(obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
(obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
(obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
abdicative
abdicative
adj
(rare) Causing, or implying, abdication.
noun
(logic) A reasoning from the negative
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
abjudicate
abjudicate
verb
(law) To reject by judicial sentence.
To abjudge.
aborticide
aborticide
noun
An agent responsible for an abortion (the destruction of a fetus); abortifacient.
The act of destroying a fetus in the womb; feticide.
abstricted
abstricted
adj
Separated by abstriction.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstrict
acadialite
acadialite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral found in Nova Scotia consisting of red chabazite.
acanthodei
acanthodii
accidental
accidental
adj
(geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
(music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
(philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
noun
(music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
(painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
accidented
accidented
adj
(possessional) Having had an accident
That has an uneven or undulating surface
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
acclimated
acclimated
adj
accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment
verb
(chiefly US) simple past tense and past participle of acclimate
accredited
accredited
adj
Given official approval after meeting certain standards, as an accredited university; or as disease free cattle.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accredit
accreditee
accreditee
noun
A person who has received accreditation
acerbitude
acerbitude
noun
(archaic) Sourness and harshness; acerbity.
acetamidin
acetanilid
acetanilid
noun
Alternative form of acetanilide
acetylized
acetylized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acetylize
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
aciculated
aciculated
adj
Alternative form of aciculate
acidifiant
acidifiant
noun
Any acidifying agent.
acidimeter
acidimeter
noun
(chemistry) An instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids.
acidimetry
acidimetry
noun
(chemistry) The measurement of the strength of acids, especially by a chemical process based on the law of chemical combinations, or the fact that, to produce a complete reaction, a certain definite weight of reagent is required.
acidometer
acidometer
noun
A hydrometer, especially one that is used to measure the strength of an acid.
Any of various other devices used to measure acidity, either chemical or electronic.
acidometry
acidometry
noun
Alternative form of acidimetry
acidulated
acidulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acidulate
acidulates
acidulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate
acquainted
acquainted
adj
Personally known; familiar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquaint
acquisited
acridities
acridities
noun
plural of acridity
actinoidea
actinopoda
actionized
actionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actionize
actualised
actualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualise
actualized
actualized
adj
Having become actual; having been realized or made real.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualize
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
adactylism
adactylism
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of adactyly.
adamitical
addictions
addictions
noun
plural of addiction
addictives
addictives
noun
plural of addictive
adendritic
adendritic
adj
(biology) (of a neuron) Not having dendrites.
(biology) (of other cells) Not having cytoplasmic processes.
Not having a branching structure, not tree-like.
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adiactinic
adiactinic
adj
(chemistry) Not transmitting the actinic rays.
adiathetic
adiathetic
adj
Not diathetic.
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adjectival
adjectival
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.
noun
An adjectival phrase or clause.
adjectives
adjectives
noun
plural of adjective
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjective
adjudicata
adjudicate
adjudicate
verb
(Scotland, law) To seize, or convey, a debtor's estate as security.
To act as a judge.
To settle a legal case or other dispute.
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.
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."
admittance
admittance
noun
(Britain, law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
(physics) The reciprocal of impedance
Actual entrance, reception.
Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
The act of admitting.
adscripted
adscripted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adscript
adulticide
adulticide
noun
A pesticide designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae.
verb
(transitive) To treat with adulticide.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
advocation
advocation
noun
(Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
(Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
(archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
advocative
advocative
adj
(law) Related to advocation
advocatrix
aedilberct
aerodontic
affricated
affricated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affricate
ammocoetid
amphidetic
amphidetic
adj
(biology, of the ligament of some bivalves) That extends in front of, and behind, the beak
ancistroid
ancistroid
adj
Hook-shaped.
anecdotist
anecdotist
noun
One who relates anecdotes.
anhidrotic
anhidrotic
adj
lacking the ability to sweat
noun
(pharmacology) A substance that prevents sweating
anhydrotic
anteceding
anteceding
verb
present participle of antecede
anthicidae
anthracoid
anthracoid
adj
(biology) Resembling anthrax.
antidactyl
antidorcas
antidromic
antidromic
adj
(neurology, of a nerve impulse) flowing in the opposite direction from normal
antiedemic
antiedemic
noun
An agent or substance that counters edema.
aphroditic
aphroditic
adj
(Greek mythology) Of or pertaining to Aphrodite
venereal
apiculated
apiculated
adj
(botany) apiculate
apodeictic
apodeictic
adj
(logic) Of the characteristic feature of a proposition that is necessary (or impossible): perfectly certain (or inconceivable) or incontrovertibly true (or false); self-evident.
Affording proof; demonstrative.
Incontrovertible; demonstrably true or certain.
apodictive
apodictive
adj
apodictic
arcticized
arcticized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arcticize
arcticward
arctoidean
associated
associated
adj
(of a company) connected or amalgamated with another company.
(of a person or thing) connected with something or another person.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of associate
audacities
audacities
noun
plural of audacity
auspicated
auspicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of auspicate
autacoidal
autacoidal
adj
Of or relating to an autacoid.
autodermic
autodidact
autodidact
noun
A self-taught person.
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
bacterioid
bacterioid
adj
(rare) Resembling a bacterium.
bacterized
bacterized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bacterize
bactritoid
bactritoid
noun
Any extinct cephalopod of the order Bactritida
balantidic
bandicoots
bandicoots
noun
plural of bandicoot
bastardice
batidaceae
batrachoid
batrachoid
adj
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the family Batrachoididae of marine fishes, called toadfish.
(zoology, dated) Frog-like; batrachian.
noun
(zoology) Any species of the family Batrachoididae; a batrachoidid.
bedticking
belatticed
benedicite
benedicite
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Benedicite
benedictus
biarcuated
biarcuated
adj
Synonym of biarcuate
biciliated
biciliated
adj
Alternative form of biciliate
bifurcated
bifurcated
adj
Divided into two branches.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bifurcate
bisulcated
blastodisc
blastodisc
noun
Alternative form of blastodisk
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bostrychid
bostrychid
noun
Misspelling of bostrichid.
brachiated
brachiated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brachiate
bradytelic
bradytelic
adj
Of or relating to bradytely.
bradytocia
brecciated
brecciated
adj
(geology) Formed or broken into breccia.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brecciate
bredstitch
buddhistic
buddhistic
Adjective
pertaining to Buddhism
cabinetted
cabinetted
adj
Furnished with a cabinet or cabinets.
cacatuidae
cacodontia
caducities
caducities
noun
plural of caducity
calamitoid
calathidia
caledonite
caledonite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic carbonate / sulfate mineral of copper and lead
calibrated
calibrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calibrate
callityped
caloriduct
caloriduct
noun
A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.
candidated
candidated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of candidate
candidates
candidates
noun
plural of candidate
candystick
cantilated
capilotade
capilotade
noun
A type of stew, typically of several different meats.
capitaldom
capitaldom
noun
The condition of being a capital city.
captivated
captivated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captivate
cardiatomy
cardington
cardiolith
cardiopath
cardiopath
noun
A person who suffers from a cardiopathy
cardiotomy
cardiotomy
noun
(surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
carditises
carotenoid
carotenoid
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or relating to such a class of pigments.
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.
carotidean
carotidean
adj
Synonym of carotidal
carotinoid
carotinoid
noun
Dated form of carotenoid.
cartelized
cartelized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cartelize
cartridges
cartridges
noun
plural of cartridge
caryatidal
caryatides
caryatides
noun
plural of caryatide
caryatidic
castalides
castigated
castigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of castigate
castoridae
castorized
catechised
catechised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catechise
catechized
catechized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catechize
catharized
catharized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of catharize