(rare) superlative form of absolute: most absolute
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.
absolutory
absolutory
adj
Serving to absolve; absolving; giving absolution.
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.
abstrusely
abstrusely
adv
In an abstruse manner.
abstrusest
abstrusest
adj
(rare) superlative form of abstruse: most abstruse
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.
absurdness
absurdness
noun
(rare) The quality of being absurd; absurdity.
abundances
abundances
noun
plural of abundance
abusefully
abusefully
adv
In an abuseful manner; in a manner that abuses.
acquisible
acquisible
adj
Synonym of acquirable (“capable of being acquired”)
acrobryous
adjustable
adjustable
adj
capable of being adjusted
noun
Anything that can be adjusted.
adjustably
adjustably
adv
In a way that is adjustable.
adumbrates
adumbrates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adumbrate
aglobulism
airbrushed
airbrushed
adj
(by extension) Having had imperfections and blemishes removed through digital manipulation.
Having been manipulated with an airbrush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airbrush
airbrushes
airbrushes
noun
plural of airbrush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airbrush
aktyubinsk
alabastrum
alabastrum
noun
(botany) A flower bud
An alabastron, or ancient pottery container for oil.
albococcus
albumenise
albumenise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albumenize
albuminise
albuminise
verb
Non-Oxford British English spelling of albuminize
albuminose
albuminose
noun
Alternative form of albuminous
albuminous
albuminous
adj
Relating to, containing, or having the properties of albumen or albumin.
aleurobius
alfarabius
ambigenous
ambigenous
adj
(botany) Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine and the inner petaloid.
ambilevous
ambilevous
adj
(rare) Having equally bad ability in both hands; clumsy; butterfingered.
ambiparous
ambisexual
ambisexual
adj
(slang) Of ambiguous sexual orientation.
(zoology) Hermaphroditic.
Bisexual: attracted to persons of either sex.
Unisex: fit for persons of either sex.
noun
An ambisexual person.
ambosexous
ambosexous
adj
(obsolete) ambisexual; hermaphroditic
ambosexual
ambulances
ambulances
noun
plural of ambulance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulance
ambulantes
ambulators
ambulators
noun
plural of ambulator
ambuscaded
ambuscaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambuscade
ambuscader
ambuscader
noun
One who ambushes, or who is involved in an ambush.
ambuscades
ambuscades
noun
plural of ambuscade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambuscade
ambuscados
ambuscados
noun
plural of ambuscado
ambushlike
ambushment
ambushment
noun
(obsolete) An ambush
amphibalus
amphibalus
noun
An ecclesiastical vestment like the chasuble.
amphibious
amphibious
adj
Capable of functioning on land or in water.
Occurring on both land and water.
antibusing
antibusing
adj
(US politics) Opposing the use of busing to achieve racial integration in schools
arabesques
arabesques
noun
plural of arabesque
arboresque
arboretums
arbuscular
arbuscular
adj
(botany) Similar to a small tree; shrublike.
(mycology) Relating to an arbuscle.
arbusterin
arbusterol
arbutinase
arbutinase
noun
(biochemistry) The enzyme beta-glucosidase.
arcubalist
arcubalist
Noun
A crossbow.
armbruster
arquebuses
arquebuses
noun
plural of arquebuse
asbestuses
ashburnham
assuagable
astrabacus
attributes
attributes
noun
plural of attribute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attribute
aubergiste
aubergiste
noun
An innkeeper or landlord in French-speaking countries.
austinburg
autobusses
autobusses
noun
(dated) plural of autobus
babiroussa
babiroussa
noun
A large hoglike quadruped, of the genus Babyrousa, found in the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.
baccaceous
baccaceous
adj
Resembling a berry.
backhouses
backhouses
noun
plural of backhouse
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
bacterious
bahuvrihis
bahuvrihis
noun
plural of bahuvrihi
baigneuses
bakehouses
bakehouses
noun
plural of bakehouse
bakuninism
bakuninist
bakuninist
Adjective
Relating to, or supporting the revolutionary anarchism of
balaustine
balaustine
noun
(archaic) The red roselike flower of the pomegranate, having a bitter taste and sometimes used as an astringent in folk medicine.
ballbuster
ballbuster
noun
Alternative form of ball-buster
balourdise
balustered
balustered
adj
Having one or more balusters.
balustrade
balustrade
noun
A row of balusters topped by a rail, serving as an open parapet, as along the edge of a balcony, terrace, bridge, staircase, or the eaves of a building.
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
banqueters
banqueters
noun
plural of banqueter
banquettes
banquettes
noun
plural of banquette
bansalague
bansalague
noun
(Philippines) The wood of the tree Mimusops elengi.
bararesque
barbarious
barbarious
adj
(dated, before 20th century, now literary) barbarous, barbaric.
barbituism
bargehouse
barracudas
barracudas
noun
plural of barracuda
barratrous
barratrous
adj
(law) Tainted with, or constituting, barratry.
barrelfuls
barrelfuls
noun
plural of barrelful
barrelsful
barrigudos
barrigudos
noun
plural of barrigudo
baseburner
baseburner
noun
A type of stove that automatically re-adds coal, when needed, to the base using a hopper.
basigamous
basigenous
basigynium
basigynium
Noun
The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, such as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore.
basiliscus
basisolute
basisolute
adj
(botany) Prolonged at the base, like certain leaves.
basketfuls
basketfuls
noun
plural of basketful
basutoland
basutoland
Proper noun
Lesotho.
bathhouses
bathhouses
noun
plural of bathhouse
batocrinus
battailous
battailous
adj
(obsolete) Warlike, battle-ready.
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
baumeister
bawdyhouse
bawdyhouse
noun
Alternative spelling of bawdy-house
beadhouses
beadhouses
noun
plural of beadhouse
beatitudes
beatitudes
noun
plural of beatitude
beaujolais
beautifies
beautifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beautify
beautiless
beautiless
adj
Lacking beauty.
beautyship
becousined
becrusting
bedehouses
bedehouses
noun
plural of bedehouse
bedouinism
bedouinism
noun
Nomadic desert life, like that of the bedouins.
beerhouses
beerhouses
noun
plural of beerhouse
befuddlers
befuddlers
noun
plural of befuddler
behaviours
behaviours
noun
plural of behaviour
beleaguers
beleaguers
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beleaguer
belisarius
belisarius
Proper noun
a general of the Byzantine Empire, who was instrumental to ambitious project of reconquering much of the Mediterranean territory of the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century previously