(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
academic
academic
adj
(art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
noun
(archaic) A student in a college.
(plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
(plural only) Academic studies.
(usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
A member of the Academy; an academician.
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
academie
acetamid
acetamid
noun
Obsolete spelling of acetamide
acidemia
acidemia
noun
Alternative form of acidaemia
acridium
acrydium
adamical
adamical
Adjective
Adamic
adaminah
adamitic
adamsite
adamsite
noun
An organic compound, diphenylaminechlorarsine, used as a riot-control agent.
addiment
addiment
noun
(immunology, archaic) Synonym of complement
adeeming
adeeming
verb
present participle of adeem
adermine
adiantum
adiantum
noun
The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum)
adlumine
adlumine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in plants of genus Adlumia.
admedial
admedial
adj
(anatomy) Near the medial plane
admedian
admedian
adj
(anatomy) Near the median plane
admirals
admirals
noun
plural of admiral
admirers
admirers
noun
plural of admirer
admiring
admiring
adj
Feeling or showing admiration.
noun
admiration
verb
present participle of admire
admitted
admitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admit
admittee
admittee
noun
One who is admitted.
admitter
admitter
noun
Someone who or something which admits.
admixing
admixing
verb
present participle of admix
admonish
admonish
verb
(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.
(transitive) To instruct or direct.
(transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
adoniram
adynamia
adynamia
noun
Lack or loss of strength, usually due to a disease.
adynamic
adynamic
adj
(physics) Characterised by the absence of force.
Not dynamic; without strength or vigor.
aecidium
aecidium
noun
(mycology) A member of the form genus Aecidium.
The cupulate fruiting body borne upon the mycelium of certain fungi commonly parasitic upon specimens of the Compositae, Lamiaceae, Leguminosae, and Ranunculaceae families
affirmed
affirmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affirm
agamidae
ahmadiya
airdrome
airdrome
noun
A location where aircraft are operated, usually having a runway and maintenance facilities.
albumoid
alcimede
aldamine
aldimine
aldimine
noun
(organic chemistry) An imine derived from an aldehyde; general formula RCH=NR
aldoxime
aldoxime
noun
(organic chemistry) Any oxime derived from an aldehyde; general formula RCH=NOH
alismoid
allodium
allodium
noun
(dated or historical) Freehold land or property; land held in allodial tenure, or one's title to such land.
amandine
amandine
adj
(cooking) Served with almonds.
noun
A cosmetic cream prepared from almonds.
The vegetable casein of almonds.
amberoid
ambroids
amending
amending
verb
present participle of amend
amerinds
amidases
amidases
noun
plural of amidase
amidated
amidated
adj
(organic chemistry) Converted into, or reacted with an amide
amidines
amidines
noun
plural of amidine
amidmost
amidmost
adj
In the very middle; central.
adv
In the very middle; centrally.
amidoazo
amidogen
amidogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry, dated) The amino radical, •NH₂, the neutral form of the amide ion −NH₂⁻, regardable as the ammonia molecule with one of its hydrogen atoms removed.
amidones
amidones
noun
plural of amidone
amidoxyl
amidship
amidship
adv
In the middle of a ship (as opposed to bow or stern).
amidulin
amidulin
noun
soluble starch, so rendered by boiling or treating with hydrochloric acid
amidward
aminated
aminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aminate
amioidei
ammelide
ammelide
noun
(organic chemistry) 6-amino-2,4-dihydroxy-1,3,5-triazine, the hydrolysis product of ammeline.
ammonoid
ammonoid
adj
Characteristic of an ammonite.
noun
An extinct cephalopod of the subclass Ammonoidea (including ammonites).
amoebida
amoeboid
amoeboid
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an amoeba, particularly in having amoeboid movement.
noun
A single-celled organism that moves or feeds by amoeboid movement.
amoinder
amphipod
amphipod
noun
Any species of the taxonomic order Amphipoda of small, shrimp-like crustaceans.
amyloids
amyloids
noun
plural of amyloid
animando
animated
animated
adj
Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move through the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.
Endowed with life.
Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of animate
animized
aramidae
armenoid
armenoid
Noun
A member of a subtype of the Caucasian race, similar to the Dinaric but with slightly darker pigmentation, found mainly in the northern part of Western Asia.
armillda
armoried
ascidium
ascidium
noun
(botany) A pitcher-shaped or flask-shaped organ or appendage of a plant.
(zoology) One of the former genus Ascidium of simple ascidians, which included most of the known species; sometimes used as a name for the family Ascidiidae or for all the Tunicata, or Ascidiacea.
aspidium
aspidium
noun
(dated, countable) Synonym of dryopteris: a genus of ferns or a member of the genus, including the male fern.
