Pertaining to or characteristic of a high priest; priestly.
Of or pertaining to the lower order of priests.
abaddon
abaddon
noun
(archaic, British slang) An informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.
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.
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.
abandum
abandum
noun
(law) Anything forfeited or confiscated.
abantes
abasing
abasing
verb
present participle of abase
abassin
abating
abating
noun
(rhetoric) Anesis.
verb
present participle of abate
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.
abelian
abelian
adj
(mathematics) Of a binary function, commutative.
(mathematics) Of an algebraic structure, having a commutative defining operation.
abelson
aberfan
abernon
abeyant
abeyant
adj
Being in a state of abeyance; suspended.
abhenry
abhenry
noun
(dated, physics) A unit of inductance equal to one billionth (1 x 10⁻⁹) of a henry, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
abidden
abidden
verb
(obsolete) past participle of abide
abiding
abiding
adj
Continuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast.
noun
(obsolete) An abode.
The action of one who abides; the state of an abider.
verb
present participle of abide
abidjan
abidjan
Proper noun
The de facto capital and largest city of Côte d'Ivoire.
Adjective
Of or relating to Abidjan.
Of the style prevalent in Abidjan.
abience
abience
noun
(psychology) Withdrawal from, or avoidance of a stimulus.
abietin
abietin
noun
(organic chemistry) A resin obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.
abilene
abilene
Proper noun
A region of Syria south and southeast of Damascus.
Proper noun
A city of west-central Texas west-southwest of Fort Worth; founded in 1881 with the coming of the railroad, the city first prospered as a shipping center for cattle.
A city in Kansas
Adjective
Belonging to a prehistoric culture of central Texas, characterized by oval grinding stones.
abilyne
abineri
abinger
abinoam
abinoem
abiston
abjoint
abjoint
verb
(intransitive, botany, mycology) To separate from the hypha of a fungus by the formation of a septum.
(transitive, botany, mycology) To form by cutting off as a protrusion from a parent cell.
abjunct
abjunct
adj
(obsolete) detached, disconnected
ablings
ablings
adv
(Britain, dialectal) Alternative form of aiblins
abluent
abluent
adj
(pharmacology) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
noun
(pharmacology) A detergent.
abnakis
aboding
aboding
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding.
verb
present participle of abode
abomine
abomine
verb
(obsolete) To abominate.
abortin
abortin
noun
An extract manufactured from the bacterium Brucella abortus, and is used to study contagious abortions in cattle.
abounds
abounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abound
abrahan
abronia
abronia
noun
A plant of the genus Abronia.
abrotin
abscind
abscind
verb
(transitive, archaic) To cut off.
abscond
abscond
verb
(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
(intransitive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
(intransitive, of bee colonies) To abandon a hive.
(law) To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process
(obsolete, transitive) To conceal; to take away.
(transitive, uncommon) To evade, to hide or flee from.
absecon
absence
absence
noun
(fencing) Lack of contact between blades.
(medicine) Temporary loss or disruption of consciousness, with sudden onset and recovery, and common in epilepsy.
A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship
Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency.
Inattention to things present; abstraction (of mind).
Lack; deficiency; nonexistence.
The period of someone being away.
absents
absents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absent
absinth
absinth
noun
Alternative form of absinthe
abstain
abstain
verb
(intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence.
(intransitive, obsolete) Fast (not eat for a period).
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.
abthain
abthain
noun
Alternative form of abthane
aburban
aburton
aburton
adv
(nautical) With the length athwartship.
abusing
abusing
verb
present participle of abuse
abusion
abusion
noun
(obsolete) Abuse of the truth; deceit, lying.
(obsolete) Catachresis.
(obsolete) Misuse, abuse.
(obsolete) Physical, mental, verbal, or sexual abuse.
(obsolete) Violation of law or propriety; outrage, improper behaviour.
acacian
acacian
Noun
A follower of a 4th-century bishop.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Acacians.
Relating to a rift that occurred in the early 6th century, between the Eastern and Western Christian churches, occurring during the rule of
acaciin
acaciin
noun
(chemistry) A glycoside found in the leaves of a false acacia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia; C₂₈H₃₂O₁₄.
acacine
acacine
noun
Alternative spelling of acacin
acadian
acadian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture.
Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.
Proper noun
A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun.
A French speaking descendant of the early settlers in the Maritime Provinces.
Acadian French: the form of French spoken in Acadia.
The Middle Cambrian epoch, lasting from 497 million years ago to 509 million years ago.
acantha
acantha
noun
(anatomy) A spinous process of a vertebra.
(botany) A prickle.
(zoology) A spine or prickly fin.
acanthi
acapnia
acapnia
noun
The state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissue is significantly lower than normal.
acarian
acarian
noun
Any mite or tick of the subclass Acari
acarina
acarine
acarine
adj
(medicine) Of or caused by acari or mites.
noun
(zoology) Synonym of acarid.
acarnan
accents
accents
noun
plural of accent
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accent
accinge
accinge
verb
(reflexive, archaic) To prepare oneself for action.
account
account
noun
(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
(archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
(banking) A bank account.
(uncountable) Profit; advantage.
A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
A record of events; a relation or narrative.
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
verb
(intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
(intransitive) To consider that.
(intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
(intransitive, now rare) To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc.
(obsolete) To count (up), enumerate.
(obsolete) To recount, relate (a narrative etc.).
(obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify.
(transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
(transitive, now rare) To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time).
acetine
acetins
acetins
noun
plural of acetin
acetoin
acetoin
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound 3-hydroxybutanone CH₃-CO-CH(OH)-CH₃ that is one of the constituents of the flavour of butter
acetone
acetone
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent.
achaean
achaian
achango
acharne
achenes
achenes
noun
plural of achene
achenia
achenia
noun
plural of achenium
acheron
acheson
achigan
acinary
acinary
adj
Alternative form of acinar
acineta
acinose
acinose
adj
Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions.
acinous
acinous
adj
Alternative spelling of acinose
acinuni
acknown
acknown
verb
(obsolete) Acknowledged; confessed (often with "of" or "on"), revealed, disclosed, realized
(biochemistry) An amorphous, bitter, non-poisonous alkaloid, derived from the decomposition of aconitine.
aconite
aconite
noun
(toxicology) An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally.
The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; any plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous.
acontia
acontia
noun
(zoology) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.
acorned
acorned
adj
(rare) Fed or filled with acorns.
Furnished or loaded with acorns
acquent
acraein
acraein
noun
A distasteful substance produced by some butterflies as a defence mechanism
acrania
acrania
noun
(physiology) Partial or total absence of the skull.
acrasin
acrasin
noun
A chemotactic agent produced by some slime moulds
acreman
acreman
noun
A leader of a plowing team in medieval England.
acremen
acremen
noun
plural of acreman
acridan
acridan
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic secondary amine 9,10-dihydroacridine related to acridine
acridin
acridin
noun
Dated form of acridine.
acrilan
acrinyl
acrinyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical p-hydroxybenzyl
acritan
acritan
noun
(obsolete) Any animal that is a member of the Acrita
acrnema
acrogen
acrogen
noun
(biology) any flowerless plant whose growth takes place at the tip of the main stem, especially the cryptogam ferns
acronal
acronal
adj
Relating to an acron
acronic
acronic
adj
Synonym of acronycal
acronyc
acronym
acronym
noun
(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").
(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
verb
To form into an acronym.
acronyx
actaeon
actinal
actinal
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the axis of rotational symmetry in radiate animals.
(zoology) Pertaining to the side or surface around the mouth in an animal that has radial symmetry such as a starfish.
actings
actings
noun
plural of acting
actinia
actinia
noun
A sea anemone, specifically a member of the genus Actinia.
actinic
actinic
adj
Composed of actin.
Of or relating to actinism.
Related to or caused by radiation (used most often in reference to light, especially that in the ultraviolet range). In medicine, actinic keratoses usually occur in sundamaged skin and exhibit hyperkeratosis.
actinon
actinon
noun
(chemistry, physics, dated) Radon-219 (²¹⁹₈₆Rn; symbol An), an isotope of radon
(obsolete) Synonym of radon
(physics, dated) An actinide
actions
actions
noun
plural of action
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of action
activin
activin
noun
A peptide that participates in the regulation of the menstrual cycle, cell proliferation, apoptosis, metabolism, and many other diverse functions.
acubens
acumens
acumens
noun
plural of acumen
acyloin
acyloin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any α-hydroxy ketone.
adaline
adamant
adamant
adj
(of an object) Very difficult to break, pierce, or cut.
(said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
noun
(obsolete) A lodestone.
An embodiment of impregnable hardness.
An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.
adamina
adamine
adamsen
adamson
adamsun
adangle
adangle
adj
Dangling.
addenda
addenda
noun
plural of addendum
addends
addends
noun
plural of addend
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of addend
addison
addison
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
name popular in the 2000s, following Alison and Madison.
A place name, including:
a town in Vermont, USA, named after the poet Joseph Addison.
addling
addling
noun
Alternative form of addlings (earnings).
The act of causing fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell or other outer layer.
verb
present participle of addle.
addlins
addlins
noun
(UK, Yorkshire, dialect, archaic) earnings
adelina
adelind
adeline
adeling
adeling
noun
Alternative form of atheling.
adenase
adenase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme found especially in animal tissue (as liver) that hydrolyzes adenine to hypoxanthine and ammonia.
adenine
adenine
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
Hypernyms: nucleobase, purine
adenoid
adenoid
adj
Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
Of or relating to lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue.
Relating to, affected with, or associated with abnormally enlarged adenoids.
noun
(anatomy, usually in the plural) Such a mass when not abnormally enlarged, covered by ciliated epithelium and located in the roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the back of the throat behind the uvula.
(medicine) an abnormally enlarged mass of lymphatic tissue at the back of the pharynx, often obstructing the nasal and ear passages and hindering speaking and breathing in young children.
adenoma
adenoma
noun
(pathology) A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
adenose
adenose
adj
(medicine, rare) Related to glands.
adenous
adenous
adj
(medicine) Like a gland; full of glands.
adenyls
adenyls
noun
plural of adenyl
adermin
adermin
Noun
pyridoxine
adience
adinida
adinole
adjoins
adjoins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjoin
adjoint
adjoint
adj
(geometry, of one curve to another curve) Having a relationship of the nature of an adjoint (adjoint curve); sharing multiple points with.
(mathematics) Used in certain contexts, in each case involving a pair of transformations, one of which is, or is analogous to, conjugation (either inner automorphism or complex conjugation).
(mathematics, category theory, of a functor) That is related to another functor by an adjunction.
noun
(geometry, algebraic geometry) A curve A such that any point of a given curve C of multiplicity r has multiplicity at least r–1 on A. Sometimes the multiple points of C are required to be ordinary, and if this condition is not satisfied the term sub-adjoint is used.
(mathematics) The transpose of the cofactor matrix of a given square matrix.
(mathematics, category theory) A functor related to another functor by an adjunction.
(mathematics, linear algebra, of a matrix) Transpose conjugate.
(mathematics, mathematical analysis, of an operator) Hermitian conjugate.
An assistant mayor of a French commune.
An assistant to someone who holds a position in the military or civil service.
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.