(obsolete) Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
(obsolete) In a state to be diffused or propagated.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
acaleph
acaleph
noun
(dated) A member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
acantha
acantha
noun
(anatomy) A spinous process of a vertebra.
(botany) A prickle.
(zoology) A spine or prickly fin.
acanthi
acephal
acephal
noun
(zoology) One of the Acephala.
aceship
achaean
achaeta
achaeus
achagua
achaian
achango
achaque
acharne
acharya
acharya
noun
(historical, rare) a scholar, practitioner, professional, specialist, disciplinarian imparting knowledge.
(historical, rare) an individual who practices or is knowledgeable on any of the prevalent disciplines of customs, learning, rituals, arts, traditions, schools etc., especially one imparting them into pupils.
achates
achates
noun
plural of achate
achenes
achenes
noun
plural of achene
achenia
achenia
noun
plural of achenium
acheron
acheson
achiest
achiest
adj
superlative form of achy: most achy
achieve
achieve
verb
(intransitive) To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
(obsolete, intransitive) To conclude, to turn out.
(obsolete, transitive) To conclude, finish, especially successfully.
(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
(transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
(transitive, now literary) To obtain (a material thing).
Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved.
achigan
achille
achiote
achiote
noun
A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree.
An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.
The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
acholia
acholia
noun
(medicine, pathology) Deficiency or absence of bile.
acholic
acholic
adj
(medicine) Lacking bile (or bile pigments) (for example, making feces light-colored).
acholoe
achroma
achuete
achylia
achylia
noun
(pathology) The lack or reduced production of gastric juices in any part of the digestive tract.
achymia
acolhua
acolyth
acolyth
noun
Obsolete form of acolyte.
acouchi
acouchi
noun
Any of several rodents of the genus Myoprocta of the family Dasyproctidae, smaller than agoutis, which inhabit Amazonia.
acouchy
acouchy
noun
Alternative form of acouchi
acushla
acushla
noun
(chiefly Ireland) darling
acutish
acutish
adj
Somewhat acute.
acworth
adrench
adwesch
adwesch
Verb
To quench; extinguish (fire, pain, malice, enemies, etc.)
afdecho
affiche
affiche
noun
A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.
verb
To fix, fasten; to fix a poster or placard to a wall.
To parade, to advertise, publicise; to display, show.
africah
ahaunch
aikuchi
aitches
aitches
noun
plural of aitch
alachah
alachua
alachua
Proper noun
a city in Florida, USA.
alchemy
alchemy
noun
(computing, slang, countable) Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.
(countable) The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
alchera
alchimy
alchimy
noun
Obsolete form of alchemy.
alchymy
alchymy
noun
Alternative spelling of alchemy
alcohol
alcohol
noun
(colloquial) Ethanol.
(obsolete) Any very fine powder.
(organic chemistry, countable) Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH).
(logic) Of or pertaining to the various modalities of truth, such as the possibility or impossibility of something being true.
alichel
allasch
alochia
ambatch
ambatch
noun
(countable) A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.
A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
amchoor
amharic
amschel
amuchco
anahuac
anahuac
Proper noun
a city in Texas, USA
anarcho
anarchs
anarchs
noun
plural of anarch
anarchy
anarchy
noun
(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
(uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
(uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
Confusion in general; disorder.
anchoic
anchors
anchors
noun
plural of anchor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anchor
anchory
anchory
adj
Synonym of ancrée
anchovy
anchovy
noun
Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in 16 genera, of which the genus Engraulis is widely sold as food.
anchusa
anchusa
noun
(botany) Any plant of the genus Anchusa (within family Boraginaceae) of rough and hairy Old World herbs with one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
andoche
angwich
anorchi
antioch
antioch
Proper noun
the name of a number of cities founded by kings of the Seleucid dynasty, the most famous being "Antioch on the Orontes" in ancient Syria (modern-day Antakya in south-eastern Turkey).
A city in California.
A village in Illinois.
An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Clinton County, Indiana, USA
An unincorporated community in Wright Township, Greene County, Indiana, USA
An unincorporated community in Pike Township, Jay County, Indiana, USA
An unincorporated community in Posey Township, Switzerland County, Indiana, USA
A ghost town in Nebraska.
