An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect
verb
present participle and gerund of abandon
abdicating
abdicating
verb
present participle of abdicate
aberrating
aberrating
verb
present participle of aberrate
abiogenist
abiogenist
noun
(biology) One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
abiogenous
abiogenous
adj
(biology) Produced by spontaneous generation.
ablegation
ablegation
noun
(obsolete) Expulsion; banishment.
abnegating
abnegating
verb
present participle of abnegate
abnegation
abnegation
noun
A denial; a renunciation; denial of desire or self-interest.
abnegative
abnegative
adj
(obsolete, rare): Denying; renouncing; negative
abolishing
abolishing
verb
present participle of abolish
aboriginal
aboriginal
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Aboriginal
First according to historical or scientific records; original; indigenous; primitive.
Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans.
noun
An animal or plant native to a region.
aborigines
aborigines
noun
(history) The inhabitants of a location before colonization by the Europeans occurred.
Indigenous flora and fauna.
The original people of a location, originally Greek and Roman.
plural of aborigine
abreacting
abreacting
verb
present participle of abreact
abridgable
abridgable
adj
Capable of being abridged.
abridgedly
abridgedly
adv
in an abridged manner, in a manner that is cut short or shortened
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
abrogating
abrogating
verb
present participle of abrogate
abrogation
abrogation
noun
The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition.
abrogative
abrogative
adj
Tending or designed to abrogate.
abscessing
abscessing
verb
present participle of abscess
absconding
absconding
noun
An instance in which someone absconds.
verb
present participle of abscond
abstaining
abstaining
verb
present participle of abstain
absterging
absterging
verb
present participle of absterge
acclaiming
acclaiming
adj
That acclaims; applauding, welcoming enthusiastically.
verb
present participle of acclaim
accounting
accounting
noun
(business) The development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of an individual or a business.
(law) An equitable remedy requiring wrongfully obtained profits to be distributed to those who deserve them.
A relaying of events; justification of actions.
verb
present participle of account
accoutring
accoutring
verb
present participle of accoutre
accrington
accrington
Proper noun
A town in Hyndburn borough, Lancashire, England.
accusingly
accusingly
adv
In an accusing manner.
acerbating
acerbating
verb
present participle of acerbate
acetifying
acetifying
verb
present participle of acetify
acidifying
acidifying
verb
present participle of acidify
acidogenic
acidogenic
adj
Which generates acid or acidity.
acierating
acierating
verb
present participle of acierate
acquitting
acquitting
verb
present participle of acquit
acrologies
acrologism
actinogram
actinogram
noun
The record produced by an actinograph
actinology
actinology
noun
(sciences) The study of the effect of light on chemicals.
activating
activating
verb
present participle of activate
activizing
activizing
verb
present participle of activize
adagiettos
adagiettos
noun
plural of adagietto
adagissimo
adagissimo
adv
(music) Very slowly.
addressing
addressing
noun
(computing) Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
(linguistics) A mode, manner, or form of direct speech to an audience.
A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
verb
present participle of address
adfreezing
adhibiting
adhibiting
verb
present participle of adhibit
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adjourning
adjourning
verb
present participle of adjourn
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
admiringly
admiringly
adv
In an admiring manner.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adorningly
adorningly
adv
decoratively; using adornments.
adrenergic
adrenergic
adj
Activated by an adrenal mechanism
Containing or releasing adrenaline.
Having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine.
noun
Any adrenergic compound
adsmithing
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
aeciostage
aegeriidae
aegialitis
aegicrania
aegithalos
aegopodium
aegyptilla
aerobating
aerobating
verb
present participle of aerobate
aerologies
aerologies
noun
plural of aerology
aerologist
aerologist
noun
One who studies, or is knowledgable in, aerology.
aerophagia
aerophagia
noun
aerophagy
aeruginous
aeruginous
adj
Of or pertaining to copper-rust or verdigris.
aetiogenic
aetiologue
affiancing
affiancing
verb
present participle of affiance
afflicting
afflicting
noun
An affliction.
verb
present participle of afflict
affrighted
affrighted
adj
(archaic) Terrified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affright
affrighter
affrighter
noun
(archaic) One who frightens.
affronting
affronting
noun
The offering of an affront.
verb
present participle of affront
aforegoing
aforegoing
adj
(archaic) preceding, going before.
afterglide
aftergrief
aftergrind
afterimage
afterimage
noun
An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.
afterlight
afterlight
noun
Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
afternight
agagianian
againstand
againstand
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To stand against; to withstand; to oppose.
agalenidae
agamically
agamically
adv
In an agamic manner.
agapetidae
agaricales
agaricinic
agaricinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to agaricinic acid or its derivatives
aggelation
aggeration
aggeration
noun
A heaping up; accumulation.
agglutinin
agglutinin
noun
(specifically) A protein found in cow's milk.
A substance that causes particles or cells to clump; it may be an antibody, a lectin, or otherwise.
aggrandise
aggrandise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize.
aggrandize
aggrandize
verb
(intransitive, rare) To increase or become great.
(transitive) To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
(transitive) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).
(transitive) To make great; to enlarge; to increase.
aggressing
aggressing
verb
present participle of aggress
aggression
aggression
noun
Hostile or destructive behavior or actions.
The act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
The practice or habit of launching attacks.
aggressive
aggressive
adj
(US, LGBT, Black lesbian slang) Female but having a male or masculine gender presentation: butch.
(finance) Involving high risk for potentially high reward.
(pathology, of a tumour or disease) That spreads quickly or extensively; virulent; malignant.
(programming) Of heuristics, source code optimization techniques, etc.: exploiting every opportunity to be applied.
Characterized by aggression; unjustly attacking; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking or arguing.
noun
(US, LGBT, Black lesbian slang) A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch.
One who is aggressive.
aggrieving
aggrieving
verb
present participle of aggrieve
agillawood
agitatedly
agitatedly
adv
In an agitated manner.
agitations
agitations
noun
plural of agitation
aglaozonia
aglipayano
aglobulism
aglutition
aglutition
noun
(medicine) Inability to swallow.
agnoiology
agnoiology
noun
The study of things of which cannot be known.
agnostical
agnostical
adj
Alternative form of agnostic
agnotozoic
agomphious
agomphious
adj
toothless
agomphosis
agomphosis
Noun
Looseness of the teeth.
agoniatite
agonistics
agonistics
noun
The range of activities associated with aggressive encounters between members of the same species, including threat, attack, appeasement, or retreat.
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agoramania
agrarianly
agrarianly
adv
In an agrarian manner; agriculturally.
agreations
agreeingly
agreeingly
adv
In a manner that agrees or corresponds; in agreement.
agregation
agrestical
agrestical
adj
Obsolete form of agrestic.
agricolist
agricolist
noun
A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist.
agricolite
agricolous
agricolous
adj
Dwelling in the fields, especially as an agricultural laborer.
agricultor
agricultor
noun
(archaic) agriculturist, farmer
agrimonies
agrimonies
noun
plural of agrimony
agrionidae
agriotypus
agrologies
agrologist
agrologist
noun
One who studies or carries out agrology.
agronomial
agronomial
adj
Synonym of agronomic
agronomics
agronomics
noun
The science of soil management and the production of field crops.