(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.
advocative
advocative
adj
(law) Related to advocation
advocatory
advocatory
adj
Characteristic of an advocate.
advocatrix
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
advowsance
aedilberct
aedileship
aedileship
noun
(historical) The office of an aedile.
(historical) The period or duration of this office.
aedilitian
aedilities
aedilities
noun
plural of aedility
aedoeology
aefaldness
aegeriidae
aegopodium
aeluroidea
aeolididae
aeolodicon
aeolodicon
noun
(music) An obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone produced from steel springs.
aerodontia
aerodontic
aerodromes
aerodromes
noun
plural of aerodrome
aestivated
aestivated
verb
Alternative spelling of estivated
simple past tense and past participle of aestivate
aethalides
aethalioid
affectedly
affectedly
adv
(obsolete) Lovingly; with tender care.
(obsolete) With intention, intentionally, deliberately.
In an affected manner; hypocritically; with more show than reality.
affidation
affidavits
affidavits
noun
plural of affidavit
affiliated
affiliated
adj
Associated, related, or united; subject to a particular affiliation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affiliate
affordable
affordable
adj
Able to be afforded; inexpensive or reasonably priced.
afforested
afforested
adj
Created by afforestation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforest
affricated
affricated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affricate
affriended
affriended
adj
(obsolete) Made friends; reconciled.
affrighted
affrighted
adj
(archaic) Terrified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affright
aficionada
aficionada
noun
(rare) A devoted female admirer; a female aficionado.
(rare) A lesser aficionado; alternative spelling of aficionado
aficionado
aficionado
noun
(obsolete) An amateur bullfighter.
A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee.
aforenamed
aforenamed
Adjective
Named earlier in a document.
afraidness
afraidness
noun
The state or quality of being afraid.
africander
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
afrikander
afterdated
afterdated
adj
postdated
afterdeath
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
afterdrain
afterdrops
afterglide
aftergrind
afterguard
afterguard
noun
(historical, nautical) The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of a ship, to attend the after-sails.
(sailing) The members of a yacht's crew who attend to the aft sails
A drudge; somebody tasked with menial work.
afterrider
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
afterstudy
afterwards
afterwards
adv
(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.
afterworld
afterworld
noun
A supposed world that is entered after death; the realm of the afterlife.
againstand
againstand
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To stand against; to withstand; to oppose.
agalenidae
agapetidae
agednesses
agendaless
agendaless
adj
Without an agenda.
aggrandise
aggrandise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize.
aggrandize
aggrandize
verb
(intransitive, rare) To increase or become great.
(transitive) To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
(transitive) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).
(transitive) To make great; to enlarge; to increase.
aggravated
aggravated
adj
(criminology) Of or characterized by factors that increase the heinousness or offensiveness of the criminal offense.
Having become more severe, dangerous or worse than usual before.
Having been the subject of aggravation; frustrated and angry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggravate
aggregated
aggregated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggregate
agillawood
agitatedly
agitatedly
adv
In an agitated manner.
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agostadero
agrionidae
aguilawood
aguinaldos
aguinaldos
noun
plural of aguinaldo
ahmadnagar
ahmednagar
ailuroidea
ailuropoda
airbrained
airbrushed
airbrushed
adj
(by extension) Having had imperfections and blemishes removed through digital manipulation.
Having been manipulated with an airbrush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airbrush
airdropped
airdropped
adj
dropped from an aircraft
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airdrop
airproofed
airproofed
adj
That has been made airtight
aistopodes
akhundzada
alabandine
alabandite
alabandite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of manganese sulfide, MnS, sometimes found in meteorites
aladdinize
alamogordo
albaspidin
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
albuminoid
albuminoid
adj
like albumen
of albumin
noun
A simple protein of a subclass mainly derived from animal connective or supportive tissue
alchemised
alchemised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alchemise
alchemized
alchemized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alchemize
alcibiades
alcoholdom
aldehydase
aldehydine
aldehydrol
aldenville
alderflies
alderflies
noun
plural of alderfly
aldermancy
aldermancy
noun
The office or position of an alderman.
aldermanic
aldermanic
adj
(Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
(Of size) plump, rotund, fleshy.
Of or pertaining to an alderman.
aldermanly
aldermanly
adj
Relating to, or like, an alderman.
adv
In the manner of an alderman.
aldermanry
aldermanry
noun
(countable) the district in which an alderman serves
(uncountable) the rank or status of an alderman
alderwoman
alderwoman
noun
(rare) A female alderman.
alderwomen
alderwomen
noun
plural of alderwoman
aldohexose
aldohexose
noun
(biochemistry) Any hexose containing an aldehyde group.
aldoketene
aldolizing
aldononose
aldrovanda
aleixandre
alessandra
alessandri
alessandro
alexanders
alexanders
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) Various plants of genus Zizia or Angelica thought to resemble European alexanders.
Any of various umbellifers, often specifically Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip.
plural of alexander
alexandria
alexandria
Proper noun
A city and port in Egypt.
A census-designated place in Alabama, USA
A city in Monroe Township, Indiana, USA
A city in Kentucky, USA
A city and the parish seat of Louisiana, USA
A city in Minnesota, USA
A city in Missouri, USA
A village in Nebraska, USA
A town in New Hampshire, USA
A town in New York, USA
A village in Ohio, USA
An unincorporated community in Ohio, USA
A borough in Pennsylvania, USA
A town in Tennessee, USA
An independent city in Virginia, USA
A city in South Dakota, USA
A former town in United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry
A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada
A town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
A town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
alfridaric
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
algidities
algidities
noun
plural of algidity
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
aliethmoid
alisanders
alisanders
noun
Alternative form of alexanders (plant)
alkalamide
alkalamide
noun
(chemistry) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.
alkalified
alkalified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alkalify
alkaloidal
alkaloidal
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to alkaloids.
alkylidene
alkylidene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of divalent functional groups derived from an alkane by removal of two hydrogen atoms from the same carbon atom, the free valencies being part of a double bond - R₂C=
allargando
allargando
adv
(music) Decreasing in tempo; getting slower.
allemandes
allemandes
noun
plural of allemande
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allemande
allentando
alleviated
alleviated
adj
Made more bearable.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alleviate
allodially
allodially
adv
By allodial tenure.
alloploidy
alloploidy
noun
Synonym of allopolyploidy
allowanced
allowanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allowance
almandines
almandines
noun
plural of almandine
almochoden
almondlike
almondlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a almond.
almoravide
alodialism
alodialism
noun
Alternative form of allodialism
alodialist
alodialist
noun
Alternative form of allodialist
alodiality
alodiality
noun
Alternative form of allodiality
alodiaries
alphabeted
alphabeted
adj
(chiefly in combination) Written using a specified alphabet
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alphabet
altercated
altercated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of altercate
alternated
alternated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alternate
aluconidae
aluminised
aluminised
adj
Having the property of being coated with aluminium
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aluminise
aluminized
aluminized
adj
US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aluminize
alveolated
alveolated
adj
Alternative form of alveolate
alviducous
amantadine
amantadine
noun
(pharmacology) A drug used especially as the hydrochloride C₁₀H₁₇N·HCl to prevent infection (as by an influenzavirus) by interfering with virus penetration into host cells.
amazedness
amazedness
noun
The state or quality of being amazed.
ambassador
ambassador
noun
A corporate representative, often the public face of the company.
A minister of the highest rank sent to a foreign court to represent there his sovereign or country. (Sometimes called ambassador-in-residence)
An official messenger and representative.
ambidexter
ambidexter
adj
Ambidextrous.
noun
(archaic) A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant.
(by extension) Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook.