(transitive, rare) To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes
abacterial
abacterial
adj
Not caused by bacteria; characterized by a lack of bacteria.
abacuses
abacuses
noun
plural of abacus
abadejo
abadengo
abadite
abadite
Noun
Alternative form of Ibadite.
abagael
abaisance
abaisance
noun
Obsolete form of obeisance.
abaised
abaiser
abaiser
noun
Ivory black; animal charcoal.
abaisse
abaisse
noun
(cooking) A thin undercrust of pastry.
abaissed
abalienate
abalienate
verb
(civil law, transitive) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
(obsolete) To estrange; to cause alienation of.
abalienated
abalienated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abalienate
abalienating
abalienating
verb
present participle of abalienate
abalienation
abalienation
noun
(law) The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement; transferring a legal title.
abalone
abalone
noun
(Canada, US, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
(Canada, US, Australia) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc.
abalones
abalones
noun
plural of abalone
abampere
abampere
noun
Unit of electrical current in electromagnetic and Gaussian cgs systems of units, equal to 10 amperes in SI units.
abamperes
abamperes
noun
plural of abampere
abandonable
abandonable
adj
Able to be abandoned; suitable for abandonment.
abandoned
abandoned
adj
(geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
Free from constraint; uninhibited.
Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abandon
abandonedly
abandonedly
adv
With abandon, without restraint.
abandonee
abandonee
noun
(law) One to whom something is abandoned.
abandoner
abandoner
noun
One who abandons.
abandoners
abandoners
noun
plural of abandoner
abandonment
abandonment
noun
(law) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
(law) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
An abandoned building or structure.
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
The self-surrender to an outside influence.
The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
abandonments
abandonments
noun
plural of abandonment
abanet
abanet
noun
Alternative spelling of abnet
abantes
abarbarea
abase
abase
verb
(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
(transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
(transitive, obsolete) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
abased
abased
adj
(heraldry) Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.
Humbled; lowered, especially in rank, position, or prestige.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abase
abasedly
abasedly
adv
In an abased manner; abjectly.
abasedness
abasedness
noun
The quality of being abased.
abasement
abasement
noun
The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.
abasements
abasements
noun
plural of abasement
abaser
abaser
noun
One who, or that which, abases.
abasers
abasers
noun
plural of abaser
abases
abases
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abase
abashed
abashed
adj
Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abash
abashedly
abashedly
adv
In an abashed manner.
abashedness
abashedness
noun
(rare) The state of being abashed; abashment.
abashes
abashes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abash
abashless
abashless
adj
(literary) Not disconcerted or embarrassed; not concealed; not eliciting shame.
abashlessly
abashlessly
adv
In an abashless, unabashed manner: unabashedly.
abashment
abashment
noun
The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame.
abashments
abashments
noun
plural of abashment
abassieh
abastardize
abastardize
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To stigmatize as a bastard; debase.
abatable
abatable
adj
Capable of being abated.
abatage
abatage
noun
Alternative form of abattage
abate
abate
noun
(uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.
(uncountable) Deduction; subtraction; (countable) an instance of this.
An Italian abbot or other member of the clergy.
verb
(archaic, chiefly figuratively) Of an edge, point, etc.: to become blunt or dull.
(chiefly US) Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
(chiefly US) To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
(chiefly figuratively) To dull (an edge, point, etc.); to blunt.
(chiefly historical) Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
(transitive, intransitive, law, chiefly historical) To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.
Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract.
Chiefly followed by of: to deduct or subtract from.
Chiefly followed by of: to deprive (someone or something of another thing).
To bow down; hence, to be abased or humbled.
To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status.
To curtail or end (something); to cause to cease.
To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
To decrease in amount or size.
To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure).
To give (someone) a discount or rebate; also, to relieve (someone) of a debt.
To give a discount or rebate; to discount, to rebate.
To give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception.
To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
To lower (something) in price or value.
To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
To put an end to (a nuisance).
To reduce (something) in amount or size.
abated
abated
adj
(decorative arts) Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abate
abatement
abatement
noun
(Scotland) Waste of stuff in preparing to size.
(heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.
(law) The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.
(law) The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.
An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.
