(transitive, rare) To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes
abactinal
abactinal
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal.
abalation
abattised
abattised
adj
Alternative spelling of abatised
abattises
abattises
noun
plural of abattis
abattoirs
abattoirs
noun
plural of abattoir
abbatical
abbatical
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of abbatial
abbotcies
abbotcies
noun
plural of abbotcy
abbotship
abbotship
noun
The state, term, or office of an abbot; abbacy.
abdicated
abdicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abdicate
abdicates
abdicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abdicate
abdicator
abdicator
noun
(obsolete) A person supporting the abdication of another.
abducting
abducting
verb
present participle of abduct
abduction
abduction
noun
(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Leading away; a carrying away.
abenteric
abenteric
adj
(pathology) Relating to organs outside of the intestine.
abietinic
abietinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to abietin.
abiliment
abiliment
noun
Obsolete form of habiliment.
abilities
abilities
noun
plural of ability
abiotical
abjection
abjection
noun
(biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
(obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
abjective
abjective
adj
Tending to make abject.
ablations
ablations
noun
plural of ablation
ablatival
ablatival
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to the ablative case.
ablatives
ablatives
noun
plural of ablative
ablutions
ablutions
noun
A building that houses bathing and toilet facilities on a military base.
plural of ablution
abnormity
abnormity
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abnormality
A monstrosity
aboiteaus
aboiteaus
noun
plural of aboiteau
aboiteaux
abolition
abolition
noun
(historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation.
(historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.
(obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory.
The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation.
The state of being abolished.
abominate
abominate
adj
(rare) Abominable; detested.
verb
(transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
(transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly.
abortient
abortient
adj
(archaic, medicine) Reproductively sterile or miscarrying.
noun
(archaic, medicine) Abortifacient; an agent producing abortion.
abortions
abortions
noun
plural of abortion
abrazitic
abreption
abreption
noun
(obsolete) A snatching away.
abruption
abruption
noun
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
absenting
absenting
verb
present participle of absent
absinthes
absinthes
noun
plural of absinthe
absinthic
absinthic
adj
(chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
absinthin
absinthin
noun
(organic chemistry) The principal compound found in wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter taste: C₁₅H₂₀O₄
absinthol
absinthol
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoterpene ketone that is a major constituent of the essential oil of wormwood, C₁₀H₁₆O; thujone.
abstained
abstained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstain
abstainer
abstainer
noun
Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
abstinent
abstinent
adj
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite.
noun
(usually capitalized, religion, historical) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence from meat and sex.
One who abstains; a faster.
abstricts
abstricts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstrict
absurdist
absurdist
adj
Of, or relating to absurdism.
noun
An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.
absurdity
absurdity
noun
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
abthainry
abutilons
abutilons
noun
plural of abutilon
accubitum
accubitum
noun
A bench or sofa for reclining at a table.
A dining hall or refectory.
A round dining table.
accubitus
acrobatic
acrobatic
adj
Of or pertaining to an acrobat.
vigorously active
activable
activable
adj
Capable of being activated
adhibited
adhibited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adhibit
adiabatic
adiabatic
adj
(physics, quantum mechanics, of a process) That involves the slow change of the Hamiltonian of a system from its initial value to a final value.
(physics, thermodynamics, of a process) That occurs without gain or loss of heat (and thus with no change in entropy, in the quasistatic approximation).
noun
An adiabatic curve or graph
aerobatic
aerobatic
adj
Having to do with acrobatic maneuvers, such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.
aerobiont
aerobiont
noun
(biology) Any organism that needs air (oxygen) to survive
aghlabite
airbursts
airbursts
noun
plural of airburst
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airburst
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
alabastoi
albertina
albertine
albertist
albertite
albertite
noun
(mineralogy) A bituminous mineral resembling asphalt.
albinotic
albinotic
adj
Affected with albinism.
albitical
alibility
alibility
noun
The quality of being alible; nourishingness.
amability
amability
noun
(obsolete) lovableness
ambiguity
ambiguity
noun
(countable) words or statements that are open to more than one interpretation, explanation or meaning, especially if that meaning cannot be determined from its context.
(uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.
ambitions
ambitions
noun
plural of ambition
ambitious
ambitious
adj
(followed by "of" or the infinitive) Very desirous
(of a person or their character) Having or showing ambition; wanting a lot of power, honor, respect, superiority, or other distinction.
Hard to achieve.
Resulting from, characterized by, or indicating, ambition
ambiverts
ambiverts
noun
plural of ambivert
ambulatio
ambustion
ambustion
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A burn or scald.
anabantid
anabantid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Anabantidae of climbing perches.
anabiotic
anabiotic
adj
(medicine, archaic) Serving to resuscitate; restorative.
