(engineering, nautical, astronautics) Sacrificial, wearing away or being destroyed in order to protect the underlying material, as in ablative paints used for antifouling, or ablative heat shields used to protect spacecraft during reentry. .
(geology) Relating to the erosion of a land mass; relating to the melting or evaporation of a glacier.
(grammar) Applied to one of the cases of the noun in some languages, the fundamental meaning of the case being removal, separation, or taking away, and to a lesser degree, instrument, place, accordance, specifications, price, or measurement.
(medicine) Relating to the removal of a body part, tumor, or organ.
noun
(grammar) The ablative case.
An ablative material.
abristle
abristle
adj
Bristling.
abulyeit
acetylic
acetylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetyl.
acetylid
aciliate
aciliate
adj
that lacks cilia
actively
actively
adv
(grammar) In the active form; not passive.
In an active manner.
aedility
aedility
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) The office of an elected official responsible for festivals and the maintenance of public buildings.
aeolight
aerolite
aerolite
noun
A meteorite consisting of silicate minerals.
aerolith
aerolith
noun
(chiefly historical) A meteorite.
aestival
aestival
adj
Alternative spelling of estival
aethalia
aethalia
noun
plural of aethalium
aetolian
aetolian
Adjective
Of or relating to Aetolia.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Aetolia.
agential
agential
adj
Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.
agitable
agitable
adj
Easily agitated or moved
aglisten
aglitter
aglitter
adj
Glittering.
aiglette
ailleret
ailments
ailments
noun
plural of ailment
alaskite
alaskite
noun
(geology) A form of granite composed chiefly of quartz and feldspars
alasteir
albanite
albertin
albitite
albitite
noun
(geology) Any rock composed mostly of albite
albolite
albolite
noun
Alternative form of albolith
alcestis
alcithoe
aleiptes
aleiptic
alerting
alerting
verb
present participle of alert
aleutian
aleutian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to the Aleutian Islands (a group of islands in the northern Pacific Ocean, west of Alaska), or to its inhabitants, their culture, or their language.
Noun
A native or inhabitant of the Aleutian Islands.
aleutite
alevitsa
algerita
algerite
algerite
noun
An altered form of scapolite, originally believed to be a unique mineral.
alginate
alginate
noun
(biochemistry) Any salt or ester of alginic acid.
algovite
alicante
alienate
alienate
adj
(archaic, followed by "from") Estranged; withdrawn in affection; foreign
noun
(obsolete) A stranger; an alien.
verb
To cause one to feel unable to relate.
To convey or transfer to another, as title, property, or right; to part voluntarily with ownership of.
To estrange; to withdraw affections or attention from; to make indifferent or averse, where love or friendship before subsisted.
alienist
alienist
noun
(dated) A psychiatrist
(dated) An expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications.
alighted
alighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alight
alighten
alighten
verb
To alight, to dismount or get down from.
To alight; to land, to descend and rest.
To lighten; to reduce in weight or heaviness.
To make light; to illuminate or brighten.
aliments
aliments
noun
plural of aliment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aliment
allagite
allanite
allanite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a group of silicate minerals that are a source of rare earth metals.
allative
allative
adj
(grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates motion towards a place.
noun
(grammar) The allative case, or a word in that case.
alleyite
alligate
alligate
verb
(transitive) To tie; to unite by some tie.
allister
allister
Proper noun
name, anglicized from Alasdair, the Scottish Gaelic form of Alexander.
altering
altering
noun
alteration
verb
present participle of alter
alterity
alterity
noun
(philosophy, anthropology) Otherness; the entity in contrast to which an identity is constructed.
alterius
althaein
altheine
altheine
noun
(organic chemistry) asparagine
altitude
altitude
noun
(astronomy) The angular distance of a heavenly body above our Earth's horizon.
(dated, in the plural) Elevation of spirits; heroics; haughty airs.
(geometry) The distance measured perpendicularly from a figure's vertex to the opposite side of the vertex.
A vertical distance.
Height of rank or excellence; superiority.
Highest point or degree.
The absolute height of a location, usually measured from sea level.
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.
alunites
alunites
noun
plural of alunite
alurgite
amitrole
amitrole
noun
(organic chemistry) The heterocyclic amine 3-amino-1,2,4-triazole that is used as a nonselective systemic triazole herbicide on nonfood croplands
ampelite
ampelite
noun
(mineralogy) A carbonaceous alum schist.
(mineralogy) An earth abounding in pyrites, used by the ancients to kill insects, etc., on vines.
ampliate
ampliate
adj
(zoology) Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To enlarge.
amuletic
amuletic
adj
Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.
analcite
analcite
noun
(mineralogy) Analcime.
angelita
angelito
anthelia
anthelia
noun
plural of anthelion
anthelix
anthelix
noun
(anatomy) Alternative spelling of antihelix.
antiblue
antiblue
adj
(US, colloquial) Anti-police.
