(rare) Belonging to the school of Plato; believing in Plato's philosophy; sceptical .
Pertaining to a university or other form of higher education.
noun
(plural only) Academic dress, consisting of a cap and gown.
acadialite
acadialite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral found in Nova Scotia consisting of red chabazite.
acalephoid
acalephoid
adj
Belonging to or resembling the Acalephae, or jellyfishes.
acaricidal
acaricidal
adj
Deadly to acarids.
accendible
accendible
adj
(obsolete) Capable of being inflamed or kindled; combustible; inflammable
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.
accidently
accidently
adv
(now nonstandard) Accidentally; by chance, unintentionally.
acclimated
acclimated
adj
accustomed, adapted or hardened to some environment
verb
(chiefly US) simple past tense and past participle of acclimate
acetanilid
acetanilid
noun
Alternative form of acetanilide
acetylized
acetylized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acetylize
acichlorid
aciculated
aciculated
adj
Alternative form of aciculate
acidolysis
acidolysis
noun
(chemistry) Decomposition of a molecule under the influence of an acid.
acidophile
acidophile
noun
A plant that thrives in relatively acid soil.
An organism that lives and thrives under acidic conditions; a form of extremophile.
acidulated
acidulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acidulate
acidulates
acidulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acidulate
acrindolin
actualised
actualised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualise
actualized
actualized
adj
Having become actual; having been realized or made real.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of actualize
adactylism
adactylism
noun
(biology, medicine) Synonym of adactyly.
adamically
adamitical
adipolytic
adipolytic
adj
(biochemistry) That hydrolyses fat into free fatty acids, especially by the action of enzymes
adjectival
adjectival
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to or functioning as an adjective.
(law) Of or relating to procedure, especially to technicalities thereof.
noun
An adjectival phrase or clause.
adminicula
adolescing
adolescing
verb
present participle of adolesce
adulticide
adulticide
noun
A pesticide designed to kill adult insects rather than their larvae.
verb
(transitive) To treat with adulticide.
aedilberct
aeolodicon
aeolodicon
noun
(music) An obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone produced from steel springs.
alchemised
alchemised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alchemise
alchemized
alchemized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alchemize
alcibiades
aldermanic
aldermanic
adj
(Of a sum) substantial, considerable, sizeable.
(Of size) plump, rotund, fleshy.
Of or pertaining to an alderman.
alfridaric
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.
aluconidae
alviducous
amebicidal
amebicidal
adj
(American spelling) Alternative form of amoebicidal
androecial
androecial
adj
(botany) Relating to the androecium
anglicised
anglicised
adj
Made into a form similar to that used by the English.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicise
anglicized
anglicized
adj
Alternative spelling of anglicised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anglicize
anodically
anodically
adv
In an anodic manner.
antidactyl
apiculated
apiculated
adj
(botany) apiculate
appendical
appendical
adj
(rare, biology, specifically) Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of the vermiform appendix.
Of, relating to, or of the nature of an appendix or appendices (chiefly of books).
appendicle
appendicle
noun
A small appendage.
arcadianly
archibaldo
arcimboldi
arecolidin
ascaridole
ascaridole
noun
(biochemistry) A bicyclic monoterpene peroxide found in plants of the Chenopodium genus; it is explosive
ascendible
ascendible
adj
Capable of being ascended; climbable.
asclepiade
asclepidin
auriculoid
autacoidal
autacoidal
adj
Of or relating to an autacoid.
aviculidae
backfields
backfields
noun
plural of backfield
backfilled
backfilled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backfill
backliding
backslided
backslider
backslider
noun
A recidivist; one who backslides, especially in a religious sense; an apostate.
