(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
abelmusk
abelmusk
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of abelmosk in its various senses.
abeokuta
abeokuta
Proper noun
A city in southwest Nigeria.
abjudged
abjudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abjudge
abjugate
abjugate
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To unyoke; set free; uncouple.
abjurers
abjurers
noun
plural of abjurer
abluents
abluents
noun
plural of abluent
abneural
abneural
adj
Away from the neural (cerebrospinal) axis
aboideau
aboideau
noun
(Canada, Acadian) A tide gate, designed to protect marshland, so constructed as to let out water at low tide, but to prevent an influx of water at high tide.
aboiteau
aboiteau
noun
(Canada, Acadian) Alternative form of aboideau
abounded
abounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abound
abounder
abounder
noun
One who has plenty, one who abounds (in something).
abourezk
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.
absurder
absurder
adj
comparative form of absurd: more absurd
abulfeda
abulyeit
abusable
abusable
adj
Capable of being abused.
abusedly
abusedly
adv
In an abused manner.
abuseful
abuseful
adj
(rare) Full of abuse; abusive.
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
academus
acaudate
acaudate
adj
(biology, zoology) Tailless.
acauline
acauline
Adjective
acaulescent
acaulose
acaulose
adj
acaulous
accentus
accouche
accouche
verb
(transitive) To aid in an accouchement.
accouple
accouple
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To join; to couple.
accouter
accouter
verb
(transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
accoutre
accoutre
verb
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouter
accumber
accumber
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
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
accursed
accursed
adj
(archaic, theology) Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
(prenominal) Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accurse
accusers
accusers
noun
plural of accuser
accusive
accusive
adj
accusative; accusing
aceituna
acequias
acequias
noun
plural of acequia
acervuli
acervuli
noun
plural of acervulus
aceturic
acheirus
achelous
achelous
Proper noun
a river in western Greece
Deity of water; later, patron deity of the Achelous River.
achenium
achenium
noun
(botany) achene
achesoun
aciculae
aciculae
noun
plural of acicula
acoelous
acoelous
adj
(zoology) Without a coelom.
acounter
acquests
acquests
noun
plural of acquest
acquired
acquired
adj
(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquire
acquirer
acquirer
noun
A bank or financial institution that processes credit card or debit card payments on behalf of a merchant.
One who acquires.
acquires
acquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire
acredula
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
acuerdos
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.
acupress
acupress
verb
(transitive) To apply acupressure to.
acushnet
acutance
acutance
noun
(photography) Edge contrast in an image; a component of sharpness.
addendum
addendum
noun
(engineering) The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.
A postscript.
Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.
adducent
adducent
adj
(physiology) Related to the muscles of the body which pull one part towards another.
adducers
adducers
noun
plural of adducer
adducted
adducted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adduct
adenauer
adequacy
adequacy
noun
The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
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.
adjudged
adjudged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjudge
adjudger
adjudger
noun
One who adjudges.
adjudges
adjudges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjudge
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.
adjurers
adjurers
noun
plural of adjurer
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
adlumine
adlumine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in plants of genus Adlumia.
adneural
adneural
adj
(anatomy) Near a nerve
adnumber
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
adversus
aecidium
aecidium
noun
(mycology) A member of the form genus Aecidium.
The cupulate fruiting body borne upon the mycelium of certain fungi commonly parasitic upon specimens of the Compositae, Lamiaceae, Leguminosae, and Ranunculaceae families
aedeagus
aedeagus
noun
A copulatory organ of some male insects.
aedicula
aedicula
noun
(art) A painted framed niche giving the appearance of depth.
A small shrine.
aedicule
aedicule
noun
A small house or room.
aegagrus
aegagrus
noun
Any species of wild goat, including but not limited to Capra aegagrus.
aegimius
aegyptus
aeluroid
aequorin
aequorin
noun
(biochemistry) A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.
aerarium
aerarium
noun
(historical) The state treasury of Ancient Rome.
aerobium
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.
aesculin
aesculin
noun
Alternative form of esculin
aesculus
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.
affluxes
affluxes
noun
plural of afflux
aflutter
aflutter
adj
Filled or covered (with something that flutters).
Fluttering.
In a state of tremulous excitement, anticipation or confusion.
agelaius
agendums
agendums
noun
plural of agendum
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
aglucone
aglucone
noun
The aglycone of a glucoside
agoraeus
agouties
agouties
noun
plural of agouty
aguacate
aguacate
noun
(archaic) avocado
aguamiel
aguelike
aguelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an ague.
agueweed
agueweed
noun
An herb also known as common boneset.
aguirage
aidoneus
aiguelle
aiguiere
aiguille
aiguille
noun
A needle-shaped peak.
An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting.
airbuses
airbuses
noun
plural of airbus
ajourise
ajutment
alarumed
alarumed
verb
(archaic, rare) simple past tense and past participle of alarum
alaudine
alaudine
adj
Of or pertaining to skylarks.
albumean
albumens
albumens
noun
plural of albumen
albumose
albumose
noun
Any of a class of polypeptides formed by digestion of protein; proteose
alchuine
alefnull
alehouse
alehouse
noun
A business, such as an inn or tavern, where ale is sold.
aleikoum
aleurone
aleurone
noun
(biochemistry) The protein content of the embryo, endosperm, or perisperm of cereals, in the form of minute particles.
The outer layer (and its major cell type and its specialized protein) of the endosperm.
aleurons
aleurons
noun
plural of aleuron
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.