(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.
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
abjections
abjections
noun
plural of abjection
abjunction
abjunction
noun
(logic) Synonym of material nonimplication
(mycology, biology) The creation of spores by cutting off portions of the sporophore by the growth of septa; abstriction.
abreaction
abreaction
noun
(psychoanalysis) The re-living of an experience with a view to purging its emotional dross.
accubation
accubation
noun
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
actionable
actionable
adj
(law) Affording grounds for legal action.
I'm sure it's not good of me to write that he's a lush, but is it actionable?
That can be acted on; that can be used as the basis for taking action.
actionably
actionably
adv
In an actionable manner.
albication
albication
noun
The process of becoming white, or developing white patches or streaks.
anabolitic
anabolitic
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to anabolism or to anabolites
antibiotic
antibiotic
adj
(obsolete) Of or relating to the theory that extraterrestrial life does not exist.
(pharmacology) Of or relating to antibiotics.
noun
(pharmacology) Any substance that can destroy or inhibit the growth of bacteria and similar microorganisms, generally transported by the lymphatic system.
antibromic
antibromic
adj
(archaic) Having the power to eliminate offensive smells.
noun
(archaic) Any substance capable of eliminating offensive smells.
balatronic
balatronic
adj
buffoonish
balopticon
balopticon
noun
(historical) An early kind of stereopticon or projector.
bandicoots
bandicoots
noun
plural of bandicoot
batocrinus
batonistic
beclothing
beclothing
verb
present participle of beclothe
bentonitic
bentonitic
adj
Formed of, or containing, bentonite.
betorcinol
bicornuate
bicornuate
adj
(medicine) Resembling a pair of horns, as a malformed uterus may.
bijections
bijections
noun
plural of bijection
bilocation
bilocation
noun
(Forteana) The ability to be, or fact of being, in two places at once.
binoculate
binoculate
adj
Having two eyes.
biocenotic
biocenotic
adj
Relating to a biocenosis
biocentric
biocentric
adj
Supporting or pertaining to biocentrism.
biocontrol
biocontrol
noun
(biology) The biological control of pests by the use of organisms that are natural predators, parasites, or pathogens
verb
To exercise such control
biogenetic
biogenetic
adj
Of or pertaining to biogenesis.
Of or pertaining to biogenetics.
bisections
bisections
noun
plural of bisection
botchiness
botchiness
noun
The state of being botchy
boycotting
boycotting
noun
The act of something being boycotted.
verb
present participle of boycott
bronchitic
bronchitic
adj
Of or pertaining to bronchitis.
noun
A person who has bronchitis.
bronchitis
bronchitis
noun
(countable) An occurrence of, a case (patient) of, or a type of bronchitis.
(uncountable) An inflammation of the bronchi of the lungs, that causes the cilia of the bronchial epithelial cells to stop functioning.
brownistic
buccinator
buccinator
noun
(anatomy) A thin broad muscle forming the wall of the cheek.
cabotinage
cabotinage
noun
overacting; hamming
catabasion
catabasion
noun
A vault under the altar of a Greek church.
cenobitism
cenobitism
noun
The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.
cnidoblast
cnidoblast
noun
(biology) A cell in the epidermis of cnidarians in which the nematocyst develops
coenobitic
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
cohabitant
cohabitant
noun
A person who cohabits with another
cohabiting
cohabiting
verb
present participle of cohabit
cohibition
cohibition
noun
(obsolete) hindrance; restraint
cohobating
cohobating
verb
present participle of cohobate
cohobation
cohobation
noun
(dated, chemistry) The boiling of a material in a liquid with the repeated return of the distillate.
(dated, chemistry) The concentrated distillate so formed.
colbertine
colbertine
noun
(obsolete) A kind of lace.
combatting
combatting
verb
present participle of combat
combinator
combinator
noun
(computer science) A lambda expression which has no free variables in it.
combusting
combusting
verb
present participle of combust
combustion
combustion
noun
(chemistry) The act or process of burning.
(figuratively) Violent agitation, tumult.
A process whereby two chemicals are combined to produce heat.
A process wherein a fuel is combined with oxygen, usually at high temperature, releasing heat.
concubitus
connubiate
connubiate
verb
(rare, slang) To live together as man and wife; to marry; (loosely), to have relations.
consubsist
consubsist
verb
(intransitive) To subsist together.
contribute
contribute
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole.
corybantic
corybantic
adj
frenetic, ecstatic and orgiastic
of or pertaining to a Corybant
counterbid
counterbid
noun
(business) A bid made in response to a previous bid by another party
verb
To make a counterbid
cribration
cribration
noun
The separation of the finer parts of drugs from the coarser parts by sifting.
cytoglobin
cytoglobin
noun
(biochemistry) A globin that is produced by all types of human and other mammalian cells
decubation
decubation
noun
(obsolete, rare, formal) The act of lying down.
endobiotic
endobiotic
adj
(medicine) Originating within an organ or biological system.
(of a parasite or symbiont) living within the tissues of a host.
noun
(medicine) An endogenous substance that influences the functioning of an organ or biological process.
entamoebic
entamoebic
adj
Alternative form of entamebic
geobotanic
geobotanic
Adjective
phytogeographical
iceboating
iceboating
noun
The act of travelling in a iceboat.
incubation
incubation
noun
(chemistry) A period of little reaction which is followed by more rapid reaction.
(pathology) The development of a disease from its causes, or the period of such development.
(psychology) One of the four proposed stages of creativity (preparation, incubation, illumination, and verification): the unconscious recombination of thought elements that were stimulated through conscious work at one point in time, resulting in novel ideas at a later point.
Sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, to develop the life within, by any process.
Sleeping in a temple or other holy place in order to have oracular dreams or to receive healing.
incubators
incubators
noun
plural of incubator
incubatory
incubatory
adj
Serving for incubation.
interblock
interblock
adj
Between blocks.
noun
A space or interval between two adjacent blocks or cells on a grid.
neoblastic
neoblastic
adj
Constituting or pertaining to a new growth, as of tissue.
nonbotanic
noncabinet
noncabinet
adj
(politics) Not of or pertaining to the cabinet.
noncitable
noticeable
noticeable
adj
Capable of being seen or noticed.
Worthy of note; significant.
noticeably
noticeably
adv
(degree) To a detectable degree, sufficient to be noticed.
(manner) In a noticeable way.
(modal) In truth and observably.
objections
objections
noun
plural of objection
oblocution
obstinance
obstinance
noun
The characteristic of being obstinate.
obstinancy
obstinancy
noun
(rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
obtainance
recubation
recubation
noun
(obsolete) recumbence
subcaption
subcaption
noun
A caption that is subordinate to another caption.
verb
(transitive) To provide with a subordinate caption.
subception
subduction
subduction
noun
(geology) The process of one tectonic plate moving beneath another and sinking into the mantle at a convergent plate boundary.
(mathematics, mathematical analysis) A surjection between diffeological spaces such that the target is identified as the pushforward of the source.
Arithmetical subtraction.
The act of subducting or taking away.
The action of being pushed or drawn beneath another object.
subjection
subjection
noun
The act of bringing something under the control of something else.
The state of being subjected.
subsection
subsection
noun
(law) A subpart of a legal document such as law.
(taxonomy, botany) A taxonomic rank below the section, but above the species.
(taxonomy, zoology) An informal taxonomic category below section and above family.
A defined part of a section.
verb
To insert subsections (into some text, etc.).
symbiontic
symbiontic
adj
Misspelling of symbiotic.
Relating to a symbiont.
tibouchina
tibouchina
noun
Any of various species of myrtalean trees of the genus Tibouchina, native to tropical America, many of which are used as garden ornamentals.