(dated, medicine, uncountable) A vermifuge prepared from the dried male fern.
atomised
atomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atomise
atomized
atomized
adj
Converted from liquid to a spray or mist.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atomize
aumildar
aumildar
noun
Alternative form of amildar
azoimide
azoimide
noun
Hydrazoic acid
bahmanid
barmaids
barmaids
noun
plural of barmaid
basidium
basidium
noun
(mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from 19th c.]
bdellium
bdellium
noun
Probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora.
beambird
beambird
noun
A small European flycatcher, the spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, that often nests on a beam in a building.
becrimed
bedimmed
bedimmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedim
bedimple
bedimple
verb
(transitive) To produce dimples in; to dimple.
bedismal
bedlamic
bedtimes
bedtimes
noun
plural of bedtime
befilmed
befilmed
adj
(poetic, archaic, rare) Covered with a film.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befilm
begrimed
begrimed
adj
Dirty, soiled, grimy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begrime
belemnid
bemisted
bemisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemist
bemitred
beslimed
beslimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beslime
besmiled
besmiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmile
bhumidar
biformed
biformed
adj
Having two forms.
bimedial
bimedial
adj
(geometry, of a line) Being the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (such as the side and diagonal of a square).
bimodule
bimodule
noun
(mathematics) An abelian group that is both a left and a right module, such that the left and right multiplications are compatible
bipedism
bipedism
noun
Synonym of bipedalism
birdfarm
birdlime
birdlime
noun
(rhyming slang) Time; a jail term, the serving of a prison sentence.
A sticky substance smeared on branches to catch birds.
verb
(transitive) To add birdlime to.
birthdom
birthdom
noun
Privilege of birth; one's inheritance; birthright.
The land of one's birth.
blindism
blindism
noun
A stereotypy characteristic of blind people, such as eye-rubbing or hand-flapping.
An idiosyncratic behaviour associated with blind people.
blindman
blindman
noun
(archaic) A man who is blind.
bodiment
bombidae
bombycid
bombycid
noun
(zoology) Any of the moths of the family Bombycidae.
bondmaid
bondmaid
noun
A female bondservant.
braidism
braidism
Noun
hypnotism
brideman
brideman
noun
Alternative form of bridesman
bridgman
bromides
bromides
noun
plural of bromide
bromidic
bromidic
adj
Stale, banal, clichéd.
bromised
bromized
bromized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bromize
bsindmgt
buddhism
bulimoid
cadmiums
cadmiums
noun
plural of cadmium
caladium
caladium
noun
Any of the genus Caladium of flowering plants, especially an ornamental cultivar of Caladium bicolor.
camailed
camailed
adj
Fitted with a camail.
cambodia
cambodia
Proper noun
country in Southeast Asia. Official name: Kingdom of Cambodia. Former name: Kampuchea.
cameloid
cameloid
adj
Like a camel, or as found in a camel.
noun
Any (fictional) animal similar to a camel.
Misspelling of camelid.
camisade
camisade
noun
Alternative form of camisado
camisado
camisado
noun
(archaic) A nocturnal ambush or surprising act of aggression.
(obsolete) A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack.
camisard
camisard
Noun
One of the French Protestants of the Cevennes region of south-central France, who raised an insurrection against the persecutions which followed the revocation of the in 1685.
camoodie
camoudie
camphoid
caodaism
caodaism
Proper noun
A syncretic monotheistic religion founded in the 20th century in Vietnam.
cecidium
cecidium
noun
A gall produced on a plant by infection from insects etc
chadarim
chamidae
chammied
chammied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chammy
chasidim
chiefdom
chiefdom
noun
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.
An area or region governed by a chief.
chromide
chromide
noun
Any of various cichlid fishes found in Asia.
cimicide
cimicoid
cimicoid
adj
(biology, entomology) Resembling or being a member of the Cimicidae; buglike.
climaxed
climaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of climax
cnemides
cnemides
noun
plural of cnemis
coadmire
coadmits
coadmits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of coadmit
codamine
codiaeum
codomain
codomain
noun
(mathematics, mathematical analysis) The target set into which a function is formally defined to map elements of its domain; the set denoted Y in the notation f : X → Y.
columbid
columbid
noun
Any dove or pigeon in the family Columbidae.
combined
combined
adj
Resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. united together.
noun
(skiing) Ellipsis of Nordic combined..
(skiing) Ellipsis of alpine combined.. An event in alpine skiing consisting of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of combine
comedial
comedian
comedian
noun
(by extension) Any person who is humorous or amusing, either characteristically or on a particular occasion.
(dated) A person who performs in theatrical plays.
(obsolete) A writer of comedies.
An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.