Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.
Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
noun
(geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
abreacts
abreacts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abreact
abridges
abridges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge
abristle
abristle
adj
Bristling.
absenter
absenter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absent: more absent
noun
One who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.
abshenry
absolver
absolver
noun
Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves.
absorbed
absorbed
adj
Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absorb
absorber
absorber
noun
(nuclear physics) A material that absorbs neutrons in a reactor.
A device which causes gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid.
A person who absorbs.
Something that absorbs.
absterge
absterge
verb
(transitive, archaic, now rare) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away.
absterse
absterse
verb
(transitive, now rare) To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.
abstrude
abstrude
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To thrust away.
abstruse
abstruse
adj
(obsolete) Concealed or hidden; secret.
Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure.
absurder
absurder
adj
comparative form of absurd: more absurd
abutters
abutters
noun
plural of abutter
acarines
acarines
noun
plural of acarine
acceders
acceders
noun
plural of acceder
accensor
accensor
noun
(Roman Catholicism) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
accessor
accessor
noun
(object-oriented programming) A function that retrieves a value, usually without changing any data.
Someone or something that accesses.
accrease
accrease
noun
(obsolete) An increase.
verb
(obsolete) To increase.
accresce
accresce
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To increase; to grow.
(rare, intransitive) To accrue.
accretes
accretes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accrete
accursed
accursed
adj
(archaic, theology) Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
(prenominal) Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accurse
accusers
accusers
noun
plural of accuser
acerates
acerates
noun
plural of acerate
acerbest
acerbest
adj
superlative form of acerb: most acerb
acerolas
acerolas
noun
plural of acerola
acervose
acheirus
acquires
acquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire
acreages
acreages
noun
plural of acreage
acridest
acridest
adj
superlative form of acrid: most acrid
acrogens
acrogens
noun
plural of acrogen
acrosome
acrosome
noun
A structure forming the end of the head of a spermatozoon
actressy
actressy
adj
Characteristic of an actress
Histrionic or theatrical
acuerdos
acupress
acupress
verb
(transitive) To apply acupressure to.
adapters
adapters
noun
plural of adapter
addorsed
addorsed
adj
(heraldry, of animals or wings) Set back to back, facing away from each other.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of addorse
adducers
adducers
noun
plural of adducer
adherers
adherers
noun
plural of adherer
adjurers
adjurers
noun
plural of adjurer
adjuster
adjuster
noun
One who adjusts, especially for the insurance industry's employment title "loss adjuster" (or "claims adjuster" in the United States).
admirers
admirers
noun
plural of admirer
adopters
adopters
noun
plural of adopter
adoretus
adorners
adorners
noun
plural of adorner
adrastea
adrastea
Proper noun
The goddess of divine retribution
Smallest of the four inner moons of Jupiter.
adrenals
adrenals
noun
plural of adrenal
adrestus
adriaens
adsessor
adsheart
adsheart
intj
(obsolete) Synonym of zounds
adsorbed
adsorbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adsorb
adversed
adversus
advisers
advisers
noun
plural of adviser
aegagrus
aegagrus
noun
Any species of wild goat, including but not limited to Capra aegagrus.
aerators
aerators
noun
plural of aerator
aerifies
aerifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aerify
aeriness
aerobics
aerobics
noun
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.
aerocyst
aerocyst
noun
An air vesicle.
aerogels
aerogels
noun
plural of aerogel
aeroides
aerosats
aerosols
aerosols
noun
plural of aerosol
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aerosol
aerostat
aerostat
noun
A moored balloon flown in a semi-permanent manner, such as a border patrol monitoring balloon affixed at 18,000 feet (~6 km).
An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors.
aestuary
aetosaur
aetosaur
noun
(paleontology) Any of an extinct group of heavily armoured herbivorous archosaurian reptiles, of the order Aetosauria
affaires
affaires
noun
plural of affaire
affixers
affixers
noun
plural of affixer
afforest
afforest
verb
(transitive) To make into forest
aftergas
agaroses
agaroses
noun
plural of agarose
agerasia
agerasia
noun
An outward appearance more youthful than one's true age.
aggerose
aggerose
adj
In heaps; full of heaps.
aggrades
aggrades
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrade
aginners
aginners
noun
plural of aginner
agoraeus
agraffes
agraffes
noun
plural of agraffe
agremens
agrestal
agrestal
adj
(botany) That grows wild in cultivated fields
agrestic
agrestic
adj
Of or pertaining to the fields; rural; rustic, unpolished
agrestis
agriotes
ailerons
ailerons
noun
plural of aileron
airbuses
airbuses
noun
plural of airbus
aircrews
aircrews
noun
plural of aircrew
airdates
airdates
noun
plural of airdate
airfares
airfares
noun
plural of airfare
airheads
airheads
noun
plural of airhead
airiness
airiness
noun
The quality of being airy.
The quality of being light in quality or manner.
insubstantiality
airlines
airlines
noun
plural of airline
airscape
airscape
noun
The view of the sky, or an artistic work that visually represents it.
airscrew
airscrew
noun
Any actuator disk whose working fluid is air.
The propeller of an aircraft; the prop.
airsheds
airsheds
noun
plural of airshed
airsheet
airspace
airspace
noun
(aviation) that part of the sky designated for the sole use of aircraft.
(broadcasting) Space (i.e. a few neighboring frequencies) available for broadcasting within a particular frequency band.
(construction) The cavity in a cavity wall containing air for insulation.
(politics, aviation) A specified portion of the atmosphere, especially that under the technical aviation control and/or jurisdiction of a particular state over which territory (and territorial waters) it lies.
The portion of an enclosed area which contains air, especially breathable air.
airspeed
airspeed
noun
(aviation) The speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it is flying.
airtimes
airtimes
noun
plural of airtime
airwaves
airwaves
noun
Radio or television broadcasts.
Radio-frequency electromagnetic waves, usually used in the context of wireless communication; radio waves.
aisteoir
ajourise
akepiros
akepiros
noun
plural of akepiro
alasteir
alcester
alderson
alderson
Proper noun
A town in Oklahoma.
A town in West Virginia.
alerters
alerters
noun
plural of alerter
alertest
alertest
adj
superlative form of alert: most alert
aleurons
aleurons
noun
plural of aleuron
alfresco
alfresco
adj
Outdoors, open to the atmosphere.
adv
(art) Onto fresh plaster that is still moist.
Outdoors; in fresh air.
alfurese
algebras
algebras
noun
plural of algebra
alieners
alieners
noun
plural of aliener
alienors
alienors
noun
plural of alienor
aligners
aligners
noun
plural of aligner
alkermes
alkermes
noun
A red Italian alcoholic liqueur.
The desiccated bodies of certain insects (female Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio), which live on the kermes oak, formerly much used as a material for dye and a medicinal ingredient; also a given mixture, preparation etc. containing such insects.
allayers
allayers
noun
plural of allayer
allegers
allegers
noun
plural of alleger
allegros
allegros
noun
plural of allegro
allister
allister
Proper noun
name, anglicized from Alasdair, the Scottish Gaelic form of Alexander.
allovers
allurers
allurers
noun
plural of allurer
almemars
almemars
noun
plural of almemar
almeries
almeries
noun
plural of almery
almoners
almoners
noun
plural of almoner
alterers
alterers
noun
plural of alterer
alterius
altrices
altrices
noun
(zoology) nursers; those birds whose young are hatched in a very immature and helpless condition, so as to require the care of their parents for some time.