(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
abducing
abducing
verb
present participle of abduce
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
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
abjudging
abjudging
verb
present participle of abjudge
abjudicating
abjudicating
verb
present participle of abjudicate
abjudication
abjudication
noun
(law, rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
abound
abound
verb
(intransitive) To be copiously supplied
(intransitive) To be full to overflowing.
(intransitive) To be highly productive.
(intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers or quantities; to be plentiful.
(intransitive) To revel in.
(intransitive, obsolete) To be wealthy.
abounded
abounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abound
abounder
abounder
noun
One who has plenty, one who abounds (in something).
abounding
abounding
adj
Ample, plenty, abundant.
noun
An abundance.
verb
present participle of abound
aboundingly
aboundingly
adv
In an abounding manner; in a manner that abounds.
To an abounding degree.
abounds
abounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abound
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abscound
absurdness
absurdness
noun
(rare) The quality of being absurd; absurdity.
absurdnesses
absurdnesses
noun
plural of absurdness
abuilding
abuilding
adj
(archaic, excluding US) Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
(archaic, excluding US) Developing or arising, as a trend or an idea.
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.
abundant
abundant
adj
(mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
abundantia
abundantly
abundantly
adv
Extremely.
In an abundant manner; in a sufficient degree; in large measure.
acanthocladous
acanthocladous
adj
(botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches
acanthopodous
acanthopodous
adj
Having spiny peduncles.
acanthuridae
acaudelescent
accentuated
accentuated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accentuate
accounted
accounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of account
accursedness
accursedness
noun
The quality of being accursed.
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
acensuada
acensuador
acesodynous
acetotoluidine
acetylenediurein
achenodium
acidulant
acidulant
noun
A food additive used to increase acidity or to give a tart taste
acidulating
acidulating
verb
present participle of acidulate
acidulation
acidulation
noun
The act of acidulating.
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acidulent
acidulent
adj
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
acidulousness
acidulousness
noun
A state of or tendency toward being acidulous or somewhat sour or acid.
acondylous
acondylous
adj
(anatomy) Without joints; jointless.
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acquainted
acquainted
adj
Personally known; familiar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquaint
acquaintedness
acquaintedness
noun
(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
acquirenda
acquirenda
noun
plural of acquirendum
acridinium
acridinium
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any cation produced by protonation of an acridine.
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
acroconidium
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
acupunctured
acupunctured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture
acutonodose
adamsun
adarticulation
adarticulation
noun
arthrodia
adaunt
adaunt
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To subdue.
addendum
addendum
noun
(engineering) The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.
A postscript.
Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.
addendums
adducent
adducent
adj
(physiology) Related to the muscles of the body which pull one part towards another.
adducing
adducing
verb
present participle of adduce
adducting
adducting
verb
present participle of adduct
adduction
adduction
noun
(anatomy) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
adenauer
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
adenocystomatous
adenogenous
adenomatous
adenomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenoma
adenoncus
adenoneural
adenoneure
adenophoreus
adenophorous
adenophorous
adj
(botany) Producing glands.
adenophyllous
adenophyllous
adj
(botany) Having glands on the leaves.
adenopodous
adenostemonous
adenotyphus
adenous
adenous
adj
(medicine) Like a gland; full of glands.
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adenoviruses
adenoviruses
noun
plural of adenovirus
adequateness
adequateness
noun
The quality of being adequate, of meeting needs or expectations.
adequation
adequation
noun
(linguistics) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context
(obsolete) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.
equivalence
adfluxion
adfluxion
noun
Alternative form of affluxion
adglutinate
adiantum
adiantum
noun
The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum)
adiaphanous
adiaphanous
adj
Not transparent; not translucent; not diaphanous; opaque.
adiaphanousness
adiapneustia
adiapneustia
noun
(medicine) defective perspiration; adiaphoresis
adiathermanous
adigun
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adjourn
adjourn
verb
(intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
(intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another.
(transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
adjournal
adjournal
noun
adjournment; postponement
adjourned
adjourned
adj
(of a meeting, event or trial) Having been adjourned; suspended or paused.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjourn
adjourning
adjourning
verb
present participle of adjourn
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.
adjournments
adjournments
noun
plural of adjournment
adjourns
adjourns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjourn
adjudging
adjudging
verb
present participle of adjudge
adjudgment
adjudgment
noun
The action of imposing judgment.
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
adjument
adjument
noun
(obsolete) Help; support; that which or one who helps or supports.
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
adjuntas
adjuration
adjuration
noun
A grave warning.
A solemn oath.
adjurations
adjurations
noun
plural of adjuration
adjuring
adjuring
noun
adjuration
verb
present participle of adjure
adjustation
adjustation
noun
(rare) Adjustment.
adjusting
adjusting
noun
Adjustment.
verb
present participle of adjust
adjustment
adjustment
noun
The action of adjusting something
The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim
The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
The settling or balancing of a financial account
adjustmental
adjustmental
adj
Relating to adjustment.
adjustments
adjustments
noun
plural of adjustment
adjustoring
adjutancies
adjutancies
noun
plural of adjutancy
adjutancy
adjutancy
noun
The state or office of being an adjutant, assistant, or helper.
adjutant
adjutant
adj
Assistant; who helps a higher-ranking officer.
noun
(military) A lower-ranking officer who assists a higher-ranking officer with administrative affairs.
(zoology) Any bird of the genus Leptoptilos, a branch of the stork family (Ciconiidae) native to India and Southeast Asia.
An assistant.
adjutants
adjutants
noun
plural of adjutant
adjutantship
adjutantship
noun
The role or status of adjutant.
adjuvant
adjuvant
adj
(medicine) Designating a supplementary form of treatment, especially a cancer therapy administered after removal of a primary tumour. [from 19th c.]
Helping; helpful; assisting. [from 16th c.]
noun
(agriculture) An additive (often a separate product) that enhances the efficacy of pesticide products, but has little or no pesticidal activity itself. [from mid 20th c.]
(immunology) A substance enhancing the immune response to an antigen. [from 20th c.]
(medicine) Something that enhances the effectiveness of a medical treatment; a supplementary treatment. [from 18th c.]
(pharmacology) An additive (as in a drug) that aids or modifies the action of the principal ingredient. [from 19th c.]
Someone who helps or facilitates; an assistant, a helper. [from 16th c.]
adjuvants
adjuvants
noun
plural of adjuvant
adlumidin
adlumidine
adlumin
adlumine
adlumine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in plants of genus Adlumia.