Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abreact
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.
adducers
adducers
noun
plural of adducer
aerobics
aerobics
noun
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.
aerocyst
aerocyst
noun
An air vesicle.
agrestic
agrestic
adj
Of or pertaining to the fields; rural; rustic, unpolished
aircrews
aircrews
noun
plural of aircrew
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.
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.
alcester
alfresco
alfresco
adj
Outdoors, open to the atmosphere.
adv
(art) Onto fresh plaster that is still moist.
Outdoors; in fresh air.
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.
amercers
amercers
noun
plural of amercer
americas
americus
americus
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
a CDP in Indiana, USA.
a small city in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
ancestor
ancestor
noun
(figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
(law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
(linguistics) A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
An earlier type; a progenitor
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
verb
(transitive) To be an ancestor of.
ancestry
ancestry
noun
A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
araceous
araceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to a family of plants, Araceae, of which the genus Arum is the type.
arbuscle
arbuscle
noun
(botany) A plant midway in height between a shrub and a tree; a dwarf tree.
(mycology) A branched hypha in some fungi.
(mycology) The site at which a symbiotic fungus attaches to the roots of a plant and exchanges nutrients, etc., with it.
(zoology) A clump of feather-like cilia (hairlike structures).
arcesius
archaeus
archaeus
noun
Alternative form of archeus
archaise
archaise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of archaize.
archines
archines
noun
plural of archine
archives
archives
noun
plural of archive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archive
archness
archness
noun
The state of being arch.
archwise
archwise
adj
In the shape of an arch.
arcsines
arcsines
noun
plural of arcsine
arecales
aretaics
aretaics
noun
(ethics) The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; contrasted with eudaemonics.
arsenics
arsenics
noun
plural of arsenic
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
aruspice
aruspice
noun
Alternative form of haruspex
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.
auricles
auricles
noun
plural of auricle
aurrescu
aurrescu
noun
Alternative form of aurresku
avarices
avarices
noun
plural of avarice
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.
backster
backster
noun
(obsolete) A baker.
batchers
batchers
noun
plural of batcher
bearcats
bearcats
noun
plural of bearcat
bebryces
becharms
becharms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becharm
becoresh
becrawls
becrawls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrawl
becrimes
becrowds
becrowds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becrowd
becrusts
becursed
becursed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurse
becurses
becurses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becurse
bedrocks
bedrocks
noun
plural of bedrock
bedscrew
belchers
belchers
noun
plural of belcher
benchers
benchers
noun
plural of bencher
berascal
berascal
verb
(archaic) To accuse of being a rascal or to treat as a rascal.
berceuse
berceuse
noun
A lullaby.
bertsche
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.
bicornes
bicornes
noun
plural of bicorne
birchers
birchers
noun
plural of bircher
bisector
bisector
noun
(geometry) A line or curve that bisects or divides a line segment, angle, or other figure into two equal parts.
blockers
blockers
noun
plural of blocker
bluchers
bluchers
noun
plural of blucher
borchers
borsches
borsches
noun
plural of borsch
botchers
botchers
noun
plural of botcher
bouncers
bouncers
noun
plural of bouncer
braceros
braceros
noun
plural of bracero
brachets
brachets
noun
plural of brachet
brackens
brackens
noun
plural of bracken
brackets
brackets
noun
plural of bracket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bracket
branches
branches
noun
plural of branch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of branch
breaches
breaches
noun
plural of breach
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of breach
breccias
breccias
noun
plural of breccia
brechams
brechans
breeches
breeches
noun
(informal) Trousers; pantaloons.
A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes.
plural of breech
brescian
brickeys
brickles
brickles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brickle
brickset
bricoles
bricoles
noun
plural of bricole
brioches
brioches
noun
plural of brioche
brisance
brisance
noun
The shattering effect of the energy released in an explosion.
britches
britches
noun
(chiefly Appalachia, Southern US) Alternative form of breeches (pants, trousers).
broaches
broaches
noun
plural of broach
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of broach
brocades
brocades
noun
plural of brocade
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brocade
brockets
brockets
noun
plural of brocket
brooches
brooches
noun
plural of brooch
brucines
brunches
brunches
noun
plural of brunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brunch
bucklers
bucklers
noun
plural of buckler
bursicle
bursicle
noun
(botany) A sheath that covers the viscidium in some plants.
buscarle
butchers
butchers
noun
Alternative form of butcher's (Cockney rhyming slang).
plural of butcher
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of butcher
cabarets
cabarets
noun
plural of cabaret
cabestro
cabestro
noun
A trained steer used in bullfighting.
cabresta
cabresto
cabresto
noun
A halter (headpiece for animal).
cacklers
cacklers
noun
plural of cackler
cadaster
cadaster
noun
Alternative spelling of cadastre
cadastre
cadastre
noun
(cartography) A public survey of land, originally for the purpose of taxation and to create an official register of land ownership.
A register of such surveys, showing details of ownership and value.
cadavers
cadavers
noun
plural of cadaver
caesarea
caesaria
caesurae
caesurae
noun
plural of caesura
caesural
caesural
adj
Of or pertaining to a caesura.
caesuras
caesuric
caesuric
adj
Of or relating to a caesura.
cagester
cajolers
cajolers
noun
plural of cajoler
calderas
calderas
noun
plural of caldera
calesero
calibers
calibers
noun
plural of caliber
calibres
calibres
noun
plural of calibre
calipers
calipers
noun
(UK) A metal (orthopedic) leg support.
A device used to measure dimensions, especially for small or precise measurements.
calories
calories
noun
plural of calorie
plural of calory
caloyers
caloyers
noun
plural of caloyer
camerist
camister
canarese
canaries
canaries
noun
plural of canary
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canary