(rare) Belonging to the school of Plato; believing in Plato's philosophy; sceptical .
Pertaining to a university or other form of higher education.
noun
(plural only) Academic dress, consisting of a cap and gown.
acclimated
acclimated
adj
accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment
verb
(chiefly US) simple past tense and past participle of acclimate
adactylism
adactylism
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of adactyly.
adamellite
adamellite
noun
(mineralogy) monzonite
adamically
adamitical
adamsville
adlumidine
adminicula
admiringly
admiringly
adv
In an admiring manner.
admissable
admissable
adj
Alternative spelling of admissible
admissible
admissible
adj
(artificial intelligence) Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.
Capable or deserving to be admitted, accepted or allowed; allowable, permissible, acceptable.
admissibly
admissibly
adv
in a manner that is admissible; acceptably
admittable
admittable
adj
Able to be admitted.
admittedly
admittedly
adv
As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly.
admittible
admittible
adj
Archaic spelling of admittable.
adramelech
adterminal
adullamite
adullamite
Noun
An inhabitant of Adullam. Near this town there was a cave where David and his allies sought refuge from Saul.
A member of the anti-reform faction of the British Liberal Party in the 19th century.
alamogordo
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
alcoholdom
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
aliethmoid
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(chemistry) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.
allemandes
allemandes
noun
plural of allemande
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allemande
almandines
almandines
noun
plural of almandine
almochoden
almondlike
almondlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a almond.
almoravide
alodialism
alodialism
noun
Alternative form of allodialism
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
ambulanced
ambulanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulance
amebicidal
amebicidal
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of amoebicidal
amidoplast
amphiploid
amphiploid
adj
(genetics) Having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.
noun
(genetics) Any organism having at least one diploid set of chromosomes from each parent species.
amphipodal
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
ampullated
ampullated
adj
ampullate
amygdalase
amygdalase
noun
(biochemistry) Either of two enzymes: beta-glucosidase and amygdalin beta-glucosidase.
amygdalate
amygdalate
adj
Of or pertaining to almonds.
noun
(obsolete, uncountable) almond milk
(organic chemistry, countable) Any salt or ester of amygdalic acid.
amygdaline
amygdaline
adj
Resembling or characteristic of almonds.
noun
Alternative form of amygdalin
amygdaloid
amygdaloid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the amygdala
Shaped like an almond
noun
A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, especially agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
amyraldism
amyraldism
Noun
A form of Protestant belief also known as four-point Calvinism.
amyraldist
ancramdale
animalhood
animalhood
noun
The state or period of being an animal.
animalised
animalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of animalise
animalized
animalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of animalize
animatedly
animatedly
adv
In an animated manner; with animation.
anolympiad
anomaliped
anomalipod
antemedial
antemedial
adj
(entomology) Situated before (i.e. closer to the head than) the middle of the thorax or wing.
antidromal
antidromal
adj
(botany) antidromous
(neurology) antidromic
apodematal
arcimboldi
arillodium
armadillos
armadillos
noun
plural of armadillo
armillated
aulostomid
aulostomid
noun
(zoology) Any of the family Aulostomidae of trumpetfishes.
avondbloem
avondbloem
noun
Alternative form of aandblom
baldmoneys
balsamweed
balsamweed
noun
The plant Impatiens balsamina.
bamboozled
bamboozled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bamboozle
bandlimits
bandlimits
noun
plural of bandlimit
barmecidal
barmecidal
adj
unreal; illusory
bdellatomy
bdellatomy
noun
(archaic) The snipping off the tail of a leech engaged in sucking human blood, in order to let the blood run out of it and so increase its powers of drawing blood.
beclamored
beclamored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclamor
bedlamised
bedlamized
befamilied
befamilied
adj
(rare) Having a family.
belamcanda
beldamship
bemedalled
bemedalled
adj
Alternative spelling of bemedaled
bimodality
bimodality
noun
(statistics) A bimodal condition
biomedical
biomedical
adj
Of or pertaining to biomedicine.
noun
A product of the biomedicine industry.
bladesmith
bladesmith
noun
A maker of knives and swords.
blasphemed
blasphemed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blaspheme
blastoderm
blastoderm
noun
(embryology) The germination point in an ovum from which the embryo develops.
bloomsdale
bobadilism
bohmerwald
bottomland
bottomland
noun
(chiefly US) Flat land along a river, lying a few feet above normal high water, often consisting of alluvial deposits and naturally fertile.
