(obsolete) The act of disowning or disinheriting a child.
(obsolete) The action of being deposed from the seat of power.
(obsolete, law) The renunciation of interest in a property or a legal claim; abandonment.
The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder.
The voluntary renunciation of sovereign power.
abducentes
abducentes
noun
plural of abducens
abductions
abductions
noun
plural of abduction
acanthodea
acanthodei
acanthodes
acanthodii
acanthopod
acanthopod
adj
Spiny-footed.
accidental
accidental
adj
(geometry) Being a double point with two distinct tangent planes in 4-dimensional projective space.
(music) Adjusted by one or two semitones, in temporary departure from the key signature.
(philosophy) Nonessential to something's inherent nature (especially in Aristotelian thought).
Happening by chance, or unexpectedly; taking place not according to the usual course of things; by accident, unintentional.
Occurring sometimes, by chance; occasional.
Pertaining to accident and not essence; thus, inessential; incidental; secondary.
noun
(music) A sharp, flat, or natural, occurring not at the commencement of a piece of music as the signature, but before a particular note.
(painting, plural only) Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.
A property which is not essential; a nonessential; anything happening accidentally.
Part of a text that has a mainly structural purpose, such as spelling, punctuation, or capitalization.
accidented
accidented
adj
(possessional) Having had an accident
That has an uneven or undulating surface
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
acetamidin
acetanilid
acetanilid
noun
Alternative form of acetanilide
achondrite
achondrite
noun
(astronomy, geology) Any stony meteorite that contains no chondrules
acidifiant
acidifiant
noun
Any acidifying agent.
acotyledon
acotyledon
noun
(botany) A plant that has no cotyledons, as the dodder and all flowerless plants.
acquainted
acquainted
adj
Personally known; familiar.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquaint
actinoidea
actinopoda
actionized
actionized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actionize
acuminated
acuminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acuminate
addictions
addictions
noun
plural of addiction
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.
adenectomy
adenectomy
noun
(medicine) The removal of all or part of the adenoid glands by surgery.
adenotomic
adenotomic
adj
Pertaining to adenotomy (the dissection of or incision into a gland).
adiactinic
adiactinic
adj
(chemistry) Not transmitting the actinic rays.
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adjacently
adjacently
adv
In such a way as to be adjacent.
adjunction
adjunction
noun
(category theory) Given a pair of categories 𝒞 and 𝒟: an anti-parallel pair of functors F:𝒞→𝒟 and G:𝒟→𝒞 and a natural transformation 𝜂: mbox id_C→GF called “unit” such that for any object A∈𝒞, for any object B∈𝒟, and for any morphism f:A→GB, there is a unique morphism g:FA→B such that Gg∘𝜂_A=f. (Note: there is another natural transformation called “counit” as well but its existence may be derived by theorem.) The pair of functors express a similarity between the pair of categories which is weaker than that of an equivalence of categories.
(law) The joining of personal property owned by one to that owned by another.
The act of joining; the thing joined or added.
adjunctive
adjunctive
adj
(logic) the property of two operations x and y, such that ax(ayb) = a, and ay(axb) = a
additional; neither basic nor primary
forming an adjunct
noun
(grammar) a connector joining two components of the same weight, such as a coordinating conjunction
(manufacturing) a substance added as a supplement; often in the phrase "additives and adjunctives."
admittance
admittance
noun
(Britain, law) The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate.
(physics) The reciprocal of impedance
Actual entrance, reception.
Permission to enter, the power or right of entrance.
The act of admitting.
adolescent
adolescent
adj
Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult.
noun
A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
adscendent
advertence
advertence
noun
The quality of being advertent
advertency
advertency
noun
The quality of being advertent.
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
advocation
advocation
noun
(Britain, law) The right of presenting to a vacant benefice or living in the church.
(Scotland, law) The process of removing a cause from an inferior court to the supreme court.
(archaic) Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.
aerodontic
ancistroid
ancistroid
adj
Hook-shaped.
anderlecht
anecdotage
anecdotage
noun
anecdotes considered as a group
garrulous old age
anecdotist
anecdotist
noun
One who relates anecdotes.
anhidrotic
anhidrotic
adj
lacking the ability to sweat
noun
(pharmacology) A substance that prevents sweating
anhydrotic
antecedent
antecedent
adj
Earlier, either in time or in order.
Presumptive.
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Previous principles, conduct, history, etc.
(grammar) A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun.
(logic) The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent.
(logic) The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true.
(mathematics) The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent.
An ancestor.
Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing.
anteceding
anteceding
verb
present participle of antecede
anthicidae
anthracoid
anthracoid
adj
(biology) Resembling anthrax.
antidactyl
antidorcas
antidromic
antidromic
adj
(neurology, of a nerve impulse) flowing in the opposite direction from normal
antiedemic
antiedemic
noun
An agent or substance that counters edema.
anucleated
anucleated
adj
From which the nucleus has been removed.
Not nucleated; anucleate.
arctoidean
ascendants
ascendants
noun
plural of ascendant
attendance
attendance
noun
(obsolete) Attention paid to something; careful regard.
The act of attending; the state of being present; presence.
The frequency with which one has been present for a regular activity or set of events.
The persons or number of persons present.
attendancy
attendancy
noun
(obsolete) A retinue.
