| abaxially | (adverb) in an abaxial manner | - |
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| abbacy | (noun) the jurisdiction or office of an abbot | - |
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| abbey | (noun) a monastery ruled by an abbot | - |
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| (noun) a convent ruled by an abbess | - |
| (noun) a church associated with a monastery or convent | - |
| abdominoplasty | (noun) cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach | Synonyms: tummy tuck |
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| aberrancy | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrance, aberration, deviance |
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| abhenry | (noun) a unit of inductance equal to one billionth of a henry | - |
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| ability | (noun) the quality of being able to perform; a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment | - |
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| (noun) possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done | Synonyms: power |
| abiotrophy | (noun) a loss of vitality and a degeneration of cells and tissues not due to any apparent injury | - |
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| abjectly | (adverb) in a hopeless resigned manner | Synonyms: resignedly |
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| ablutionary | (adjective) cleansing the body by washing; especially ritual washing of e.g. hands | Synonyms: cleansing |
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| ably | (adverb) with competence; in a competent capable manner | Synonyms: aptly, capably, competently |
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| abnormalcy | (noun) an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies | Synonyms: abnormality |
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| abnormality | (noun) behavior that breaches the rule or etiquette or custom or morality | Synonyms: irregularity |
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| (noun) marked strangeness as a consequence of being abnormal | Synonyms: freakishness |
| (noun) retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence | Synonyms: mental defectiveness |
| (noun) an abnormal physical condition resulting from defective genes or developmental deficiencies | Synonyms: abnormalcy |
| abnormally | (adverb) in an abnormal manner | - |
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| abolitionary | (adjective) relating to or favoring abolition, especially abolition of slavery | - |
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| abominably | (adverb) in a terrible manner | Synonyms: abysmally, atrociously, awfully, rottenly, terribly |
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| (adverb) in an offensive and hateful manner | Synonyms: detestably, odiously, repulsively |
| abortively | (adverb) in an unfruitful manner | - |
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| abruptly | (adverb) quickly and without warning; happening unexpectedly; on impulse; without premeditation | Synonyms: all of a sudden, dead, of a sudden, on the spur of the moment, short, suddenly |
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| absently | (adverb) in an absentminded or preoccupied manner | Synonyms: absentmindedly, abstractedly, inattentively |
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| absentmindedly | (adverb) in an absentminded or preoccupied manner | Synonyms: absently, abstractedly, inattentively |
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| absolutely | (adverb) completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | Synonyms: dead, perfectly, utterly |
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| (adverb) totally and definitely; without question | - |
| absolvitory | (adjective) providing absolution | Synonyms: exonerative, forgiving |
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| absorbency | (noun) the property of being absorbent | - |
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| absorptivity | (noun) (physics) the property of a body that determines the fraction of the incident radiation or sound flux absorbed or absorbable by the body | Synonyms: absorption factor |
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| abstemiously | (adverb) in a sparing manner; without overindulgence | Synonyms: temperately |
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| abstractedly | (adverb) in an absentminded or preoccupied manner | Synonyms: absently, absentmindedly, inattentively |
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| abstractly | (adverb) in abstract terms | - |
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| abstrusely | (adverb) in a manner difficult to understand | - |
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| abstrusity | (noun) wisdom that is recondite and abstruse and profound | Synonyms: abstruseness, profoundness, profundity, reconditeness |
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| absurdity | (noun) a ludicrous folly | Synonyms: fatuity, fatuousness, silliness |
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| (noun) a message whose content is at variance with reason | Synonyms: absurdness, ridiculousness |
| absurdly | (adverb) in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree | - |
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| abundantly | (adverb) in an abundant manner | Synonyms: copiously, extravagantly, profusely |
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| abusively | (adverb) in an abusive manner | - |
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| aby | (verb) make amends for | Synonyms: abye, atone, expiate |
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| abysmally | (adverb) in a terrible manner | Synonyms: abominably, atrociously, awfully, rottenly, terribly |
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| academically | (adverb) in regard to academic matters | - |