broadlooms
broadlooms
noun
plural of broadloom
calamander
calamander
noun
A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a kind of ebony obtained from species of Diospyros, especially Diospyros quaesita.
calamaroid
calamitoid
calamondin
calamondin
noun
A small decorative evergreen citrus tree, of the hybrid Citrus × microcarpa (syn. ×Citrofortunella mitis), sometimes cultivated for its fruit.
calcimined
calcimined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calcimine
calodaemon
cameloidea
camelopard
camelopard
noun
(archaic) A giraffe.
campholide
candlebeam
candlebeam
noun
(architecture, UK, regional, archaic) A rood beam.
candlebomb
candlebomb
noun
A pasteboard shell used in signaling, filled with a substance which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.
A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.
capitaldom
capitaldom
noun
The condition of being a capital city.
caramboled
caramboled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carambole
caudillism
caudillism
noun
Alternative form of caudilloism
childermas
childermas
Proper noun
A day to commemorate the killing of the Holy Innocents. Variously held on 28th December in the Western Church and 29th December in the Eastern Church. In Spanish-speaking countries this is often a prank-filled day like April Fools' Day.
chlamydate
chlamydate
adj
(zoology, of some molluscs) Having a mantle or fringe
chloramide
chloramide
noun
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The compound NHCl₂; part of the chloramine class.
(organic chemistry, countable) Any amide in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms attached to the nitrogen atom is replaced with chlorine
chromidial
chromidial
adj
Relating to chromidia
clammyweed
clammyweed
noun
Any of several North American plants of the genus Polanisia
coldstream
collimated
collimated
adj
(physics, of a light beam) Composed of rays that are parallel, thus having a wavefront that is planar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of collimate
columbidae
columnated
columnated
adj
(architecture) Having columns; columnar
colymbidae
complained
complained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of complain
compleated
compleated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compleat
condylomas
condylomas
noun
plural of condyloma
coromandel
coromandel
noun
Synonym of calamander
cradlemate
cradlemate
noun
(figurative) Something created along with something else, at the same time.
An infant raised in the same cradle as another.
cradletime
creedalism
culminated
culminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of culminate
cumberland
cumberland
Proper noun
A maritime former border county of England, since 1974 absorbed into Cumbria.
A city in Maryland, USA
A CDP in Virginia, USA
A river in the eastern United States, tributary to the Ohio.
A town on British Columbia, Canada.
cylindroma
cylindroma
noun
A tumor with nests of cells that resemble a cylinder in cross section.
daemonelix
daleswoman
daleswoman
noun
A female dalesman.
dalmanites
dalmatians
dalmatians
noun
plural of dalmatian
damageable
damageable
adj
(obsolete) Hurtful; pernicious.
Capable of being injured or weakened, susceptible to damage.
damageably
damagingly
damagingly
adv
In a damaging manner
damaraland
damaraland
Proper noun
The north-central part of what later became Namibia, inhabited by the Damaras, bounded roughly by Ovamboland in the north, the Namib Desert in the west, the Kalahari Desert in the east, and Windhoek in the south.
A bantustan in South-West Africa (present-day Namibia), intended by the apartheid government of the 1970s as a self-governing homeland for the Damara people.
dambonitol
dambonitol
noun
(organic chemistry) A di-O-methylinositol obtained from Dyera species.
damfoolish
damoiselle
damselfish
damselfish
noun
Any of a number of fish in the Pomacentridae family.
damselhood
damselhood
noun
The condition or status of a damsel.
danglement
dazzlement
dazzlement
noun
(sometimes figuratively) The condition of being dazzled.
A burst or flash of light; a cause of dazzling.
deambulate
deambulate
verb
(medicine) To walk independently, especially in contrast to a state where one is physically unable to walk.
(rare) To go out walking; to stroll.
decanormal
decanormal
adj
(chemistry) Having a concentration ten times that of a normal solution
decempedal
decempedal
adj
(obsolete) Ten feet in length or height.
Having ten feet; decapodal.
decemviral
decemviral
adj
Pertaining to the decemvirs of ancient Rome.
decimalise
decimalise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decimalize.
decimalism
decimalism
noun
(dated) The decimal system.
decimalist
decimalist
noun
A person who supports the use of the decimal system for weights, money, etc.
decimalize
decimalize
verb
(transitive, intransitive): To convert to the decimal system.
decinormal
decinormal
adj
(chemistry) Having a concentration one tenth that of a normal solution