(law) Carrying away by force, especially of animals.
abatjour
abatjour
noun
A skylight or other device whose purpose is to direct light into a room.
abattoir
abattoir
noun
A place or event likened to a slaughterhouse, because of great carnage or bloodshed.
A public slaughterhouse for cattle, sheep, etc.
abbotric
abbotric
noun
(obsolete) An abbacy.
abbotsen
abbotson
abbotsun
abditory
abditory
noun
(rare) A concealed location used for storage or to hide items.
abductor
abductor
noun
(anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body
One who abducts; a kidnapper.
abeokuta
abeokuta
Proper noun
A city in southwest Nigeria.
abettors
abettors
noun
plural of abettor
abington
abington
Proper noun
A small town in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
A town in southeastern Massachusetts, south of Boston.
ablation
ablation
noun
(geology) The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion or mass wasting.
(meteorology) The depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by friction with the atmosphere.
(obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal.
(surgery) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
ablution
ablution
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy) The ritual consumption by the deacon or priest of leftover sacred wine of host after the Communion.
(Western Christianity) The rinsing of the priest's hand and the sacred vessel following the Communion with, depending on rite, water or a mix of it and wine, which may then be drunk by the priest.
(chemistry) Originally, the purifying of oils and other substances by emulsification with hot water; now more generally, a thorough cleansing of a precipitate or other non-dissolved substance.
(literary or humorous, usually in the plural) Washing oneself; bathing, cleaning oneself up.
(plural only, UK, military) The location or building where the showers and basins are located.
The act of washing or cleansing the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite.
The liquid used in the cleansing or ablution.
aboiteau
aboiteau
noun
(Canada, Acadian) Alternative form of aboideau
aborters
aborters
noun
plural of aborter
aborting
aborting
verb
present participle of abort
abortion
abortion
noun
(biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
(figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
(figuratively) Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.
(now rare) An aborted foetus; an abortus.
The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
abortive
abortive
adj
(biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
(medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
(obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
(obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.
(obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.
abrastol
abrogate
abrogate
adj
(archaic) Abrogated; abolished.
verb
(molecular biology, transitive) To block a process or function.
(transitive) To put an end to; to do away with.
(transitive, law) To annul by an authoritative act; to abolish by the authority of the maker or her or his successor; to repeal; — applied to the repeal of laws, decrees, ordinances, the abolition of customs, etc.
abrotine
abrotine
noun
A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained from abrotanum, C₂₁H₂₂N₂O.
abruptio
abruptio
noun
(music) An abrupt pause or stop; an abruption.
absistos
absolent
absolute
absolute
adj
(archaic) Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction).
(art, music, dance) Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
(education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
(especially philosophy) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.
(law, postpositive, formal) Indicating that a tenure or estate in land is not conditional or liable to terminate on (strictly) any occurrence or (sometimes contextually) certain kinds of occurrence.
(mathematics) As measured using an absolute value.
(mathematics) Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
(obsolete) Absolved; free.
(of Celtic languages) Being or pertaining to an inflected verb that is not preceded by any number of particles or compounded with a preverb.
(of a case form) Syntactically connected to the rest of the sentence in an atypical manner, or not relating to or depending on it, like in the nominative absolute or genitive absolute, accusative absolute or ablative absolute.
(of a comparative or superlative) Expressing a relative term without a definite comparison, like "older" in "an older person should be treated with respect".
(of a usually transitive verb) Having no direct object, like "kill" in "if looks could kill".
(of an adjective form) Positive; not graded (not comparative or superlative).
(of an adjective or possessive pronoun) Lacking a modified substantive, like "hungry" in "feed the hungry".
(physics) Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
(very occasionally postpositive) Positive, certain; unquestionable; not in doubt.
Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory.
Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
Having reference to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of mass, time, and length.
Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
Relating to the absolute temperature scale (based on absolute zero); kelvin.
Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic.
noun
(chemistry) A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a concrete.
(geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
(philosophy, usually capitalized, usually preceded by "the") A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
(philosophy, usually capitalized, usually preceded by "the") The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of spirit and nature; God.
