Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
abstractively
abstractively
adv
(now rare) In an abstract manner; in the abstract.
abstractiveness
abstractiveness
noun
The property of being abstractive.
abstrict
abstrict
verb
(transitive, biology, mycology) To cut off, as in abstriction; abjoint
abstricted
abstricted
adj
Separated by abstriction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstrict
abstricting
abstricting
verb
present participle of abstrict
abstriction
abstriction
noun
(biology, mycology) A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction.
abstricts
abstricts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstrict
abulic
abulic
adj
(psychiatry) Relating to, characterized by, or affected with abulia.
noun
Person afflicted with abulia.
abyssobenthonic
abyssopelagic
abyssopelagic
adj
Of or pertaining to the depths of the ocean; of the open waters of the abyssal zone.
acacallis
acacatechin
acacatechin
noun
An antioxidant for fatty oils obtained from Acacia catechu.
acacetin
acacetin
noun
A glycoside forming in the leaves of the common locust tree; C₁₆H₁₂O₅.
acacia
acacia
noun
(countable) A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae.
(history, classical studies) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
(loosely) Any of several related trees, such as the locust tree.
(uncountable) Gum arabic; gum acacia.
(uncountable, pharmacy) The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia.
A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia.
A light to moderate greenish yellow with a hint of red.
acacia:
acacian
acacian
Noun
A follower of a 4th-century bishop.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Acacians.
Relating to a rift that occurred in the early 6th century, between the Eastern and Western Christian churches, occurring during the rule of
acacias
acacias
noun
plural of acacia
acaciin
acaciin
noun
(chemistry) A glycoside found in the leaves of a false acacia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia; C₂₈H₃₂O₁₄.
acacin
acacin
noun
Gum arabic.
acacine
acacine
noun
Alternative spelling of acacin
academia
academia
noun
(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
academial
academial
adj
(rare) academic
academian
academian
noun
(historical, obsolete) A follower of Plato.
(obsolete) A member of an academy, university, or college.
academias
academic
academic
adj
(art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
noun
(archaic) A student in a college.
(plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
(plural only) Academic studies.
(usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
A member of the Academy; an academician.
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
academical
academical
adj
(rare) Belonging to the school of Plato; believing in Plato's philosophy; sceptical .
Pertaining to a university or other form of higher education.
noun
(plural only) Academic dress, consisting of a cap and gown.
academically
academically
adv
In an academic style or way; from an academic perspective.
academicals
academicals
noun
(Britain) The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities, typically on special occasions such as graduation.
academician
academician
noun
(now chiefly US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts.
academicians
academicians
noun
plural of academician
academicianship
academicianship
noun
A membership in a national academy of arts or sciences
academicism
academicism
noun
(art, literature) Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism.
(classical studies, sometimes capitalized) The doctrines of Plato's academy; specifically the skeptical doctrines of the later academy stating that nothing can be known; a tenet of the Academic philosophy; state of being Academic.
A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
Speculative thoughts and attitudes.
academicisms
academicisms
noun
plural of academicism
academics
academics
noun
Academia.
plural of academic
academie
academies
academies
noun
plural of academy
academise
academise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of academize.
academised
academised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of academise
academising
academising
verb
present participle of academise
academism
academism
noun
Alternative form of academicism
academist
academist
noun
An academic philosopher.
An academician.
an academic.
academite
academite
noun
A member of an academy.
academization
academization
noun
Process or action of academizing.
academize
academize
verb
(transitive) To make academic.
(transitive, UK, education) To convert (a school) into a publicly-run academy.
academized
academized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of academize
academizing
academizing
verb
present participle of academize
acadia
acadialite
acadialite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral found in Nova Scotia consisting of red chabazite.
acadian
acadian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture.
Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.
Proper noun
A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun.
A French speaking descendant of the early settlers in the Maritime Provinces.
Acadian French: the form of French spoken in Acadia.
The Middle Cambrian epoch, lasting from 497 million years ago to 509 million years ago.
acadie
acalculia
acalculia
noun
(pathology) The condition of lacking basic mathematical skills caused by a brain injury, or more specifically an injury to the parietal lobe.
acalephoid
acalephoid
adj
Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acalia
acalycine
acalycine
adj
(botany) Without a calyx, or outer floral envelope.
acalycinous
acalycinous
adj
Acalycine.
acampsia
acampsia
noun
(pathology) Rigidity of a joint.
acanonical
acanonical
adj
Not canonical
acantharia
acanthi
acanthia
acanthial
acanthial
adj
Of or belonging to the acanthion.
acanthin
acanthin
noun
(zoology, dated) strontium sulfate, the main constituent of the skeletons of the Acantharea
acanthine
acanthine
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus, or its leaves.
acanthion
acanthion
noun
(medicine) A point lying near the base of the nose; specifically, the point at the base of the anterior nasal spine that lies on the mesial line; tip of the anterior nasal spine.
acanthite
acanthite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of silver sulfide, Ag₂S, that is a major ore of silver, that forms slender prisms.
acanthocephali
acanthodei
acanthodian
acanthodian
adj
Pertaining to Acanthodii.
noun
(zoology) A member of a group of extinct fish (Acanthodii) that existed from the Silurian to the Permian period.
