| ampholyte | (noun) A substance that acts as a base or an acid, depending on the pH of the solution into which it is introduced. | Synonyms: amphoteric electrolyte |
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| amply | (adverb) to an ample degree or in an ample manner | Synonyms: richly |
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| (adverb) sufficiently; more than adequately | Synonyms: fully |
| amusingly | (adverb) in an entertaining and amusing manner | Synonyms: divertingly |
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| amylolysis | (noun) conversion of starch to sugar | - |
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| amylolytic | (adjective) of or related to the process of amylolysis | - |
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| anachronistically | (adverb) in an anachronistic manner | - |
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| anaglyph | (noun) anything carved in low relief | - |
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| (noun) moving or still pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed | - |
| anaglyphic | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphical, anaglyptic, anaglyptical |
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| anaglyphical | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyptic, anaglyptical |
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| anaglyphy | (noun) the process of producing pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed and viewed through spectacles with one red and one green lens | - |
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| anaglyptic | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyphical, anaglyptical |
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| anaglyptical | (adjective) related to anaglyphs or anaglyphy | Synonyms: anaglyphic, anaglyphical, anaglyptic |
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| analogously | (adverb) in an analogous manner | - |
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| analysand | (noun) a person undergoing psychoanalysis | - |
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| analyse | (verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning | Synonyms: analyze, canvass, examine, study |
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| (verb) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyze, break down, dissect, take apart |
| (verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment | Synonyms: analyze, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze |
| (verb) break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyze |
| analyser | (noun) an instrument that performs analyses | Synonyms: analyzer |
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| analysis | (noun) an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole | - |
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| (noun) a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud | Synonyms: depth psychology, psychoanalysis |
| (noun) the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations | Synonyms: analytic thinking |
| (noun) a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation | - |
| (noun) a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed | - |
| (noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' | - |
| analyst | (noun) someone who is skilled at analyzing data | - |
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| (noun) a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis | Synonyms: psychoanalyst |
| (noun) an expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions | - |
| analytic | (adjective) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | Synonyms: analytical |
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| (adjective) expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection | Synonyms: uninflected |
| (adjective) using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) | Synonyms: analytical |
| (adjective) using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus | - |
| analytical | (adjective) using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) | Synonyms: analytic |
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| (adjective) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | Synonyms: analytic |
| analytically | (adverb) by virtue of analysis | - |
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| analyticity | (noun) the property of being analytic | - |
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| analyzable | (adjective) capable of being partitioned | Synonyms: decomposable |
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| analyze | (verb) consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning | Synonyms: analyse, canvass, examine, study |
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| (verb) make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyse, break down, dissect, take apart |
| (verb) subject to psychoanalytic treatment | Synonyms: analyse, psychoanalyse, psychoanalyze |
| (verb) break down into components or essential features | Synonyms: analyse |
| analyzed | (adjective) examined carefully and methodically; broken down for consideration of constituent parts | - |
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| analyzer | (noun) an instrument that performs analyses | Synonyms: analyser |
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| anarchically | (adverb) in a lawless rebellious manner | - |
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| anatomically | (adverb) with respect to anatomy | - |
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| anciently | (adverb) in ancient times; long ago | - |
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| anencephaly | (noun) a defect in brain development resulting in small or missing brain hemispheres | Synonyms: anencephalia |
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| angelically | (adverb) like an angel | - |
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| angrily | (adverb) with anger | - |
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| animatedly | (adverb) in an animated manner | - |
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| anisotropically | (adverb) in an anisotropic manner | - |
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| annoyingly | (adverb) in an annoying manner or to an annoying degree | - |
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| annually | (adverb) without missing a year | Synonyms: each year, every year, yearly |
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| (adverb) by the year; every year (usually with reference to a sum of money paid or received) | Synonyms: each year, p.a., per annum, per year |
| anomalously | (adverb) in an anomalous manner | - |
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| anomaly | (noun) (astronomy) position of a planet as defined by its angular distance from its perihelion (as observed from the sun) | - |
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| (noun) a person who is unusual | Synonyms: unusual person |
| (noun) deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | Synonyms: anomalousness |
| anonymously | (adverb) without giving a name | - |
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| antagonistically | (adverb) in an antagonistic manner | - |
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| antecedently | (adverb) at an earlier time or formerly | Synonyms: previously |
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| anteriorly | (adverb) in an anterior direction | - |
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| anticatalyst | (noun) (chemistry) a substance that retards a chemical reaction or diminishes the activity of a catalyst | - |
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| antimonopoly | (adjective) of laws and regulations; designed to protect trade and commerce from unfair business practices | Synonyms: antitrust |
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| antithetically | (adverb) with antithesis; in an antithetical manner | - |
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| anxiolytic | (adjective) anxiety relieving | - |
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| (noun) a tranquilizer used to relieve anxiety and reduce tension and irritability | Synonyms: antianxiety drug, anxiolytic drug, minor tranquilizer, minor tranquilliser, minor tranquillizer |
