A form of articulation that allows considerable change in position and spatial relationship between the articulated parts, and which bones move freely upon one another; diarthrosis.
abastardize
abastardize
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To stigmatize as a bastard; debase.
abattoirs
abattoirs
noun
plural of abattoir
abbreviates
abbreviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abbreviate
abbreviations
abbreviations
noun
plural of abbreviation
abbreviators
abbreviators
noun
plural of abbreviator
abdominohysterectomy
abdominohysterectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominohysterotomy
abdominohysterotomy
noun
(surgery) An incision of the uterus, done through a surgical hole in the abdomen.
abdominoposterior
abecedarians
abecedarians
noun
plural of abecedarian
abecedaries
abecedaries
noun
plural of abecedary
abecedarius
abecedarius
noun
An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
aberdeenshire
aberdeenshire
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the county of Aberdeen in Scotland; of a style that is widespread in Aberdeen.
Proper noun
a local government council area in north-east Scotland, created in 1996 on the abolition of Region. The city of Aberdeen is separate and has its own council.
a historic county in Scotland which was absorbed into Region in 1975.
aberrancies
aberrancies
noun
plural of aberrancy
aberrations
aberrations
noun
plural of aberration
abhenries
abhenries
noun
plural of abhenry
abiders
abiders
noun
plural of abider
abjurations
abjurations
noun
plural of abjuration
abnormalcies
abnormalcies
noun
plural of abnormalcy
abnormalise
abnormalise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abnormalize.
abnormalised
abnormalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abnormalise
abnormalising
abnormalising
verb
present participle of abnormalise
abnormalism
abnormalist
abnormalist
noun
(Christianity, theology) One who believes that the cosmos is in an abnormal state that can only be set right by divine influence.
abnormalities
abnormalities
noun
plural of abnormality
abnormities
abnormities
noun
plural of abnormity
abolisher
abolisher
noun
Agent noun of abolish; one who abolishes.
abolishers
abolishers
noun
plural of abolisher
abominators
abominators
noun
plural of abominator
aboriginals
aboriginals
noun
plural of aboriginal
aborigines
aborigines
noun
(history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
Indigenous flora and fauna.
The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
plural of aborigine
aborsive
aborsive
adj
(obsolete) abortive from the first.
abortionist
abortionist
noun
(chiefly derogatory) A person who advocates for or supports the legality of abortion.
(now sometimes offensive) A person who performs abortions, especially illegally or secretly.
abortionists
abortionists
noun
plural of abortionist
abortions
abortions
noun
plural of abortion
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
abovestairs
abovestairs
noun
Alternative form of above stairs.
abrachias
abrachias
noun
plural of abrachia
abramis
abranchialism
abranchialism
noun
The condition of being without gills.
abranchious
abranchious
adj
Having no gills
abrasing
abrasing
verb
present participle of abrase
abrasiometer
abrasiometer
noun
A device which measures the resistance of surfaces to abrasion.
abrasion
abrasion
noun
(dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
(geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
(obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
abrasions
abrasions
noun
plural of abrasion
abrasive
abrasive
adj
Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.
Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
noun
(geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
abrasively
abrasively
adv
Hardly; roughly; in a rough manner.
In an abrasive manner; in a rude and unkind manner; acting in a way that may hurt other people's feelings.
abrasiveness
abrasiveness
noun
The property, quality or instance of being abrasive.
abrasivenesses
abrasivenesses
noun
plural of abrasiveness
abrasives
abrasives
noun
plural of abrasive
abreactions
abreactions
noun
plural of abreaction
abridgements
abridgements
noun
plural of abridgement
abridgers
abridgers
noun
plural of abridger
abridges
abridges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
abris
abris
noun
plural of abri
abristle
abristle
adj
Bristling.
abrogations
abrogations
noun
plural of abrogation
abrosia
abrosia
noun
Abstinence from food.
Abstinence.
Wasting away as a result of abstinence from food.
abrosias
abruptiones
absarokite
absarokite
noun
(mineralogy) A basaltic-trachyandesite rock containing phenocrysts of olivine and augite
abshier
absolvitor
absolvitor
noun
(Scotland, law) A decision or decree made by a court in favour of the defendant in a given action; dismissal.
absolvitory
absolvitory
adj
Of or pertaining to a dismissal or an acquittal.
absorbability
absorbability
noun
The state or quality of being absorbable.
absorbancies
absorbancies
noun
plural of absorbancy
absorbefacient
absorbefacient
adj
(medicine) Inducing or increasing absorption (of a drug).
noun
(medicine) Any such medicine that induces absorption.
absorbencies
absorbencies
noun
plural of absorbency
absorbing
absorbing
adj
(statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.
verb
present participle of absorb
absorbingly
absorbingly
adv
In an absorbing manner.
absorbition
absorbition
noun
(obsolete) absorption
absorbtion
absorbtion
noun
Misspelling of absorption.
absorptiometer
absorptiometer
noun
A instrument that computes the absorption rate by measuring the pressure of the gas; a colorimeter for liquids.
