(obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
(obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
(obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
abductores
abductores
Noun
of. Sometimes used instead of abductor when referring to the anatomical muscles.
aborticide
aborticide
noun
An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.
The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
absconders
absconders
noun
plural of absconder
absconding
absconding
noun
An instance in which someone absconds.
verb
present participle of abscond
acalephoid
acalephoid
adj
Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acanthodea
acanthodei
acanthodes
acanthodii
acanthopod
acanthopod
adj
Spiny-footed.
accomodate
accomodate
verb
(Scotland) accommodated
Misspelling of accommodate.
accordable
accordable
adj
(obsolete) Reconcilable; in accordance
Able to be given or dispensed.
accordance
accordance
noun
Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
The act of granting something.
accordancy
accordancy
noun
(obsolete, rare) accordance
accordions
accordions
noun
plural of accordion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accordion
accoutered
accoutered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accouter
accroached
accroached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accroach
accustomed
accustomed
adj
(obsolete) Frequented by customers.
(of a person) Familiar with something through repeated experience; adapted to existing conditions.
(of a thing, condition, activity, etc.) Familiar through use; usual; customary.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accustom
acensuador
acequiador
achaenodon
achenodium
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
acichlorid
acidogenic
acidogenic
adj
Which generates acid or acidity.
acidolysis
acidolysis
noun
(chemistry) Decomposition of a molecule under the influence of an acid.
acidometer
acidometer
noun
A hydrometer, especially one that is used to measure the strength of an acid.
Any of various other devices used to measure acidity, either chemical or electronic.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
acidophile
acidophile
noun
A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
acondylose
acondylose
adj
Alternative form of acondylous
acondylous
acondylous
adj
(anatomy) Without joints; jointless.
acotyledon
acotyledon
noun
(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
acrindolin
acromyodic
acromyodic
adj
Relating to the acromyodians
acropodium
acropodium
noun
(anatomy) The upper surface of the foot
(architecture) A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
acrospired
acrospired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acrospire
actinoidea
actinopoda
actionized
actionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actionize
adactylous
adactylous
adj
Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals).
Without fingers or without toes.
addictions
addictions
noun
plural of addiction
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adipopexic
adirondack
adirondack
Noun
A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
adjunction
adjunction
noun
(category theory) Given a pair of categories 𝒞 and 𝒟: an anti-parallel pair of functors F:𝒞→𝒟 and G:𝒟→𝒞 and a natural transformation 𝜂: mbox id_C→GF called “unit” such that for any object A∈𝒞, for any object B∈𝒟, and for any morphism f:A→GB, there is a unique morphism g:FA→B such that Gg∘𝜂_A=f. (Note: there is another natural transformation called “counit” as well but its existence may be derived by theorem.) The pair of functors express a similarity between the pair of categories which is weaker than that of an equivalence of categories.
(law) The joining of personal property owned by one to that owned by another.
The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adoxaceous
advocacies
advocacies
noun
plural of 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.
advocative
advocative
adj
(law) Related to advocation
advocatory
advocatory
adj
Characteristic of an advocate.
advocatrix
advowsance
aeolodicon
aeolodicon
noun
(music) An obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone produced from steel springs.
aerodontic
aficionada
aficionada
noun
(rare) A devoted female admirer; a female aficionado.
(rare) A lesser aficionado; alternative spelling of aficionado
aficionado
aficionado
noun
(obsolete) An amateur bullfighter.
A person who likes, knows about, and appreciates a particular interest or activity (originally bullfighting); a fan or devotee.
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
alcoholdom
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
allowanced
allowanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allowance
almochoden
aluconidae
alviducous
ambuscados
ambuscados
noun
plural of ambuscado
ammocoetid
amoebicide
amoebicide
noun
Alternative spelling of amebicide
amphodarch
anchorhold
anchorhold
noun
(figurative) Firm hold; security.
The hold or grip of an anchor, or that to which it holds.
The residence of an anchorite or anchoress.
