absidiole
Alternative form of apsidiole.

absidioles
plural of absidiole

absolvitor
A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.

absurda
plural of absurdum

absurdum
An illogical conclusion or state.

abuna
The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.

abunas
plural of abuna

abyme
Obsolete form of abysm.

abymes
plural of abyme

abysm
Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.
An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole.

abysms
plural of abysm

abysmus
Alternative form of abysm.

abysmuses
plural of abysmus

abyss
Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
An impending catastrophic happening.
The center of an escutcheon; fess point.
The abyssal zone.
A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.

abysses
plural of abyss

abyssi
plural of abyssus

abyssochrysoid
Any sea snail of the superfamily Abyssochrysoidea.

abyssochrysoids
plural of abyssochrysoid

abyssus
Archaic form of abyss.

academicalism
Alternative form of academicism.

academicism
The doctrines of Plato's academy; specifically the skeptical doctrines of the later academy stating that nothing can be known; a tenet of the Academic philosophy; state of being Academic.
Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism.
Speculative thoughts and attitudes.
A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.

academicisms
plural of academicism

academies
plural of academy

academism
Alternative form of academicism

academisms
plural of academism

academy
The garden where Plato taught.
Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.
Academia.
A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control; a charter school.

acanthologies
plural of acanthology

acanthology
The study of spined things, in particular sea urchins, and the resultant impact on taxonomy.

accelerostat
A continuous culture in which, after reaching a steady state as in a chemostat, dilution rate is increased smoothly at a constant rate of acceleration.

accelerostats
plural of accelerostat

accessway
A route providing access.

accommodationism
A policy of being accommodating; in particular, of accommodating an opposition (e.g. politically), especially with regard to established religions (state religions), freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.

acequias
plural of acequia

acroases
plural of acroasis

acroasis
An oral discourse.

acropleura
plural of acropleuron

acropleuron
The small dorsal region of the mesopleuron

acrorhagi
plural of acrorhagus

acrorhagus
Any of a set of marginal tubercles of sea anemones containing specialized nematocysts

acrotelm
The top layer of a peat bog, above the catotelm, where there are living plants.

acrotelms
plural of acrotelm

actaeonid
Any sea slug of the family Actaeonidae.

actaeonids
plural of actaeonid

actification
Alternative form of activation.

actifications
plural of actification

actinarian
Any sea anemone of the order Actiniaria

actinarians
plural of actinarian

actinian
A sea anemone (of the order Actiniaria).

actinians
plural of actinian

actiniarian
Any sea anemone of the order Actiniaria

actiniarians
plural of actiniarian

actiniarid
Alternative form of actiniarian.

actiniarids
plural of actiniarid

actiniid
Any sea anemone of the family Actiniidae

actiniids
plural of actiniid

actinioidean
Any sea anemone of the superfamily Actinioidea

actinioideans
plural of actinioidean

actinocyclid
Any sea slug of the family Actinocyclidae

actinocyclids
plural of actinocyclid

actinoptygian
Any sea cucumber of the genus Actinopyga

actinoptygians
plural of actinoptygian

actinostolid
Any sea anemone of the family Actinostolidae

actinostolids
plural of actinostolid

activation
Making active and effective; bringing into a state of activity.
The process of making a radioisotope by bombarding a stable element with neutrons or protons.
The process by which molecules are made able to react.
The promotion of a brand through an event or campaign.

activations
plural of activation

adawlut
A court of justice.

adawluts
plural of adawlut

addlement
confusion; an addled state

adequationism
The definition of truth such that a theory is true if there is a relationship of adequation or equivalence between the facts or state of the world and the details and implications of the theory.

adhikar
Alternative form of adigar.

adhikarana
In ancient India, an administrative department
The office of such a department

adhikaranas
plural of adhikarana

adhikars
plural of adhikar

adhisthana
An initiation or blessing in Vajrayana schools such as Tibetan Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism.

adhisthanas
plural of adhisthana

adigar
The head man of a rural village.
The chief minister of the Kingdom of Kandy.

adigars
plural of adigar

adikar
Alternative form of adigar.

adikars
plural of adikar

adipocity
Misspelling of adiposity.

adiposities
plural of adiposity

adiposity
Obesity; the state of being fat.
The condition of being adipose; adipose tissue.

aditicules
plural of aditicule

aditus
the entrance to a cavity or channel

adlegation
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.

administratorship
The position or role of an administrator.

admiralties
plural of admiralty

admiralty
The office or jurisdiction of an admiral.
The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.
The court which has jurisdiction of maritime questions and offenses.
The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.
The building in which the lords of the admiralty, in England, transact business.

adret
The sun-facing side of a mountain; in the northern hemisphere, especially south-facing slope.

adrets
plural of adret

advowson
The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.

advowsonage
An advowson.

advowsonages
plural of advowsonage

advowsons
plural of advowson

adyt
The innermost sanctum of a temple, in which oracles are announced.

adyta
plural of adytum
plural of adyton

adyton
Synonym of adytum.

adytons
plural of adyton

adyts
plural of adyt

adytum
The innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given.
A private chamber; a sanctum.

adytums
plural of adytum

aedicula
A painted framed niche giving the appearance of depth.
A small shrine.

aediculae
plural of aedicula

aedicule
A small house or room.

aedicules
plural of aedicule

aeolid
A sea slug of the suborder Aeolidina.

aeolidacean
A sea slug of the suborder Aeolidacea.

aeolidaceans
plural of aeolidacean

aeolids
plural of aeolid

aeraria
plural of aerarium

aerarium
The state treasury of Ancient Rome.

aeroport
An airport.

aeroports
plural of aeroport

aerostation
Aerial navigation; the act or science of raising and guiding balloons in the air.
A flight or expedition by hot-air balloon.
The science of weighing air; aerostatics.

aerostations
plural of aerostation

aerotaxis
Movement of an organism either towards or away from a region of higher oxygen content.

aerotropism
The growth of an organism either towards, or away from a region of higher oxygen content.

afalina
A Black Sea bottlenose dolphin; Tursiops truncatus.

afalinas
plural of afalina