An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect
verb
present participle and gerund of abandon
abdication
abdication
noun
(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.
abdominals
abdominals
noun
plural of abdominal
abdominous
abdominous
adj
Having a protuberant belly; potbellied.
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
aberdonian
aberdonian
Adjective
Of or relating to Aberdeen.
Noun
A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Aberdeen, NE Scotland.
abmodality
abominated
abominated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abominate
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
adagiettos
adagiettos
noun
plural of adagietto
adagissimo
adagissimo
adv
(music) Very slowly.
adamantoid
adamantoid
noun
A crystal characterized by being bound by 48 equal triangles; a hexoctahedron.
adaptation
adaptation
noun
(countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
(countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
(countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
(sociology) The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.
(uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
(uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
adaptional
adaptional
adj
(biology) Applied to the process by which an organism is fitted or adapted to its environment
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the action of adapting.
adaptorial
adaptorial
adj
Tending to adapt or fit; adaptive.
addictions
addictions
noun
plural of addiction
addisonian
addisonian
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Addisonian.
additional
additional
adj
Supplemental or added to something.
noun
Something added.
adenodynia
adenodynia
noun
(pathology) pain in a gland; adenalgia
adenoidism
adenoidism
noun
adenoiditis
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
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
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
adhibition
adhibition
noun
The act of adhibiting.
adiabolist
adiabolist
noun
(obsolete) one who does not believe in the Devil.
adiaphonon
adiaphoral
adiaphoral
adj
Being or relating to an adiaphoron.
adiaphoron
adiaphoron
noun
(philosophy) A matter that is morally neutral.
(theology) Something neither forbidden nor commanded by scripture.
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adipolysis
adipolysis
noun
(anatomy, medicine) The process of converting fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes.
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adipometer
adipometer
noun
A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
adipopexia
adipopexia
noun
Alternative form of adipopexis
adipopexic
adipopexis
adipopexis
noun
(physiology) The storage of fat in tissue.
adiposuria
adiposuria
noun
Synonym of lipuria
adirondack
adirondack
Noun
A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
adjoinedly
adjoinedly
adv
In an adjoined manner; connectedly.
adjourning
adjourning
verb
present participle of adjourn
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.
adjuration
adjuration
noun
A grave warning.
A solemn oath.
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.
admiration
admiration
noun
(obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
(obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
admissions
admissions
noun
The department, section, administrative team, etc., that process admissions for an institution, hospital, etc.; the place where such a department is located.
plural of admission
admonished
admonished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admonish
admonisher
admonisher
noun
One who admonishes.
admonishes
admonishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admonish
admonition
admonition
noun
Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.
admonitive
admonitive
adj
Of or conveying admonition
admonitory
admonitory
adj
Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
admonitrix
admonitrix
noun
(archaic) A female admonitor.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adoptative
adoptative
adj
(rare) adoptive
adoptional
adoptional
adj
Of or relating to adoption.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adorations
adorations
noun
plural of adoration
adornation
adornation
Noun
adornment
adorningly
adorningly
adv
decoratively; using adornments.
adposition
adposition
noun
(grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.
adrianople
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adsorption
adsorption
noun
The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
adustiosis
adustiosis
noun
(rare) A reddish discolouration of the skin of a citrus fruit.
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
advisories
advisories
noun
plural of advisory
advisorily
advisorily
adv
By way of advice.
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
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
aegopodium
aeluroidea
aeolididae
aeolodicon
aeolodicon
noun
(music) An obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone produced from steel springs.
aerodontia
aerodontic
aethalioid
affidation
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.
agillawood
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agrionidae
aguilawood
aguinaldos
aguinaldos
noun
plural of aguinaldo
ailuroidea
ailuropoda
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
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
aldolizing
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.
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
aliethmoid
alkaloidal
alkaloidal
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to alkaloids.
allodially
allodially
adv
By allodial tenure.
alloploidy
alloploidy
noun
Synonym of allopolyploidy
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
aluconidae
alviducous
ambitioned
ambitioned
adj
Having ambition
ameboidism
ameboidism
noun
movements, especially in some nerve cells, that resemble those of the amoeba
amianthoid
amianthoid
adj
Resembling amianthus.
amidoplast
amidrazone
amidrazone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of nitrogen derivatives of carboxylic acids having a tautomeric structure represented by the general formulas RC(=NH)NHNH₂ and RC(NH₂)=NNH₂
ammocoetid
ammodytoid
ammoniated
ammoniated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ammoniate
ammonified
ammonified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ammonify
ammonitoid
ammonoidea
amoebicide
amoebicide
noun
Alternative spelling of amebicide
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
amphipodan
amphipodan
adj
(zoology) Relating to the amphipods.
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.
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
analogized
analogized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogize
anammonide
anandrious
anatomised
anatomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anatomise