(object-oriented programming, of a class) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
(obsolete) Derived; extracted.
Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
Insufficiently factual.
Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
noun
(art) An abstract work of art.
(medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
(real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
Concentrated essence of a product.
Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
verb
(intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
(intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
(intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
(intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
(transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
(transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
(transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
(transitive) To separate; to disengage.
(transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
(transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
(transitive, obsolete) To extract by means of distillation.
He was wholly abstracted by other objects.
To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
abstrict
abstrict
verb
(transitive, biology, mycology) To cut off, as in abstriction; abjoint
acarapis
acardiac
acardiac
adj
(medicine, anatomy) Lacking a heart.
acardite
acardite
noun
(organic chemistry) n-methyl-n',n'-diphenylurea, used to stabilize chemicals and as a plasticizer.
acaridae
acaridan
acaridan
noun
Synonym of acarid
acaridea
acarines
acarines
noun
plural of acarine
acarpous
acarpous
adj
(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
acceders
acceders
noun
plural of acceder
accensor
accensor
noun
(Roman Catholicism) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
accentor
accentor
noun
(music, obsolete) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
(obsolete) The ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla.
Any bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock.
accepter
accepter
noun
(law) An acceptor; one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange.
(obsolete) A respecter; one who views others with partiality.
A person who accepts; a taker.
acceptor
acceptor
noun
(biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
(chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
(computing theory) A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
(law, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
(physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
(physiology) A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
One who accepts.
accessor
accessor
noun
(object-oriented programming) A function that retrieves a value, usually without changing any data.
Someone or something that accesses.
accipter
accorded
accorded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accord
accorder
accorder
noun
(rare) One who accords.
accouter
accouter
verb
(transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
accoutre
accoutre
verb
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouter
accrease
accrease
noun
(obsolete) An increase.
verb
(obsolete) To increase.
accredit
accredit
verb
(transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
(transitive) To believe; to put trust in.
(transitive) To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.
(transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book.
(transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
(transitive) To recognize as outstanding.
(transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
(transitive, literally) To credit.
accresce
accresce
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To increase; to grow.
(rare, intransitive) To accrue.
accretal
accretal
adj
Relating to, or formed by, accretion.
noun
An accretion.
accreted
accreted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accrete
accretes
accretes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accrete
accroach
accroach
verb
(intransitive) To encroach.
(transitive) To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook.
(transitive) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
accruals
accruals
noun
plural of accrual
accruing
accruing
noun
An amount that is accrued.
verb
present participle of accrue
accumber
accumber
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
accuracy
accuracy
noun
Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
accurate
accurate
adj
(obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty
accursed
accursed
adj
(archaic, theology) Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
(prenominal) Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accurse
accusers
accusers
noun
plural of accuser
accutron
acentric
acentric
adj
Not centered; without a centre
noun
A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere
acerated
acerated
adj
Synonym of acerate
acerates
acerates
noun
plural of acerate
acerbate
acerbate
adj
(rare) Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.
verb
(transitive) To exasperate; to irritate.
(transitive) To make bitter or sour.
acerbest
acerbest
adj
superlative form of acerb: most acerb
acerbity
acerbity
noun
(countable) Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience).
Harshness, bitterness, or severity
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
acerolas
acerolas
noun
plural of acerola
acervate
acervate
adj
(chiefly botany, rare) Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
verb
(obsolete) To heap up.
acervose
acervuli
acervuli
noun
plural of acervulus
acetract
acetract
noun
(medicine) In botanical medicine, a vinegar extract of herbs.
aceturic
achatour
achatour
noun
(historical) A purveyor of provisions; a provedore. [14th–18th c.]
acheiria
acheiria
noun
A loss of sense in one or both hands, or the inability to tell on which side of the body a stimulus has been applied
The congenital absence of one or both hands
acheirus
acherman
achernar
achiever
achiever
noun
One who achieves something.
One who tends to succeed; a winner.
achilary
achirite
achirite
noun
dioptase
achordal
achordal
adj
achordate
achorion
achroite
achroite
noun
(mineralogy) A colourless form of tourmaline
achromat
achromat
noun
(optics) A lens that imparts little color; a lens that is achromatic.
achromia
achromia
noun
(medicine) Absence of pigmentation, especially in the skin or blood
achromic
achromic
adj
(sciences) Uncoloured; not pigmented; lacking in colour.
achroous
achroous
adj
Colorless; achromatic.
acicular
acicular
adj
(botany) Of a leaf, slender and pointed, needle-like.
Having sharp points like needles.
Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle.
aciduria
aciduria
noun
(medicine) The presence of an acid in the urine
aciduric
aciduric
adj
(biology) (of bacteria) growing in acidic medium, but preferring an alkaline medium
acierage
acierage
noun
(historical) The process of electroplating a copper engraving with iron or steel.
acierate
acierate
verb
(rare, transitive) To convert (iron) into steel, or to coat with a layer of steel by converting only the surface of the iron.
ackerley
ackerman
ackerman
Proper noun
a town in Mississippi, USA
ackworth
acneform
acneform
adj
(pathology, especially of a rash) Resembling acne
acopyrin
acounter
acquired
acquired
adj
(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquire
acquirer
acquirer
noun
A bank or financial institution that processes credit card or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant.
One who acquires.
acquires
acquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire
acranial
acranial
adj
Without a skull.
acrasias
acrasida
acrasins
acrasins
noun
plural of acrasin
acreable
acreable
adj
(archaic) Of an acre; per acre.
acreages
acreages
noun
plural of acreage
acredula
acridane
acridane
noun
Alternative form of acridan
acridest
acridest
adj
superlative form of acrid: most acrid
acridian
acridian
adj
Relating to insects of the family Acrididae
noun
Any of the family Acrididae of grasshoppers, crickets, locusts etc.
acridine
acridine
noun
(countable, organic chemistry) Any of many derivatives of this compound
(uncountable, organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic heterocycle, dibenzopyridine, obtained from coal tar; it is used in the manufacture of dyes and drugs
acridity
acridity
noun
(figurative) Bitterness in speech or behaviour; causticness.
An acrid taste or smell.
Bitterness or acerbity.
acridium
acridone
acridone
noun
(organic chemistry) An tricyclic heterocyclic ketone derived from acridine; any derivative of this compound
acrimony
acrimony
noun
A sharp and bitter hatred.
acrisius
acritude
acritude
noun
acridity; pungency combined with heat.
acroasis
acroasis
noun
An oral discourse.
acroatic
acroatic
adj
acroamatic
acrobacy
acrobacy
noun
acrobatics
acrobats collectively
acrobats
acrobats
noun
plural of acrobat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acrobat
acrocera
acrocyst
acrocyst
noun
A chitinous cyst of the gonophore at the top of the gonotheca in some hydroids
acrodont
acrodont
adj
Having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
noun
One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge
acrogamy
acrogens
acrogens
noun
plural of acrogen
acrolein
acrolein
noun
(organic chemistry) A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH₂=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.
acrolith
acrolith
noun
(historical) An ancient Greek wooden statue furnished with a rupestral head and limbs.
acrology
acrology
noun
Synonym of acrophony
acromial
acromial
adj
Of or pertaining to the acromion.
acromion
acromion
noun
(anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.
acronomy
acronych
acronyms
acronyms
noun
plural of acronym
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acronym
acropora
acropore
acropore
noun
Any coral of the genus Acropora
acrosarc
acrosome
acrosome
noun
A structure forming the end of the head of a spermatozoon
acrostic
acrostic
adj
Of or pertaining to acrostics.
noun
A kind of word puzzle, the solution of which forms an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often form the name of its author.
A poem in Hebrew in which successive lines or verses start with consecutive letters of the alphabet.
A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
acrotism
acrotism
noun
(medicine) A lack or defect of the pulse.
acrydium
acrylate
acrylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acrylic acid.
acrylics
acrylics
noun
plural of acrylic
actifier
actifier
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of reactivator
actioner
actioner
noun
(informal) An action movie.
actorish
actorish
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an actor or theatrical acting; like an actor.
actressy
actressy
adj
Characteristic of an actress
Histrionic or theatrical
actuator
actuator
noun
(computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
(electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity.
A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.
Something that actuates something else.
acuerdos
acupress
acupress
verb
(transitive) To apply acupressure to.
adducers
adducers
noun
plural of adducer
adductor
adductor
noun
(anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor
adendric
adendric
adj
Not dendric.
adrectal
adriatic
adriatic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea
Proper noun
The Adriatic Sea, an extension of the Mediterranean Sea located between Italy and the Dalmatian coast of the Balkans.
adscript
adscript
adj
Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
noun
(typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.
A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
verb
(transitive) To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
adstrict
adstrict
verb
Alternative form of astrict
advancer
advancer
noun
(bridge) The overcaller's partner, especially one who bids following the overcall.
A second branch of a buck's antler.
One who advances or puts forward.
aerobics
aerobics
noun
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.
aerocyst
aerocyst
noun
An air vesicle.
aeroduct
aeroduct
noun
A proposed form of ramjet that harnesses charged particles in the upper atmosphere
aetheric
aetheric
adj
Alternative spelling of etheric
affecter
affecter
noun
A person who affects to know something or to be something.
affector
affector
noun
A nerve cell that directly activates a muscle
afforced
afforced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforce
aflicker
aflicker
adj
Flickering.
africana
africans
afteract
agacerie
agacerie
noun
Coquetry; flirtatiousness.
agaricic
agaricic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to agaricic acid or its derivatives
agaricin
agaricin
noun
(organic chemistry) an organic tricarboxylic acid (fatty acid) found in fungi