(obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
(obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
(obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
abdicative
abdicative
adj
(rare) Causing, or implying, abdication.
noun
(logic) A reasoning from the negative
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
abjudicate
abjudicate
verb
(law) To reject by judicial sentence.
To abjudge.
abmodality
abominated
abominated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abominate
aborticide
aborticide
noun
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
abundantia
acadialite
acadialite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral found in Nova Scotia consisting of red chabazite.
acanthodei
acanthodii
accidental
accidental
adj
(geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
(music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
(philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
noun
(music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
(painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
accidented
accidented
adj
(possessional) Having had an accident
That has an uneven or undulating surface
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
acclimated
acclimated
adj
accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment
verb
(chiefly US) simple past tense and past participle of acclimate
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.
acetamidin
acetanilid
acetanilid
noun
Alternative form of acetanilide
acetylized
acetylized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acetylize
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
aciculated
aciculated
adj
Alternative form of aciculate
acidifiant
acidifiant
noun
Any acidifying agent.
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
acidulated
acidulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acidulate
acidulates
acidulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate
acquainted
acquainted
adj
Personally known; familiar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquaint
acquisited
acridities
acridities
noun
plural of acridity
actinoidea
actinopoda
actionized
actionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actionize
actualised
actualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualise
actualized
actualized
adj
Having become actual; having been realized or made real.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualize
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
adactylism
adactylism
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of adactyly.
adagiettos
adagiettos
noun
plural of adagietto
adamantine
adamantine
adj
Like the diamond in hardness or luster.
Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated.
adamantoid
adamantoid
noun
A crystal characterized by being bound by 48 equal triangles; a hexoctahedron.
adamellite
adamellite
noun
(mineralogy) monzonite
adamitical
adaptation
adaptation
noun
(countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
(countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
(countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
(sociology) The means by which social groups adapt to different social and physical environments.
(uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
(uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
adaptative
adaptative
adj
Of or pertaining to adaptation; adaptive.
adaptional
adaptional
adj
(biology) Applied to the process by which an organism is fitted or adapted to its environment
Relating or pertaining to adaptation, or the action of adapting.
adaptitude
adaptitude
noun
Adaptedness; special aptitude.
adaptively
adaptively
adv
In an adaptive manner; with adaptation; in a fitting manner
adaptivity
adaptivity
Noun
The state or quality of being adaptive; capacity to adapt.
adaptorial
adaptorial
adj
Tending to adapt or fit; adaptive.
addability
addability
noun
Alternative spelling of addibility
addibility
addibility
noun
Capability of addition; capability of being added to or added together.
addictions
addictions
noun
plural of addiction
addictives
addictives
noun
plural of addictive
additament
additament
noun
(archaic) An addition; something added.
additiment
additional
additional
adj
Supplemental or added to something.
noun
Something added.
additively
additively
adv
In an additive manner.
additivity
additivity
noun
(countable) The extent to which something is additive
(uncountable) The property of being additive
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.
adenitises
adenitises
noun
plural of adenitis
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adequation
adequation
noun
(linguistics) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context
(obsolete) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
equivalence
adequative
adequative
adj
(rare) equivalent or sufficient; adequate.
adhibiting
adhibiting
verb
present participle of adhibit
adhibition
adhibition
noun
The act of adhibiting.
adiabolist
adiabolist
noun
(obsolete) one who does not believe in the Devil.
adiactinic
adiactinic
adj
(chemistry) Not transmitting the actinic rays.
adiathetic
adiathetic
adj
Not diathetic.
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adipometer
adipometer
noun
A calliper used to estimate the amount of internal fat by measuring the thickness of a fold of skin
adjectival
adjectival
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.
noun
An adjectival phrase or clause.
adjectives
adjectives
noun
plural of adjective
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjective
adjudicata
adjudicate
adjudicate
verb
(Scotland, law) To seize, or convey, a debtor's estate as security.
To act as a judge.
To settle a legal case or other dispute.
adjunction
adjunction
noun
(category theory) Given a pair of categories 𝒞 and 𝒟: an anti-parallel pair of functors F:𝒞→𝒟 and G:𝒟→𝒞 and a natural transformation 𝜂: mbox id_C→GF called “unit” such that for any object A∈𝒞, for any object B∈𝒟, and for any morphism f:A→GB, there is a unique morphism g:FA→B such that Gg∘𝜂_A=f. (Note: there is another natural transformation called “counit” as well but its existence may be derived by theorem.) The pair of functors express a similarity between the pair of categories which is weaker than that of an equivalence of categories.
(law) The joining of personal property owned by one to that owned by another.
The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
adjunctive
adjunctive
adj
(logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a
additional; neither basic nor primary
forming an adjunct
noun
(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
(manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."
adjuration
adjuration
noun
A grave warning.
A solemn oath.
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
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).
admittable
admittable
adj
Able to be admitted.
admittance
admittance
noun
(Britain, law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
(physics) The reciprocal of impedance
Actual entrance, reception.
Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
The act of admitting.
admittatur
admittatur
noun
The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
admittedly
admittedly
adv
As is acknowledged to be true; by general admission; confessedly.
admittible
admittible
adj
Archaic spelling of admittable.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
admonition
admonition
noun
Gentle or friendly reproof; counseling against fault or oversight; warning.
admonitive
admonitive
adj
Of or conveying admonition
admonitory
admonitory
adj
Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
admonitrix
admonitrix
noun
(archaic) A female admonitor.
adoptative
adoptative
adj
(rare) adoptive
adoptional
adoptional
adj
Of or relating to adoption.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adorations
adorations
noun
plural of adoration
adornation
adornation
Noun
adornment
adposition
adposition
noun
(grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition.
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adscripted
adscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adscript
adsmithing
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
adullamite
adullamite
Noun
An inhabitant of Adullam. Near this town there was a cave where David and his allies sought refuge from Saul.
A member of the anti-reform faction of the British Liberal Party in the 19th century.
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.
adulticide
adulticide
noun
A pesticide designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae.
verb
(transitive) To treat with adulticide.
adustiosis
adustiosis
noun
(rare) A reddish discolouration of the skin of a citrus fruit.
adventists
adventitia
adventitia
noun
(anatomy, histology) The outermost layer of epithelial tissue encasing a visceral organ.
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.
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
advocation
advocation
noun
(Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
(Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
(archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
advocative
advocative
adj
(law) Related to advocation
advocatrix
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
aedilberct
aedilitian
aedilities
aedilities
noun
plural of aedility
aerodontia
aerodontic
aestivated
aestivated
verb
Alternative spelling of estivated
simple past tense and past participle of aestivate
aethalides
aethalioid
affidation
affidavits
affidavits
noun
plural of affidavit
affiliated
affiliated
adj
Associated, related, or united; subject to a particular affiliation.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affiliate
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
againstand
againstand
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To stand against; to withstand; to oppose.
agapetidae
agitatedly
agitatedly
adv
In an agitated manner.
aistopodes
alabandite
alabandite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of manganese sulfide, MnS, sometimes found in meteorites