(transitive, rare) To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes
abaciscus
abaciscus
noun
(archaic) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
abactinal
abactinal
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal.
abaisance
abaisance
noun
Obsolete form of obeisance.
abbacomes
abbatical
abbatical
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of abbatial
abboccato
abbotcies
abbotcies
noun
plural of abbotcy
abcoulomb
abcoulomb
noun
A unit of electromagnetic charge equal to ten coulombs.
abdicable
abdicable
adj
Capable of being abdicated.
abdicated
abdicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abdicate
abdicates
abdicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abdicate
abdicator
abdicator
noun
(obsolete) A person supporting the abdication of another.
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.
abductors
abductors
noun
plural of abductor
abearance
abearance
noun
(rare) Behavior.
abecedary
abecedary
adj
Referring to the alphabet; alphabetical; related to or resembling an abecedarius; abecedarian.
noun
(rare) The alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium.
One that teaches or learns the alphabet or the fundamentals of any subject; abecedarian.
abenteric
abenteric
adj
(pathology) Relating to organs outside of the intestine.
aberrance
aberrance
noun
State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude.
aberrancy
aberrancy
noun
(geometry) The deviation of a curve from circular form.
The condition of being aberrant; an aberrance.
abeyances
abeyances
noun
plural of abeyance
abidances
abidances
noun
plural of abidance
abietinic
abietinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to abietin.
abimelech
abimelech
Proper noun
Any of several Philistine kings.
abiotical
abjection
abjection
noun
(biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
(obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
abjective
abjective
adj
Tending to make abject.
ablactate
ablactate
verb
(rare) To wean.
abococket
abococket
noun
Alternative form of bycoket
abondance
abondance
noun
(card games) Alternative form of abundance
abovedeck
abovedeck
adj
(nautical) Located on deck.
adv
(nautical) On deck.
noun
The area on a boat that is abovedeck.
abrachias
abrachias
noun
plural of abrachia
abrahamic
abrahamic
Adjective
Pertaining to Abraham, the patriarch.
Descended from the religious tradition of Abraham.
abrazitic
abreacted
abreacted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abreact
abscessed
abscessed
adj
(medicine) Affected by an abscess.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscess
abscesses
abscesses
noun
plural of abscess
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abscess
abscising
abscising
verb
present participle of abscise
abscisins
abscisins
noun
plural of abscisin
abscision
abscision
noun
A cutting away.
abscissae
abscissas
abscissas
noun
plural of abscissa
abscissin
abscissin
noun
(biochemistry, dated) A plant hormone controlling the dropping off or abscission of certain plant parts, notably the leaves of trees in autumn or cotton bolls.
absconded
absconded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscond
absconder
absconder
noun
A person who absconds.
absinthic
absinthic
adj
(chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
abstracts
abstracts
noun
plural of abstract
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstract
abstricts
abstricts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstrict
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.
abundancy
abundancy
noun
A state of plentifulness.
accruable
accruable
adj
Able to be accrued.
accubitum
accubitum
noun
A bench or sofa for reclining at a table.
A dining hall or refectory.
A round dining table.
accubitus
accumbent
accumbent
adj
(botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
noun
One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
accusable
accusable
adj
Liable to be accused or censured; chargeable with a crime or breach; blamable
accusably
accusably
adv
in an accusable manner, in a manner chargeable with crime or fault
acerbated
acerbated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acerbate
acerbates
acerbates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acerbate
acetabula
acetabula
noun
plural of acetabulum
acockbill
acockbill
adv
(nautical) Hanging at the cathead, ready to let go, as an anchor.
(nautical) Topped up; having one yardarm higher than the other.
acrobates
acrobatic
acrobatic
adj
Of or pertaining to an acrobat.
vigorously active
acroblast
acroblast
noun
(medicine) Material derived from the Golgi apparatus from which the acrosome develops during spermatogenesis.
(medicine, archaic) A type of embryonic cell forming a layer external to the mesoblast.
activable
activable
adj
Capable of being activated
adducible
adducible
adj
Capable of being adduced.
adiabatic
adiabatic
adj
(physics, quantum mechanics, of a process) That involves the slow change of the Hamiltonian of a system from its initial value to a final value.
(physics, thermodynamics, of a process) That occurs without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).
noun
An adiabatic curve or graph
aerobatic
aerobatic
adj
Having to do with acrobatic maneuvers, such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
albacores
albacores
noun
plural of albacore
albamycin
albamycin
Noun
novobiocin
albescent
albescent
adj
Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
albicores
albicores
noun
plural of albicore
albinotic
albinotic
adj
Affected with albinism.
albitical
albocracy
albocracy
noun
Governance by white people, especially Europeans.
albricias
albricias
noun
(historical) A sum of money paid as a reward to the bearer of good news.
algebraic
algebraic
adj
(algebra, number theory, of a number) Which is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(algebra, of a field) Whose every element is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(chess, of notation) Describing squares by file (referred to in intrinsic order rather than by the piece starting on that file) and rank, both with reference to a fixed point rather than a player-dependent perspective.
