(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.
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
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
acceding
acceding
verb
present participle of accede
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
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.
acediast
acediast
noun
A person who has acedia
acetamid
acetamid
noun
Obsolete spelling of acetamide
acetylid
achieved
achieved
adj
(of a goal or status) Having been reached, attained or accomplished.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of achieve
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
acquired
acquired
adj
(medicine) Developed after birth; not congenital.
verb
simple past tense and past participle 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.
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).
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.
alcaides
alcaides
noun
plural of alcaide
alcidice
alcidine
alcidine
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an auk.
alcimede
aldarcie
algicide
algicide
noun
A substance that kills, or inhibits the growth of, algae.
anticked
anticked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antic
aphicide
aphicide
noun
(agriculture) Any pesticide intended to kill aphids
arachide
archived
archived
adj
Having been placed into an archive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of archive
articled
articled
adj
bound under the articles of an apprenticeship
verb
simple past tense and past participle of article
ascidiae
ascribed
ascribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ascribe
audience
audience
noun
(historical) An audiencia (judicial court of the Spanish empire), or the territory administered by it.
(now rare) Hearing; the condition or state of hearing or listening.
A following.
A formal meeting with a state or religious dignitary.
A group of people within hearing; specifically, a large gathering of people listening to or watching a performance, speech, etc.
A widespread or nationwide viewing or listening public, as of a TV or radio network or program.
The readership of a book or other written publication.
auricled
auricled
adj
(botany) auriculate
autocide
autocide
noun
(agriculture) Control of a pest through propagation of sterile males.
(bacteriology) A substance produced by a bacterium that is fatal to that bacterium.
(obsolete, rare) A suicidal person.
An act of killing someone with an automobile.
An act of suicide committed by crashing a car.
backside
backside
adj
(board sports) Approaching an obstacle backward
noun
(euphemistic) A person's buttocks.
(figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything.
(obsolete) The back side of a page: a verso.
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
bacterid
bacterid
noun
(pathology) A bacterial infection of the skin
becrimed
bedchair
bedchair
noun
A chair with adjustable back to enable an invalid to sit up in bed.
bedlamic
bedticks
bedticks
noun
plural of bedtick
bendicta
bendicty
benedick
benedick
noun
A recently married man, especially one who has long held out against marriage.
benedict
benedict
adj
(obsolete) Having mild and salubrious qualities.
noun
(rare) A newly married man, especially one who was previously a confirmed bachelor.
verb
(of eggs) To poach and serve on an English muffin with ham or bacon and hollandaise sauce.
(rare) to bless.
berycoid
berycoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the Berycidae, a family of marine fishes.
bickered
bickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bicker
bicorned
bicorned
Adjective
Having two horns; bicorn.
bicycled
bicycled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bicycle
biddance
biddance
noun
Synonym of bidding
Synonym of invitation
biocides
biocides
noun
plural of biocide
birdcage
birdcage
noun
(countable) A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in.
(uncountable) A game of chance played with dice; chuck-a-luck.
bisected
bisected
adj
Divided into two equal pieces.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bisect
boadicea
bovicide
bovicide
noun
One who kills cows.
The killing of a cow.
brandice
brendice
brickred
bridecup
broderic
caddiced
caddices
caddices
noun
plural of caddice
caddised
caddises
caddises
noun
plural of caddis
cadinene
cadinene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a group of isomeric sesquiterpenes found in juniper essential oil.
cadiueio
calcined
calcined
adj
(figurative) Purified, refined.
Converted by calcination.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calcine
caldeira
calibred
calibred
adj
Alternative form of calibered
calicoed
calicoed
adj
Infected by Tobacco mosaic virus.
camailed
camailed
adj
Fitted with a camail.
cameloid
cameloid
adj
Like a camel, or as found in a camel.
noun
Any (fictional) animal similar to a camel.
