A city and port in Denmark, in Northern Jutland; the fourth-largest city in Denmark and capital of Region Nordjylland.
aaronsburg
abacination
abacination
noun
The act of abacinating, of blinding with the light from hot metal
abaco
abacot
abacot
noun
(obsolete) Misspelling of bycoket.
abaction
abaction
noun
(archaic) Stealing cattle on a large scale.
(law) Carrying away by force, especially of animals.
abactor
abactor
noun
(law, obsolete) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.
abaddon
abaddon
noun
(archaic, British slang) An informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.
abadejo
abadengo
abakumov
abalation
abalienation
abalienation
noun
(law) The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement; transferring a legal title.
abalone
abalone
noun
(Canada, US, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
(Canada, US, Australia) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc.
abalones
abalones
noun
plural of abalone
abandon
abandon
noun
(obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
verb
(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
(transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
(transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
(transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
(transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of.
abandonable
abandonable
adj
Able to be abandoned; suitable for abandonment.
abandoned
abandoned
adj
(geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
Free from constraint; uninhibited.
Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abandon
abandonedly
abandonedly
adv
With abandon, without restraint.
abandonee
abandonee
noun
(law) One to whom something is abandoned.
abandoner
abandoner
noun
One who abandons.
abandoners
abandoners
noun
plural of abandoner
abandoning
abandoning
noun
An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect
verb
present participle and gerund of abandon
abandonment
abandonment
noun
(law) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
(law) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
An abandoned building or structure.
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
The self-surrender to an outside influence.
The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
abandonments
abandonments
noun
plural of abandonment
abandons
abandons
noun
(plural only, archaic, British slang) Abandoned children; foundlings.
(plural only, archaic, British slang) Prostitutes.
plural of abandon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abandon
abannition
abannition
noun
Alternative spelling of abannation
abaptiston
abaptiston
noun
(medicine) A trepan having a conical shape so that injurious penetration of the brain is impossible.
abarambo
abarthrosis
abarthrosis
noun
A form of articulation that allows considerable change in position and spatial relationship between the articulated parts, and which bones move freely upon one another; diarthrosis.
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.
abasio
abatjour
abatjour
noun
A skylight or other device whose purpose is to direct light into a room.
abatjours
abatjours
noun
plural of abatjour
abaton
abaton
noun
(historical) In Ancient Greece, an enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept.
abator
abator
noun
(law) a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee
(law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance
abators
abators
noun
plural of abator
abattoir
abattoir
noun
A place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed.
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
abattoirs
abattoirs
noun
plural of abattoir
abbacomes
abbandono
abboccato
abbogada
abbot
abbot
noun
(archaic, British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
(archaic, British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.
A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
abbotcies
abbotcies
noun
plural of abbotcy
abbotcy
abbotcy
noun
(obscure) abbacy
office of the superior of a monastery.
abbotnullius
abbotric
abbotric
noun
(obsolete) An abbacy.
abbots
abbots
noun
plural of abbot
abbotsen
abbotsford
abbotship
abbotship
noun
The state, term, or office of an abbot; abbacy.
abbotships
abbotships
noun
plural of abbotship
abbotson
abbotsun
abbott
abbott
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
abbottson
abbottstown
abbottstown
Proper noun
A borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania
abboud
abbozzo
abbozzo
noun
(art) A rough drawing or model.
abbreviation
abbreviation
noun
(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
The process of abbreviating.
The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
abbreviations
abbreviations
noun
plural of abbreviation
abbreviator
abbreviator
noun
(Roman Catholicism, historical) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty was to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.
A person who abbreviates or shortens.
abbreviators
abbreviators
noun
plural of abbreviator
abbreviatory
abbreviatory
adj
Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
abbroachment
abcoulomb
abcoulomb
noun
A unit of electromagnetic charge equal to ten coulombs.
abdication
abdication
noun
(obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
(obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
(obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
abdications
abdications
noun
plural of abdication
abdicator
abdicator
noun
(obsolete) A person supporting the abdication of another.
abditory
abditory
noun
(rare) A concealed location used for storage or to hide items.
abdom
abdomen
abdomen
noun
(anatomy) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.
(anatomy) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly.
(zoology, entomology) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
abdomens
abdomens
noun
plural of abdomen
abdomina
abdominal
abdominal
adj
(ichthyology) Having the ventral fins under the abdomen and behind the pectoral fins.
(ichthyology) Ventral, in describing a fin.
(zoology, obsolete) Belonging to the order Abdominales of fish.
Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral.
noun
(colloquial, usually plural only) An abdominal muscle.
