(in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area.
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
abridgers
abridgers
noun
plural of abridger
abseiling
abseiling
noun
The process or act of abseiling.
verb
present participle of abseil
absenting
absenting
verb
present participle of absent
accenting
accenting
verb
present participle of accent
accepting
accepting
adj
Characterized by acceptance.
verb
present participle of accept
accessing
accessing
verb
present participle of access
accreting
accreting
verb
present participle of accrete
aceologic
achieving
achieving
noun
Achievements, emphasizing the process of accomplishing them.
verb
present participle of achieve
acrogenic
acrogenic
adj
Alternative form of acrogenous
adagietto
adagietto
adv
(music) More lighthearted than adagio.
noun
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio.
adenalgia
adenalgia
noun
(pathology) Pain in a gland.
adephagia
adlegiare
adstringe
advecting
advecting
verb
present participle of advect
adversing
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
aegialeus
aegicores
aeginetan
aeginetan
Adjective
Of or relating to Aegina.
Noun
An inhabitant of Aegina.
aeginetic
aegiochus
aegisthus
aegisthus
Proper noun
The murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
aegritude
aerifying
aerifying
verb
present participle of aerify
aerogenic
aerogenic
adj
(biology) Producing gas or air (used especially of some bacteria)
aerologic
aerologic
adj
Pertaining to aerology, characteristic of aerology.
aetheling
aetiology
aetiology
noun
(medicine, countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).
(medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
The study of causes or causation.
affecting
affecting
adj
Producing or causing strong feelings and emotions.
verb
present participle of affect
affreight
affreight
verb
To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
agaonidae
agaricine
agatelike
agatelike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of agate.
agenesias
agenizing
agenizing
adj
That treats with agene.
agennesis
agennesis
noun
(pathology) Impotence; sterility.
agennetic
agentival
agentives
agentives
noun
plural of agentive
agentries
agentries
noun
plural of agentry
agentship
agentship
noun
(countable) The office or position of an agent.
(uncountable) A means of effecting something; agency.
aggrieved
aggrieved
adj
(law) Having one's rights denied or curtailed.
Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggrieve
aggrieves
aggrieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrieve
aghlabite
agileness
agileness
noun
The state or quality of being agile; agility.
agilities
agilities
noun
plural of agility
agilmente
agiotages
agiotages
noun
plural of agiotage
agistment
agistment
noun
(historical) The taking and feeding of other people's cattle in the king's forests; the price paid for such a feeding.
A charge or rate against lands
The taking in by any one of other people's livestock to graze at a certain rate.
agitative
agitative
adj
Tending to agitate.
agminated
agminated
adj
agminate
agnoetism
agomensin
agreation
agrestial
agrestial
adj
Synonym of agrestic
agrestian
agrestian
adj
Synonym of agrestic (“rural, rustic”)
agrigento
agrigento
Proper noun
The capital city of Agrigento.
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
aigremore
aigremore
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) charcoal prepared for making gunpowder
aigrettes
aigrettes
noun
plural of aigrette
aiguilles
aiguilles
noun
plural of aiguille
airmonger
albuginea
albuginea
noun
(anatomy) A layer of white, fibrous tissue.
albugines
alderling
aleknagik
aleknight
algaecide
algaecide
noun
Alternative spelling of algicide
algarsife
algebraic
algebraic
adj
(algebra, number theory, of a number) Which is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(algebra, of a field) Whose every element is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(chess, of notation) Describing squares by file (referred to in intrinsic order rather than by the piece starting on that file) and rank, both with reference to a fixed point rather than a player-dependent perspective.
(mathematics, of an expression, equation, or function) Containing only numbers, letters, and arithmetic operators.
Of, or relating to, algebra.
algeciras
algeciras
Proper noun
A city in the Bay of Gibraltar, in the Spanish province of Andalusia.
algedonic
algedonic
adj
Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
algerians
algerines
algerines
noun
plural of algerine
algicides
algicides
noun
plural of algicide
algidness
algidness
noun
The state or quality of being algid.
alginates
alginates
noun
plural of alginate
algogenic
algogenic
adj
(medicine) Inducing pain.
alienages
alienages
noun
plural of alienage
aligerous
aligerous
adj
winged
alignment
alignment
noun
(astronomy) The conjunction of two celestial objects.
(bioinformatics) A way of arranging DNA, RNA or protein sequences in order to identify regions of similarity.
(role-playing games) In a roleplaying game, one of a set number of philosophical attitudes a character can take.
(transport) The precise route or course taken by a linear way (road, railway, footpath, etc.) between two points.
An alliance of factions.
An arrangement of items in a line.
The process of adjusting a mechanism such that its parts are aligned; the condition of having its parts so adjusted.
alkaligen
alkaligen
noun
(obsolete) The name first proposed for nitrogen, as being a chief constituent of ammonia or volatile alkali.
alkekengi
alkekengi
noun
A herbaceous plant of the nightshade family (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi).
The flavoursome berry of this plant.
allegiant
allegiant
adj
Steadfastly loyal, especially to a monarch or government.
allegiare
allegoric
allegoric
adj
of, or relating to allegory
allergies
allergies
noun
plural of allergy
allergins
allergins
noun
plural of allergin
allergist
allergist
noun
A doctor who specializes in the treatment of allergies.
allgovite
alligated
alligated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alligate
allogenic
allogenic
adj
(geology) Formed in another location and transported.
(medicine, biology, genetics, immunology) Alternative form of allogeneic: genetically distinct, but of the same species; nonself but intraspecies.
Having an external cause, or source; exogenous.
almsgiver
almsgiver
noun
A giver of alms.
A small scale philanthropist or benefactor who consistently gives small amounts to those desperately in need.
alongside
alongside
adv
Along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.
prep
Side by side with.
Together with or at the same time.
ambergris
ambergris
noun
A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.
ambigenal
amidogens
amidogens
noun
plural of amidogen
amnigenia
amphigaea
amphigean
amphigean
adj
Extending over all the zones of the Earth, from the tropics to the poles.
amphigene
amphigene
noun
(mineralogy) Leucite.
anagogies
anagogies
noun
plural of anagogy
anagyrine
analgesia
analgesia
noun
(medicine) The inability to feel pain.
(pharmacology) An analgesic (medication that acts to relieve pain).
analgesic
analgesic
adj
(of a person, etc) Unable to feel pain.
(of medicine) Acting to relieve pain; being an analgesic.
noun
(pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
analgesis
analgetic
analgetic
noun
analgesic
analogice
analogies
analogies
noun
plural of analogy
analogise
analogise
verb
Alternative spelling of analogize
analogize
analogize
verb
To express as an analogy.
To treat one thing as analogous to another.
anenergia
angelfish
angelfish
noun
A freshwater fish, tropical cichlids of the genus Pterophyllum.
A marine fish of the family Pomacanthidae, common on shallow tropical reefs.
angelical
angelical
Adjective
Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel.
angelican
angelicas
angelicas
noun
plural of angelica
angelicic
angelique
angelique
noun
Alternative form of angélique
angelized
angelized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of angelize
angellike
angellike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an angel.
angelonia
angelonia
noun
Any of the genus Angelonia of South American flowering plants.
angelship
angeronia
angiogeny
angiotome
anglesite
anglesite
noun
(mineralogy) A crystalline mineral form of lead sulfate, PbSO₄, formed by the weathering of galena.
anglewing
anglewing
noun
Any of various butterflies in the tribe Nymphalini.
anglewise
anglewise
adv
With respect to an angle; angularly.
anglicise
anglicise
verb
(transitive) To become English.
(transitive) To dub or translate into English.
(transitive) To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
anglicize
anglicize
verb
American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of anglicise.
anglified
angriness
angriness
Noun
The state of being angry.
anguineal
anguineal
adj
(obsolete, mathematics) Describing a certain type of hyperbola that has a snakelike form
Like a snake; anguineous
anguished
anguished
adj
Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
anguishes
anguishes
noun
plural of anguish
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anguish
anisogeny
annealing
annealing
noun
The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice.
verb
present participle of anneal
answering
answering
noun
The act of giving an answer.
verb
present participle of answer
antheming
antheming
verb
present participle of anthem
antigenes
antigenes
noun
plural of antigene
antigenic
antigenic
adj
(biology, obsolete) Sexually dimorphic, especially with reference to lepidopterans.
(immunology) Of or relating to an antigen.
antiglare
antiglare
adj
Acting to reduce or combat glare
antinegro
antinegro
adj
Opposing Negros.
antiwedge
apogamies
apologiae
apologies
apologies
intj
Alternative form of my apologies
noun
A list of people unable to attend a meeting, typically presented as the first item on the agenda.
plural of apologie
plural of apology
apologise
apologise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologize.
apologize
apologize
verb
(intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
(intransitive, dated) To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.
(intransitive, often followed by “for”) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends