University Vocabulary
367,698 words and 113,531 expressions at the university level.
Being built or under construction, as a structure or a vessel.
Alternative form of a cappella.
plural of a-cappella.
Alternative form of changing.
Alternative form of acockbill.
Astride; mounted on something as though on horseback.
Minced oath of ass.
plural of a-double-s
Alternative form of A'ertai (Altai).
Emphatic form of amen.
plural of A-horizon
Alternative form of ahorseback.
plural of a-machine.
Alternative form of amornings.
The practice of visiting one's literal or figurative mother or mother church (compare Mothering Sunday); also called mothering.
A movement to an argument position, such as a subject or object position.
plural of A-movement
At night.
The now-extinct language spoken by the Pucikwar people.
Alternative spelling of asantaist.
Alternative form of Atushi (Artux)
Alternative form of at-ten-shun.
Initialism of associate of the Association of Certified and Corporate Accountants.
plural of A.A.C.C.A.
Initialism of American Association of Occupational Health Nurses.
Initialism of American Academy of Political and Social Science.
Acronym of Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen.
plural of aabomycin
Alternative form of AAK theory.
The name of two uninhabited islands of Gaafu Dhaalu, Maldives
plural of aandblom
Misspelling of Anishinaabe.
plural of aaptamine
plural of aard-vark
plural of aard-wolf (archaic form of aardwolves).
Similar to an aardvark, characteristic of an aardvark.
plural of aardwolf
Alternative form of Aaron's beard.
A surname.
plural of Aaronovitch
The courtship call of a green heron.
Synonym of Aatxe.
Synonym of abacterial.
simple past and past participle of abacinate
third-person singular simple present indicative of abacinate
present participle and gerund of abacinate
The act of abacinating, of blinding with the light from hot metal
plural of abacination
plural of abaciscus
Lined up in the direction of the wind and thus not propelled by the wind
Alternative form of abackward.
Misspelling of abamectin.
Divination using dust, dirt, silt, sand, ashes, or smoke. Patterns in the medium under various circumstances are interpreted to envision future events.
Alternative form of abacteremic.
Not caused by bacteria in the blood
Not caused by bacteria; characterized by a lack of bacteria.
Without the presence or use of bacteria.
from the end opposite the mouth in a radiate animal (to the other end).
plural of abadavine
A city in Pará, Brazil.
A particular monoclonal antibody.
plural of abaisance
plural of umkhwetha
plural of abakwetha
To make another's that which was once yours; to transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
simple past and past participle of abalienate
third-person singular simple present indicative of abalienate
present participle and gerund of abalienate
The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement; transferring a legal title.
plural of abalienation
A parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) analogue drug used to treat osteoporosis.
plural of abamectin
A medication for the treatment of headlouse infestation.
Able to be abandoned; suitable for abandonment.
With abandon, without restraint.
The state or quality of being abandoned.
second-person singular simple past indicative of abandon
plural of abandonee
plural of abandoner
second-person singular simple present indicative of abandon
third-person singular simple present indicative of abandon
present participle and gerund of abandon
plural of abandoning
plural of abandonment
The state, quality, or condition of abandon; abandonment
A software product that is no longer updated or maintained, or whose copyright is no longer defended or which is no longer marketed even by the company who made it.
plural of abandonware
Not apertural; Away from the aperture.
From the lowest point (on down).
A trepan having a conical shape so that injurious penetration of the brain is impossible.
plural of abaptiston
A loss of the ability to realise or estimate the weight of an object.
A form of articulation that allows considerable change in position and spatial relationship between the articulated parts, and which bones move freely upon one another; diarthrosis.
Away from the joints; not articular.
The quality of being abased.
plural of abasement
The state of being abashed; abashment.
In an abashing manner.
In an abashless, unabashed manner: unabashedly.
plural of abashment
Missing a nucleotide base.
