University Vocabulary
481,229 words at the university level.
plural of A battery
Entirely different from the average within a group; sharply diverging from the norm; in a league of one's own.
A vocal performance with no instrumental accompaniment.
plural of a cappella
At whatever tempo and with whatever expression the conductor or performer desires.
Alternative form of a-double-s.
An indefinite and somewhat large number; more than a few; a fair number of.
A great distance from something or somewhere.
A municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
The effort of the attempt was admirable, even though the attempted action failed.
A variation of the single-wing formation, differing in placing the quarterback further back from the line and closer to the center, and placing the backfield opposite the "strong" side of the unbalanced line.
Misspelling of a fortiori.
With stronger or greater reason; as a corollary implied by a stronger claim; even more so; all the more so; so much the more.
Obsolete form of in God's name.
Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.
A number of, more than a bare few.
Something that gives a positive impression.
A substantial number of
Very much; to a great extent; a lot; lots.
A substantial number of
An area and village in Shau Kei Wan, Eastern district, Hong Kong.
Alternative form of à la carte.
Prepared to order, not prepared in advance.
A translator's or interpreter's mother tongue, i.e. their main active language, into which they are able to translate or interpret from their other working languages.
plural of A language
To a very small extent or degree.
Of a blood type within the ABO and Rh blood grouping system. Blood type A negative has a phenotype of "A" and a Rhesus system classification of negative.
Describing a disposition of property granted by a party who has no title to it.
superior to; of a higher quality than
Several.
A municipality of Lugo, Galicia, Spain.
Of a blood type within the ABO and Rh blood grouping system. Blood type A positive has a phenotype of "A" and a Rhesus system classification of positive.
Involving induction of theories from facts.
Alternative form of apriorism.
Alternative spelling of a smidgen.
plural of A Special
plural of A student
Alternative form of one thousand, the number 1000 = 10³.
Transportation for ordinary purposes, as opposed to that by a professional driver for business purposes.
A lot of, a mountain of.
Obsolete form of in God's name.
Synonym of T-power.
Synonym of Hiroshima maiden.
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).
The major key with A-flat as its tonic, with the notes A♭, B♭, C, D♭, E♭, F, and G, the key signature of which has four flats.
a minor key with the notes A♭, B♭, C♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, and G♭
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.
The theoretical major key with A-sharp as its tonic and the notes A#, B#, C𝄪, D#, E#, F𝄪, and G𝄪.
a minor key with the notes A♯, B♯, C♯, D♯, E♯, F♯, G♯
Alternative form of Atushi (Artux)
Alternative form of at-ten-shun.
Alternative form of a-double-s.
A formulaic name that is substituted for that of a person whose name or identity is not known, or not relevant; typically used when exhibiting an example.
A barangay of San Jose, Nueva Ecija, Philippines.
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.
Alternative form of A. N. Other.
Acronym of Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen.
The use of a randomized experiment with two variants (termed A and B) which differ in a single particular.
A municipality of Drenthe, Netherlands.
plural of aabomycin
An expression of enjoyment of a pleasant aroma; a general expression of relaxed satisfaction.
A study of infinite Hankel matrices and associated approximation problems.
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
Cymbalaria muralis (ivy-leaved toadflax, Kenilworth ivy).
plural of Aaron's rod
Alternative form of Aaron's beard.
A surname.
plural of Aaronovitch
A locality in the Mid-Western council area, eastern New South Wales, Australia.
The courtship call of a green heron.
A rare inherited disorder characterized by anemia with joint and skeletal deformities, caused by underdevelopment of the bone marrow.
Synonym of Aatxe.
From absurdity.
From time immemorial; from an infinitely remote point in the past.
Alternative form of av beit din.
From an intestate (someone who dies with no legal will).
A village and civil parish in Melton district, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK7223).
A variety of Middle English found in the Corpus manuscript and characterized by French and Norse loanwords, colloquial expressions, conservative spelling, and similarities to Old English syntax.
From the origin; from the beginning.
plural of ab roller
In multithreaded computing, a case in which a program erroneously considers the equality of a variable at two times to mean it has never changed in between.
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.
An archipelago in the north of the Bahamas.
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.
A language of Malaysia.
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.
To leave or forsake a ship due to its impending doom.
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
third-person singular simple present indicative of abandon ship
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.
present participle and gerund of abate of
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.
A village in Abbas and Templecombe parish, Somerset, England, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST7022).
plural of Abbasside
plural of abbatess
A surname from Italian.
plural of Abbatiello
A number that represents the reciprocal of the dispersive power of a substance with transparent qualities.
plural of Abbe number
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.
A medal presented to a pilgrim visiting a shrine.
A village and civil parish (served by Abbeydore and Bacton Group Parish Council) in south-west Herefordshire, England (OS grid ref SO3830).
A hamlet in Axminster parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, south of the town (OS grid ref SY2997).
Synonym of abbey counter.
plural of abbey token
A suburban area in the borough of Greenwich and borough of Bexley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4779).
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
present participle and gerund of ab off
Synonym of urokinase.
The leader of a monastic order.
An abbot who is exempt from diocesan control, and acts with papal authority.
The representative leader of all Benedictine congregations.
An abbot who is also a bishop.
plural of abbot-bishop
plural of abbotess
plural of abbotrick
A small village and civil parish in Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire, England (OS grid ref TL2378).
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
plural of ABC guide
Any of the three islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, in the southern part of the Caribbean Sea off the Venezuelan coast.
Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao, the three westernmost islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean.
plural of ABC party
plural of ABC store
A genetic disorder characterized by albinism, a black lock of hair, cell migration disorder of the neurocytes of the gut, and sensorineural deafness.
On the side facing away from the chalaza of a seed.
plural of abcoulomb
A transliteration of the Arabic male given name عَبْد الْمَسِيح (ʕabd al-masīḥ)
Alternative form of Abdulkadir.
plural of Abd al-Qadir
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.
One of the posterior paired fins of fishes; pelvic fin; ventral fin.
Any of the riblike structures that cross the abdomen in lizards.
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
Alternative form of Abdulkadir.
plural of Abdul Qadir
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 Abe Lincoln
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 rule in chemistry that states that the sum of the hydrogen valence and the maximum oxygen valence is equal to eight.
plural of Abel test
A type of anticoagulant medication.
of or relating to Peter Abelard, or his philosophy.
A group in which the group operation is commutative.
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.
A language of the Philippines.
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 community (civil parish) in Caerphilly borough county borough, Wales.
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.
A community (civil parish) in Rhondda Cynon Taf borough county borough, Wales, which includes the town of Aberdare.
Alternative form of aberdevine.
plural of aberdavine
A simple J-shaped hook used in fishing.
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).
thiamine
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).
Synonym of Abert's towhee
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
A grammatical case used to express the lack or absence of something. It has the meaning of the English preposition without or the affix -less.
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.
present participle and gerund of abide by
Alternative form of abiding-place.
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
A yellowish resin acid isolated from rosin and used in varnishes and esters for plasticizers; C₁₉H₂₉COOH.
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
A unit for upgrading a character's abilities or skills.