(intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
(transitive, obsolete) To depose.
(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
(transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard.
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
abelicea
abichite
abichite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of clinoclase
abidance
abidance
noun
Adherence; compliance; conformity.
The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling.
abscised
abscised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscise
abscises
abscises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abscise
abscisse
acacetin
acacetin
noun
A glycoside forming in the leaves of the common locust tree; C₁₆H₁₂O₅.
academia
academia
noun
(collective) The scientific and cultural community engaged in higher education and research, taken as a whole.
Continuous study at higher education institutions; scholarship.
academic
academic
adj
(art) Conforming to set rules and traditions; conventional; formalistic.
Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization.
Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato
Having a love of or aptitude for learning.
Having little practical use or value, as by being overly detailed and unengaging, or by being theoretical and speculative with no practical importance.
In particular: relating to literary, classical, or artistic studies like the humanities, rather than to technical or vocational studies like engineering or welding.
So scholarly as to be unaware of the outside world; lacking in worldliness; inexperienced in practical matters.
Subscribing to the architectural standards of Vitruvius.
noun
(archaic) A student in a college.
(plural only) Academic dress; academicals.
(plural only) Academic studies.
(usually capitalized) A follower of Plato, a Platonist.
A member of the Academy; an academician.
A senior member of an academy, college, or university; a person who attends an academy; a person engaged in scholarly pursuits; one who is academic in practice.
academie
acardite
acardite
noun
(organic chemistry) n-methyl-n',n'-diphenylurea, used to stabilize chemicals and as a plasticizer.
acaridae
acaridea
acarines
acarines
noun
plural of acarine
acauline
acauline
Adjective
acaulescent
acceding
acceding
verb
present participle of accede
accessit
accessit
noun
A vote in the election of a pope.
An honorable mention in an academic contest.
accident
accident
adj
(transport) Designating any form of transportation involved in an accident.
noun
(derogatory or humorous) A person born from an unintended pregnancy.
(euphemistic) An instance of incontinence.
(euphemistic) An unintended pregnancy.
(geology) A sudden discontinuity of ground such as fault of great thickness, bed or lentil of unstable ground.
(geology) An irregular surface feature with no apparent cause.
(grammar) A property attached to a word, but not essential to it, such as gender, number, or case.
(heraldry) A point or mark which may be retained or omitted in a coat of arms.
(law) casus; such unforeseen, extraordinary, extraneous interference as is out of the range of ordinary calculation.
(transport) A collision or crash of a vehicle, aircraft, or other form of transportation that causes damage to the transportation involved; and sometimes injury or death to the transportation's occupants or bystanders in close proximity. (but see Usage notes)
(uncountable) Chance; random chance.
An unexpected event with negative consequences occurring without the intention of the one suffering the consequences, and (in the strict sense) not directly caused by humans.
Any chance event.
Any property, fact, or relation that is the result of chance or is nonessential or nonsubstantive.
Urine or feces excreted due to incontinence.
accidies
accinged
accinged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accinge
accipter
accredit
accredit
verb
(transitive) To ascribe; attribute; credit with.
(transitive) To believe; to put trust in.
(transitive) To certify as meeting a predetermined standard; to certify an educational institution as upholding the specified standards necessary for the students to advance.
(transitive) To enter on the credit side of an account book.
(transitive) To put or bring into credit; to invest with credit or authority; to sanction.
(transitive) To recognize as outstanding.
(transitive) To send with letters credential, as an ambassador, envoy, or diplomatic agent; to authorize, as a messenger or delegate.
(transitive, literally) To credit.
accusive
accusive
adj
accusative; accusing
acediast
acediast
noun
A person who has acedia
aceituna
acemetic
acentric
acentric
adj
Not centered; without a centre
noun
A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere
acephali
acephali
noun
(ecclesiastical history) Bishops and certain clergymen not under regular diocesan control.
(ecclesiastical history) The Eutychians, a Christian sect in the year 482 without a leader. See http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01100c.htm.
A class of levelers in the time of King Henry I.
A people reported by Herodotus and Josephus to have no heads or removable heads.
plural of acephalus
acequias
acequias
noun
plural of acequia
acerbity
acerbity
noun
(countable) Something harsh (e.g. a remark, act or experience).
