(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
aboveboard
aboveboard
adj
Alternative form of above-board
abovedeck
abovedeck
adj
(nautical) Located on deck.
adv
(nautical) On deck.
noun
The area on a boat that is abovedeck.
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abovementioned
abovementioned
adj
(literary) mentioned above
abovesaid
abovesaid
adj
Mentioned or recited before.
absolved
absolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absolve
accommodative
accommodative
adj
Supplying with or obliging; accommodating.
accommodatively
accommodatively
adv
In a accommodative manner; accommodatingly.
accommodativeness
accommodativeness
noun
The state or quality of being accommodative.
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
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
adinvention
admonitive
admonitive
adj
Of or conveying admonition
admonitively
admonitively
adv
As an admonition.
admov
admove
admove
verb
(obsolete) To move or conduct to or toward.
adoptative
adoptative
adj
(rare) adoptive
adoptive
adoptive
adj
Pertaining to adoption.
Related through adoption.
adoptively
adoptively
adv
In a adoptive manner; by adoption.
adsorptive
adsorptive
adj
Pertaining to, tending toward, or characterized by adsorption.
noun
Any substance that adsorbs.
adsorptively
adsorptively
adv
In an adsorptive manner; with a tendency toward or characteristic of adsorption.
adsorptiveness
adsorptiveness
noun
The property of being adsorptive, of tending toward or being characterized by adsorption.
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
advantageousness
advantageousness
noun
The state or quality of being advantageous.
advection
advection
noun
(earth science, chemistry) The horizontal movement of a body of atmosphere (or other fluid) along with a concurrent transport of its temperature, humidity etc.
The transport of a scalar by bulk fluid motion.
advectitious
advectitious
adj
Relating to, or transported by, advection.
adventitious
adventitious
adj
(biology) Developing in an unusual place or from an unusual source.
(genetics, medicine) Not congenital; acquired.
Accidental, additional, appearing casually.
From an external source; not innate or inherent, foreign.
adventitiously
adventitiously
adv
in an adventitious manner; sporadically.
adventitiousness
adventitiousness
noun
the degree to which a thing is adventitious
adventitiousnesses
adventuresome
adventuresome
adj
Prone to, or willing to undertake, adventures; daring or bold.
adventuresomely
adventuresomely
adv
In an adventuresome manner.
adventuresomeness
adventuresomeness
noun
The state or quality of being adventuresome.
adventuresomes
adventurous
adventurous
adj
(of a person) Inclined to adventure; willing to take risks; prone to embark on hazardous enterprises; daring.
(of an act or product) Full of risks; risky; liable to be in danger; requiring courage; rash.
adventurously
adventurously
adv
In an adventurous manner.
adventurousness
adventurousness
noun
The quality of being adventurous.
adverbiation
adversarious
adversarious
adj
(archaic) hostile; adversarial
adversifoliate
adversifoliate
adj
(botany) Having leaves placed opposite each other on a stem.
adversifolious
adversifolious
adj
Synonym of adversifoliate
adversion
adversion
noun
(obsolete) An adverting or turning towards; attention.
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
advertorial
advertorial
noun
An advertisement written in the form of an objective editorial, presented in a printed publication, and usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news article.
advertorials
advertorials
noun
plural of advertorial
advisatory
advisatory
adj
(law) Advisory.
adviso
adviso
noun
(obsolete) An advice boat or dispatch boat.
(obsolete) An advisory; information; advice; intelligence.
advisor
advisor
noun
(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece, that is moved one point diagonally and confined within the palace.
One who offers advice.
advisories
advisories
noun
plural of advisory
advisorily
advisorily
adv
By way of advice.
advisors
advisors
noun
plural of advisor
advisory
advisory
adj
Able to give advice.
Containing advice; advising.
advocaat
advocaat
noun
A Dutch liqueur made of egg yolks, sugar and strong liquor, typically brandy.
advocacies
advocacies
noun
plural of advocacy
advocacy
advocacy
noun
the act of arguing in favour of, or supporting someone or something
the practice of supporting someone to make their voice heard
the profession of an advocate
advocate
advocate
noun
A person who speaks in support of something, or someone.
A person who supports others to make their voices heard, or ideally for them to speak up for themselves.
Anyone who argues the case of another; an intercessor.
Someone whose job is to speak for someone's case in a court of law; a counsel.
verb
(Scotland, law) To appeal from an inferior court to the Court of Session.
(Scotland, law, in higher courts) To call a case before itself for decision.
(intransitive, with for) To engage in advocacy.
(transitive) To encourage support for something.
