(archaic, British slang) An informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.
abandon
abandon
noun
(obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
verb
(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
(transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
(transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
(transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
(transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of.
abandum
abandum
noun
(law) Anything forfeited or confiscated.
abdomen
abdomen
noun
(anatomy) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.
(anatomy) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly.
(zoology, entomology) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
abidden
abidden
verb
(obsolete) past participle of abide
abiding
abiding
adj
Continuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast.
noun
(obsolete) An abode.
The action of one who abides; the state of an abider.
verb
present participle of abide
abidjan
abidjan
Proper noun
The de facto capital and largest city of Côte d'Ivoire.
Adjective
Of or relating to Abidjan.
Of the style prevalent in Abidjan.
aboding
aboding
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding.
verb
present participle of abode
abounds
abounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abound
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.
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.
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
acridin
acridin
noun
Dated form of acridine.
adaline
adamant
adamant
adj
(of an object) Very difficult to break, pierce, or cut.
(said of people and their conviction) Firm; unshakeable; unyielding; determined.
noun
(obsolete) A lodestone.
An embodiment of impregnable hardness.
An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness.
adamina
adamine
adamsen
adamson
adamsun
adangle
adangle
adj
Dangling.
addenda
addenda
noun
plural of addendum
addends
addends
noun
plural of addend
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of addend
addison
addison
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
name popular in the 2000s, following Alison and Madison.
A place name, including:
a town in Vermont, USA, named after the poet Joseph Addison.
addling
addling
noun
Alternative form of addlings (earnings).
The act of causing fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell or other outer layer.
verb
present participle of addle.
addlins
addlins
noun
(UK, Yorkshire, dialect, archaic) earnings
adelina
adelind
adeline
adeling
adeling
noun
Alternative form of atheling.
adenase
adenase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme found especially in animal tissue (as liver) that hydrolyzes adenine to hypoxanthine and ammonia.
adenine
adenine
noun
(biochemistry, genetics) A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.
Hypernyms: nucleobase, purine
adenoid
adenoid
adj
Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
Of or relating to lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue.
Relating to, affected with, or associated with abnormally enlarged adenoids.
noun
(anatomy, usually in the plural) Such a mass when not abnormally enlarged, covered by ciliated epithelium and located in the roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the back of the throat behind the uvula.
(medicine) an abnormally enlarged mass of lymphatic tissue at the back of the pharynx, often obstructing the nasal and ear passages and hindering speaking and breathing in young children.
adenoma
adenoma
noun
(pathology) A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
adenose
adenose
adj
(medicine, rare) Related to glands.
adenous
adenous
adj
(medicine) Like a gland; full of glands.
adenyls
adenyls
noun
plural of adenyl
adermin
adermin
Noun
pyridoxine
adience
adinida
adinole
adjoins
adjoins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjoin
adjoint
adjoint
adj
(geometry, of one curve to another curve) Having a relationship of the nature of an adjoint (adjoint curve); sharing multiple points with.
(mathematics) Used in certain contexts, in each case involving a pair of transformations, one of which is, or is analogous to, conjugation (either inner automorphism or complex conjugation).
(mathematics, category theory, of a functor) That is related to another functor by an adjunction.
noun
(geometry, algebraic geometry) A curve A such that any point of a given curve C of multiplicity r has multiplicity at least r–1 on A. Sometimes the multiple points of C are required to be ordinary, and if this condition is not satisfied the term sub-adjoint is used.
(mathematics) The transpose of the cofactor matrix of a given square matrix.
(mathematics, category theory) A functor related to another functor by an adjunction.
(mathematics, linear algebra, of a matrix) Transpose conjugate.
(mathematics, mathematical analysis, of an operator) Hermitian conjugate.
An assistant mayor of a French commune.
An assistant to someone who holds a position in the military or civil service.
adjourn
adjourn
verb
(intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
(intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another.
(transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
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.
adlumin
adnexal
adnexal
adj
(anatomy) Of, or relating to the adnexa.
