(organic chemistry) A substance resembling mannite, found in the needles of the common silver fir of Europe (Abies alba).
abiezer
abigael
abigail
abigail
noun
(obsolete) A lady's maid.
abigails
abigails
noun
plural of abigail
abigailship
abigailship
noun
(obsolete) the role or duration of being an abigail, or lady's maid.
abigale
abigeat
abigeat
noun
(archaic) Theft of cattle by driving it away with the intention of feloniously appropriating it.
abigei
abigei
noun
plural of abigeus
abigeus
abigeus
noun
(law, UK, obsolete) A thief who steals livestock in large quantities.
abihu
abijah
abilao
abilao
noun
Alternative form of abilo.
abilene
abilene
Proper noun
A region of Syria south and southeast of Damascus.
Proper noun
A city of west-central Texas west-southwest of Fort Worth; founded in 1881 with the coming of the railroad, the city first prospered as a shipping center for cattle.
A city in Kansas
Adjective
Belonging to a prehistoric culture of central Texas, characterized by oval grinding stones.
abiliment
abiliment
noun
Obsolete form of habiliment.
abilitable
abilities
abilities
noun
plural of ability
ability
ability
noun
(archaic) Financial ability.
(countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.
(now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power.
(obsolete) Suitableness.
(uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
The legal wherewithal to act.
abilla
abilla
noun
(of Latin America) An oily seed, from the South American plant Fevillea trilobata, used to make candles.
abilo
abilo
noun
Bogo; a Philippine fruit tree, Garuga floribunda, from the family Burseraceae.
abilyne
abime
abime
noun
Obsolete form of abysm.
abimelech
abimelech
Proper noun
Any of several Philistine kings.
abineri
abingdon
abingdon
Proper noun
A town on the Thames in Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire), England.
A town in Virginia, USA
abinger
abington
abington
Proper noun
A small town in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
A town in southeastern Massachusetts, south of Boston.
abinoam
abinoem
abintestate
abintestate
adj
(law) inheriting the estate of someone who died without having made a will
abiogeneses
abiogeneses
noun
plural of abiogenesis
abiogenesis
abiogenesis
noun
(evolutionary theory) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
abiogenesist
abiogenesist
noun
A proponent of abiogenesis.
abiogenetic
abiogenetic
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to abiogenesis, originated by abiogenesis.
abiogenetical
abiogenetical
adj
Alternative form of abiogenetic
abiogenetically
abiogenetically
adv
(biology) In an abiogenetic manner; to have created life without life.
abiogenist
abiogenist
noun
(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
abiogenists
abiogenists
noun
plural of abiogenist
abiogenous
abiogenous
adj
(biology) Produced by spontaneous generation.
abiogeny
abiogeny
noun
(biology) abiogenesis.
abiological
abiological
adj
(biology) Pertaining to inanimate things; not produced by organisms.
abiologically
abiologically
adv
(biology) In an abiological manner.
abiology
abiology
noun
(sciences) The sciences, such as geology and astronomy, that collectively deal with inorganic or lifeless bodies.
abioses
abioses
noun
plural of abiosis
abiosis
abiosis
noun
(uncountable) The absence of life.
Necrosis, especially that which occurs at the single cell level.
The temporary cessation of biological processes.
abiotic
abiotic
adj
Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter.
Tending to inhibit or destroy life; antibiotic; incompatible with life.
noun
Any such material
abiotical
abiotically
abiotically
adv
In an abiotic manner; in the absence of life.
abiotrophic
abiotrophic
adj
(medicine) Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
abiotrophy
abiotrophy
noun
(medicine) Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
abipon
abiquiu
abir
abir
noun
(India) An aromatic red powder that is used during the Holi festival.
abirritant
abirritant
adj
(medicine) Acting to diminish irritation; soothing.
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine that diminishes irritation.
abirritate
abirritate
verb
(transitive, medicine) To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate; to soothe.
abirritated
abirritated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abirritate
abirritating
abirritating
verb
present participle of abirritate
abirritation
abirritation
noun
(medicine) A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; asthenia; atony.
(medicine) Decreased response to stimuli.
abirritative
abirritative
adj
(pharmacology) Characterized by abirritation or debility.
abisag
abisha
abishag
abishag
noun
(archaic, thieves' cant) The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
abisia
abiston
abit
abit
adv
(nonstandard, proscribed) Alternative form of a bit.
abitibi
abitibi
Proper noun
A geographic region in Quebec within Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
An Algonquin people of Ontario.
Noun
A member of the Abitibi people.
abiu
abiu
noun
A South American tropical fruit tree, Pouteria caimito.
abiuret
abiuret
adj
Not giving the biuret reaction; showing that it does not contain biuret.
abixah
abject
abject
adj
(chiefly with a negative connotation) Complete; downright; utter.
(rare) Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
noun
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.
verb
(mycology) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
abjectedness
abjectedness
noun
(rare) The state of being abjected.
abjection
abjection
noun
(biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
(obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle.
