(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
acquainted
acquainted
adj
Personally known; familiar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquaint
acquiesced
acquiesced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquiesce
acquiescer
acquiescer
noun
One who acquiesces.
acquiesces
acquiesces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquiesce
acquirable
acquirable
adj
Capable of being acquired.
acquirenda
acquirenda
noun
plural of acquirendum
acquisible
acquisible
adj
Synonym of acquirable (“capable of being acquired”)
acquisited
acquitment
acquitment
noun
(law) Acquittal.
acrasiales
acridiidae
acridities
acridities
noun
plural of acridity
acrimonies
acrimonies
noun
plural of acrimony
acrobacies
acrologies
acronymize
acronymize
verb
(transitive) To turn a phrase into an acronym.
acropoleis
acropoleis
noun
plural of acropolis
acrospired
acrospired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acrospire
acroterial
acroterial
adj
Pertaining to an acroterium.
acroterion
acroterion
noun
Alternative form of acroterium
acroterium
acroterium
noun
(architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
actinoidea
actinolite
actinolite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Ca₂(Mg,Fe)₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂, belonging to the amphibole group.
actinomere
actinomere
noun
(zoology) One of the radial segments making up the body of one of the Coelenterata or similar organism
actinonema
actinosome
actinosome
noun
(zoology) The entire body of a coelenterate.
actionable
actionable
adj
(law) Affording grounds for legal action.
I'm sure it's not good of me to write that he's a lush, but is it actionable?
That can be acted on; that can be used as the basis for taking action.
actionized
actionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actionize
actionless
actionless
adj
Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
activeness
activeness
noun
The state or quality of being active.
activities
activities
noun
plural of activity
actualised
actualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualise
actualized
actualized
adj
Having become actual; having been realized or made real.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualize
actualizes
actualizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actualize
acturience
acturience
noun
tendency or impulse to act
aculeiform
aculeiform
adj
Like a prickle or thorn
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
acusection
adagiettos
adagiettos
noun
plural of adagietto
adairville
adamancies
adamancies
noun
plural of adamancy
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
adaptative
adaptative
adj
Of or pertaining to adaptation; adaptive.
adaptitude
adaptitude
noun
Adaptedness; special aptitude.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
addictives
addictives
noun
plural of addictive
addieville
additament
additament
noun
(archaic) An addition; something added.
additiment
additively
additively
adv
In an additive manner.
addlebrain
addlebrain
noun
An addlebrained person.
addressing
addressing
noun
(computing) Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
(linguistics) A mode, manner, or form of direct speech to an audience.
A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
verb
present participle of address
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.
adenitises
adenitises
noun
plural of adenitis
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
adequacies
adequacies
noun
plural of adequacy
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
adequative
adequative
adj
(rare) equivalent or sufficient; adequate.
adfreezing
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
adhesively
adhesively
adv
In an adhesive manner; by adhesion.
adiathetic
adiathetic
adj
Not diathetic.
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adiphenine
adiphenine
Noun
An antispasmodic drug.
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
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.
adjectival
adjectival
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.
noun
An adjectival phrase or clause.
adjectives
adjectives
noun
plural of adjective
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjective
adjoinedly
adjoinedly
adv
In an adjoined manner; connectedly.
adjudicate
adjudicate
verb
(Scotland, law) To seize, or convey, a debtor's estate as security.
To act as a judge.
To settle a legal case or other dispute.
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."
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.
adlumidine
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
adnephrine
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adoptative
adoptative
adj
(rare) adoptive
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adrenaline
adrenaline
noun
(biochemistry) epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.
Excitement; thrills.
adrenalize
adrenalize
verb
American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of adrenalise.
adrenergic
adrenergic
adj
Activated by an adrenal mechanism
Containing or releasing adrenaline.
Having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine.
noun
Any adrenergic compound
adrianople
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adscripted
adscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adscript
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
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.
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
adulterize
adulterize
verb
(intransitive, largely obsolete) To commit adultery.
(transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To adulterate.
adulticide
adulticide
noun
A pesticide designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae.
verb
(transitive) To treat with adulticide.
advenience
advenience
noun
The property of being advenient.
adventists
adventitia
adventitia
noun
(anatomy, histology) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.
adversaria
adversaria
noun
(plural only, obsolete) A collection of notes or commentaries; a commonplace book.
(plural only, obsolete) Originally, a book of accounts, so named from the placing of debt and credit in opposition to each other.
advertised
advertised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertise
advertisee
advertisee
noun
One who views or reads an advertisement; the target of advertising.
advertiser
advertiser
noun
A periodical in which advertisements can be published by individuals.
One who advertises.
advertises
advertises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertise
advertized
advertized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertize
advertizer
advertizer
noun
One who advertizes.
advertizes
advertizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertize
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
advisories
advisories
noun
plural of advisory
advocacies
advocacies
noun
plural of advocacy
advocative
advocative
adj
(law) Related to advocation
aeciospore
aeciospore
noun
(botany) A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.
aeciostage
aeciotelia
aedilberct
aedileship
aedileship
noun
(historical) The office of an aedile.
(historical) The period or duration of this office.
aedilitian
aedilities
aedilities
noun
plural of aedility
aegeriidae
aegialitis
aegicrania
aegithalos
aegopodium
aegyptilla
aeluroidea
aeolididae
aeolodicon
aeolodicon
noun
(music) An obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone produced from steel springs.
aerialists
aerialists
noun
plural of aerialist
aerialness
aerialness
noun
The state or quality of being aerial.
aeriferous
aeriferous
adj
(of a tube etc) That conveys air
aerobatics
aerobatics
noun
Spectacular stunts, performed in an airplane or glider. Examples include various types of rolls and loops.
aerobating
aerobating
verb
present participle of aerobate
aerobiosis
aerobiosis
noun
(biology) Any form of life that is sustained by the presence of air (or oxygen)