(intransitive) To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
(obsolete, intransitive) To conclude, to turn out.
(obsolete, transitive) To conclude, finish, especially successfully.
(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
(transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
(transitive, now literary) To obtain (a material thing).
Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved.
actives
actives
noun
plural of active
adevism
adevism
noun
(dated) The denial of the existence of gods, especially the legendary gods of Hinduism.
adtevac
adtevac
noun
A technique for drying blood plasma.
advance
advance
adj
Completed before necessary or a milestone event.
Forward.
Preceding.
noun
(in the plural) An opening approach or overture, now especially of an unwelcome or sexual nature.
A forward move; improvement or progression.
An addition to the price; rise in price or value.
An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement.
verb
(intransitive) To make a higher bid at an auction.
(intransitive) To make progress; to do well, to succeed.
(intransitive) To move forward in time; to progress towards completion.
(intransitive) To move forwards; to approach.
(transitive, now archaic) To raise; to lift or elevate.
To help the progress of (something); to further.
To increase (a number or amount).
To make (something) happen at an earlier time or date; to bring forward, to hasten.
To move or push (something) forwards, especially forcefully.
To provide (money or other value) before it is due, or in expectation of some work; to lend.
To put forward (an idea, argument etc.); to propose.
To raise (someone) in rank or office; to prefer, to promote.
To raise or increase (a price, rate).
advects
advects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advect
advenae
advents
advents
noun
plural of advent
adverbs
adverbs
noun
plural of adverb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adverb
adversa
adverse
adverse
adj
(not comparable) Opposite; confronting.
Opposed; contrary; opposing one's interests or desire.
Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.
adverts
adverts
noun
plural of advert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advert
advices
advices
noun
(obsolete or programming) plural of advice
advised
advised
adj
Considered or thought out; resulting from deliberation.
Informed, appraised or made aware.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advise
advisee
advisee
noun
someone who receives advice
adviser
adviser
noun
one who advises
advises
advises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advise
advowee
advowee
noun
One who has an advowson.
advoyer
advoyer
noun
Obsolete form of avoyer.
aestive
aestive
adj
(rare) Of or relating to summer.
agavose
agavose
noun
(obsolete) A sugar derived from Agave americana, now known to be sucrose.
airview
airview
noun
A view from the air; a photograph taken from an aircraft.
airwave
airwave
noun
singular of airwaves; thus often "radio" or "frequency".
alcoved
alcoved
adj
(sometimes in combination) Having (a specified type or number of) alcoves
alcoves
alcoves
noun
plural of alcove
alevins
alevins
noun
plural of alevin
algarve
algarve
Proper noun
The southernmost region of Portugal.
allover
allover
adj
Alternative spelling of all-over
allveta
alvarez
alveary
alveary
noun
(anatomy) The hollow of the external ear.
A beehive, or anything resembling a beehive.
A repository, especially of knowledge or information.
alvelos
alveloz
alveloz
noun
(medicine, obsolete) The milky exudation of Euphorbia hetrodoxa, formerly used to treat ulcers.
alveola
alveole
alveole
noun
Archaic form of alveolus.
alveoli
alveoli
noun
plural of alveolus
alverda
alverta
amarvel
amative
amative
adj
Pertaining to love; amorous.
amusive
amusive
adj
(now rare) Amusing, humorous.
(now rare) Giving entertainment or interest; recreative, diverting, engaging.
(obsolete) Illusive, deceitful.
andover
andover
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, southern UK.
andvare
angevin
anviled
apojove
apojove
noun
(astronomy) apoapsis around Jupiter
appreve
approve
approve
verb
(archaic, transitive, usually with a reflexive pronoun) To show to be worthy; to demonstrate the merits of.
(intransitive, followed by "of") To consider worthy (to); to be pleased (with); to accept.
(transitive) To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory.
(transitive) To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of.
(transitive, archaic) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.
(transitive, law, English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
aquiver
aquiver
adj
In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
archive
archive
noun
(ecology) Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
verb
(transitive) To put (something) into an archive.
argovie
arrived
arrived
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arrive
arriver
arriver
noun
One who arrives; usually, one who arrives in a specified way.
arrives
arrives
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrive
arvales
arvejon
arverni
arverni
Noun
A member of an ancient, powerful Gallic tribe living in what is now the Auvergne region of France, who opposed the Romans on several occasions.
ascrive
ashiver
ashiver
adj
Shivering.
aslaver
asserve
assever
assever
verb
Archaic form of asseverate.
athrive
availed
availed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avail
availer
avalent
avalent
adj
(grammar, rare, of a verb or predicate) Non-valent, having valency zero: taking no arguments.
avarice
avarice
noun
Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth
Inordinate desire for some supposed good.
avebury
avelina
aveline
avellan
avenage
avenage
noun
(obsolete, law) A quantity of oats paid by a tenant to a landlord in lieu of rent.
avenant
avenary
avenery
avenged
avenged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avenge
avenger
avenger
noun
One who avenges or vindicates
One who takes vengeance.
avenges
avenges
noun
plural of avenge
avenida
avenine
avenous
avenses
aventre
aventre
verb
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To thrust forward (at a venture), as a spear.
avenues
avenues
noun
plural of avenue
average
average
adj
(informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.
(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.
Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
Typical.
noun
(UK, in the plural) In the corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
(UK, law, obsolete) The service that a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the animals of the tenant, such as the transportation of wheat, turf, etc.
(law, marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
(sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.
Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.
verb
(intransitive) To be, generally or on average.
(transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
(transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
(transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
averell
averill
averish
avernal
avernal
Adjective
Avernian
avernus
avernus
Proper noun
The entrance to Hell or the underworld, or the underworld itself.
A lake in Southern Italy.
averral
averral
noun
(nonstandard) The act of averring; an assertion of truth.
averred
averred
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aver
averrer
averrer
noun
One who avers.
averted
averted
adj
Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avert
averter
averter
noun
One who, or that which, averts.
avertin
avertin
noun
(organic chemistry) The brominated alcohol 2,2,2-tribromoethanol that is used as an anaesthetic for small animals
avestan
avestan
Proper noun
An ancient Eastern Old Iranian language that was used to compose the sacred hymns and canon of the Zoroastrian Avesta.
An alphabet which was developed based on Pahlavi scripts and used to write Avestan and Middle Persian languages.
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Avesta or Avestan.
aveugle
aveyron
aveyron
Proper noun
One of the départements of Midi-Pyrénées, France (INSEE code 12)
avgases
avgases
noun
plural of avgas
aviated
aviated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aviate
aviates
aviates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aviate
avicide
avicide
noun
Any substance used to kill birds.
avigate
avigate
verb
(dated) To perform aerial navigation.
avinger
avocate
avocate
verb
(obsolete) To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal.
avocets
avocets
noun
plural of avocet
avodire
avodire
noun
The wood of the tree Turraeanthus africana.
avoided
avoided
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avoid
avoider
avoider
noun
One who avoids, shuns, or escapes.
One who carries anything away, or the vessel in which things are carried away.
avolate
avolate
verb
(obsolete) To fly away; to escape.
avosets
avosets
noun
plural of avoset
avouter
avowers
avowers
noun
plural of avower
avowter
avulsed
avulsed
adj
(of a piece of flesh or body part) Having been torn off, as in an avulsion.
(of a wound) Having been caused by a piece of flesh or body part being torn off, as in an avulsion.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avulse
avulses
avulses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avulse
barvell
bavette
bavette
noun
(pasta) A type of thick spaghetti.
beef flank steak
beef flap steak
beef skirt steak
baviere
bayview
beavers
beavers
noun
plural of beaver
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beaver
beavery
beavery
adj
of or pertaining to beavers
noun
(rare) a place, especially artificial, where beavers live.
bebrave
becarve
becarve
verb
(transitive) To cut; carve or cut up; cut in pieces; carve.
(transitive, obsolete) To cut off.
(transitive, obsolete, land) To cut up; cut open; open up.
becivet
becovet
bedelve
bedevil
bedevil
verb
To harass or cause trouble for; to plague.
To perplex or bewilder.
beehive
beehive
noun
(cellular automata) In Conway's Game of Life, a particular still life configuration with a rounded appearance.
(figuratively) Any place full of activity, or in which people are very busy.
(nonstandard, New Zealand) Alternative form of Beehive
A man-made structure in which bees are kept for their honey.
A particular style of hat.
A type of anti-personnel ammunition round containing flechettes, and characterised by the buzzing sound made as they fly through the air.
A women's hairstyle, popular in the 1960s, in which long hair is styled into a hive-shaped form on top of the head and usually held in place with lacquer.
An enclosed structure in which some species of honey bees (genus Apis) live and raise their young.
verb
(rare, transitive) To fill (a place) with busy activity.
beevish
beevish
adj
Archaic form of beefish.
befavor
begrave
begrave
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To bury.
(transitive, obsolete) To engrave.
behaved
behaved
adj
(in combination) Exhibiting the specified kind of behaviour.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behave
behaver
behaver
noun
(psychology) An individual whose behaviour is being monitored or studied.
Someone or something that behaves.
behaves
behaves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behave
behoove
behoove
verb
(intransitive) To be fitting.
(transitive, chiefly US) To befit, be appropriate or necessary to somebody. Alternative form of behove.
behoved
behoved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of behove
behoves
behoves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of behove
beknave
beknave
verb
(transitive, rare) To call (someone) a knave.
(transitive, rare) To treat as a knave.
beleave
beleave
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To be left; to remain.
(obsolete, transitive) To leave behind, abandon.
believe
believe
verb
(intransitive) To have religious faith; to believe in a greater truth.
(transitive) To accept as true, particularly without absolute certainty (i.e., as opposed to knowing).
(transitive) To accept that someone is telling the truth.
(transitive) To opine, think, reckon.
bellvue
beloved
beloved
adj
Much loved, dearly loved.
noun
Someone who is loved; something that is loved.
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of belove.
belview
bereave
bereave
verb
(intransitive, rare) To destroy life; cut off.
(transitive) To deprive by or as if by violence; to rob; to strip; to benim.
(transitive) To deprive of power; prevent.
(transitive) To take away someone or something that is important or close; deprive.
(transitive, obsolete) To take away by destroying, impairing, or spoiling; take away by violence.
beslave
beslave
verb
(transitive) To address as a slave; call (someone) "slave".
(transitive) To fill with slaves; pollute with slavery or slavedom.