(law) Carrying away by force, especially of animals.
abaculus
abaculus
noun
(archaic) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements; abaciscus.
abacuses
abacuses
noun
plural of abacus
abapical
abapical
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to something at its lowest point; designating the part opposite to the apex.
abbacies
abbacies
noun
plural of abbacy
abbotric
abbotric
noun
(obsolete) An abbacy.
abdicant
abdicant
adj
(rare) Abdicating; renouncing.
noun
One who abdicates.
abdicate
abdicate
verb
(intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
(transitive, obsolete) To depose.
(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
(transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard.
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
abducens
abducens
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of abducens nerve.
abducent
abducent
adj
(obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.
noun
(neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
That which abducts.
abducing
abducing
verb
present participle of abduce
abducted
abducted
adj
Having been kidnapped; having become the victim of an abduction
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abduct
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.
abelicea
abeyance
abeyance
noun
(heraldry) Expectancy of a title, its right in existence but its exercise suspended.
(law) Expectancy; a condition when an ownership of real property is undetermined; lapse in succession of ownership of estate, or title.
(object-oriented programming, of a class) Being a partial basis for subclasses rather than a complete template for objects.
(obsolete) Derived; extracted.
Apart from practice or reality; vague; theoretical; impersonal; not applied.
Difficult to understand; abstruse; hard to conceptualize.
Insufficiently factual.
Not concrete: conceptual, ideal.
Pertaining comprehensively to, or representing, a class or group of objects, as opposed to any specific object; considered apart from any application to a particular object: general, generic, nonspecific; representational.
Separately expressing a property or attribute of an object that is considered to be inherent to that object: attributive, ascriptive.
noun
(art) An abstract work of art.
(medicine) A powdered solid extract of a medicinal substance mixed with lactose.
(real estate) A summary title of the key points detailing a tract of land, for ownership; abstract of title.
An abridgement or summary of a longer publication.
An abstraction; an abstract term; that which is abstract.
Concentrated essence of a product.
Something that concentrates in itself the qualities of a larger item, or multiple items.
The theoretical way of looking at things; something that exists only in idealized form.
verb
(intransitive, computing) To produce an abstraction, usually by refactoring existing code. Generally used with "out".
(intransitive, fine arts) To create abstractions.
(intransitive, rare) To perform the process of abstraction.
(intransitive, reflexive, literally, figuratively) To withdraw oneself; to retire.
(transitive) To consider abstractly; to contemplate separately or by itself; to consider theoretically; to look at as a general quality.
(transitive) To draw off (interest or attention).
(transitive) To remove; to take away; withdraw.
(transitive) To separate; to disengage.
(transitive) To summarize; to abridge; to epitomize.
(transitive, euphemistic) To steal; to take away; to remove without permission.
(transitive, obsolete) To extract by means of distillation.
He was wholly abstracted by other objects.
To conceptualize an ideal subgroup by means of the generalization of an attribute, as follows: by apprehending an attribute inherent to one individual, then separating that attribute and contemplating it by itself, then conceiving of that attribute as a general quality, then despecifying that conceived quality with respect to several or many individuals, and by then ideating a group composed of those individuals perceived to possess said quality.
abstrict
abstrict
verb
(transitive, biology, mycology) To cut off, as in abstriction; abjoint
acacetin
acacetin
noun
A glycoside forming in the leaves of the common locust tree; C₁₆H₁₂O₅.
academes
academes
noun
plural of academe
academia
academia
noun
(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
academic
academic
adj
(art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
noun
(archaic) A student in a college.
(plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
(plural only) Academic studies.
(usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
A member of the Academy; an academician.
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
academie
academus
acalepha
acalepha
Proper noun
A group of coelenterates including the jellyfish and sea nettles.
acalephe
acalephe
noun
Alternative form of acaleph
acalephs
acalephs
noun
plural of acaleph
acalycal
acalycal
adj
(botany, of a stamen) Not attached to a calyx
acalypha
acalypha
noun
Any of the genus Acalypha of flowering plants in the family Euphorbiaceae.
acampsia
acampsia
noun
(pathology) Rigidity of a joint.
acanthad
acanthad
noun
A plant that is a member of the family Acanthaceae.
acanthia
acanthin
acanthin
noun
(zoology, dated) strontium sulfate, the main constituent of the skeletons of the Acantharea
acanthon
acanthus
acanthus
noun
(architecture) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of Acanthus spinosus, used in the capitals of the Corinthian and composite orders.