Misspelling of camelid.
camisade
camisade
noun
Alternative form of camisado
camoodie
camoudie
canadine
canadine
noun
(organic chemistry) A protoberberine alkaloid that can act as a calcium channel blocker.
canadite
candider
candider
adj
comparative form of candid: more candid
candiote
canfield
canfield
Noun
A type of solitaire card game; in the UK typically referring to Klondike, and in the US to Demon.
canicide
canicide
noun
(rare) A dog-killer.
(rare) The killing of a dog.
canioned
canopied
canopied
adj
covered overhead with (or as if with) a canopy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canopy
capriped
capriped
adj
Having or relating to feet like those of a goat.
noun
(mythology) A goat-footed person; a satyr.
capsidae
capsized
capsized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capsize
captived
captived
adj
(obsolete) Captured; captive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of captive
carbides
carbides
noun
plural of carbide
cardines
cardines
noun
plural of cardo
cardlike
cardlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a card.
Resembling or characteristic of card (the material).
caridean
caridean
noun
Any shrimp of the infraorder Caridea.
carideer
carideer
noun
(rare) An animal that is a hybrid of caribou and reindeer.
casefied
casefied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of casefy
catenoid
catenoid
noun
(geometry) A three-dimensional surface formed by rotation of a catenary
catslide
catslide
noun
Synonym of catslide roof
caudaite
caudices
caudices
noun
plural of caudex
caudicle
caudicle
noun
(botany) A slender, elastic process to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.
cavaedia
cavaedia
noun
plural of cavaedium
cavilled
cavilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavil
cavitied
cavitied
adj
Having cavities.
cchaddie
cecidium
cecidium
noun
A gall produced on a plant by infection from insects etc
cedalion
cedillas
cedillas
noun
plural of cedilla
cedriret
cedriret
noun
(organic chemistry) coerulignone
ceilidhe
centetid
centiday
centiday
noun
One hundredth of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
centroid
centroid
noun
(geometry, physics, engineering, of an object or a geometrical figure) The point at which gravitational force (or other universally and uniformly acting force) may be supposed to act on a given rigid, uniformly dense body; the centre of gravity or centre of mass.
(geometry, specifically, of a triangle) The point of intersection of the three medians of a given triangle; the point whose (Cartesian) coordinates are the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of the three vertices.
(graph theory, of a tree) Given a tree of n nodes, either (1) a unique node whose removal would split the tree into subtrees of fewer than n/2 nodes, or (2) either of a pair of adjacent nodes such that removal of the edge connecting them would split the tree into two subtrees of exactly n/2 nodes.
(mathematical analysis, of a function) An analogue of the centre of gravity of a nonuniform body in which local density is replaced by a specified function (which can take negative values) and the place of the body's shape is taken by the function's domain.
(of a finite set of points) the point whose (Cartesian) coordinates are the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of a given finite set of points.
(statistics, cluster analysis, of a cluster of points) the arithmetic mean (alternatively, median) position of a cluster of points in a coordinate system based on some application-dependent measure of distance.
cephadia
cepheids
cepheids
noun
plural of cepheid
cephidae
ceratiid
ceratiid
noun
(zoology) Any fish in the family Ceratiidae.
ceratoid
ceratoid
adj
Having a horn-like shape or structure.
cercopid
cercopid
noun
(zoology) Any insect in the family Cercopidae, the froghoppers.
cervidae
cestidae
cestoids
cestoids
noun
plural of cestoid
ceticide
ceticide
noun
A killer of whales
cevadine
cevadine
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of veratrine
chaldaei
chaliced
chaliced
adj
Having a calyx or cup; cup-shaped.
chamidae
chammied
chammied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chammy
chanidae
cheddite
cheddite
noun
Any of a class of explosives containing inorganic chlorates and organic nitro compounds.
chedites
chelidon
chelidon
noun
(rare, anatomy) Synonym of elbow pit
cheliped
cheliped
noun
(anatomy) A leg bearing a chela, or pincer-like claw.
cheloids
cheloids
noun
plural of cheloid
chelonid
chelonid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Cheloniidae of sea turtles.