Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archive
archlute
archlute
noun
A fretted and double-necked stringed musical instrument with a large body, double courses in the bass, and two sets of tuning pegs.
archmime
archness
archness
noun
The state of being arch.
archpoet
archwife
archwife
noun
A big, masculine wife; a dominating woman; virago.
archwise
archwise
adj
In the shape of an arch.
arcifera
arcsines
arcsines
noun
plural of arcsine
arctogea
arcuated
arcuated
adj
Alternative form of arcuate
arculite
arecaine
arecaine
noun
Synonym of arecaidine
arecales
arecolin
aretaics
aretaics
noun
(ethics) The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; contrasted with eudaemonics.
argentic
argentic
adj
(chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a lower proportion than in argentous compounds.
Of, pertaining to or containing silver.
armpiece
armpiece
noun
(colloquial) A decorative companion.
A piece of armour that protects the arm.
armuchee
arrector
arrector
noun
Synonym of erector
arsenics
arsenics
noun
plural of arsenic
artefact
artefact
noun
(Australian spelling, British spelling) Alternative spelling of artifact
arteriac
arteriac
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the windpipe.
articled
articled
adj
bound under the articles of an apprenticeship
verb
simple past tense and past participle of article
articles
articles
noun
(law) the period during which a person works as an articled clerk; articling
(slang) Breeches; coat and waistcoat.
plural of article
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of article
artifice
artifice
noun
(archaic) Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.
A crafty but underhanded deception.
A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
A tactical move to gain advantage.
A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
verb
To construct by means of skill or specialised art
aruspice
aruspice
noun
Alternative form of haruspex
arvicole
arvicole
noun
(zoology, dated) field mouse (US, Canada), vole
arzachel
ascender
ascender
noun
(climbing) a mechanical device used for ascending on a rope; ascendeur.
(typography, graphology) The portion of a lowercase letter that extends above the midline.
A person or thing that ascends.
ascensor
ascribed
ascribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ascribe
ascribes
ascribes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe
aspermic
aspermic
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to aspermia.
(of a male animal) Unable to produce sperm.
aspheric
aspheric
adj
aspherical
assecure
assecure
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make safe or sure; to assure.
athermic
athermic
adj
(chemistry, of a chemical reaction) involving no enthalpy exchange
(medicine) without an increase in temperature
resistant to heat passing through; heat-resistant, heatproof
atreptic
atrickle
atrickle
adj
Trickling.
attacher
attacher
noun
A means of attaching.
Someone who attaches.
attacker
attacker
noun
Someone who attacks.
attercop
attercop
noun
(dialectal, Northern England) A peevish or ill-natured person.
(dialectal, Northern England) A spider.
auerbach
auricled
auricled
adj
(botany) auriculate
auricles
auricles
noun
plural of auricle
aurrescu
aurrescu
noun
Alternative form of aurresku
avarices
avarices
noun
plural of avarice
avoucher
avoucher
noun
One who avouches.
azedarac
bachelor
bachelor
noun
(Canada) A bachelor apartment.
(obsolete) A knight who had no standard of his own, but fought under the standard of another in the field.
(obsolete) Among London tradesmen, a junior member not yet admitted to wear the livery.
(obsolete) An unmarried woman.
A kind of bass, an edible freshwater fish (Pomoxis annularis) of the southern United States.
A person, especially a man, who is socially regarded as able to marry, but has not yet.
Someone who has achieved a bachelor's degree.
The first or lowest academical degree conferred by universities and colleges; a bachelor's degree.
bachelry
bachelry
noun
(obsolete) The body of young aspirants for knighthood.
backbear
backfire
backfire
noun
(firefighting) Alternative spelling of back fire
A premature explosion in the cylinder of a gas or oil engine during the exhaust or the compression stroke, tending to drive the piston in the wrong direction.
An explosion in other equipment.
An explosion in the exhaust passages of an internal combustion engine.
verb
(of a gun, cannon, Bunsen burner, etc.) To fire in the opposite direction, for example due to an obstruction in the barrel.
(of an engine) To experience a premature ignition of fuel or an ignition of exhaust gases, making a popping sound.
To fail in a manner that brings down further misfortune.
backrest
backrest
noun
A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning.
The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.
backrope
backster
backster
noun
(obsolete) A baker.
bacteria
bacteria
noun
(US) A type, species, or strain of bacterium.
(US, proscribed) Alternative form of bacterium.
(dated, medicine) An oval bacterium, as distinguished from a spherical coccus or rod-shaped bacillus.
(derogatory, slang) Lowlife, slob (could be treated as plural or singular).
plural of bacterium
bacteric
bacteric
adj
Of or relating to bacteria.
bacterid
bacterid
noun
(pathology) A bacterial infection of the skin
bacterin
bacterin
noun
A suspension of killed or attenuated bacteria for use as a vaccine.
bacubert
baculere
balancer
balancer
noun
An acrobat.
Any of the rear wings of certain insects used for stability in flight.
