(transitive, rare) To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes
abaciscus
abaciscus
noun
(archaic) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
abactinal
abactinal
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal.
abaisance
abaisance
noun
Obsolete form of obeisance.
abalation
abattised
abattised
adj
Alternative spelling of abatised
abattises
abattises
noun
plural of abattis
abattoirs
abattoirs
noun
plural of abattoir
abbasside
abbatical
abbatical
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of abbatial
abbeville
abbeville
Proper noun
A town in Picardy, France, on the Somme.
A city in Alabama, USA
A city in Georgia, USA
A city in Louisiana
A town in Mississippi.
A city in South Carolina, USA
abbotcies
abbotcies
noun
plural of abbotcy
abbotship
abbotship
noun
The state, term, or office of an abbot; abbacy.
abbyville
abdicable
abdicable
adj
Capable of being abdicated.
abdicated
abdicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abdicate
abdicates
abdicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abdicate
abdicator
abdicator
noun
(obsolete) A person supporting the abdication of another.
abdominal
abdominal
adj
(ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins.
(ichthyology) Ventral, in describing a fin.
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.
Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
noun
(colloquial, usually plural only) An abdominal muscle.
(zoology, obsolete) A fish of the order Abdominales.
abducting
abducting
verb
present participle of abduct
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.
abelonian
abelonian
Noun
An Abelian.
abenteric
abenteric
adj
(pathology) Relating to organs outside of the intestine.
abhenries
abhenries
noun
plural of abhenry
abhorring
abhorring
noun
A detested thing.
Detestation.
verb
present participle of abhor
abidances
abidances
noun
plural of abidance
abidingly
abidingly
adv
In an abiding manner; permanently.
abietinic
abietinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to abietin.
abiliment
abiliment
noun
Obsolete form of habiliment.
abilities
abilities
noun
plural of ability
abimelech
abimelech
Proper noun
Any of several Philistine kings.
abiotical
abjection
abjection
noun
(biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
(obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
abjective
abjective
adj
Tending to make abject.
abjudging
abjudging
verb
present participle of abjudge
abkhasian
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.
ablations
ablations
noun
plural of ablation
ablatival
ablatival
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the ablative case.
ablatives
ablatives
noun
plural of ablative
ablutions
ablutions
noun
A building that houses bathing and toilet facilities on a military base.
plural of ablution
abnormity
abnormity
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abnormality
A monstrosity
aboideaus
aboideaus
noun
plural of aboideau
aboideaux
aboiteaus
aboiteaus
noun
plural of aboiteau
aboiteaux
abolished
abolished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abolish
abolisher
abolisher
noun
Agent noun of abolish; one who abolishes.
abolishes
abolishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abolish
abolition
abolition
noun
(historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation.
(historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.
(obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory.
The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation.
The state of being abolished.
abomasusi
abominate
abominate
adj
(rare) Abominable; detested.
verb
(transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
(transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly.
aborigine
aborigine
noun
(in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area.
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
abortient
abortient
adj
(archaic, medicine) Reproductively sterile or miscarrying.
noun
(archaic, medicine) Abortifacient; an agent producing abortion.
abortions
abortions
noun
plural of abortion
aboudikro
abounding
abounding
adj
Ample, plenty, abundant.
noun
An abundance.
verb
present participle of abound
abovesaid
abovesaid
adj
Mentioned or recited before.
abrachias
abrachias
noun
plural of abrachia
abrahamic
abrahamic
Adjective
Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch.
Descended from the religious tradition of Abraham.
abrasions
abrasions
noun
plural of abrasion
abrasives
abrasives
noun
plural of abrasive
abrazitic
abreption
abreption
noun
(obsolete) A snatching away.
abreuvoir
abreuvoir
noun
(obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).
abridgers
abridgers
noun
plural of abridger
abridging
abridging
verb
present participle of abridge
abruption
abruption
noun
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
abscising
abscising
verb
present participle of abscise
abscisins
abscisins
noun
plural of abscisin
abscision
abscision
noun
A cutting away.
abscissae
abscissas
abscissas
noun
plural of abscissa
abscissin
abscissin
noun
(biochemistry, dated) A plant hormone controlling the dropping off or abscission of certain plant parts, notably the leaves of trees in autumn or cotton bolls.
abseiling
abseiling
noun
The process or act of abseiling.
verb
present participle of abseil
absenting
absenting
verb
present participle of absent
absinthes
absinthes
noun
plural of absinthe
absinthic
absinthic
adj
(chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
absinthin
absinthin
noun
(organic chemistry) The principal compound found in wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter taste: C₁₅H₂₀O₄
absinthol
absinthol
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoterpene ketone that is a major constituent of the essential oil of wormwood, C₁₀H₁₆O; thujone.
absolving
absolving
verb
present participle of absolve
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
abstained
abstained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstain
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.
abstinent
abstinent
adj
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite.
noun
(usually capitalized, religion, historical) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence from meat and sex.
