(transitive, rare) To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes
abactinal
abactinal
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal.
abalation
abasement
abasement
noun
The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.
abashment
abashment
noun
The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame.
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.
abbottson
abducting
abducting
verb
present participle of abduct
abduction
abduction
noun
(anatomy) The act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart; the movement which separates a limb or other part from the axis, or middle line, of the body.
(law) The wrongful, and usually forcible, carrying off of a human being.
(logic) A syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable.
Leading away; a carrying away.
abenteric
abenteric
adj
(pathology) Relating to organs outside of the intestine.
abernathy
abernethy
abernethy
Proper noun
A village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
aberrants
aberrants
noun
plural of aberrant
abetments
abetments
noun
plural of abetment
abhorrent
abhorrent
adj
(archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
Contrary to something; discordant.
Detestable or repugnant.
abietinic
abietinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to abietin.
abiliment
abiliment
noun
Obsolete form of habiliment.
abjection
abjection
noun
(biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
(obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
ablations
ablations
noun
plural of ablation
ablutions
ablutions
noun
A building that houses bathing and toilet facilities on a military base.
plural of ablution
abnegated
abnegated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abnegate
abnegates
abnegates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abnegate
abnegator
abnegator
noun
(rare) One who abnegates, denies, or rejects.
abnormity
abnormity
noun
(rare) Alternative form of abnormality
A monstrosity
abodement
abodement
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding; an omen.
abolition
abolition
noun
(historical, often capitalised, Australia) The ending of convict transportation.
(historical, often capitalised, UK, US) The ending of the slave trade or of slavery.
(obsolete) An amnesty; a putting out of memory.
The act of abolishing; an annulling; abrogation.
The state of being abolished.
abominate
abominate
adj
(rare) Abominable; detested.
verb
(transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
(transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly.
abortient
abortient
adj
(archaic, medicine) Reproductively sterile or miscarrying.
noun
(archaic, medicine) Abortifacient; an agent producing abortion.
abortions
abortions
noun
plural of abortion
abradants
abradants
noun
plural of abradant
abreption
abreption
noun
(obsolete) A snatching away.
abrotanum
abrotanum
noun
A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer., southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
abruption
abruption
noun
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
absentees
absentees
noun
plural of absentee
absenters
absenters
noun
plural of absenter
absenting
absenting
verb
present participle of absent
absinthes
absinthes
noun
plural of absinthe
absinthic
absinthic
adj
(chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
absinthin
absinthin
noun
(organic chemistry) The principal compound found in wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), having a bitter taste: C₁₅H₂₀O₄
absinthol
absinthol
noun
(organic chemistry) A monoterpene ketone that is a major constituent of the essential oil of wormwood, C₁₀H₁₆O; thujone.
absolvent
absolvent
adj
(rare) Absolving.
noun
(rare) An absolver.
absorbant
absorbant
adj
Alternative spelling of absorbent
absorbent
absorbent
adj
Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
noun
(chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
(medicine) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
(physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
Anything which absorbs.
abstained
abstained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstain
abstainer
abstainer
noun
Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
abstinent
abstinent
adj
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite.
noun
(usually capitalized, religion, historical) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence from meat and sex.
One who abstains; a faster.
abthainry
abthanage
abthanage
noun
Alternative form of abthanery
abutilons
abutilons
noun
plural of abutilon
abutments
abutments
noun
plural of abutment
acanthial
acanthial
adj
Of or belonging to the acanthion.
acanthine
acanthine
adj
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus, or its leaves.
acanthion
acanthion
noun
(medicine) A point lying near the base of the nose; specifically, the point at the base of the anterior nasal spine that lies on the mesial line; tip of the anterior nasal spine.
acanthite
acanthite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of silver sulfide, Ag₂S, that is a major ore of silver, that forms slender prisms.
acanthoid
acanthoid
adj
Having the shape of a spine or thorn
acanthoma
acanthoma
noun
(medicine) A neoplasm of the prickle cell layer of the skin
acanthous
acanthous
adj
(botany) Synonym of spinous
accenting
accenting
verb
present participle of accent
accentors
accentors
noun
plural of accentor
accentual
accentual
adj
Designating verse rhythms based on stress accents.
Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
acceptant
acceptant
adj
accepting; receiving.
noun
One who accepts something.
accepting
accepting
adj
Characterized by acceptance.
verb
present participle of accept
acception
acception
noun
(obsolete) Acceptation; received meaning.
accidents
accidents
noun
plural of accident
accipient
accipient
noun
(obsolete) Someone who, or something which, accepts (willingly receives).
acclinate
acclinate
adj
Having an upward slope.
accordant
accordant
adj
In agreement; agreeing.
accosting
accosting
noun
The act of physically confronting a person.
verb
present participle of accost
accounted
accounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of account
accounter
accounter
noun
A person providing an account of events.
A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
accreting
accreting
verb
present participle of accrete
accretion
accretion
noun
(astrophysics) The formation of planets and other bodies by collection of material through gravity.
(biology) A growing together of parts naturally separate, as of the fingers or toes.
(geology) The gradual increase of land by deposition of water-borne sediment.
(law) Gain to an heir or legatee; failure of a coheir to the same succession, or a co-legatee of the same thing, to take his share percentage.
(law) The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain of land by the washing up of sand or sail from the sea or a river, or by a gradual recession of the water from the usual watermark.
Concretion; coherence of separate particles.
Something added externally to promote the external growth of an item.
The act of increasing by natural growth; especially the increase of organic bodies by the internal accession of parts; organic growth.
