(archaic) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
abaculi
abaculi
noun
plural of abaculus
abaculus
abaculus
noun
(archaic) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements; abaciscus.
abacus
abacus
noun
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments for holding bottles, cups, or the like; a kind of buffet, cupboard, or sideboard.
(architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in some cases a flat oblong or square slab, in others more decorated.
(historical, obsolete) A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing.
A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc.
abacuses
abacuses
noun
plural of abacus
abarticular
abarticular
adj
(medicine) Away from the joints; not articular.
abarticulation
abarticulation
noun
(anatomy) A term sometimes used for diarthrosis, and also for synarthrosis. Also called dearticulation.
(anatomy) An articulation, especially one that permits free motion in the joint; a hinge joint.
The act of dislocating a joint.
abcoulomb
abcoulomb
noun
A unit of electromagnetic charge equal to ten coulombs.
abduce
abduce
verb
(transitive) To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce.
(transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body; abduct.
abduced
abduced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abduce
abducens
abducens
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of abducens nerve.
abducent
abducent
adj
(obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.
noun
(neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
That which abducts.
abducentes
abducentes
noun
plural of abducens
abduces
abduces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abduce
abducing
abducing
verb
present participle of abduce
abduct
abduct
verb
(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
(transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
abducted
abducted
adj
Having been kidnapped; having become the victim of an abduction
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abduct
abducting
abducting
verb
present participle of abduct
abduction
abduction
noun
(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Leading away; a carrying away.
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
abductor
abductor
noun
(anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body
One who abducts; a kidnapper.
abductores
abductores
Noun
of. Sometimes used instead of abductor when referring to the anatomical muscles.
abductors
abductors
noun
plural of abductor
abducts
abducts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abduct
abecedarium
abecedarium
noun
A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.
abecedarius
abecedarius
noun
An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
abelmoschus
aberuncate
aberuncate
verb
(rare, transitive) To eradicate; to pull up by the roots.
aberuncator
aberuncator
noun
A pruning device mounted on a pole, so as to reach high branches; a weeding machine.
abevacuation
abevacuation
noun
(medicine) An abnormal evacuation.
(medicine) Metastases.
abjudicate
abjudicate
verb
(law) To reject by judicial sentence.
To abjudge.
abjudicated
abjudicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abjudicate
abjudicating
abjudicating
verb
present participle of abjudicate
abjudication
abjudication
noun
(law, rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
abjudicator
abjunct
abjunct
adj
(obsolete) detached, disconnected
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.
(historical) A unit of mass used for gold and silver, used in Burma, approximately 196.44 grams or 6.316 troy ounces.
abulic
abulic
adj
(psychiatry) Relating to, characterized by, or affected with abulia.
noun
Person afflicted with abulia.
abundance
abundance
noun
(Scotland) enough, sufficiency.
(card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
A large quantity; many.
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
abundances
abundances
noun
plural of abundance
abundancy
abundancy
noun
A state of plentifulness.
accentuable
accentuable
adj
Capable of being accentuated
accountabilities
accountabilities
noun
plural of accountability
accountability
accountability
noun
(military) The obligation imposed by law or regulation on an officer or other person for keeping accurate record of property, documents, or funds. The person having this obligation may or may not have actual possession of the property, documents, or funds. Accountability is concerned primarily with records, while responsibility is concerned primarily with custody, care, and safekeeping.
An open determination of one's responsibility for something and imposition of consequences.
Good-faith acceptance of one's responsibility for something and of its consequences.
The state of being accountable; liability to be called on to render an account or give an explanation; liability to be held responsible or answerable for something.
accountable
accountable
adj
(rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
Liable to be called on to render an account.
Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds).
Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
accountableness
accountableness
noun
The quality or state of being accountable; accountability.
accountably
accountably
adv
In an accountable manner.
accruable
accruable
adj
Able to be accrued.
accubation
accubation
noun
The act or posture of reclining on a couch, as practiced by the ancients at meals.
accubita
accubitum
accubitum
noun
A bench or sofa for reclining at a table.
A dining hall or refectory.
A round dining table.
accubitus
accumb
accumb
verb
(obsolete) To recline, as at table.
accumbency
accumbency
noun
(rare) The state of being accumbent or reclining.
accumbent
accumbent
adj
(botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
noun
One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
accumber
accumber
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
accumulable
accumulable
adj
Able to be accumulated.
accusable
accusable
adj
Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or breach; blamable
accusably
accusably
adv
in an accusable manner, in a manner chargeable with crime or fault
acerbitude
acerbitude
noun
(archaic) Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
acetabula
acetabula
noun
plural of acetabulum
acetabular
acetabular
adj
Cup-shaped; saucer-shaped.
Related to the acetabulum.
acetabularia
acetabuliferous
acetabuliferous
adj
Furnished with fleshy cups for adhering to bodies, as cuttlefish, etc.
acetabuliform
acetabuliform
adj
(botany) Shaped like a saucer or shallow cup.
acetabulous
acetabulous
adj
cup-shaped; acetabular
acetabulum
acetabulum
noun
(anatomy) The bony cup of the pelvis which receives the head of the femur.