A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Lamiales (formerly Scrophulariales)) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India.
acapnial
acapnial
adj
Of or relating to acapnia.
acapnias
acapulco
acarapis
acardiac
acardiac
adj
(medicine, anatomy) Lacking a heart.
acardite
acardite
noun
(organic chemistry) n-methyl-n',n'-diphenylurea, used to stabilize chemicals and as a plasticizer.
acaridae
acaridan
acaridan
noun
Synonym of acarid
acaridea
acarines
acarines
noun
plural of acarine
acarpous
acarpous
adj
(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
acaudate
acaudate
adj
(biology, zoology) Tailless.
acauline
acauline
Adjective
acaulescent
acaulose
acaulose
adj
acaulous
acaulous
acaulous
adj
(botany) acaulescent
accadian
accadian
Adjective
Pertaining to a race supposed to have lived in Babylonia before the Assyrian conquest.
Noun
A person from Accad.
acceders
acceders
noun
plural of acceder
acceding
acceding
verb
present participle of accede
accensed
accensed
adj
(obsolete) kindled
accensor
accensor
noun
(Roman Catholicism) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
accented
accented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accent
accentor
accentor
noun
(music, obsolete) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
(obsolete) The ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla.
Any bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock.
accentus
accepted
accepted
adj
Generally approved, believed, or recognized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accept
acceptee
acceptee
noun
A person who accepts, or is accepted for, a position
accepter
accepter
noun
(law) An acceptor; one who accepts an order or a bill of exchange.
(obsolete) A respecter; one who views others with partiality.
A person who accepts; a taker.
acceptor
acceptor
noun
(biochemistry) A transfer RNA molecule that can accept a specific amino acid
(chemistry) An atom or molecule which can accept an electron to form a chemical bond.
(computing theory) A kind of finite-state machine whose binary output indicates whether or not a received input was accepted.
(law, commerce) One who accepts a draft or a bill of exchange; a drawee after he has accepted.
(physics) A chemical acceptor atom forming a positive hole in a semiconductor
(physiology) A cluster of skin cells that respond to pain
One who accepts.
accessed
accessed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of access
accesses
accesses
noun
plural of access
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of access
accessit
accessit
noun
A vote in the election of a pope.
An honorable mention in an academic contest.
accessor
accessor
noun
(object-oriented programming) A function that retrieves a value, usually without changing any data.
Someone or something that accesses.
accident
accident
adj
(transport) Designating any form of transportation involved in an accident.
noun
(derogatory or humorous) A person born from an unintended pregnancy.
(euphemistic) An instance of incontinence.
(euphemistic) An unintended pregnancy.
(geology) A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.
(geology) An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
(grammar) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.
(heraldry) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
(law) casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
(transport) A collision or crash of a vehicle, aircraft, or other form of transportation that causes damage to the transportation involved; and sometimes injury or death to the transportation's occupants or bystanders in close proximity. (but see Usage notes)
(uncountable) Chance; random chance.
An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
Any chance event.
Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.
Urine or feces excreted due to incontinence.
accidias
accidies
accinged
accinged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accinge
accipter
accismus
accismus
noun
(rhetoric) The feigning of disinterest in something while actually desiring it.
acclaims
acclaims
noun
plural of acclaim
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acclaim
acclinal
accokeek
accolade
accolade
noun
(US) Written Presidential certificate recognizing service by military personnel or civilians serving the US armed forces who died or were wounded in action between 1917 and 1918, or who died in service between 1941 and 1947, or died of wounds received in Korea between June 27, 1950 and July 27, 1954.
(architecture) An ornament composed of two ogee curves meeting in the middle, each concave toward its outer extremity and convex toward the point at which it meets the other.
