(law) inheriting the estate of someone who died without having made a will
abiogeneses
abiogeneses
noun
plural of abiogenesis
abiogenesis
abiogenesis
noun
(evolutionary theory) The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
abiogenesist
abiogenesist
noun
A proponent of abiogenesis.
abiogenetic
abiogenetic
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to abiogenesis, originated by abiogenesis.
abiogenetical
abiogenetical
adj
Alternative form of abiogenetic
abiogenetically
abiogenetically
adv
(biology) In an abiogenetic manner; to have created life without life.
abiogenist
abiogenist
noun
(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
abiogenists
abiogenists
noun
plural of abiogenist
abiogenous
abiogenous
adj
(biology) Produced by spontaneous generation.
abiogeny
abiogeny
noun
(biology) abiogenesis.
abioses
abioses
noun
plural of abiosis
abirritate
abirritate
verb
(transitive, medicine) To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate; to soothe.
abirritated
abirritated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abirritate
abirritative
abirritative
adj
(pharmacology) Characterized by abirritation or debility.
abiuret
abiuret
adj
Not giving the biuret reaction; showing that it does not contain biuret.
abject
abject
adj
(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.
(transitive) To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim.
(transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow.
(transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant.
abjured
abjured
adj
Having been renounced, forsworn or rejected.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abjure
abjurement
abjurement
noun
(rare) renunciation
abjurer
abjurer
noun
One who abjures.
abjurers
abjurers
noun
plural of abjurer
abjures
abjures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abjure
ablactate
ablactate
verb
(rare) To wean.
ablactated
ablactated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ablactate
ablaqueate
ablaqueate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To lay bare, as the roots of a tree, by loosening or removing soil.
ablare
ablare
adj
Blaring.
ablastemic
ablastemic
adj
(biology) Non-germinal; unable to form a blastema or offspring.
ablate
ablate
verb
(intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.
(transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
ablated
ablated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ablate
ablates
ablates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablate
ablative
ablative
adj
(archaic) Pertaining to taking away or removing.
(engineering, nautical, astronautics) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying material, as in ablative paints used for antifouling, or ablative heat shields used to protect spacecraft during reentry. .
(geology) Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier.
(grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement.
(medicine) Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ.
noun
(grammar) The ablative case.
An ablative material.
ablatively
ablatively
adv
In an ablative manner.
ablatives
ablatives
noun
plural of ablative
ablaze
ablaze
adj
Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion.
Radiant with bright light and color.
adv
In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
Lit up brightly and with color, gleaming.
On fire; in a blaze.
able
able
adj
(law) Legally qualified or competent.
(nautical) Capable of performing all the requisite duties; as an able seaman.
(obsolete) Easy to use.
(obsolete) Rich; well-to-do.
(obsolete) Suitable; competent.
(obsolete, dialectal) Having the physical strength; robust; healthy.
(obsolete, dialectal) Liable to.
Free from constraints preventing completion of task; permitted to; not prevented from.
Gifted with skill, intelligence, knowledge, or competence.
Having the necessary powers or the needed resources to accomplish a task.
noun
(military) The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To dress.
(transitive, obsolete) To give power to; to reinforce; to confirm.
(transitive, obsolete) To make capable; to enable.
(transitive, obsolete) To make ready.
(transitive, obsolete) To vouch for; to guarantee.
ableeze
ableeze
Adjective
Ablaze. 1976
ablegate
ablegate
noun
(Roman Catholicism) A representative of the pope charged with important commissions in foreign countries, one of his duties being to bring to a newly named cardinal his insignia of office.
(historical) An elected representative of a Hungarian royal free city, charged to be a speaker at the Diet of Hungary and to express the opinion of the city.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To send abroad.
ablegates
ablegates
noun
plural of ablegate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablegate
ablegation
ablegation
noun
(obsolete) Expulsion; banishment.
ablend
ableness
ableness
noun
(countable, rare) Something one is able to do.
(uncountable, now rare) Ability of body or mind.
ablepharia
ablepharia
noun
(medicine) A congenital absence or reduction in size of eyelids.
ablepharon
ablepharon
noun
(medicine) ablepharia
ablepharous
ablepharous
adj
(medicine) Exhibiting ablepharia; without eyelids.
ablepharus
ablepsia
ablepsia
noun
(medicine, rare) Lack of sight; blindness.
ablepsy
ablepsy
noun
(medicine, rare) Alternative form of ablepsia
ableptical
ableptical
adj
Alternative form of ableptic (“blind”)
ableptically
abler
abler
adj
comparative form of able: more able
ables
ables
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of able
ablesse
ablest
ablest
adj
superlative form of able: most able
ablet
ablet
noun
A small fresh-water fish (Alburnus alburnus); the bleak.
ablewhackets
ablude
ablude
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To be unlike; to differ.
abluent
abluent
adj
(pharmacology) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
noun
(pharmacology) A detergent.
abluents
abluents
noun
plural of abluent
ablute
ablute
verb
(intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself.
