(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Leading away; a carrying away.
acidulant
acidulant
noun
A food additive used to increase acidity or to give a tart taste
acidulent
acidulent
adj
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
aconitums
aconitums
noun
plural of aconitum
acquaints
acquaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquaint
actiniums
actiniums
noun
plural of actinium
actinulae
actinulae
noun
plural of actinula
actuarian
actuarian
adj
Synonym of actuarial
noun
Synonym of actuary
actuating
actuating
verb
present participle of actuate
actuation
actuation
noun
The act of putting into motion.
acuminate
acuminate
adj
(botany, mycology) Tapering to a long point in concave manner at its apex.
Tapering to a point; pointed.
verb
(intransitive) To end in or come to a sharp point.
(transitive) To render sharp or keen; to sharpen.
adducting
adducting
verb
present participle of adduct
adduction
adduction
noun
(anatomy) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
afunction
afunction
noun
Lack of function; failure to work properly.
agincourt
anticourt
anticourt
adj
Opposing a legal court.
Opposing a royal court.
antiochus
antiochus
Proper noun
name, notably borne by the thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty.
antipudic
antipudic
adj
(rare) That covers the genitals.
antiulcer
antiulcer
adj
(medicine) Serving to prevent or counteract ulcers.
antluetic
apneustic
apneustic
adj
(pathology) Of or relating to apneusis.
arcturian
arcuation
arcuation
noun
(botany) A method of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.
The act of bending or curving; the state of being bent; crookedness.
auctioned
auctioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of auction
authentic
authentic
adj
(music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
(obsolete) Authoritative.
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
autogenic
autogenic
adj
(specifically, of a process of soldering) Performed by fusing the parts to be joined without adding solder.
Independent of a medium.
Relating to autogenic training.
Self-produced.
autonomic
autonomic
adj
(neuroanatomy, neurology) Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system.
(neurology) Acting or occurring involuntarily, without conscious control.
auxotonic
auxotonic
adj
(botany) Relating to plant movement classified by growth as opposed to mature reactions to exogenous stimuli in surrounding environment.
(physiology) Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes and the tension differs due to an increasing load or difference in leverage.
awunctive
betulinic
betulinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to betulinic acid or its derivatives
bicornute
bicornute
adj
Synonym of bicornuate
bipunctal
bounciest
bounciest
adj
superlative form of bouncy: most bouncy
brunistic
buchanite
buchonite
bucketing
bucketing
noun
A heavy pouring down of liquid; a deluge.
Synonym of binning (“data pre-processing technique”)
The act of moving material using a bucket.
verb
present participle of bucket
bunchiest
bunchiest
adj
superlative form of bunchy: most bunchy
butacaine
butacaine
noun
(pharmacology) A local anesthetic.
canthuthi
canutillo
caoutchin
caoutchin
noun
(organic chemistry) An inflammable, volatile, oily liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
catoquina
catullian
caudation
caudation
noun
(medicine) A fibrous growth.
(writing) A section appended to the end of a word, line, or poem.
(writing) The addition of a caudation.
A caudate extension or tail.
The property of having a caudate extension or tail.
causation
causation
noun
Cause and effect, considered as a system.
The act of causing.
The act or agency by which an effect is produced.
cautioned
cautioned
adj
That has received a caution (typically from the police)
verb
past participle of caution
cautioner
cautioner
noun
(Scotland) A surety.
A person who cautions.
cautiones
cautionry
cautionry
noun
(Scotland, law) suretyship
ceintures
ceintures
noun
plural of ceinture
centauric
centaurid
centumvir
centumvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
centurial
centurial
adj
Of or pertaining to a century.
centuried
centuried
adj
(rare, chiefly literary) Having existed for centuries; ancient.
centuries
centuries
noun
plural of century
centurion
centurion
noun
(US) A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed 100 night landings on an aircraft carrier.
(cricket) A player who scores a century.