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| academy | (noun) a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge | - |
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| (noun) a secondary school (usually private) | - |
| (noun) a school for special training | - |
| (noun) an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature | Synonyms: honorary society |
| acceleratory | (adjective) tending to increase velocity | Synonyms: accelerative |
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| acceptability | (noun) satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards | Synonyms: acceptableness |
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| acceptably | (adverb) in an acceptable (but not outstanding) manner | Synonyms: so-so, tolerably |
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| accessary | (adjective) aiding and abetting in a crime | Synonyms: accessory |
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| (noun) someone who helps another person commit a crime | Synonyms: accessory |
| accessibility | (noun) the quality of being at hand when needed | Synonyms: availability, availableness, handiness |
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| (noun) the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with | Synonyms: approachability |
| accessory | (adjective) furnishing added support | Synonyms: adjunct, adjuvant, ancillary, appurtenant, auxiliary |
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| (adjective) aiding and abetting in a crime | Synonyms: accessary |
| (noun) a supplementary component that improves capability | Synonyms: add-on, appurtenance, supplement |
| (noun) clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing | Synonyms: accouterment, accoutrement |
| (noun) someone who helps another person commit a crime | Synonyms: accessary |
| accidentally | (adverb) without advance planning | Synonyms: by chance, circumstantially, unexpectedly |
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| (adverb) without intention; in an unintentional manner | Synonyms: unintentionally |
| (adverb) of a minor or subordinate nature | Synonyms: incidentally |
| acclivity | (noun) an upward slope or grade (as in a road) | Synonyms: ascent, climb, raise, rise, upgrade |
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| accommodatingly | (adverb) in accommodation | Synonyms: obligingly |
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| accompany | (verb) perform an accompaniment to | Synonyms: follow, play along |
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| (verb) go or travel along with | - |
| (verb) be present or associated with an event or entity | Synonyms: attach to, come with, go with |
| (verb) be a companion to somebody | Synonyms: companion, company, keep company |
| accordingly | (adverb) (sentence connectors) because of the reason given | Synonyms: consequently |
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| (adverb) in accordance with | - |
| accountability | (noun) responsibility to someone or for some activity | Synonyms: answerability, answerableness |
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| accountancy | (noun) the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business | Synonyms: accounting |
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| accretionary | (adjective) marked or produced by accretion | - |
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| accuracy | (noun) the quality of being near to the true value | Synonyms: truth |
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| (noun) (mathematics) the number of significant figures given in a number | - |
| accurately | (adverb) with few mistakes | - |
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| (adverb) strictly correctly | - |
| accusatory | (adjective) containing or expressing accusation | Synonyms: accusative, accusing, accusive |
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| accusingly | (adverb) in an accusing manner | - |
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| acephaly | (noun) absence of the head (as in the development of some monsters) | Synonyms: acephalia, acephalism |
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| acerbity | (noun) a rough and bitter manner | Synonyms: acrimony, bitterness, jaundice, tartness, thorniness |
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| (noun) a sharp sour taste | Synonyms: tartness |
| (noun) a sharp bitterness | - |
| acetify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acidify |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acidify, acidulate, sour |
| achievability | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: attainability, attainableness |
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| achondroplasty | (noun) an inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism | Synonyms: achondroplasia, chondrodystrophy, osteosclerosis congenita |
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| achromaticity | (noun) the visual property of being without chromatic color | Synonyms: achromatism, colorlessness, colourlessness |
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| achy | (adjective) causing a dull and steady pain | Synonyms: aching |
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| acidify | (verb) turn acidic | Synonyms: acetify |
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| (verb) make sour or more sour | Synonyms: acetify, acidulate, sour |
| acidimetry | (noun) volumetric analysis using standard solutions of acids to measure the amount of a base present | - |
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| acidity | (noun) pH values below 7 | - |
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| (noun) the property of being acidic | Synonyms: sour, sourness |
| (noun) the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth | Synonyms: acidulousness |
| acoustically | (adverb) with respect to acoustics | - |
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| acridity | (noun) extreme bitterness | Synonyms: acridness |
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| (noun) the quality of being sharply disagreeable in language or tone | Synonyms: acridness |
| (noun) having an acrid smell | - |
| acrimony | (noun) a rough and bitter manner | Synonyms: acerbity, bitterness, jaundice, tartness, thorniness |
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| acrocephaly | (noun) a congenital abnormality of the skull; the top of the skull assumes a cone shape | Synonyms: oxycephaly |
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| acromegaly | (noun) enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor) | Synonyms: acromegalia |
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| acrophony | (noun) naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter | - |
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| actinometry | (noun) measuring the intensity of electromagnetic radiation (especially of the sun's rays) | - |
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| actinotherapy | (noun) (medicine) the treatment of disease (especially cancer) by exposure to a radioactive substance | Synonyms: irradiation, radiation, radiation therapy, radiotherapy |
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| actively | (adverb) in an active manner | - |
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| activity | (noun) any specific behavior | - |
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| (noun) the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically | Synonyms: activeness |
| (noun) an organic process that takes place in the body | Synonyms: bodily function, bodily process, body process |
| (noun) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) | Synonyms: action, natural action, natural process |
| (noun) the state of being active | Synonyms: action, activeness |
| (noun) (chemistry) the capacity of a substance to take part in a chemical reaction | - |
| actuality | (noun) the state of actually existing objectively | - |
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| actually | (adverb) used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly | Synonyms: in reality |
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| (adverb) in actual fact | Synonyms: really |
| (adverb) as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; as a modifier to add slight emphasis | - |
| (adverb) at present | - |
| actuary | (noun) someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums) | Synonyms: statistician |
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| acuity | (noun) a quick and penetrating intelligence | Synonyms: acuteness, keenness, sharpness |
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| (noun) sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) | Synonyms: sharp-sightedness, visual acuity |
| acutely | (adverb) having a rapid onset | - |
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| (adverb) in a keen or penetrating way | Synonyms: keenly |
| (adverb) changing suddenly in direction and degree | Synonyms: sharp, sharply |
| (adverb) in a shrewd manner | Synonyms: astutely, sagaciously, sapiently, shrewdly |
| adactyly | (noun) congenital absence of fingers and/or toes | Synonyms: adactylia, adactylism |
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| adamantly | (adverb) inflexibly; unshakably | - |
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| adaptability | (noun) the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances | - |
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| adaxially | (adverb) in an adaxial manner | - |
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| additionally | (adverb) in addition, by way of addition; furthermore | Synonyms: to boot |
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| adenoidectomy | (noun) surgical removal of the adenoids; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy | - |
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| adenomegaly | (noun) gland enlargement | - |
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| adenopathy | (noun) a glandular disease or enlargement of glandular tissue (especially of the lymph glands) | - |
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| adequacy | (noun) the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: | Synonyms: adequateness |
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| (noun) the quality of being sufficient for the end in view | Synonyms: sufficiency |
| adequately | (adverb) in an adequate manner or to an adequate degree | - |
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| adhocracy | (noun) an organization with little or no structure | - |
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| adiabaticity | (noun) The condition of occurring without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation). | - |
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| adiposity | (noun) having the property of containing fat | Synonyms: adiposeness, fattiness |
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| adjacency | (noun) the attribute of being so near as to be touching | Synonyms: contiguity, contiguousness |
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| adjectivally | (adverb) as an adjective; in an adjectival manner | - |
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| adjectively | (adverb) as an adjective | - |
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| adjudicatory | (adjective) concerned with adjudicating | Synonyms: adjudicative |
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| adjuratory | (adjective) earnestly or solemnly entreating | - |
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| (adjective) containing a solemn charge or command | - |
| administratively | (adverb) by or for an administrator | - |
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| admirability | (noun) admirable excellence | Synonyms: admirableness, wonderfulness |
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