An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect
verb
present participle and gerund of abandon
abdominogenital
abdominogenital
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and to the genitals.
abdominovaginal
abdominovaginal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the abdomen and the vagina
abingdon
abingdon
Proper noun
A town on the Thames in Oxfordshire (formerly Berkshire), England.
A town in Virginia, USA
aboding
aboding
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding.
verb
present participle of abode
abounding
abounding
adj
Ample, plenty, abundant.
noun
An abundance.
verb
present participle of abound
aboundingly
aboundingly
adv
In an abounding manner; in a manner that abounds.
To an abounding degree.
absconding
absconding
noun
An instance in which someone absconds.
verb
present participle of abscond
accommodating
accommodating
adj
Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; helpful.
Pliable; easily corrupted.
verb
present participle of accommodate
accommodatingly
accommodatingly
adv
In an accommodating manner.
accommodatingness
according
according
adj
Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
adv
(obsolete) Accordingly; correspondingly.
verb
present participle of accord.
accordingly
accordingly
adv
(conjunctive) In natural sequence; consequently; so.
(manner) Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably
acidogenic
acidogenic
adj
Which generates acid or acidity.
acidology
acknowledging
acknowledging
adj
(obsolete, specifically) Expressing esteem or gratitude.
That acknowledges, in various sense; (especially) that notices or recognises someone or something.
noun
(archaic) The act of acknowledging something.
verb
present participle of acknowledg
present participle of acknowledge
acridophagus
acridophagus
noun
(rare) One who eats grasshoppers and locusts
actinogonidiate
adagietto
adagietto
adv
(music) More lighthearted than adagio.
noun
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio.
adagiettos
adagiettos
noun
plural of adagietto
adagio
adagio
adv
(music) Played rather slowly.
noun
(dance) A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts.
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.
adagios
adagios
noun
plural of adagio
adagissimo
adagissimo
adv
(music) Very slowly.
addiego
addington
adenogenesis
adenogenesis
noun
The development of uterine glands (in mammals)
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adenologaditis
adenological
adenological
adj
Pertaining to adenology.
adenomeningeal
adenopharyngitis
adiagnostic
adiagnostic
adj
(geology) Difficult to identify.
adipogenic
adipogenic
adj
(biology) That forms fat, or fatty tissue; lipogenic
adipogenous
adipogenous
adj
Producing fat.
adiposogenital
adiposogenital
adj
Pertaining to adipose (fatty tissue) and to the genitals
adjoining
adjoining
adj
Being in contact at some point or line; joining to
verb
present participle of adjoin
adjoiningness
adjourning
adjourning
verb
present participle of adjourn
adjustoring
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.
admonishing
admonishing
noun
admonishment
verb
present participle of admonish
admonishingly
admonishingly
adv
In an admonishing manner.
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adonizing
adonizing
verb
present participle of adonize
adopting
adopting
verb
present participle of adopt
adoring
adoring
adj
Showing adoration or admiration.
noun
adoration
verb
present participle of adore
adoringly
adoringly
adv
In an adoring manner.
adorning
adorning
noun
(archaic) An adornment.
verb
present participle of adorn
adorningly
adorningly
adv
decoratively; using adornments.
adrenalectomizing
adrenalectomizing
verb
present participle of adrenalectomize
adsignification
adsignification
noun
additional signification
adsorbing
adsorbing
verb
present participle of adsorb
advocating
advocating
verb
present participle of advocate
aecidiostage
aedoeagi
aegopodium
aerodontalgia
aerodontalgia
noun
(dentistry) Pain in the teeth caused by changes in air pressure.
affording
affording
verb
present participle of afford
agamoid
agaonidae
agaricoid
agaricoid
adj
(of a fungus) Resembling an agaric
agaroid
agathodaemonic
agathodaemonic
adj
Relating to an agathodaemon.
agatoid
agglutinoid
aggradation
aggradation
noun
(geology) Increase in land elevation due to the deposition of sediment.
aggradational
aggradational
adj
(geology) Pertaining to or formed by aggradation.
aggradations
aggradations
noun
plural of aggradation
agilawood
agillawood
agkistrodon
aglyphodontia
agoniada
agoniadin
agoniadin
noun
A glucoside found in agonia bark (Plumeria lancifolia), used as an antiperiodic or a febrifuge in malaria.
agonied
agonied
adj
Feeling or undergoing agony; agonized.
agonised
agonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agonise
agonized
agonized
adj
in agony or distraught
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agonize
agonizedly
agonizedly
adv
In an agonized manner
agriochoeridae
agrionid
agrionidae
agriotypidae
agromyzid
agromyzid
noun
(entomology) Any member of the family Agromyzidae.
agromyzidae
aguilawood
aguinaldo
aguinaldo
noun
(Latin America) A Christmas carol.