(historical) An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
centurist
centurist
noun
A centuriator.
ceraunite
cerniture
cestrinus
chaunting
chaunting
noun
Obsolete form of chanting.
verb
present participle of chaunt
chiquitan
chitinous
chitinous
adj
Made of, pertaining to, or resembling chitin.
chthonius
chunkiest
chunkiest
adj
superlative form of chunky: most chunky
ciclatoun
ciclatoun
noun
A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages.
cicutoxin
cicutoxin
noun
(organic chemistry) A poisonous polyyne and alcohol found in various plants, including the water hemlock.
cinctured
cinctured
adj
Having a cincture.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cincture
cinctures
cinctures
noun
plural of cincture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cincture
cingulate
cingulate
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to a cingulum.
noun
Any mammal of the order Cingulata, the armadillos
circulant
circulant
adj
(mathematics) Involving circulation.
noun
(mathematics) A circulant matrix.
circuting
citrinous
citrullin
clianthus
clianthus
noun
Any plant of the genus Clianthus.
clinquant
clinquant
adj
Glittery; gleaming; sparkling; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
noun
Dutch metal.
Tinsel; glitter.
cloturing
cloturing
verb
present participle of cloture
clutching
clutching
noun
The act of one who clutches.
verb
present participle of clutch
coadunite
cointreau
cointreau
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Cointreau (“serving of Cointreau liqueur”)
collution
columnist
columnist
noun
A regular writer of a column, such as in a magazine or newspaper
comminute
comminute
noun
Pulverized material.
verb
(medicine) To cause fragmentation (of bone).
(transitive) To break into smaller portions.
(transitive) To pulverize; to smash.
communist
communist
adj
Of, relating to, supporting, or advocating communism.
noun
(nonstandard) Any revolutionary or subversive radical.
An advocate of a society based on the common ownership of property; a proponent of communism.
community
community
noun
(Wales, countable) A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England.
(countable) A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
(countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.
(countable, Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.
(countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
(countable, obsolete) Common enjoyment or possession; participation.
(uncountable) The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
(uncountable, obsolete) Common character; likeness.
(uncountable, obsolete) Commonness; frequency.
commuting
commuting
adj
Causing, or involved in commutation
noun
(Philippines) travel by public transportation such as by jeepney
travel between home and workplace
verb
present participle of commute
computing
computing
noun
(computer science) The use of a computer or computers.
(literally) The process or act of calculation.
The study of computers and computer programming.
verb
present participle of compute
concurbit
conductio
confiture
confiture
noun
a preserve or jelly/jam of candied fruit
confuting
confuting
verb
present participle of confute
conglutin
conglutin
noun
(biochemistry) A form of legumin found in almonds, lupins, rye etc.
congruist
congruity
congruity
noun
An instance or point of agreement or correspondence; a resemblance.
The quality of agreeing; the quality of being suitable and appropriate.
contagium
contagium
noun
(archaic) contagion; contagious matter
continual
continual
adj
(proscribed) Forming a continuous series.
(proscribed) Seemingly continuous; appearing to have no end or interruption.
Recurring in steady, rapid succession.
continued
continued
adj
(dated) Prolonged; unstopped.
Uninterrupted.
noun
the word continued when placed in the end of the page to show it is to be continued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of continue
continuer
continuer
noun
(linguistics) A word or phrase interjected by the listener to indicate that he/she is listening to the speaker.
One who, or that which, continues.
continues
continues
noun
plural of continue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of continue
continuos
continuos
noun
plural of continuo
continuua
continuum
continuum
noun
(mathematics) The nondenumerable set of real numbers; more generally, any compact connected metric space.
(music) A touch-sensitive strip, similar to an electronic standard musical keyboard, except that the note steps are ¹⁄₁₀₀ of a semitone, and so are not separately marked.
A continuous extent.
