(obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
(obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
(obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
abdications
abdications
noun
plural of abdication
abdicator
abdicator
noun
(obsolete) A person supporting the abdication of another.
abdominocentesis
abdominocentesis
noun
(surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar
abdominocystic
abdominocystic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.
abdominohysterectomy
abdominohysterectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominothoracic
abdominothoracic
adj
Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
abduction
abduction
noun
(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Leading away; a carrying away.
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
abjudication
abjudication
noun
(law, rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
abjudicator
aborticide
aborticide
noun
An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.
The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
academization
academization
noun
Process or action of academizing.
acanthodei
acanthodian
acanthodian
adj
Pertaining to Acanthodii.
noun
(zoology) A member of a group of extinct fish (Acanthodii) that existed from the Silurian to the Permian period.
acanthodidae
acanthodii
acanthodini
acanthoid
acanthoid
adj
Having the shape of a spine or thorn
acanthomeridae
acaridomatia
acaridomatium
acarodermatitis
acarodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the skin caused by mites
accommodating
accommodating
adj
Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful.
Pliable; easily corrupted.
verb
present participle of accommodate
accommodatingly
accommodatingly
adv
In an accommodating manner.
accommodatingness
accommodation
accommodation
noun
(chiefly Britain, usually a mass noun) Lodging in a dwelling or similar living quarters afforded to travellers in hotels or on cruise ships, or prisoners, etc.
(countable) The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.
(countable, commerce) A loan of money.
(countable, commerce) An accommodation bill or note.
(countable, geology) The place where sediments can make, or have made, a sedimentation.
(countable, law) An offer of substitute goods to fulfill a contract, which will bind the purchaser if accepted.
(countable, medicine) The adjustment of the eye to a change of the distance from an observed object.
(countable, physiology, biology) The adaptation or adjustment of an organism, organ, or part.
(countable, uncountable) A convenience, a fitting, something satisfying a need.
(countable, uncountable) Adjustment of differences; state of agreement; reconciliation; settlement; compromise.
(countable, uncountable) Willingness to accommodate; obligingness.
(countable, uncountable, followed by to) The act of fitting or adapting, or the state of being fitted or adapted; adaptation; adjustment.
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) Modification(s) to make one's way of communicating similar to others involved in a conversation or discourse.
(theology) An adaptation or method of interpretation which explains the special form in which the revelation is presented as unessential to its contents, or rather as often adopted by way of compromise with human ignorance or weakness.
accommodational
accommodational
adj
Of or relating to accommodation.
accommodationist
accommodationist
noun
Someone who tries to accommodate and compromise with an opposition.
accommodations
accommodations
noun
plural of accommodation
accommodative
accommodative
adj
Supplying with or obliging; accommodating.
accommodatively
accommodatively
adv
In a accommodative manner; accommodatingly.
accommodativeness
accommodativeness
noun
The state or quality of being accommodative.
accordionist
accordionist
noun
Someone who plays the accordion.
accordionists
accordionists
noun
plural of accordionist
accreditation
accreditation
noun
(education) The granting of approval to an institution of higher learning by an official review board after the school has met certain requirements.
The act of accrediting.
The giving of credentials.
accreditations
accreditations
noun
plural of accreditation
accustomized
accustomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustomize
acetamido
acetamido
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from acetamide
acetazolamide
acetazolamide
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that inhibits the enzyme carbonic anhydrase, used in the treatment of glaucoma and epilepsy and as a diuretic (now especially in the prevention of acute mountain sickness).
acetbromamide
acetoacetanilide
acetoacetanilide
noun
(organic chemistry) acetoacetamide derivative of aniline.
acetoamidophenol
acetobromanilide
acetonylidene
acetonylidene
noun
(organic chemistry) The divalent radical CH₃-CO-CH= formally derived from acetone
acetophenetide
acetophenetide
noun
(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of a phenetidine
acetophenetidin
acetophenetidin
noun
phenacetin
acetophenetidine
acetotoluid
acetotoluide
acetotoluide
noun
(organic chemistry) The N-acetyl derivative of a toluidine
acetotoluidine
acetoxyphthalide
acettoluide
acetylfluoride
acetyliodide
acetylperoxide
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
achondrites
achondrites
noun
plural of achondrite
achondritic
achondritic
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to achondrites, a type of stony meteorite.
achondroplastic
achondroplastic
adj
(teratology) Of, related to, or suffering from achondroplasia.
achrodextrin
achrodextrin
noun
(biochemistry, cytology) A form of dextrin that is not colourable by iodine
achrodextrinase
achromatised
achromatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achromatise
achromatized
achromatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achromatize
achroodextrin
achroodextrin
noun
Alternative form of achrodextrin
achroodextrinase
acidification
acidification
noun
The act or process of making something sour (acidifying), or changing into an acid.
acidometer
acidometer
noun
A hydrometer, especially one that is used to measure the strength of an acid.