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 2½ Roman ounces of wine and equivalent to about 66 mL although differing slightly over time.
(zootomy) A sucker of the sepia or cuttlefish and related animals.
(zootomy) One of the lobes of the placenta in ruminating animals.
(zootomy) The cavity in which the leg of an insect is inserted at its articulation with the body.
(zootomy) The large posterior sucker of the leeches.
A vinegar saucer, especially (historical) in ancient Roman contexts.
acetabulums
acetosoluble
acetosoluble
adj
(chemistry) soluble in acetic acid
acetylbiuret
achillobursitis
achillobursitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a bursa near the Achilles tendon
achluophobia
achluophobia
noun
The fear of darkness.
acinotubular
acinotubular
adj
(anatomy) Having both acini and tubules
acousticophobia
acousticophobia
noun
Fear of noise.
acquirability
acquirability
noun
(rare) The quality of being acquirable; attainableness.
acquirable
acquirable
adj
Capable of being acquired.
acquisible
acquisible
adj
Synonym of acquirable (“capable of being acquired”)
acrobryous
actinobacillus
actinobacillus
noun
Any bacterium of the genus Actinobacillus.
acubens
acumble
acutilobate
adambulacral
adambulacral
adj
Next to the ambulacra
noun
Such an ossicle or spine
adduceable
adduceable
adj
Able to be adduced.
adducible
adducible
adj
Capable of being adduced.
agammaglobulinemic
agammaglobulinemic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting agammaglobulinemia.
noun
An individual with agammaglobulinemia.
agrobacterium
agrobacterium
noun
A soil bacterium, of the genus Agrobacterium, which can fix nitrogen, and causes the formation of crown galls in plants.
ailurophobic
ailurophobic
adj
Having or relating to a fear or hatred of cats.
albiculi
albocinereous
albococcus
albuca
albuginaceae
albuminocholia
albuminoscope
albuminuric
albuminuric
adj
showing the symptom albuminuria, i.e. having albumen in the urine
albumoscope
ambleocarpus
amblyacousia
amblycephalus
amblyocarpous
amblyrhynchus
ambrosiaceous
ambulacra
ambulacral
ambulacral
adj
Of or pertaining to an ambulacrum
noun
Alternative form of ambulacrum
ambulacriform
ambulacriform
adj
(zoology) Having the form of ambulacra.
ambulacrum
ambulacrum
noun
(of an echinoderm) A row of pores for the protrusion of appendages such as tube feet.
ambulance
ambulance
noun
(military) A mobile field hospital.
(obsolete, US) A prairie wagon.
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
verb
(transitive) To transport by ambulance.
ambulanced
ambulanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambulance
ambulancer
ambulancer
noun
(military) A medic working in a mobile field hospital.
ambulances
ambulances
noun
plural of ambulance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulance
ambulancing
ambulancing
verb
present participle of ambulance
ambulomancy
ambulomancy
noun
Any of various forms of divination that involve walking, often in circles.
ambuscade
ambuscade
noun
(dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
The body of troops lying in ambush.
The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.
verb
(dated) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
ambuscaded
ambuscaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambuscade
ambuscader
ambuscader
noun
One who ambushes, or who is involved in an ambush.
ambuscaders
ambuscaders
noun
plural of ambuscader
ambuscades
ambuscades
noun
plural of ambuscade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambuscade
ambuscading
ambuscading
verb
present participle of ambuscade
ambuscado
ambuscado
noun
(obsolete) ambush.
ambuscadoed
ambuscadoed
adj
(obsolete) Posted in ambush; ambuscaded.
ambuscados
ambuscados
noun
plural of ambuscado
aminobarbituric
ammonocarbonous
announceable
announceable
adj
Able to be announced.
noun
(informal) A positive-sounding news item suitable for public announcement; a sound bite.
annunciable
annunciable
adj
(archaic, rare) That may be announced or declared.
anopubic
anopubic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the anus and pubis.
antambulacral
antambulacral
adj
(zoology) Away from the ambulacral region.
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antecubital
antecubital
adj
(anatomy) Pertaining to, or situated in the anterior or inner part of the elbow (cubitus)
antibacchius
antibacchius
noun
(poetry) A rare metrical foot consisting of two accented syllables followed by one unaccented syllable.
antibubonic
antibubonic
adj
Countering bubonic plague.
antibureaucratic
antibureaucratic
adj
(politics) Opposed to bureaucracy
antirepublican
antirepublican
adj
(politics) Opposing the formation of a republic.
noun
(politics) One who opposes the formation of a republic.
antirepublicanism
antiscabious
antiscorbutic
antiscorbutic
adj
(pharmacology) preventing or curing scurvy
noun
(pharmacology) A medicine that prevents or cures scurvy.
antiscorbutical
antiscorbutical
adj
Archaic form of antiscorbutic.
antisubstance
antisubstance
noun
Synonym of antibody
Synonym of antimatter
antitubercular
antitubercular
adj
(pharmacology) That is used to treat tuberculosis
antituberculin
antituberculosis
antituberculosis
adj
(pharmacology) Acting to combat or counteract tuberculosis