Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abduce
abducts
abducts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abduct
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.
academe
academe
noun
(historical) The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met.
(poetic) An academy; a place of learning.
(poetic) The scholarly life, environment, or community.
A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant.
academy
academy
noun
(UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.
(classical studies, usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
(classical studies, usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.
(obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.
(with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
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.
acardia
acardia
noun
A birth defect in which the heart is absent
acarida
acarids
acarids
noun
plural of acarid
acaroid
acaroid
adj
(biology, zoology) Shaped like or resembling a mite.
acaudal
acaudal
adj
acaudate
acceded
acceded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accede
acceder
acceder
noun
One who accedes.
accedes
accedes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accede
accidia
accidie
accidie
noun
(now literary) Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.
accords
accords
noun
plural of accord
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accord
accoyed
accoyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accoy
accrued
accrued
adj
Having increased through accrual; having risen over time or due to financial transactions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accrue
accused
accused
adj
Having been accused; being the target of accusations.
noun
(law) The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accuse
acedias
acerdol
acerdol
noun
(chemistry) calcium permanganate
acidify
acidify
verb
(figurative) To sour; to embitter.
To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
To neutralize alkalis.
acidite
acidity
acidity
noun
(figurative) A caustic, sour, biting, or bitter quality.
(pathology) Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.
Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.
The quality or state of being acid.
acidize
acidize
verb
(petroleum geology) To treat (a limestone or sandstone formation) with HCl or HF to enlarge void spaces in it.
To impregnate with acid; acidify.
acidoid
acidoid
adj
Potentially acidic
noun
A potential acid
aclydes
acnodal
acnodal
adj
Pertaining to acnodes
acnodes
acnodes
noun
plural of acnode
acorned
acorned
adj
(rare) Fed or filled with acorns.
Furnished or loaded with acorns
acridan
acridan
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic secondary amine 9,10-dihydroacridine related to acridine
acrider
acrider
adj
comparative form of acrid: more acrid
acridic
acridid
acridid
noun
(entomology) Any member of the family Acrididae of locusts and related grasshoppers.
acridin
acridin
noun
Dated form of acridine.
acridly
acridly
adv
In a harsh or corrosive manner.
acridyl
acridyl
noun
Alternative form of acridinyl
acrodus
acuerdo
adactyl
adactyl
adj
(obsolete, rare) Alternative spelling of adactylous
adcraft
addicts
addicts
noun
plural of addict
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of addict
adduced
adduced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adduce
adducer
adducer
noun
One who adduces.
adduces
adduces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adduce
adducts
adducts
noun
plural of adduct
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adduct
addulce
addulce
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To sweeten; to soothe.
adelice
adelric
adicity
adicity
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) Valence.
adience
adipsic
adipsic
adj
Of or relating to adipsia.
adjunct
adjunct
adj
Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.
Connected in a subordinate function.
noun
(brewing) An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
(category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
(dated, metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
(grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that modifies its meaning.
(music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
(rhetoric) Symploce.
(syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
adonica
adrench
adtevac
adtevac
noun
A technique for drying blood plasma.
advance
advance
adj
Completed before necessary or a milestone event.
Forward.
Preceding.
noun
(in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
A forward move; improvement or progression.
An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
verb
(intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction.
(intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
(intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
(intransitive) To move forwards; to approach.
(transitive, now archaic) To raise; to lift or elevate.
To help the progress of (something); to further.
To increase (a number or amount).
To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
To raise or increase (a price, rate).
advects
advects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advect
advices
advices
noun
(obsolete or programming) plural of advice
adwesch
adwesch
Verb
To quench; extinguish (fire, pain, malice, enemies, etc.)
aecidia
aedilic
afdecho
aggadic
aggadic
adj
Of or pertaining to the Aggadah.
aidance
aidance
noun
Aid; assistance; help.
airdock
airdock
noun
(US) A very large hangar for the storage of airships.
alcades
alcades
noun
plural of alcade
alcaide
alcaide
noun
A caid.
The governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison.
alcaids
alcaids
noun
plural of alcaid
alcalde
alcalde
noun
In Spain or Latin America, a municipal magistrate who has both judicial and administrative functions.
alcayde
alcayde
noun
Alternative form of alcaide
alcidae
alcides
alcides
Proper noun
Hercules.
alconde
alcoved
alcoved
adj
(sometimes in combination) Having (a specified type or number of) alcoves
aldarcy
aldercy
aldrich
amerced
amerced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amerce
anacard
anaudic
anconad
anconad
adj
(anatomy) Located towards the elbow.
andesic
andoche
antacid
antacid
adj
Counteracting or neutralizing acidity, especially in the stomach. [from 18th c.]
noun
An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach. [from 18th c.]
arcaded
arcaded
adj
Provided or furnished with arcades.
arcades
arcades
noun
plural of arcade
arcadia
arcadia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Arcadia
arcadic
arcadic
Proper noun
The ancient Greek dialect of Arcadia.
archgod
arcidae
arctiid
arctiid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Arctiidae of moths.
arctoid
arctoid
adj
of or pertaining to the carnivoran superfamily Arctoidea
ursine
ardeche
ardency
ardency
noun
Intensity of devotion.