A gift given at Christmas or at the Feast of the Epiphany.
A gift given on any other holiday or occasion.
A wild tropical plant of the Convolvulaceae family, very common in Cuba and which flowers at Easter and Christmas.
Christmas pay bonus; Christmas box.
aguinaldos
aguinaldos
noun
plural of aguinaldo
aigialosauridae
airconditioning
airconditioning
noun
Alternative spelling of air conditioning
airdropping
airdropping
verb
present participle of airdrop
airohydrogen
airohydrogen
adj
Of, or using a mixture of, hydrogen and air.
aldington
aldolizing
algedonic
algedonic
adj
Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
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.
algodoncillo
algodoncillo
noun
Bauhinia picta, a fabaceous plant found in Colombia, Panama, and Venezuela.
algodonite
algodonite
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal copper arsenide mineral.
algoid
algoid
adj
Resembling, or characteristic of algae
allegorised
allegorised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allegorise
allegorized
allegorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allegorize
alligatored
alligatored
adj
Damaged by alligatoring.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alligator
alongside
alongside
adv
Along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.
prep
Side by side with.
Together with or at the same time.
amidocyanogen
amidogen
amidogen
noun
(inorganic chemistry, dated) The amino radical, •NH₂, the neutral form of the amide ion −NH₂⁻, regardable as the ammonia molecule with one of its hydrogen atoms removed.
amidogens
amidogens
noun
plural of amidogen
amidoguaiacol
aminoguanidine
aminoguanidine
noun
(organic chemistry, medicine) An amino derivative of guanidine, used for the treatment of diabetic nephropathy under the name pimagedine
amygdaliferous
amygdaliferous
adj
almond-bearing
amygdaliform
amygdaliform
adj
(mycology) Shaped like an almond.
amygdaloid
amygdaloid
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the amygdala
Shaped like an almond
noun
A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, especially agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.
amygdaloidal
amygdaloidal
adj
Of, like or pertaining to, the amygdaloid mineral.
amygdaloids
amygdaloids
noun
plural of amygdaloid
amygdalolith
amygdalothripsis
amygdonitrile
amygdophenin
analogised
analogised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogise
analogized
analogized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analogize
anangioid
androgametangium
androgenesis
androgenesis
noun
(botany, zoology) Male or paternal apomixis, involving fusion of the male and female gametes and replacement of the female nucleus by the male nucleus.
androgenetic
androgenetic
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting, androgenesis.
androgenic
androgenic
adj
(biochemistry) Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
androginous
androgonia
androgonial
androgonidium
androgonidium
noun
An androspore
androgonium
andrographis
andrographolide
andrographolide
noun
(organic chemistry) A bitter labdane diterpenoid that is the main bioactive component of the medicinal plant Andrographis paniculata, effective against certain cancers
androgyneity
androgynia
androgynic
androgynies
androgynies
noun
plural of androgyny
androgynism
androgynism
noun
hermaphroditism
andrologies
androscoggin
androsphinges
androsporangium
androsporangium
noun
A sporangium for androspores.
aneroidograph
anginoid
anginoid
adj
Resembling or relating to angina.
angiocardiographic
angiocardiographic
adj
Relating to angiocardiography.
angiocardiographies
angiocardiography
angiocardiography
noun
(medicine) A technique for radiographic examination of the heart chambers and thoracic vessels wherein a liquid radiocontrast agent is injected into the bloodstream, then the tissues are examined using X-rays.
angiocarditis
angiochondroma
angiodermatitis
angiodermatitis
noun
(pathology) inflammation of the blood vessels of the skin
angiodiascopy
angiohydrotomy
angioid
angioid
adj
Resembling a blood vessel
angiomyocardiac
angloid
angloid
noun
(slang, derogatory) An English person or person of English ancestry.
anguilloid
anguilloid
adj
eellike
noun
Any eel of the suborder Anguilloidei
anodizing
anodizing
verb
present participle of anodize
antagonised
antagonised
adj
Alternative form of antagonized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of antagonise