(obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.
noun
(neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
That which abducts.
abducted
abducted
adj
Having been kidnapped; having become the victim of an abduction
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abduct
abeokuta
abeokuta
Proper noun
A city in southwest Nigeria.
abjugate
abjugate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To unyoke; set free; uncouple.
abluents
abluents
noun
plural of abluent
aboiteau
aboiteau
noun
(Canada, Acadian) Alternative form of aboideau
abrupter
abrupter
adj
comparative form of abrupt: more abrupt
absolute
absolute
adj
(archaic) Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction).
(art, music, dance) Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
(education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
(especially philosophy) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.
(law, postpositive, formal) Indicating that a tenure or estate in land is not conditional or liable to terminate on (strictly) any occurrence or (sometimes contextually) certain kinds of occurrence.
(mathematics) As measured using an absolute value.
(mathematics) Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
(obsolete) Absolved; free.
(of Celtic languages) Being or pertaining to an inflected verb that is not preceded by any number of particles or compounded with a preverb.
(of a case form) Syntactically connected to the rest of the sentence in an atypical manner, or not relating to or depending on it, like in the nominative absolute or genitive absolute, accusative absolute or ablative absolute.
(of a comparative or superlative) Expressing a relative term without a definite comparison, like "older" in "an older person should be treated with respect".
(of a usually transitive verb) Having no direct object, like "kill" in "if looks could kill".
(of an adjective form) Positive; not graded (not comparative or superlative).
(of an adjective or possessive pronoun) Lacking a modified substantive, like "hungry" in "feed the hungry".
(physics) Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
(very occasionally postpositive) Positive, certain; unquestionable; not in doubt.
Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory.
Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
Having reference to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of mass, time, and length.
Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
Relating to the absolute temperature scale (based on absolute zero); kelvin.
Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic.
noun
(chemistry) A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a concrete.
(geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
(philosophy, usually capitalized, usually preceded by "the") A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
(philosophy, usually capitalized, usually preceded by "the") The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of spirit and nature; God.
That which exists (or has a certain property, nature, size, etc) independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not relative, conditional, qualified or mitigated.
abstrude
abstrude
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To thrust away.
abstruse
abstruse
adj
(obsolete) Concealed or hidden; secret.
Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure.
abulyeit
abutment
abutment
noun
(architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
(dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
(engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
(engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
The state of abutting.
abutters
abutters
noun
plural of abutter
acaudate
acaudate
adj
(biology, zoology) Tailless.
accentus
accouter
accouter
verb
(transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
accoutre
accoutre
verb
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouter
accurate
accurate
adj
(obsolete) Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.
Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty
aceituna
aceturic
acounter
acquests
acquests
noun
plural of acquest
acritude
acritude
noun
acridity; pungency combined with heat.
actuated
actuated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actuate
actuates
actuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actuate
actutate
acuities
acuities
noun
plural of acuity
aculeata
aculeate
aculeate
adj
(entomology) Having a stinger; stinging.
Having a sting; sharp like a prickle.
Having prickles or sharp points.
noun
Any insect of the infraorder Aculeata, which have ovipositors modified into stingers.
acushnet
acutance
acutance
noun
(photography) Edge contrast in an image; a component of sharpness.
adducent
adducent
adj
(physiology) Related to the muscles of the body which pull one part towards another.
adducted
adducted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adduct
adequate
adequate
adj
Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.
det
A sufficient amount of; enough.
verb
(obsolete) To equal.
(obsolete) To equalize; to make adequate.
adjugate
adjugate
noun
(mathematics) The transpose of the respective cofactor matrix, for a given matrix. One of the factors in calculating the inverse of a matrix. Commonly notated as adj(A), where A is the given matrix.
verb
(obsolete) To yoke an animal to something
adjument
adjument
noun
(obsolete) Help; support; that which or one who helps or supports.
adjusted
adjusted
adj
Which has been compensated in order to avoid bias.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjust
adjuster
adjuster
noun
One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "loss adjuster" (or "claims adjuster" in the United States).
adjutage
adjutage
noun
Alternative form of ajutage
adjuvate
adjuvate
verb
To help; to further
adoretus
adrestus
adulated
adulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adulate
adulates
adulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adulate
adultery
adultery
noun
(biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
(biblical) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
(ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
(obsolete) Injury; degradation; ruin.
(obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.
(political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.
aduncate
aduncate
adj
(rare) curved inwards; hooked
adustive
aegyptus
aeroduct
aeroduct
noun
A proposed form of ramjet that harnesses charged particles in the upper atmosphere
aeronaut
aeronaut
noun
A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.
aestuary
aestuate
aestuate
verb
Alternative spelling of estuate
aestuous
aestuous
adj
Full of passion; agitated.
aetosaur
aetosaur
noun
(paleontology) Any of an extinct group of heavily armoured herbivorous archosaurian reptiles, of the order Aetosauria
affectum
affectus
affluent
affluent
adj
(by extension) Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
(dated) Tributary.
(obsolete) Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
Abundant; copious; plenteous.
The Upper East Side is an affluent neighborhood in New York City.
noun
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
Somebody who is wealthy.
aflutter
aflutter
adj
Filled or covered (with something that flutters).
Fluttering.
In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.
ageratum
ageratum
noun
Any of the genus Ageratum of tropical American herbs, annuals and perennials, from the sunflower family Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae; they are sometimes used in floral displays.
ageustia
ageustia
noun
Alternative spelling of ageusia
agouties
agouties
noun
plural of agouty
aguacate
aguacate
noun
(archaic) avocado
ajutment
aleutian
aleutian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to the Aleutian Islands (a group of islands in the northern Pacific Ocean, west of Alaska), or to its inhabitants, their culture, or their language.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the Aleutian Islands.
aleutite
allocute
allocute
verb
(chiefly US, law) To make an allocution.
alouatte
alouatte
noun
(now rare) A South American howler monkey (of the genus Alouatta).
alouette
alterius
altitude
altitude
noun
(astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
(dated, in the plural) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
(geometry) The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex.
A vertical distance.
Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
Highest point or degree.
The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
alunites
alunites
noun
plural of alunite
alurgite
amatembu
amateurs
amateurs
noun
plural of amateur
ambulate
ambulate
verb
(intransitive) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
amentula
ametrous
amounted
amounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amount
amounter
ampulate
amputate
amputate
verb
(obsolete) To cut off, to prune. [17th–18th c.]
To surgically remove a part of the body, especially a limb. [from 17th c.]
amputees
amputees
noun
plural of amputee
amuletic
amuletic
adj
Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.
amusette
amusette
noun
A light field cannon, or stocked gun mounted on a swivel.
anaunter
anauxite
androuet
anestrus
anestrus
noun
In some female animals, a spell of sexual respite in between breeding periods.
angulate
angulate
adj
Shaped with corners or angles.
verb
To make, or to become, angular.
anicetus
anicetus
Proper noun
One of the twin sons of Heracles and Hebe, his twin brother is Alexiares. Along with their father, Anicetus and Alexiares are the guardians and gatekeepers of the gates of Mount Olympus.
annulate
annulate
adj
(botany) Describes a fern sporangium that has an annulus.
(mycology) Describes a mushroom with an annulus on the stipe.
Having an annular form or shape.
noun
(zoology) One of the Annulata.
annulets
annulets
noun
plural of annulet
ansulate
antabuse
antabuse
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Antabuse
antelude
antiblue
antiblue
adj
(US, colloquial) Anti-police.
(particle physics) Describing one of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to blue in a quark.
antiduke
antinuke
antinuke
adj
Opposed to nuclear weapons.
noun
(informal) One who opposes nuclear weapons.
antiqued
antiqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antique
antiquer
antiquer
adj
comparative form of antique: more antique
noun
(slang) A person who browses for antiques.
A person who finishes furniture or objects so they have the appearance of an antique, either for decoration or to perpetrate a fraud.
antiques
antiques
noun
plural of antique
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antique
anuretic
anuretic
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to or characterised by anuresis.
(medicine) Who has anuresis; unable to urinate.
aperture
aperture
noun
(astronomy, photography) The diameter of such a hole which restricts the width of the lightpath through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens.
(mathematics, rare, of a right circular cone) The maximum angle between the two generatrices.
(optics) A hole which restricts the diameter of the lightpath through one plane in an optical system.
