Nouns

albigenses

noun

a Christian religious sect in southern France in the 12th an...

albuminoid

noun

a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues an...

albuminuria

noun

the presence of excessive protein (chiefly albumin but also...

alcaeus

noun

Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse...

alcapton

noun

an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism...

alcaptonuria

noun

a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and...

alcahest

noun

hypothetical universal solvent once sought by alchemists

alcaic

noun

verse in the meter used in Greek and Latin poetry consisting...

alcibiades

noun

ancient Athenian statesman and general in the Peloponnesian...

aldebaran

noun

the brightest star in Taurus

alderfly

noun

dark-colored insect having predaceous aquatic larvae

aldosterone

noun

a corticosteroid hormone that is secreted by the cortex of t...

aldose

noun

a monosaccharide sugar that contains the aldehyde group or i...

aldohexose

noun

a monosaccharide sugar having six carbon atoms and an aldehy...

aldol

noun

an oily colorless liquid obtained by the condensation of two...

aleut

noun

a member of the people inhabiting the Aleutian Islands and s...

aleurone

noun

granular protein in outermost layer of endosperm of many see...

alexandrine

noun

(prosody) a line of verse that has six iambic feet

alexandrian

noun

a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in...

alexandrite

noun

a green variety of chrysoberyl used as a gemstone

alfileria

noun

European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and...

alfilaria

noun

European weed naturalized in southwestern United States and...

algarroba

noun

mesquite pod used in tanning and dyeing

algebraist

noun

a mathematician whose specialty is algebra

algidity

noun

prostration characterized by cold and clammy skin and low bl...

algin

noun

a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier

algometry

noun

measuring sensitivity to pain or pressure

algonquian

noun

family of North American Indian languages spoken from Labrad...

algology

noun

the branch of botany that studies algae

algol

noun

(from a combination of ALGOrithmic and Language); a programm...

algonkian

noun

a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa riv...

algolagnia

noun

sexual pleasure derived from inflicting or experiencing pain

algonkin

noun

a member of a North American Indian people in the Ottawa riv...

algometer

noun

device for measuring pain caused by pressure

algophobia

noun

a morbid fear of pain

alhazen

noun

an Egyptian polymath (born in Iraq) whose research in geomet...

algorism

noun

computation with Arabic figures

alienage

noun

the quality of being alien

alienee

noun

someone to whom the title of property is transferred

alienism

noun

the quality of being alien

alienator

noun

an unpleasant person who causes friendly people to become in...

alidad

noun

surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lin...

alienor

noun

someone from whom the title of property is transferred

alidade

noun

surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lin...

aliquant

noun

an integer that is not an exact divisor of some quantity

aliquot

noun

an integer that is an exact divisor of some quantity

alkane

noun

a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the gen...

alkapton

noun

an acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism...

alkalemia

noun

a blood disorder characterized by a lower concentration of h...

alkaptonuria

noun

a rare recessive metabolic anomaly marked by ochronosis and...