The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.
abashment
abashment
noun
The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame.
aberrants
aberrants
noun
plural of aberrant
abetments
abetments
noun
plural of abetment
abeyances
abeyances
noun
plural of abeyance
abhenries
abhenries
noun
plural of abhenry
abidances
abidances
noun
plural of abidance
abnegates
abnegates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abnegate
absconded
absconded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscond
absconder
absconder
noun
A person who absconds.
abseiling
abseiling
noun
The process or act of abseiling.
verb
present participle of abseil
absentees
absentees
noun
plural of absentee
absenters
absenters
noun
plural of absenter
absenting
absenting
verb
present participle of absent
absinthes
absinthes
noun
plural of absinthe
absolvent
absolvent
adj
(rare) Absolving.
noun
(rare) An 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.
abstained
abstained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstain
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.
abstinent
abstinent
adj
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite.
noun
(usually capitalized, religion, historical) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence from meat and sex.
One who abstains; a faster.
abutments
abutments
noun
plural of abutment
accension
accension
noun
(obsolete) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
accentors
accentors
noun
plural of accentor
accessing
accessing
verb
present participle of access
accession
accession
noun
(Scotland) Complicity, concurrence or assent in some action.
(law) A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a right to the part or thing added, or the improvement (provided the thing is not changed into a different species).
(law) The act by which one power becomes party to engagements already in force between other powers.
(medicine) The invasion, approach, or commencement of a disease; a fit or paroxysm.
A coming to; the act of acceding and becoming joined.
A group of plants of the same species collected at a single location, often held in genebanks.
Access; admittance.
Agreement.
Increase by something added; that which is added; augmentation from without.
The act of coming to or reaching a throne, an office, or dignity.
verb
(transitive) To make a record of (additions to a collection).
accidents
accidents
noun
plural of accident
accounsel
acensuada
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
acescence
acescence
noun
The quality of being acescent; the process of acetous fermentation; a moderate degree of sourness.
acescency
acescency
noun
Synonym of acescence
acescents
acescents
noun
plural of acescent
acesodyne
achimenes
achimenes
noun
A Central American plant, of the genus Achimenes, having showy, trumpet-shaped flowers
acipenser
acridines
acridines
noun
plural of acridine
acridness
acridness
noun
bitterness or acerbity
acroleins
acroleins
noun
plural of acrolein
actinides
actinides
noun
plural of actinide
acuminose
acuminose
adj
Terminating in a flat, narrow end.
acutances
acutances
noun
plural of acutance
acuteness
acuteness
noun
(medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
(of the senses or feelings) The faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness
Shrewdness, quickness of mind
Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds.
The quality of being acute or pointed
adamances
addendums
addleness
addleness
noun
The state or quality of being addle.
ademonist
adenocyst
adenoncus
adenosine
adenosine
noun
(biochemistry, genetics, organic chemistry) A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue.
adeptness
adeptness
noun
The quality of being adept.
adespoton
adherends
adherends
noun
plural of adherend
adherents
adherents
noun
plural of adherent
adhesions
adhesions
noun
plural of adhesion
adnascent
adnascent
adj
Growing to or on something else.
adnescent
adnexitis
adnexitis
noun
(medicine) inflammation of the adnexa of the uterus, i.e. the Fallopian tubes or ovaries.
adorantes
adrenitis
adrenitis
noun
Alternative form of adrenalitis
adsorbent
adsorbent
adj
Tending to adsorb.
noun
The solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates.
adstringe
adultness
adultness
noun
The state or quality of being an adult.
advancers
advancers
noun
plural of advancer
adventism
adventist
adversant
adversing
adversion
adversion
noun
(obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
aepyornis
aequorins
aequorins
noun
plural of aequorin
aerations
aerations
noun
plural of aeration
aerodynes
aerodynes
noun
plural of aerodyne
aerogenes
aerognosy
aeronauts
aeronauts
noun
plural of aeronaut
aeschines
affiances
affiances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiance
affluents
affluents
noun
plural of affluent
afghanets
afterguns
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afternose
aftersend
aftersong
agenesias
agennesis
agennesis
noun
(pathology) Impotence; sterility.
agentives
agentives
noun
plural of agentive
agentries
agentries
noun
plural of agentry
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
agileness
agileness
noun
The state or quality of being agile; agility.
agistment
agistment
noun
(historical) The taking and feeding of other people's cattle in the king's forests; the price paid for such a feeding.
A charge or rate against lands
The taking in by any one of other people's livestock to graze at a certain rate.
aglycones
aglycones
noun
plural of aglycone
agnoetism
agomensin
agrements
agrements
noun
plural of agrement
agrestian
agrestian
adj
Synonym of agrestic (“rural, rustic”)
airliners
airliners
noun
plural of airliner
airplanes
airplanes
noun
plural of airplane
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airplane
alaternus
alaternus
noun
Alternative form of alatern
albertson
albescent
albescent
adj
Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
albespine
albespine
noun
whitethorn; hawthorn
albespyne
albespyne
noun
Alternative form of albespine
albugines
alcedines
alcyoneus
aleksandr
alentours
alertness
alertness
noun
The quality of being alert or on the alert
aleurones
aleurones
noun
plural of aleurone
aleutians
aleutians
Noun
of (person)
Proper noun
The Aleutian Islands.
algerians
algerines
algerines
noun
plural of algerine
algidness
algidness
noun
The state or quality of being algid.
alginates
alginates
noun
plural of alginate
alienages
alienages
noun
plural of alienage
alienates
alienates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alienate
alienisms
alienisms
noun
plural of alienism
alienists
alienists
noun
plural of alienist
alienness
alienness
noun
The condition of being alien
alienship
alienship
noun
The state or status of being alien.
alikeness
alikeness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being alike.
(uncountable) The state or quality of being alike.
alimonies
alimonies
noun
plural of alimony
alisander
alisonite
alispheno
aliveness
aliveness
noun
The state of being alive; exuberance, intensity.
the aliveness of the colours in a painting
alkarsine
alkarsine
Noun
cacodyl
allanites
allanites
noun
plural of allanite
allemands
allergens
allergens
noun
plural of allergen
allergins
allergins
noun
plural of allergin
alliances
alliances
noun
plural of alliance
almonries
almonries
noun
plural of almonry
almsmoney
almswomen
almswomen
noun
plural of almswoman
aloneness
aloneness
noun
The state of being alone; solitude, isolation.
alongside
alongside
adv
Along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.
prep
Side by side with.
Together with or at the same time.
aloofness
aloofness
noun
The state of being aloof
alstonine
alstonine
noun
(organic chemistry) A particular indoloquinolizidine alkaloid found in Alstonia boonei and other plants.
alstonite
alstonite
noun
(mineralogy) An aragonite mineral consisting of an isomorphous mixture of calcium and barium carbonates.
alterants
alterants
noun
plural of alterant
aluminise
aluminise
verb
(transitive) To coat with a layer of aluminium.
aluminose
alumstone
alumstone
noun
(mineralogy) alunite
amassment
amassment
noun
(countable) That which is amassed; a large quantity (of something).
The act of amassing.
ambiances
ambiances
noun
plural of ambiance
ambiences
ambiences
noun
plural of ambience
amboinese
ambrosane
ambrosine
amelcorns
amenities
amenities
noun
The quality of being pleasant or agreeable, whether in respect to situation, climate, manners, disposition etc.