(chemistry) Decomposition of a molecule under the influence of an acid.
acidulates
acidulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate
actualised
actualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualise
adactylism
adactylism
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of adactyly.
adamsville
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
adhesively
adhesively
adv
In an adhesive manner; by adhesion.
adiabolist
adiabolist
noun
(obsolete) one who does not believe in the Devil.
adipolysis
adipolysis
noun
(anatomy, medicine) The process of converting fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes.
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
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
advisorily
advisorily
adv
By way of advice.
aedileship
aedileship
noun
(historical) The office of an aedile.
(historical) The period or duration of this office.
aedilities
aedilities
noun
plural of aedility
aethalides
aguinaldos
aguinaldos
noun
plural of aguinaldo
albaspidin
alchemised
alchemised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alchemise
alcibiades
alderflies
alderflies
noun
plural of alderfly
alessandri
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
alisanders
alisanders
noun
Alternative form of alexanders (plant)
almandines
almandines
noun
plural of almandine
alodialism
alodialism
noun
Alternative form of allodialism
alodialist
alodialist
noun
Alternative form of allodialist
alodiaries
aluminised
aluminised
adj
Having the property of being coated with aluminium
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aluminise
alviducous
amidoplast
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
amyraldism
amyraldism
Noun
A form of Protestant belief also known as four-point Calvinism.
amyraldist
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
andalusian
andalusian
Adjective
From, or pertaining to, Andalusia
Noun
Someone from Andalusia.
A horse of a breed from the Iberian Peninsula, with long, thick mane and tail.
andalusite
andalusite
noun
(mineralogy) An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅.
anglicised
anglicised
adj
Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicise
animalised
animalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of animalise
anisopodal
annelidous
annelidous
adj
Of or pertaining to annelids
aperulosid
apologised
apologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apologise
armadillos
armadillos
noun
plural of armadillo
ascaridole
ascaridole
noun
(biochemistry) A bicyclic monoterpene peroxide found in plants of the Chenopodium genus; it is explosive
ascendible
ascendible
adj
Capable of being ascended; climbable.
asclepiade
asclepidin
asplenioid
assidually
asteroidal
asteroidal
adj
Of or pertaining to an asteroid
atlantides
auletrides
auletrides
noun
plural of auletris
aulostomid
aulostomid
noun
(zoology) Any of the family Aulostomidae of trumpetfishes.
australoid
australoid
Noun
A member of the racial classification that includes Veddahs, Negritos, New Guineans, Melanesians, Micronesians and Australian aborigines.
avidiously
avidiously
adv
(obsolete) eagerly; greedily.
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
baldachins
baldachins
noun
plural of baldachin
balistidae
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
balladised
balladries
balladries
noun
plural of balladry
balladwise
balladwise
adv
In the style of a ballad.
balourdise
bandlimits
bandlimits
noun
plural of bandlimit
basidorsal
basidorsal
adj
At the base of the rear
noun
A cartilage on the dorsolateral side of the notochord
basilidian
basiradial
beadleship
beadleship
noun
The office of a beadle.
bedimplies
bedlamised
beldamship
bemuslined
bemuslined
adj
Dressed or covered in muslin.
bepistoled
bepistoled
adj
Supplied with a pistol.
bicuspidal
bicuspidal
adj
(geometry) Having two cusps.
billboards
billboards
noun
plural of billboard
bistipuled
bisulcated
bisulphide
bisulphide
noun
Alternative spelling of bisulfide
blackbirds
blackbirds
noun
plural of blackbird
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird
bladesmith
bladesmith
noun
A maker of knives and swords.
blandished
blandished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blandish
blandisher
blandisher
noun
Flatterer.
blandishes
blandishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blandish
blastodisc
blastodisc
noun
Alternative form of blastodisk
blastodisk
blastodisk
noun
(biology) A round, flattened region of cells from which the embryo of many vertebrates begins to develop in the fertilized ovum; a germinal disk
blastoidea
blindfolds
blindfolds
noun
plural of blindfold
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blindfold
blindstory
blindstory
noun
(architecture) The triforium, as opposed to the clerestory.
blissfield
bloodiness
bloodiness
noun
The characteristic of being bloody.
bloodlines
bloodlines
noun
plural of bloodline
bloodstain
bloodstain
noun
A spot or area that has been discolored by having absorbed blood.
bluefields
bobadilish
bobadilism
bobsleding
bodiliness
bodiliness
noun
corporeality; the quality of being bodily
boldacious
boldacious
adj
(US) brazen, impudent, unrestrained.
bollandist
bollandist
Noun
Any member of an association of scholars, originally all Jesuits, who since the early seventeenth century have studied hagiography and the cult of the saints in Christianity.
bondsville
bordelaise
bordelaise
adj
(postpositive) Served with Bordelaise sauce.
noun
Ellipsis of Bordelaise sauce.
bowdlerise
bowdlerise
verb
Alternative form of bowdlerize
bowdlerism
bowdlerism
noun
A policy of bowdlerization, or censorship by removing what is considered indecent.
bridgeless
bridgeless
adj
(graph theory) Having no bridges.
(of a body of water) Having no bridges.
That cannot be bridged.
bridleless
bridleless
adj
Without a bridle.
bridlewise
bridlewise
adj
(of a horse) Responsive to the bridle.
briggsdale
broadlings
brutalised
brutalised
verb
(Britain) simple past tense and past participle of brutalise
bulldogism
bullialdus
cadilesker
cadilesker
noun
A chief judge in the Ottoman Empire.
callidness
candlefish
candlefish
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
candlepins
candlepins
noun
plural of candlepin
capsulized
capsulized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capsulize
carbolised
carbolised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbolise
cardinalis
castalides
caudillism
caudillism
noun
Alternative form of caudilloism
causidical
causidical
adj
Relating to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defence of lawsuits.
celandines
celandines
noun
plural of celandine
charladies
charladies
noun
plural of charlady
chauliodes
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.
childhoods
childhoods
noun
plural of childhood
childishly
childishly
adv
In a childish manner.
childliest
chordeiles
chrysalida
chrysaloid
chrysaloid
adj
Resembling a chrysalis.
cladrastis
classified
classified
adj
Formally assigned by a government to one of several levels of sensitivity, usually (in English) top secret, secret, confidential, and, in some countries, restricted; thereby making disclosure to unauthorized persons illegal.
Not meant to be disclosed by a person or organization.
Sorted into classes or categories.
noun
(informal) A classified advertisement in a newspaper or magazine.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of classify
claudianus
clipboards
clipboards
noun
plural of clipboard
cloddiness
cloddiness
noun
The condition of being cloddy
cloddishly
cloddishly
adv
In a cloddish manner.
cloistered
cloistered
adj
Dwelling or raised in, or as if in, cloisters; solitary.
Furnished with cloisters.
Isolated, protected, hidden away for the sake of maintaining innocence.
Naive, lacking in worldliness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cloister
clostridia
clostridia
noun
plural of clostridium
cloudiness
cloudiness
noun
The property of being murky (e.g. liquid, style).
The property of being obscure (e.g. information).
The state of being cloudy (e.g. weather).
clubfisted
clubfisted
adj
Crude and blunt, lacking finesse.
Having a large fist.
clydesider
cnidoblast
cnidoblast
noun
(biology) A cell in the epidermis of cnidarians in which the nematocyst develops