(transitive, obsolete) To stigmatize as a bastard; debase.
abbreviated
abbreviated
adj
Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
Scanty, as in clothing.
Shortened; made briefer.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate
abbreviates
abbreviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abbreviate
abbreviator
abbreviator
noun
(Roman Catholicism, historical) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty was to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.
A person who abbreviates or shortens.
abderhalden
abecedarian
abecedarian
adj
(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.
abercrombie
aberrancies
aberrancies
noun
plural of aberrancy
aberrations
aberrations
noun
plural of aberration
aberrometer
aberrometer
noun
A device that measures refractive aberrations of the eye
aberroscope
aberroscope
noun
(ophthalmology) An instrument used to observe aberration of the eye
aberuncator
aberuncator
noun
A pruning device mounted on a pole, so as to reach high branches; a weeding machine.
aberystwyth
aberystwyth
Proper noun
A town in Ceredigion, Wales.
abhorrences
abhorrences
noun
plural of abhorrence
abhorrently
abhorrently
adv
In a manner, or to a degree, that is abhorrent; with abhorrence.
abirritated
abirritated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abirritate
ablepharous
ablepharous
adj
(medicine) Exhibiting ablepharia; without eyelids.
abnormalise
abnormalise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abnormalize.
abnormalize
abnormalize
verb
(transitive) To make abnormal.
abnormities
abnormities
noun
plural of abnormity
abnumerable
abnumerable
adj
(mathematics) Not enumerable or denumerable; uncountable.
abortogenic
abortogenic
adj
Causing abortion; abortifacient.
noun
A substance that induces abortion; an abortifacient.
aboveground
aboveground
adj
Alternative spelling of above ground
abovestairs
abovestairs
noun
Alternative form of above stairs.
abrahamidae
abranchiate
abranchiate
adj
(zoology) Without gills.
noun
(zoology) An organism that does not have gills.
abreactions
abreactions
noun
plural of abreaction
abridgeable
abridgeable
adj
Alternative form of abridgable
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
abruptiones
abscessroot
absorbances
absorbances
noun
plural of absorbance
absorptance
absorptance
noun
(optics, physics) Absorbed radiation and incident radiation in a ratio format; a measurement that shows how well a surface absorbs radiation.
abstracters
abstracters
noun
plural of abstracter
abstractest
abstractest
adj
(rare) superlative form of abstract: most abstract
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of abstract
abstractive
abstractive
adj
Derived by abstraction; belonging to abstraction.
Having an abstracting nature or tendency; tending to separate; tending to be withdrawn.
absurdities
absurdities
noun
plural of absurdity
abumbrellar
abumbrellar
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of abumbral
acalypterae
acalyptrate
acalyptrate
adj
Of or pertaining to the Acalyptratae group.
noun
A muscoid fly belonging to the subsection Acalyptratae.
acanthopore
acanthopore
noun
(paleontology) A tubular spine in some bryozoans.
acarologies
acarpellous
acarpellous
adj
(botany) Having no carpels.
accelerable
accelerable
adj
Able to be given increased speed; able to be accelerated.
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.
accelerants
accelerants
noun
plural of accelerant
accelerated
accelerated
adj
Happening sooner than expected.
Moving or progressing faster than is usual.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accelerate
accelerates
accelerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accelerate
accelerator
accelerator
noun
(chemistry) A substance which speeds up chemical reactions.
(computing) A computer component using dedicated hardware to accelerate the processing and display of graphics.
(computing) An accelerator key.
(historical) A light van to take mails between a post office and a railway station.
(photography) A chemical that reduces development time.
(physics) A device that accelerates charged subatomic particles; a particle accelerator.
(physiology, medicine) A muscle or nerve that speeds the performance of an action.
(vehicles) A pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate when it is pressed.
A device for causing acceleration.
One who, or that which, accelerates.
accentuator
accentuator
noun
An agent that accentuates.
accersition
accessaries
accessaries
noun
plural of accessary
accessarily
accessarily
adv
In the manner of an accessary.
accessioner
accessioner
noun
One who accessions.
accessorial
accessorial
adj
(logistics) Assessorial.
Of or pertaining to an accessory, e.g. to a crime.
Of or relating to an accession.
noun
(logistics) An assessorial charge.
accessories
accessories
noun
plural of accessory
accessorily
accessorily
adv
In the manner of an accessory; auxiliarily.
accessorise
accessorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of accessorize.
accessorius
accessorize
accessorize
verb
(intransitive) To wear or to choose accessories.
(transitive, intransitive) To furnish with accessories.
accidentary
accidentary
adj
(obsolete) accidental; occurring by chance; occasional
(obsolete) logically accidental; non-essential
accipitrine
accipitrine
adj
(ornithology) Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.
noun
A hawk or a hawk-like bird.
acclimature
acclimature
noun
(rare) The act of acclimating, or the state of being acclimated.
accompanier
accompanier
noun
Someone or something that accompanies.
accordances
accordances
noun
plural of accordance
accordature
accorporate
accoucheurs
accoucheurs
noun
plural of accoucheur
accoutering
accoutering
verb
present participle of accouter
accreditate
accreditate
verb
(transitive, rare) To accredit.
accrediting
accrediting
verb
present participle of accredit
accrescence
accrescence
noun
(rare) Continuous growth; an accretion.
accrescendi
accrescendo
accriminate
accriminate
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To accuse of a crime.
accruements
accruements
noun
plural of accruement
acculturate
acculturate
verb
(intransitive) To be changed by acculturation.