A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
The act of abjuring.
abjurations
abjurations
noun
plural of abjuration
abjuratory
abjuratory
adj
Involving abjuration.
abjure
abjure
verb
(transitive) To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
(transitive) To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim.
(transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow.
(transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant.
abjured
abjured
adj
Having been renounced, forsworn or rejected.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abjure
abjurement
abjurement
noun
(rare) renunciation
abjurer
abjurer
noun
One who abjures.
abjurers
abjurers
noun
plural of abjurer
abjures
abjures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abjure
abjuring
abjuring
verb
present participle of abjure
abkar
abkar
noun
(India) A wine seller; one who is subject to the abkari tax.
abkari
abkari
noun
(India) A revenue tax on the manufacture or sale of liquors and drugs.
(India) The manufacture or sale of liquors or drugs.
abkary
abkary
noun
Alternative form of abkari
abkhas
abkhasia
abkhasian
abkhaz
abkhazia
abkhazian
abkhazian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Abkhazia, a disputed territory in Georgia.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Abkhazia, a region in the Caucasus.
Proper noun
The Abkhaz language, spoken in Abkhazia, a region in the Caucasus.
abl
ablach
ablactate
ablactate
verb
(rare) To wean.
ablactated
ablactated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ablactate
ablactating
ablactating
verb
present participle of ablactate
ablactation
ablactation
noun
(obsolete, horticulture) Inarching.
The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam.
ablaqueate
ablaqueate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To lay bare, as the roots of a tree, by loosening or removing soil.
ablare
ablare
adj
Blaring.
ablastemic
ablastemic
adj
(biology) Non-germinal; unable to form a blastema or offspring.
ablastin
ablastin
noun
(immunology) An immunoglobulin G antibody efficient against some protozoans, specifically Trypanosoma lewisi, by preventing reproduction.
ablastous
ablastous
adj
Lacking a germ or bud.
ablate
ablate
verb
(intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.
(transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
ablated
ablated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ablate
ablates
ablates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablate
ablating
ablating
verb
present participle of ablate
ablation
ablation
noun
(geology) The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion or mass wasting.
(meteorology) The depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by friction with the atmosphere.
(obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal.
(surgery) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
ablations
ablations
noun
plural of ablation
ablatitious
ablatitious
adj
(obsolete) Diminishing
ablatival
ablatival
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the ablative case.
ablative
ablative
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to taking away or removing.
(engineering, nautical, astronautics) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying material, as in ablative paints used for antifouling, or ablative heat shields used to protect spacecraft during reentry. .
(geology) Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier.
(grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement.
(medicine) Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ.
noun
(grammar) The ablative case.
An ablative material.
ablatively
ablatively
adv
In an ablative manner.
ablatives
ablatives
noun
plural of ablative
ablator
ablator
noun
A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades.
ablaut
ablaut
noun
(phonology) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.
verb
(intransitive, linguistics, of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel.
(transitive, linguistics) To cause to change a vowel.
ablauts
ablauts
noun
plural of ablaut
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablaut
ablaze
ablaze
adj
Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion.
Radiant with bright light and color.
adv
In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
Lit up brightly and with color, gleaming.
On fire; in a blaze.
able
able
adj
(law) Legally qualified or competent.
(nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.
(obsolete) Easy to use.
(obsolete) Rich; well-to-do.
(obsolete) Suitable; competent.
(obsolete, dialectal) Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.
(obsolete, dialectal) Liable to.
Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
noun
(military) The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To dress.
(transitive, obsolete) To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.
(transitive, obsolete) To make capable; to enable.
(transitive, obsolete) To make ready.
(transitive, obsolete) To vouch for; to guarantee.
ableeze
ableeze
Adjective
Ablaze. 1976
ablegate
ablegate
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.
(historical) An elected representative of a Hungarian royal free city, charged to be a speaker at the Diet of Hungary and to express the opinion of the city.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To send abroad.
ablegates
ablegates
noun
plural of ablegate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablegate
ablegation
ablegation
noun
(obsolete) Expulsion; banishment.
ablend
ableness
ableness
noun
(countable, rare) Something one is able to do.
(uncountable, now rare) Ability of body or mind.
ablepharia
ablepharia
noun
(medicine) A congenital absence or reduction in size of eyelids.
ablepharon
ablepharon
noun
(medicine) ablepharia
ablepharous
ablepharous
adj
(medicine) Exhibiting ablepharia; without eyelids.
ablepharus
ablepsia
ablepsia
noun
(medicine, rare) Lack of sight; blindness.
ablepsy
ablepsy
noun
(medicine, rare) Alternative form of ablepsia
ableptical
ableptical
adj
Alternative form of ableptic (“blind”)
ableptically
abler
abler
adj
comparative form of able: more able
ables
ables
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of able