An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
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.
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
accessioned
accessioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accession
accidencies
accidentals
accidentals
noun
plural of accidental
accordances
accordances
noun
plural of accordance
accrescendi
accrescendo
acesodynous
acetanilids
acetanilids
noun
plural of acetanilid
acetaniside
achaemenids
achondrites
achondrites
noun
plural of achondrite
acidiferous
acidiferous
adj
Containing or yielding an acid.
acidimeters
acidimeters
noun
plural of acidimeter
acidophiles
acidophiles
noun
plural of acidophile
acipenserid
acipenserid
noun
(ichthyology) Any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)
acraspedote
acraspedote
adj
Relating to jellyfish of the class Acraspeda
acridnesses
acrylamides
acrylamides
noun
plural of acrylamide
acutonodose
adelocerous
adherescent
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
adjacencies
adjacencies
noun
plural of adjacency
adjectivism
adjectivism
noun
The excessive use of adjectives.
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
adscriptive
adscriptive
adj
Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
advertences
advertences
noun
plural of advertence
advocatress
advocatress
noun
(rare) A female advocate.
aerodromics
aerodromics
noun
(obsolete) The science of flying airplanes
aesthesodic
aesthesodic
adj
(biology) Conveying sensory or afferent impulses.
alcaldeship
alcaldeship
noun
The role or status of alcalde.
alcoholised
alcoholised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alcoholise
alectorides
ambuscaders
ambuscaders
noun
plural of ambuscader
ambuscadoed
ambuscadoed
adj
(obsolete) Posted in ambush; ambuscaded.
anaspidacea
androcrates
anecdotages
anecdotages
noun
plural of anecdotage
anecdotists
anecdotists
noun
plural of anecdotist
antecedents
antecedents
noun
plural of antecedent
antisideric
antisuicide
antisuicide
adj
Opposing or preventing suicide.
aphrodesiac
archdeacons
archdeacons
noun
plural of archdeacon
archdiocese
archdiocese
noun
(Christianity) An area administered by an archbishop; the ecclesiastical hierarchy of this area, also under the archbishop.
archduchess
archduchess
noun
A daughter or granddaughter of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, or the wife of a son or grandson of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary
Coordinate term: archduke
archduchies
archduchies
noun
plural of archduchy
archseducer
archsteward
ardisiaceae
arsenicated
arsenicated
adj
Treated with arsenate or other arsenic compound.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arsenicate
ascendances
ascendances
noun
plural of ascendance
ascendantly
ascendantly
adv
In an ascendant manner.
ascendences
ascendences
noun
plural of ascendence
ascendingly
ascendingly
adv
In an ascending manner.
ascertained
ascertained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ascertain
ascidioidea
asclepiadae
asclepiadic
asclepidoid
asepticized
asepticized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asepticize
attendances
attendances
noun
plural of attendance
auscultated
auscultated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of auscultate
bacchylides
bacchylides
Proper noun
An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by a 5th century Ancient Greek lyric poet.
backcrossed
backcrossed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backcross
backhanders
backhanders
noun
plural of backhander
backslapped
backslapped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslap
backslidden
backslidden
verb
past participle of backslide
backsliders
backsliders
noun
plural of backslider
backspliced
backspliced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backsplice
backstabbed
backstabbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstab
backstamped
backstopped
backstopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstop
backstroked
backstroked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backstroke
backwoodser
bacteroides
badderlocks
badderlocks
noun
(Scotland) The edible seaweed Alaria esculenta
baldricwise
baldricwise
adv
In the manner of a baldric.
balmarcodes
barricaders
barricaders
noun
plural of barricader
barricadoes
barricadoes
noun
plural of barricado
batidaceous
becassocked
becassocked
adj
Wearing a cassock.
becushioned
bedchambers
bedchambers
noun
plural of bedchamber
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
bescoundrel
bescribbled
bescribbled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bescribble
bichlorides
bichlorides
noun
plural of bichloride
bicuspidate
bicuspidate
adj
Having two points or prominences (as teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.); bicuspid.
birdwatches
birdwatches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of birdwatch
blackbodies
blackbodies
noun
plural of blackbody
blacklisted
blacklisted
adj
Being on a blacklist, or having been shunned and rejected due to information (true or false) being spread about scandalous activities or ideas, especially controversial political opinions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blacklist
blockbusted
bloodsucker
bloodsucker
noun
(by extension) Any parasite.
(by extension) One who attempts to take as much from others as possible; a leech.
A vampire.
An animal that drinks the blood of others, especially by sucking blood through a puncture wound; a hemovore.
The changeable lizard (Calotes versicolor).
breadstitch
bredestitch
brickfields
brickfields
noun
plural of brickfield
broadcasted
broadcasted
verb
(sometimes proscribed) simple past tense and past participle of broadcast
broadcaster
broadcaster
noun
(computing) A piece of equipment used to transmit data over a computer network.
(obsolete) A person who sows seeds by scattering; also, one who promotes sowing seeds in this manner instead of by drilling (“making holes in the soil and placing seeds in them”).
A machine used to broadcast or spread seeds, fertilizer, etc.
A person whose job it is to effect such broadcasts; specifically, one who presents radio or television programmes (especially documentaries or news programmes); a presenter.
A piece of equipment used to transmit audio and/or video content, or messages, to be received by radios or televisions, over the internet, etc.
An organization or station that engages in the activity of such broadcasting.
buckskinned
buckskinned
adj
Wearing clothes made from buckskin.
bushwhacked
bushwhacked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bushwhack
cablecasted
cablecasted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cablecast
cadaverines
cadaverines
noun
plural of cadaverine
caddisflies
caddisflies
noun
plural of caddisfly
caddishness
caddishness
noun
The quality of being caddish.
cadmiferous
cadmiferous
adj
Containing or producing cadmium.
caduciaries
calamanders
calamanders
noun
plural of calamander
calcedonies
calcedonies
noun
plural of calcedony
calendarist
calendarist
noun
A person who contrives and makes calendars
A person who uses a particular form of calendar
calenderers
calenderers
noun
plural of calenderer
camaldolese
camelopards
camelopards
noun
plural of camelopard
cancerdrops
candelabras
candelabras
noun
plural of candelabra
candescence
candescence
noun
incandescence
candidacies
candidacies
noun
plural of candidacy
candidiases
candidiases
noun
plural of candidiasis
candleshine
candleshine
noun
The light thrown from a lit candle
candlestand
candlestand
noun
A holder for candles; a branched candlestick.
candlestick
candlestick
noun
(finance) A color-coded bar showing the open and closing prices of a stock on a candlestick chart.
(gymnastics) A gymnastics move in which the legs are pointed vertically upward.
A holder with a socket or spike for a candle.
verb
(investing) To analyze stock behavior using Japanese candlestick charts.
(of a parachute) To catch on fire, so that the chute resembles a tapered candle with a flame on top.
To adorn with candlesticks.
To form a tall, thin, tapering shape similar to a candle.