An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.
The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
abstricted
abstricted
adj
Separated by abstriction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstrict
accredited
accredited
adj
Given official approval after meeting certain standards, as an accredited university; or as disease free cattle.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accredit
accreditee
accreditee
noun
A person who has received accreditation
acerbitude
acerbitude
noun
(archaic) Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
acidimeter
acidimeter
noun
(chemistry) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.
acidimetry
acidimetry
noun
(chemistry) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.
acidometer
acidometer
noun
A hydrometer, especially one that is used to measure the strength of an acid.
Any of various other devices used to measure acidity, either chemical or electronic.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
acridities
acridities
noun
plural of acridity
adaptorial
adaptorial
adj
Tending to adapt or fit; adaptive.
adendritic
adendritic
adj
(biology) (of a neuron) Not having dendrites.
(biology) (of other cells) Not having cytoplasmic processes.
Not having a branching structure, not tree-like.
adipometer
adipometer
noun
A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
adjuration
adjuration
noun
A grave warning.
A solemn oath.
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.
admiration
admiration
noun
(obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
(obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
admirative
admirative
adj
Characterized by admiration.
noun
(An instance of) a verb form similar to mirative, found primarily in some languages of the Balkan sprachbund (i.e. namely Albanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian), which expresses surprise, irony, doubt, or reportedness on the part of the speaker (compare mirative).
admittatur
admittatur
noun
The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
admonitory
admonitory
adj
Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
admonitrix
admonitrix
noun
(archaic) A female admonitor.
adorations
adorations
noun
plural of adoration
adornation
adornation
Noun
adornment
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adscripted
adscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adscript
adsorption
adsorption
noun
The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
adterminal
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
adulterize
adulterize
verb
(intransitive, largely obsolete) To commit adultery.
(transitive, intransitive, uncommon) To adulterate.
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
advertized
advertized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advertize
advertizer
advertizer
noun
One who advertizes.
advertizes
advertizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertize
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
advocatrix
aedilberct
aerodontia
aerodontic
affricated
affricated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affricate
affrighted
affrighted
adj
(archaic) Terrified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affright
afterdrain
afterglide
aftergrind
afterrider
ambidexter
ambidexter
adj
Ambidextrous.
noun
(archaic) A lawyer who takes fees from both plaintiff and defendant.
(by extension) Someone who is two-faced; a double-dealer, such as a cheat or a crook.
Someone who is ambidextrous.
amidstream
amyraldist
ancistroid
ancistroid
adj
Hook-shaped.
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.
andronitis
anhidrotic
anhidrotic
adj
lacking the ability to sweat
noun
(pharmacology) A substance that prevents sweating
anhydrotic
animadvert
animadvert
verb
(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
annerodite
antadiform
antebridal
antheridia
antheridia
noun
plural of antheridium
anthracoid
anthracoid
adj
(biology) Resembling anthrax.
anthradiol
anthropoid
anthropoid
adj
(anatomy, in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having an anteroposterior diameter equal or exceeding the transverse diameter.
having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance
having characteristics of an ape
noun
An anthropoid animal.
antibridal
antidorcas
antidotary
antidotary
adj
(pharmacology) Relating to or being an antidote, antidotal.
noun
(historical) A book of antidotes or pharmacological preparations.
(obsolete) An antidote.
antidromal
antidromal
adj
(botany) antidromous
(neurology) antidromic
antidromic
antidromic
adj
(neurology, of a nerve impulse) flowing in the opposite direction from normal
antimodern
antimodern
adj
Opposed to modernity or modernization
noun
A person opposed to modernity or modernization
antiputrid
antiputrid
adj
antiputrefactive
antitrades
antitrades
noun
plural of antitrade
apartheids
apartheids
noun
plural of apartheid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apartheid
aphroditic
aphroditic
adj
(Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to Aphrodite
venereal
apodyteria
apodyteria
noun
plural of apodyterium
arbitrated
arbitrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arbitrate
arcticized
arcticized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arcticize
arcticward
arctoidean
arendalite
argentamid
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
argyrodite
argyrodite
noun
(mineralogy) An uncommon silver germanium sulfide mineral, black with a purplish tinge and metallic lustre.
