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.
abridges
abridges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge
abristle
abristle
adj
Bristling.
acarines
acarines
noun
plural of acarine
acheirus
acquires
acquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire
acridest
acridest
adj
superlative form of acrid: most acrid
admirers
admirers
noun
plural of admirer
adriaens
advisers
advisers
noun
plural of adviser
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.
aeroides
affaires
affaires
noun
plural of affaire
affixers
affixers
noun
plural of affixer
agerasia
agerasia
noun
An outward appearance more youthful than one's true age.
aginners
aginners
noun
plural of aginner
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
alieners
alieners
noun
plural of aliener
alienors
alienors
noun
plural of alienor
aligners
aligners
noun
plural of aligner
allister
allister
Proper noun
name, anglicized from Alasdair, the Scottish Gaelic form of Alexander.
almeries
almeries
noun
plural of almery
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.
amaister
ambaries
amberies
amberies
noun
plural of ambery
ambroise
ameiurus
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.
amerinds
amirates
amirates
noun
plural of amirate
amortise
amortise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative form of amortize
anergias
anergies
anergies
noun
plural of anergy
aneroids
aneroids
noun
plural of aneroid
aneurins
aneurism
aneurism
noun
Alternative spelling of aneurysm
angaries
angaries
noun
plural of angary
angriest
angriest
adj
superlative form of angry: most angry
anserine
anserine
adj
Pertaining to a goose or geese; gooselike.
Silly, foolish, stupid.
noun
(biochemistry) A dipeptide compound present in birds and other vertebrates, originally isolated from goose muscle.
antisera
anuresis
anuresis
noun
(medicine) The inability to urinate; the retention of urine in the bladder.
aphorise
aphorise
verb
(intransitive) To use aphorisms.
(transitive) To create an aphorism from.
apiaries
apiaries
noun
plural of apiary
apikores
appliers
appliers
noun
plural of applier
appraise
appraise
verb
(transitive) To consider comprehensively.
(transitive) To determine the value or worth of (something), particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.
(transitive) To estimate; to conjecture.
(transitive) To judge the performance of someone, especially a worker.
(transitive) To praise; to commend.
(transitive, proscribed) To apprise, inform.
apprised
apprised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apprise
appriser
appriser
noun
(Scotland, law) One who carries out an apprising.
apprises
apprises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprise
apprizes
apprizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of apprize
aquifers
aquifers
noun
plural of aquifer
arabizes
araneids
araneids
noun
plural of araneid
arbinose
arbiters
arbiters
noun
plural of arbiter
arborise
arborise
verb
(intransitive) To develop a tree-like appearance.
(transitive) To cause (something) to develop a tree-like appearance.
(transitive) To penetrate or fill (an area) with a tree-like structure.
arcesius
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
archwise
archwise
adj
In the shape of an arch.
arcsines
arcsines
noun
plural of arcsine
arenites
arenites
noun
plural of arenite
aretaics
aretaics
noun
(ethics) The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; contrasted with eudaemonics.
arginase
arginase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of arginine to form urea and ornithine
argosies
argosies
noun
plural of argosy
argosine
argufies
argufies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argufy
aridness
aridness
noun
The state or quality of being arid.
ariettas
ariettas
noun
plural of arietta
ariettes
ariettes
noun
plural of ariette
arisaema
aristate
aristate
adj
(botany) Having a long bristle at its apex.
(botany) Having a pointed, beard-like process, like those of the glumes of wheat; awned
(zoology) Having a slender, sharp, or spiny tip.
aristeas
aristeia
aristeia
noun
A scene in epic poetry where the hero has his finest moments in battle.
aristide
armaries
armigers
armigers
noun
plural of armiger
armoires
armoires
noun
plural of armoire
armories
armories
noun
plural of armory
arrivers
arrivers
noun
plural of arriver
arrosive
arrosive
adj
gnawing; chewing; corroding
arsedine
arsedine
noun
(obsolete) An imitation gold used in gilding.
arsenics
arsenics
noun
plural of arsenic
arsenide
arsenide
noun
A compound with arsenic in oxidation state −3.