(transitive) To cause (a person) to acquire the culture of society, starting at birth.
(transitive) To change the culture of (a person) by the influence of another culture, especially a more dominant culture.
acculturize
acculturize
verb
Synonym of acculturate
aceanthrene
acerbically
acerbically
adv
In a sarcastic or cynical manner.
sourly; bitterly
acetimetric
acetobacter
acetobacter
noun
Any of the genus Acetobacter of acetic acid bacteria characterized by the ability to convert ethanol to acetic acid in the presence of oxygen, and used in the commercial production of vinegar.
acetometric
acetometric
adj
Relating to acetometry.
acetopyrine
acetopyrine
noun
(medicine) An acetylsalicylate of antipyrine
achaenocarp
achaenocarp
noun
Any dry indehiscent fruit.
achariaceae
acharnement
acharnement
noun
(obsolete) Savage fierceness; ferocity.
achondrites
achondrites
noun
plural of achondrite
achroanthes
achromacyte
achromacyte
noun
(cytology) Any cell that lacks its normal pigmentation (especially an erythrocyte that has ruptured and lost its haemoglobin)
achromatise
achromatise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of achromatize.
achromatize
achromatize
verb
(transitive) To deprive of colour; to make achromatic.
(transitive) To remove chromatic aberration from an optical system
achromatope
achromatope
noun
A person who has achromatopia.
achtehalber
achyranthes
achyranthes
noun
plural of achyranthe
acichloride
acidanthera
acidanthera
noun
Any of the gladioli previously placed in the genus Acidanthera.
acidiferous
acidiferous
adj
Containing or yielding an acid.
acidimeters
acidimeters
noun
plural of acidimeter
acidimetric
acidimetric
adj
(chemistry) Describing a titration in which the titrant is an acid.
acinetarian
acinetiform
acinetiform
adj
(zoology) Resembling the Acinetae.
acipenseres
acipenserid
acipenserid
noun
(ichthyology) Any member of the Acipenseridae (the true sturgeons)
acocanthera
acquirement
acquirement
noun
(now rare, chiefly in the plural) Something that has been acquired; an attainment or accomplishment.
The act or fact of acquiring something; acquisition.
acraldehyde
acraldehyde
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of acrolein
acrasiaceae
acraspedote
acraspedote
adj
Relating to jellyfish of the class Acraspeda
acraturesis
acridnesses
acriflavine
acriflavine
noun
(medicine) An antimicrobial flavonoid dye derived from acridine
acrindoline
acrocentric
acrocentric
adj
(genetics) (of a chromosome) Having the centromere very near to one end, and thus having a long arm, and a very short arm.
noun
A chromosome that has the centromere very near to one end, and thus has a long arm, and a very short arm.
acrocephaly
acrocephaly
noun
The condition of suffering from a pointed skull.
acroceridae
acromegalia
acromegalia
noun
(pathology) Alternative form of acromegaly.
acromegalic
acromegalic
adj
(pathology) Pertaining to or characteristic of acromegaly.
noun
(pathology) A person affected by acromegaly.
acronymized
acronymized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acronymize
acropetally
acropetally
adv
In an acropetal manner.
acrophonies
acrophonies
noun
plural of acrophony
acropolises
acrorrheuma
acrylamides
acrylamides
noun
plural of acrylamide
actinodrome
actinodrome
adj
Alternative form of actinodromous
actinomeric
actinomeric
adj
Relating to actinomeres
actinometer
actinometer
noun
(physics) A device used to measure the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation.
actinometry
actinometry
noun
the measurement of the chemical or actinic energy of light
the measurement of the heating power of electromagnetic radiation, especially that of solar radiation
actinophore
actinophore
noun
(biology) A cartilaginous spine that supports the fin rays of fish
actinopteri
acupressure
acupressure
noun
(countable) An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique.
(dated) A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface.
(uncountable) An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints.
acupuncture
acupuncture
noun
The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body, especially for purposes of pain relief.
verb
(transitive) To treat with acupuncture.
adairsville
adaptometer
adaptometer
noun
An optometric instrument that measures the minimum threshold of brightness that can be detected or how well the human eye can adapt to a recently darkened environment.
addressable
addressable
adj
Able to be addressed.
adelocerous
adelochorda
adenanthera
adenochrome
adenochrome
noun
A red pigment present in the branchial heart tissue of the octopus
adenodermia
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adenoneural
adherescent
adiaphorite
adiaphorite
Noun
One who believes in adiaphorism; an adiaphorist.
adiathermal
adiathermal
adj
(thermodynamics) adiabatic; not involving transmission of heat
adiathermic
adiathermic
adj
impervious to heat
adipocerite
adipocerous
adipocerous
adj
Like adipocere.
adjournment
adjournment
noun
(rhetoric) Ampliatio.
The state of being adjourned, or action of adjourning.