armillated
aromatised
aromatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aromatise
aromatized
aromatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aromatize
arrojadite
arrojadite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-domatic mineral containing aluminum, calcium, fluorine, hydrogen, iron, manganese, oxygen, phosphorus, potassium, and sodium.
arthrodiae
arthrodial
arthrodial
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to arthrodia or to an arthrosis
arthrodira
arthrodire
arthrodire
noun
(zoology) Any member of the extinct order Arthrodira, armored jawed fishes that flourished in the Devonian period.
aspidistra
aspidistra
noun
any of several Asian plants, of the genus Aspidistra, having large leaves and small bell-shaped flowers; widely cultivated as a houseplant
astartidae
asteriated
asteriated
adj
Radiated, with diverging rays.
asteriidae
asterisked
asterisked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asterisk
asteroidal
asteroidal
adj
Of or pertaining to an asteroid
asteroidea
astraeidae
attainders
attainders
noun
plural of attainder
attermined
attributed
attributed
adj
(programming) decorated with an attribute
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attribute
audibertia
audiometer
audiometer
noun
An instrument which is used to determine the acuity of hearing.
audiometry
audiometry
noun
(medicine) The quantitative assessment of a person's hearing ability, especially by means of an audiometer.
auditorial
auditorial
adj
auditory
auditories
auditories
noun
plural of auditory
auditorily
auditorily
adv
With regard to hearing.
auditorium
auditorium
noun
(in a theater, etc.) the space where the audience is located
a large room for public meetings or performances
auletrides
auletrides
noun
plural of auletris
australoid
australoid
Noun
A member of the racial classification that includes Veddahs, Negritos, New Guineans, Melanesians, Micronesians and Australian aborigines.
authorised
authorised
adj
Alternative spelling of authorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorise
authorized
authorized
adj
Explicitly allowed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of authorize
autodermic
autodialer
autodialer
noun
(computing) malicious software, embedded in a website, that routes dial-up Internet connections to a different telephone number charged at a premium rate
an electronic device that can automatically dial telephone numbers to communicate between any two points in the telephone, mobile phone and pager networks
avogadrite
avogadrite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium.
bacterioid
bacterioid
adj
(rare) Resembling a bacterium.
bacterized
bacterized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bacterize
bactritoid
bactritoid
noun
Any extinct cephalopod of the order Bactritida
banditries
banditries
noun
plural of banditry
bandstring
bandstring
noun
(obsolete or historical) Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.
barefisted
barrandite
barrandite
noun
(mineralogy) The mineral (Al,Fe³⁺)PO₄⋅2H₂O, related to taranakite.
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
bartizaned
bastardice
bastardies
bastardies
noun
plural of bastardy
bastardise
bastardise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of bastardize.
bastardism
bastardism
noun
The condition of being born out of wedlock; bastardy.
bastardize
bastardize
verb
To beget out of wedlock.
To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
To reduce from a higher to a lower state, such as by removing refined elements or introducing debased elements; to debase.
batrachoid
batrachoid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Batrachoididae of marine fishes, called toadfish.
(zoology, dated) Frog-like; batrachian.
noun
(zoology) Any species of the family Batrachoididae; a batrachoidid.
bedirtying
bedirtying
verb
present participle of bedirty
bedminster
bedminster
Proper noun
A district of Bristol, England, formerly a small town in Somerset
bestridden
bestridden
verb
past participle of bestride
bestriding
bestriding
verb
present participle of bestride
bewaitered
biarcuated
biarcuated
adj
Synonym of biarcuate
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
bighearted
bighearted
adj
Noble, kind and generous
biquadrate
biquadrate
noun
(mathematics) The fourth power; the square of a square.
verb
(transitive, arithmetic) To raise to the fourth power; to determine the result of multiplying by itself three times.
biradiated
biradiated
adj
biradiate; having two rays
birdnester
birdwitted
birthdates
birthdates
noun
plural of birthdate
bitterhead
bitterweed
bitterweed
noun
Any plant in the genus Ambrosia, especially Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed).