(inorganic chemistry) A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound containing an amine functional group.
amire
amite
amlet
ammer
ammer
noun
The yellowhammer; yellow bunting; Emberiza citrinella.
amoke
amole
amole
noun
Any of various parts of the Agave (or similar) plants, when used as soap
Chlorogalum pomeridianum, soap plant, a California native plant used for soap
Sapindus saponaria, wingleaf soapberry
amove
amove
verb
(law) To dismiss from an office or station.
(obsolete) To set in motion; to stir up, excite.
To remove (a person or thing) from a position.
amper
amper
noun
A defect or flaw, especially in cloth.
A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter.
Abbreviation of ampersand.
ampex
ample
ample
adj
Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.
Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive
det
(as pronoun) A quantity (of something) that is fully sufficient; plenty.
A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.
amsel
amuse
amuse
verb
(transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (an individual) with pleasing emotions.
(transitive, archaic) To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
(transitive, archaic) To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny.
amuze
amuze
verb
Obsolete form of amuse.
amvet
amzel
ancel
ancle
ancle
noun
Obsolete spelling of ankle
ancre
anded
anded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of and
andee
andel
ander
andes
andie
andre
anear
anear
adv
(obsolete) nearly
verb
(obsolete) To approach
anele
anele
verb
(obsolete) To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil.
anend
anend
adv
On end; in an upright position.
Right; continuously.
intj
(dialectal, interrogatory) How; come again; say what.
anent
anent
prep
(now rare) Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos.
(obsolete) Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side.
(obsolete) In a line with; side by side with; on a level with.
(obsolete) In the opinion or judgment of.
aneta
aneta
Proper noun
A city/town in North Dakota.
aneth
aneto
anett
angel
angel
noun
(Abrahamic tradition) One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.
(colloquial, dated) An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
(finance) An angel investor.
(historical) An English gold coin, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, circulated between the 15th and 17th centuries, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
(informal) A person who has Angelman syndrome.
(military slang, originally Royal Air Force) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
(obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
(possibly obsolete) An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic Church.
(theater) The person who funds a show.
A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness.
An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.
verb
(transitive, theater, slang) To support by donating money.
anger
anger
noun
(obsolete) Pain or stinging.
A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm, often stemming from perceived provocation, hurt, or threat.
verb
(intransitive) To become angry.
(transitive) To cause such a feeling of antagonism in.
angie
angle
angle
noun
(astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.
(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).
(geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.
(media) The focus of a news story.
(slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral
(slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.
A change in direction.
A corner where two walls intersect.
A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
verb
(informal, with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
(intransitive, figurative) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
(intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
(transitive, cue sports) To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball.
(transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
(transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
anice
anile
anile
adj
Characteristic of a crone or a feeble old woman.
noun
Archaic form of anil (“indigo”).
anime
anime
noun
(countable) An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
(rare, countable, chiefly proscribed) An animated work, regardless of the country of origin.
(uncountable) An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries.
Alternative spelling of animé, the resin of the courbaril.
anise
anise
noun
(US, often qualified as "sweet anise" or "wild anise") Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare.
An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent.
ankee
anker
anker
noun
(obsolete) A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.
ankle
ankle
noun
The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint.
verb
(US, slang) To walk.
(cycling) To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution.
anlet
annet
annet
noun
(UK, dialect, West Country, Cornwall, obsolete) A black-legged kittiwake.
Alternative form of ennet (a duck).
annex
annex
noun
An addition or extension to a building.
An addition to the territory of a country or state, from a neighbouring country or state, normally by military force.
An addition, an extension.
An appendix to a book or document.
verb
(intransitive) To join; to be united.
To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate.
To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc.
annie
annie
Proper noun
name. Also, a popular given name in the 19th century.
anode
anode
noun
(chemistry, by extension) The electrode at which chemical oxidation of anions takes place, usually resulting in the erosion of metal from the electrode.
(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage.
(electronics) That electrode of a semiconductor device which is connected to the p-type material of a p-n junction.
(electronics) The electrode which collects electrons emitted by the cathode in a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube.
anole
anole
noun
Any of the Anolis genus of arboreal American lizards (such as the American chameleon) from the iguana family which feature a brightly colored dewlap and color-changing ability.
ansae
ansae
noun
plural of ansa
ansel
anser
antae
anted
anted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ant
simple past tense and past participle of ante; alternative spelling of anteed
antep
antes
antes
noun
plural of ante
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ante
anthe
antre
antre
noun
(archaic) Cavern; cave.
aoede
aoede
Proper noun
One of the moons of Jupiter.
aoide
aoife
aotea
aotes
apace
apace
adv
Quickly, rapidly, with speed.
apeak
apeak
adv
(nautical, of an anchor) In a vertical line, the cable having been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it.
apeek
apeek
adv
(nautical) Alternative form of apeak
apepi
apers
apers
noun
plural of aper
apert
apert
adj
(archaic) open; uncovered; revealed
aperu
apery
apery
noun
A place where apes are kept.