The act of increasing, or the matter added, by an accession of parts externally; an extraneous addition.
accumbent
accumbent
adj
(botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
noun
One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
accusants
accusants
noun
plural of accusant
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
acescents
acescents
noun
plural of acescent
acetanion
acetannin
acetannin
noun
(organic chemistry) An acetyl derivative of tannic acid
acetation
acetation
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) Synonym of acetification
acetonate
acetonate
noun
(organic chemistry) An enolate of acetone
verb
To treat or react with acetone
acetonize
acetonize
verb
(rare) Synonym of acetonate
acetylene
acetylene
noun
(organic chemistry, countable) Any organic compound having one or more carbon–carbon triple bonds; an alkyne.
(organic chemistry, uncountable) Ethyne; the simplest alkyne, a hydrocarbon of formula HC≡CH. It is a colourless, odorless, extremely flammable, explosive gas, formerly used as an illuminating gas, but now used in welding and metallurgy.
A lamp powered by acetylene, particularly a motor vehicle headlight.
acidulant
acidulant
noun
A food additive used to increase acidity or to give a tart taste
acidulent
acidulent
adj
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
acinacity
acinetina
aconative
aconative
adj
Lacking conation
aconitine
aconitine
noun
(organic chemistry) An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite
aconitums
aconitums
noun
plural of aconitum
acquaints
acquaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquaint
acraniate
acraniate
adj
That lacks a cranium
noun
Any animal of the class Acrania
acrodonts
acrodonts
noun
plural of acrodont
acronycta
actinally
actinally
adv
In an actinal manner.
actinians
actinians
noun
plural of actinian
actinical
actinides
actinides
noun
plural of actinide
actinidia
actinisms
actinisms
noun
plural of actinism
actiniums
actiniums
noun
plural of actinium
actinoida
actinoids
actinoids
noun
plural of actinoid
actinopod
actinopod
noun
(zoology) Any member of the variously ranked group Actinopoda of protozoa.
actinozoa
actinozoa
noun
plural of actinozoon
actinulae
actinulae
noun
plural of actinula
actionary
actionary
noun
(business, obsolete) A shareholder in a joint-stock company.
actionist
actionist
noun
(art, sometimes capitalized) One taking part in the actionism movement.
Synonym of activist
actionize
actionize
verb
(transitive, rare) To bring a legal action against; to sue.
actuarian
actuarian
adj
Synonym of actuarial
noun
Synonym of actuary
actuating
actuating
verb
present participle of actuate
actuation
actuation
noun
The act of putting into motion.
acuminate
acuminate
adj
(botany, mycology) Tapering to a long point in concave manner at its apex.
Tapering to a point; pointed.
verb
(intransitive) To end in or come to a sharp point.
(transitive) To render sharp or keen; to sharpen.
acutances
acutances
noun
plural of acutance
acuteness
acuteness
noun
(medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
(of the senses or feelings) The faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness
Shrewdness, quickness of mind
Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds.
The quality of being acute or pointed
acylating
acylating
verb
present participle of acylate
acylation
acylation
noun
(organic chemistry) The process of adding an acyl group to a compound.
adamantly
adamantly
adv
In an immovable or inflexible manner.
adamstown
adamstown
Proper noun
The capital and only settlement of the
A village in Ireland
A in Maryland.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
adaptions
adaptions
noun
plural of adaption
addicting
addicting
adj
(US) Causing addiction.
verb
present participle of addict
addiction
addiction
noun
(medicine) A state that is characterized by compulsive drug use or compulsive engagement in rewarding behavior, despite negative consequences.
A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one's life but when ceased causes trauma.
A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences.
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination.
addington
additions
additions
noun
plural of addition
addlement
addlement
noun
confusion; an addled state
adducting
adducting
verb
present participle of adduct
adduction
adduction
noun
(anatomy) The action by which the parts of the body are drawn towards its axis; -- opposed to abduction.
The act of adducing or bringing forward.
ademonist
ademption
ademption
noun
(law) In the law of wills, the determination of what happens when property left under a will is no longer in the testator's estate when the testator dies.
adenocyst
adenomata
adenomata
noun
plural of adenoma
adenotome
adenotomy
adenotomy
noun
(anatomy, surgery) Dissection of, or incision into, a gland or glands.
adeptness
adeptness
noun
The quality of being adept.
adespoton
adherents
adherents
noun
plural of adherent
adigranth
adjection
adjection
noun
Act of adjecting or adding, or the thing added.
adjoinant
adjoinant
adj
(obsolete) Contiguous, adjoining.
adjunctly
adjunctly
adv
In an adjunct manner.
adjusting
adjusting
noun
Adjustment.
verb
present participle of adjust
adjutancy
adjutancy
noun
The state or office of being an adjutant, assistant, or helper.
adjutants
adjutants
noun
plural of adjutant
adjuvants
adjuvants
noun
plural of adjuvant
admitting
admitting
noun
An act of admission; an allowing to enter.
verb
present participle of admit
admixtion
admixtion
noun
(archaic) A mingling of different things; an admixture.
admonitor
admonitor
noun
An admonisher; a monitor.
adnascent
adnascent
adj
Growing to or on something else.
adnations
adnations
noun
plural of adnation
adnescent
adnexitis
adnexitis
noun
(medicine) inflammation of the adnexa of the uterus, i.e. the Fallopian tubes or ovaries.
adoptions
adoptions
noun
plural of adoption
adorantes
adoration
adoration
noun
(countable) An act of religious worship.
(historical) The selection of a pope by acclamation and before any formal ballot (excluded as a voting method in 1621 by Pope Gregory XV).
(religion) Worship of Christ in the Eucharistic host in the Catholic Church, often while exposed in a monstrance.
(uncountable) Admiration or esteem.
(uncountable) The act of adoring; loving devotion or fascination.