(ecclesiastical) Abstention from certain foods on days of penitential observance.
(obsolete) Self-denial; abstaining; or forebearance of anything.
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from intoxicating/alcoholic beverages; total abstinence; teetotalism).
Specifically, the practice of abstaining from sexual intercourse, either permanently or until marriage.
The act or practice of abstaining, refraining from indulging a desire or appetite.
The practice of self-denial; self-restraint; forebearance from anything.
abstinency
abstinency
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abstinence
abstricted
abstricted
adj
Separated by abstriction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstrict
academised
academised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of academise
accersitor
accessible
accessible
adj
(art, literature) Easily understood or appreciated.
(followed by to) Open to the influence of.
(of a person) Easy to get along with.
(specifically) Built or designed as to be usable by people with disabilities.
Capable of being used or seen.
Easy of access or approach.
Obtainable; to be got at.
accessibly
accessibly
adv
In an accessible manner.
accessions
accessions
noun
A collection of laboratory tests performed on a single sample.
plural of accession
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accession
accessorii
accipenser
accipenser
noun
Any sturgeon of the genus Acipenser.
accipitres
acclaimers
acclaimers
noun
plural of acclaimer
acclimates
acclimates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimate
accretions
accretions
noun
plural of accretion
accuracies
accuracies
noun
plural of accuracy
accusative
accusative
adj
(grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
noun
(grammar) The accusative case.
acephalism
acephalism
noun
The congenital lack of a head.
acephalist
acephalist
noun
(obsolete) One who acknowledges no head or superior
aceratosis
acerbities
acerbities
noun
plural of acerbity
acetarious
acetarious
adj
(archaic) Used in salads or as salad
acetolysis
acetolysis
noun
(organic chemistry) The breakdown of an organic compound using either acetic acid or acetic anhydride
achinesses
acidifiers
acidifiers
noun
plural of acidifier
acidnesses
acidulates
acidulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate
acinaceous
acinaceous
adj
(botany) Containing seeds or stones of grapes, or grains like them.
acleistous
aconuresis
aconuresis
noun
(pathology) urinary incontinence (inability to control urination)
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
acquisible
acquisible
adj
Synonym of acquirable (“capable of being acquired”)
acquisited
acrasiales
acridities
acridities
noun
plural of acridity
acrimonies
acrimonies
noun
plural of acrimony
acrobacies
acrologies
acropoleis
acropoleis
noun
plural of acropolis
acrospired
acrospired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acrospire
actinosome
actinosome
noun
(zoology) The entire body of a coelenterate.
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
actualizes
actualizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actualize
acusection
adagiettos
adagiettos
noun
plural of adagietto
adamancies
adamancies
noun
plural of adamancy
adamsville
addictives
addictives
noun
plural of addictive
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
adenitises
adenitises
noun
plural of adenitis
adenoidism
adenoidism
noun
adenoiditis
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
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
adhesively
adhesively
adv
In an adhesive manner; by adhesion.
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adipopexis
adipopexis
noun
(physiology) The storage of fat in tissue.
adjectives
adjectives
noun
plural of adjective
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjective
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.
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.
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
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
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.
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
adventists
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
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
aeciospore
aeciospore
noun
(botany) A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.
aeciostage
aedileship
aedileship
noun
(historical) The office of an aedile.
(historical) The period or duration of this office.
aedilities
aedilities
noun
plural of aedility
aegialitis
aegithalos
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.
aerobiosis
aerobiosis
noun
(biology) Any form of life that is sustained by the presence of air (or oxygen)
aerolitics
aerolitics
noun
The scientific study of aerolites.
aerologies
aerologies
noun
plural of aerology
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
aeronomics
aeronomies
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aeroscopic
aeroscopic
adj
Relating to aeroscopy.
aerosolize
aerosolize
verb
(American spelling) Alternative form of aerosolise
aerosporin
aerostatic
aerostatic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerostatics; pneumatic.
Pertaining to aerial navigation or aeronautics.
aeruginous
aeruginous
adj
Of or pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris.
aeschynite
aeschynite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of several basic oxide minerals of mostly titanium and niobium with either cerium, neodymium or yttrium.
aesculetin
aesculetin
noun
A derivative of coumarin found in chicory and many other plants.
aesthesics
aesthesics
noun
The study of perception, typically of music
aesthetics
aesthetics
noun
An artist's principles, preferences, and/or his agenda
The study or philosophy of beauty.
plural of aesthetic
aestivated
aestivated
verb
Alternative spelling of estivated
simple past tense and past participle of aestivate
aestivates
aestivates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aestivate
aestivator
aestivator
noun
An animal that becomes dormant during the summer or dry season.
aestuation
aethalides
affections
affections
noun
plural of affection
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affection
affectious
affectious
adj
(obsolete) affectionate
affiliates
affiliates
noun
plural of affiliate
affinities
affinities
noun
plural of affinity
affricates
affricates
noun
plural of affricate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affricate
aforetimes
aforetimes
Adverb
formerly, previously
afraidness
afraidness
noun
The state or quality of being afraid.
afterlifes
afterlifes
noun
(rare, proscribed) plural of afterlife
afterlives
afterlives
noun
plural of afterlife
afterpains
afterpains
noun
plural of afterpain
aftershine
afterstain
aftertimes
aftertimes
noun
plural of aftertime
afterwrist
agaricales
aggrandise
aggrandise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize.