(obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
(obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
(obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
aborticide
aborticide
noun
An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.
The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
absconding
absconding
noun
An instance in which someone absconds.
verb
present participle of abscond
acalephoid
acalephoid
adj
Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acanthodei
acanthodii
accordions
accordions
noun
plural of accordion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accordion
acequiador
achenodium
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
acichlorid
acidogenic
acidogenic
adj
Which generates acid or acidity.
acidolysis
acidolysis
noun
(chemistry) Decomposition of a molecule under the influence of an acid.
acidometer
acidometer
noun
A hydrometer, especially one that is used to measure the strength of an acid.
Any of various other devices used to measure acidity, either chemical or electronic.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
acidophile
acidophile
noun
A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
acrindolin
acromyodic
acromyodic
adj
Relating to the acromyodians
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
acrospired
acrospired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acrospire
actinoidea
actinopoda
actionized
actionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actionize
addictions
addictions
noun
plural of addiction
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adipopexic
adirondack
adirondack
Noun
A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
adjunction
adjunction
noun
(category theory) Given a pair of categories 𝒞 and 𝒟: an anti-parallel pair of functors F:𝒞→𝒟 and G:𝒟→𝒞 and a natural transformation 𝜂: mbox id_C→GF called “unit” such that for any object A∈𝒞, for any object B∈𝒟, and for any morphism f:A→GB, there is a unique morphism g:FA→B such that Gg∘𝜂_A=f. (Note: there is another natural transformation called “counit” as well but its existence may be derived by theorem.) The pair of functors express a similarity between the pair of categories which is weaker than that of an equivalence of categories.
(law) The joining of personal property owned by one to that owned by another.
The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
advocacies
advocacies
noun
plural of advocacy
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
advocation
advocation
noun
(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
advocatrix
aeolodicon
aeolodicon
noun
(music) An obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone produced from steel springs.
aerodontic
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.
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
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.
aluconidae
alviducous
ammocoetid
amoebicide
amoebicide
noun
Alternative spelling of amebicide
ancistroid
ancistroid
adj
Hook-shaped.
androconia
androconia
noun
plural of androconium
androeccia
androecial
androecial
adj
(botany) Relating to the androecium
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
androgenic
androgenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
androgynic
andronicus
anecdotist
anecdotist
noun
One who relates anecdotes.
anhidrotic
anhidrotic
adj
lacking the ability to sweat
noun
(pharmacology) A substance that prevents sweating
anhydrotic
anodically
anodically
adv
In an anodic manner.
anthracoid
anthracoid
adj
(biology) Resembling anthrax.
antidorcas
antidromic
antidromic
adj
(neurology, of a nerve impulse) flowing in the opposite direction from normal
aphroditic
aphroditic
adj
(Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to Aphrodite
venereal
apocodeine
apocodeine
noun
An alkaloid with chemical formula C₁₈H₁₉NO₂, prepared from codeine, with effects like those of apomorphine.
apodeictic
apodeictic
adj
(logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false); self-evident.
Affording proof; demonstrative.
Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
archibaldo
archidoxis
arcimboldi
arctoidean
arecolidin
ascaridole
ascaridole
noun
(biochemistry) A bicyclic monoterpene peroxide found in plants of the Chenopodium genus; it is explosive
ascidiform
ascidiform
adj
(zoology) Shaped like an ascidian.
ascidioida
ascidiozoa
associated
associated
adj
(of a company) connected or amalgamated with another company.
(of a person or thing) connected with something or another person.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of associate
audiogenic
audiogenic
adj
Produced by sound.
auriculoid
autacoidal
autacoidal
adj
Of or relating to an autacoid.
autodermic
autodidact
autodidact
noun
A self-taught person.
auxocardia
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
azocyanide
baccharoid
bacterioid
bacterioid
adj
(rare) Resembling a bacterium.
bactritoid
bactritoid
noun
Any extinct cephalopod of the order Bactritida
badacsonyi
baldachino
bandicoots
bandicoots
noun
plural of bandicoot
barricados
batrachoid
batrachoid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Batrachoididae of marine fishes, called toadfish.
(zoology, dated) Frog-like; batrachian.
noun
(zoology) Any species of the family Batrachoididae; a batrachoidid.
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becousined
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
berycoidea
berycoidei
bichloride
bichloride
noun
(chemistry) A dichloride.
bicoloured
bicoloured
adj
Of two colours.
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
bicrofarad
bicrofarad
noun
(dated, nonstandard) A billionth of a farad.
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
biodynamic
biodynamic
adj
(Anthroposophy, agriculture, pseudoscience) Of, or relating to a form of organic agriculture with mystical and holistic elements, based on the teachings of Rudolf Steiner.
(New Age, psychoanalysis, pseudoscience) Of, or relating to a form of psychotherapy, massage and energy healing developed by Gerda Boyesen in Norway in the 1950s.
Of, or relating to the effects of motion on living things.
biomedical
biomedical
adj
Of or pertaining to biomedicine.
noun
A product of the biomedicine industry.
bivouacked
bivouacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bivouac
blastodisc
blastodisc
noun
Alternative form of blastodisk
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
boldacious
boldacious
adj
(US) brazen, impudent, unrestrained.
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
bombycidae
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bostrychid
bostrychid
noun
Misspelling of bostrichid.
brachiopod
brachiopod
noun
Any of many marine invertebrates, of the phylum Brachiopoda, that have bivalve dorsal and ventral shells with two tentacle-bearing arms that capture food
braconidae
bradytocia
broadpiece
broadpiece
noun
(historical) An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, such as a Carolus or Jacobus.
bromhydric
bucconidae
cacidrosis
cacodontia
cacodoxian
caddisworm
caddisworm
noun
The larva of the caddis fly.
caducicorn
caducicorn
adj
(zoology) Having deciduous horns or antlers.
caedmonian
calamaroid
calamitoid
calamondin
calamondin
noun
A small decorative evergreen citrus tree, of the hybrid Citrus × microcarpa (syn. ×Citrofortunella mitis), sometimes cultivated for its fruit.
caledonian
caledonian
Adjective
In or from Caledonia.
In or from New Caledonia.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Caledonia; a Scot.
caledonite
caledonite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic carbonate / sulfate mineral of copper and lead
caloriduct
caloriduct
noun
A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.
calydonian
cambodians
cameloidea
camisadoes
campholide
campodeoid
canoodling
canoodling
noun
amorous pettings or caresses
verb
present participle of canoodle
canyonside
canyonside
noun
The side of a canyon, typically a residential one
capilotade
capilotade
noun
A type of stew, typically of several different meats.
capitaldom
capitaldom
noun
The condition of being a capital city.
cappadocia
cappadocia
Proper noun
An ancient region in the center of Asia Minor, in present-day Turkey
carabidoid
carbolised
carbolised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbolise
carbolized
carbolized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbolize
carbonised
carbonised
adj
Alternative spelling of carbonized
carbonized
carbonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbonize
cardiatomy
cardington
cardiocele
cardiogram
cardiogram
noun
(cardiology) The visual output an electrocardiograph produces
cardiolith
cardiology
cardiology
noun
(medicine) The study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart.
cardioncus
cardiopath
cardiopath
noun
A person who suffers from a cardiopathy
cardiotomy
cardiotomy
noun
(surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.