That which exists (or has a certain property, nature, size, etc) independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not relative, conditional, qualified or mitigated.
Any of the various tropical flowering plants of the genus Abutilon, such as the flowering maple, Indian mallow, or Chinese lantern.
acrobats
acrobats
noun
plural of acrobat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acrobat
aerobate
aerobate
verb
(aviation) To perform aerobatics.
aeroboat
aeroboat
noun
(archaic) A form of hydroaeroplane; a flying boat.
aibonito
airboats
airboats
noun
plural of airboat
albation
albatros
albatros
noun
Obsolete form of albatross.
alberton
alberton
Proper noun
A town in Montana
A township in Ontario
A town in Prince Edward Island, Canada
A town in Gauteng Province, South Africa
A town in Victoria, Australia
albeston
albolite
albolite
noun
Alternative form of albolith
albolith
albolith
noun
A kind of cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica.
ambition
ambition
noun
(countable) An object of an ardent desire.
(obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
(uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
(uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
verb
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
amblotic
amblotic
adj
Causing or relating to amblosis; abortifacient.
ambonite
amoibite
antibody
antibody
noun
(immunology) A protein produced by B-lymphocytes that binds to a specific antigen.
antiboss
antiboss
adj
hostile to the authority of bosses
antisnob
antisnob
adj
Opposing snobbery.
noun
One who opposes snobbery.
apoblast
arabitol
arabitol
noun
(biochemistry) A sugar alcohol derived from the pentose arabinose
arboreta
arboreta
noun
plural of arboretum
arborist
arborist
noun
A person in the practice of arboriculture; a tree surgeon
arbroath
arbroath
Proper noun
a coastal town and former royal burgh in council area, Scotland
asbestos
asbestos
noun
(mineralogy) Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals, asbestiforms
(mineralogy) Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.
verb
(metaphoric) To insulate or buffer.
To coat or line with asbestos.
To expose to asbestos; to cause to suffer asbestosis.
asbolite
atonable
atonable
adj
Capable of being atoned for.
autobahn
autobahn
noun
By analogy, any wide, high-speed road.
The high-speed intercity highways of Germany and Austria.
autoboat
babakoto
babakoto
noun
A kind of large lemur, the indri (Indri indri).
babracot
backmost
backmost
adj
farthest back
backouts
backouts
noun
plural of backout
backstop
backstop
noun
(baseball) A wall or fence behind home plate.
(baseball, slang) A catcher; the position of catcher.
(cricket, dated) The longstop.
(cricket, dated) The wicket-keeper.
(espionage) Something serving to bolster or support a cover story etc.
(rounders) The player who stands immediately behind the striking base.
A default arrangement that holds if all else fails.
A thing or a person put in the rear or in the back of something to reinforce, hold, support.
verb
(transitive) To bolster, support.
(transitive) To serve as backstop for.
backwort
baconist
baconton
badmouth
badmouth
verb
(informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
bailouts
bailouts
noun
plural of bailout
baitylos
baitylos
noun
Alternative form of baetylus
bakerton
balatong
balatron
balatron
noun
A buffoon; one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterized by self-indulgence.
balconet
balconet
noun
Alternative form of balconette (“small balcony”)
balewort
ballaton
ballonet
ballonet
noun
Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight.
balloted
balloted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ballot
balloter
balloter
noun
One who votes by ballot.
balotade
balotade
noun
Alternative form of ballotade
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
bandstop
bandstop
adj
Alternative spelling of band-stop
banewort
banewort
noun
Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade.
Ranunculus flammula, spearwort
banjoist
banjoist
noun
One who plays a banjo.
banknote
banknote
noun
(now historical) A promissory note issued by a bank, payable at a given time to a specific beneficiary.
A piece of paper currency.
bankston
baphomet
baphomet
Proper noun
A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that pagans, the Knights Templar and (sometimes) Muslims worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
barbiton
barbiton
noun
an ancient stringed musical instrument, apparently a type of lute or lyre
barbitos
barbitos
noun
An ancient stringed musical instrument from Greece, apparently a type of lute or lyre.
barbotte
barbotte
noun
A Canadian dice game akin to craps.
barcroft
bareboat
bareboat
adj
Being or pertaining to a charter for the hire of a boat without any crew or provisions included.
barefoot
barefoot
adj
(CB radio, slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
(informal) Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
Wearing nothing on the feet.
adv
(CB radio slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
She likes to go barefoot in the summertime.
baritone
baritone
noun
(linguistics) Alternative form of barytone.
