(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the genitals.
abnegated
abnegated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abnegate
abridgement
abridgement
noun
(chiefly UK) Alternative form of abridgment
abridgements
abridgements
noun
plural of abridgement
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
abridgments
abridgments
noun
plural of abridgment
accommodatingness
accrediting
accrediting
verb
present participle of accredit
acknowledgement
acknowledgement
noun
(most common British spelling, also sometimes used in the US) Alternative spelling of acknowledgment
acknowledgements
acknowledgements
noun
plural of acknowledgement
acknowledgment
acknowledgment
noun
(law) A formal statement or document recognizing the fulfillment or execution of a legal requirement or procedure.
(law) The act of a person admitting a child as their own.
(telecommunications, computing, networking) A response (ACK) sent by a receiver to indicate successful receipt of a transmission (See Wikipedia article on transmission).
A message from the addressee informing the originator that the originator's communication has been received and understood.
A recognition as genuine or valid; an avowing or admission in legal form.
A reward or other expression or token of gratitude.
An expression of gratitude for a benefit or an obligation.
The act of acknowledging
The act of recognizing in a particular character or relationship; recognition of existence, authority, truth, or genuineness.
acknowledgments
acknowledgments
noun
plural of acknowledgment
actinogonidiate
adenologaditis
adenopharyngitis
adglutinate
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
adjudgment
adjudgment
noun
The action of imposing judgment.
adlegation
adlegation
noun
A right formerly claimed by the states of the German Empire of joining their own ministers with those of the emperor in public treaties and negotiations to the common interest of the empire.
admarginate
admarginate
verb
(archaic) To write in the margin.
administering
administering
noun
administration
verb
present participle of administer
administerings
administerings
noun
plural of administering
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
adstringe
adulterating
adulterating
verb
present participle of adulterate
advantage
advantage
noun
(countable) Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or means, particularly favorable or chance to success, or to any desired end.
(countable, uncountable) Superiority of state, or that which gives it; benefit; gain; profit
(obsolete) Superiority; mastery; — used with of to specify its nature or with over to specify the other party.
(soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.
(tennis) The score where one player wins a point after deuce but needs the next to carry the game.
Interest of money; increase; overplus (as the thirteenth in the baker's dozen).
verb
(reflexive) to do something for one's own benefit; to take advantage of
(transitive) to provide (someone) with an advantage, to give an edge to
advantaged
advantaged
adj
(of a person) Financially secure; elite and economically successful.
Having been given an advantage, such as by biased referees in a competition.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advantage
advantageous
advantageous
adj
Being of advantage, beneficial.
advantageously
advantageously
adv
In a manner which provides an advantage; in an advantageous manner.
advantageousness
advantageousness
noun
The state or quality of being advantageous.
advantages
advantages
noun
plural of advantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advantage
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
adventuring
adventuring
noun
adventure
verb
present participle of adventure
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
advertising
advertising
noun
Communication whose purpose is to influence potential customers about products and services.
The industry or profession made up of such communications.
verb
present participle of advertise
advertisings
advertisings
noun
plural of advertising
advertizing
advertizing
verb
present participle of advertize
aerodontalgia
aerodontalgia
noun
(dentistry) Pain in the teeth caused by changes in air pressure.
aftergrind
afterknowledge
afterknowledge
noun
Knowledge acquired later, or after the event.
agathodaemon
agathodaemon
noun
A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
agathodemon
agathodemon
noun
Alternative spelling of agathodaemon.
agelacrinitidae
agglutinated
agglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate
aggrandisement
aggrandisement
noun
(Britain) Alternative form of aggrandizement
aggrandizement
aggrandizement
Noun
The act of aggrandizing, or the state of being aggrandized or exalted in power, rank, honor, or wealth; exaltation; enlargement.
aggrandizements
aggrandizements
noun
plural of aggrandizement
agminated
agminated
adj
agminate
aguardiente
aguardiente
noun
A kind of brandy made in Spain and Portugal.
A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque, found in Central and South America as well as the southwestern United States.
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
amygdonitrile
anagrammatised
anagrammatised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatise
anagrammatized
anagrammatized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anagrammatize
androgametangium
androgametophore
androgenetic
androgenetic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androgenesis.
androgyneity
anecdotage
anecdotage
noun
anecdotes considered as a group
garrulous old age
anecdotages
anecdotages
noun
plural of anecdotage
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
angulated
angulated
adj
Synonym of angulate
verb
simple past tense and past participle of angulate
angulodentate
animadverting
animadverting
verb
present participle of animadvert
antagonised
antagonised
adj
Alternative form of antagonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antagonise
antagonized
antagonized
adj
(medicine, especially describing a muscle) Having been acted on by antagonistic forces.
(of a person or group) Having been aggravated or made into an enemy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antagonize
anteceding
anteceding
verb
present participle of antecede
antedating
antedating
noun
(lexicography) An earlier citation of a lexical item.
The action of marking with an earlier date.
verb
present participle of antedate
antegarden
antegrade
antegrade
adj
moving or directed forward
anterograde
anterograde
adj
(medicine) Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock.
(medicine) Moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of.
anthologised
anthologised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologise
anthologized
anthologized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthologize
antidecalogue
antidetonating
antieavesdropping
antiprestidigitation
antireducing
antispending
antispending
adj
(politics) Opposed to or combating spending, especially government spending
antispreading
antiwedge
appendorontgenography
argentamid
argentamide
argenticyanide
argentide
argentinidae
armageddonist
aryepiglottidean
astringed
astringed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astringe
attending
attending
adj
Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor.
That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant.
noun
(Canada, US) A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care.
verb
present participle of attend
attendingly
attendingly
adv
Giving one's attention; attentively.
attendings
attendings
noun
plural of attending
augmented
augmented
adj
(music) increased by a semitone.
increased in number, amount or strength.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of augment
augmentedly
augmentedly
adv
In an augmented manner.
autodigestion
autodigestion
noun
(biology) The digestion of tissue by enzymes produced by the organism itself.
autodrainage
autoindexing
autoindexing
noun
(computing) The programmed retrieval of words from a document for use in building an index
automatic indexing
avantgarde
avantgarde
noun
Alternative form of avant-garde
bacteriodiagnosis
bangtailed
bangtailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bangtail
bartending
bartending
verb
present participle of bartend
basidiogenetic
battledoring
battleground
battleground
noun
(US politics) Ellipsis of battleground state.
(figurative) Any place or situation of dispute or contention
(figurative) Any subject of dispute or contention.
A location where a battle may be fought, or has been fought.
battlegrounds
battlegrounds
noun
plural of battleground
beardtongue
beardtongue
noun
A flowering plant in the genus Penstemon with a prominent, often hairy, staminode.
beardtongues
beardtongues
noun
plural of beardtongue
bedragglement
bedragglement
noun
The state of being bedraggled.
berchtesgaden
besteading
besteading
noun
Help; assistance; aid; avail.
verb
present participle of bestead
bestraddling
bestraddling
verb
present participle of bestraddle
biangulated
biangulated
adj
Alternative form of biangulate
bigeminated
bigheartedness
bigheartedness
noun
The quality of being bighearted.
biodegradation
biodegradation
noun
The decomposition of any material by microorganisms.
biodegradations
biodegradations
noun
plural of biodegradation
boltheading
branchiostegidae
breastfeeding
breastfeeding
noun
(countable) An instance (session) of such feeding activity.
(uncountable) The act or process of feeding a baby or young child milk from a lactating breast.
verb
present participle of breastfeed
bridgehampton
brongniardite
brongniardite
noun
(mineralogy) A lead-silver sulfantimonide with 26.2% silver, some of which is apparently diaphorite and some canfieldite.
bundestag
bundestag
Proper noun
The federal/state parliament of Germany.
calcaneoastragaloid
candlelight
candlelight
noun
The light emitted by a candle.
candlelighted
candlelighted
adj
candlelit
candlelighter
candlelighter
noun
A person who lights candles.
A spill used for lighting candles.
candlelighting
candlelighting
noun
The lighting of a candle, especially as part of a ceremony
candlelights
candlelights
noun
plural of candlelight
candlewasting
candlewasting
Adjective
Causing a waste of candles by studying late into the night.
candlewright
candlewright
noun
(obsolete) A chandler, or maker of candles.
centigrade
centigrade
adj
(of a scale) Having 100 divisions between two fixed points.
Celsius (since 1948).
noun
(countable) A unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon.
(countable, dated) A single degree on this scale.
(uncountable) A centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948.
centigrado
centrifugalized
centrifugalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centrifugalize
chondropterygian
chondropterygian
adj
Having a cartilaginous skeleton.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the obsolete taxon Chondropterygii, which included both the cartilaginous fish (Chondrichthyes) such as sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras, and the more primitive bony fishes such as sturgeons that have some bones made of cartilage.
cingulated
cingulated
adj
Having a cingulum
circumnavigated
circumnavigated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate
citrangeade
citrangeade
noun
A sweetened drink like orangeade but made with citranges.
cladogenetic
cladogenetic
adj
(genetics) Alternative form of cladogenic
cladogenetically
cladogenetically
adv
By means of cladogenesis.
clearsightedness
clearsightedness
noun
Alternative spelling of clear-sightedness
coadventuring
coastguardsmen
coastguardsmen
noun
plural of coastguardsman
coattending
coattending
verb
present participle of coattend
coelongated
cognominated
cognominated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cognominate
confederating
confederating
verb
present participle of confederate
configurated
configurated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of configurate
conflagrated
conflagrated
adj
Burnt, destroyed by fire.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate
conglobated
conglobated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglobate
conglomerated
conglomerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglomerate
conglutinated
conglutinated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conglutinate
congratulated
congratulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congratulate
congregated
congregated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of congregate
coniopterygidae
conjugated
conjugated
adj
(organic chemistry, of an organic compound or part of such a compound) Containing one or more pairs of double bonds and/or lone pairs, each pair being separated by a single bond.
Joined together in pairs.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of conjugate