(now rare) Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary.
Arranged in an alphabetical manner.
Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets.
Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.
noun
(archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning.
(rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.
An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning.
Someone who is learning the alphabet.
abecedaries
abecedaries
noun
plural of abecedary
abecedarium
abecedarium
noun
A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.
abecedarius
abecedarius
noun
An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
abjudicated
abjudicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abjudicate
abscondedly
abscondence
abscondence
noun
(rare) The act of absconding, or illicitly escaping; hiding of a fugitive.
academicals
academicals
noun
(Britain) The articles of dress prescribed and worn at some colleges and universities, typically on special occasions such as graduation.
academician
academician
noun
(now chiefly US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic.
A member or follower of an academy, or society for promoting science, art, or literature, such as the French Academy, or the Royal Academy of Arts.
academicism
academicism
noun
(art, literature) Traditional or orthodox formalism; conventionalism.
(classical studies, sometimes capitalized) The doctrines of Plato's academy; specifically the skeptical doctrines of the later academy stating that nothing can be known; a tenet of the Academic philosophy; state of being Academic.
A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy.
Speculative thoughts and attitudes.
academising
academising
verb
present participle of academise
academizing
academizing
verb
present participle of academize
acanthodean
acanthodean
noun
Alternative form of acanthodian
accelerando
accelerando
adv
(music) With a gradual increase in speed.
noun
(by extension) Accelerating or exponential advancement or development (of a thing).
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played at an increasing speed.
accelerated
accelerated
adj
Happening sooner than expected.
Moving or progressing faster than is usual.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accelerate
accentuated
accentuated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accentuate
accessioned
accessioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accession
accidencies
accidentals
accidentals
noun
plural of accidental
accidentary
accidentary
adj
(obsolete) accidental; occurring by chance; occasional
(obsolete) logically accidental; non-essential
accidential
accommodate
accommodate
adj
(obsolete) Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end.
verb
(intransitive, of an eye) To change focal length in order to focus at a different distance.
(intransitive, rare) To adapt oneself; to be conformable or adapted; become adjusted.
(transitive) To cause to come to agreement; to bring about harmony; to reconcile.
(transitive) To contain comfortably; to have space for.
(transitive) To do a favor or service for; to oblige.
(transitive) To give consideration to; to allow for.
(transitive) To provide housing for.
(transitive) To provide with something desired, needed, or convenient.
(transitive) To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental circumstances, statements to facts, etc.
(transitive, often reflexive) To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt.
To provide sufficient space for
accompanied
accompanied
adj
Having accompaniment; being part of a group of at least two.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accompany
accordances
accordances
noun
plural of accordance
accordature
accreditate
accreditate
verb
(transitive, rare) To accredit.
accrediting
accrediting
verb
present participle of accredit
accrescendi
accrescendo
accumulated
accumulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accumulate
acesodynous
acetamidine
acetamidine
noun
(organic chemistry) The amidine of acetic acid CH₃C(=NH)NH₂; any N-derivative of this compound
acetanilide
acetanilide
noun
(organic chemistry, pharmacology) the amide derived from acetic acid and aniline; once used medicinally as an analgesic and antipyretic
acetanilids
acetanilids
noun
plural of acetanilid
acetaniside
acetotoluid
acettoluide
achaemenids
achatinidae
achlamydate
achlamydate
adj
(zoology) Not possessing a mantle.
achlamydeae
achondrites
achondrites
noun
plural of achondrite
acichloride
acidanthera
acidanthera
noun
Any of the gladioli previously placed in the genus Acidanthera.
acidiferous
acidiferous
adj
Containing or yielding an acid.
acidifiable
acidifiable
adj
Capable of being acidified, or converted into an acid.
acidimeters
acidimeters
noun
plural of acidimeter
acidimetric
acidimetric
adj
(chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an acid.
acidophiles
acidophiles
noun
plural of acidophile
acipenserid
acipenserid
noun
(ichthyology) Any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)
acknowledge
acknowledge
verb
(transitive) To admit the knowledge of; to recognize as a fact or truth; to declare one's belief in
(transitive) To be grateful of (e.g. a benefit or a favour)
(transitive) To own as genuine or valid; to assent to (a legal instrument) to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form.
(transitive) To own or recognize in a particular quality, character or relationship; to admit the claims or authority of; to give recognition to.
(transitive) To report (the receipt of a message to its sender).
acraldehyde
acraldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of acrolein
acraspedote
acraspedote
adj
Relating to jellyfish of the class Acraspeda
acridnesses
acrindoline
acroceridae
acronymized
acronymized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acronymize
acrylamides
acrylamides
noun
plural of acrylamide
actaeonidae
actinodrome
actinodrome
adj
Alternative form of actinodromous
acutonodose
addictively
addictively
adv
In an addictive manner.
adelocerous
adelochorda
adenectopia
adenectopic
adenochrome
adenochrome
noun
A red pigment present in the branchial heart tissue of the octopus
adherescent
adiathermic
adiathermic
adj
impervious to heat
adipocerite
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
adipopectic
adjacencies
adjacencies
noun
plural of adjacency
adjectional
adjectional
adj
Pertaining to adjection; that is, or may be, annexed.
adjectively
adjectively
adv
As an adjective; adjectivally.
adjectivism
adjectivism
noun
The excessive use of adjectives.
adjudicated
adjudicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjudicate
adjudicates
adjudicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjudicate
adjutancies
adjutancies
noun
plural of adjutancy
admittances
admittances
noun
plural of admittance
adolescence
adolescence
noun
The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
adolescency
adolescency
noun
adolescence
adolescents
adolescents
noun
plural of adolescent
adrammelech
adrenolytic
adrenolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That inhibits the production or function of adrenaline
adscriptive
adscriptive
adj
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
advanceable
advanceable
adj
That can be advanced, as of a tax credit that may be brought forward for immediate use rather than being reclaimed at the end of the year.
advancement
advancement
noun
(law) Property given, usually by a parent to a child, in advance of a future distribution.
An advance of money or value; payment in advance.
How advanced something is
The act of advancing; promotion to a higher place or dignity
The state of being advanced
advertences
advertences
noun
plural of advertence
advocatress
advocatress
noun
(rare) A female advocate.
advocatrice
advocatrice
noun
(archaic) A female advocate.
aecidiaceae
aecidioform
aerobicized
aerobicized
adj
(of a person's body) toned by the use of aerobics
aerodonetic
aerodonetic
adj
Relating to aerodonetics.
aerodromics
aerodromics
noun
(obsolete) The science of flying airplanes
aerodynamic
aerodynamic
adj
having a shape that reduces drag when moving through the air
of, or relating to the science of aerodynamics
aeromedical
aeromedical
adj
Of or pertaining to aeromedicine.
aesthesodic
aesthesodic
adj
(biology) Conveying sensory or afferent impulses.
affectioned
affectioned
adj
(archaic) Feeling a certain affection for; disposed.
(archaic) affected, pompous
(archaic) obstinate, willful
(archaic) zealous, earnest
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affection
africanized
alcaldeship
alcaldeship
noun
The role or status of alcalde.
alcedinidae
alcedininae
alchochoden
alchochoden
noun
(obsolete, UK, dialect, astrology) The planet which bears rule in the principal places of an astrological figure when a person is born.
alcibiadean
alcoholised
alcoholised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alcoholise
alcoholized
alcoholized
adj
(chemistry) rectified
(obsolete) reduced to a fine powder
saturated, infused or under the influence of alcohol
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alcoholize