An ion that is an arsenic atom with three extra electrons and charge −3.
arsenism
arsenism
noun
arsenic poisoning
arsenite
arsenite
noun
(chemistry) Any oxyanion of trivalent arsenic, especially the AsO₃³⁻ anion (or protonated derivatives); any salt containing this anion, or any ester of arsenious acid
arsenium
arsenium
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The radical cation H₂As:⁺ derived from arsine
(organic chemistry) Any derivative of this ion R₂As:⁺
arsmetik
arsonite
arsonite
noun
(dated) An arsonist.
artemisa
arteries
arteries
noun
plural of artery
artesian
artesian
adj
(of a water supply) Rising to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.
arthemis
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
artiness
artiness
noun
The quality of being arty.
artistes
artistes
noun
plural of artiste
artsiest
artsiest
adj
superlative form of artsy: most artsy
aruspice
aruspice
noun
Alternative form of haruspex
aryanise
ascribed
ascribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ascribe
ascribes
ascribes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe
asheries
asheries
noun
plural of ashery
asherite
ashimmer
ashimmer
adj
Shimmering; covered (with something shimmering).
asnieres
aspergil
asperite
asperity
asperity
noun
(countable) An area that protrudes from a surface.
(countable) Something that is harsh and difficult to endure.
(countable, geology) A section of a fault line with high friction, such that there is no movement along this part of the fault except during an earthquake.
The quality of being difficult or unpleasant to experience.
The quality of being harsh or severe in the way one speaks or behaves toward people.
The quality of having a rough or uneven surface.
aspermia
aspermia
noun
A form of infertility associated with a failure to produce semen.
aspermic
aspermic
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to aspermia.
(of a male animal) Unable to produce sperm.
aspheric
aspheric
adj
aspherical
aspirate
aspirate
adj
Synonym of aspirated.
noun
(linguistics) A sound produced by such a puff of air.
(linguistics) The puff of air accompanying the release of a plosive or fricative consonant.
A mark of aspiration (#) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
A sample of fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
verb
(transitive) To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs.
(transitive) To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
(transitive, intransitive, linguistics) To produce an audible puff of breath. especially following a consonant, such as the letter "h" at the beginning of house or hat in standard English.
1887, James Frederick Hodgetts, Greater England, page 33
aspirers
aspirers
noun
plural of aspirer
assailer
assailer
noun
One who assails; an assailant.
assigner
assigner
noun
One who, or that which, assigns.
assister
assister
noun
One who assists; an assistant or helper.
asteriae
asterial
asterias
asterina
asterion
asterion
noun
(anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
asterisk
asterisk
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) An instrument with radiating arms resembling a star which is placed over the diskos (or paten) used during the Eucharist to prevent the veil covering the chalice and diskos from touching the host on the diskos.
(US, sports, figuratively) A blemish in an otherwise outstanding achievement.
(dated) A small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.
(figuratively) Something which is of little importance or which is marginal; a footnote.
Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol.
The star-shaped symbol *, which is used in printing and writing for various purposes, including to refer a reader to a note at the bottom of a page or in a margin, and to indicate the omission of letters or words; a star.
verb
(transitive) To mark or replace (text, etc.) with an asterisk symbol (*; noun sense 1.1); to star.
asterism
asterism
noun
(astronomy) An unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern).
(mineralogy) A star-shaped figure exhibited by some crystals by reflected light (as in a star sapphire) or by transmitted light (as in some mica).
A rarely used typographical symbol (⁂, three asterisks arranged in a triangle), used to call attention to a passage or to separate subchapters in a book.
asterite
asterite
noun
(science fiction) An inhabitant of an asteroid.
asterius
asternia
asteroid
asteroid
noun
(astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.
(astronomy) In the Solar system, such a body that orbits within the orbit of Jupiter
(zoology) Any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea; a starfish