A continuous series or whole, no part of which is noticeably different from its adjacent parts, although the ends or extremes of it are very different from each other.
conttinua
contusing
contusing
verb
present participle of contuse
contusion
contusion
noun
A wound, such as a bruise, in which the skin is not broken, often having broken blood vessels and discolouration.
The act of bruising.
contusive
contusive
adj
Relating to, or causing contusion
corinthus
cornulite
cornutine
cornuting
cornuting
verb
present participle of cornute
coroutine
coroutine
noun
(programming) A piece of code that performs a task, and that can be passed new input and return output more than once.
costuming
costuming
noun
Material for making costumes.
The putting on of a costume; dressing up.
verb
present participle of costume
cosustain
cothurnni
cotunnite
cotunnite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of lead chloride (PbCl₂) formed by alteration of galena.
countfish
countians
countries
countries
noun
plural of country.
countrify
countrify
verb
(transitive) To make rural or rustic.
countship
countship
noun
(historical) A territory (principality, province, etc.) ruled and administered by a count.
The rank or position of a count.
courtling
courtling
noun
(obsolete) A sycophantic courtier.
coussinet
coussinet
noun
(architecture) A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch or vault.
(architecture) Part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute.
cretinous
cretinous
adj
Characteristic of a cretin; very stupid.
crutching
crutching
verb
present participle of crutch
ctenidium
ctenidium
noun
(zoology) A respiratory system, in the form of a comb, in some molluscs
(zoology) A row of spines in some insects
ctenolium
cuittikin
cuittling
culminant
culminant
adj
(by extension) predominant
being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude
culminate
culminate
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the culmen
verb
(US, military, of an offensive, etc) To reach a point at which continued progress is not possible.
(intransitive) To reach the (physical or figurative) summit, highest point, peak etc.
(intransitive, astronomy) Of a heavenly body, to be at the highest point, reach its greatest altitude.
(intransitive, figuratively) To reach a climax; to come to a decisive point, especially an end or conclusion.
(transitive) To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.
cultigens
cultigens
noun
plural of cultigen
culturine
culturing
culturing
noun
An act or an instance of growing or maintaining a culture (especially of bacteria).
verb
present participle of culture
cumengite
cumengite
noun
(mineralogy) A tetragonal-ditetragonal dipyramidal indigo blue mineral containing chlorine, copper, hydrogen, lead, and oxygen.
cupertino
curetting
curetting
noun
The act of scraping with a curette.
verb
present participle of curette
curtained
curtained
adj
(figuratively) Hidden or separated as if by a curtain.
(in compounds) Hung with a curtain or curtains of a specified type.
Covered or partitioned with a curtain or curtains.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of curtain
curtation
curtation
noun
(astronomy) The interval of a planet's orbit in which its curtate or shortened distance is less than the true distance.
curtsying
curtsying
noun
The act of dropping a curtsy.
verb
present participle of curtsy
curvation
curvation
noun
The act of curving or bending.
curveting
curveting
noun
(of a person) Caper, frisking, often with a nuance of flirtation.
The motion of a horse or other animal that curvets.
verb
present participle of curvet
cushionet
cushionet
noun
A little cushion.
custodian
custodian
noun
(US, Canada) a janitor; a cleaner
A person entrusted with the custody or care of something or someone; a caretaker or keeper.
customing
customing
verb
present participle of custom
cutinised
cutinised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cutinise
cutinises
cutinises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cutinise
cutinized
cutinized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cutinize
cutinizes
cutinizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cutinize
cuttingly
cuttingly
adv
In a cutting manner.
deducting
deducting
verb
present participle of deduct
deduction
deduction
noun
(logic) A process of reasoning that moves from the general to the specific, in which a conclusion follows necessarily from the premises presented, so that the conclusion cannot be false if the premises are true.
A conclusion; that which is deduced, concluded or figured out
A sum that can be removed from tax calculations; something that is written off
That which is deducted; that which is subtracted or removed
The ability or skill to deduce or figure out; the power of reason