(mathematics, of an expression, equation, or function) Containing only numbers, letters, and arithmetic operators.
Of, or relating to, algebra.
allobaric
allobaric
adj
Concerning changes in atmospheric pressure.
allocable
allocable
adj
Able to be allocated.
almocrebe
amberjack
amberjack
noun
Any of several large food and game yellowtail fishes of the genus Seriola, found in warm waters of all oceans.
ambiances
ambiances
noun
plural of ambiance
ambiences
ambiences
noun
plural of ambience
amblyopic
amblyopic
adj
of, relating to, or suffering from amblyopia
ambrosiac
ambrosiac
adj
Having the qualities of ambrosia; delicious.
ambulacra
ambulance
ambulance
noun
(military) A mobile field hospital.
(obsolete, US) A prairie wagon.
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
verb
(transitive) To transport by ambulance.
ambuscade
ambuscade
noun
(dated) An ambush; a trap laid for an enemy.
The body of troops lying in ambush.
The place in which troops lie hidden for an ambush.
verb
(dated) To lie in wait for, or to attack from a covert or lurking place; to waylay.
ambuscado
ambuscado
noun
(obsolete) ambush.
amebicide
amebicide
noun
A substance that kills amoebae, usually in the stomach or intestines.
amebocyte
amebocyte
noun
Alternative spelling of amoebocyte
amicrobic
amicrobic
adj
Not caused by microbes
anabiotic
anabiotic
adj
(medicine, archaic) Serving to resuscitate; restorative.
Relating to, or recovering from, anabiosis.
noun
(medicine, archaic) A restorative remedy; a powerful stimulant.
anabranch
anabranch
noun
(hydrology, of a water channel) A diverging branch of a river, creek, or stream which re-enters the main stream.
anabrotic
anaerobic
anaerobic
adj
Of exercise, involving glycolysis (the conversion of glucose to adenosine triphosphate) rather than using oxygen to supply bodily energy needs.
Of or relating to an anaerobe.
Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
antiblack
antiblack
adj
Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
antiblock
antirabic
antirabic
adj
Preventing or curing rabies.
apickback
apobiotic
arabicism
arabicize
arabicize
Verb
To make Arabic.
aracatuba
arborical
arborical
adj
(obsolete) Relating to trees; arboreal.
arbuscles
arbuscles
noun
plural of arbuscle
arbuscula
arbuscule
archbancs
archebanc
archibald
archibold
archrebel
armbrecht
ascalabus
ascorbate
ascorbate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of ascorbic acid.
ascribing
ascribing
verb
present participle of ascribe
asyllabic
asymbolic
athabasca
athabasca
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada.
auberbach
avicebron
azobacter
baalistic
babacoote
babacoote
noun
Alternative form of babakoto
babylonic
babylonic
Adjective
Pertaining to Babylon, or made there.
Tumultuous; disorderly.
bacbakiri
bacbakiri
noun
Archaic form of bokmakierie.
baccarats
bacchanal
bacchanal
adj
Engaged in drunken revels; drunken and riotous or noisy.
Relating to Bacchus or his festival.
noun
(Trinidad and Tobago, informal) drama, ruckus, fiasco
(in the plural) The festival of Bacchus; the bacchanalia.
A devotee of Bacchus.
A song or a dance in honor of Bacchus.
Drunken revelry; an orgy.
Someone who indulges in drunken partying; someone noisy and riotous when intoxicated.
bacchante
bacchante
noun
a female bacchanal
a priestess of Bacchus
bacchants
bacchants
noun
plural of bacchant
baccharis
baccheion
bacchelli
bacchical
bacchical
adj
Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous, with intoxication.
bacchides
bacciform
bacciform
adj
Having the form of a berry.
baccillla
baccillum
bacharach
bacharach
Noun
A kind of wine made at Bacharach on the Rhine.
bacheller
bachelors
bachelors
noun
plural of bachelor
bacillary
bacillary
adj
Of or pertaining to a bacillus
bacillian
bacillite
backaches
backaches
noun
plural of backache
backarrow
backbeats
backbeats
noun
plural of backbeat
backbends
backbends
noun
plural of backbend
backbiter
backbiter
noun
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
backbites
backbites
noun
plural of backbite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite
backboard
backboard
noun
(basketball) The flat vertical surface to which the basket is attached.
(medicine) A spine board.
(nautical) The port or larboard side of a ship
(tennis) A flat vertical wall with the image of a tennis net drawn or painted on it, designed to practice hitting against such that the ball rebounds.
A board placed at the back of a cart, boat, etc.
verb
(medicine, transitive) To place (a patient) on a spine board.