arctans
plural of arctan

arcticization
The process of arcticizing.

arctolatry
the worship of bears

arctophilia
love of bears
zoophilia with bears
collecting teddy bears (arctophily)

arctophily
The hobby of collecting teddy bears.

arcuation
The act of bending or curving; the state of being bent; crookedness.
A method of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.

arcuations
plural of arcuation

arcure
A type of espalier where the plants are fashioned into strata of arches.

arcures
plural of arcure

ardencies
plural of ardency

ardency
The quality of being ardent.
The quality of being ardent.
The quality of being ardent.
The quality of being ardent.

ardentness
The state or quality of being ardent.

ardian
A proposed but unadopted air-officer rank of the Royal Air Force equivalent to air vice-marshal.

ardians
plural of ardian

ardisicrenoside
Any of a group of triterpenoid saponins present in Ardisia crenata

ardisicrenosides
plural of ardisicrenoside

arduity
The state or quality of being arduous; steepness, difficulty.

arduousness
The state of being arduous.

arduousnesses
plural of arduousness

areality
the quality of being areal

areata
A localized area or patch.

arefaction
The fact or process of drying; desiccation.

arefactions
plural of arefaction

aregionality
The quality of being aregional.

arenation
A form of therapeutic bathing in hot sand.

arenations
plural of arenation

arenisation
Alternative form of arenization.

arenium
Alternative form of arenium ion.

arenization
The formation of sand by weathering of granite or similar coarse-grained rock

arenizations
plural of arenization

arenosity
The quality or degree of being arenose.

areography
The scientific study of the planet Mars' geographical features; geography of Mars.

areolation
An areola, or a similar form of a space surrounded by something of a different colour.

areolations
plural of areolation

areology
The scientific observation and study of the planet Mars's geology; geology of Mars.

areometry
The study of the measurement of specific gravity of liquids.

areopagy
secret tribunal, conclave

areophysics
The geophysics of Mars.

areostyle
Alternative form of araeostyle.

areostyles
plural of areostyle

arepa
A type of cornbread originating from the northern Andes and resembling a tortilla.

arepas
plural of arepa

aretaics
The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; contrasted with eudaemonics.

aretalogies
plural of aretalogy

aretalogy
A form of sacred biography in which a deity's attributes are listed, in the form of poem or text, in the first person.

aretecracies
plural of aretecracy

aretecracy
A form of governance or political organization in which authority or eligibility for public office is based on virtue, moral excellence, or demonstrated civic merit.
A system of government in which candidates are required to meet prior ethical, civic, or professional qualifications before standing for election, with political authority ultimately conferred through free electoral processes.

areteology
A system of thinking about ethics that centers on virtues.

aretocracy
A form of governance or political organization in which authority or eligibility for public office is based on virtue, moral excellence, or demonstrated civic merit.

aretology
The part of moral philosophy that deals with virtue, its nature, and how to attain it.

argentation
The process of coating with silver or a silver compound; silvering.

argention
ionized silver

argentocracy
plutocracy (especially with humorous reference to silver)

argialboll
A form of alboll that has an argillic horizon but not a natric horizon.

argialbolls
plural of argialboll

argillipedoturbation
A process of soil mixing caused by the shrinking and swelling of the smectite clays contained in soil.

argilliturbation
A mixing process in clay rich soils subjected to cycles of wet and dry, whereby the soil expands when wet and contracts as it dries, causing soil, stones and artefacts to move up and down.

argillization
The formation of argillic clay from feldspars

argilluviation
The downward movement of clay in a soil profile by water.

argininemia
The presence of arginine in the blood

argmax
The argument of the maximum: the set of points of a given argument for which a given function attains its maximum value.

argmaxes
plural of argmax

argonite
A mixture of argon and nitrogen used in firefighting

argosol
Synonym of alfisol.
Synonym of cambisol.

argosols
plural of argosol

argpyrimidine
An advanced glycation end product formed from arginine and methylglyoxal through the Maillard reaction.

arguability
The quality or degree of being arguable.

argufication
The act of argufying; argument.

argufications
plural of argufication

argumenta
plural of argumentum

argumentality
The property of having one or more arguments; the syntactic connection between the verb of a clause and related phrases.
Argumentativeness.

argumentation
Inference based on reasoning from given propositions.
An exchange of arguments
The addition of arguments to a model; parameterization.

argumentations
plural of argumentation

argumentativeness
the state of being argumentative

argumentativity
The state of being argumentative.

argumenthood
The property of being an argument.

argumentum
Used in numerous Latin phrases (and occasionally alone) in the sense of “appeal” or “argument”.

argutation
nitpicking; arguing about trivialities

argutations
plural of argutation

arguteness
The state or quality of being argute.

argyropoeia
transmutation into silver.

arhathood
The state of being an arhat.

arhatship
The state of being an arhat.

arhythmicality
The quality of being arhythmical.

arhythmicity
The condition of being arhythmic.

aridisation
Alternative form of aridization.

aridities
plural of aridity

aridity
A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.

aridization
The process by which a region becomes arid

aridizations
plural of aridization

aridness
The state or quality of being arid.

aridnesses
plural of aridness

ariel
A kind of mountain gazelle, native to Arabia.

ariels
plural of ariel

arietation
The use of a battering ram, or similar.
The act of striking, attacking or conflicting.

arietations
plural of arietation

arietta
a short aria.

ariettas
plural of arietta

ariette
A short aria, or air.

ariettes
plural of ariette

arillode
A structure resembling an aril that comes from the ovule as opposed to the stalk.

arillodes
plural of arillode

arillodia
plural of arillodium

arillodium
Synonym of arillode.

arilode
Dated form of arillode.

arilodes
plural of arilode

ariolation
Soothsaying; prophecy.

arisal
The act of arising.
Accrual.

arisals
plural of arisal

aristamere
One of the segments of an arista.

aristameres
plural of aristamere

aristarchies
plural of aristarchy

aristarchy
Government by the best rulers.
A body of such rulers.

aristocracies
plural of aristocracy

aristocracy
The nobility, or the hereditary ruling class.
Government by such a class, or a state with such a government.
A class of people considered (not normally universally) superior to others.

aristocraticalness
The state or quality of being aristocratical.

aristocraticism
Alternative form of aristocratism.

aristocraticness
The state or quality of being aristocratic.

aristocratisation
Alternative form of aristocratization.

aristocratism
The principles of aristocrats.
Aristocrats collectively.

aristocratisms
plural of aristocratism

aristocratization
The fact or process of becoming aristocratic.

aristodemocracy
A form of government in which power is shared between the people and the aristocracy.

aristogene
A developmental unit that can evolve and serve a functional purpose in the hypothesis of aristogenesis.

aristogenes
plural of aristogene

aristogenesis
A type of orthogenesis that operates by means of a "creative principle".