Nouns

alphabetizer

noun

a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical orde...

alphabetiser

noun

a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical orde...

alphabetization

noun

the act of putting in alphabetical order

alsatia

noun

a region of northeastern France famous for its wines

altaic

noun

a group of related languages spoken in Asia and southeastern...

alterability

noun

the quality of being alterable

althaea

noun

any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but h...

altostratus

noun

a stratus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles

altocumulus

noun

a cumulus cloud at an intermediate altitude of 2 or 3 miles

alumroot

noun

any of several herbs of the genus Heuchera

alula

noun

scalelike structure between the base of the wing and the hal...

amadavat

noun

red Asian weaverbirds often kept as cage birds

amaurosis

noun

partial or total loss of sight without pathology of the eye;...

amarelle

noun

any of several cultivated sour cherry trees bearing pale red...

amaryllis

noun

bulbous plant having showy white to reddish flowers

amateurishness

noun

something that demonstrates a lack of professional competenc...

amanita

noun

genus of widely distributed agarics that have white spores a...

amativeness

noun

the arousal of feelings of sexual desire

amateurism

noun

the conviction that people should participate in sports as a...

ambage

noun

a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

ambages

noun

(archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action

amberfish

noun

any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water caran...

ambassadress

noun

a woman ambassador

ambidexterity

noun

the property of being equally skillful with each hand

ambidextrousness

noun

the property of being equally skillful with each hand

ambivalency

noun

mixed feelings or emotions

ambiversion

noun

(psychology) a balanced disposition intermediate between ext...

ambitiousness

noun

a strong drive for success

amblygonite

noun

a white or grey mineral consisting of lithium aluminum phosp...

ambler

noun

someone who walks at a leisurely pace

amboyna

noun

mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus

amblyopia

noun

visual impairment without apparent organic pathology

ambusher

noun

an attacker who waits in a concealed position to launch a su...

ambulacrum

noun

one of the five areas on the undersurface of an echinoderm o...

ameloblast

noun

a cell from which tooth enamel develops

ametropia

noun

(ophthalmology) faulty refraction of light rays in the eye a...

amerind

noun

any of the languages spoken by Amerindians

americium

noun

a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bo...

amhara

noun

a member of the Semitic speaking people of northern Ethiopia

amharic

noun

the dominant and official language of Ethiopia; a Semitic la...

amicableness

noun

a disinclination to quarrel

amide

noun

any organic compound containing the group -CONH2

amicability

noun

a disinclination to quarrel

amitosis

noun

the direct method of cell division characterized by simple d...

aminopherase

noun

a class of transferases that catalyze transamination (that t...

ammonification

noun

impregnation with ammonia or a compound of ammonia

ammine

noun

a complex inorganic compound that contains ammonia molecules

ammeter

noun

a meter that measures the flow of electrical current in ampe...

ammonoid

noun

one of the coiled chambered fossil shells of extinct mollusk...

amnion

noun

thin innermost membranous sac enclosing the developing embry...