(obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.
noun
(neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
That which abducts.
abducentes
abducentes
noun
plural of abducens
abducting
abducting
verb
present participle of abduct
abduction
abduction
noun
(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Leading away; a carrying away.
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
abjudicating
abjudicating
verb
present participle of abjudicate
abjudication
abjudication
noun
(law, rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
acanthocladous
acanthocladous
adj
(botany) describing a plant which has spiny branches
acanthopodous
acanthopodous
adj
Having spiny peduncles.
acanthuridae
acaudelescent
accentuated
accentuated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accentuate
accounted
accounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of account
accustomedness
accustomedness
noun
Habituation; the quality of being used to something.
acetotoluidine
acetylenediurein
acidulant
acidulant
noun
A food additive used to increase acidity or to give a tart taste
acidulating
acidulating
verb
present participle of acidulate
acidulation
acidulation
noun
The act of acidulating.
acidulations
acidulations
noun
plural of acidulation
acidulent
acidulent
adj
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
acotyledonous
acotyledonous
adj
Having no seed lobes, as the dodder; also applied to plants which have no true seeds, as ferns, mosses, etc.
acquainted
acquainted
adj
Personally known; familiar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquaint
acquaintedness
acquaintedness
noun
(rare) State of being acquainted; degree of acquaintance.
actinodromous
actinodromous
adj
(botany) having palmate veins
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
acupunctured
acupunctured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acupuncture
acutonodose
adarticulation
adarticulation
noun
arthrodia
adducent
adducent
adj
(physiology) Related to the muscles of the body which pull one part towards another.
adducting
adducting
verb
present participle of adduct
adduction
adduction
noun
(anatomy) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
adenocarcinomatous
adenocarcinomatous
adj
Of or pertaining to adenocarcinomas
adenocellulitis
adenocellulitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of a lymph node and the surrounding connective tissue
adenocystomatous
adjudicating
adjudicating
verb
present participle of adjudicate
adjudication
adjudication
noun
(emergency response) The process of identifying the type of material or device that set off an alarm and assessing the potential threat with corresponding implications for the need to take further action.
(law) The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
(law, Scotland) A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.
A judgment or sentence.
The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
adjudications
adjudications
noun
plural of adjudication
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.
adjunction
adjunction
noun
(category theory) Given a pair of categories 𝒞 and 𝒟: an anti-parallel pair of functors F:𝒞→𝒟 and G:𝒟→𝒞 and a natural transformation 𝜂: mbox id_C→GF called “unit” such that for any object A∈𝒞, for any object B∈𝒟, and for any morphism f:A→GB, there is a unique morphism g:FA→B such that Gg∘𝜂_A=f. (Note: there is another natural transformation called “counit” as well but its existence may be derived by theorem.) The pair of functors express a similarity between the pair of categories which is weaker than that of an equivalence of categories.
(law) The joining of personal property owned by one to that owned by another.
The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
adjunctions
adjunctions
noun
plural of adjunction
adjunctive
adjunctive
adj
(logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a
additional; neither basic nor primary
forming an adjunct
noun
(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
(manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."
adjunctively
adjunctively
adv
In an adjunctive way.
adjunctly
adjunctly
adv
In an adjunct manner.
adjuncts
adjuncts
noun
plural of adjunct
adjutancies
adjutancies
noun
plural of adjutancy
adjutancy
adjutancy
noun
The state or office of being an adjutant, assistant, or helper.
adminiculate
adminiculate
verb
(Scotland, law, transitive) To prove; to corroborate.
adminiculation
adminiculation
noun
(law) proof; corroboration
adosculation
adosculation
noun
(biology) impregnation by external contact, without intromission
adularescent
adularescent
adj
Exhibiting adularescence.
aduncate
aduncate
adj
(rare) curved inwards; hooked
aduncated
aduncated
adj
Alternative form of aduncate
aduncity
aduncity
noun
Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
adventuristic
adventuristic
adj
Relating to or exhibiting adventurism.
anacatadidymus
anarchoindividualist
ancistrocladaceous
ancistrocladus
androtauric
anisocotyledonous
anisodactylous
anisodactylous
adj
(zoology) Characterized by unequal toes, three turned forward and one backward, as in most passerine birds.
annunciated
annunciated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of annunciate
antecardium
antecedaneous
antecedaneous
adj
(obsolete) antecedent; coming earlier in time
antecedaneously
antecedaneously
adv
(rare, archaic or obsolete) In an antecedaneous way: precedingly.
antejudiciary
anticardium
anticardium
noun
(anatomy) The epigastrium, especially the part almost in front of the heart.
anticonductor
antidecalogue
antidiuretic
antidiuretic
adj
preventing or counteracting diuresis, especially by the reduction of urination
noun
(physiology, medicine) an agent that prevents or counteracts diuresis
antidysuric
antieducation
antieducation
adj
Opposed to education.
antieducational
antieducational
adj
Opposing education.
antieducationalist
antieducationally
antieducationist
antifeudalistic
antipeduncular
antiproductionist
antiproductive
antiproductively
antiproductiveness
antiproductivity
antipudic
antipudic
adj
(rare) That covers the genitals.
antireducer
antireducing
antireduction
antireductive
antisudorific
antisudorific
adj
(medicine) Preventing sweating.
noun
(medicine) Any agent that prevents sweating.
antisuicide
antisuicide
adj
Opposing or preventing suicide.
anucleated
anucleated
adj
From which the nucleus has been removed.