An overpowering sexual attraction to people who use orthopaedic appliances such as leg-braces, spinal braces, plaster or fibreglass orthopedic casts, or wheelchairs.
simple past and past participle of abastard
present participle and gerund of abastard
simple past and past participle of abastardise
third-person singular simple present indicative of abastardise
present participle and gerund of abastardise
To stigmatize as a bastard; debase.
simple past and past participle of abastardize
third-person singular simple present indicative of abastardize
present participle and gerund of abastardize
A small town and climatic spa in the Adigeni Municipality, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Georgia.
plural of abat-jour
plural of abat-vent
plural of abatement
With compound eyes, each small lens being separate with its own cornea, and the sclera separate from the cornea.
Resembling or characteristic of an abattoir.
plural of abatvoix
To convert to abaxial form
simple past and past participle of abaxialize
third-person singular simple present indicative of abaxialize
present participle and gerund of abaxialize
Alternative spelling of abacination.
plural of Abbasside
plural of abbatess
A surname from Italian.
plural of Abbatiello
plural of Abbethdin
Alternative form of Abbevillian.
Alternative form of Abbevillian.
Of or relating to any of various early Paleolithic sites, particularly in Europe, that are characterized by the presence of bifacial stone axes.
Alternative form of abbey counter.
An able-bodied idler who grew sleek and fat from the charity of religious houses; a lazy monk.
plural of abbey-lubber
Alternative form of abbeystead.
plural of abbey-stead
Alternative form of abbeystead.
plural of abbey-stede
A town in western County Limerick, Ireland (Irish grid ref R 1126).
A village in the City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5654).
plural of abbeystead
Archaic form of abbeystead.
plural of abbeystede
Synonym of urokinase.
An abbot who is also a bishop.
plural of abbot-bishop
plural of abbotess
plural of abbotrick
A village and civil parish (served by Chesil Bank Parish Council) in south-west Dorset, England (OS grid ref SY5785).
A ford in the Tweed, Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, near Melrose Abbey.
A native or inhabitant of Abbotsford.
plural of abbotship
An area north of Paisley, Renfrewshire council area, Scotland, now almost entirely occupied by Glasgow Airport (OS grid ref NS4766).
A neighbourhood in Yate, South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire (OS grid ref ST7081).
A city in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and capital of the district by that name.
A borough of Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Misspelling of abreuvoir.
plural of abbreuvoir
Able to be abbreviated.
Capable of being abbreviated.
In an abbreviated fashion.
In an abbreviate way.
Archaic spelling of abbreviator.
plural of abbreviater
third-person singular simple present indicative of abbreviate
present participle and gerund of abbreviate
plural of abbreviation
Tending to abbreviate; condensed.
A person who abbreviates or shortens.
plural of abbreviator
Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging.
An abridgment; a compendium; an abstract.
plural of abbreviature
A precautionary or anticipatory measure
plural of abbrochment
A surname from Italian.
plural of Abbruzzese
On the side facing away from the chalaza of a seed.
plural of abcoulomb
A transliteration of the Persian male given name عبدالمسیح ('abd-ol-masih)
plural of Abdelaziz
A male given name from Arabic.
plural of Abdelghani
A male given name from Arabic.
plural of Abdelhamid
A surname from Arabic.
plural of Abdellatif
A surname from Arabic.
plural of Abdelrahman
A surname from German.
The theory that humanity's morality will never advance beyond its present state.
second-person singular simple present indicative of abdicate
third-person singular simple present indicative of abdicate
present participle and gerund of abdicate
Of, pertaining to, abdication.
plural of abdication
Causing, or implying, abdication.
plural of abdicative
plural of abdicator
A surname.
plural of Abdirahman
plural of abditory
Misspelling of abdominally.
Abdominal pain.
A group of cirriped crustaceans having abdominal appendages.
Of or relating to the abdominalia.
In the area of the abdomen.
plural of abdominal
Alternative form of abdominizer.
plural of abdominiser
To exercise the abdominal muscles.
simple past and past participle of abdominize
Any type of exercise equipment designed to work the abdominal muscles.
plural of abdominizer
third-person singular simple present indicative of abdominize
present participle and gerund of abdominize
An instrument like an endoscope, for use in abdominoscopy.