A village in Ohio.
anychia
apaches
apaches
noun
plural of apache
apathic
aphacia
aphacia
noun
Dated form of aphakia.
aphacic
aphacic
adj
Dated form of aphakic.
aphakic
aphakic
adj
(ophthalmology) Exhibiting aphakia; lacking the lens of the eye.
noun
One who has aphakia.
aphasic
aphasic
adj
(speech pathology) Affected by, or pertaining to, aphasia.
noun
(speech pathology) One who is afflicted by symptoms of aphasia.
aphemic
aphemic
adj
(speech pathology) Of, relating to, or afflicted with aphemia.
aphetic
aphetic
adj
(astrology) Of or relating to the apheta; life-giving.
(phonology) Of, relating to, or formed by aphesis.
aphonic
aphonic
adj
Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak.
noun
A person who has aphonia.
aphotic
aphotic
adj
Having no light, especially no sunlight; specifically (biology, oceanography) describing that part of deep lakes and oceans where less than one per cent of sunlight penetrates and where photosynthesis is not possible.
aphthic
aphthic
adj
Of or relating to aphtha.
aphyric
aphyric
adj
(geology) Not porphyritic; having few or no phenocrysts.
apochae
apothec
appeach
appeach
verb
(archaic) To charge (someone) with a crime; to impeach.
aquench
arachic
arachic
adj
(organic chemistry) Synonym of arachidic
arachin
arachin
noun
(organic chemistry) The triglyceride of arachidic acid
arachis
arachne
archaic
archaic
adj
(archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period
(of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and are still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.
Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
noun
(archaeology, US, usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
(paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
archeal
archeal
adj
Of or pertaining to organisms of the kingdom Archaea.
archean
archeol
archers
archers
noun
plural of archer
archery
archery
noun
(countable) A group of archers.
(uncountable) The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
archest
archest
adj
superlative form of arch: most arch
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of arch
archeus
archeus
noun
(alchemy) The vital principle or force believed by the Paracelsians to be responsible for alchemical reactions within living bodies, and hence for the growth and continuation of life.
archfoe
archfoe
noun
archenemy
archgod
archias
archils
archils
noun
plural of archil
archine
arching
arching
adj
(nautical) hogging, as opposed to sagging
noun
The arched part of a structure.
verb
present participle of arch
archive
archive
noun
(ecology) Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
verb
(transitive) To put (something) into an archive.
archlet
archlet
noun
A small arch.
archons
archons
noun
plural of archon Chief magistrates of ancient Athens.
archont
archsee
archsin
archspy
archwag
archway
archway
noun
A doorway with a semilunar-shaped top.
A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
ardeche
asaphic
asearch
asearch
adv
(archaic, poetic, rare) Searching.
ashcake
ashcake
noun
(Eastern US) A johnnycake.
ashcans
ashcans
noun
plural of ashcan
asiarch
asiarch
noun
Alternative form of Asiarch
atechny
ateuchi
athecae
athymic
athymic
adj
That lacks a thymus gland
atrocha
atrocha
noun
(zoology) A kind of chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.
attache
attache
noun
Alternative form of attaché
atwitch
atwitch
adj
twitching
auchlet
aurochs
aurochs
noun
(zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus).
An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
plural of auroch
autarch
autarch
noun
A despotic ruler
axfetch
ayahuca
azimech
babiche
babiche
noun
(Canada, US) Thong(s) of rawhide or sinew used as cord, lacing, or webbing, in the manufacture of snowshoes, braided straps and tumplines, fishing and harpoon lines, knit bags, etc.
bacchae
bacchar
bacchic
bacchic
adj
(prosody) Relating to a bacchius.
Of or relating to Bacchus; hence, jovial, or riotous, with intoxication; bacchanalian.
bacchii
bacchii
noun
plural of bacchius
bacchus
bacchus
Proper noun
Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and vivid social gatherings.
baching
baching
verb
present participle of bach
bachman
backhoe
backhoe
noun
(chiefly US, Canada, Australia) A multi-purpose tractor with a front-mounted loading bucket and a rear-mounted digging bucket. The tractor combines a front-end loader/loader and an excavator/digger.
A piece of excavating equipment consisting of a digging bucket or scoop on the end of an articulated arm, drawn backwards to move earth. Used in excavator/digger and backhoe tractors.
verb
To excavate using such equipment.
badchan
baecher
bajochi
balochi
baluchi
barchan
barchan
noun
An arc-shaped sand ridge comprising well-sorted sand.