(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
accersitor
accipitres
acclimates
acclimates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclimate
accretions
accretions
noun
plural of accretion
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.
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
acidulates
acidulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate
acleistous
acquisited
acridities
acridities
noun
plural of acridity
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
addictives
addictives
noun
plural of addictive
adenitises
adenitises
noun
plural of adenitis
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
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.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
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
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.
aeciostage
aedilities
aedilities
noun
plural of aedility
aegialitis
aegithalos
aerialists
aerialists
noun
plural of aerialist
aerobatics
aerobatics
noun
Spectacular stunts, performed in an airplane or glider. Examples include various types of rolls and loops.
aerolitics
aerolitics
noun
The scientific study of aerolites.
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aerostatic
aerostatic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerostatics; pneumatic.
Pertaining to aerial navigation or aeronautics.
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
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
agreations
agrestical
agrestical
adj
Obsolete form of agrestic.
aistopodes
aktistetae
alacrities
alacrities
noun
plural of alacrity
alchemists
alchemists
noun
plural of alchemist
algebraist
algebraist
noun
(mathematics) A mathematician who specializes in algebra.
algidities
algidities
noun
plural of algidity
alignments
alignments
noun
plural of alignment
alkahestic
alkahestic
adj
Resembling or relating to alkahest.
allegorist
allegorist
noun
One who speaks in, or writes, allegories.
allergists
allergists
noun
plural of allergist
alleviates
alleviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alleviate
allosteric
allosteric
adj
(biochemistry, of an enzyme) That binds a compound on an inactive site and thus changes macromolecular conformation or dynamics in order to become either active or inactive
noun
(biochemistry) An allosteric modulator
allotheism
allotheism
noun
Worship of a god or gods that are foreign to one's own land.
allotheist
allotypies
allotypies
noun
plural of allotypy
alpestrian
alpestrine
alpestrine
adj
Synonym of subalpine
alsbachite
altimeters
altimeters
noun
plural of altimeter
alveolites
alveolitis
alveolitis
noun
(medicine) An inflammation of a dental alveolus (tooth socket).
(medicine) An inflammation of the alveoli in the lungs.
amasthenic
amasthenic
adj
(photography) Uniting the rays of light into one focus, as a certain kind of lens does.
amateurish
amateurish
adj
Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
amateurism
amateurism
noun
Amateur beliefs and practices generally.
The opinion or conviction that sports ought not to be played for money.
ambassiate
ambrosiate
ambrosiate
noun
A crystalline substance, C₂₃H₂₅O₅Br, that is one of the common irritants that can be refined from ragweed (Ambrosia arthemisiifolia).
amherstite
amiantuses
amidstream
ammonitess
amnestying
amnestying
verb
present participle of amnesty
amphiaster
amphiaster
noun
(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphistome
amphistome
noun
Any trematode of the genus Paramphistomum (previously Amphistoma)
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
analgesist
anamnestic
anamnestic
adj
Of or pertaining to anamnesis
That aids memory; mnemonic
anapaestic
anapaestic
adj
Alternative spelling of anapestic
anatomised
anatomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anatomise
anatomiser
anatomiser
noun
Alternative form of anatomizer
anatomizes
anatomizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anatomize
ancestrial
ancestrial
adj
(dated) Ancestral.
ancestrian
ancestrian
adj
(archaic) ancestral
ancestries
ancestries
noun
plural of ancestry
anchorites
anchorites
noun
plural of anchorite
ancientest
ancientest
adj
superlative form of ancient: most ancient
ancientism
ancientism
noun
The belief that people in ancient times were wiser than those of today.
andalusite
andalusite
noun
(mineralogy) An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅.
andesinite
andrewsite
andrewsite
noun
(mineralogy, historical) A now-discredited mineral, reported in Cornwall and later shown to be a mixture of hentschelite and rockbridgeite, with minor chalcosiderite.
anecdotist
anecdotist
noun
One who relates anecdotes.
anematosis
anemotaxis
anemotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement of an organism in response to air currents.
anestassia
anesthesia
anesthesia
noun
(American spelling) The loss or prevention of sensation, as caused by anesthesia (in the above sense), or by a lesion in the nervous system, or by another physical abnormality.
(Philippines, loosely, medicine, proscribed) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
(medicine)(American spelling, Canadian spelling) An artificial method of preventing sensation, used to eliminate pain without causing loss of vital functions, by the administration of one or more agents which block pain impulses before transmitted to the brain.
anesthesis
anesthesis
noun
Alternative form of anaesthesis
anesthetic
anesthetic
adj
Causing anesthesia; reducing pain sensitivity.
Insensate: unable to feel, or unconscious.
noun
(American spelling, medicine) A substance administered to reduce the perception of pain or to induce numbness for surgery and may render the recipient unconscious.
anglesmith
anisoptera
anisotrope
anisotrope
adj
(dated) anisotropic
antagonise
antagonise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of antagonize.