A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass
The male voice between tenor and bass
The musical range between tenor and bass
a brass instrument similar to the euphonium, but with a cylindrical bore instead of a conical one; a baritone saxhorn
barometz
barometz
noun
(mythology) A purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.
The golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs.
baronets
baronets
noun
plural of baronet
barostat
barostat
noun
A device used to maintain a constant (atmospheric) pressure
barotaxy
barrator
barrator
noun
(archaic) A quarrelsome person, one who fights, a bully.
(maritime, admiralty law) A ship's master who commits gross fraud or barratry.
(obsolete) One who buys or sells political or ecclesiastic offices.
A judge who accepts bribes.
One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger.
barretor
barretor
noun
Alternative form of barrator
barryton
barstool
barstool
noun
Alternative form of bar stool
bartelso
barthold
bartonia
bartosch
barytone
barytone
adj
(linguistics) Not having an accent on the last syllable.
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to a word not having an accent on the last syllable.
Archaic form of baritone.
noun
(linguistics) A word that is accented on the penultimate syllable.
(linguistics) A word that is not accented on the ultimate syllable.
barytons
barytons
noun
plural of baryton
basecoat
basecoat
noun
The undermost coat of paint, etc., over which subsequent layers can be applied.
basocyte
bastions
bastions
noun
plural of bastion
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bastion
bastogne
bastonet
batamote
batfowls
bathorse
bathorse
noun
A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign. Also spelt bat-horse and bat horse.
bathoses
bathoses
noun
plural of bathos
bathrobe
bathrobe
noun
A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.
bathroom
bathroom
noun
(chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.
A room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
bathroot
bathwort
batoidei
batoneer
batoneer
noun
One who uses a baton, specifically a conductor.
batonist
battutos
batwoman
batwoman
noun
(UK, military) A female batman (servant)
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
bayonets
bayonets
noun
plural of bayonet
baziotes
bealeton
bearcoot
bearfoot
bearwort
bearwort
noun
A perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum.
beastdom
beastdom
noun
The condition of a beast; beasthood.
beaufort
beaumont
beaumont
Proper noun
An English habitational surname from any of several places in France.
A city in Texas, USA
beblotch
beclothe
beclothe
verb
(archaic, transitive) To clothe, to put clothes on someone or something.
becometh
becometh
verb
(archaic) third-person singular simple present form of become
bedoctor
bedoctor
verb
(transitive) To address as 'doctor'.
(transitive) To care for in the manner of a doctor.
(transitive) To confer a doctoral degree upon.
bedotted
bedotted
adj
Scattered with, or as if with, dots.
bedposts
bedposts
noun
plural of bedpost
bedstock
bedstock
noun
(obsolete) The front or back part of the frame of a bedstead.
bedworth
beetroot
beetroot
noun
(UK, New Zealand, Australia) A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating; Synonym of beet.
(usually uncountable) The edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To turn a bright red or purple colour.
begotten
begotten
adj
Brought into being by one's begetter(s).
verb
past participle of beget
behemoth
behemoth
noun
(biblical) A great and mighty beast God shows Job in Job 40:15–24.
(by extension) Any great and mighty monster.
(figurative) Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.
belalton
belcourt
belitong
bellmont
bellotto
bellport
bellwort
bellwort
noun
Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Uvularia, that have yellow, bell-shaped flowers.
Any of various plants in the Campanulaceae family.
belmonte
belonite
belonite
noun
One of the minute acicular or dendritic crystalline forms sometimes observed in glassy volcanic rocks.
belostok
bentonia
bentwood
bentwood
noun
(countable) An object, especially a piece of furniture, made from bentwood.
(woodworking, countable and uncountable, sometimes attributive) Lengths of wood that have been made pliable by heating with steam and then bent into the appropriate shape (to make furniture, ships' hulls, etc.).