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
ancistroid
ancistroid
adj
Hook-shaped.
ancylopoda
androconia
androconia
noun
plural of androconium
androcracy
androcracy
noun
(government, sociology) Government or rule by men.
androeccia
androecial
androecial
adj
(botany) Relating to the androecium
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
androgenic
androgenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
androgynic
andromache
andromache
Proper noun
the wife of Hector
andronicus
anecdotage
anecdotage
noun
anecdotes considered as a group
garrulous old age
anecdotist
anecdotist
noun
One who relates anecdotes.
anemochord
anhidrotic
anhidrotic
adj
lacking the ability to sweat
noun
(pharmacology) A substance that prevents sweating
anhydrotic
anodically
anodically
adv
In an anodic manner.
anthracoid
anthracoid
adj
(biology) Resembling anthrax.
antidorcas
antidromic
antidromic
adj
(neurology, of a nerve impulse) flowing in the opposite direction from normal
aphroditic
aphroditic
adj
(Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to Aphrodite
venereal
apocodeine
apocodeine
noun
An alkaloid with chemical formula C₁₈H₁₉NO₂, prepared from codeine, with effects like those of apomorphine.
apocopated
apocopated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apocopate
apodeictic
apodeictic
adj
(logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false); self-evident.
Affording proof; demonstrative.
Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
approached
approached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approach
archdeacon
archdeacon
noun
(Anglicanism, Eastern Orthodoxy) A senior administrative official in a diocese, just under the bishop, often in charge of an archdeaconry. As a title, it can be filled by either a deacon or priest.
archdespot
archdespot
noun
A chief despot.
archibaldo
archidoxis
arcimboldi
arctoidean
arecolidin
artocarpad
ascaridole
ascaridole
noun
(biochemistry) A bicyclic monoterpene peroxide found in plants of the Chenopodium genus; it is explosive
ascidiform
ascidiform
adj
(zoology) Shaped like an ascidian.
ascidioida
ascidiozoa
associated
associated
adj
(of a company) connected or amalgamated with another company.
(of a person or thing) connected with something or another person.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of associate
assonanced
assonanced
adj
(prosody) Containing assonance
atascadero
audiogenic
audiogenic
adj
Produced by sound.
auriculoid
autacoidal
autacoidal
adj
Of or relating to an autacoid.
autoclaved
autoclaved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoclave
autodermic
autodidact
autodidact
noun
A self-taught person.
auxocardia
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
azocyanide
baccharoid
backboards
backboards
noun
plural of backboard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backboard
background
background
adj
Less important or less noticeable in a scene or system.
noun
(computing) A type of activity on a computer that is not normally visible to the user.
(computing) The image or color over which a computer's desktop items are shown (e.g. icons or application windows).
(physics) Clipping of background radiation.
A less important feature of scenery (as opposed to foreground).
A part of the picture that depicts scenery to the rear or behind the main subject; context.
Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history.
One's social heritage, or previous life; what one did in the past.
verb
(journalism) To gather and provide background information (on).
To put in a position that is not prominent.
simple past tense and past participle of backgrind
backlogged
backlogged
adj
Having an excessive list of tasks to do, especially tasks that should have already been performed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlog
backwoodsy
backwoodsy
adj
(US) Typical of something or someone from the backwoods
bacterioid
bacterioid
adj
(rare) Resembling a bacterium.
bactritoid
bactritoid
noun
Any extinct cephalopod of the order Bactritida
badacsonyi
baldachino
bambochade
bandicoots
bandicoots
noun
plural of bandicoot
barricados
batrachoid
batrachoid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Batrachoididae of marine fishes, called toadfish.
(zoology, dated) Frog-like; batrachian.
noun
(zoology) Any species of the family Batrachoididae; a batrachoidid.
batterdock
beachdrops
beclamored
beclamored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclamor
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becousined
becowarded
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
bedclothes
bedclothes
noun
Clothing worn to bed.
Sheets, blankets, quilts or other coverings used on a bed.
bedecorate
beechdrops
beechdrops
noun
Epifagus virginiana or Epifagus americana, a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beech trees.