simple past tense and past participle of abominate
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
acanthodea
acanthodei
acanthodes
accidental
accidental
adj
(geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
(music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
(philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
noun
(music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
(painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
accidented
accidented
adj
(possessional) Having had an accident
That has an uneven or undulating surface
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
acetamidin
acetanilid
acetanilid
noun
Alternative form of acetanilide
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
acotyledon
acotyledon
noun
(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
acquainted
acquainted
adj
Personally known; familiar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquaint
actinoidea
actionized
actionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actionize
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
adamantean
adamantean
adj
Of adamant; hard as adamant.
adamantine
adamantine
adj
Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated.
additament
additament
noun
(archaic) An addition; something added.
additiment
adelantado
adelantado
noun
(historical) A governor of a province; a commander, in Spain and other Spanish-speaking countries.
adendritic
adendritic
adj
(biology) (of a neuron) Not having dendrites.
(biology) (of other cells) Not having cytoplasmic processes.
Not having a branching structure, not tree-like.
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adenitises
adenitises
noun
plural of adenitis
adenoblast
adenoblast
noun
(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adenopathy
adenopathy
noun
(pathology) Swelling or enlargement of the glands (especially the lymph nodes); any glandular disease.
adenostoma
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adequation
adequation
noun
(linguistics) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context
(obsolete) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
equivalence
adherently
adherently
adv
In an adherent manner.
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adjacently
adjacently
adv
In such a way as to be adjacent.
adjudgment
adjudgment
noun
The action of imposing judgment.
adjunctive
adjunctive
adj
(logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a
additional; neither basic nor primary
forming an adjunct
noun
(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
(manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."
adjustment
adjustment
noun
The action of adjusting something
The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim
The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
The settling or balancing of a financial account
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
administer
administer
verb
(intransitive) To minister (to).
(law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
(medicine) To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.
(transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
(transitive) To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
To give, as an oath.
admittance
admittance
noun
(Britain, law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
(physics) The reciprocal of impedance
Actual entrance, reception.
Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
The act of admitting.
admonitive
admonitive
adj
Of or conveying admonition
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adornments
adornments
noun
plural of adornment
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adscendent
adsorbents
adsorbents
noun
plural of adsorbent
adterminal
adulterant
adulterant
noun
That which adulterates, or reduces the purity of something.
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
advantaged
advantaged
adj
(of a person) Financially secure; elite and economically successful.
Having been given an advantage, such as by biased referees in a competition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advantage
advantages
advantages
noun
plural of advantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advantage
adventists
adventitia
adventitia
noun
(anatomy, histology) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.
adventured
adventured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adventure
adventurer
adventurer
noun
(video games) A player of adventure games or text adventures.
A person who seeks a fortune in new and possibly dangerous enterprises.
A person who tries to advance their social position by somewhat devious means.
A soldier of fortune, a speculator.
One who enjoys adventures.
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
advertence
advertence
noun
The quality of being advertent
advertency
advertency
noun
The quality of being advertent.
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
aedilitian
aerodontia
aerodontic
afterdrain
aftergrind
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.
alabandite
alabandite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of manganese sulfide, MnS, sometimes found in meteorites
aldoketene
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
allentando
alternated
alternated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alternate
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.
ambitioned
ambitioned
adj
Having ambition
amendatory
amendatory
adj
For the purpose of amending or correction.
amendments
amendments
noun
plural of amendment
ammoniated
ammoniated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ammoniate
anatomised
anatomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anatomise
anatomized
anatomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anatomize
andalusite
andalusite
noun
(mineralogy) An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅.
andamentos
anderlecht
anderstorp
andesinite
andouillet
andrewsite
andrewsite
noun
(mineralogy, historical) A now-discredited mineral, reported in Cornwall and later shown to be a mixture of hentschelite and rockbridgeite, with minor chalcosiderite.
anecdotage
anecdotage
noun
anecdotes considered as a group
garrulous old age
anecdotist
anecdotist
noun
One who relates anecdotes.
anematized
anhydrated
animadvert
animadvert
verb
(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
animatedly
animatedly
adv
In an animated manner; with animation.
annerodite
antebridal
antecedent
antecedent
adj
Earlier, either in time or in order.
