(decorative arts) Lowered, beaten down, or cut away, as the background of an ornamental pattern in relief. Used specifically of stone-cutting; also of metal when the pattern or inscription is to show bright on dark, and the ground is therefore worked out with the graving-tool and left rough or hatched in lines.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abate
abdest
abdest
noun
(Islam) The Islamic act of washing parts of the body using water for ritual prayers and for handling and reading the Qur'an.
abduct
abduct
verb
(transitive) To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap.
(transitive, anatomy) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body.
actiad
adalat
adapts
adapts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adapt
adatis
adatis
noun
plural of adati
adatom
adatom
noun
(materials science) An atom that lies on a crystal surface
adaunt
adaunt
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To subdue.
addict
addict
noun
A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
An adherent or fan (of something)
verb
(reflexive, now rare, archaic) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
(reflexive, obsolete) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
(transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.
(transitive, Ancient Rome) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
(transitive, now rare, archaic) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
(transitive, obsolete) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
addita
adduct
adduct
noun
(chemistry) The product of an addition reaction.
verb
(transitive, physiology) To draw towards a center or a middle line.
adempt
adempt
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To take away.
adepts
adepts
noun
plural of adept
adeste
adhort
adhort
verb
(obsolete) To exhort; to advise.
adiate
adiate
verb
(South Africa, law) To receive an inheritance.
adient
adight
adight
Verb
To set in order; to array.
adital
aditio
aditus
aditus
noun
the entrance to a cavity or channel
aditya
aditya
Noun
Any of a group of solar deities, the sons of Aditi and Kashyapa.
Proper noun
name used in India.
adject
adject
verb
(obsolete) To annex
adjust
adjust
verb
(intransitive) To change to fit circumstances.
(transitive) To improve or rectify.
(transitive) To modify.
(transitive) To settle an insurance claim.
adjute
adjute
verb
(obsolete) To add.
admete
admits
admits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admit
admixt
admixt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admix; alternative spelling of admixed
adnate
adnate
adj
(botany, mycology) Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate.
(zoology) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. in fish, having the eyes fused and unable to rotate independently
adopts
adopts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adopt
adrent
adrift
adrift
adj
(chiefly UK, often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position.
(of a seaman) Absent from his watch.
Floating at random.
adv
In a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves.
adroit
adroit
adj
Deft, dexterous, or skillful.
adults
adults
noun
plural of adult
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adult
advect
advect
verb
(transitive) To transport (something) by advection.
advent
advent
noun
arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears
advert
advert
noun
(Britain, informal) An advertisement, an ad.
verb
(intransitive) To call attention, refer (to).
(intransitive) To take notice, to pay attention (to).
(obsolete, transitive) To turn attention to, to take notice of (something).
adyton
adyton
noun
Synonym of adytum
adytta
adytum
adytum
noun
(Ancient Greece, religion) The innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given.
(by extension) A private chamber; a sanctum.
afatds
aidant
aidant
adj
(obsolete) helpful, assisting
airted
airted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airt
alated
alated
adj
Alate.
alltud
altaid
amated
amated
adj
(obsolete) Overwhelmed, confused.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of amate
amidst
amidst
prep
In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among.
andert
ansted
antdom
antdom
noun
The realm or world of ants; ants collectively.
The state or essence of an ant.
anteed
anteed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ante
antido
antlid
ardath
ardent
ardent
adj
(literary) Providing light or heat.
Full of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm.
ardeth
ardith
arditi
ardito
ardyth
arendt
artaud
artiad
artiad
adj
(chemistry) even; not odd; said of elementary substances and radicals whose valence is divisible by two without a remainder.
noun
(chemistry) An atom of this kind.
astond
astred
astrid
athold
atloid
atloid
adj
Synonym of atlantooccipital
atoned
atoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atone
atrede
atrede
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To surpass or outdo in counsel.
attend
attend
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To listen (to, unto).
(archaic, transitive) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.
(intransitive) To turn one's consideration (to); to deal with (a task, problem, concern etc.), to look after.
(intransitive, law) To go to (a place) for some purpose (with at).
(transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; to regularly go to (an event or place).
(transitive, intransitive) To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone).
Alternative form of atend ("to kindle").
To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.
To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
atwind
atwind
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To escape.
atwood
atwood
Proper noun
An English topographic surname for someone who lived near a wood.
A small city in Kansas, USA
audits
audits
noun
plural of audit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of audit
audrit
autoed
autoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of auto
azoted
azoted
adj
(obsolete) nitrogenized
baited
baited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bait
bandit
bandit
noun
(military, aviation) An aircraft identified as an enemy, but distinct from "hostile" or "threat" in that it is not immediately to be engaged.
(sports, slang) A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.
An outlaw.
One who cheats others.
One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
bardot
bastad
basted
basted
adj
Having been cooked by basting.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baste
bathed
bathed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bath
simple past tense and past participle of bathe
batoid
batoid
noun
Any ray or skate of the superorder Batoidea.
batted
batted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bat
bestad
boated
boated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boat
brandt
budzat
budzat
noun
(India) A rogue; a scoundrel.
cadbit
cadent
cadent
adj
Falling.
cadets
cadets
noun
plural of cadet
cadott
canted
canted
adj
Having angles.
Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cant
carted
carted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cart
casted
casted
adj
(medicine) Set in a cast.
Having membership in a caste.
verb
(nonstandard) simple past tense and past participle of cast
catdom
catdom
noun
The state or essence of being a cat.
cathud
catted
catted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cat
cedrat
cedrat
noun
(archaic) The citron fruit.
(archaic) The citron tree.
coated
coated
adj
Covered with a thin layer.
Wearing a coat.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coat
crated
crated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of crate
dablet
dabolt
dacite
dacite
noun
(geology) An igneous, volcanic rock with a high iron content.
dacoit
dacoit
noun
(chiefly India, Myanmar, Pakistan) A bandit or armed robber, especially former parts of British India.
verb
(chiefly India) To commit armed robbery.
dactyi
dactyl
dactyl
noun
A metrical foot of three syllables (— ⏑ ⏑), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented.
daftar
daftar
noun
(India, historical) A record or register consisting of a set of loose sheets filed on a string or tied up in a cloth.
dafter
dafter
adj
comparative form of daft: more daft
noun
Alternative form of daftar
Obsolete spelling of daughter
daftly
daftly
adv
In a daft manner.
dainty
dainty
adj
(obsolete) Excellent; valuable, fine.
Elegant; delicately small and pretty.
Fastidious and fussy, especially when eating.
noun
(Canadian prairies, Northwestern Ontario, usually in the plural) A fancy cookie, pastry, or square, frequently homemade, served at a social event.
(obsolete) An affectionate term of address.
(obsolete) Esteem, honour.
A delicacy (in taste).
daitya
dakoit
dakoit
noun
Alternative spelling of dacoit
dakota
dakota
Proper noun
the Santee branch of the Sioux people; the language of these people
either of the two states North Dakota or South Dakota
Noun
A member of the Dakota people.
daktyi
daktyl
daleth
daleth
noun
Alternative form of dalet
dalton
dalton
noun
(physics) the atomic mass unit
damita
dammit
dammit
intj
(mildly vulgar) Expressing anger, irritation, contempt, or disappointment.
noun
A fastener used for military medals, name tags or other things that are pinned to a uniform; a clutch, a clutchback.
The saying of the interjection, used as a general measure of anything.
damnit
damnit
intj
(especially Southern US) Synonym of dammit
danete
danita
danite
danite
Noun
A member of the Biblical tribe of Dan.
A member of a fraternal vigilante group founded by members of the Latter Day Saints in the
danton
danton
verb
(transitive, Scotland) To daunt; to subdue.
danuta
darmit
darted
darted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dart
darter
darter
noun
(UK) Any of the dragonflies in the genus Sympetrum
(US)
Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks.
Any of the similar South American (and Panamanian) freshwater fish in the characin family Crenuchidae
Any of various darting freshwater fish of the family Percidae, that are usually small and brightly coloured and are native to North America.
Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Arrhenes and Telicota.
One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts.
dartle
dartle
verb
To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly.
darton
dartos
dartos
noun
(anatomy) A thin layer of vascular contractile tissue that contains smooth muscle fibers but no fat and is situated directly beneath the skin of the scrotum or beneath that of the labia majora.
dartre
dartre
noun
(archaic) Any herpetic or other chronic skin disease.
dastur
dastur
noun
A Zoroastrian high priest ranking above a mobad or herbad.
daswdt
datana
datary
datary
noun
(Roman Catholicism) an officer in the Roman Catholic Church who dispensed benefices
datcha
datcha
noun
Alternative spelling of dacha
daters
daters
noun
plural of dater
dating
dating
noun
A form of romantic courtship typically between two individuals with the aim of assessing the other's suitability as a partner in an intimate relationship or as a spouse.
An estimation of the age of an artifact, biological vestige, linguistic usage, etc.
The setting of a date on which an event or transaction is to take place or take effect.
verb
present participle of date
dation
dation
noun
(obsolete, medicine) A dose.
(rare, law) The act of giving, granting or conferring (e.g. an office) but not liberal as a donation or gift.
datisi
datism
dative
dative
adj
(grammar) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter or indirect object, generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.
(mathematics, obsolete) Given in advance; not needed to be calculated.
(obsolete, law) Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself.
(obsolete, law) In one’s gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office or other privilege.
(obsolete, law) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; — said of an officer.
(sciences) Formed by two electrons contributed by one atom; see dative bond.
noun
(grammar) A word inflected in the dative case.
(grammar) The dative case.
datnow
datsun
dattos
dattos
noun
plural of datto
datums
datums
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of datum
datura
datura
noun
A plant of the genus Datura, known for its trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous properties.
daudet
daudit
daunts
daunts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of daunt