(transitive) To plead in favour of; to defend by argument, before a tribunal or the public; to support, vindicate, or recommend publicly.
advocated
advocated
adj
Having been argued in favor of.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advocate
advocates
advocates
noun
plural of advocate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advocate
advocateship
advocateship
noun
(now rare) The office or function of an advocate; advocacy.
advocatess
advocatess
noun
(rare, obsolete) A female advocate.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
advocation
advocation
noun
(Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
(Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
(archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
advocations
advocations
noun
plural of advocation
advocative
advocative
adj
(law) Related to advocation
advocator
advocator
noun
One who advocates; an advocate
advocatory
advocatory
adj
Characteristic of an advocate.
advocatress
advocatress
noun
(rare) A female advocate.
advocatrice
advocatrice
noun
(archaic) A female advocate.
advocatrix
advoke
advoke
verb
To summon or call (to a higher tribunal).
advolution
advolution
noun
A rolling toward something; goal orientation.
advoteresse
advowee
advowee
noun
One who has an advowson.
advowry
advowry
noun
Alternative form of avowry
advowsance
advowson
advowson
noun
(UK, ecclesiastical law) The right to present a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice or church office.
advowsons
advowsons
noun
plural of advowson
advoyer
advoyer
noun
Obsolete form of avoyer.
alcoved
alcoved
adj
(sometimes in combination) Having (a specified type or number of) alcoves
aldovandi
aldrovanda
aleksandrov
aleksandrovac
aleksandrovsk
almoravid
almoravid
Noun
A member of a Berber dynasty that started in 11th-century Morocco.
almoravide
almoravides
alniviridol
alvadore
alvarado
alveolated
alveolated
adj
Alternative form of alveolate
alveolocondylean
alveolodental
alveolodental
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the alveolus and the teeth
alviducous
alvord
alvordton
amoved
amoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amove
anarchoindividualist
andersonville
andevo
andover
andover
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, southern UK.
animadversion
animadversion
noun
(countable) A criticism, a critical remark.
(uncountable) The state or characteristic of being animadversive.
animadversional
animadversional
adj
Of or relating to animadversion.
animadversions
animadversions
noun
plural of animadversion
anoxidative
anticonfederative
antidivorce
antidivorce
adj
Opposing divorce.
antieavesdropping
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiproductivity
aphidivorous
aphidivorous
adj
(zoology) Feeding on aphids.
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
approved
approved
adj
(archaic) Proven or demonstrated by experience.
Having received approval.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approve
approvedly
approvedly
adv
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
approvedness
approvedness
noun
The state or quality of being approved.
archvagabond
ardenvoir
arfvedsonite
arfvedsonite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare sodium amphibole mineral.
arnoldsville
audiovisual
audiovisual
adj
Containing both aural and visual elements.
audiovisuals
audiovisuals
noun
audiovisual material
audivision
autoclaved
autoclaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoclave
autodigestive
autodigestive
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodigestion.
autoeducative
autoeducative
adj
Of or relating to autoeducation.
autoinductive
autoinductive
adj
That exhibits autoinduction
avaradrano
aviador
avidious
avidious
adj
(obsolete) avid; eager; greedy.
avidiously
avidiously
adv
(obsolete) eagerly; greedily.
avidous
avidous
adj
(obsolete) avid; keen; desirous
avigdor
avocado
avocado
adj
Of a dull yellowish-green colour.
noun
(color, chiefly uncountable) A dark chartreuse colour, like the colour of the skin of an avocado.
The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family.
The large, usually yellowish-green or black, savory fruit of the avocado tree.
avocadoes
avocados
avocados
noun
plural of avocado
avodire
avodire
noun
The wood of the tree Turraeanthus africana.
avodires
avogadrite
avogadrite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-dipyramidal mineral containing boron, cesium, fluorine, and potassium.
avogadro
avogadro
Proper noun
Italian physicist
avoid
avoid
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become void or vacant.
(intransitive, obsolete) To retire; to withdraw, depart, go away.
(transitive) To stay out of the way of (something harmful).
(transitive) To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun
(transitive, law) To defeat or evade; to invalidate.
(transitive, now law) To make void, to annul; to refute (especially a contract).
(transitive, obsolete) To emit or throw out; to void.
(transitive, obsolete) To get rid of.
(transitive, obsolete) To make empty; to clear.
To try not to do something or to have something happen
to keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from
avoidable
avoidable
adj
Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
noun
Something that can or should be avoided.
avoidably
avoidably
adv
In a manner so as to be avoidable.
avoidance
avoidance
noun
(law, obsolete) The act of annulling; annulment.
(obsolete) The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant, specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
(obsolete) The act of dismissing a person.
(obsolete) The act of quitting a position or benefice.
(obsolete) The course by which anything (especially water) is carried off.
The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
avoidant
avoidant
adj
Exhibiting avoidance; avoiding something.
noun
A person who exhibits avoidance.
avoided
avoided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avoid
avoider
avoider
noun
One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
One who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.