Referring to the alphabet; alphabetical; related to or resembling an abecedarius; abecedarian.
noun
(rare) The alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium.
One that teaches or learns the alphabet or the fundamentals of any subject; abecedarian.
abenteric
abenteric
adj
(pathology) Relating to organs outside of the intestine.
abernathy
abernethy
abernethy
Proper noun
A village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
aberrance
aberrance
noun
State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude.
aberrancy
aberrancy
noun
(geometry) The deviation of a curve from circular form.
The condition of being aberrant; an aberrance.
aberrants
aberrants
noun
plural of aberrant
aberrated
aberrated
adj
abnormal; irregular; atypical
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aberrate
aberrator
aberrator
noun
(optics) A device that simulates aberration in an image.
abhenries
abhenries
noun
plural of abhenry
abhorrent
abhorrent
adj
(archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
Contrary to something; discordant.
Detestable or repugnant.
abhorrers
abhorrers
noun
plural of abhorrer
abnegator
abnegator
noun
(rare) One who abnegates, denies, or rejects.
aboardage
abolisher
abolisher
noun
Agent noun of abolish; one who abolishes.
aborigine
aborigine
noun
(in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area.
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
abortient
abortient
adj
(archaic, medicine) Reproductively sterile or miscarrying.
noun
(archaic, medicine) Abortifacient; an agent producing abortion.
abortuses
abortuses
noun
plural of abortus
abradable
abradable
adj
That may be abraded
abrasives
abrasives
noun
plural of abrasive
abreacted
abreacted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abreact
abreption
abreption
noun
(obsolete) A snatching away.
abreuvoir
abreuvoir
noun
(obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).
abridgers
abridgers
noun
plural of abridger
abrogable
abrogable
adj
capable of being abrogated.
abrogated
abrogated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abrogate
abrogates
abrogates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abrogate
abruptest
abruptest
adj
superlative form of abrupt: most abrupt
absampere
absarokee
absconder
absconder
noun
A person who absconds.
absenters
absenters
noun
plural of absenter
absoluter
absoluter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absolute: more absolute
absolvers
absolvers
noun
plural of absolver
absorbent
absorbent
adj
Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
noun
(chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
(medicine) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
(physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
Anything which absorbs.
absorbers
absorbers
noun
plural of absorber
abstainer
abstainer
noun
Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
absterged
absterged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absterge
absterges
absterges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absterge
abstruser
abstruser
adj
(rare) comparative form of abstruse: more abstruse
absurdest
absurdest
adj
superlative form of absurd: most absurd
acariatre
acaricide
acaricide
noun
Any substance which kills acarids (mites and ticks).
acaridean
accentors
accentors
noun
plural of accentor
accepters
accepters
noun
plural of accepter
acceptors
acceptors
noun
plural of acceptor
accessary
accessary
adj
(law) Accompanying as a subordinate; additional; accessory; especially, uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See accessory.
noun
(law) Someone who accedes to some act, now especially a crime; one who contributes as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense.
accessors
accessors
noun
plural of accessor
accessory
accessory
adj
(law) Assisting a crime without actually participating in committing the crime itself; being connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal.
Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory. Said of things and actions, very rarely of people (and then usually in a humorous version of the legal sense [or due to confusion between the noun and the adjective]).
Present in a minor amount, and not essential.
noun
(art) Something in a work of art without being indispensably necessary, for example solely ornamental parts.
(fashion) An article that completes one's basic outfit, such as a scarf or gloves.
(law) A person who is not present at a crime, but contributes to it as an assistant or instigator.
Something that belongs to part of another main thing; something additional and subordinate, an attachment.
accipiter
accipiter
noun
(medicine, surgery) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk.
(ornithology) Any hawk of the genus Accipiter.
acclaimer
acclaimer
noun
(obsolete) One who claims.
One who salutes or praises with great approval.
accorders
accorders
noun
plural of accorder
accounter
accounter
noun
A person providing an account of events.
A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
accourage
accourage
Verb
To encourage.
accouters
accouters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accouter
accoutred
accoutred
adj
Provided with vital supplies for a precise aim, more specifically for the armed forces.
Supplied with essential equipments for a certain intention, particularly military.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accoutre
accoutres
accoutres
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accoutre
accredits
accredits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accredit
accreting
accreting
verb
present participle of accrete
accretion
accretion
noun
(astrophysics) The formation of planets and other bodies by collection of material through gravity.
(biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
(geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
(law) Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.
(law) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
Concretion; coherence of separate particles.
Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item.