The practice of aping; an apish action.
apfel
apnea
apnea
noun
(pathology) The cessation of breathing, most often in reference to transient instances thereof during sleep.
appel
appel
noun
(fencing) An act of striking the ground with the leading foot to frighten, distract, or mislead one's opponent.
verb
Obsolete spelling of appeal
appet
apple
apple
noun
(Christianity) The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit.
(baseball, slang, obsolete) The ball in baseball.
(derogatory, ethnic slur) A Native American or red-skinned person who acts and/or thinks like a white (Caucasian) person.
(ice hockey, slang) An assist.
(in the plural, Cockney rhyming slang) Short for apples and pears, slang for stairs.
(informal) When smiling, the round, fleshy part of the cheeks between the eyes and the corners of the mouth.
(slang) A CB radio enthusiast.
A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates.
A tree of the genus Malus, especially one cultivated for its edible fruit; the apple tree.
Any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing produced by a plant such as a gall or cone, especially if produced by a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc.
Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica, such as a globe, ball, or breast.
The Adam's apple.
The wood of the apple tree.
verb
(obsolete) To form buds, bulbs, or fruit.
(transitive, intransitive) To make or become apple-like.
apres
apres
prep
(rare, nonstandard) After
apses
apses
noun
plural of apse
plural of apsis
apter
apter
adj
comparative form of apt: more apt
apure
aquae
aquae
noun
plural of aqua
arace
arace
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To tear up by the roots; to draw away.
arage
arage
adj
In a rage; furious.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To enrage.
arake
arase
arber
arber
noun
(finance, gambling, informal) One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur.
arcae
arced
arced
adj
Having the form of an arc; arched.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arc
arces
arche
arche
noun
(philosophy, often italicized) The first principle of existing things in pre-Socratic philosophy, initially assumed to be of water.
ardea
ardeb
ardeb
noun
A Middle Eastern unit of volume used for agricultural crops.
ardel
arden
arder
arder
noun
(obsolete) fallow land
(obsolete) plowing or fallowing
ardie
ardme
aread
aread
verb
(obsolete) To advise, counsel.
(obsolete) To interpret; to explain.
(obsolete) To soothsay, prophesy.
areae
areal
areal
adj
Of or pertaining to an area.
arean
arear
arear
adv
backward; in or to the rear; behindhand
verb
To raise; to set up; to stir up.
areas
areas
noun
plural of area
areca
areca
noun
Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests.
areek
areek
adj
In a reeking condition; having a strong odour.
areel
areel
adj
Reeling; spinning or moving unsteadily, especially from shock, surprise, or confusion.
arefy
arefy
verb
(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To dry, or make dry; wither.
areic
areic
adj
Of or pertaining to area; especially used to describe a measurement per unit area.
arela
arena
arena
noun
(historical) The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome.
A realm in which events take place; an area of interest, study, behaviour, etc.
An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America).
The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts.
arend
arene
arene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any monocyclic or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.
areng
areng
noun
A palm tree (Arenga pinnata, syn. Saguerus saccharifer) which yields sago, wine, and fibres for ropes.
arent
arent
noun
A kind of anthropogenic soil, with deep mixing due to ploughing, digging, etc.
verb
Misspelling of aren't.
arere
arest
areta
arete
arete
noun
(philosophy) The proper state or condition for a human.
(philosophy) Virtue, excellence.
Alternative spelling of arête
areus
argel
arges
argle
argue
argue
verb
(intransitive) To debate, disagree, or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints.
(intransitive) To have an argument, a quarrel.
(obsolete, transitive) To accuse.
(obsolete, transitive) To prove.
(transitive) To present (a viewpoint or an argument therefor).
To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply.
ariel
ariel
noun
A kind of mountain gazelle, native to Arabia.
Misspelling of aerial.
aries
ariew
arise
arise
noun
(obsolete) Arising, rising.
verb
To come up from a lower to a higher position.
To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.
arite
arkie
arkie
Noun
A native or resident of the state of Arkansas in the United States of America.
arlee
arlen
arles
arles
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) Alternative form of earles (“deposit”)
arley
arlie
armed
armed
adj
(botany) Having prickles or thorns.
(chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type.
(heraldry, of animals) Having horns, claws, teeth, a beak, etc. in a particular tincture, as contrasted with that of the animal as a whole.
(obsolete) Furnished with whatever serves to add strength, force, or efficiency.
(of a creature) Possessing arms of a specified number or type.
(of a weapon) Prepared for use; loaded.
(sometimes in combination) Equipped, especially with a weapon.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arm
armen
armer
armer
adj
comparative form of arm: more arm
noun
One who arms, or supplies weapons.
armet
armet
noun
A type of mediaeval helmet which fully enclosed the head and face, first found in the 1420s in Milan.
arneb
arnee
arnel
arney
arnie
arose
arose
verb
(now colloquial and nonstandard) past participle of arise
simple past tense of arise
arpen
arpen
noun
Alternative form of arpent (old unit of measure)
arret
arret
noun
Alternative form of arrêt
arrey
arrey
intj
(India) Expressing surprise or alarm; hey.
arrie
arrie
noun
(Alaska) A murre or guillemot.
arses
arses
noun
plural of arse
plural of arsis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arse
arsle
arsle
verb
Alternative form of assle
artel
artel
noun
(now historical) A Russian or Soviet craftsmen's collective.