Any of various other devices used to measure acidity, either chemical or electronic.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
acidoproteolytic
acidoproteolytic
adj
Relating to acidoproteolytes
acidosteophyte
acidosteophyte
noun
(medicine) A sharp or needle-shaped osteophyte.
acidotic
acidotic
adj
(pathology) Having depressed alkalinity of blood or tissue.
acidulation
acidulation
noun
The act of acidulating.
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acleistocardia
acleistocardia
noun
(pathology) The inability of the foramen ovale of the heart to close properly
acroceratidae
acrodermatitis
acrodermatitis
noun
(pathology) dermatitis that affects the hands and feet
acrodontism
acromiodeltoid
acrostichoid
acrostichoid
adj
(botany, of a fern) Whose sori densely cover the underside of the frond like a felt, without visible gaps between them.
acrotretidae
actaeonidae
actinocrinid
actinocrinidae
actinodermatitis
actinodermatitis
noun
actinic dermatitis
actinodielectric
actinodrome
actinodrome
adj
Alternative form of actinodromous
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
actinogonidiate
actinoid
actinoid
adj
Having the form of rays; radiated, as in the species of the family Actiniidae.
noun
(inorganic chemistry) actinide
actinoida
actinoidea
actinoids
actinoids
noun
plural of actinoid
actinomyxidia
actinomyxidiida
actinopod
actinopod
noun
(zoology) Any member of the variously ranked group Actinopoda of protozoa.
actinopoda
actionized
actionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actionize
actoridae
adarticulation
adarticulation
noun
arthrodia
addiction
addiction
noun
(medicine) A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
addictions
addictions
noun
plural of addiction
adduction
adduction
noun
(anatomy) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
adenectomies
adenectomies
noun
plural of adenectomy
adenectopia
adenectopic
adenocarcinomata
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
adenoidectomies
adenoidectomies
noun
plural of adenoidectomy
adenoidectomy
adenoidectomy
noun
(surgery) Surgical removal of the adenoids, or of adenoid growths in the nasopharynx; commonly performed along with tonsillectomy.
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adiagnostic
adiagnostic
adj
(geology) Difficult to identify.
adiaphoretic
adiaphoristic
adiaphoristic
adj
(theology) Theologically indifferent.
adipocerite
adipocyte
adipocyte
noun
(cytology) a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adipopectic
adjection
adjection
noun
Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
adjectional
adjectional
adj
Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed.
adjectitious
adjectitious
adj
(formal) Added; additional.
adjudication
adjudication
noun
(emergency response) The process of identifying the type of material or device that set off an alarm and assessing the potential threat with corresponding implications for the need to take further action.
(law) The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
(law, Scotland) A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.
A judgment or sentence.
The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
adjudications
adjudications
noun
plural of adjudication
adjudicator
adjudicator
noun
One who adjudicates.
adjudicators
adjudicators
noun
plural of adjudicator
adjudicatory
adjudicatory
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication.
adjunction
adjunction
noun
(category theory) Given a pair of categories 𝒞 and 𝒟: an anti-parallel pair of functors F:𝒞→𝒟 and G:𝒟→𝒞 and a natural transformation 𝜂: mbox id_C→GF called “unit” such that for any object A∈𝒞, for any object B∈𝒟, and for any morphism f:A→GB, there is a unique morphism g:FA→B such that Gg∘𝜂_A=f. (Note: there is another natural transformation called “counit” as well but its existence may be derived by theorem.) The pair of functors express a similarity between the pair of categories which is weaker than that of an equivalence of categories.
(law) The joining of personal property owned by one to that owned by another.
The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
adjunctions
adjunctions
noun
plural of adjunction
adminiculation
adminiculation
noun
(law) proof; corroboration
adosculation
adosculation
noun
(biology) impregnation by external contact, without intromission
adrenalcortical
adrenalectomies
adrenalectomies
noun
plural of adrenalectomy
adrenalectomize
adrenalectomize
verb
(transitive) To subject to an adrenalectomy.
adrenalectomized
adrenalectomized
adj
Having been adrenalectomized (subjected to adrenalectomy).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adrenalectomize
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
adrenocortical
adrenocortical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the adrenal cortex.
adrenocorticosteroid
adrenocorticosteroid
noun
(biochemistry) adrenal corticosteroid
adrenocorticotrophic
adrenocorticotrophic
adj
Alternative form of adrenocorticotropic
adrenocorticotrophin
adrenocorticotrophin
noun
(biochemistry) adrenocorticotropic hormone
adrenocorticotropic
adrenocorticotropic
adj
That stimulates the adrenal cortex.
adrenolytic
adrenolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That inhibits the production or function of adrenaline
adrenotropic
adrenotropic
adj
That stimulates the adrenal glands or adrenal cortex
adscititious
adscititious
adj
Derived or acquired from something extrinsic; not part of the real, inherent, or essential nature of a thing.
adscititiously
adscititiously
adv
In an adscititious way.
adscription
adscription
noun
The state of being joined, bound or annexed
adscriptitious
adsignification
adsignification
noun
additional signification
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
advectitious
advectitious
adj
Relating to, or transported by, advection.
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
advocation
advocation
noun
(Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
(Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
(archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.