(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.
(transitive) To instruct or direct.
(transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
adnation
adnation
noun
(botany) The adhesion or cohesion of different floral verticils or sets of organs.
adonidin
adonijah
adoniram
adonises
adonises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adonise
adonitol
adonitol
noun
Ribitol.
adonized
adonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adonize
adoptian
adoptian
noun
(Christianity) A proponent of adoptianism.
adopting
adopting
verb
present participle of adopt
adoption
adoption
noun
(chess, slang) Ten consecutive wins against an opponent.
(computing) Transfer between an old system to another (usually better) system.
(theology) An act of divine grace by which the redeemed in Christ are admitted to the privileges of the sons of God.
Admission to an institution, for example a hospital, clinic, mental asylum.
The act of adopting.
The choosing and making that to be one's own which originally was not so; acceptance
The state of being adopted; the acceptance of a child of other parents as if he or she were one's own child.
adoptive
adoptive
adj
Pertaining to adoption.
Related through adoption.
adorning
adorning
noun
(archaic) An adornment.
verb
present participle of adorn
adradial
adradial
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the inner radius
adradius
adrenine
adriaens
adrianna
adrianna
Proper noun
name, a variant of Adriana.
adrianne
adriatic
adriatic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Adriatic Sea
Proper noun
The Adriatic Sea, an extension of the Mediterranean Sea located between Italy and the Dalmatian coast of the Balkans.
adrienne
adroiter
adroiter
adj
comparative form of adroit: more adroit
adroitly
adroitly
adv
Deftly; in an adroit manner.
In a manner exhibiting skill at handling situations, particularly difficult situations.
adscript
adscript
adj
Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
noun
(typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.
A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
verb
(transitive) To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
adstrict
adstrict
verb
Alternative form of astrict
adularia
adularia
noun
A variety of orthoclase feldspar found as colorless to white prismatic crystals in cavities in metamorphic rocks. Some specimens reflect a bluish sheen along crystal faces. This phenomenon is called adularescence, and adularia with this property is called moonstone. (See sanidine).
adultoid
adultoid
noun
(sociology) An adolescent who engages in activities that symbolize adult status.
(zoology) A premature adult form of an insect.
aduncity
aduncity
noun
Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
adustion
adustion
noun
(obsolete) The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried.
(surgery, obsolete) Cauterization.
adustive
advisees
advisees
noun
plural of advisee
advisers
advisers
noun
plural of adviser
advising
advising
noun
(obsolete) Advice.
verb
present participle of advise
advisive
advisive
adj
Advisory in tone and content.
advisors
advisors
noun
plural of advisor
advisory
advisory
adj
Able to give advice.
Containing advice; advising.
advitant
adynamia
adynamia
noun
Lack or loss of strength, usually due to a disease.
adynamic
adynamic
adj
(physics) Characterised by the absence of force.
Not dynamic; without strength or vigor.
adzharia
aeacidae
aeacides
aecidial
aecidial
adj
Of or relating to the aecidium.
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
aedicula
aedicula
noun
(art) A painted framed niche giving the appearance of depth.
A small shrine.
aedicule
aedicule
noun
A small house or room.
aedilian
aedility
aedility
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) The office of an elected official responsible for festivals and the maintenance of public buildings.
aedoeagi
aegerian
aegeriid
aegeriid
noun
(zoology) Any of the clearwing moths in the family Aegeriidae.
aegialia
aegilops
aegilops
noun
(obsolete) The goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed.
An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye.
aegimius
aeginaea
aegirine
aegirine
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals with the chemical formula NaFe³⁺(Si₂O₆) belonging to the pyroxene group.
aegirite
aegirite
noun
(mineralogy, rare) aegirine
aegyrite
aeipathy
aeluroid
aeolidae
aeolides
aeolight
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.
aerarian
aerarian
noun
An aerarius; the lowest class of citizen in Ancient Rome.
aerarium
aerarium
noun
(historical) The state treasury of Ancient Rome.
aerating
aerating
verb
present participle of aerate
aeration
aeration
noun
By extension, a process in which other gases (such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen or argon) are circulated through or mixed with a substance (usually liquid), sometimes with the consequence of increasing the transfer of air into the same liquid at the surface due to the induced circulation.
The process by which air is circulated through or mixed with a substance such as soil or a liquid.
aerially
aerially
adv
In an aerial manner.
Via the air, as in aerial transmission of diseases.
aerified
aerified
adj
converted into gas
infused with air; aerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aerify
aerifies
aerifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aerify
aeriform
aeriform
adj
Having a form similar to that of air.
Light, unsubstantial, or unstable.
