(law) The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement; transferring a legal title.
abandonments
abandonments
noun
plural of abandonment
abbotnullius
abbreviation
abbreviation
noun
(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
The process of abbreviating.
The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
abbroachment
aberrational
aberrational
adj
Characterized by aberration.
abevacuation
abevacuation
noun
(medicine) An abnormal evacuation.
(medicine) Metastases.
abiogenesist
abiogenesist
noun
A proponent of abiogenesis.
abirritation
abirritation
noun
(medicine) A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; asthenia; atony.
(medicine) Decreased response to stimuli.
abjudication
abjudication
noun
(law, rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
abolishments
abolishments
noun
plural of abolishment
abolitionary
abolitionary
adj
Relating to or favoring abolition.
abolitionise
abolitionise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abolitionize.
abolitionism
abolitionism
noun
(abortion) Support for the abolition (banning) of abortion.
(historical, US) Support for the abolition of slavery.
Support for the abolition (banning) of sex work.
Support for the abolition of prisons.
Support for the abolition of something; the tenets of abolitionists.
abolitionist
abolitionist
adj
(historical) In favor of the abolition of slavery.
noun
(historical, US) A person who favored or advocated the abolition of slavery.
A person who favors the abolition of any particular institution or practice.
abolitionize
abolitionize
verb
(transitive, rare, obsolete) To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.
abominations
abominations
noun
plural of abomination
abortionists
abortionists
noun
plural of abortionist
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
absoluteness
absoluteness
noun
(obsolete) The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness.
The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.
The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.
absolutizing
absolutizing
verb
present participle of absolutize
absorptances
absorptances
noun
plural of absorptance
absorptional
absorptional
adj
Relating to absorption.
abstractions
abstractions
noun
plural of abstraction
acetobenzoic
acinotubular
acinotubular
adj
(anatomy) Having both acini and tubules
actinobranch
actinobranch
noun
(biology) An organ, in some anthozoans, that functions as a gill
adumbrations
adumbrations
noun
plural of adumbration
adverbiation
albification
albification
noun
(obsolete) The act or process of making white.
albitization
albitization
noun
(mineralogy) conversion into albite
alloantibody
alloantibody
noun
An antibody involved in alloimmunity.
ambitionless
ambitionless
adj
Without ambition or motivation
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
amphibiontic
anabohitsite
anabohitsite
noun
(mineralogy) An olivine- and hornblende-bearing pyroxenite mineral.
anaerobation
anaerobiotic
anaerobiotic
adj
(anatomy) Resembling or relating to anaerobes.
anatomisable
anatomizable
angioblastic
angioblastic
adj
Relating to angioblasts.
anglophobist
anthobiology
antiabortion
antiabortion
adj
Opposed to the practice or legalization of abortion.
antiabrasion
antiabrasion
adj
Preventing abrasion.
antialbumose
antiantibody
antiantibody
noun
(immunology) An antibody that binds to other antibodies.
antiglobulin
antiglobulin
noun
(immunology) antihuman globulin
antilaborist
antimetabole
antimetabole
noun
(rhetoric) The technique of reversal, where accentuated by reversal of words, actions or grammatical structure.
antimicrobic
antimicrobic
adj
antimicrobial
noun
Any antimicrobial agent
antiportable
antiscabious
antithrombic
antithrombic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or resembling the action of antithrombin
antithrombin
antithrombin
noun
A small molecule that inactivates several enzymes of the coagulation system.
antivibrator
antivibrator
noun
A device attached to a vehicle or machine, etc. to reduce vibrations.
aplanobacter
approbations
approbations
noun
plural of approbation
arbitrations
arbitrations
noun
plural of arbitration
arborization
arborization
noun
Any branching, treelike shape or formation.
The formation of such a shape or formation.
archibenthos
arthrobranch
arthrobranch
noun
A gill, of a crustacean, that is attached to the membrane between the body and the base of the leg
assibilation
assibilation
noun
(phonology) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization.
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
attributions
attributions
noun
plural of attribution
audubonistic
autoantibody
autoantibody
noun
An antibody formed in response to an agent (autoantigen) produced by the organism itself
automobiling
automobiling
verb
present participle of automobile
babelisation
babelization
babingtonite
babingtonite
noun
A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.
backcourtman
backcourtman
noun
(basketball) A backcourt player.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backpointers
backstopping
backstopping
verb
present participle of backstop
backstroking
backstroking
verb
present participle of backstroke
bacteriocins
bacteriocins
noun
plural of bacteriocin
bactriticone
bactriticone
noun
(malacology) A shell which has a straight cone shape, like certain primitive Ammonoidea.
baculiticone
bagrationite
bagrationite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of allanite.
balaenoptera
balanoplasty
balanoplasty
noun
(surgery) reconstruction of the glans penis
balletomanes
balletomanes
noun
plural of balletomane
balletomania
balletomania
noun
An extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets.
balloonation
ballottement
ballottement
noun
(medicine) A method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether a foetus moves away and returns again.
(medicine) An increased amount of fluid in the suprapatellar pouch of the knee.
balneologist
balneologist
noun
balneotherapist
barnstormers
barnstormers
noun
plural of barnstormer
barnstorming
barnstorming
adj
(especially of a performance) Highly theatrical.
noun
The act of one who barnstorms, or travels making political speeches.
verb
present participle of barnstorm
baronetising
baronetizing
barringtonia
bartholomean
bartonsville
basification
basification
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of making something more basic; raising the pH of something.
bastinadoing
bastinadoing
verb
present participle of bastinado
bathukolpian
bathukolpian
adj
Alternative spelling of bathykolpian
bathycolpian
batocrinidae
battledoring
battlefronts
battlefronts
noun
plural of battlefront
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlewagons
battlewagons
noun
plural of battlewagon
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
becompliment
beethovenian
beethovenian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to in particular his style of music.
beethovenish
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
begottenness
begottenness
noun
(theology) The quality of being begotten.
bellybuttons
bellybuttons
noun
plural of bellybutton
bemirrorment
benedictions
benedictions
noun
plural of benediction
benefactions
benefactions
noun
plural of benefaction
benevolently
benevolently
adv
In a benevolent manner.
benzanthrone
benzanthrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic ketone, 7-oxobenz(de)anthracene, that is used in the manufacture of anthraquinone dyes
benzonitrile
benzonitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic nitrile C₆H₅-CN; it is used as a solvent and has many industrial applications
benzotoluide
benzoylating
benzoylation
benzoylation
noun
(organic chemistry) A reaction that introduces a benzoyl group into a molecule
benzthiophen
bertillonage
bertillonage
noun
Originally, a system for the identification of criminals making use of anthropometric measurements — including head size, arm span, scars, distinguishing features and the like. The usage has been extended to encompass a means of identification of racing greyhounds.
besoothement
besottedness
besottedness
noun
The state or quality of being besotted, infatuation, intellectual or moral blindness.
betanaphthol
bibliomanist
bicarbonates
bicarbonates
noun
plural of bicarbonate
bifunctional
bifunctional
adj
(chemistry, of a compound) Having two functional groups or binding sites.
(chemistry, of a reaction) Involving two functional groups or binding sites.
Having two functions.
bifurcations
bifurcations
noun
plural of bifurcation
bilification
binocularity
binocularity
noun
Binocular vision.
binucleolate
binucleolate
adj
(biology) Having two nucleoli.
bioenergetic
bioenergetic
adj
Of or pertaining to bioenergetics
biogenetical
biogenetical
adj
biogenetic
biomagnetism
biomagnetism
noun
(biology) The production or detection of a magnetic field by a living organism.
biometrician
biometrician
noun
One who practices biometrics.
bionditional
biopotential
biopotential
noun
A biologically- or biochemically-generated potential (voltage)
bioscientist
bioscientist
noun
A scientist who specializes in any of the biosciences
biosyntheses
biosyntheses
noun
plural of biosynthesis
biosynthesis
biosynthesis
noun
(biochemistry) The synthesis of organic compounds within a living organism, especially the synthesis of large compounds from small ones.
biosynthetic
biosynthetic
adj
(biochemistry) of or pertaining to biosynthesis
biotechnical
biotechnical
adj
Of or pertaining to biotechnology
bipartitions
bipartitions
noun
plural of bipartition
bipropellant
bipropellant
noun
A propellant composed of two components (typically a fuel and an oxidizer) that react together in the combustion chamber
birefraction
bitonalities
blacktopping
blacktopping
verb
present participle of blacktop
blastulation
blastulation
noun
(biology) The process of forming blastocoels and blastulas.
blennoptysis
blennostasis
blennostatic
blennothorax
bletheration
blindstories
blindstories
noun
plural of blindstory
blockbusting
blockbusting
adj
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
noun
(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
bloemfontein
bloemfontein
Proper noun
A major city and the judicial capital of South Africa.