One who abstains; a faster.
abstricts
abstricts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstrict
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.
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.
abthainry
abuilding
abuilding
adj
(archaic, excluding US) Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
(archaic, excluding US) Developing or arising, as a trend or an idea.
aburagiri
aburagiri
noun
A large Asian tree, Aleurites moluccana, that produces candlenuts.
abusively
abusively
adv
In an abusive manner; rudely; with abusive language.
abutilons
abutilons
noun
plural of abutilon
abyssinia
abyssinia
Proper noun
Ethiopia.
Adjective
Ethiopian; Abyssinian. 1976
accubitum
accubitum
noun
A bench or sofa for reclining at a table.
A dining hall or refectory.
A round dining table.
accubitus
acockbill
acockbill
adv
(nautical) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
(nautical) Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.
acrobatic
acrobatic
adj
Of or pertaining to an acrobat.
vigorously active
activable
activable
adj
Capable of being activated
adducible
adducible
adj
Capable of being adduced.
adhibited
adhibited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adhibit
adiabatic
adiabatic
adj
(physics, quantum mechanics, of a process) That involves the slow change of the Hamiltonian of a system from its initial value to a final value.
(physics, thermodynamics, of a process) That occurs without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).
noun
An adiabatic curve or graph
admirable
admirable
adj
Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration.
admirably
admirably
adv
In a way worthy of admiration.
To an admirable degree.
adsorbing
adsorbing
verb
present participle of adsorb
adverbial
adverbial
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to an adverb.
noun
(grammar) An adverbial word or phrase.
advisable
advisable
adj
(of a course of action) Worthy of being recommended; desirable.
(of a person) Capable of being advised or willing to be advised.
advisably
advisably
adv
Wisely, in an advisable manner.
aerobatic
aerobatic
adj
Having to do with acrobatic maneuvers, such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.
aerobiont
aerobiont
noun
(biology) Any organism that needs air (oxygen) to survive
aerobious
aerobious
adj
(obsolete) aerobic
affixable
affixable
adj
Capable of being affixed.
agamobium
aghlabite
aglobulia
airbursts
airbursts
noun
plural of airburst
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airburst
airbusses
airmobile
airmobile
adj
Capable of being moved by air.
airphobia
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
alabamian
alabamian
Adjective
Pertaining to the American state Alabama, or its natives and residents.
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Alabama in the United States of America.
alabamide
alabamine
alabamine
noun
(obsolete) Former name for the chemical element astatine.
alabastoi
alambique
albamycin
albamycin
Noun
novobiocin
albanians
albardine
albarelli
albarelli
noun
plural of albarello
albertina
albertine
albertist
albertite
albertite
noun
(mineralogy) A bituminous mineral resembling asphalt.
albespine
albespine
noun
whitethorn; hawthorn
albicores
albicores
noun
plural of albicore
albifying
albifying
verb
present participle of albify
albinisms
albinisms
noun
plural of albinism
albinoism
albinoism
noun
congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino
albinotic
albinotic
adj
Affected with albinism.
albinuria
albinuria
noun
Synonym of albiduria
albitical
albizzias
albizzias
noun
plural of albizzia
albricias
albricias
noun
(historical) A sum of money paid as a reward to the bearer of good news.
albuginea
albuginea
noun
(anatomy) A layer of white, fibrous tissue.
albugines
algebraic
algebraic
adj
(algebra, number theory, of a number) Which is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(algebra, of a field) Whose every element is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(chess, of notation) Describing squares by file (referred to in intrinsic order rather than by the piece starting on that file) and rank, both with reference to a fixed point rather than a player-dependent perspective.
(mathematics, of an expression, equation, or function) Containing only numbers, letters, and arithmetic operators.
Of, or relating to, algebra.
alibility
alibility
noun
The quality of being alible; nourishingness.
alienable
alienable
adj
Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another
allobaric
allobaric
adj
Concerning changes in atmospheric pressure.
amability
amability
noun
(obsolete) lovableness
ambagious
ambagious
adj
Indefinite.
Roundabout; vague.
amberfish
amberfish
noun
An amberjack.
ambergris
ambergris
noun
A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.