(transitive, colloquial) To wash.
abluted
abluted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ablute
abmodalities
abnegate
abnegate
verb
(transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
(transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure.
abnegated
abnegated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abnegate
abnegates
abnegates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abnegate
abnegating
abnegating
verb
present participle of abnegate
abnegation
abnegation
noun
A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest.
abnegations
abnegations
noun
plural of abnegation
abnegative
abnegative
adj
(obsolete, rare): Denying; renouncing; negative
abnegator
abnegator
noun
(rare) One who abnegates, denies, or rejects.
abnegators
abnegators
noun
plural of abnegator
abner
abnerval
abnerval
adj
(anatomy, of an electric current in a muscle, rare) Away from the nerve.
abnet
abnet
noun
The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.
abneural
abneural
adj
Away from the neural (cerebrospinal) axis
abnormalcies
abnormalcies
noun
plural of abnormalcy
abnormalise
abnormalise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abnormalize.
abnormalised
abnormalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abnormalise
abnormalities
abnormalities
noun
plural of abnormality
abnormalize
abnormalize
verb
(transitive) To make abnormal.
abnormalized
abnormalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abnormalize
abnormalness
abnormalness
noun
The quality of being abnormal.
abnormities
abnormities
noun
plural of abnormity
abnumerable
abnumerable
adj
(mathematics) Not enumerable or denumerable; uncountable.
aboardage
abococket
abococket
noun
Alternative form of bycoket
abode
abode
noun
(dated or law) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
(formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
(obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
(obsolete) An omen; a foretelling.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous.
(transitive, obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
simple past tense and past participle of abide
aboded
aboded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abode
abodement
abodement
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding; an omen.
abodes
abodes
noun
plural of abode
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abode
aboideau
aboideau
noun
(Canada, Acadian) A tide gate, designed to protect marshland, so constructed as to let out water at low tide, but to prevent an influx of water at high tide.
aboideaus
aboideaus
noun
plural of aboideau
aboideaux
aboiteau
aboiteau
noun
(Canada, Acadian) Alternative form of aboideau
aboiteaus
aboiteaus
noun
plural of aboiteau
aboiteaux
abolete
abolishable
abolishable
adj
Capable of being abolished.
abolished
abolished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abolish
abolisher
abolisher
noun
Agent noun of abolish; one who abolishes.
abolishers
abolishers
noun
plural of abolisher
abolishes
abolishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abolish
abolishment
abolishment
noun
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
abolishments
abolishments
noun
plural of abolishment
abolitionise
abolitionise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abolitionize.
abolitionised
abolitionised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abolitionise
abolitionize
abolitionize
verb
(transitive, rare, obsolete) To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.
abolitionized
abolitionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abolitionize
abollae
abollae
noun
plural of abolla
abominable
abominable
adj
(obsolete) Excessive, large (used as an intensifier).
Disagreeable or unpleasant.
Very bad or inferior.
Worthy of, or causing, abhorrence, as a thing of evil omen; odious in the utmost degree; very hateful; detestable; loathsome; execrable.
abominableness
abominableness
noun
The characteristic of being abominable; odiousness.
abominate
abominate
adj
(rare) Abominable; detested.
verb
(transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
(transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly.
abominated
abominated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abominate
abominates
abominates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abominate
abomine
abomine
verb
(obsolete) To abominate.
abondance
abondance
noun
(card games) Alternative form of abundance
abonne
abonnement
abonnement
noun
A subscription or season ticket in a French-speaking country or another country where abonnement is the local term.
aborigine
aborigine
noun
(in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area.
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
aborigines
aborigines
noun
(history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
Indigenous flora and fauna.
The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
plural of aborigine
aborsement
aborsement
noun
(obsolete) Abortment; abortion
aborsive
aborsive
adj
(obsolete) abortive from the first.
aborted
aborted
adj
(biology) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped.
Brought forth prematurely.
Checked in normal development at an early stage.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abort
aborter
aborter
noun
(derogatory) One who has an abortion.
(rare) One who performs an abortion.
One who or that which aborts.
aborters
aborters
noun
plural of aborter
aborticide
aborticide
noun
An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.
The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
abortient
abortient
adj
(archaic, medicine) Reproductively sterile or miscarrying.
noun
(archaic, medicine) Abortifacient; an agent producing abortion.
abortifacient
abortifacient
adj
(pharmacology) Producing miscarriage.
noun
(pharmacology) A drug or an agent that induces an abortion.
abortive
abortive
adj
(biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
(medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
(obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
(obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.
(obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.
abortively
abortively
adv
In an abortive or untimely manner; immaturely; fruitlessly.
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
abortogenic
abortogenic
adj
Causing abortion; abortifacient.
noun
A substance that induces abortion; an abortifacient.
abortuses
abortuses
noun
plural of abortus
abote
abouchement
abounded
abounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abound
abounder
abounder
noun
One who has plenty, one who abounds (in something).
abourezk
above
above
adj
(by ellipsis) Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
Of heaven; heavenly.
adv
(archaic) In addition.
(biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
Above zero; above freezing.
Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
Higher in rank, power, or position.
Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
Into or from heaven; in the sky.
More in number.
noun
(archaic) betterment, raised status or condition.
Heaven.
Higher authority.
Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
prep
(Scotland) In addition to; besides.
(figuratively) Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
(theater) Upstage of.
Beyond; on the other side.
Farther north than.
Higher in rank, status, or position.
In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
In preference to.
Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;