(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.
abstort
absvolt
abtruse
abvolts
abvolts
noun
plural of abvolt
abwatts
abwatts
noun
plural of abwatt
acastus
accents
accents
noun
plural of accent
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accent
accepts
accepts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accept
accoast
accoast
verb
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To lie or sail along the coast or side (of); to accost.
accosts
accosts
noun
plural of accost
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accost
accurst
accurst
adj
Archaic spelling of accursed.
verb
past participle of accurse
acepots
acepots
noun
Synonym of acepot
acestes
acetals
acetals
noun
plural of acetal
acetars
acetins
acetins
noun
plural of acetin
acetose
acetose
adj
Sour like vinegar; acetous.
acetous
acetous
adj
Causing, or connected with, acetification
Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
acetyls
acetyls
noun
plural of acetyl
achates
achates
noun
plural of achate
achiest
achiest
adj
superlative form of achy: most achy
acquest
acquest
noun
(law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
(rare) Acquisition; the thing gained.
acquist
acquist
noun
(obsolete) Acquisition; gain.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To acquire.
acquits
acquits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquit
actings
actings
noun
plural of acting
actions
actions
noun
plural of action
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of action
actious
actious
adj
(obsolete) active; full of activity; full of energy.
actives
actives
noun
plural of active
actless
actless
adj
Without action or spirit.
actress
actress
noun
(now rare) A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).
A female who performs on the stage or in films.
actuals
actuals
noun
(accounting, project management) Documented historical results; things that have happened rather than things that are planned.
(business) Physical commodities or financial instruments which are traded in futures contracts.
plural of actual
actuose
actuose
adj
(obsolete) Very active.
acustom
acutest
acutest
adj
superlative form of acute: most acute
acutish
acutish
adj
Somewhat acute.
acystia
addicts
addicts
noun
plural of addict
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of addict
addrest
addrest
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of address
adducts
adducts
noun
plural of adduct
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adduct
adjoust
adjusts
adjusts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjust
admetus
adonist
adonist
noun
One who maintains that the vowel points of the Tetragrammaton translated "Jehovah" are the vowel points that belong to the word Adonai.
adsmith
adsmith
noun
A writer of advertising copy.
advects
advects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advect
advents
advents
noun
plural of advent
adverts
adverts
noun
plural of advert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advert
aegates
aegesta
aeolist
aeonist
aepytus
aerates
aerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aerate
aeriest
aeriest
adj
superlative form of aery: most aery
aerosat
aestive
aestive
adj
(rare) Of or relating to summer.
aesture
aethers
aethers
noun
plural of aether
aethusa
aetites
aetites
noun
An eaglestone.
aetolus
affects
affects
noun
plural of affect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affect
aflatus
afreets
afreets
noun
plural of afreet
aftmost
aftmost
adj
Furthest aft, most sternward, as far back as possible.
aftosas
against
against
conj
(obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before.
prep
(Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
(obsolete) Exposed to.
As a charge on.
As counterbalance to.
As protection from.
Close to, alongside.
Contrary to; in conflict with.
In a contrary direction to.
In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
In competition with, versus.
In contrast or comparison with.
In exchange for.
In front of; before (a background).
In opposition to.
In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
In physical opposition to; in collision with.
Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
agamist
agamist
noun
An unmarried person celibate by choice.
agastya
agastya
Proper noun
He is one of the Saptarishis (meaning "seven sages"), a revered Vedic sage and the author of Agastya Samhita.
agathis
ageists
ageists
noun
plural of ageist
agelast
agelast
noun
(rare) one who never laughs (especially at jokes); a mirthless person
agisted
agisted
adj
(now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) That has been put out to pasture (of an animal), especially on hired land not belonging to the animal's owner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agist
agister
agistor
agistor
noun
(historical) an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.
One who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
agnates
agnates
noun
plural of agnate
agonist
agonist
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.
agoutis
agoutis
noun
plural of agouti
agritos
agrotis
agudist
agustin
aiglets
aiglets
noun
plural of aiglet
aigrets
aigrets
noun
plural of aigret
ailsyte
airiest
airiest
adj
superlative form of airy: most airy
airpost
airpost
noun
Synonym of airmail
aitches
aitches
noun
plural of aitch
aitesis
alaster
alastor
alastor
noun
An avenging spirit or deity.
albatas
albites
albites
noun
plural of albite
alceste
alecost
alecost
noun
The plant costmary (Tanacetum balsamita), formerly much used for flavouring ale.
aleshot
aletris
algates
algates
adv
Alternative form of algate
alights
alights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alight
aliptes
alister
allista
allston
alongst
alongst
adv
(archaic) along
alpiste
alsatia
alstead
alswith
altesse
altheas
altheas
noun
plural of althea
altoist
altoist
noun
A person playing alto saxophone or some other alto instrument.
altrose
altrose
noun
(biochemistry) An aldohexose epimeric with mannose
alturas
amaltas
amaltas
noun
(India) The canafistula or golden shower tree.
amanist
amastia
amastia
noun
The absence of breast tissue, nipple, and areola.
amatols
ambitus
ambitus
noun
(botany, zoology) The exterior edge or border of a thing, such as a leaf or shell.
(historical, Roman antiquity) A canvassing for votes.
(music) the range of a melody, especially those of ecclesiastical chants
amesite
amesite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
amherst
amherst
Proper noun
A in Colorado
A town in Maine
A town in Massachusetts.
A village in Nebraska
A town in New Hampshire
A town and suburb in New York
A town in Nova Scotia
A city in Ohio
A township municipality in Quebec
A city in Texas
A town in Victoria, Australia
A town in Virginia
A village in Wisconsin
amictus
amidist
amistad
amities
amities
noun
plural of amity
ammites
amnesty
amnesty
noun
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
verb
To grant a pardon (to a group)
amongst
amongst
prep
Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.
amorist
amorist
noun
Someone who is in love.
Someone who writes about love.
amosite
amosite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of grunerite asbestos, once used in insulation.
amounts
amounts
noun
plural of amount
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amount
amplest
amplest
adj
superlative form of ample: most ample
amritas
amtracs
amtracs
noun
plural of amtrac
amulets
amulets
noun
plural of amulet
anaitis
analyst
analyst
noun
(computing) A systems analyst.
(mathematics) A mathematician who studies real analysis.
(psychiatry) A practitioner of psychoanalysis.
A financial analyst; a business analyst.
Someone who analyzes.
anapest
anapest
noun
(prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter. For an example, see References.
(prosody) In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
(prosody) In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., Latin pariēs: pa-ri-ēs).
anastas
anastos
anatase
anatase
noun
(mineralogy) A blue or brown mineral, a form of titanium dioxide, used as a pigment.