Examination of the abdomen to detect abdominal disease, using an endoscope.
Having a protuberant belly; potbellied.
plural of abducens
Relating to abduction.
plural of abduction
In an abductive fashion.
plural of abductor
A male given name from Arabic
A surname from Arabic.
plural of Abdulkadir
plural of Abdullahi
An Islamic male given name from Arabic.
A male given name from Arabic.
A male given name from Arabic.
A male given name from Arabic.
A surname.
A surname from Arabic.
plural of Abdurrahman
plural of abecedarium
Someone who is learning the alphabet.
plural of abecedarian
plural of abecedary
plural of abecedarius
A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
plural of abecedarius
plural of abecediary
abecedarian
plural of abecedism
An experimental drug candidate for the treatment of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
A type of anticoagulant medication.
of or relating to Peter Abelard, or his philosophy.
Alternative spelling of abelianize.
Alternative spelling of abelianized.
third-person singular simple present indicative of abelianise
present participle and gerund of abelianise
to transform into an abelian group
transformed into an abelian group
third-person singular simple present indicative of abelianize
present participle and gerund of abelianize
The quality of being abelian.
Any of the Abelisauridae, a family of ceratosaurian theropod dinosaurs.
plural of abelisaurid
Any dinosaur of the superfamily Abelisauroidea
plural of abelisauroid
plural of abelisaur
An abelisaurid theropod dinosaur, of genus Abelisaurus, from the Late Cretaceous Period (Campanian) of what is now South America.
plural of Abelonian
A mineral, NiC₃₁H₃₂N₄, forming soft reddish-brown triclinic crystals.
Alternative spelling of able whackets.
An antineoplastic cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor used to treat breast cancer.
Describing the area of a blastocyst opposite the embryo or embryoblast
A mineral of sodium, cerium, neodymium, lanthanum, praseodymium, thorium, samarium, oxygen, sulfur, carbon, phosphorus, and silicon.
Misspelling of albendazole.
An evening performance of religious music.
plural of abendmusik
A surname.
A village in Mawddwy community, south-east Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH8410).
Synonym of aberrant.
A town in Bargoed community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO1500).
An estate east of Crieff, Perth and Kinross council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NN9122).
A village in Troed-y-rhiw community, Merthyr Tydfil borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO0503).
A surname.
Alternative form of aberdevine.
plural of aberdavine
A council area in north-east Scotland, created in 1996 on the abolition of Grampian Region. (The city of Aberdeen is separate and has its own council.)
The Eurasian siskin or spruce siskin, Spinus spinus, a small green and yellow finch related to the goldfinch.
plural of aberdevine
Of or relating to Aberdeen.
plural of Aberdonian
A village in Blaenhonddan community, Neath Port Talbot borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS7799).
Alternative form of aberdevine.
plural of aberduvine
An age from 471.8 ± 1.6 to 464 million years ago, a subdivision of the Ordovician.
premeditated murder
A suburb of Melbourne in the City of Moonee Valley, Victoria, Australia
A market town and community with a town council in Monmouthshire, Wales (OS grid ref SO2914).
A Native American from the region that is now northern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire.
plural of Aberginian
A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia.
superstition
A small village in Llanfihangel Rhos-y-Corn community, Carmarthenshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN5833).
A village in Gwynfi and Croeserw community, Neath Port Talbot borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8996).
A village in Llanfihangel-y-pennant community, southern Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH6707).
A village in Newcastle Higher community, Bridgend borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SS8983).
A village in Corris community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH7709).
A rare hydrous uranium oxide mineral that forms yellow vitreous tabular crystals with perfect cleavage.