(zoology, obsolete) A fish of the order Abdominales.
abdominales
abdominalia
abdominalia
noun
(zoology) A group of cirriped crustaceans having abdominal appendages.
abdominalian
abdominalian
adj
Of or relating to the abdominalia.
abdominally
abdominally
adv
In the area of the abdomen.
abdominals
abdominals
noun
plural of abdominal
abdominoanterior
abdominocardiac
abdominocardiac
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the abdomen and the heart.
abdominocentesis
abdominocentesis
noun
(surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar
abdominocystic
abdominocystic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the bladder.
abdominogenital
abdominogenital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the genitals.
abdominohysterectomy
abdominohysterectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominohysterotomy
abdominohysterotomy
noun
(surgery) An incision of the uterus, done through a surgical hole in the abdomen.
abdominoposterior
abdominoscope
abdominoscope
noun
An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
abdominoscopy
abdominoscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.
abdominothoracic
abdominothoracic
adj
Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest.
abdominous
abdominous
adj
Having a protuberant belly; potbellied.
abdominovaginal
abdominovaginal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the vagina
abdominovesical
abdominovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
abdon
abdon
Proper noun
The tenth judge of Israel.
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
abednego
abednego
Proper noun
One of the captives in the Bible who came out of the fiery furnace unharmed.
abelmoschus
abelmosk
abelmosk
noun
(uncommon, usually in the plural) Other members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.
The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
The tropical evergreen shrub Abelmoschus moschatus itself.
abelmosks
abelmosks
noun
plural of abelmosk
abelonian
abelonian
Noun
An Abelian.
abelson
abeokuta
abeokuta
Proper noun
A city in southwest Nigeria.
abercrombie
abercromby
aberdonian
aberdonian
Adjective
Of or relating to Aberdeen.
Noun
A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Aberdeen, NE Scotland.
abernon
aberration
aberration
noun
(astronomy) A small periodical change of the apparent positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer.
(astronomy, by extension) The tendency of light rays to preferentially strike the leading face of a moving object (the effect underlying the above phenomenon).
(electronics) A defect in an image produced by an optical or electrostatic lens system.
(medicine) A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the normal range.
(optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; a defect in a focusing mechanism that prevents the intended focal point.
(zoology, botany) A typical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ.
A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character.
A partial alienation of reason.
The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
aberrational
aberrational
adj
Characterized by aberration.
aberrations
aberrations
noun
plural of aberration
aberrator
aberrator
noun
(optics) A device that simulates aberration in an image.
aberrometer
aberrometer
noun
A device that measures refractive aberrations of the eye
aberroscope
aberroscope
noun
(ophthalmology) An instrument used to observe aberration of the eye
aberuncator
aberuncator
noun
A pruning device mounted on a pole, so as to reach high branches; a weeding machine.
abettor
abettor
noun
A supporter or advocate.
One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages.
abettors
abettors
noun
plural of abettor
abevacuation
abevacuation
noun
(medicine) An abnormal evacuation.
(medicine) Metastases.
abhominable
abhominable
adj
Obsolete form of abominable.
abhor
abhor
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) Differ entirely from.
(intransitive, obsolete) To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from.
(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
(transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
(transitive, canon law, obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To fill with horror or disgust.
abhorred
abhorred
adj
(obsolete) Horrified.
Strongly disliked: hated, despised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abhor
abhorrence
abhorrence
noun
(obsolete, historical) An expression of abhorrence, in particular any of the parliamentary addresses dictated towards Charles II.
A person or thing that is loathsome; a detested thing.
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
abhorrences
abhorrences
noun
plural of abhorrence
abhorrency
abhorrency
noun
(obsolete) Aberrancy.
(obsolete) Quality of being abhorrent; feeling of abhorrence.
(obsolete) something that elicits abhorrence; a detestable thing.
abhorrent
abhorrent
adj
(archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
Contrary to something; discordant.
Detestable or repugnant.
abhorrently
abhorrently
adv
In a manner, or to a degree, that is abhorrent; with abhorrence.
abhorrer
abhorrer
noun
(historical, sometimes capitalized) A nickname given in the early 17ᵗʰ century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II.
One who abhors.
abhorrers
abhorrers
noun
plural of abhorrer
abhorrible
abhorrible
adj
(rare, obsolete) Detestable.
abhorring
abhorring
noun
A detested thing.
Detestation.
verb
present participle of abhor
abhors
abhors
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abhor
abhorson
abietineous
abietineous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the Abietineae.
abilao
abilao
noun
Alternative form of abilo.
abilo
abilo
noun
Bogo; a Philippine fruit tree, Garuga floribunda, from the family Burseraceae.
abingdon
abingdon
Proper noun
A town on the Thames in Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire), England.
A town in Virginia, USA
abington
abington
Proper noun
A small town in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
A town in southeastern Massachusetts, south of Boston.
abinoam
abinoem
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.
abiological
abiological
adj
(biology) Pertaining to inanimate things; not produced by organisms.
abiologically
abiologically
adv
(biology) In an abiological manner.
abiology
abiology
noun
(sciences) The sciences, such as geology and astronomy, that collectively deal with inorganic or lifeless bodies.