(obsolete outside dialects) The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
aberdonian
aberdonian
Adjective
Of or relating to Aberdeen.
Noun
A citizen or inhabitant of, or person born in, Aberdeen, NE Scotland.
aberduvine
aberduvine
noun
Alternative form of aberdevine.
abridgment
abridgment
noun
(US) An epitome or compend, as of a book; a shortened or abridged form; an abbreviation.
(US) The act of abridging; reduction or deprivation
(US) The state of being abridged or lessened.
(dated, law) Any of various brief statements of case law made before modern reporting of legal cases.
(law) The leaving out of certain portions of a plaintiff's demand, the writ still holding good for the remainder.
(obsolete) That which abridges or cuts short; hence, an entertainment that makes the time pass quickly
accordions
accordions
noun
plural of accordion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accordion
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
acquirenda
acquirenda
noun
plural of acquirendum
acridinium
acridinium
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any cation produced by protonation of an acridine.
acridonium
acridonium
noun
Alternative form of acridinium
acrindolin
addlebrain
addlebrain
noun
An addlebrained person.
addressing
addressing
noun
(computing) Any of several methods of locating and accessing information within storage
(linguistics) A mode, manner, or form of direct speech to an audience.
A process of putting a person's name and address on an item of mail
verb
present participle of address
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.
adenoviral
adenoviral
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or caused by an adenovirus
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adfreezing
adiaphoron
adiaphoron
noun
(philosophy) A matter that is morally neutral.
(theology) Something neither forbidden nor commanded by scripture.
adirondack
adirondack
Noun
A member of an Algonquin people that lived along the Ottawa River in Ontario and Quebec.
Proper noun
The Adirondacks
adjourning
adjourning
verb
present participle of adjourn
adjuration
adjuration
noun
A grave warning.
A solemn oath.
administer
administer
verb
(intransitive) To minister (to).
(law) To settle, as the estate of one who dies without a will, or whose will fails of an executor.
(medicine) To give a drug to a patient, be it orally or by any other means.
(transitive) To apportion out, distribute.
(transitive) To cause to ingest (a drug), either by openly offering or through deceit.
(transitive) To manage or supervise the conduct, performance or execution of; to govern or regulate the parameters for the conduct, performance or execution of; to work in an administrative capacity.
To give, as an oath.
admiration
admiration
noun
(obsolete) Cause of admiration; something to excite wonder, or pleased surprise.
(obsolete) Wondering or questioning (without any particular positive or negative attitude to the subject).
A positive emotion including wonder and approbation; the regarding of another as being wonderful
admiringly
admiringly
adv
In an admiring manner.
admonisher
admonisher
noun
One who admonishes.
admonitory
admonitory
adj
Of or pertaining to an admonition; serving to reprove, warn or advise.
admonitrix
admonitrix
noun
(archaic) A female admonitor.
adnephrine
adorations
adorations
noun
plural of adoration
adornation
adornation
Noun
adornment
adorningly
adorningly
adv
decoratively; using adornments.
adrenaline
adrenaline
noun
(biochemistry) epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter.
Excitement; thrills.
adrenalize
adrenalize
verb
American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of adrenalise.
adrenergic
adrenergic
adj
Activated by an adrenal mechanism
Containing or releasing adrenaline.
Having the quality of adrenaline or epinephrine.
noun
Any adrenergic compound
adriamycin
adriamycin
noun
An anthracycline antibiotic drug used in cancer chemotherapy.
adrianople
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adsorption
adsorption
noun
The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
adterminal
adulterine
adulterine
adj
Born of adultery.
Illegal; unlicensed.
Pertaining to adultery.
Spurious; due to adulteration.
noun
(rare) One born of an adulterous union.
aerodontia
aerodontic
affriended
affriended
adj
(obsolete) Made friends; reconciled.
afraidness
afraidness
noun
The state or quality of being afraid.
africander
africanoid
africanoid
Noun
A Negroid.
afrikander
afterdrain
aftergrind
aggrandise
aggrandise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize.
aggrandize
aggrandize
verb
(intransitive, rare) To increase or become great.
(transitive) To make appear great or greater; to exalt.
(transitive) To make great or greater in power, rank, honor, or wealth (applied to persons, countries, etc.).
(transitive) To make great; to enlarge; to increase.
agrionidae
airbrained
aldermanic
aldermanic
adj
(Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
(Of size) plump, rotund, fleshy.
Of or pertaining to an alderman.
aleixandre
alessandri
alexandria
alexandria
Proper noun
A city and port in Egypt.
A census-designated place in Alabama, USA
A city in Monroe Township, Indiana, USA
A city in Kentucky, USA
A city and the parish seat of Louisiana, USA
A city in Minnesota, USA
A city in Missouri, USA
A village in Nebraska, USA
A town in New Hampshire, USA
A town in New York, USA
A village in Ohio, USA
An unincorporated community in Ohio, USA
A borough in Pennsylvania, USA
A town in Tennessee, USA
An independent city in Virginia, USA
A city in South Dakota, USA
A former town in United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada; now a part of the township of North Glengarry
A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada
A town in Sarah Baartman District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
A town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality, Mpumalanga, South Africa
alisanders
alisanders
noun
Alternative form of alexanders (plant)
amerindian
amerindian
Noun
An American Indian.