Of or relating to John Abernethy (surgeon) (1764–1831).
plural of Abernethy
plural of aberrance
plural of aberrancy
In an aberrant manner; abnormally.
present participle and gerund of aberrate
Characterized by aberration.
plural of aberration
Having deviated or been knocked, momentarily and sharply, from the more dominant or expected course or trajectory.
plural of aberrator
Of or pertaining to aberration; aberrant.
A device that measures refractive aberrations of the eye
plural of aberrometer
Relating to aberrometry
The measurement of refractive aberrations of the eye
An instrument used to observe aberration of the eye
plural of aberroscope
A town and community in Torfaen borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2603).
A town in Blaenau Gwent borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref SO2104).
A village in Aber Valley community, Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales (OS grid ref ST1289).
To eradicate; to pull up by the roots.
simple past and past participle of aberuncate
third-person singular simple present indicative of aberuncate
present participle and gerund of aberuncate
A pruning device mounted on a pole, so as to reach high branches; a weeding machine.
plural of aberuncator
A coastal town and community with a town council in Ceredigion, Wales (OS grid ref SN5881).
plural of Aberzombie
An abnormal evacuation.
plural of abevacuation
An experimental drug candidate for the treatment of cancer.
plural of abeyancy
A proposed mechanism for noncarious tooth tissue loss, owing not to decay but rather to biomechanical stresses of biting and chewing; the pathogenesis of such damage remains a subject of continuing study.
plural of abfraction
In an abfrontal manner or direction
Away from a germ or ovary
Outrageous; tasteless.
A Buddhist gesture of reassurance and safety, in which the right hand is held upright, and the palm is facing outwards.
plural of abhayamudra
Alternative form of Abhidharma.
Ancient Buddhist texts, dating from the 3rd century BCE onward, that contain detailed scholastic reworkings of doctrinal material appearing in the Buddhist sutras, according to schematic classifications.
Alternative form of abhisheka
plural of abhishekam
plural of abhisheka
Obsolete form of abominable.
Obsolete form of abomination.
plural of abhomination
To be abhorred; hateful; despicable.
Something abhorrent; an abomination.
plural of abhorration
second-person singular simple past indicative of abhor
Extreme aversion or detestation; the feeling of utter dislike or loathing.
plural of abhorrence
plural of abhorrency
Aberrancy.
In a manner, or to a degree, that is abhorrent; with abhorrence.
Detestable.
plural of abhorring
Synonym of abhorrence.
Any of a family of hydrolases having an alpha/beta hydrolase fold
Away from the hymenium.
Fear of running out of things to read.
The place where one abides; a permanent dwelling-place.
The state or quality abiding.
Of or pertaining to Abidjan, the largest city of Côte d'Ivoire.
plural of Abidjanian
The triterpenoid lactone (2R)-2-[(2R)-2-[(3R,5R,9S,10R,13R,14R,17R)-3-methoxy-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]propyl]-4-methyl-2H-furan-5-one present in Abies plants
Of or relating to the Abietaceae.
Misspelling of abietadienic.
An unsaturated diterpene hydrocarbon related to abietic acid
Derived from abietadiene.
The diterpene (4aS,10aS)-1,1,4a-trimethyl-7-propan-2-yl-2,3,4,9,10,10a-hexahydrophenanthrene related to abietane
The Abietineae is a taxonomic term historically used to classify a subtribe or group of coniferous trees within the family Pinaceae.
Of or relating to the Abietineae.
Alternative form of Abiezrite.
plural of Abiezerite
plural of Abiezrite
the role or duration of being an abigail, or lady's maid.
plural of abiliment
The enablement of ability
plural of abilitation
inheriting the estate of someone who died without having made a will
That does not involve biochemistry
plural of abiogenesis
The origination of living organisms from lifeless matter; such genesis as does not involve the action of living parents.
A proponent of abiogenesis.
plural of abiogenesist
Of or pertaining to abiogenesis, originated by abiogenesis.
Alternative form of abiogenetic.
Created in an abiogenic manner; created without assistance of natural organisms or their processes.
One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent life.
plural of abiogenist
Produced by spontaneous generation.
