(law) The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement; transferring a legal title.
abandonments
abandonments
noun
plural of abandonment
abbreviating
abbreviating
verb
present participle of abbreviate
abbreviation
abbreviation
noun
(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
The process of abbreviating.
The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
abbroachment
aberrational
aberrational
adj
Characterized by aberration.
abevacuation
abevacuation
noun
(medicine) An abnormal evacuation.
(medicine) Metastases.
abiogenesist
abiogenesist
noun
A proponent of abiogenesis.
abjectedness
abjectedness
noun
(rare) The state of being abjected.
abjectnesses
abjectnesses
noun
plural of abjectness
abolishments
abolishments
noun
plural of abolishment
abolitionise
abolitionise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of abolitionize.
abolitionize
abolitionize
verb
(transitive, rare, obsolete) To imbue with the principles of abolitionism.
abortiveness
abortiveness
noun
(countable) The result or product of being abortive.
(uncountable) The quality of being abortive.
abrenunciate
abridgements
abridgements
noun
plural of abridgement
abruptnesses
abruptnesses
noun
plural of abruptness
absenteeisms
absenteeisms
noun
plural of absenteeism
absenteeship
absenteeship
noun
(rare) Absenteeism, in particular related to landowners.
absentminded
absentminded
adj
Alternative form of absent-minded
absinthiated
absinthiated
adj
Impregnated with wormwood.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absinthiate
absoluteness
absoluteness
noun
(obsolete) The fact of being finished or perfected; completeness.
The characteristic of being absolute in nature or scope.
The fact of being without qualifications or conditions; certainty, unconditionality.
absorptances
absorptances
noun
plural of absorptance
abstinential
abstinential
adj
of or pertaining to abstinence
abstractness
abstractness
noun
The quality of being abstract.
abstruseness
abstruseness
noun
The property of being abstruse; abstrusity.
acetobenzoic
adverbiation
afterburners
afterburners
noun
plural of afterburner
afterburning
afterburning
noun
(aviation) The injection of extra fuel into a jet engine downstream of the turbines in order to achieve extra thrust.
agglutinable
agglutinable
adj
Able to be agglutinated; that readily undergoes agglutination
alienability
alienability
noun
(countable) An alienable transfer or sale
(uncountable) The quality of being alienable
ambisinister
ambisinister
adj
(rare) Awkward or clumsy with both hands.
ambitendency
ambitendency
noun
(psychology) Contradictory behaviors exhibited when one is pulled between different choices.
ambitionless
ambitionless
adj
Without ambition or motivation
ambivalently
ambivalently
adv
In an ambivalent manner.
amblygonites
amblygonites
noun
plural of amblygonite
ampangabeite
ampangabeite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of samarskite
anabohitsite
anabohitsite
noun
(mineralogy) An olivine- and hornblende-bearing pyroxenite mineral.
anaerobation
anaerobiotic
anaerobiotic
adj
(anatomy) Resembling or relating to anaerobes.
analphabetic
analphabetic
adj
(comparable) (of a person) Illiterate, unable to read or write.
(not comparable) (of symbols) Not alphabetic.
noun
An illiterate person.
anatomisable
anatomizable
anteambulate
antebrachial
antebrachial
adj
(anatomy) relating to the forearm
antebrachium
antebrachium
noun
(anatomy) The forearm
antechambers
antechambers
noun
plural of antechamber
antialbumose
antibreakage
antibreakage
adj
Preventing breakage.
antibusiness
antibusiness
adj
Opposed to or biased against business, or private enterprise
antidiabetic
antidiabetic
adj
(pharmacology) Countering diabetes.
noun
(pharmacology) Any drug that counters diabetes.
antiliberals
antiliberals
noun
plural of antiliberal
antimetabole
antimetabole
noun
(rhetoric) The technique of reversal, where accentuated by reversal of words, actions or grammatical structure.
antiparabema
antiportable
antirebating
antirebating
adj
Preventing insurance agents from sharing commission money with insured parties.
aplanobacter
arbitraments
arbitraments
noun
plural of arbitrament
archibenthal
archibenthic
archibenthic
adj
Relating to the upper part of the benthic region, from the sublittoral to the abyssal
archibenthos
assemblement
attenborough
attenborough
Proper noun
A village in Broxtowe borough, Nottinghamshire, England.
babelisation
babelization
babingtonite
babingtonite
noun
A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime.
backcourtmen
backcourtmen
noun
plural of backcourtman
backpointers
bactericidin
bactericidin
noun
Any antibody that, together with a complement, can kill bacteria.
bacteriocins
bacteriocins
noun
plural of bacteriocin
bactriticone
bactriticone
noun
(malacology) A shell which has a straight cone shape, like certain primitive Ammonoidea.
baculiticone
bagrationite
bagrationite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of allanite.
bairnsfather
balaenoptera
balletomanes
balletomanes
noun
plural of balletomane
balletomania
balletomania
noun
An extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets.
ballottement
ballottement
noun
(medicine) A method of diagnosing pregnancy, in which the uterus is pushed with a finger to feel whether a foetus moves away and returns again.
(medicine) An increased amount of fluid in the suprapatellar pouch of the knee.
balneologist
balneologist
noun
balneotherapist
bandersnatch
bandersnatch
Proper noun
An obscure, fictional creature mentioned in one of Lewis Carroll's poems.
bankruptcies
bankruptcies
noun
plural of bankruptcy
bankruptlike
bankruptlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bankrupt.
bantamweight
bantamweight
noun
(boxing) A weight class in boxing and other sports, intermediate between flyweight and featherweight. In boxing it ranges from 112 to 118 pounds (51 to 54 kg).
A boxer or other competitor of this weight.
barnhardtite
barnstormers
barnstormers
noun
plural of barnstormer
baronetising
baronetizing
barquentines
barquentines
noun
plural of barquentine
bartholomean
bartonsville
basementless
basementless
adj
Without a basement.
basementward
basementward
adv
Toward a basement.
basketmaking
basketmaking
noun
The construction of baskets, especially by traditional means.
bathycurrent
batocrinidae
battledoring
battlefronts
battlefronts
noun
plural of battlefront
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlemented
battlemented
adj
Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle.
battlewagons
battlewagons
noun
plural of battlewagon
baxterianism
bearbaitings
bearbaitings
noun
plural of bearbaiting
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
beastishness
beastishness
noun
The state or quality of being beastish.
becompliment
bedazzlement
bedazzlement
noun
The characteristic of being bedazzled.
bedevilments
bedevilments
noun
plural of bedevilment
bedizenments
bedizenments
noun
plural of bedizenment
beethovenian
beethovenian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to in particular his style of music.
beethovenish
befountained
befountained
adj
Furnished with a fountain.
befriendment
befriendment
noun
The act of befriending.
befuddlement
befuddlement
noun
The state of being befuddled.
begottenness
begottenness
noun
(theology) The quality of being begotten.
beguilements
beguilements
noun
plural of beguilement
belemnitidae
belittlement
belittlement
noun
an act of belittling
belligerents
belligerents
noun
plural of belligerent
bellybuttons
bellybuttons
noun
plural of bellybutton
bemirrorment
bemuddlement
bemuddlement
noun
The state of being bemuddled.
benedictions
benedictions
noun
plural of benediction
benefactions
benefactions
noun
plural of benefaction
benefactress
benefactress
noun
A female benefactor.
beneficently
beneficently
adv
In a beneficent manner
beneficiated
beneficiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beneficiate
beneficiates
beneficiates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beneficiate
benevolently
benevolently
adv
In a benevolent manner.
bentleyville
benzanthrone
benzanthrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A polycyclic aromatic ketone, 7-oxobenz(de)anthracene, that is used in the manufacture of anthraquinone dyes
benzonitrile
benzonitrile
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic nitrile C₆H₅-CN; it is used as a solvent and has many industrial applications
benzotoluide
benzoylating
benzoylation
benzoylation
noun
(organic chemistry) A reaction that introduces a benzoyl group into a molecule
benzthiophen
bepraisement
bepuzzlement
bepuzzlement
Noun
Perplexity.
bequeathment
bequeathment
noun
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
berceaunette
bereavements
bereavements
noun
plural of bereavement
bernkasteler
bertillonage
bertillonage
noun
Originally, a system for the identification of criminals making use of anthropometric measurements — including head size, arm span, scars, distinguishing features and the like. The usage has been extended to encompass a means of identification of racing greyhounds.
berzelianite
berzelianite
noun
(mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing copper and selenium.
besmirchment
besmirchment
noun
The act of sullying or besmirching.
besoothement
besottedness
besottedness
noun
The state or quality of being besotted, infatuation, intellectual or moral blindness.
bespattering
bespattering
noun
The action or result of something being bespattered.