(chiefly with a negative connotation) Complete; downright; utter.
(rare) Lower than nearby areas; low-lying.
Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable.
Of a person: cast down in hope or spirit; showing utter helplessness, hopelessness, or resignation; also, grovelling; ingratiating; servile.
noun
A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; an oppressed person; an outcast; also, such people as a class.
verb
(mycology) Of a fungus: to (forcibly) give off (spores or sporidia).
To cast down (someone or something); to abase; to debase; to degrade; to lower; also, to forcibly impose obedience or servitude upon (someone); to subjugate.
To cast off or out (someone or something); to reject, especially as contemptible or inferior.
abjectedness
abjectedness
noun
(rare) The state of being abjected.
abjection
abjection
noun
(biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
(obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
A moderate reddish brown that is slightly yellower and stronger than mahogany
The cashew tree.
The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae.
acajou:
acajous
acajous
noun
plural of acajou
adjacence
adjacence
noun
That which is adjacent.
The state of being adjacent or contiguous; adjacency.
adjacencies
adjacencies
noun
plural of adjacency
adjacency
adjacency
noun
The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch.
adjacent
adjacent
adj
(figuratively, postpositive) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Just before, after, or facing.
Lying next to, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on.
noun
Something that lies next to something else, especially the side of a right triangle that is neither the hypotenuse nor the opposite.
prep
(figuratively) Related to; suggestive of; bordering on.
Next to; beside.
adjacently
adjacently
adv
In such a way as to be adjacent.
adject
adject
verb
(obsolete) To annex
adjection
adjection
noun
Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
adjectional
adjectional
adj
Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed.
adjectitious
adjectitious
adj
(formal) Added; additional.
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.
adjectivally
adjectivally
adv
As, or in the manner of, an adjective.
adjective
adjective
adj
(chemistry, of a dye) Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed.
(grammar) Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure.
(obsolete, reflected in the chemical sense, but extinct as a general sense) Incapable of independent function.
noun
(grammar) A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
(obsolete) A dependent; an accessory.
verb
(transitive) To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective.
(transitive, chiefly as a participle) To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective.
adjectively
adjectively
adv
As an adjective; adjectivally.
adjectives
adjectives
noun
plural of adjective
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjective
adjectivism
adjectivism
noun
The excessive use of adjectives.
adjectivitis
adjectivitis
noun
(humorous) The overuse of adjectives in writing.
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.
adjudicated
adjudicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjudicate
adjudicates
adjudicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjudicate
adjudicating
adjudicating
verb
present participle of adjudicate
adjudication
adjudication
noun
(emergency response) The process of identifying the type of material or device that set off an alarm and assessing the potential threat with corresponding implications for the need to take further action.
(law) The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
(law, Scotland) A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.
A judgment or sentence.
The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
adjudications
adjudications
noun
plural of adjudication
adjudicative
adjudicative
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication or to an adjudicator.
adjudicator
adjudicator
noun
One who adjudicates.
adjudicators
adjudicators
noun
plural of adjudicator
adjudicatory
adjudicatory
adj
Of or pertaining to an adjudication.
adjudicature
adjudicature
noun
An act of adjudication; a judgment.
adjunct
adjunct
adj
Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.
Connected in a subordinate function.
noun
(brewing) An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
(category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
(dated, metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
(grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that modifies its meaning.
(music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
(rhetoric) Symploce.
(syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
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.
adjunctions
adjunctions
noun
plural of adjunction
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."
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adjunctly
adjunctly
adv
In an adjunct manner.
adjuncts
adjuncts
noun
plural of adjunct
adjutancies
adjutancies
noun
plural of adjutancy
adjutancy
adjutancy
noun
The state or office of being an adjutant, assistant, or helper.
adjutrice
adjutrice
noun
Alternative form of adjutrix (“female adjutor”)
ajaccio
ajaccio
Proper noun
The capital and largest city of Corsica.
ajc
amberjack
amberjack
noun
Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
amberjacks
amberjacks
noun
plural of amberjack
anklejack
antejentacular
antejentacular
adj
(rare, formal) Occurring before breakfast.
antejudiciary
antiejaculation
antihijack
antiprojectivity
applejack
applejack
noun
An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
applejacks
applejacks
noun
plural of applejack
aracaj
aracaju
aracaju
Proper noun
capital of Brazil
archjockey
backjaw
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
bajocco
bajocco
noun
(archaic, historical) A coin, originally copper, later silver, issued by the Papal States from the 15th century to 1865. In the 19th century the value was five hundredths of a lira.
bajochi
bajocian
bajocian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
barrancabermeja
bejaundice
bejuco
bejuco
noun
Any climbing woody vine of the tropics with the habit of a liana; in the Philippines, especially any of various species of Calamus, the cane or rattan palm.
biconjugate
biconjugate
adj
(botany) paired twice
(mathematics) conjugate in two ways
bijection
bijection
noun
(set theory) A one-to-one correspondence, a function which is both a surjection and an injection.
bijections
bijections
noun
plural of bijection
bijective
bijective
adj
(mathematics) Having a component that is (specified to be) a bijective map; that specifies a bijective map.