The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.
abatements
abatements
noun
plural of abatement
abater
abater
noun
One who, or that which, abates.
abaters
abaters
noun
plural of abater
abates
abates
noun
plural of abate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abate
abatised
abatised
adj
Provided with an abatis.
abatises
abatises
noun
plural of abatis
abattage
abattage
noun
(military) The anchoring of the wheels of an artillery piece, preparatory to firing.
(veterinary medicine) The slaughter of animals, especially diseased ones to limit the spread of the disease.
abattised
abattised
adj
Alternative spelling of abatised
abattises
abattises
noun
plural of abattis
abattue
abature
abature
noun
(usually in the plural) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
abaue
abave
abaxile
abaxile
adj
Alternative form of abaxial
abaze
abbacies
abbacies
noun
plural of abbacy
abbacomes
abbadide
abbasside
abbate
abbate
noun
Alternative form of abate (“Italian abbot”)
An Italian abbot, or similar clergyman in minor orders
abbatie
abbatie
noun
(obsolete) The office, tenure, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
abbaye
abbaye
noun
Archaic form of abbey.
abbe
abbe
noun
Alternative spelling of abbé
abbes
abbes
noun
plural of abbe
abbess
abbess
noun
(archaic, British slang) A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients.
A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks.
abbesses
abbesses
noun
plural of abbess
abbest
abbevilean
abbeville
abbeville
Proper noun
A town in Picardy, France, on the Somme.
A city in Alabama, USA
A city in Georgia, USA
A city in Louisiana
A town in Mississippi.
A city in South Carolina, USA
abbevillian
abbevillian
Adjective
Of or relating to any of various early Paleolithic sites, particularly in Europe, that are characterized by the presence of bifacial stone axes.
Proper noun
The earliest epoch of the early Paleolithic stage or tradition characterized by the presence of bifacial stone axes, especially in Europe. name = oxf/>
abbey
abbey
noun
(British) A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings.
The church of a monastery.
The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
abbeys
abbeys
noun
plural of abbey
abbeystead
abbeystead
noun
(archaic) The seat of an abbey.
abbeystede
abbeystede
noun
Archaic form of abbeystead.
abbie
abbie
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given name Abigail.
abbotcies
abbotcies
noun
plural of abbotcy
abbotsen
abbrev
abbrev
noun
Alternative spelling of abbrev.
abbreviatable
abbreviatable
adj
Capable of being abbreviated.
abbreviate
abbreviate
adj
(biology) Having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type.
(obsolete) Abbreviated; abridged; shortened.
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) An abridgment.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To speak or write in a brief manner.
(obsolete, transitive) To shorten by omitting parts or details.
(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten (in time); to abridge; to shorten by ending sooner than planned.
(transitive) To reduce a word or phrase by means of contraction or omission to a shorter recognizable form.
(transitive, mathematics) To reduce to lower terms, as a fraction.
abbreviated
abbreviated
adj
Relatively short; shorter than normal, or compared to others.
Scanty, as in clothing.
Shortened; made briefer.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abbreviate
abbreviately
abbreviately
adv
In an abbreviate way.
abbreviates
abbreviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abbreviate
abbreviating
abbreviating
verb
present participle of abbreviate
abbreviation
abbreviation
noun
(biology) Loss during evolution of the final stages of the ancestral ontogenetic pattern.
(linguistics) A shortened or contracted form of a word or phrase, used to represent the whole, utilizing omission of letters, and sometimes substitution of letters, or duplication of initial letters to signify plurality, including signs such as +, =, @.
(mathematics) Reduction to lower terms, as a fraction.
(music) A notation used in music score to denote a direction, as pp or mf.
(music) One or more dashes through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, demisemiquavers, or hemidemisemiquavers.
Any convenient short form used as a substitution for an understood or inferred whole.
The process of abbreviating.
The result of shortening or reducing; abridgment.
abbreviations
abbreviations
noun
plural of abbreviation
abbreviator
abbreviator
noun
(Roman Catholicism, historical) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty was to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form.
A person who abbreviates or shortens.
abbreviators
abbreviators
noun
plural of abbreviator
abbreviatory
abbreviatory
adj
Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
abbreviature
abbreviature
noun
(obsolete) An abbreviated state or form.
