(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
acetamid
acetamid
noun
Obsolete spelling of acetamide
acidemia
acidemia
noun
Alternative form of acidaemia
adamsite
adamsite
noun
An organic compound, diphenylaminechlorarsine, used as a riot-control agent.
addiment
addiment
noun
(immunology, archaic) Synonym of complement
adeeming
adeeming
verb
present participle of adeem
adermine
adlumine
adlumine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in plants of genus Adlumia.
admedial
admedial
adj
(anatomy) Near the medial plane
admedian
admedian
adj
(anatomy) Near the median plane
admirers
admirers
noun
plural of admirer
admitted
admitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admit
admittee
admittee
noun
One who is admitted.
admitter
admitter
noun
Someone who or something which admits.
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
affirmed
affirmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affirm
agamidae
airdrome
airdrome
noun
A location where aircraft are operated, usually having a runway and maintenance facilities.
alcimede
aldamine
aldimine
aldimine
noun
(organic chemistry) An imine derived from an aldehyde; general formula RCH=NR
aldoxime
aldoxime
noun
(organic chemistry) Any oxime derived from an aldehyde; general formula RCH=NOH
amandine
amandine
adj
(cooking) Served with almonds.
noun
A cosmetic cream prepared from almonds.
The vegetable casein of almonds.
amberoid
amending
amending
verb
present participle of amend
amerinds
amidases
amidases
noun
plural of amidase
amidated
amidated
adj
(organic chemistry) Converted into, or reacted with an amide
amidines
amidines
noun
plural of amidine
amidogen
amidogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry, dated) The amino radical, •NH₂, the neutral form of the amide ion −NH₂⁻, regardable as the ammonia molecule with one of its hydrogen atoms removed.
amidones
amidones
noun
plural of amidone
aminated
aminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aminate
amioidei
ammelide
ammelide
noun
(organic chemistry) 6-amino-2,4-dihydroxy-1,3,5-triazine, the hydrolysis product of ammeline.
amoebida
amoeboid
amoeboid
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an amoeba, particularly in having amoeboid movement.
noun
A single-celled organism that moves or feeds by amoeboid movement.
amoinder
animated
animated
adj
Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move through the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.
Endowed with life.
Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of animate
animized
aramidae
armenoid
armenoid
Noun
A member of a subtype of the Caucasian race, similar to the Dinaric but with slightly darker pigmentation, found mainly in the northern part of Western Asia.
armoried
atomised
atomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atomise
atomized
atomized
adj
Converted from liquid to a spray or mist.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atomize
azoimide
azoimide
noun
Hydrazoic acid
bdellium
bdellium
noun
Probably an aromatic gum like balsam that was exuded from a tree, probably one of several species in the genus Commiphora.
beambird
beambird
noun
A small European flycatcher, the spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, that often nests on a beam in a building.
becrimed
bedimmed
bedimmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedim
bedimple
bedimple
verb
(transitive) To produce dimples in; to dimple.
bedismal
bedlamic
bedtimes
bedtimes
noun
plural of bedtime
befilmed
befilmed
adj
(poetic, archaic, rare) Covered with a film.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befilm
begrimed
begrimed
adj
Dirty, soiled, grimy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begrime
belemnid
bemisted
bemisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemist
bemitred
beslimed
beslimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beslime
besmiled
besmiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besmile
biformed
biformed
adj
Having two forms.
bimedial
bimedial
adj
(geometry, of a line) Being the sum of two lines commensurable only in power (such as the side and diagonal of a square).
bimodule
bimodule
noun
(mathematics) An abelian group that is both a left and a right module, such that the left and right multiplications are compatible
bipedism
bipedism
noun
Synonym of bipedalism
birdlime
birdlime
noun
(rhyming slang) Time; a jail term, the serving of a prison sentence.
A sticky substance smeared on branches to catch birds.
verb
(transitive) To add birdlime to.
bodiment
bombidae
brideman
brideman
noun
Alternative form of bridesman
bromides
bromides
noun
plural of bromide
bromised
bromized
bromized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bromize
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
cecidium
cecidium
noun
A gall produced on a plant by infection from insects etc
chamidae
chammied
chammied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chammy
chiefdom
chiefdom
noun
(anthropology) A society larger than a tribe, but smaller or simpler than a state.
An area or region governed by a chief.
chromide
chromide
noun
Any of various cichlid fishes found in Asia.
cimicide
climaxed
climaxed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of climax
cnemides
cnemides
noun
plural of cnemis
coadmire
codamine
codiaeum
combined
combined
adj
Resulting from the addition of several sources, parts, elements, aspects, etc. united together.
noun
(skiing) Ellipsis of Nordic combined..