(historical) A salutation marking the conferring of knighthood, consisting of an embrace or a kiss, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat of a sword.
(music) A brace used to join two or more staves.
A special acknowledgment; an award.
An embrace of greeting or salutation.
An expression of approval; praise.
Synonym of curly bracket
verb
(transitive) To confer praise or awards on.
(transitive) To embrace or kiss in salutation.
(transitive, historical) To confer a knighthood on.
accolent
accolent
adj
Occurring or living next to; neighboring; adjacent.
noun
One who lives nearby; neighbor.
accolled
accolled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accoll
accollee
accompli
accorded
accorded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accord
accorder
accorder
noun
(rare) One who accords.
accosted
accosted
adj
(heraldry) Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accost
accouche
accouche
verb
(transitive) To aid in an accouchement.
accounts
accounts
noun
plural of account
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of account
accouple
accouple
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To join; to couple.
accouter
accouter
verb
(transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
accoutre
accoutre
verb
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouter
accoying
accoying
verb
present participle of accoy
accrease
accrease
noun
(obsolete) An increase.
verb
(obsolete) To increase.
accredit
accredit
verb
(transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
(transitive) To believe; to put trust in.
(transitive) To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.
(transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book.
(transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
(transitive) To recognize as outstanding.
(transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
(transitive, literally) To credit.
accresce
accresce
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To increase; to grow.
(rare, intransitive) To accrue.
accretal
accretal
adj
Relating to, or formed by, accretion.
noun
An accretion.
accreted
accreted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accrete
accretes
accretes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accrete
accroach
accroach
verb
(intransitive) To encroach.
(transitive) To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook.
(transitive) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
accruals
accruals
noun
plural of accrual
accruing
accruing
noun
An amount that is accrued.
verb
present participle of accrue
accubita
accumber
accumber
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
accuracy
accuracy
noun
Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
accurate
accurate
adj
(obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty
accursed
accursed
adj
(archaic, theology) Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
(prenominal) Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accurse
accusals
accusals
noun
plural of accusal
accusant
accusant
noun
(obsolete) An accuser.
accusers
accusers
noun
plural of accuser
accusing
accusing
adj
Accusatory.
noun
Accusation.
verb
present participle of accuse
accusive
accusive
adj
accusative; accusing
accustom
accustom
noun
(obsolete) Custom.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be wont.
(intransitive, obsolete) To cohabit.
(transitive, often passive or reflexive) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure. [+ to (object)]
accutron
acediast
acediast
noun
A person who has acedia
aceituna
aceldama
aceldama
noun
A field of bloodshed, a place of slaughter.
The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his master, and therefore called the field of blood.
acemetae
acemetic
acentric
acentric
adj
Not centered; without a centre
noun
A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere
aceology
aceology
Noun
The science of remedies, or of therapeutics; iamatology.
acephala
acephali
acephali
noun
(ecclesiastical history) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.
(ecclesiastical history) The Eutychians, a Christian sect in the year 482 without a leader. See http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100c.htm.
A class of levelers in the time of King Henry I.
A people reported by Herodotus and Josephus to have no heads or removable heads.
plural of acephalus
acequias
acequias
noun
plural of acequia
acerated
acerated
adj
Synonym of acerate
acerates
acerates
noun
plural of acerate
acerbate
acerbate
adj
(rare) Embittered; having a sour disposition or nature.
verb
(transitive) To exasperate; to irritate.
(transitive) To make bitter or sour.
acerbest
acerbest
adj
superlative form of acerb: most acerb
acerbity
acerbity
noun
(countable) Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience).
Harshness, bitterness, or severity
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
acerolas
acerolas
noun
plural of acerola
acervate
acervate
adj
(chiefly botany, rare) Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
verb
(obsolete) To heap up.
acervose
acervuli
acervuli
noun
plural of acervulus
acescent
acescent
adj
Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.
noun
A substance liable to become sour.
acestoma
acetable
acetable
noun
An acetabulum.
An ancient Roman measure, equivalent to about one eighth of a pint.