Relating to, or recovering from, anabiosis.
noun
(medicine, archaic) A restorative remedy; a powerful stimulant.
anabolite
anabolite
noun
(biochemistry) Any substance produced as a result of anabolism
anabrotic
anatabine
anatabine
noun
(organic chemistry) The alkaloid [2R,(+)]-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-2,3'-bipyridine present in the nightshades
anthobian
anthribid
anthribid
noun
Any weevil of the family Anthribidae.
antiabrin
antibiont
antibiont
noun
(biology) Any organism that produces antibiotics or participates in antibiosis
antiblack
antiblack
adj
Hostile to black people, often specifically African Americans.
antiblock
antilabor
antilabor
adj
In opposition to labor unions.
In opposition to the labor party.
antirabic
antirabic
adj
Preventing or curing rabies.
antirobin
antiurban
antiurban
adj
(sociology) Showing a negative view of cities or city life
anukabiet
anukabiet
noun
An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
apobiotic
appetible
appetible
adj
Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.
arability
arability
noun
(agriculture) The capacity for land to produce or support vegetation.
arbalists
arbalists
noun
plural of arbalist
arbitrage
arbitrage
noun
(archaic) Arbitration.
(finance) A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.
verb
(intransitive, finance) To employ arbitrage
(transitive, finance) To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among
arbitrary
arbitrary
adj
(linguistics) Not representative or symbolic; not iconic.
(mathematics) Any, out of all that are possible.
(usually of a decision) Based on individual discretion or judgment; not based on any objective distinction, perhaps even made at random.
Determined by impulse rather than reason; heavy-handed.
Determined by independent arbiter.
noun
Anything arbitrary, such as an arithmetical value or a fee.
arbitrate
arbitrate
verb
(mathematics, rare) To assign an arbitrary value to, or otherwise determine arbitrarily.
To make a judgment (on a dispute) as an arbitrator or arbiter
To submit (a dispute) to such judgment
arbitress
arbitress
noun
A female arbiter.
arborists
arborists
noun
plural of arborist
artmobile
artmobile
noun
A vehicle that operates as a mobile art exhibition.
asbestine
asbestine
adj
Resembling or relating to asbestos.
noun
A type of fibrous talc used primarily as a filler or extender.
asbestoid
asbestoid
adj
(mineralogy) Resembling asbestos
atabalipa
atabyrian
atrabilar
attribute
attribute
noun
(computer graphics, dated) A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
(computing, object-oriented programming) An option or setting belonging to some object.
(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
(programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
verb
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
aubretias
aubretias
noun
plural of aubretia
aubrietas
aubrietas
noun
plural of aubrieta
aubrietia
aubrietia
noun
A creeping perennial plant native to southeastern Europe, Aubrieta deltoidea, grown as a groundcover and in rock gardens for its dense foliage and purple, pink or white flowers.
auditable
auditable
adj
Able to be audited.
avertible
avertible
adj
Capable of being averted; preventable.
baalistic
babbitted
babbitted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of babbitt
babbitter
babbitter
noun
A worker who applies Babbitt metal.
babbittry
babbittry
noun
Narrow-minded materialism.
babouvist
babouvist
Noun
A supporter or follower of or his ideas, including universal equal income and the abolition of private property.
bacillite
backbiter
backbiter
noun
A person who says nasty things about another person behind the second person's back: that is, out of their sight and hearing.
backbites
backbites
noun
plural of backbite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite
backjoint
backjoint
noun
(architecture) A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.
backlists
backlists
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backlist
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backstair
backstair
adj
clandestine, secret or furtive
noun
The backstairs (stairs at the rear of a building).
backstein
backstick
backstick
noun
(field hockey, often attributively) An illegal shot in which a player strikes the ball with the rounded face of the stick in field hockey.
backstrip
backtrail
backtrail
noun
A small path or trail that is not used regularly.
The path over which one has already traveled.
verb
To backtrack along a trail.
backtrick
bacterial
bacterial
adj
(microbiology) Of, relating to, or caused by bacteria.
bacterian
bacterian
adj
(archaic) bacterial
bacterins
bacterins
noun
plural of bacterin
bacteriol
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
bacterize
bacterize
verb
To treat with bacteria.
bacteroid
bacteroid
adj
(biology) Resembling bacteria.
noun
(dated) A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.
A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces.
bactrites
baculites
baculites
noun
plural of baculite
baculitic
badminton
badminton
noun
(countable) A cooling summer drink made with claret, sugar, and soda water.
(uncountable) A racquet sport played indoors on a court by two opposing players (singles) or two opposing pairs of players (doubles), in which a shuttlecock is volleyed over a net and the competitions are presided by an umpire in British English and a referee in American English.
bagattini
bagattino
bagritski
baikalite
baikerite
baileyton
bailments
bailments
noun
plural of bailment
bairnteam
bairnteem
bairntime
bairnwort
bakhtiari
balaamite
balaamite
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Balaam (a Biblical figure).
Resembling Balaam, as described in Revelation 2:14.