| anxiously | (adverb) with anxiety or apprehension | Synonyms: apprehensively, uneasily |
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| apathetically | (adverb) in an apathetic manner | - |
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| apocalypse | (noun) a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil | - |
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| apocalyptic | (adjective) of or relating to an apocalypse | - |
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| (adjective) prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom | Synonyms: apocalyptical, revelatory |
| apocalyptical | (adjective) prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom | Synonyms: apocalyptic, revelatory |
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| apologetically | (adverb) in an apologetic manner | - |
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| appallingly | (adverb) to an appalling extent | - |
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| apparently | (adverb) from appearances alone | Synonyms: on the face of it, ostensibly, seemingly |
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| (adverb) unmistakably (`plain' is often used informally for `plainly') | Synonyms: evidently, manifestly, obviously, patently, plain, plainly |
| appealingly | (adverb) in an appealing manner | - |
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| apply | (verb) ask (for something) | - |
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| (verb) refer (a word or name) to a person or thing | - |
| (verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | Synonyms: employ, use, utilise, utilize |
| (verb) coat, cover or smear a surface with | Synonyms: put on |
| (verb) give or convey physically | Synonyms: give |
| (verb) avail oneself to | Synonyms: practice, use |
| (verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | Synonyms: enforce, implement |
| (verb) apply oneself to | - |
| (verb) be pertinent or relevant or applicable | Synonyms: go for, hold |
| (verb) be applicable to; as to an analysis | Synonyms: lend oneself |
| appositively | (adverb) in an appositive manner | Synonyms: in apposition |
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| appreciably | (adverb) to a noticeable degree | - |
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| appreciatively | (adverb) with appreciation; in a grateful manner | Synonyms: gratefully |
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| apprehensively | (adverb) with anxiety or apprehension | Synonyms: anxiously, uneasily |
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| appropriately | (adverb) in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | Synonyms: befittingly, duly, fitly, fittingly, properly, suitably |
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| approvingly | (adverb) in an approving manner | - |
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| approximately | (adverb) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | Synonyms: about, around, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some |
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| aptly | (adverb) with competence; in a competent capable manner | Synonyms: ably, capably, competently |
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| arbitrarily | (adverb) in a random manner | Synonyms: at random, every which way, haphazardly, indiscriminately, randomly, willy-nilly |
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| architecturally | (adverb) with regard to architecture | - |
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| archly | (adverb) in an arch manner; with playful slyness or roguishness | - |
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| ardently | (adverb) in an ardent manner | - |
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| arduously | (adverb) in an arduous manner | - |
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| arguably | (adverb) as can be shown by argument | - |
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| argumentatively | (adverb) in a disputatious manner | Synonyms: disputatiously |
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| aristocratically | (adverb) in an aristocratic manner | - |
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| arithmetically | (adverb) with respect to arithmetic | - |
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| arrogantly | (adverb) in an arrogant manner | - |
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| artfully | (adverb) in a manner exhibiting art or skill | - |
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| (adverb) in a disingenuous manner | Synonyms: disingenuously |
| (adverb) in an subtle, cunning manner | Synonyms: craftily, cunningly, foxily, knavishly, slyly, trickily |
| articulately | (adverb) in an articulate manner | Synonyms: eloquently |
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| (adverb) with eloquence | Synonyms: eloquently |
| artificially | (adverb) not according to nature; not by natural means | Synonyms: by artificial means, unnaturally |
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| artistically | (adverb) in an artistic manner | - |
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| artlessly | (adverb) in an ingenuous manner | Synonyms: ingenuously |
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| (adverb) in a crude and unskilled manner | Synonyms: crudely, inexpertly |
| ascetically | (adverb) in an ascetic manner | - |
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| asexually | (adverb) in an asexual manner | - |
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| ashamedly | (adverb) with a feeling of shame | - |
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| assembly | (noun) the social act of assembling | Synonyms: assemblage, gathering |
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| (noun) the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) | Synonyms: fabrication |
| (noun) a group of machine parts that fit together to form a self-contained unit | - |
| (noun) a public facility to meet for open discussion | Synonyms: forum, meeting place |
| (noun) a unit consisting of components that have been fitted together | - |
| (noun) a group of persons who are gathered together for a common purpose | - |
| assemblyman | (noun) someone who is a member of a legislative assembly | - |
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| assemblywoman | (noun) a woman assemblyman | - |
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| assertively | (adverb) in an assertive manner | - |
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| assiduously | (adverb) with care and persistence | - |
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| assuredly | (adverb) without a doubt | - |
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| astonishingly | (adverb) in an amazing manner; to everyone's surprise | Synonyms: amazingly, surprisingly |
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| astronomically | (adverb) enormously | - |
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| astutely | (adverb) in a shrewd manner | Synonyms: acutely, sagaciously, sapiently, shrewdly |
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| asymmetrically | (adverb) in an asymmetrical manner | Synonyms: unsymmetrically |
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| asymptotically | (adverb) toward an asymptote | - |
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| atonally | (adverb) without tonality | - |
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| atrociously | (adverb) in a terrible manner | Synonyms: abominably, abysmally, awfully, rottenly, terribly |
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| (adverb) to an extravagant or immoderate degree | Synonyms: outrageously |
| attentively | (adverb) with attention; in an attentive manner | - |
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| attractively | (adverb) in a beautiful manner | Synonyms: beautifully |
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| attributively | (adverb) in an attributive manner | - |
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| atypically | (adverb) in a manner that is not typical | Synonyms: untypically |
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| audaciously | (adverb) in an audacious manner | - |
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