(obsolete) Relative position.
backdating
backdating
noun
The act by which something is backdated.
verb
present participle of backdate
backtender
balantidic
bandcutter
bandicoots
bandicoots
noun
plural of bandicoot
bedticking
benedicite
benedicite
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Benedicite
benedictus
brachydont
brachydont
adj
Having low-crowned, short teeth.
noun
(zoology) Any organism with brachydont teeth.
cabinetted
cabinetted
adj
Furnished with a cabinet or cabinets.
cacodontia
caledonite
caledonite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic carbonate / sulfate mineral of copper and lead
calentured
calentured
adj
Afflicted with calenture.
cancerated
cancerated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cancerate
candescent
candescent
adj
glowing with heat; white-hot, incandescent
candidated
candidated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of candidate
candidates
candidates
noun
plural of candidate
candlerent
candystick
cannelated
cannulated
cannulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cannulate
cantilated
carbonated
carbonated
adj
(mineralogy) Containing calcium carbonate, often as a result of mineral carbonation.
Containing carbon dioxide gas under pressure, especially pertaining to beverages, as natural mineral water or man-made drinks.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbonate
carcaneted
cardington
cardosanto
cardosanto
noun
Argemone mexicana, a species of hardy poppy found in Mexico, with bright yellow latex.
carotenoid
carotenoid
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or relating to such a class of pigments.
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of yellow to red organic pigments including the carotenes and xanthophylls.
carotidean
carotidean
adj
Synonym of carotidal
carotinoid
carotinoid
noun
Dated form of carotenoid.
casemented
casemented
adj
Having a casement or casements.
castorland
celadonite
celadonite
noun
(mineralogy) A blueish-green form of mica.
centaurdom
centaurdom
noun
The condition of being, or resembling, a centaur.
The world or realm of centaurs.
centeredly
centerfold
centerfold
noun
(by extension) Any very sexually attractive person, who is therefore material for such a photograph.
A large photograph printed on this sheet, typically in the form of a nude, or provocatively dressed, sexually attractive woman or man.
The person appearing in such a photograph.
The single sheet of paper that forms the middle two pages of a magazine or other publication.
centerward
centerward
adv
Toward the center.
centetidae
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
centipedal
centipedal
adj
Having 100 or another large number of legs or appendages.
Of or resembling a centipede.
centipedes
centipedes
noun
plural of centipede
centrefold
centrefold
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of centerfold
centriffed
centriscid
centriscid
noun
(zoology) Any fish in the family Centriscidae.
centroidal
centroidal
adj
(graph theory, of a tree) Having a single centroid.
Of or pertaining to a centroid.
cerianthid
cerianthid
noun
Any tubular anemone of the family Cerianthidae
cestoidean
cestoidean
noun
(zoology) One of the Cestoidea.
cetoniides
cetorhinid
cetorhinid
noun
(zoology) Any basking shark in the family Cetorhinidae.
chadderton
chadderton
Proper noun
a town in Oldham borough, Greater Manchester, England. Originally in Lancashire.
chaetodont
chaetodont
noun
(zoology) A chaetodontid.
chardonnet
chemstrand
chitinized
chitinized
adj
Modified by chitinization
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chitinize
chittenden
chittenden
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County, California, USA.
a town in Rutland County, Vermont, USA.
chondrites
chondrites
noun
plural of chondrite
chondritic
chondritic
adj
(geology) Of or pertaining to a chondrite.
(planetology, of an elemental ratio) Similar to that found in chondrites.
chondritis
chondritis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the cartilage
chontawood
christened
christened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of christen
cingulated
cingulated
adj
Having a cingulum
citizendom
citizendom
noun
Citizenship; the status of a citizen.
The world or sphere of citizens.
citronwood
citronwood
noun
The wood of the citron tree (Citrus medica).
claudicant
claudicant
adj
(medicine) limping
noun
(medicine) One who limps.
clothbound
clothbound
adj
(publishing) Bound with cloth, as opposed to other bindings such as paper or leather.
cnidoblast
cnidoblast
noun
(biology) A cell in the epidermis of cnidarians in which the nematocyst develops
coadapting
coadapting
verb
present participle of coadapt
coadjacent
coadjacent
adj
Mutually adjacent; contiguous.
coadjument
coadjument
noun
Mutual help; cooperation.
coadjutant
coadjutant
adj
Mutually assisting or operating; helping.
coadjuvant
coadjuvant
adj
cooperating
noun
(medicine) An adjuvant.
coadunated
coadunated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coadunate
coatimundi
coatimundi
noun
The ring-tailed coati, Nasua nasua, a South American carnivore.
coattended
coattended
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coattend
coddington
codisjunct
codominant
codominant
adj
(genetics) Describing two or more alleles that are equally dominant.
Equally dominant.
noun
A species or organism that jointly dominates a region.
coextended
coextended
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coextend
cogitabund
cogitabund
adj
(archaic, literary) Deep in thought; meditative, thoughtful.
cogredient
cogredient
adj
(mathematics) Describing two or more variables that undergo the same linear transformations
coidentity
coidentity
noun
(category theory) The identity element of a cogroup.
coincident
coincident
adj
(of two events) Occurring at the same time.
(of two objects) Being in the same location.
Being in accordance, matching.
noun
Either of multiple simultaneous related incidents
coindicant
coindicant
adj
(medicine) indicating the same disease
coindicate
cointerred
columnated
columnated
adj
(architecture) Having columns; columnar
comandante
comandante
noun
commandant
comandanti
commandant
commandant
noun
A commanding officer, usually of a specific force or division.
commandite
comminated
comminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comminate
comminuted
comminuted
adj
Reduced to small particles or to powder, as by crushing or pulverizing.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of comminute
compendent
concentred
concentred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of concentre
concludent
concludent
adj
(obsolete) conclusive; decisive.
(obsolete) convincing.
concordant
concordant
adj
(geology) Intruding parallel to the bedding.
(mathematics) Preserving the sign.
Agreeing or harmonious; consistent (with).
concordats
concordats
noun
plural of concordat
concordist
concordist
adj
Relating to concordism
noun
A person who compiles a concordance (typically, of the Bible)