(now rare) Separated from matter; abstract; ideal, not concrete.
Inattentive to surrounding objects; absent in mind; meditative.
Separated or disconnected; withdrawn; removed; apart.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstract
abstracter
abstracter
adj
(rare) comparative form of abstract: more abstract
noun
An accounting clerk who records payroll deductions.
One who abstracts, or makes an abstract, as in records or documents.
Someone that finds and summarizes information for legal or insurance work.
abstrahent
abstricted
abstricted
adj
Separated by abstriction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstrict
abstrusely
abstrusely
adv
In an abstruse manner.
abstrusest
abstrusest
adj
(rare) superlative form of abstruse: most abstruse
acceptress
acceptress
noun
(rare) A female acceptor.
accersitor
accipitres
accounters
accounters
noun
plural of accounter
accrescent
accrescent
adj
(botany) Which keeps growing past the point it normally would stop and begin wilting.
Growing; increasing.
accretions
accretions
noun
plural of accretion
aceratosis
acerbities
acerbities
noun
plural of acerbity
acetarious
acetarious
adj
(archaic) Used in salads or as salad
acetarsone
acetarsone
noun
Synonym of acetarsol
acridities
acridities
noun
plural of acridity
adjustores
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.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
adornments
adornments
noun
plural of adornment
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adscripted
adscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adscript
adsorbates
adsorbates
noun
plural of adsorbate
adsorbents
adsorbents
noun
plural of adsorbent
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
adulatress
adulatress
noun
(archaic) A female adulator.
adulterers
adulterers
noun
plural of adulterer
adulteress
adulteress
noun
A female adulterer, a married woman or wife who commits adultery.
adulteries
adulteries
noun
plural of adultery
adulterous
adulterous
adj
Of, or characterized by adultery.
adumbrates
adumbrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
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
advertizes
advertizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advertize
aerialists
aerialists
noun
plural of aerialist
aerobatics
aerobatics
noun
Spectacular stunts, performed in an airplane or glider. Examples include various types of rolls and loops.
aerolitics
aerolitics
noun
The scientific study of aerolites.
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
aeronomist
aeronomist
Noun
One who studies aeronomy.
aerophotos
aerophotos
noun
plural of aerophoto
aerostatic
aerostatic
adj
Of or pertaining to aerostatics; pneumatic.
Pertaining to aerial navigation or aeronautics.
aestivator
aestivator
noun
An animal that becomes dormant during the summer or dry season.
aetosaurus
afforested
afforested
adj
Created by afforestation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afforest
affricates
affricates
noun
plural of affricate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affricate
aforetimes
aforetimes
Adverb
formerly, previously
aftercause
afterdecks
afterdecks
noun
plural of afterdeck
afterdrops
afterglows
afterglows
noun
plural of afterglow
aftergrass
aftergrass
noun
The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown.
afterhours
afterlifes
afterlifes
noun
(rare, proscribed) plural of afterlife
afterlives
afterlives
noun
plural of afterlife
aftermaths
aftermaths
noun
plural of aftermath
afternoons
afternoons
noun
plural of afternoon
afterpains
afterpains
noun
plural of afterpain
aftershaft
aftershaft
noun
(ornithology) An accessory plume arising from the posterior of the contour feathers of many birds.
aftershave
aftershave
noun
a lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving
aftershine
aftershock
aftershock
noun
(figuratively) By extension, any result or consequence following a major event.
An earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
Emotional and physical distress following a traumatic event.
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
afterstain
afterstate
afterstorm
afterstudy
afterswarm
afterswarm
noun
A swarm of bees that leaves the hive after the primary swarm.
afterswell
aftertaste
aftertaste
noun
A taste of something that persists when it is no longer present.
Of wine, finish.
The persistence of the taste of something no longer present.
aftertimes
aftertimes
noun
plural of aftertime
afterwards
afterwards
adv
(temporal location) At a later or succeeding time.
afterwrist
afteryears
afteryears
noun
subsequent years
aggravates
aggravates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggravate
aggregates
aggregates
noun
plural of aggregate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggregate
agostadero
agreations
agreements
agreements
noun
plural of agreement
agrestical
agrestical
adj
Obsolete form of agrestic.
agrostemma
agrosteral
agrosterol
alabasters
alabasters
noun
plural of alabaster
alablaster
alacrities
alacrities
noun
plural of alacrity
algebraist
algebraist
noun
(mathematics) A mathematician who specializes in algebra.
allegorist
allegorist
noun
One who speaks in, or writes, allegories.
allenhurst
allergists
allergists
noun
plural of allergist
allosteric
allosteric
adj
(biochemistry, of an enzyme) That binds a compound on an inactive site and thus changes macromolecular conformation or dynamics in order to become either active or inactive
noun
(biochemistry) An allosteric modulator
allotropes
allotropes
noun
plural of allotrope
alpestrian
alpestrine
alpestrine
adj
Synonym of subalpine
alternates
alternates
noun
plural of alternate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alternate
altimeters
altimeters
noun
plural of altimeter
amateurish
amateurish
adj
Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
amateurism
amateurism
noun
Amateur beliefs and practices generally.
The opinion or conviction that sports ought not to be played for money.
ambrosiate
ambrosiate
noun
A crystalline substance, C₂₃H₂₅O₅Br, that is one of the common irritants that can be refined from ragweed (Ambrosia arthemisiifolia).
amersfoort
amersfoort
Proper noun
A city in the Netherlands.
amherstite
amidstream
amphiaster
amphiaster
noun
(biology) The achromatic figure, formed in mitotic cell division, consisting of two asters connected by a spindle-shaped bundle of rod-like fibres diverging from each aster.
amphoterus
anarcestes
anastrophe
anastrophe
noun
(rhetoric) Unusual word order, often involving an inversion of the usual pattern of the sentence.
anatomiser
anatomiser
noun
Alternative form of anatomizer
ancestress
ancestress
noun
A female ancestor.
ancestrial
ancestrial
adj
(dated) Ancestral.
ancestrian
ancestrian
adj
(archaic) ancestral
ancestries
ancestries
noun
plural of ancestry
anchorites
anchorites
noun
plural of anchorite
anderstorp
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.
anelytrous
anenterous
anenterous
adj
(zoology) Without a stomach or an intestine.
anisoptera
anisotrope
anisotrope
adj
(dated) anisotropic
anoestrous
anorectous
anorectous
adj
(archaic) anorectic; lacking appetite
antecessor
antecessor
noun
(now rare) A person from whom one is descended.
(now rare) A person or thing that precedes or goes before.
antechoirs
antechoirs
noun
plural of antechoir
antedorsal
antescript
antespring
antherless
antherless
adj
Without anthers.
anthoceros
anticorset
anticorset
adj
Opposing the wearing of corsets.
antiheroes
antiheroes
noun
plural of antihero
antimasker
antimasker
noun
(healthcare, politics, neologism) A person who is opposed to the practice of wearing masks.
Alternative form of antimasquer.
antimerism
antimerism
noun
(biology) The division of the body into antimeres.