(historical, Ancient Greece) A palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries.
anchorlike
anchorlike
adj
Resembling an anchor.
andarko
andikithira
andreyevka
androkinin
angarsk
angiokeratoma
angiokeratoma
noun
(medicine) A benign cutaneous lesion of capillaries, resulting in small marks of red to blue colour and characterized by hyperkeratosis.
angkor
angkor
Proper noun
A region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries.
ankara
ankaramite
ankaramite
noun
(geology) A specific type of volcanic rock
ankaratrite
anker
anker
noun
(obsolete) A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.
ankerhold
ankerite
ankerite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a group of mixed carbonate minerals, principally of calcium with iron, magnesium and manganese.
ankerites
ankerites
noun
plural of ankerite
ankylenteron
ankyloblepharon
ankyloblepharon
noun
(pathology) fusion of the margins of the eyelids
ankylomerism
ankyloproctia
ankylorrhinia
ankylosaur
ankylosaur
noun
Synonym of ankylosaurus
ankylosaurs
ankylosaurs
noun
plural of ankylosaur
ankylosaurus
ankylosaurus
noun
A large herbivorous dinosaur, of genus Ankylosaurus, that lived in the Cretaceous period, noted for its heavy armor and club-like tail.
ankylurethria
ankylurethria
noun
(biology, medicine) Impaired patency of the urethra owing to any sort of fusion that either partially or completely obstructs its lumen (for example, stricture due to adhesions).
ankyroid
anorak
anorak
noun
(Britain, slang) A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject.
A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
anoraks
anoraks
noun
plural of anorak
anotherkins
anotherkins
adj
(UK, regional, obsolete) Of another kind.
antibreakage
antibreakage
adj
Preventing breakage.
anticker
anticker
noun
(archaic) One who performs antics; a comic performer.
antikythera
antimark
antimasker
antimasker
noun
(healthcare, politics, neologism) A person who is opposed to the practice of wearing masks.
Alternative form of antimasquer.
antiracketeering
antiracketeering
adj
Countering racketeering.
antirickets
antirickets
adj
Preventing rickets.
antismokers
antismokers
noun
plural of antismoker
antistrike
antistrike
adj
Opposed to a strike (industrial action).
antistriker
antistriker
noun
One who opposes a strike (industrial action).
antitakeover
antitakeover
adj
(business) Countering a corporate takeover.
antiturnpikeism
antiwarlike
antiwarlike
adj
Opposing war; pacifist.
antiwrinkle
antiwrinkle
adj
(dermatology) Counteracting wrinkles.
antshrike
antshrike
noun
Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
apikores
apikoros
apikoros
noun
A Jewish skeptic or apostate.
apikorsim
apikorsim
noun
plural of apikoros
apokrea
apokreos
apparatchik
apparatchik
noun
(historical) A member of the Soviet apparat; a Communist bureaucrat or agent.
A blindly loyal bureaucrat.
apparatchiki
apparatchiks
apparatchiks
noun
plural of apparatchik
aprickle
aprickle
adj
Prickling.
apronlike
apronlike
adj
Resembling an apron.
arabesk
arabesk
noun
Obsolete form of arabesque.
arabesks
arabesks
noun
plural of arabesk
arak
arak
noun
A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East.
A toothbrush tree (Salvadora persica).
Alternative spelling of arrack (an alcoholic drink distilled from coconut palm flowers in South Asia)
arakan
arakanese
arakawa
arakawa
Proper noun
A special ward in Tokyo that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Adachi, Sumida, Taitō, Bunkyō and Kita special wards
arakawaite
arakawaite
noun
(mineralogy) veszelyite
arake
araks
araks
noun
plural of arak
aralkyl
aralkyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any univalent radical derived from an alkyl radical by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms by aryl groups
aralkylated
arank
aranyaka
arawak
arawakan
arawakan
Adjective
Of or relating to a language family that developed among ancient indigenous peoples in South America and migrated to Central America and the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean and the Atlantic, including what is now the Bahamas.
arawakian
arawaks
arbuckle
archduke
archduke
noun
(history) The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.
(history) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
archdukedom
archdukedom
noun
The territory or dignity of an archduke or archduchess; an archduchy.
archdukedoms
archdukedoms
noun
plural of archdukedom
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
archidiskodon
archikaryon
archipenko
archjockey
archking
archking
noun
(rare) A chief king.
archknave
archmock
archmocker
archmockery
archworker
archworkmaster
arcked
arcking
arclike
arclike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an arc.
areek
areek
adj
In a reeking condition; having a strong odour.
arensky
areskutan
arguslike
arick
arikara
ariki
ariki
noun
A person having a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia.
aripeka
ark
ark
noun
(Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.
(Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Noah's Ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.