(particle physics) Describing one of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to blue in a quark.
anticlea
antileak
antileak
adj
Preventing leaks.
antileft
antileft
adj
(politics) Opposing the political left.
antilens
antilife
antilife
adj
(US, politics, derogatory) pro-choice
(derogatory) Supporting the death penalty in a particular case or in general.
(derogatory) antinatalist; supporting the use of contraception to space or limit births
Opposing the preservation of life in a particular situation
antilles
antilles
Proper noun
The islands of the West Indies, bounded to the north by (and including) the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean Sea.
antilope
antimale
antimale
adj
Averse to, or acting against, males.
antipole
antipole
noun
(geography) The opposite pole.
(geometry) A position directly opposite (possibly also used figuratively).
antliate
apterial
aquatile
aquatile
adj
(obsolete) Inhabiting the water.
arculite
areality
arillate
arillate
adj
(botany) Having arils.
ariolate
arterial
arterial
adj
(of a route, road or street) Major, important.
Of or relating to an artery.
noun
A through road.
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
artilize
artiller
asbolite
asterial
atcliffe
ateliers
ateliers
noun
plural of atelier
atheling
atheling
noun
A prince, especially an Anglo-Saxon prince or royal heir.
athletic
athletic
adj
(not comparable) Having to do with athletes.
(video games) Of a level in a Super Mario game with an emphasis on platforming challenge, often involving precise jumps between floating platforms above a bottomless pit, and having upbeat background music.
An attribute of a motion or play which requires fine physical ability.
Having a muscular, well developed body, being in shape.
Physically active.
noun
A muscular, large–boned person, in the typology of Ernst Kretschmer.
atrabile
atrickle
atrickle
adj
Trickling.
atriplex
augelite
augelite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃.
auletris
auletris
noun
(historical) A courtesan or prostitute in Ancient Greece who played the flute to provide entertainment.
auntlier
auntlier
adj
comparative form of auntly: more auntly
auntlike
auntlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an aunt.
aventail
aventail
noun
A curtain or flap of chainmail, fastened to a helmet, or to a coif (hood) of mail, covering the lower face, neck, and shoulders.
Synonym of ventail (“movable (solid plate) front to a helmet”).
aviolite
axiolite
baculite
baculite
noun
(paleontology) Any of the extinct genus Baculites of cephalopod heteromorph ammonites.
baetylic
baetylic
adj
Of or relating to a baetyl.
bailment
bailment
noun
(law) The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.
(obsolete) Bail.
bakelite
bakelite
noun
Alternative form of Bakelite
balanite
balister
balister
noun
(obsolete) An arbalister or crossbowman.
balistes
balkiest
balkiest
adj
superlative form of balky: most balky
balletic
balletic
adj
Pertaining to or suitable for ballet.
balliett
balmiest
balmiest
adj
superlative form of balmy: most balmy
baltetei
barylite
barylite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing barium, beryllium, oxygen, and silicon.
basilect
basilect
noun
(sociolinguistics) A variety of a language that has diverged greatly from the standard form, and is only considered suitable for very informal contexts by speakers.
bastiles
bastiles
noun
plural of bastile
bastille
bastille
noun
A prison or jail.
Confusion of bastille with bastion (bulwark).
verb
To confine as though in a bastille; to imprison.
bealtine
beastily
beastily
adv
in a beasty manner
beatille
belaites
belating
belating
verb
present participle of belate
belatrix
belltail
beltrami
beltrami
Proper noun
a tiny "city" in Polk County, Minnesota, USA
a neighbourhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
bertilla
bestials
betailor
biacetyl
bidental
bidental
adj
(phonetics) articulated with both the upper and lower teeth.
(zoology) Having only two teeth.
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a place that had been struck by lightning and consecrated and enclosed.
(zoology) An organism that has only two teeth, especially a dinosaur of the infraorder Dicynodontia.
bilobate
bilobate
adj
(botany) Having two lobes
noun
(botany) A grain that has two lobes
bimetals
bimetals
noun
plural of bimetal
binately
binately
adv
In a binate manner.
bisaltae
bistable
bistable
adj
Having two stable states.
noun
(computing, electronics) A flip-flop.
biteable
biteable
adj
Capable of being bitten.
bittacle
bittacle
noun
(obsolete) A binnacle.
bivalent
bivalent
adj
(chemistry) Having a valence of 2; having two ligands
(genetics) Of, or relating to a pair of homologous synapsed chromosomes that occur during meiosis.
(of a vaccine) Protecting against two different viruses.
noun
(genetics) Any bivalent chromosome.
blakeite
blankite
blastide
blastide
noun
(biology) A small clear space in the segments of the ovum, the precursor of the nucleus.
blastier
blasties
bleating
bleating
noun
A noise that bleats.
Inane or plaintive chatter.
verb
present participle of bleat
bletilla
bloviate
bloviate
verb
(intransitive, US) To speak or discourse at length in a pompous or boastful manner.
boatlike
boatlike
adj
Resembling a boat
bonetail
calamite
calamite
noun
An extinct genus of treelike horsetails, Calamites.