(skiing) Ellipsis of alpine combined.. An event in alpine skiing consisting of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of combine
comedial
comedian
comedian
noun
(by extension) Any person who is humorous or amusing, either characteristically or on a particular occasion.
(dated) A person who performs in theatrical plays.
(obsolete) A writer of comedies.
An entertainer who performs in a humorous manner, especially by telling jokes.
comedies
comedies
noun
plural of comedy
comedist
comedist
noun
A writer of comedies.
cometoid
commixed
commixed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commix
comoedia
compiled
compiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of compile
complied
complied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comply
crimpled
crimpled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crimple
cumidine
cumidine
noun
(organic chemistry) A strong, liquid, organic base, C₃H₇.C₆H₄.NH₂, homologous with aniline.
cyamelid
daemonic
daemonic
adj
Alternative form of demonic
daimiate
daimiote
daimones
dairymen
dairymen
noun
plural of dairyman
damietta
damietta
Proper noun
A town in the Nile delta in Egypt
damoisel
dapedium
daytimes
daytimes
noun
plural of daytime
decemfid
decemfid
adj
(botany) cleft into ten parts
decemvii
decemvir
decemvir
noun
(historical) Any of two groups of 10 men selected in 451 and 450 B.C. to wield complete power over Rome and establish the laws of the Twelve Tables.
Any member of a decemvirate, a council or ruling body of 10 people, as the Venetian Council of Ten.
decigram
decigram
noun
(metrology) An SI unit of mass equal to 10⁻¹ grams. Symbol: dg
decimals
decimals
noun
plural of decimal
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of decimal
decimate
decimate
noun
(obsolete) A set of ten items.
(obsolete) A tenth of something.
(obsolete) A tithe or other 10% tax or payment.
verb
(archaic) To kill one-tenth of a group, (historical, specifically) as a military punishment in the Roman army selected by lot, usually carried out by the surviving soldiers.
(computer graphics) To replace a high-resolution model with another of lower but acceptable quality.
(loosely) To devastate: to reduce or destroy significantly but not completely.
(obsolete) To decimalize: to divide into tenths, hundredths, etc.
(obsolete) To exact a tithe or other 10% tax
(obsolete, rare) To tithe: to pay a 10% tax.
(proscribed) To reduce to one-tenth: to destroy or remove nine-tenths of anything.
To destroy or remove one-tenth of anything.
decimole
decimole
noun
An SI unit (symbol dmol) of amount of substance, equal to 10⁻¹ moles.
decipium
decipium
noun
(obsolete) Proposed name for a chemical element isolated from samarskite, later found to be a mixture of samarium and other rare earth elements.
declaims
declaims
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of declaim
decumani
defaming
defaming
noun
defamation
verb
present participle of defame
deidamia
delictum
deliming
deliming
verb
present participle of delime
delimits
delimits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of delimit
delirium
delirium
noun
(medicine) A temporary mental state with a sudden onset, usually reversible, including symptoms of confusion, inability to concentrate, disorientation, anxiety, and sometimes hallucinations. Causes can include dehydration, drug intoxication, and severe infection.
Wild, frenzied excitement or ecstasy.
demaggio
dementia
dementia
noun
(pathology) A progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Areas particularly affected include memory, attention, judgement, language and problem solving.
Madness or insanity.
dementie
dementis
demerits
demerits
noun
plural of demerit
demetria
demetris
demibath
demibelt
demidome
demigods
demigods
noun
plural of demigod
demihake
demihigh
demijohn
demijohn
noun
A large bottle with a short neck, sometimes with two small handles at the neck, sometimes encased in wickerwork.
demiking
demilion
demilion
noun
(heraldry) The upper or front half of a lion
demilune
demilune
adj
(architecture, furniture) In the shape of a half-moon, i.e. semicircular.
noun
(biology) A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.
(military, architecture) A fortification constructed beyond the main ditch of a fortress, and in front of the curtain between two bastions, intended to defend the curtain; a ravelin.
demimark
demimonk
deminude
demiphon
demipike
demireps
demireps
noun
plural of demirep
demirobe
demisang
demising
demising
adj
(of a wall or partition) Serving to separate tenants from one another or from common areas.
verb
present participle of demise
demissly
demissly
adv
(obsolete, rare) In a humble manner.
demisuit
demitint
demitint
noun
(art) That part of a painting, engraving, etc. which is neither in full darkness nor full light.
(art) The shade itself; neither the darkest nor the lightest in a composition.