(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
adenitises
adenitises
noun
plural of adenitis
adenoblast
adenoblast
noun
(cytology) An embryonic cell that can develop to form glandular parenchyma
adenoidism
adenoidism
noun
adenoiditis
adenostoma
adenovirus
adenovirus
noun
(medicine) Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
adherences
adherences
noun
plural of adherence
adhesional
adhesional
adj
Relating to adhesion.
adipescent
adipescent
adj
(medicine) Developing fatty deposits.
adjustment
adjustment
noun
The action of adjusting something
The assessment, by an insurance company, of a claim; the settlement of such a claim
The behavioural process of balancing conflicting needs, or needs against obstacles in the environment.
The result of adjusting something; a small change; a minor correction; a modification or alteration
The settling or balancing of a financial account
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.
admonished
admonished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admonish
admonisher
admonisher
noun
One who admonishes.
admonishes
admonishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admonish
adnascence
adnascence
noun
Adhesion of parts to each other by the whole surface.
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.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adornments
adornments
noun
plural of adornment
adroitness
adroitness
noun
skillfulness or ease of ability.
adscendent
adsorbents
adsorbents
noun
plural of adsorbent
advantages
advantages
noun
plural of advantage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advantage
adventists
adventures
adventures
noun
plural of adventure
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adventure
advisement
advisement
noun
(archaic) Advice, counsel.
(now US) Consideration or deliberation.
advowsance
aefaldness
afraidness
afraidness
noun
The state or quality of being afraid.
aftersound
aftersound
noun
(acoustics) The second, slower phase of decay in the sound made by a piano string when it is struck.
(phonetics, obsolete) A weaker sound that immediately follows a more salient one, such as the second, less prominent vowel sound in a falling diphthong.
A sound that persists or remains audible after its source has ceased to produce it; the perception of such a sound.
agednesses
agendaless
agendaless
adj
Without an agenda.
aggrandise
aggrandise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize.
aldononose
alessandra
alessandri
alessandro
alexanders
alexanders
noun
(chiefly Canada, US) Various plants of genus Zizia or Angelica thought to resemble European alexanders.
Any of various umbellifers, often specifically Smyrnium olusatrum or Heracleum maximum, the cow parsnip.
plural of alexander
alexandros
alexandros
Proper noun
A transliteration of the Greek male given name
algedonics
algedonics
noun
(management) The handling of critical events in ways that bypass the usual chain of reporting in order to respond more urgently.
The scientific study of pleasure and pain responses.
alisanders
alisanders
noun
Alternative form of alexanders (plant)
allemandes
allemandes
noun
plural of allemande
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allemande
almandines
almandines
noun
plural of almandine
aluminised
aluminised
adj
Having the property of being coated with aluminium
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aluminise
amazedness
amazedness
noun
The state or quality of being amazed.
amendments
amendments
noun
plural of amendment
ampersands
ampersands
noun
plural of ampersand
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
anatomised
anatomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anatomise
anchylosed
anchylosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anchylose
andalusite
andalusite
noun
(mineralogy) An aluminium nesosilicate mineral, Al₂SiO₅.
andamanese
andamanese
Proper noun
A minor language family spoken on the Andaman Islands.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Andaman Islands.
Of or relating to the Andamanese language family.
andamentos
anderstorp
andesinite
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.
androlepsy
androspore
androspore
noun
(biology) A spore with male functions, in some algae.
anecdotist
anecdotist
noun
One who relates anecdotes.
angadresma
anglicised
anglicised
adj
Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicise
anhydrides
anhydrides
noun
plural of anhydride
animalised
animalised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of animalise
annelidous
annelidous
adj
Of or pertaining to annelids
anspessade
anspessade
noun
(historical) A French gendarme serving in the military, between the 16th and 17th centuries.
antedorsal
antibodies
antibodies
noun
plural of antibody
antitrades
antitrades
noun
plural of antitrade
appendages
appendages
noun
plural of appendage
appendices
appendices
noun
plural of appendice
plural of appendix
appendixes
apprehends
apprehends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprehend
archfiends
archfiends
noun
plural of archfiend
ardentness
ardentness
noun
The state or quality of being ardent.