amidrazone
amidrazone
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of nitrogen derivatives of carboxylic acids having a tautomeric structure represented by the general formulas RC(=NH)NHNH₂ and RC(NH₂)=NNH₂
anacardium
anandrious
ancistroid
ancistroid
adj
Hook-shaped.
andrenidae
andrewsite
andrewsite
noun
(mineralogy, historical) A now-discredited mineral, reported in Cornwall and later shown to be a mixture of hentschelite and rockbridgeite, with minor chalcosiderite.
androconia
androconia
noun
plural of androconium
androeccia
androecial
androecial
adj
(botany) Relating to the androecium
androecium
androecium
noun
(botany) The set of a flower's stamens.
androgenic
androgenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
androgonia
androgynia
androgynic
androkinin
andromania
andronicus
andronitis
anhidrosis
anhidrosis
noun
(medicine) The reduced ability or inability to sweat.
anhidrotic
anhidrotic
adj
lacking the ability to sweat
noun
(pharmacology) A substance that prevents sweating
anhydremia
anhydremic
anhydrides
anhydrides
noun
plural of anhydride
anhydrosis
anhydrosis
noun
Misspelling of anhidrosis.
anhydrotic
animadvert
animadvert
verb
(intransitive) To criticise, to censure.
(intransitive, law, archaic) To turn judicial attention (to); to criticise or punish.
(intransitive, obsolete) To consider.
annerodite
antadiform
antebridal
antheridia
antheridia
noun
plural of antheridium
anthracoid
anthracoid
adj
(biology) Resembling anthrax.
anthradiol
anthropoid
anthropoid
adj
(anatomy, in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having an anteroposterior diameter equal or exceeding the transverse diameter.
having characteristics of a human, usually in terms of shape or appearance
having characteristics of an ape
noun
An anthropoid animal.
antibridal
antidorcas
antidotary
antidotary
adj
(pharmacology) Relating to or being an antidote, antidotal.
noun
(historical) A book of antidotes or pharmacological preparations.
(obsolete) An antidote.
antidromal
antidromal
adj
(botany) antidromous
(neurology) antidromic
antidromic
antidromic
adj
(neurology, of a nerve impulse) flowing in the opposite direction from normal
antimodern
antimodern
adj
Opposed to modernity or modernization
noun
A person opposed to modernity or modernization
antiputrid
antiputrid
adj
antiputrefactive
antitrades
antitrades
noun
plural of antitrade
arachnidan
arachnidan
noun
(zoology) Any of the Arachnida.
araneoidea
arcadianly
archdivine
archfiends
archfiends
noun
plural of archfiend
archfriend
arctoidean
arecaidine
arecaidine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid,1-methyl-3,6-dihydro-2H-pyridine-5-carboxylic acid, found in areca nuts
arecolidin
arendalite
argentamid
argonautid
argonautid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Argonautidae.
aridnesses
aridnesses
noun
plural of aridness
arsenicked
arsenicked
adj
(rare) Poisoned with arsenic.
arsenoxide
arsenoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) The functional group -As=O; any organic compound containing this group
attainders
attainders
noun
plural of attainder
attermined
audiencier
audiencier
noun
A bailiff in certain French courts.
backfriend
backfriend
noun
(UK, dialectal) A friend at one's back; a backer; one who does his best for another; a supporter.
(UK, dialectal) A hangnail.
(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A false friend; a secret enemy.
bainbridge
bainbrudge
banderilla
banderilla
noun
(bullfighting) A decorated barbed stick used in bullfighting to stick into the bulls' shoulders.
banditries
banditries
noun
plural of banditry
bandstring
bandstring
noun
(obsolete or historical) Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels.
bandurrias
bandurrias
noun
plural of bandurria
barramundi
barramundi
noun
A diadromous fish of species Lates calcarifer, of the Centropomidae family, order Perciformes.
barrandite
barrandite
noun
(mineralogy) The mineral (Al,Fe³⁺)PO₄⋅2H₂O, related to taranakite.
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
bartizaned
basinerved
becrowding
becrowding
verb
present participle of becrowd
bedirtying
bedirtying
verb
present participle of bedirty
bedminster
bedminster
Proper noun
A district of Bristol, England, formerly a small town in Somerset
bedrugging
bedrugging
verb
present participle of bedrug
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
bedwarfing
bedwarfing
verb
present participle of bedwarf
befingered
befingered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befinger
befriended
befriended
verb
simple past tense and past participle of befriend
befriender
befriender
noun
One who befriends.
begirdling
begirdling
verb
present participle of begirdle
begrudging
begrudging
adj
grudgeful, envious
reluctant
verb
present participle of begrudge
bellbinder
belverdian
benzedrine
benzedrine
noun
The racemic mixture of amphetamine (dl-amphetamine).
beribanded
beribboned
beribboned
adj
Adorned, trimmed with ribbons
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beribbon
bermudians
bernardina
bernardine
bernardino
bestridden
bestridden
verb
past participle of bestride
bestriding
bestriding
verb
present participle of bestride
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
biedermann
biliverdin
biliverdin
noun
(biochemistry) A green tetrapyrrolic bile pigment, a product of heme catabolism, responsible for the greenish color sometimes seen in bruises.
bipyridine
bipyridine
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of six isomeric bicyclic heterocycles consisting of two pyridine molecules directly linked; their derivatives have many industrial applications.