One who, or that which, balances.
balearic
balearic
Adjective
From, or pertaining to, the Balearic Islands
Proper noun
A dialect of Catalan used in the Balearic Islands.
barbecue
barbecue
noun
(dated) A hog, ox, or other large animal roasted or broiled whole for a feast.
(obsolete) A framework of sticks.
A fireplace or pit for grilling food, typically used outdoors and traditionally employing hot charcoal as the heating medium.
A floor on which coffee beans are sun-dried.
A meal or event highlighted by food cooked in such an apparatus.
Meat, especially pork or beef, which has been cooked in such an apparatus (i.e. smoked over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels) and then chopped up or shredded.
verb
To cook food on a barbecue; to smoke it over indirect heat from high-smoke fuels.
To grill.
barbicel
barbicel
noun
Any of the hooks on the barbules of a feather that interlock adjacent barbs
barcella
bareback
bareback
adj
(dated) Without a shirt; shirtless.
Without a condom.
Without a saddle.
noun
A bird, raised for meat, that lacks feathers, seen as an undesirable trait.
verb
(intransitive, slang) To have sex without a condom.
(intransitive, slang, particularly sex among men) To have anal sex without a condom.
(transitive, slang, particularly sex among men) To anally penetrate without a condom.
barleduc
barnacle
barnacle
noun
(archaic, Britain, slang, in the plural) A pair of spectacles.
(electronics, slang) On printed circuit boards, a change such as soldering a wire in order to connect two points, or addition such as an added resistor or capacitor, subassembly or daughterboard.
(engineering, slang) In electrical engineering, a change made to a product on the manufacturing floor that was not part of the original product design.
(obsolete, in the plural) An instrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the nose of a vicious horse while shoeing so as to make it more tractable.
(slang) A worldly sailor.
(slang, obsolete) A good job, or snack easily obtained.
(software engineering, slang) A deprecated or obsolete file, image or other artifact that remains with a project even though it is no longer needed.
A marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia that attaches itself to submerged surfaces such as tidal rocks or the bottoms of ships.
The barnacle goose.
verb
To connect with or attach.
To press close against something.
barouche
barouche
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.
batchers
batchers
noun
plural of batcher
beachier
beachier
adj
comparative form of beachy: more beachy
bearance
bearcats
bearcats
noun
plural of bearcat
bearcoot
beatrice
bebreech
bebryces
becarpet
becarpet
verb
(transitive, poetic) To cover like a carpet.
beccaria
becharms
becharms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becharm
bechtler
beckford
beckiron
beckoner
beckoner
noun
One who, or that which, beckons.
beclamor
beclamor
verb
(transitive) To assail with clamor; to rail against.
becoresh
becoward
becrawls
becrawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrawl
becrimed
becrimes
becrowds
becrowds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrowd
becrusts
becumber
becursed
becursed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurse
becurses
becurses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becurse
bedchair
bedchair
noun
A chair with adjustable back to enable an invalid to sit up in bed.
bedcover
bedcover
noun
A decorative cover for a bed; a bedspread or counterpane
bedoctor
bedoctor
verb
(transitive) To address as 'doctor'.
(transitive) To care for in the manner of a doctor.
(transitive) To confer a doctoral degree upon.
bedrench
bedrench
verb
(archaic, transitive) To drench thoroughly; to make extremely wet; saturate with moisture; soak.
bedrocks
bedrocks
noun
plural of bedrock
bedscrew
beechier
beechier
adj
comparative form of beechy: more beechy
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
beichner
belchers
belchers
noun
plural of belcher
belcourt
bellcore
belleric
benchers
benchers
noun
plural of bencher
benchmar
bepierce
bepreach
berascal
berascal
verb
(archaic) To accuse of being a rascal or to treat as a rascal.
bercelet
berceuse
berceuse
noun
A lullaby.
berclair
berdache
berdache
noun
(anthropology, dated, now offensive) Among Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person.
berenice
berewick
berewick
noun
(now historical) An outlying estate.
bergerac
bernacle
bernacle
noun
(of horses) Obsolete spelling of barnacle
bernicia
bernicle
bernicle
noun
(historical, chiefly in the plural) A form of torture in which the legs were crushed between pieces of wood.
A barnacle goose.
berniece
bertsche
berycine
berycoid
berycoid
adj
(zoology) Resembling or relating to the Berycidae, a family of marine fishes.
bescorch
bescorch
verb
(transitive) To scorch about, around, or all over; scorch completely.
bescours
bescrape
bescrape
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To scrape all over; scrape excessively.
bescrawl
bescrawl
verb
(transitive) To cover (something) with scrawls; to scribble over.
bescreen
bescreen
verb
(transitive) To cover with a screen, or as with a screen.
(transitive) To shelter; conceal.
bescurvy
besmirch
besmirch
verb
(transitive) To tarnish something, especially someone's reputation.
(transitive, literary) To make dirty.
betorcin
bichrome
bichrome
adj
Having two colours
bickered
bickered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bicker
bickerer
bickerer
noun
One who bickers; one who engages in nagging or trivial arguing.