The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.
accretive
accretive
adj
Relating to accretion; increasing, or adding to, by growth.
accroides
accroides
noun
acaroid resin
accruable
accruable
adj
Able to be accrued.
acellular
acellular
adj
Not composed of cells; not cellular
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
aceraceae
acerbated
acerbated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acerbate
acerbates
acerbates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acerbate
acervatim
acervulus
acervulus
noun
Synonym of corpora arenacea (calcified concretions near the pineal gland)
acetifier
acetifier
noun
An apparatus for hastening acetification
acheilary
acheirous
acheirous
adj
Of or pertaining to acheiria (lacking one or both hands)
achievers
achievers
noun
plural of achiever
achordate
achordate
adj
(biology) Not having a proto-spinal chord at any stage of development.
achromate
achyrodes
acidifier
acidifier
noun
(chemistry) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc.
acierated
acierated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acierate
acierates
acierates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acierate
acipenser
acneiform
acneiform
adj
(pathology) Alternative form of acneform
acopyrine
acoumeter
acoumeter
noun
(physics) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
acoumetry
acoumetry
noun
The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
acquereur
acquirers
acquirers
noun
plural of acquirer
acquitter
acquitter
noun
One who acquits or releases.
acraeinae
acraniate
acraniate
adj
That lacks a cranium
noun
Any animal of the class Acrania
acrasieae
acraspeda
acraspeda
noun
(zoology) A group of acalephs that includes most of the larger jellyfish
acrestaff
acrididae
acridines
acridines
noun
plural of acridine
acridness
acridness
noun
bitterness or acerbity
acrobates
acrodrome
acrodrome
adj
(botany, of the veins of a leaf) That run parallel to the edges of the leaf and meet at the tip
acrogenic
acrogenic
adj
Alternative form of acrogenous
acrogynae
acroleins
acroleins
noun
plural of acrolein
acrologue
acrometer
acropetal
acropetal
adj
(botany) That develops, matures or opens from the base towards the apex in sequence.
acrosomes
acrosomes
noun
plural of acrosome
acrospire
acrospire
noun
(botany) The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate.
verb
To put forth the first sprout.
acrospore
acrospore
noun
A spore borne at the extremity of the cells of fructification in fungi.
acroteral
acroteria
acroteria
noun
plural of acroterium
acroteric
acroteric
adj
Relating to the extremities of the limbs or to the tip of the nose
acrotreta
acrylates
acrylates
noun
plural of acrylate
actoridae
actresses
actresses
noun
plural of actress
actuaries
actuaries
noun
plural of actuary
acurative
acusector
adderbolt
adderbolt
noun
(now UK dialectal) A dragonfly.
adderfish
adderspit
adderwort
adderwort
noun
Common bistort (Bistorta officinalis, syn. Persicaria bistorta) or snakeweed.
addressed
addressed
adj
(possessional) Of a document, marked with an address.
Having been the audience for an address, speech or presentation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of address
addressee
addressee
noun
(linguistics) A person or entity to whom discourse is directed, or the words referring to such an entity.
The person or organization to which something, such as a letter or message, is addressed or sent, for whom the item is intended.
addresser
addresser
noun
A machine that addresses.
A person who addresses (applies an address to an object to be delivered to a particular location).
A person who addresses someone (directs spoken or written communication toward someone).
A person who gives an address or speech.
addresses
addresses
noun
plural of address
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of address
addressor
addressor
noun
Alternative form of addresser
adelaster
adelaster
noun
(botany) A provisional name for a plant which has not had its flowers botanically examined, and therefore has not been referred to its proper genus.
adeniform
adeniform
adj
Shaped like a gland; adenoid.
adffrozen
adherence
adherence
noun
(Scotland, law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.
(medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
A close physical union of two objects.
Faithful support for some cause.
adherency
adherency
noun
(obsolete) That which adheres.
(obsolete) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
adherends
adherends
noun
plural of adherend
adherents
adherents
noun
plural of adherent
adipocere
adipocere
noun
A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animal tissues in response to hydrolysis
adjourned
adjourned
adj
(of a meeting, event or trial) Having been adjourned; suspended or paused.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjourn
adjusters
adjusters
noun
plural of adjuster
adjutrice
adjutrice
noun
Alternative form of adjutrix (“female adjutor”)
adlegiare
admeasure
admeasure
verb
(transitive) To apportion.
(transitive, law, obsolete) To survey and lay off a due portion to, as of dower in real estate or of pasture held in common.
admirable
admirable
adj
Deserving of the highest esteem or admiration.
admirance
admirance
noun
(obsolete) admiration
admiredly
admiredly
adv
(archaic) So as to be admired.
admitters
admitters
noun
plural of admitter
admixture
admixture
noun
(epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.
A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
A mixture, in some contexts
An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.