Intensity of feelings.
Intensity of heat or burning.
Intensity of light.
arsacid
ascared
ascared
adj
(colloquial) scared; afraid
ascarid
ascarid
noun
Any phasmid nematode of the family Ascarididae (Ascaridae)
ascends
ascends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascend
ascidia
ascidia
noun
plural of ascidium
avicide
avicide
noun
Any substance used to kill birds.
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.
bacardi
bacolod
badchan
baddock
baldric
baldric
noun
A broad belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast, and under the opposite arm); less properly, any belt.
batched
batched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of batch
bawdric
beached
beached
adj
(archaic, literary) Having a beach.
It is here, next to the beached ship of Odysseus, that the Achaeans of the Iliad hold their assemblies and perform their sacrifices.
Run or brought ashore
Stranded and helpless, especially on a beach
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beach
beancod
bedcase
belaced
belaced
adj
Bordered or adorned with lace
verb
simple past tense and past participle of belace
biadice
blacked
blacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of black
bocardo
bracked
bracted
bracted
Adjective
Having bracts.
brocade
brocade
noun
(countable, uncountable) A thick heavy fabric into which raised patterns have been woven, originally in gold and silver; more recently any cloth incorporating raised, woven patterns.
(metaphoric) A decorative pattern.
An item decorated with brocade.
Any of several species of noctuid moths such as some species in the genera Calophasia and Hadena
verb
To decorate fabric with raised woven patterns.
brocard
brocard
noun
(law) A legal principle usually expressed in Latin, traditionally used to concisely express a wider legal concept or rule.
cabbled
cabildo
cabildo
noun
A local government council in some Spanish-speaking communities.
A town hall in some Spanish-speaking countries.
cabinda
cabined
cabined
adj
Circumscribed; restricted; having a narrow scope
Confined at close quarters
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cabin
cackled
cackled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cackle
cacodyl
cacodyl
noun
(chemistry) The dimethylarsine radical (CH₃)₂As-
(chemistry) tetramethyldiarsine formally derived from two of these radicals; an evil-smelling liquid that spontaneously combusts in air
cactoid
cactoid
noun
(topology) A locally connected continuum that is the closure of the union of an at most countable number of spheres and simple arcs, of which every simple closed contour is contained in one and only one of the spheres.
A member of the cactus subfamily Cactoideae.
cadamba
cadaver
cadaver
noun
A dead body; especially the corpse of a human to be dissected.
cadbait
cadbait
noun
(archaic) A caddis; the larva of a caddis fly.
cadbote
caddice
caddice
noun
Alternative form of caddis (“larva”)
caddied
caddied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of caddie
simple past tense and past participle of caddy
caddies
caddies
noun
plural of caddie
plural of caddy
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caddie
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of caddy
cadding
caddish
caddish
adj
Characteristic of a cad, discourteous, ungentlemanly, dishonorable.
caddoan
caddoan
Adjective
Pertaining to the Caddo.
caddric
cadelle
cadelle
noun
Tenebroides mauritanicus, a beetle that is a common pest in storehouses and granaries.
cadence
cadence
noun
(cycling) The number of revolutions per minute of the cranks or pedals of a bicycle.
(dance) A dance move which ends a phrase.
(fencing) The rhythm and sequence of a series of actions.
(heraldry) cadency
(horse-riding) Harmony and proportion of movement, as in a well-managed horse.
(horseracing) The number of strides per second of a racehorse, measured when the same foot/hoof strikes the ground
(military) A chant that is sung by military personnel while running or marching; a jody call.
(music) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy.
(music) A progression of at least two chords which conclude a piece of music, section or musical phrases within it. Sometimes referred to analogously as musical punctuation.
(running) The number of steps per minute.
(software engineering) The frequency of regular product releases.
(speech) A fall in inflection of a speaker’s voice, such as at the end of a sentence.
Balanced, rhythmic flow.
The act or state of declining or sinking.
The general inflection or modulation of the voice, or of any sound.
The measure or beat of movement.
verb
To give a cadence to.
To give structure to.
cadency
cadency
noun
(heraldry) Any systematic way of distinguishing similar coats of arms belonging to members of the same family.
Alternative form of cadence
cadenza
cadenza
noun
(music) A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.