(obsolete) The process of abbreviating.
A shortened form of a word or phrase, used in place of the whole; an abbreviation.
An abridgment; a compendium; an abstract.
abbroachment
abbye
abbyville
abcess
abdel
abdella
abderhalden
abderian
abderian
adj
Foolish; absurd; ridiculous; inclined to incessant merriment or laughter.
abderite
abderite
Noun
An inhabitant or native of Abdera, in Thrace.
Democritus, the Laughing Philosopher.
abderus
abdest
abdest
noun
(Islam) The Islamic act of washing parts of the body using water for ritual prayers and for handling and reading the Qur'an.
abdicable
abdicable
adj
Capable of being abdicated.
abdicate
abdicate
verb
(intransitive) To relinquish or renounce a throne, or other high office or dignity; to renounce sovereignty.
(transitive) To surrender, renounce or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; to fail to fulfill responsibility for.
(transitive, obsolete) To depose.
(transitive, obsolete) To disclaim and expel from the family, as a father his child; to disown; to disinherit.
(transitive, obsolete) To reject; to cast off; to discard.
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To formally separate oneself from or to divest oneself of.
abdicated
abdicated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abdicate
abdicates
abdicates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abdicate
abdicative
abdicative
adj
(rare) Causing, or implying, abdication.
noun
(logic) A reasoning from the negative
abdiel
abditive
abditive
adj
(rare) Having the quality of hiding
abdomen
abdomen
noun
(anatomy) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.
(anatomy) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly.
(zoology, entomology) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
abdomens
abdomens
noun
plural of abdomen
abdominales
abdominoanterior
abdominocentesis
abdominocentesis
noun
(surgery) Extraction of peritoneal fluid from the abdomen for evaluation, using a trocar
abdominogenital
abdominogenital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the genitals.
abdominohysterectomy
abdominohysterectomy
noun
(surgery) Removal of the uterus via an incision made in the abdominal wall rather than via the vagina.
abdominohysterotomy
abdominohysterotomy
noun
(surgery) An incision of the uterus, done through a surgical hole in the abdomen.
abdominoposterior
abdominoscope
abdominoscope
noun
An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
abdominovesical
abdominovesical
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the urinary bladder
abduce
abduce
verb
(transitive) To draw a conclusion, especially in metanalysis; to deduce.
(transitive, obsolete) To draw; to conduct away; to take away; to withdraw; to draw to a different part; to move a limb out away from the center of the body; abduct.
abduced
abduced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abduce
abducens
abducens
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of abducens nerve.
abducent
abducent
adj
(obsolete) Drawing away from the median axis of the body, as a muscle; see etymology abducting.
noun
(neuroanatomy) An abducens nerve.
That which abducts.
abducentes
abducentes
noun
plural of abducens
abduces
abduces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abduce
abducted
abducted
adj
Having been kidnapped; having become the victim of an abduction
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abduct
abductores
abductores
Noun
of. Sometimes used instead of abductor when referring to the anatomical muscles.
abe
abe
verb
(intransitive, infinitive, Britain, uncommon) To be.
abeam
abeam
adj
Beaming, shining (especially with reference to a person's face or eyes).
The island was directly abeam of us.
adv
(nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.
(nautical, aircraft) On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative.
abear
abear
noun
(obsolete) Bearing, behavior.
verb
(transitive, now rare, dialectal) To put up with; to endure; to bear.
(transitive, obsolete) To bear; to carry.
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To behave; to comport oneself.
abearance
abearance
noun
(rare) Behavior.
abebi
abecedaire
abecedaria
abecedaria
noun
plural of abecedarium
abecedarian
abecedarian
adj
(now rare) Pertaining to someone learning the alphabet or basic studies; elementary; rudimentary.
Arranged in an alphabetical manner.
Pertaining to the alphabet, or several alphabets.
Relating to or resembling an abecedarius.
noun
(archaic) Someone engaged in teaching the alphabet; an elementary teacher; one that teaches the methods and principles of learning.
(rhetoric) A work which uses words or lines in alphabetical order.
An elementary student, a novice; one in the early steps of learning.