(mathematics, of a map) Both injective and surjective.
bijectively
bijectively
adv
In a bijective manner.
blackjack
blackjack
noun
(aviation) A tool of leather filled with shot (or similar), resembling the weapon, used for shaping sheet metal.
(card games) A common gambling card game in casinos, where the object is to get as close to 21 without going over.
(card games) A hand in the game of blackjack consisting of a face card and an ace.
(card games) A variant of switch where each player is initially dealt the same number of cards, usually seven, and when one player plays a black jack the player whose turn comes next has to pick up that many cards, unless they play a red jack (as this normally cancels a black jack).
(weaponry) A small, flat, blunt, usually leather-covered weapon loaded with heavy material such as lead or ball bearings, intended to inflict a blow to the head that renders the victim unconscious with diminished risk of lasting cranial trauma.
A blackjack oak.
Any of a series of hard, dark soils, often considered low quality, but suitable for growing certain crops such as cotton.
Any of several species of weed of genus Bidens, such as Bidens pilosa, in the family Compositae.
The flag (i.e., a jack) traditionally flown by pirate ships; popularly thought to be a white skull and crossed bones on a black field (the Jolly Roger).
verb
To strike with a blackjack or similar weapon.
blackjacked
blackjacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blackjack
blackjacking
blackjacking
verb
present participle of blackjack
blackjacks
blackjacks
noun
plural of blackjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackjack
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
bluejack
bluejack
verb
(transitive) To send messages to (a device) anonymously using Bluetooth.
bluejacket
bluejacket
noun
(nautical) A seaman of a British warship
(nautical) An enlisted man in the US Navy.
A uniformed policeman.
bluejackets
bluejackets
noun
plural of bluejacket
bluejacks
bluejacks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bluejack
bootjack
bootjack
noun
a V-shaped, or forked, device for pulling off boots.
bootjacks
bootjacks
noun
plural of bootjack
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bootjack
buckjump
buckjump
verb
(Australia) Of a horse, to jump upwards with arched back and head down in an attempt to throw its rider.
(Australia) To take part in a buckjumping competition.
buckjumper
buckjumper
noun
A horse that buckjumps.
One who takes part in buckjumping.
caborojo
cabuja
cacajao
cadjan
cadjan
noun
A form of parchment made from leaves of the coconut palm, formerly used in Asia.
A woven mat of leaves of the coconut palm, traditionally used for roofing and walls in Asia.
caiquejee
caiquejee
noun
Alternative form of caïquejee
cajan
cajan
noun
Alternative form of cadjan
cajang
cajanus
cajaput
cajaputs
cajava
cajeput
cajeput
noun
Alternative form of cajuput
cajeputol
cajeputol
noun
eucalyptol
cajeputole
cajeputs
cajeta
cajole
cajole
noun
The act of cajoling
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To persuade someone to do something which they are reluctant to do, especially by flattery or promises; to coax.
cajoled
cajoled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cajole
cajolement
cajolement
noun
The act of cajoling or the state of being cajoled.
cajolements
cajolements
noun
plural of cajolement
cajoler
cajoler
noun
(linguistics) A speech act intended to persuade or convince, such as the utterance "you know".
A person who cajoles; a flatterer.
cajoleries
cajoleries
noun
plural of cajolery
cajolers
cajolers
noun
plural of cajoler
cajolery
cajolery
noun
cajolement
cajoles
cajoles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cajole
cajoling
cajoling
noun
the act of one who cajoles
verb
present participle of cajole
cajolingly
cajolingly
adv
in a cajoling manner
cajon
cajones
cajones
noun
Misspelling of cojones.
plural of cajón
cajou
cajuela
cajuela
noun
A large container for gathering coffee cherries in Central America.
The amount that this container can hold, typically 17 liters (4.5 gallons).
cajun
cajun
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Cajun
cajuns
cajuput
cajuput
noun
cajuput oil
cajuput tree
cajuputene
cajuputene
noun
(archaic, organic chemistry) An aromatic oil (mainly limonene) extracted from cajuput
cajuputol
cajuputol
noun
Alternative form of cajeputol
cajuputs
canajoharie
canajong
canajong
noun
Alternative form of canagong
canjac
canjilon
caraja
carajas
carajo
carajura
carajura
noun
A Brazilian plant, the cricket-vine (Fridericia chica).
A red pigment extracted from the leaves of this plant.
carcajou
carcajou
noun
Synonym of wolverine (a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family)
carcajous
carcajous
noun
plural of carcajou
cardijn
carijona
carjackings
carjackings
noun
plural of carjacking
caroljean
castilleja
catjang
catjang
noun
A cowpea native to Africa, Vigna unguiculata, sometimes Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica, a densely-branched shrubby perennial grown for animal fodder or food.
ceja
cetinje
cetinje
Proper noun
A city in the southwest of Montenegro, the historical capital of Montenegro (1878-1918).
chaja
chaja
noun
A Brazilian bird, the crested screamer, often domesticated and used to guard poultry.