Not nucleated; anucleate.
appendiculata
appendiculate
appendiculate
adj
(biology) Bearing appendages, such as one of the leg-bearing segments of an insect.
(biology) Having the nature of an appendage, such as the leg or antenna of an insect.
(mycology) Of a mushroom: having partial veil remnants hanging along the cap margin.
appendiculated
appendiculated
adj
Alternative form of appendiculate
auctioned
auctioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of auction
audubonistic
authenticated
authenticated
verb
past participle of authenticate
autocondensation
autocondensation
noun
(chemistry) A condensation reaction between two molecules of the same compound
autoconduction
autodecomposition
autodecomposition
noun
(chemistry) The spontaneous decomposition of a substance, especially in an explosive manner
autodecrement
autodecrement
noun
(computing) An automatic decrement.
verb
(computing) To decrement automatically.
autodecremented
autodecremented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autodecrement
autodecrements
autodecrements
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autodecrement
autodestruction
autodestruction
noun
(chiefly science fiction) A feature of a system whereby it destroys itself.
autodiagnostic
autodiagnostic
adj
Relating to, or carrying out, autodiagnosis; self-diagnosing.
autodynamic
autodynamic
adj
Supplying its own power.
autoeducation
autoeducation
noun
Self-education, driven by the learner exploring topics of interest.
autofecundation
autofecundation
noun
Self-impregnation.
autoincremented
autoincremented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autoincrement
autoinduction
autoinduction
noun
(biochemistry) The expression of an enzyme that is responsible for the metabolism of the agent expressing it
autoinductive
autoinductive
adj
That exhibits autoinduction
autoreduction
autoreduction
noun
(inorganic chemistry) reduction in the absence of a reducing agent
bandcutter
becurtained
becurtained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurtain
benedictus
bidenticulate
bidenticulate
adj
Having two denticles.
binucleated
binucleated
adj
binucleate
bonducnut
boustrophedonic
boustrophedonic
adj
Relating to the boustrophedon mode of writing.
bucklandite
caducibranchiata
caducibranchiate
caducibranchiate
adj
(zoology) With temporary gills; applied to those amphibians in which the gills do not remain in adult life.
calculatedness
calculatedness
noun
The quality of being calculated.
calentured
calentured
adj
Afflicted with calenture.
calumniated
calumniated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calumniate
campanulated
campanulated
adj
Alternative form of campanulate (“bell-shaped”)
canaliculated
canaliculated
adj
canaliculate
candidature
candidature
noun
(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand) The condition of becoming a candidate; candidateship.
candidatures
candidatures
noun
plural of candidature
candlenut
candlenut
noun
A flowering tree (Aleurites moluccana and Aleurites rockinghamensis) of the family Euphorbiaceae, also known as candleberry, Indian walnut, kemiri, varnish tree or kukui nut tree.
The seed of this tree, used as a candle
candytuft
candytuft
noun
Any of the genus Iberis of flowering plants.
cannulated
cannulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cannulate
canulated
canulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canulate
captandum
cardiopneumatic
cardiopuncture
cardiopuncture
noun
(surgery) cardiocentesis
carunculated
carunculated
adj
Alternative form of carunculate
catanadromous
catanadromous
adj
(zoology) Ascending and descending freshwater streams from and to the sea, as the salmon does; anadromous.
cathodofluorescence
cathodoluminescence
cathodoluminescence
noun
(physics) A form of luminescence produced by the bombardment of a metal or a phosphor by electrons (as in a traditional television).
cathodoluminescent
cathodoluminescent
adj
Exhibiting cathodoluminescence.
caudation
caudation
noun
(medicine) A fibrous growth.
(writing) A section appended to the end of a word, line, or poem.
(writing) The addition of a caudation.
A caudate extension or tail.
The property of having a caudate extension or tail.
caudatolenticular
caudatolenticular
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the caudate and lenticular nuclei of the corpus striatum in the brain.
cautioned
cautioned
adj
That has received a caution (typically from the police)
verb
past participle of caution
centaurdom
centaurdom
noun
The condition of being, or resembling, a centaur.
The world or realm of centaurs.
centaurid
centauridium
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
centrifuged
centrifuged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifuge
centrodesmus
centrolepidaceous
centrolepidaceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Centrolepidaceae.
centupled
centupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centuple
centuplicated
centuplicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centuplicate
centuried
centuried
adj
(rare, chiefly literary) Having existed for centuries; ancient.