(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off.
(transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from.
acardia
acardia
noun
A birth defect in which the heart is absent
acarida
acarids
acarids
noun
plural of acarid
acaroid
acaroid
adj
(biology, zoology) Shaped like or resembling a mite.
acridan
acridan
noun
(organic chemistry) The aromatic secondary amine 9,10-dihydroacridine related to acridine
acrider
acrider
adj
comparative form of acrid: more acrid
acridic
acridid
acridid
noun
(entomology) Any member of the family Acrididae of locusts and related grasshoppers.
acridin
acridin
noun
Dated form of acridine.
acridly
acridly
adv
In a harsh or corrosive manner.
acridyl
acridyl
noun
Alternative form of acridinyl
additur
additur
noun
(law) The augmentation by a judge of damages awarded by a jury.
adelric
adermia
adermin
adermin
Noun
pyridoxine
adjiger
adjiger
noun
(India) The snake Python molurus.
admiral
admiral
noun
(obsolete) A prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan.
A flag officer in the United States Navy or Coast Guard of a grade superior to vice admiral and junior to admiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four-star general.
A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron.
A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Kaniska, Limenitis and Vanessa, especially a red admiral or white admiral.
The ship which carries the admiral, the flagship; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
admired
admired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of admire
admirer
admirer
noun
One who admires.
One who is romantically attracted to someone.
admires
admires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admire
adoring
adoring
adj
Showing adoration or admiration.
noun
adoration
verb
present participle of adore
adrenin
adriaen
adriana
adriane
adriano
adriell
adriena
adriene
adviser
adviser
noun
one who advises
advisor
advisor
noun
(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece, that is moved one point diagonally and confined within the palace.
One who offers advice.
aerides
agaroid
agrised
agrised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agrise
aindrea
airdate
airdate
noun
The date on which a television or radio program is broadcast.
airdock
airdock
noun
(US) A very large hangar for the storage of airships.
airdrie
airdrie
Proper noun
A town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland.
A city in Alberta, Canada.
airdrop
airdrop
noun
(cryptocurrencies) The distribution of free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
verb
To delivery goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
airhead
airhead
noun
(by extension) A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation.
(military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.
(mining, archaic) Alternative form of air-head (“a horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine.”)
(originally US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.
airshed
airshed
noun
Alternative spelling of air shed
airthed
airward
airward
Adverb
Toward the air; upward.
aldrich
aldrins
aldrins
noun
plural of aldrin
aleardi
alfadir
amaroid
amaroid
noun
(obsolete) Any bitter substance extracted from a plant (other than an alkaloid or glycoside).
ambroid
amerind
amerind
Noun
An American Indian.
Adjective
Of or relating to a hypothetical higher-level language family including all of the indigenous languages of the Americas, excluding those that belong to the Eskimo-Aleut or the Na-Dene.
amildar
amildar
noun
(historical) A revenue collector having jurisdiction over several villages, in the British Raj.
andirin
andiron
andiron
noun
(usually in the plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side
andrias
andrien
andrija
andrite
android
android
adj
(anatomy, in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male.
Possessing human qualities.
noun
A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
andvari
aneroid
aneroid
adj
Not using or containing fluid
noun
An aneroid barometer.
antbird
antbird
noun
Any of various drab-colored South American birds of the family Thamnophilidae that feed on ants.
antired
antired
adj
(particle physics) One of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to red in a quark.
aquarid
araliad
aramids
aramids
noun
plural of aramid
araneid
araneid
noun
(zoology) A spider; now specifically a member of the family Araneidae; an orb weaver.
arcadia
arcadia
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Arcadia
arcadic
arcadic
Proper noun
The ancient Greek dialect of Arcadia.
arcidae
arctiid
arctiid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Arctiidae of moths.
arctoid
arctoid
adj
of or pertaining to the carnivoran superfamily Arctoidea
ursine
ardelia
ardelio
ardelis
ardenia
ardilla
ardisia
ardoise
ardrigh
ardussi
arenoid
arenoid
adj
Resembling sand.
argasid
argasid
noun
(zoology) Any of various ticks of the family Argasidae.
argolid
ariadna
ariadne
aribold
aridest
aridest
adj
superlative form of arid: most arid
aridian
aridity
aridity
noun
A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
arietid
ariidae
arilled
arilled
adj
(botany) Having an aril.
arisaid
arisard
arlinda
armilda
aroides
arrided
arrided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arride
arridge
arrived
arrived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arrive
arrondi
arsacid
arylide
ascarid
ascarid
noun
Any phasmid nematode of the family Ascarididae (Ascaridae)
aspired
aspired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aspire
astride
astride
adv
With one’s legs on either side.
prep
Extending across (something).
With one’s legs on either side of.
astrild
astroid
astroid
noun
(geometry) A hypocycloid with four cusps.
athyrid
atridae
attired
attired
adj
(heraldry) Said of the horns of a stag when they are of a different tincture to its head.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attire
auditor
auditor
noun
(Scientology) One trained to perform spiritual guidance procedures.
(rare) One who listens, typically as a member of an audience.
In many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller.
One who audits an academic course; who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit.
One who audits bookkeeping accounts.
aurigid
aurited
aurited
adj
(zoology) Having lobes like the ear; auriculate.
aviador
avigdor
avodire
avodire
noun
The wood of the tree Turraeanthus africana.
avoider
avoider
noun
One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
One who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.
bacardi
badiner
baldrib
baldrib
noun
(UK, dated) A piece of pork cut lower down than the sparerib, and destitute of fat.
baldric
baldric
noun
A broad belt used to hold a sword, sometimes richly ornamented, worn diagonally from shoulder to hip (across the breast, and under the opposite arm); less properly, any belt.
bardier
bardily
barding
barding
noun
(historical) Armour for a warhorse.
verb
present participle of bard
bardish
bardish
adj
Pertaining to, or written by, a bard or bards.
bardism
bardism
noun
The system of bards; the learning and maxims of bards.
barmaid
barmaid
noun
A woman who serves in a bar. [from 18th c.]
barundi
bawdier
bawdier
adj
comparative form of bawdy: more bawdy
bawdric
beadier
beadier
adj
comparative form of beady: more beady
beardie
beardie
noun
(Scotland) A fish, the bearded loach or stone loach, Barbatula barbatula.
(informal) Alternative form of beardy
bedirty
bedirty
verb
(archaic) to dirty, soil; make dirty.
bedrail
bedrail
noun
A rail at the head, foot, or side of a bed.
bedrift
bedrift
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To drift about; drift around.
bedrite
bedrite
noun
The duty or privilege of the marriage bed.
verb
(transitive, obsolete, UK dialectal) To befoul with ordure; bedirt.
begirds
begirds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of begird
bemired
bemired
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemire
bepride
berimed
berimed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of berime
beroida
berried
berried
adj
Bearing berries.
Consisting of a berry; baccate.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of berry
berwind
berycid
berycid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Berycidae, the squirrelfish.
bestrid
bewired
bichord
bichord
adj
(music, of a musical instrument) Having two strings
noun
(music) A chord of two notes played at the same time.
bidarka
bidarka
noun
A kayak constructed by covering a light wooden frame (lashed together with sinew) in sea lion hides.