A repudiation on oath of a religious or political principle.
A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
The act of abjuring.
absinthium
absinthium
noun
(now rare) The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter herb used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic.
The dried leaves and flowering tops of the wormwood plant.
absinthe oil
absolution
absolution
noun
(civil law, obsolete) An acquittal, or sentence of a judge declaring an accused person innocent.
(ecclesiastical) An absolving of sins from ecclesiastical penalties by an authority.
(obsolete) Delivery, in speech.
An absolving, or setting free from guilt, sin, or penalty; forgiveness of an offense.
The forgiveness of sins, in a general sense.
The form of words by which a penitent is absolved.
absolutism
absolutism
noun
(philosophy) Belief in a metaphysical absolute; belief in Absolute.
(political science, sociology) The principles or practice of absolute or arbitrary government; despotism.
(rare) The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope; absoluteness.
(theology) Doctrine of preordination; doctrine of absolute decrees; doctrine that God acts in an absolute manner.
Positiveness; the state of being absolute.
absolutist
absolutist
adj
Of or pertaining to absolutism; arbitrary; despotic; uncompromising.
noun
(metaphysics) One who believes that it is possible to realize a cognition or concept of the Absolute.
An uncompromising person; one who maintains certain principles to be absolute.
One who is in favor of an absolute or autocratic government.
absolutive
absolutive
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the grammatical case used to indicate the patient or experiencer of a verb’s action.
(rare) Of, exhibiting, or pertaining to absolution; absolutory, absolving.
noun
(grammar) An uninflected verb form used to indicate another action performed by the subject of the principal verb.
(grammar) The absolutive case, or a phrase that uses it.
absolutize
absolutize
verb
(transitive) To make absolute.
abstemious
abstemious
adj
(rare) Promotive of abstemiousness.
Marked by, or spent in, abstinence.
Refraining from freely consuming food or strong drink; sparing in diet; abstinent, temperate.
Sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation.
abstrusion
abstrusion
noun
(rare) The act of thrusting away.
abstrusity
abstrusity
noun
(archaic) Abstruseness; that which is abstruse.
absumption
absumption
noun
(obsolete) Destruction or disintegration, especially a gradual one; wasting away.
abundantia
acanthuthi
accounting
accounting
noun
(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
(law) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
A relaying of events; justification of actions.
verb
present participle of account
accoutring
accoutring
verb
present participle of accoutre
accubation
accubation
noun
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
accusation
accusation
noun
(law) A formal charge brought against a person in a court of law.
An allegation.
The act of accusing.
accusative
accusative
adj
(grammar) Applied to the case (as the fourth case of Latin, Lithuanian and Greek nouns) which expresses the immediate object on which the action or influence of a transitive verb has its limited influence. Other parts of speech, including secondary or predicate direct objects, will also influence a sentence’s construction. In German the case used for direct objects.
Producing accusations; in a manner that reflects a finding of fault or blame
noun
(grammar) The accusative case.
accusatrix
accusatrix
noun
A female accusator.
acerbitude
acerbitude
noun
(archaic) Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
acetarious
acetarious
adj
(archaic) Used in salads or as salad
acetonuria
acetonuria
noun
(pathology) A form of ketonuria characterized by the presence of acetone in the urine
aciculated
aciculated
adj
Alternative form of aciculate
acidulated
acidulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acidulate
acidulates
acidulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate
acleistous
acousmatic
acousmatic
adj
(music) Referring to pre-recorded music that is presented in concert using loudspeakers, e.g. some types of computer music.
Referring to Pythagorean disciples who for years listened to his lectures from behind a curtain, unable to see him.
Referring to a sound that has no visually identifiable cause.
acoustical
acoustical
adj
Of or pertaining to hearing or acoustics.
acousticon
acousticon
noun
(historical) A kind of hearing aid.
acquainted
acquainted
adj
Personally known; familiar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquaint
acquisited
acquisitor
acquisitor
noun
one who acquires
acquisitum
acquitment
acquitment
noun
(law) Acquittal.
acquittals
acquittals
noun
plural of acquittal
acquitting
acquitting
verb
present participle of acquit
acroterium
acroterium
noun
(architecture) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment, or upon the gables in Gothic architecture.
One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade.
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
actualizes
actualizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actualize
acturience
acturience
noun
tendency or impulse to act
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
acusection
acutorsion
acutorsion
noun
(medicine) The twisting of an artery with a needle to arrest hemorrhage.
adaptitude
adaptitude
noun
Adaptedness; special aptitude.
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.
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.
admittatur
admittatur
noun
The certificate of admission given in some American colleges.
admixtures
admixtures
noun
plural of admixture
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.
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
aeronautic
aeronautic
adj
Having to do with aerial navigation
aesculetin
aesculetin
noun
A derivative of coumarin found in chicory and many other plants.
aestuation
aetiologue
affectious
affectious
adj
(obsolete) affectionate
agglutinin
agglutinin
noun
(specifically) A protein found in cow's milk.