Pertaining to air.
aeriness
aerobian
aerobian
adj
(archaic) aerobic
aerobics
aerobics
noun
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.
aerobion
aerobium
aerofoil
aerofoil
noun
Britain standard form of airfoil.
aeroides
aerolite
aerolite
noun
A meteorite consisting of silicate minerals.
aerolith
aerolith
noun
(chiefly historical) A meteorite.
aeroview
aesculin
aesculin
noun
Alternative form of esculin
aesopian
aestatis
aestival
aestival
adj
Alternative spelling of estival
aethalia
aethalia
noun
plural of aethalium
aetheria
aetheric
aetheric
adj
Alternative spelling of etheric
aetolian
aetolian
Adjective
Of or relating to Aetolia.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Aetolia.
afebrile
afebrile
adj
Having no fever, without a fever.
affaires
affaires
noun
plural of affaire
affamish
affamish
verb
(obsolete) To cause (somebody) to die of hunger; to starve.
affiance
affiance
noun
(archaic) A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage.
Faith, trust.
verb
(transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.
affiants
affiants
noun
plural of affiant
affiches
affiches
noun
plural of affiche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiche
affidare
affidavy
affidavy
noun
(colloquial, dialect) An affidavit.
affinage
affinage
noun
The aging of cheese as part of its manufacture.
affinely
affinely
adv
In an affine manner
affinite
affinity
affinity
noun
(chemistry) An attractive force between atoms, or groups of atoms, that contributes towards their forming bonds
(computing) tendency to keep a task running on the same processor in a symmetric multiprocessing operating system to reduce the frequency of cache misses
(geology) structural resemblances between minerals; resemblances that suggest that they are of a common origin or type.
(geometry) An automorphism of affine space.
(medicine) The attraction between an antibody and an antigen
(taxonomy) resemblances between biological populations, suggesting that they have a common origin, type or stock.
A family relationship through marriage of a relative (e.g. sister-in-law), as opposed to consanguinity (e.g. sister).
A kinsman or kinswoman of a such relationship; one who is affinal.
A love interest; a paramour.
A natural attraction or feeling of kinship to a person or thing.
Any passionate love for something.
Any romantic relationship.
The fact of and manner in which something is related to another.
affirmed
affirmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affirm
affirmer
affirmer
noun
One who affirms.
affirmly
affixers
affixers
noun
plural of affixer
affixial
affixial
adj
Being or relating to an affix.
affixing
affixing
adj
Of the function or role of an affix
noun
affixation
verb
present participle of affix
affixion
affixion
noun
The act of affixing; affixation, affixment, attachment.
afflicts
afflicts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afflict
affodill
affodill
noun
(obsolete) daffodil
affright
affright
adj
afraid; terrified; frightened
noun
(archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
affusion
affusion
noun
A method of Christian baptism in which water is poured on the head of the person being baptized.
The pouring of liquid, especially as a hydrotherapy.
afghanis
afghanis
noun
plural of afghani
afikomen
afikomen
noun
(Judaism) The matzoh eaten at a Passover seder, after dinner.
aflicker
aflicker
adj
Flickering.
afluking
afrasian
afrasian
Adjective
Afro-Asiatic
Noun
A person who comes from a region where Afro-Asiatic languages are spoken
africana
africans
afterwit
afterwit
noun
A good comeback, retort one thinks of only after the end of discussion or after leaving a social gathering.
The lack of forethought.
Wisdom which comes after the event.
aftonian
aftonian
Adjective
During the first interglacial period in North America, between the Kansan and Nebraskan glacial periods.
agacerie
agacerie
noun
Coquetry; flirtatiousness.
againbuy
againsay
againsay
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To contradict; to gainsay.
agalaxia
agalaxia
noun
Alternative form of agalactia
agalinis
agamidae
agamobia
aganippe
agapetid
agaphite
agaricic
agaricic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to agaricic acid or its derivatives
agaricin
agaricin
noun
(organic chemistry) an organic tricarboxylic acid (fatty acid) found in fungi
agaricus
agastric
agastric
adj
(biology) Having no alimentary canal; lacking a stomach, intestines, or digestive tract.
agathism
agathism
noun
The doctrine that the ultimate end of all things is good, although the intermediate means may be evil.
agathist
agathist
noun
A person who believes in agathism.
agatized
agatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agatize
agatizes
agatizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agatize
agdistis
agdistis
Proper noun
A hermaphroditic being, associated with the worship of Cybele or Rhea
agelaius
agencies
agencies
noun
plural of agency
agenesia
agenesia
noun
agenesis
agenesic
agenesic
adj
(biology) sterile, infertile
noun
Such a person or animal
agenesis
agenesis
noun
(pathology) Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization