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
academical
academical
adj
(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.
academised
academised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of academise
academized
academized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of academize
acclimated
acclimated
adj
accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment
verb
(chiefly US) simple past tense and past participle of acclimate
accomodate
accomodate
verb
(Scotland) accommodated
Misspelling of accommodate.
accustomed
accustomed
adj
(obsolete) Frequented by customers.
(of a person) Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions.
(of a thing, condition, activity, etc.) Familiar through use; usual; customary.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustom
acediamine
acetamidin
achaemenid
achenodium
acidimeter
acidimeter
noun
(chemistry) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.
acidimetry
acidimetry
noun
(chemistry) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.
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
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
adamancies
adamancies
noun
plural of adamancy
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.
adamellite
adamellite
noun
(mineralogy) monzonite
adamsville
additament
additament
noun
(archaic) An addition; something added.
additiment
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adenoidism
adenoidism
noun
adenoiditis
adenomyoma
adenomyoma
noun
A complex tumor including components derived from glands and muscle.
adenophyma
adenostoma
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adipometer
adipometer
noun
A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
adjudgment
adjudgment
noun
The action of imposing judgment.
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
adlumidine
admeasured
admeasured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admeasure
admeasurer
admeasurer
noun
Agent noun of admeasure; one who admeasures.
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.
admirative
admirative
adj
Characterized by admiration.
noun
(An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).
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.
admittable
admittable
adj
Able to be admitted.
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.
admittedly
admittedly
adv
As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly.
admittible
admittible
adj
Archaic spelling of admittable.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
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
admonitive
admonitive
adj
Of or conveying admonition
adornments
adornments
noun
plural of adornment
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.
adumbrated
adumbrated
adj
(comparable) Foreshadowed.
(comparable) Obscured.
(heraldry) Depicted on a shield as an outline instead of a solid figure.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adumbrate
adumbrates
adumbrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
aegopodium
aerodromes
aerodromes
noun
plural of aerodrome
aforenamed
aforenamed
Adjective
Named earlier in a document.
ahmednagar
albumenoid
albumenoid
noun
Alternative form of albuminoid
alchemised
alchemised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alchemise
alchemized
alchemized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alchemize
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
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
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.
amazedness
amazedness
noun
The state or quality of being amazed.
ambidexter
ambidexter
adj
Ambidextrous.
noun
(archaic) A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant.
(by extension) Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook.
Someone who is ambidextrous.
ambitioned
ambitioned
adj
Having ambition
ambodexter
ambodexter
noun
Obsolete spelling of ambidexter.
ambulanced
ambulanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulance
ambuscaded
ambuscaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambuscade
ambuscader
ambuscader
noun
One who ambushes, or who is involved in an ambush.
ambuscades
ambuscades
noun
plural of ambuscade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambuscade
amebicidal
amebicidal
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of amoebicidal
ameboidism
ameboidism
noun
movements, especially in some nerve cells, that resemble those of the amoeba
ameiuridae
amendatory
amendatory
adj
For the purpose of amending or correction.
amendments
amendments
noun
plural of amendment
amerindian
amerindian
Noun
An American Indian.
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
amidstream
ammocoetid
ammoniated
ammoniated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ammoniate
ammonified
ammonified
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ammonify
ammonoidea
amoebicide
amoebicide
noun
Alternative spelling of amebicide
ampersands
ampersands
noun
plural of ampersand
amphidetic
amphidetic
adj
(biology, of the ligament of some bivalves) That extends in front of, and behind, the beak
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
anadyomene
anagrammed
anagrammed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagram
anammonide
anatomised
anatomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anatomise
anatomized
anatomized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anatomize
ancramdale
andamanese
andamanese
Proper noun
A minor language family spoken on the Andaman Islands.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Andaman Islands.
Of or relating to the Andamanese language family.
andamentos
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
andromache
andromache
Proper noun
the wife of Hector
andromaque
anematized
anemochord
angadresma
anhydremia
anhydremic
animadvert
animadvert
verb
(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
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.
anomaliped
antemedial
antemedial
adj
(entomology) Situated before (i.e. closer to the head than) the middle of the thorax or wing.
antiedemic
antiedemic
noun
An agent or substance that counters edema.
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.
apodematal
archimedes
archimedes
Proper noun
An Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer.
A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium.
argentamid
armageddon
armageddon
noun
(chess) An armageddon round, usually played when a match would otherwise end in a draw, where black wins drawn games and white is given more time as compensation.
Any great and crucial conflict.
The scene of a decisive conflict on a great scale.
armchaired
armchaired
adj
Based on general knowledge or theory rather than data.
Furnished with armchairs.
Seated in an armchair.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of armchair
armillated
aromatised
aromatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aromatise
aromatized
aromatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aromatize
arthredema
arthroderm
arthroderm
noun
(zoology) The external covering of an arthropod.
ashvamedha
ashvamedha
Proper noun
One of the most important Vedic sacrificial rituals, and name of the Rigvedic hymns 1.162-163 which deal with horse sacrifice.
attempered
attempered
adj
Having a moderate temperament; sober.
Modified by admixture; well blended.
Of a moderate temperature; mild.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attemper
attendment
attendment
noun
(obsolete) An attendant circumstance.
attermined
audiometer
audiometer
noun
An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.