Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z attine Belonging to the Attini tribe of fungus-growing ants attinge To touch lightly. attingence The property of being attingent; adjacency. attingent touching; adjacent attire One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes. attired Clothed, dressed, wearing clothing, often of a specified type. attirement attire; adornment attirer One who attires. attiring ornamentation Attis A Greek and Phrygian god, the consort of Cybele. Attisha A surname. attitude The position of the body or way of carrying oneself. attituded Having an attitude. attitudinal Expressive of or pertaining to attitude. attitudinalism The condition of being attitudinal attitudinally In terms of attitude. attitudinarian One who attitudinizes; one who postures or behaves in a stilted and pretentious manner. attitudinarianism pretentiousness, posture-making. attitudinization The act of one who attitudinizes. attitudinize To cause (someone or something) to assume an attitude or pose; to pose, to posture. attitudinizer One who attitudinizes, or practises poses. attitudinizing The act of one who attitudinizes; affected posturing. attitudinous Having a bold and possibly unfriendly attitude; sassy. attitudy Showing attitude; being arrogant, disrespectful, showing off one's ego. Attkisson A surname. attle Dirt; filth. Attleboro A city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. Attleborough A market town and civil parish in Breckland district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM0495). Attlee A surname. Attleean Of or relating to Clement Attlee (1883–1967), British politician and Prime Minister from 1945 to 1951. Atto A male given name of historical usage. attoampere An SI unit of electric current equal to 10⁻¹⁸ amperes. Symbol: aA attobarn A unit of surface area equal to 10⁻¹⁸ barns. attocell A small femtocell Attock A city in Punjab, Pakistan. attoclock A device that can measure time intervals of the order of attoseconds attogram An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻¹⁸ grams. Symbol: ag attohertz An SI unit of frequency equal to 10⁻¹⁸ hertz. attojoule An SI unit of energy, work, and heat equal to 10⁻¹⁸ joules. Symbol: aJ attokatal An SI unit of catalytic activity equal to 10⁻¹⁸ katals. Symbol: a attolent that raises or lifts up (often of muscles) attoliter (metrology) An SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10⁻¹⁸ liters; alternative spelling of attolitre. attolitre An SI unit of fluid measure equal to 10⁻¹⁸ litres; alternative spelling of attoliter. attollent Lifting up, raising (said of muscles, especially the levator palpebrae superioris ). attometre An SI unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁸ metres. Symbol: am attomolar Describing a concentration of 10⁻¹⁸ mole per litre. This is only about 600 particles per cubic centimeter. attomole 10⁻¹⁸ of a mole. This is only about 600,000 particles. Atton A city in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, France. attonity immobility attoparsec A unit of measure of 10⁻¹⁸ parsecs, or about 3.085 centimetres (1.215 inches). attophysics The branch of physics concerned with dynamic processes that take place with a time resolution of the order of attoseconds attopulse An attosecond pulse attoreactor An attoscale reactor made by the junction of two nanofibres. attorn To transfer one's obligations from one person to another person. attorney A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession. attorneydom The realm or sphere of attorneys. attorneying The work of an attorney attorneyism The practice, peculiarities or doctrines of attorneys. attorneyship The office or profession of an attorney. attornment The consent of a tenant to the transfer of his relationship to his landlord to another person. attosecond An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹⁸ seconds. Symbol: as Attouda An ancient city in Turkey, now Denizli Attoun A surname from Arabic. attowatt An SI unit of power equal to 10⁻¹⁸ watts. Symbol: aW attP The gene sequence of a phage at the attachment point of the Lambda phage used in genetic engineering. attract To pull toward without touching. Attracta A female given name from Irish attractability The quality of being attractable. attractable able to be attracted attractancy A measure of the ability of something (especially a pheromone) to attract; attractive power. attractant Anything that attracts, but especially a substance (such as a pheromone) that attracts insects or other animals attracted drawn towards attractedness Quality of being attracted. attractee That which is attracted. attracticidal Being or relating to an attracticide. attracticide A substance that both attracts and kills an organism. attractile Having power to attract. attractin Any of a particular group of lectins attractingly In such a way as to attract. attraction The tendency to attract. attractional Relating to attraction attractionally In an attractional manner. attractive Causing attraction; having the quality of attracting by inherent force. attractively In an attractive manner; with the power of attracting or drawing to. attractiveness The state of being attractive or engaging. attractivity The quality or degree of attractive power or influence. attractor Something which attracts. attrahent That attracts; drawing, attracting. attrap To entrap; to ensnare. attrectation Frequent handling or touching; fingering. Attree A surname. Attri A surname from Punjabi. attributability Quality or degree of being attributable. attributable Capable of being attributed. attributableness The state or quality of being attributable; attributability. attributably In a manner that can be attributed (to something) attributal Relating to attributes. attribute A characteristic or quality of a thing. attributed Decorated with an attribute. attributee That to which something is attributed; a target of attribution. attributeless Without attributes; that cannot be described using attributes. attributelessness Absence of attributes. attributeness The state or quality of having attribute. attributer One who attributes; an imputer. attribution The act of attributing something. attributional Of or pertaining to attribution attributionist A person who attributes actions to specific causes attributive Modifying another word, typically a noun, while in the same phrase. attributively In an attributive manner. attributiveness The state or quality of being attributive. attributor One who attributes; an imputer. Attridge A surname. attrist To sadden; to make sad. attrit To wear down through attrition, especially mechanical attrition. attritability The ability to undergo attrition. attritable Able to undergo attrition. attrite Regretful of one's wrongdoing merely due to fear of punishment. attritee One who attrits; one who quits attriteness The state or quality of being attrite. attriter One who, or that which, attrites. attrition Grinding down or wearing away by friction. attritional Of or pertaining to attrition. attritionally By means of attrition. attritionary Causing or relating to attrition. attritive Causing attrition. attritor A type of grinder in which particles suspended in a liquid are moved by paddles and are ground as they collide with each other or with the grinding medium. attritus material pulverized by attrition Attu The westernmost island of the Aleutian Islands. Attuan A dialect of the Aleut language. attuite To become aware of (a thing) due to attuition. attuition A supposed form of apprehension midway between sensation in animals and perception in human beings. attuitional Relating to attuition. attuitive Exhibiting or relating to attuition. attunable Capable of being attuned. attune To bring into musical accord. attuned Tuned to the correct pitch. attunedly In an attuned manner. attunedness The quality of being attuned. attunement The quality of being in tune with something attuner One who attunes. Attunga A locality in the Tamworth council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia. attuning Synonym of attunement Attwater A surname. Attwood A surname. Attymon A townland in County Galway, Ireland. atua A spiritual being in Polynesian culture; a god or demon. Atul A male given name from Sanskrit used in India. Atulayan A barangay of Calauag, Quezon, Philippines. Atum The creator god of Heliopolis, the original source of all matter, associated with the evening sun. atumble Set in a tumbling motion.