(space flight, communication) The (typically) large-diameter antenna used for receiving and transmitting radio frequency energy containing the data used in communication satellites, especially in the geostationary belt. For a comsat, this is typically a large reflective dish antenna; sometimes called an array.
A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
aplustre
aplustre
noun
(historical, nautical) An ornamental appendage of wood at the stern of a Roman ship, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
apostume
apostume
noun
Obsolete form of aposteme.
applenut
apterium
apterium
noun
(ornithology) An area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird.
apterous
apterous
adj
(biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.
(zoology) Destitute of wings; wingless.
aptitude
aptitude
noun
Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
The condition of being suitable.
aquarter
aquatile
aquatile
adj
(obsolete) Inhabiting the water.
aquatone
aquatone
noun
A print produced by this method.
An offset printing method utilizing a gelatin-coated zinc plate hardened and sensitized to print type, line illustrations, and fine-screen halftones.
aqueduct
aqueduct
noun
(anatomy) A structure conveying fluid, such as the cerebral aqueduct or vestibular aqueduct.
A structure carrying water over a river or depression, especially in regards to ancient aqueducts.
An artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
aquotize
arbutase
arbutean
arbutean
adj
(obsolete) Made from arbute, the wood of the strawberry tree.
arcature
arcature
noun
(architecture) A small arched passageway.
archlute
archlute
noun
A fretted and double-necked stringed musical instrument with a large body, double courses in the bass, and two sets of tuning pegs.
arcuated
arcuated
adj
Alternative form of arcuate
arculite
arethusa
arethusa
noun
A bog orchid, Arethusa bulbosa, sole species of the genus Arethusa, having a magenta flower; the dragon's mouth.
arethuse
argentum
argument
argument
noun
(also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
(by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
(countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
(countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
(countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
(countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
(logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
(uncountable, archaic) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.
A matter in question; a business in hand.
A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
The independent variable of a function.
The phase of a complex number.
The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.
(intransitive, obsolete, now nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) To put forward as an argument; to argue.
argutely
argutely
adv
In an argute manner.
armature
armature
noun
(computer graphics) A kinematic chain (a system of bones or rigid bodies connected by joints) that is used to pose and deform models, often character models.
(sculpture) A supporting framework in a sculpture.
A piece of soft steel or iron that connects the poles of a magnet, to preserve its strength by forming a circuit.
A protective organ, structure, or covering of an animal or plant, for defense or offense, like claws, teeth, thorns, or the shell of a turtle.
Any apparatus for defence.
Armor, or a suit of armor.
The frame of a pair of glasses.
The moving part in an electromechanical device like a loudspeaker or a buzzer.
The rotating part of an electric motor or dynamo, which mostly consists of coils of wire around a metal core.
verb
To provide with an armature (any sense).
arquated
arquated
adj
Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved.
arretium
asbestus
asbestus
noun
Dated form of asbestos.
ascutney
ashuelot
assertum
assument
assument
noun
(obsolete) A patch; an addition; a piece put on.
assurate
asterius
astraeus
astraeus
Proper noun
The Greek god of the dusk. Husband of Eos (goddess of the dawn), and father of the four Anemoi ("Winds"), and the five Astra Planeta ("Wandering Stars/Planets").
The dusk.
astutely
astutely
adv
In an astute manner.
ateuchus
atheneum
attitude
attitude
noun
(Canada, US, UK, informal) Unpleasant behavior.
(aeronautics, nautical, engineering) The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon, direction of motion, other objects, etc.
(ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
(figurative) Disposition or state of mind.
The position of the body or way of carrying oneself.
verb
To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.
attourne
attunely
aubretia
aubretia
noun
Any plant of the genus Aubrieta
aubrette
aubrieta
aubrieta
noun
Alternative spelling of aubrietia.
aucupate
aucupate
verb
(obsolete) To hunt, to seek with vigilance.
audients
audients
noun
plural of audient
auditive
auditive
adj
Of or relating to hearing; auditory.
auganite
augelite
augelite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃.
augitite
augments
augments
noun
plural of augment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of augment
augurate
augurate
noun
The position or office of an augur.
verb
To make or take auguries; to augur; to predict.
auguster
auguster
adj
comparative form of august: more august
auletris
auletris
noun
(historical) A courtesan or prostitute in Ancient Greece who played the flute to provide entertainment.