Nouns

abnaki

noun

a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Queb...

abnegator

noun

one who gives up or relinquishes or renounces something

abnormalcy

noun

an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective gene...

abohm

noun

a unit of resistance equal to a billionth of an ohm

abolitionism

noun

the doctrine that calls for the abolition of slavery

abomasum

noun

the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one...

abrogation

noun

the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation

abrogator

noun

an authority or official empowered to abolish or annul or re...

abruptness

noun

the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warn...

abruption

noun

an instance of sudden interruption

abscissa

noun

the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis

abscission

noun

the act of cutting something off

absconder

noun

a fugitive who runs away and hides to avoid arrest or prosec...

absolver

noun

someone who grants absolution

absorbance

noun

(physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance trans...

absorbency

noun

the property of being absorbent

absorptance

noun

a measure of the rate of decrease in the intensity of electr...

absorptivity

noun

(physics) the property of a body that determines the fractio...

abstainer

noun

a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages

abstemiousness

noun

moderation in eating and drinking

abstractedness

noun

preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else

abstracter

noun

one who makes abstracts or summarizes information

abstractness

noun

the quality of being considered apart from a specific instan...

abstractionism

noun

an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on intern...

abstruseness

noun

the quality of being unclear or abstruse and hard to underst...

abstrusity

noun

wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound

absurdness

noun

a message whose content is at variance with reason

abvolt

noun

a unit of potential equal to one-hundred-millionth of a volt

abwatt

noun

a power unit equal to the power dissipated when 1 abampere f...

abyla

noun

a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibral...

achromycin

noun

an antibiotic (trade name Achromycin) derived from microorga...

achromaticity

noun

the visual property of being without chromatic color

acanthopterygian

noun

a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexi...

acanthosis

noun

an abnormal but benign thickening of the prickle-cell layer...

academicism

noun

orthodoxy of a scholastic variety

acarine

noun

mite or tick

acarid

noun

very small free-living arachnid that is parasitic on animals...

acariasis

noun

infestation with itch mites

acarophobia

noun

a morbid fear of small insects and mites and worms

acarus

noun

any of several mites of the order Acarina

accelerando

noun

a gradually increasing tempo of music

accelerometer

noun

an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or...

accentor

noun

small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasi...

acceptableness

noun

satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standar...

acceptation

noun

the accepted meaning of a word

acceptor

noun

(chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the...

acciaccatura

noun

an embellishing note usually written in smaller size

accipiter

noun

type genus of the family Accipitridae

accidence

noun

the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words

acclivity

noun

an upward slope or grade (as in a road)