She married him thinking to change his ways, and for a while he got religion, but he was ever a backslider; she soon began finding bottles stashed about the house.
backslides
backslides
noun
plural of backslide
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backslide
balantidic
baldachini
baldachino
baldachins
baldachins
noun
plural of baldachin
baldricked
baldricked
adj
Wearing a baldrick (ornamental belt).
balladical
balladical
adj
Alternative form of balladic
barmecidal
barmecidal
adj
unreal; illusory
beclouding
beclouding
noun
The process of becoming clouded or obscured.
verb
present participle of becloud
becrippled
belatticed
bichloride
bichloride
noun
(chemistry) A dichloride.
biciliated
biciliated
adj
Alternative form of biciliate
bicoloured
bicoloured
adj
Of two colours.
bicondylar
bicondylar
adj
Involving two condyles.
bicuspidal
bicuspidal
adj
(geometry) Having two cusps.
biflecnode
biflecnode
noun
(geometry) A fleflecnode
biliverdic
biomedical
biomedical
adj
Of or pertaining to biomedicine.
noun
A product of the biomedicine industry.
bisulcated
blackbirds
blackbirds
noun
plural of blackbird
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blackbird
blastodisc
blastodisc
noun
Alternative form of blastodisk
blockading
blockading
verb
present participle of blockade
boldacious
boldacious
adj
(US) brazen, impudent, unrestrained.
boldfacing
boldfacing
verb
present participle of boldface
bootlicked
bootlicked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bootlick
bradytelic
bradytelic
adj
Of or relating to bradytely.
brainchild
brainchild
noun
A creation, original idea, or innovation, usually used to indicate the originators
verb
(transitive, rare) To think up; to come up with.
brickfield
brickfield
noun
A place where bricks are made; a brickyard.
burchfield
caddicefly
cadilesker
cadilesker
noun
A chief judge in the Ottoman Empire.
calamaroid
calamitoid
calamondin
calamondin
noun
A small decorative evergreen citrus tree, of the hybrid Citrus × microcarpa (syn. ×Citrofortunella mitis), sometimes cultivated for its fruit.
calappidae
calathidia
calcimined
calcimined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calcimine
caldadaria
caledonian
caledonian
Adjective
In or from Caledonia.
In or from New Caledonia.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Caledonia; a Scot.
caledonite
caledonite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic carbonate / sulfate mineral of copper and lead
calendaric
calendaric
adj
Alternative form of calendrical
calendulin
calendulin
noun
(organic chemistry) A gummy or mucilaginous substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.
calibrated
calibrated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calibrate
calliandra
calliandra
noun
A flowering plant of the genus Calliandra.
callidness
callipered
callipered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calliper
callityped
caloriduct
caloriduct
noun
A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.
calydonian
cameloidea
campholide
candelilla
candelilla
noun
wax plant
candlefish
candlefish
noun
An oily edible fish, Thaleichthys pacificus, from the northern Pacific, that was once dried and used as a candle or torch by the Chinook Indians.
candlepins
candlepins
noun
plural of candlepin
candlewick
candlewick
noun
A soft cotton yarn that gives a tufted pattern to embroidery
The thread used to make the wicks of candles
canoodling
canoodling
noun
amorous pettings or caresses
verb
present participle of canoodle
cantilated
capilotade
capilotade
noun
A type of stew, typically of several different meats.
capitaldom
capitaldom
noun
The condition of being a capital city.
capsulized
capsulized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of capsulize
carbanilid
carbolised
carbolised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbolise
carbolized
carbolized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carbolize
carbuilder
carbuilder
noun
(rail transport, US) A manufacturer of railroad cars.
cardialgia
cardialgia
noun
cardialgy; heartburn
cardialgic
cardinalic
cardinalic
adj
Of or relating to a cardinal.
cardinalis
cardinally
cardinally
adv
In a cardinal manner; fundamentally.
cardiocele
cardiolith
cardiology
cardiology
noun
(medicine) The study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart.
cardueline
cardueline
adj
(zoology) Belonging to the subfamily Carduelinae of finches.
carloading
carloading
noun
(rail transport) The loading of a freight car.
carnalized
carnalized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carnalize
cartelized
cartelized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cartelize
caryatidal
castalides
cathodical
cattlehide
caudillism
caudillism
noun
Alternative form of caudilloism
causidical
causidical
adj
Relating to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defence of lawsuits.
cavaliered
cavaliered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cavalier
cecidology
cecidology
noun
Study of plant galls.
cedarville
celadonite
celadonite
noun
(mineralogy) A blueish-green form of mica.
celandines
celandines
noun
plural of celandine
celiodynia
centipedal
centipedal
adj
Having 100 or another large number of legs or appendages.
Of or resembling a centipede.
centroidal
centroidal
adj
(graph theory, of a tree) Having a single centroid.