(botany) Having the property of being adnexed.
adnexed
adnexed
adj
(botany, mycology) Narrowly attached to a stem or stipe.
adnopoz
adnouns
adnouns
noun
plural of adnoun
adonais
adonean
adonean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Adonis.
adoniad
adonian
adonias
adonica
adonist
adonist
noun
One who maintains that the vowel points of the Tetragrammaton translated "Jehovah" are the vowel points that belong to the word Adonai.
adonite
adonize
adonize
verb
Alternative form of adonise
adorant
adorant
adj
(poetic) Adoring.
adoring
adoring
adj
Showing adoration or admiration.
noun
adoration
verb
present participle of adore
adorned
adorned
adj
Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adorn
adorner
adorner
noun
One who places adornments; one who adorns.
adornos
adrenal
adrenal
adj
Near the kidneys.
Pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
noun
An adrenal gland.
adrench
adrenin
adriaen
adriana
adriane
adriano
adriena
adriene
adurent
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).
advenae
advents
advents
noun
plural of advent
adynamy
adynamy
noun
(archaic) adynamia
affined
affined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affine
afounde
agendas
agendas
noun
plural of agenda
agendum
agendum
noun
(obsolete) A task which ought to be done.
(theology) Something to be done; a practical duty, rather than an article of faith.
agnamed
agnamed
adj
Styled or called apart from given name and surname.
agnized
agnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agnize
agonied
agonied
adj
Feeling or undergoing agony; agonized.
aground
aground
adj
(by extension) at a loss, ruined, with no way out
(nautical, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
ahrendt
aidance
aidance
noun
Aid; assistance; help.
aindrea
akhoond
akhoond
noun
Alternative spelling of akhund
akindle
aladdin
aladdin
Proper noun
A given name
An Arabic tale about a young man named Aladdin who is recruited by a sorcerer to get a magic lamp from a cave; often adapted into comic pantomime in Britain
The young man who is the protagonist and title character of the story
alconde
aldamin
aldazin
aldimin
aldrins
aldrins
noun
plural of aldrin
alduino
algodon
aliened
aliened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alien
aligned
aligned
adj
(figurative) Allied or working together with a common goal.
Having been placed, arranged or formed in alignment (with something).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of align
aliunde
aliunde
adv
(law) From another source; from elsewhere.
allende
almaden
almonds
almonds
noun
plural of almond
almondy
almondy
adj
Redolent of almonds.
alodian
alundum
alundum
noun
alumina, especially an abrasive product made from fused alumina
amandie
amandin
amandus
ameland
ameland
Proper noun
a municipality and one of the West Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands, neighbouring Terschelling to the west and Schiermonnikoog to the east
amended
amended
adj
That has been modified from a previous form.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amend
amender
amender
noun
One who amends.
amerind
amerind
Noun
An American Indian.
Adjective
Of or relating to a hypothetical higher-level language family including all of the indigenous languages of the Americas, excluding those that belong to the Eskimo-Aleut or the Na-Dene.
amidine
amidine
noun
(chemistry) any of several classes of organic compound, formally derived from oxoacids by replacement of the hydroxy group with an amino group, and the oxo group with =NR
amidins
amidins
noun
plural of amidin
amidone
amidone
noun
Synonym of methadone
aminded
aminoid
anacard
anadems
anadems
noun
plural of anadem
anadesm
anadrom
anadrom
noun
(zoology) Any anadromous fish, a fish that lives in the sea and goes up rivers to breed in fresh water.
anapsid
anapsid
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the group of reptiles whose skulls do not have openings near the temples, originally considered as a specific subclass
noun
(zoology) A member of this group of reptiles, including the turtles, tortoises and terrapins.
anaspid
anaudia
anaudia
noun
(medicine) Inability to speak; loss of one's voice.
anaudic
anconad
anconad
adj
(anatomy) Located towards the elbow.
andaman
andaman
Adjective
Related to the Andaman Islands, or to their people or languages.
andante
andante
adj
(music) Describing a passage having this mark.
adv
(music) Played at a moderately slow tempo.
noun
(music) A passage having this mark.
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato.
andaqui
andarko
andaste
andelee
anderea
anderer
anderun
anderun
noun
(historical) The harem of the royal household of the shah of Persia.
andesic
andirin
andiron
andiron
noun
(usually in the plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side