Presumptive.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
(grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
(logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
(logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
(mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
An ancestor.
Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
anteceding
anteceding
verb
present participle of antecede
antedating
antedating
noun
(lexicography) An earlier citation of a lexical item.
The action of marking with an earlier date.
verb
present participle of antedate
antedorsal
anteflexed
anteflexed
adj
Bent in an anterior (forward) direction, as the uterus.
antegarden
antemedial
antemedial
adj
(entomology) Situated before (i.e. closer to the head than) the middle of the thorax or wing.
antependia
anteverted
anteverted
adj
Turned or tipped forward.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antevert
antheridia
antheridia
noun
plural of antheridium
anthicidae
antibodies
antibodies
noun
plural of antibody
antidivine
antidivine
adj
Opposing or counteracting that which is divine.
antiedemic
antiedemic
noun
An agent or substance that counters edema.
antifeudal
antifeudal
adj
(politics) Opposing a feudal system.
antimethod
antimodern
antimodern
adj
Opposed to modernity or modernization
noun
A person opposed to modernity or modernization
antimonide
antimonide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any compound of antimony with more electropositive elements.
antipodean
antipodean
adj
(informal) of, or pertaining to, Australia or New Zealand
diametrically opposed
relating to the antipodes, or situated at opposite sides of the Earth
noun
An inhabitant of the antipodes.
antiquated
antiquated
adj
old-fashioned, out of date
antitrades
antitrades
noun
plural of antitrade
anucleated
anucleated
adj
From which the nucleus has been removed.
Not nucleated; anucleate.
aquatinted
aquatinted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aquatint
arctoidean
ardentness
ardentness
noun
The state or quality of being ardent.
arendalite
argentamid
arrendator
arrendator
noun
Alternative spelling of arendator
arsenetted
artesonado
ascendants
ascendants
noun
plural of ascendant
assedation
astonished
astonished
adj
Amazed; surprised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astonish
asyndetons
asyndetons
noun
plural of asyndeton
atlantides
attainders
attainders
noun
plural of attainder
attendance
attendance
noun
(obsolete) Attention paid to something; careful regard.
The act of attending; the state of being present; presence.
The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events.
The persons or number of persons present.
attendancy
attendancy
noun
(obsolete) A retinue.
(obsolete) Relative position.
attendants
attendants
noun
plural of attendant
attendings
attendings
noun
plural of attending
attendment
attendment
noun
(obsolete) An attendant circumstance.
attendress
attendress
noun
(archaic) A female attendant.
attenuated
attenuated
adj
(botany) Long and tapering (especially of leaves)
Made, or become weak; subject to attenuation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attenuate
attermined
auditioned
auditioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of audition
autosender
autosender
noun
An automatic sender.
avantgarde
avantgarde
noun
Alternative form of avant-garde
backtender
bandcutter
bandelette
banditries
banditries
noun
plural of banditry
bandmaster
bandmaster
noun
(music) The conductor of a musical ensemble, especially a brass or military band.
bangtailed
bangtailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bangtail
bankrupted
bankrupted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bankrupt
barneveldt
barrandite
barrandite
noun
(mineralogy) The mineral (Al,Fe³⁺)PO₄⋅2H₂O, related to taranakite.
bartenders
bartenders
noun
plural of bartender
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
bartizaned
bastinaded
bastinaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bastinade
bastinades
bastinades
noun
plural of bastinade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastinade
bayldonite
bayldonite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing arsenic, copper, hydrogen, lead, oxygen, and zinc.
bayonetted
bayonetted
adj
Fitted with a bayonet.
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of bayonet
beardstown
bebuttoned
bebuttoned
adj
Wearing clothes, or an item of clothing, with many buttons.