A substance that causes particles or cells to clump; it may be an antibody, a lectin, or otherwise.
aglutition
aglutition
noun
(medicine) Inability to swallow.
agricultor
agricultor
noun
(archaic) agriculturist, farmer
agriotypus
aguilarite
aguilarite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic sulfosalt mineral found in Mexico.
aitutakian
akolouthia
aktivismus
aktyubinsk
alacritous
alacritous
adj
(rare) Brisk, speedy, with alacrity, quick and eager.
albuminate
albuminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound of albumin and a base or acid
albutannin
albutannin
noun
exsiccated tannin albuminate
allanturic
allocution
allocution
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A pronouncement by a pope to an assembly of church officials concerning a matter of church policy.
(chiefly US, law) The legal right of a victim, in some jurisdictions, to make a statement to a court prior to sentencing of a defendant convicted of a crime causing injury to that victim; the actual statement made to a court by a victim.
(chiefly US, law) The question put to a convicted defendant by a judge after the rendering of the verdict in a trial, in which the defendant is asked whether he or she wishes to make a statement to the court before sentencing; the statement made by a defendant in response to such a question; the legal right of a defendant to make such a statement.
(communication, media) The mode of information dissemination in which media broadcasts are transmitted to multiple receivers with no or very limited capability of a two-way exchange of information.
A formal speech, especially one which is regarded as authoritative and forceful.
allocutive
allokurtic
altazimuth
altazimuth
noun
A telescope or surveying instrument that has a mount permitting both horizontal and vertical rotation
altisonous
altisonous
adj
Alternative form of altisonant
altruistic
altruistic
adj
Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish
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.
amatorious
amatorious
adj
(obsolete) amatory
ambulating
ambulating
verb
present participle of ambulate
ambulation
ambulation
Noun
walking around
ambulative
ambulative
adj
(archaic) walking
amianthium
amiantuses
ammoniuret
ammunition
ammunition
noun
(figurative) Arguments and information that can be used against the other party in a conflict.
(obsolete) Military stores, or provisions of all kinds for attack or defense.
Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc.
verb
To supply with ammunition.
amphithura
amplitudes
amplitudes
noun
plural of amplitude
ampulating
ampullitis
ampullitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of an ampulla
amputating
amputating
verb
present participle of amputate
amputation
amputation
noun
surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc.
the loss of a limb, etc. through trauma
amputative
amputative
adj
(surgery) That involves amputation
amurcosity
anacahuita
anacahuite
anacoustic
anacoustic
adj
(physics) Describing the upper reaches of the atmosphere, and of space, in which the concentration of molecules is too small to support the propagation of sound
anechoic, soundless
anacrustic
anacrustic
adj
Exhibiting or relating to anacrusis.
analytique
anastasius
anastasius
Proper noun
name of mostly historical use.
anastatius
anazoturia
anazoturia
noun
(medicine) A decrease in the amount of nitrogenous material (such as urea) in the urine.
ancipitous
ancipitous
adj
Synonym of ancipital
andalusite
andalusite
noun
(mineralogy) An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅.
andouillet
angularity
angularity
noun
(countable) A sharp point or angle.
(countable) A stiff, cranky, crotchety manner or behaviour.
(uncountable) The property or characteristic of possessing angles.
angulating
angulating
verb
present participle of angulate
angulation
angulation
noun
An angular part, position, or formation.
The formation of an abnormal angle or bend in an organ
The formation of angles.
angulosity
angulosity
noun
(obsolete) angularity
anilinctus
anilinctus
noun
Rare form of anilingus.
annotinous
annotinous
adj
(botany) A year old; in yearly growths.
annuitants
annuitants
noun
plural of annuitant
annularity
annularity
noun
The property of being annular.
annulation
annulation
noun
(organic chemistry) Any reaction that forms a ring of atoms
Any structure in the form of a ring
The formation of a ring
annunciata
annunciate
annunciate
verb
(transitive, formal) To announce.
annunziata
antelabium
antepenuit
anthericum
anthericum
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Anthericum of rhizomatous perennial plants in the family Asparagaceae.
anthriscus
antibusing
antibusing
adj
(US politics) Opposing the use of busing to achieve racial integration in schools
antichorus
antichurch
antichurch
adj
Opposed to the church; against the Christian institution.
antifeudal
antifeudal
adj
(politics) Opposing a feudal system.
antifouler
antifouler
noun
Synonym of antifoulant
antifungal
antifungal
adj
(pharmacology) That inhibits the growth of fungi; antimycotic.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug that inhibits the growth of fungi.
antifungin
antifungin
noun
The fungicide magnesium borate.
antifungus
antifungus
adj
That inhibits the growth of fungi.
antigyrous
antileague
antileague
adj
Opposing a league or confederation.
antiliquor
antiliquor
adj
Opposing the drinking of alcoholic liquor.
antilobium
antilochus
antilogous
antilogous
adj
Being or relating to that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated.
Of the contrary name or character; opposite.
antiluetic
antiluetic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering lues (syphilis).
noun
(pharmacology) Any drug that counters lues (syphilis).
antiluetin
antimachus
antimasque
antimasque
noun
A comic or grotesque dance presented before or between the acts of a masque.
antimonium
antimonous
antimonous
adj
(inorganic chemistry) Alternative form of antimonious