An instrument used to measure the amount of radiation or light absorbed.
absorptiometric
absorptiometric
adj
Of or pertaining to the measurement of absorption.
absorption
absorption
noun
(chemistry, physics) the imbibing or reception by molecular or chemical action, of radiant energy; the process of being neutrons being absorbed by the nucleus; interception.
(electrical engineering) The retaining of electrical energy for a short time after it has been introduced to the dielectric.
(meteorology) The process in which incident radiant energy is retained by a substance (such as an air mass) by conversion to some other form of energy (such as heat).
(obsolete) engulfing; swallowing up, as of bodies or land.
(physiology) in living organisms, the process by which the materials of growth and nutrition are absorbed and conveyed to the tissues and organs; taking in by various means, such as by osmosis.
Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind.
Mental assimilation.
assimilation; incorporation.
absorptional
absorptional
adj
Relating to absorption.
absorptions
absorptions
noun
plural of absorption
absorptive
absorptive
adj
Having power, capacity, or tendency to absorb or imbibe; absorbent.
noun
Any substance that absorbs.
absorptively
absorptively
adv
In an absorptive way.
absorptiveness
absorptiveness
noun
The quality of being absorptive; absorptive power.
absorptivity
absorptivity
noun
(analytical chemistry) The constant a in the Beer's law relation A = abc, where A is the absorbance, b the path length, and c the concentration of solution. Also known as absorptive power. Formerly known as absorbency index; absorption constant; extinction coefficient.
(thermodynamics) The fraction of radiation absorbed by a surface to the total radiation incident on the surface.
The quality of being absorptive; absorptiveness.
abstainer
abstainer
noun
Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
abstainers
abstainers
noun
plural of abstainer
absterging
absterging
verb
present participle of absterge
abstersion
abstersion
noun
(archaic) Act of wiping clean; a cleansing; a purging.
(art) An abstract creation, or piece of art; qualities of artwork that are free from representational aspects.
(chemistry) A separation of volatile parts by the act of distillation.
(computing) Any generalization technique that ignores or hides details to capture some kind of commonality between different instances for the purpose of controlling the intellectual complexity of engineered systems, particularly software systems.
(computing) Any intellectual construct produced through the technique of abstraction.
(engineering) Removal of water from a river, lake, or aquifer.
(euphemistic) The taking surreptitiously for one's own use part of the property of another; purloining.
(geology) The merging of two river valleys by the larger of the two deepening and widening so much so, as to assimilate the smaller.
A member of an idealized subgroup when contemplated according to the abstracted quality which defines the subgroup.
A separation from worldly objects; a recluse life; the withdrawal from one's senses.
Absence or absorption of mind; inattention to present objects; preoccupation.
Abstraction is necessary for the classification of things into genera and species.
An idea of an idealistic, unrealistic or visionary nature.
An idea or notion of an abstract or theoretical nature.
Any characteristic of an individual object when that characteristic has been separated from the object and is contemplated alone as a quality having independent existence.
The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
The act of comparing commonality between distinct objects and organizing using those similarities; the act of generalizing characteristics; the product of said generalization.
The act of focusing on one characteristic of an object rather than the object as a whole group of characteristics; the act of separating said qualities from the object or ideas.
The result of mentally abstracting an idea; the product of any mental process involving a synthesis of: separation, despecification, generalization, and ideation in any of a number of combinations.
abstractional
abstractional
adj
Pertaining to abstraction.
abstractionism
abstractionism
noun
The creation, principles, or ideals of abstractions, in particular art.
The presentation of ideas in an abstract manner.
abstractionist
abstractionist
adj
Related or tending to abstractionism, particularly art.
noun
(art) Someone who supports or creates abstract art.
An idealist.
abstractionists
abstractionists
noun
plural of abstractionist
abstractions
abstractions
noun
plural of abstraction
abstractitious
abstractitious
adj
(obsolete) Obtained from plants by distillation.
abstractive
abstractive
adj
Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.
Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
abstractively
abstractively
adv
(now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract.
abstractiveness
abstractiveness
noun
The property of being abstractive.
abstrict
abstrict
verb
(transitive, biology, mycology) To cut off, as in abstriction; abjoint
abstricted
abstricted
adj
Separated by abstriction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstrict
abstricting
abstricting
verb
present participle of abstrict
abstriction
abstriction
noun
(biology, mycology) A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction.
abstricts
abstricts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstrict
abstrusion
abstrusion
noun
(rare) The act of thrusting away.
abstrusities
abstrusities
noun
plural of abstrusity
abstrusity
abstrusity
noun
(archaic) Abstruseness; that which is abstruse.
absurdism
absurdism
noun
(countable) Absurdity, something that is absurd
(uncountable, philosophy) A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail.
absurdist
absurdist
adj
Of, or relating to absurdism.
noun
An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.
absurdities
absurdities
noun
plural of absurdity
absurdity
absurdity
noun
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
acerbities
acerbities
noun
plural of acerbity
acerbityacerose
acetabuliferous
acetabuliferous
adj
Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
achillobursitis
achillobursitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
acrobacies
acrobatics
acrobatics
noun
A spectacular display of agility.
The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats.
acrobatism
acrobatism
noun
(dated) The feats of an acrobat; daring gymnastic feats.
acrobystitis
acrophobias
acrophobias
noun
plural of acrophobia
addressability
addressability
noun
(computer graphics) The capability of a display surface or storage device to accommodate a specified number of uniquely identifiable points.
(computing) The capability of a microprocessor etc. to deal with values of a certain size using a single instruction.
(micrographics) The capability of a specified field frame to contain a specific number of uniquely identifiable points.
adenofibrosis
adenofibrosis
noun
(pathology) a benign nodular microscopic lesion of the prostate consisting of acinar tissue with increased stroma
(pathology) a nodular, benign breast lesion consisting of hyperplastic distorted lobules of acinar tissue with increased collagenous stroma
administrable
administrable
adj
Able to be administered
admirableness
admirableness
noun
The state or quality of being admirable.
adsorbability
adsorbability
noun
A measure of the degree to which a material is capable of adsorption.
adsorbing
adsorbing
verb
present participle of adsorb
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
advertisable
advertisable
adj
Suitable for being advertised.
aerobacteriologist
aeroballistic
aeroballistic
adj
Relating to aeroballistics.
aeroballistics
aeroballistics
noun
The part of ballistics that deals with the interaction of high-speed projectiles with the atmosphere
aerobatics
aerobatics
noun
Spectacular stunts, performed in an airplane or glider. Examples include various types of rolls and loops.
aerobicizes
aerobicizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aerobicize
aerobics
aerobics
noun
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.
aerobiologist
aerobiologist
noun
A biologist specializing in aerobiology.
aerobioscope
aerobioscope
noun
An instrument that collects the bacterial content of air
aerobiosis
aerobiosis
noun
(biology) Any form of life that is sustained by the presence of air (or oxygen)
aerobious
aerobious
adj
(obsolete) aerobic
aeroembolism
aeroembolism
noun
An embolism that results from the introduction, (or the formation under reduced pressure) of air bubbles in the blood.
afterbirths
afterbirths
noun
plural of afterbirth
afterbodies
afterbodies
noun
plural of afterbody
agoraphobias
agoraphobias
noun
plural of agoraphobia
agoraphobics
agoraphobics
noun
plural of agoraphobic
agribusiness
agribusiness
noun
(countable) A business or group of businesses engaged in agriculture, particularly if using modern farming techniques in the process.
(uncountable) Business (especially big business) connected to agriculture, either owning or operating large-scale farms, or catering to those who do.
agribusinesses
agribusinesses
noun
plural of agribusiness
agrobiologist
agrobiologist
noun
One who studies bacteria and other organisms in soil for the purpose of growing crops or feeding animals.
One who studies the nutrition or breeding of animals or crops.
ailurophobes
ailurophobes
noun
plural of ailurophobe
airbags
airbags
noun
plural of airbag
airbills
airbills
noun
plural of airbill
airboats
airboats
noun
plural of airboat
airbrasive
airbrasive
noun
(dentistry) A device that delivers a jet of sodium bicarbonate slurry at teeth in order to remove stains.
airbrush
airbrush
noun
A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.
verb
To paint using an airbrush.
To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead.
airbrushed
airbrushed
adj
(by extension) Having had imperfections and blemishes removed through digital manipulation.