Harshness, bitterness, or severity
Sourness of taste, with bitterness and astringency, like that of unripe fruit.
acervuli
acervuli
noun
plural of acervulus
acetamid
acetamid
noun
Obsolete spelling of acetamide
acetonic
acetonic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing acetone
acetoxim
aceturic
acetylic
acetylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetyl.
acetylid
acheilia
acheilia
noun
(pathology) A congenital absence of lips, liplessness
acheiria
acheiria
noun
A loss of sense in one or both hands, or the inability to tell on which side of the body a stimulus has been applied
The congenital absence of one or both hands
acheirus
achenial
achenial
adj
Pertaining to an achene.
achenium
achenium
noun
(botany) achene
achieved
achieved
adj
(of a goal or status) Having been reached, attained or accomplished.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achieve
achiever
achiever
noun
One who achieves something.
One who tends to succeed; a winner.
achieves
achieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of achieve
achillea
achillea
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Achillea
achilles
achilles
Proper noun
semi-divine hero, son of Peleus and the nymph Thetis, prince and leader of the Myrmidons; great warrior of the Achaean (Greek) camp, killed in the Trojan War; central character of the Iliad.
achinese
achiness
achiness
noun
The property of being achy.
achiotes
achiotes
noun
plural of achiote
achirite
achirite
noun
dioptase
achroite
achroite
noun
(mineralogy) A colourless form of tourmaline
aciculae
aciculae
noun
plural of acicula
acidemia
acidemia
noun
Alternative form of acidaemia
acidhead
acidhead
noun
(slang, derogatory) A person who uses the hallucinogenic drug LSD.
acidized
acidized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acidize
acidness
acidness
noun
acidity, sourness
acidoses
acidoses
noun
plural of acidosis
acierage
acierage
noun
(historical) The process of electroplating a copper engraving with iron or steel.
acierate
acierate
verb
(rare, transitive) To convert (iron) into steel, or to coat with a layer of steel by converting only the surface of the iron.
aciliate
aciliate
adj
that lacks cilia
acinaces
acinaces
noun
(historical, ancient history) A short sword or saber.
acinetae
acinetan
acinetic
acinetic
adj
Dated form of akinetic.
acoelomi
acoemeti
aconites
aconites
noun
plural of aconite
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
acridane
acridane
noun
Alternative form of acridan
acridest
acridest
adj
superlative form of acrid: most acrid
acridine
acridine
noun
(countable, organic chemistry) Any of many derivatives of this compound
(uncountable, organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic heterocycle, dibenzopyridine, obtained from coal tar; it is used in the manufacture of dyes and drugs
acridone
acridone
noun
(organic chemistry) An tricyclic heterocyclic ketone derived from acridine; any derivative of this compound
acritude
acritude
noun
acridity; pungency combined with heat.
acrolein
acrolein
noun
(organic chemistry) A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH₂=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.
actifier
actifier
noun
(chemistry) Synonym of reactivator
actiniae
actinide
actinide
noun
(chemistry) Any of the 14 elements from actinium to nobelium (lawrencium is excluded by some authors as it is a d-block rather than an f-block element).
(chemistry) Any of the 15 radioactive elements of the periodic table from actinium to lawrencium that are positioned under the lanthanides, to which they have similar chemistry.
(chemistry, dated) Any of the 14 elements from thorium to lawrencium (actinium having been mistakenly excluded because it was thought to be a d-block element in the past).
actinine
actioner
actioner
noun
(informal) An action movie.
actiones
activate
activate
verb
(transitive) To aerate in order to aid decomposition of organic matter.
(transitive) To encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate.
(transitive) To put a device, mechanism (alarm etc.) or system into action or motion; to trigger, to actuate, to set off, to enable.
(transitive, biology) To render a molecule reactive, active, or effective in performing its function.
(transitive, chemistry) To hasten a chemical reaction, especially by heating.
(transitive, chemistry, physics) To render more reactive; excite.
(transitive, computing, software) To remove the limitations of demoware by providing a license; to unlock.
(transitive, military) To organize or create a military unit or station.
(transitive, physics) To render a substance radioactive.
(transitive, sports) To bring a player back after an injury.
actively
actively
adv
(grammar) In the active form; not passive.