acanthodidae
acanthodii
acanthodini
acanthoid
acanthoid
adj
Having the shape of a spine or thorn
acantholimon
acanthological
acanthological
adj
of or pertaining to acanthology
acantholysis
acantholysis
noun
(medicine) The loss of intercellular connections, resulting in loss of cohesion between keratinocytes, seen in diseases such as pemphigus vulgaris.
acanthomeridae
acanthophis
acanthopteri
acanthopteri
noun
(zoology) A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins. See Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygian
acanthopterygian
adj
(zoology) Similar to an acanthopterygian.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygii
acanthosis
acanthosis
noun
(pathology) A benign abnormal thickening of the stratum spinosum, or prickle cell, layer of the epidermis.
acanthotic
acanthotic
adj
Of or relating to acanthosis.
acanthuridae
acanthuthi
acapnia
acapnia
noun
The state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissue is significantly lower than normal.
acapnial
acapnial
adj
Of or relating to acapnia.
acapnias
acarapis
acarari
acardia
acardia
noun
A birth defect in which the heart is absent
acardiac
acardiac
adj
(medicine, anatomy) Lacking a heart.
acardite
acardite
noun
(organic chemistry) n-methyl-n',n'-diphenylurea, used to stabilize chemicals and as a plasticizer.
acari
acari
noun
plural of acarus
acarian
acarian
noun
Any mite or tick of the subclass Acari
acariasis
acariasis
noun
An infestation with, or disease caused by mites or ticks.
acariatre
acaricidal
acaricidal
adj
Deadly to acarids.
acaricide
acaricide
noun
Any substance which kills acarids (mites and ticks).
acarid
acarid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to acarids.
noun
(zoology) Any parasitic arachnid, such as mites and ticks, of the subclass Acarina.
acarida
acaridae
acaridan
acaridan
noun
Synonym of acarid
acaridans
acaridans
noun
plural of acaridan
acaridea
acaridean
acaridomatia
acaridomatium
acarids
acarids
noun
plural of acarid
acariform
acariform
noun
Any mite of the superorder Acariformes
acarina
acarine
acarine
adj
(medicine) Of or caused by acari or mites.
noun
(zoology) Synonym of acarid.
acarines
acarines
noun
plural of acarine
acarinosis
acarinosis
noun
acariasis
acarocecidia
acarocecidia
noun
plural of acarocecidium
acarocecidium
acarocecidium
noun
A plant gall caused by an acarid mite
acarodermatitis
acarodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the skin caused by mites
acaroid
acaroid
adj
(biology, zoology) Shaped like or resembling a mite.
acarologies
acarologist
acarologist
noun
A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites.
acarophilous
acarophilous
adj
(biology, rare) That lives in a symbiosis with mites
(botany, rare) That is pollinated by mites
acarophobia
acarophobia
noun
(medicine) The fear of itching or of small crawling insects that cause itching, such as mites or lice.
acarotoxic
acatalectic
acatalectic
adj
(poetry, prosody) Designating a line of verse having the required number of syllables in the last foot
noun
(poetry, prosody) A verse which has the complete number of feet and syllables
acatalectics
acatalectics
noun
plural of acatalectic
acatalepsia
acatalepsia
noun
Alternative form of acatalepsy
acataleptic
acataleptic
adj
Incapable of being comprehended; incomprehensible; inconceivable.
noun
An adherent of acatalepsy
acatallactic
acatallactic
adj
(economics) Not catallactic
acatamathesia
acatamathesia
noun
(pathology) A loss of the ability to understand, especially to understand speech
acataphasia
acataphasia
noun
(pathology) A loss of the ability to express oneself using organized syntax
acataposis
acatastasia
acatastatic
acategorical
acategorical
adj
Not categorical; not subject to being included in a category.
acatharsia
acatholic
acatholic
adj
not Catholic
acauline
acauline
Adjective
acaulescent
accademia
accadian
accadian
Adjective
Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.
Noun
A person from Accad.
accalia
acceding
acceding
verb
present participle of accede
accelerating
accelerating
noun
An act of acceleration.
verb
present participle of accelerate
acceleratingly
acceleratingly
adv
In an accelerating manner.
acceleration
acceleration
noun
(countable) The amount by which a speed or velocity increases (and so a scalar quantity or a vector quantity).
(physics) The change of velocity with respect to time (can include deceleration or changing direction).
(uncountable) The act of accelerating, or the state of being accelerated; increase of motion or action; as opposed to retardation or deceleration.
The advancement of students at a rate that places them ahead of where they would be in the regular school curriculum.
accelerations
accelerations
noun
plural of acceleration
accelerative
accelerative
adj
Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.
accendibility
accendibility
noun
Capacity for being kindled; inflammability.
accendible
accendible
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable
accension
accension
noun
(obsolete) The act of kindling or the state of being kindled; ignition.
accenting
accenting
verb
present participle of accent
accentuality
accentuality
noun
The quality of being accentual.
accentuating
accentuating
verb
present participle of accentuate
accentuation
accentuation
noun
(ecclesiastical, music) Pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.
Act of accentuating; applications of accent.
accentuations
accentuations
noun
plural of accentuation
acceptabilities
acceptabilities
noun
plural of acceptability
acceptability
acceptability
noun
(military) Operation plan review criterion. The determination as to whether the contemplated course of action is worth the cost in manpower, materiel, and time involved; is consistent with the law of war; and is militarily and politically supportable. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms)