygdalin

noun

a bitter cyanogenic glucoside extracted from the seeds of ap...

amyotonia

noun

lack of normal muscular tension or tonus

anabolism

noun

the synthesis in living organisms of more complex substances...

anaglyphy

noun

the process of producing pictures in contrasting colors that...

analogist

noun

someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy

analysand

noun

a person undergoing psychoanalysis

anastrophe

noun

the reversal of the normal order of words

anaphora

noun

repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successiv...

anathematization

noun

the formal act of pronouncing (someone or something) accurse...

anapurna

noun

a mountain in the Himalayas in Nepal (26,500 feet high)

anaximander

noun

a presocratic Greek philosopher and student of Thales who be...

anole

noun

small arboreal tropical American insectivorous lizards with...

anointment

noun

the act of applying oil or an oily liquid

anointer

noun

one who anoints as a religious ceremony

anunnaki

noun

any of a group of powerful Babylonian earth spirits or genii...

anomalousness

noun

deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule

anouilh

noun

French dramatist noted for his reinterpretations of Greek my...

anomia

noun

inability to name objects or to recognize written or spoken...

anoa

noun

small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns

aoudad

noun

wild sheep of northern Africa

aorist

noun

a verb tense in some languages (classical Greek and Sanskrit...

aortitis

noun

inflammation of the aorta

aperient

noun

a purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels

apercu

noun

a short synopsis

apeldoorn

noun

a city of east central Netherlands; a popular tourist center...

aphagia

noun

loss of the ability to swallow

apheresis

noun

(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coo...

aphaeresis

noun

(linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in `coo...

aphakia

noun

absence of the natural lens of the eye (usually resulting fr...