In an active manner.
activize
activize
verb
(transitive) To convert to activism.
acuities
acuities
noun
plural of acuity
addicent
addicted
addicted
adj
Devoted to or obsessed with something.
Having a biochemical addiction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of addict
adelphic
adelphic
adj
Describing a form of polyandry in which a woman is married to two or more brothers
fraternal
adendric
adendric
adj
Not dendric.
adenylic
adenylic
adj
Of or pertaining to adenylic acid or its derivatives
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.
aerobics
aerobics
noun
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.
aesculin
aesculin
noun
Alternative form of esculin
aetheric
aetheric
adj
Alternative spelling of etheric
affiance
affiance
noun
(archaic) A solemn engagement, especially a pledge of marriage.
Faith, trust.
verb
(transitive) To be betrothed to; to promise to marry.
affiches
affiches
noun
plural of affiche
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affiche
aflicker
aflicker
adj
Flickering.
agacerie
agacerie
noun
Coquetry; flirtatiousness.
agencies
agencies
noun
plural of agency
agenesic
agenesic
adj
(biology) sterile, infertile
noun
Such a person or animal
agenetic
agenetic
adj
Not genetic; that does not have a genetic cause
agrestic
agrestic
adj
Of or pertaining to the fields; rural; rustic, unpolished
agricere
agricole
aircheck
aircheck
noun
(broadcasting) A demonstration recording, often intended to show off the talent of an announcer to a prospective employer.
aircrews
aircrews
noun
plural of aircrew
airscape
airscape
noun
The view of the sky, or an artistic work that visually represents it.
airscrew
airscrew
noun
Any actuator disk whose working fluid is air.
The propeller of an aircraft; the prop.
airspace
airspace
noun
(aviation) that part of the sky designated for the sole use of aircraft.
(broadcasting) Space (i.e. a few neighboring frequencies) available for broadcasting within a particular frequency band.
(construction) The cavity in a cavity wall containing air for insulation.
(politics, aviation) A specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory (and territorial waters) it lies.
The portion of an enclosed area which contains air, especially breathable air.
akinesic
akinesic
adj
Of or pertaining to akinesia.
akinetic
akinetic
adj
Of or pertaining to akinesia: akinesic.
alberich
albicore
albicore
noun
Alternative form of albacore
alcaides
alcaides
noun
plural of alcaide
alcamine
alcestis
alchemic
alchemic
adj
alchemical.
alchuine
alcidice
alcidine
alcidine
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an auk.
alcimede
alcithoe
aldarcie
aleichem
aleiptic
alembics
alembics
noun
plural of alembic
alexinic
algicide
algicide
noun
A substance that kills, or inhibits the growth of, algae.
alicante
alicoche
alicoche
noun
Any of various plants of the genus Echinocereus.
aliculae
allergic
allergic
adj
Excessively sensitive; susceptible.
Having an allergy.
Of or pertaining to allergy.
noun
A person who has an allergy.
alliance
alliance
noun
(India) Marriage.
(countable) A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by compact, treaty, or league.
(countable) Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; affinity.
(countable) The act of allying or uniting.
(uncountable) The state of being allied.
(with the definite article) The persons or parties allied.
verb
(obsolete) To connect or unite by alliance; to ally.
allspice
allspice
noun
(countable) Pimenta dioica, an evergreen tree of tropical America with aromatic berries.
(uncountable) A spice; the dried and ground unripe fruit of Pimenta dioica, thought to combine the flavours of several spices, such as cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves.
almicore
alnicoes
alopecia
alopecia
noun
(medicine) Loss of hair (especially on the head) or loss of wool or feathers, whether natural or caused by disease.
(pathology) Deficiency of the hair, which may be caused by failure to grow or loss after growth.
Baldness.
alopecic
alopecic
adj
Relating to or suffering from alopecia.
alphenic
alphenic
noun
(rare) White barley sugar
altrices
altrices
noun
(zoology) nursers; those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time.
amacrine
amacrine
adj
(biology) Without long processes.
noun
(biology) Any cell that does not have a long process.
amatrice
amatrice
noun
(rare) A female amateur.
Alternative form of amatrix
ambiance
ambiance
noun
(computer graphics, 3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
ambience
ambience
noun
Alternative spelling of ambiance
ambiency
ameiotic
ameiotic
adj
(biology) Not undergoing meiosis; relating to ameiosis