aridnesses
aridnesses
noun
plural of aridness
arsenetted
arsenicked
arsenicked
adj
(rare) Poisoned with arsenic.
arsenoxide
arsenoxide
noun
(organic chemistry) The functional group -As=O; any organic compound containing this group
artesonado
ascendable
ascendable
adj
Capable of being ascended.
ascendance
ascendance
noun
Ascendancy, superiority; the act of ascending.
ascendancy
ascendancy
noun
(ecology) A quantitative attribute of an ecosystem, defined as a function of the ecosystem's trophic network, and intended to indicate its ability to prevail against disturbance by virtue of its combined organization and size.
(historical, Ireland, sometimes capitalized) A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century
Supremacy; dominant control; the quality of being in the ascendant.
ascendants
ascendants
noun
plural of ascendant
ascendence
ascendence
noun
Alternative form of ascendance
ascendency
ascendency
noun
Alternative spelling of ascendancy
ascendible
ascendible
adj
Capable of being ascended; climbable.
asclepidin
asplenioid
assedation
assonanced
assonanced
adj
(prosody) Containing assonance
astonished
astonished
adj
Amazed; surprised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astonish
asyndetons
asyndetons
noun
plural of asyndeton
atlantides
attainders
attainders
noun
plural of attainder
attendants
attendants
noun
plural of attendant
attendings
attendings
noun
plural of attending
attendress
attendress
noun
(archaic) A female attendant.
autosender
autosender
noun
An automatic sender.
avidnesses
avoidances
avoidances
noun
plural of avoidance
avowedness
avowedness
noun
The state or quality of being avowed.
baldmoneys
baldnesses
baldnesses
noun
plural of baldness
balkanised
balkanised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balkanise
banderoles
banderoles
noun
plural of banderole
banditries
banditries
noun
plural of banditry
bandlessly
bandmaster
bandmaster
noun
(music) The conductor of a musical ensemble, especially a brass or military band.
bandoleers
bandoleers
noun
plural of bandoleer
bandoleros
bandoleros
noun
plural of bandolero
bangladesh
barbedness
barbedness
noun
The quality of being barbed.
bartenders
bartenders
noun
plural of bartender
basinerved
bastinaded
bastinaded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bastinade
bastinades
bastinades
noun
plural of bastinade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastinade
baudronses
baudronses
noun
plural of baudrons
beadswoman
beadswoman
noun
A female beadsman.
beadswomen
beadswomen
noun
plural of beadswoman
beardstown
becousined
bedeswoman
bedeswoman
noun
Alternative form of beadswoman
bedeswomen
bedeswomen
noun
plural of bedeswoman
bedminster
bedminster
Proper noun
A district of Bristol, England, formerly a small town in Somerset
bedouinism
bedouinism
noun
Nomadic desert life, like that of the bedouins.
bedrenches
bedrenches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedrench
bedsprings
bedsprings
noun
plural of bedspring
beeswinged
beeswinged
adj
(by extension) Covered with a filmy layer.
Of wine: having the filmy, translucent crust called beeswing.
bemuslined
bemuslined
adj
Dressed or covered in muslin.
benedictus
bermudians
bescreened
bescreened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bescreen
besmudging
besmudging
verb
present participle of besmudge
bespangled
bespangled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bespangle
besteading
besteading
noun
Help; assistance; aid; avail.
verb
present participle of bestead
bestridden
bestridden
verb
past participle of bestride
bestriding
bestriding
verb
present participle of bestride
bestudding
bestudding
verb
present participle of bestud
beyondness
beyondness
noun
The state or quality of being beyond.
birdnester
bismerpund
bismerpund
noun
(historical) An old Swedish unit of weight, equivalent to 5.101 kilograms.
bisphenoid
blandished
blandished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blandish
blandisher
blandisher
noun
Flatterer.
blandishes
blandishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blandish
blondeness
blondeness
noun
(especially of a woman, offensive) Stupidity, dopiness.
The extent to which someone or something is blonde.