Pertaining to inanimate things; not produced by organisms.
In an abiological manner.
The non-living particulate matter in lakes and oceans.
plural of abioseston
All the parts of the Earth in which life is not possible
In an abiotic manner; in the absence of life.
Relating to or involving abiotrophy; relating to or involving the functional loss of an organ or cells not due to an injury.
plural of abiotrophy
Premature degeneration of cells or tissues, especially with genetic causes; loss of function of organ or cell, not due to injury.
A pyridine-substituted sterol used as a drug against prostate cancer.
Alternative form of abiraterone.
Acting to diminish irritation; soothing.
plural of abirritant
To diminish the sensibility of; to debilitate; to soothe.
simple past and past participle of abirritate
third-person singular simple present indicative of abirritate
present participle and gerund of abirritate
A pathological condition opposite to that of irritation; debility; asthenia; atony.
plural of abirritation
Characterized by abirritation or debility.
A kimarite in which the attacker forces his opponent over backwards by throwing his weight into him from a grappling position.
plural of abisselfa
Archaic form of Abyssinian.
plural of Abissinian
A drug that is an angiotensin II receptor antagonist.
A regional county municipality of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
A pupil / student in the German education system who is taking, or who has taken and passed, the Abitur.
plural of abiturient
A humanized monoclonal antibody developed in an attempt to prevent bone lesion metastases in castration-resistant prostate cancer.
The state of being abjected.
simple past and past participle of abjectify
third-person singular simple present indicative of abjectify
present participle and gerund of abjectify
plural of abjection
The state of being abject; abasement; meanness; servility.
plural of abjectness
plural of abjecture
present participle and gerund of abjoint
To reject by judicial sentence.
simple past and past participle of abjudicate
third-person singular simple present indicative of abjudicate
present participle and gerund of abjudicate
Rejection or confiscation by judicial sentence.
plural of abjudication
present participle and gerund of abjugate
The act of abjugating. An unyoking, freeing, or uncoupling.
plural of abjugation
The creation of spores by cutting off portions of the sporophore by the growth of septa; abstriction.
plural of abjunction
Exceptional, isolated, disconnected, separate,
A solemn recantation or renunciation on oath; as, an abjuration of heresy.
plural of abjuration
Involving abjuration.
Renunciation.
plural of abjurement
plural of Abkhasian
plural of Abkhazian
simple past and past participle of ablactate
third-person singular simple present indicative of ablactate
present participle and gerund of ablactate
The weaning of a child from the breast, or of young animals from their dam.
plural of ablactation
To lay bare, as the roots of a tree, by loosening or removing soil.
simple past and past participle of ablaqueate
third-person singular simple present indicative of ablaqueate
present participle and gerund of ablaqueate
The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water.
Non-germinal; unable to form a blastema or offspring.
Of or relating to ablation.
In an ablational manner.
Subtractive or tending to diminish.
In an ablative manner.
The quality of being ablative.
The nature of the ablative case.
Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust; fit for service.
Alternative spelling of able-bodyism.
Ableism: a prejudice in favor of the able-bodied.
A person who exhibits able-bodyism.
plural of able-bodyist
Having unimpaired mental capability.
Alternative form of able-bodied.
Synonym of ableism.
present participle and gerund of ablegate
Expulsion; banishment.
plural of ablegation
plural of ableness
Exhibiting, characteristic of, or related to ablenormativity.
A congenital absence or reduction in size of eyelids.
ablepharia
Exhibiting ablepharia; without eyelids.
Alternative form of ableptic (“blind”).
simple past and past participle of ablesplain
present participle and gerund of ablesplain
third-person singular simple present indicative of ablesplain
Alternative spelling of able whackets.
Alternative spelling of able whackets.
present participle and gerund of abligate
The suturing or tying up of a body part.
Prodigal expenditure on food.
simple past and past participle of abliterate
third-person singular simple present indicative of abliterate
present participle and gerund of abliterate
plural of abliteration