Unit of electrical current in electromagnetic and Gaussian cgs systems of units, equal to 10 amperes in SI units.
abdomens
abdomens
noun
plural of abdomen
abelmosk
abelmosk
noun
(uncommon, usually in the plural) Other members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.
The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
The tropical evergreen shrub Abelmoschus moschatus itself.
abelmusk
abelmusk
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of abelmosk in its various senses.
abetment
abetment
noun
(chiefly law) The act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc.
Encouragement or assistance.
abrocome
abrocome
noun
Either of the ratlike rodents that form the genus Abrocoma; rat chinchilla.
abutment
abutment
noun
(architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
(dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
(engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
(engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
The state of abutting.
accumber
accumber
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
adnumber
aerobium
akemboll
akerboom
albumean
albumens
albumens
noun
plural of albumen
albumose
albumose
noun
Any of a class of polypeptides formed by digestion of protein; proteose
alembert
alembics
alembics
noun
plural of alembic
amabella
amabelle
amalbena
amatembu
ambaries
ambedkar
amberies
amberies
noun
plural of ambery
amberina
amberite
amberite
noun
A kind of smokeless powder.
amberley
amberoid
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
amberson
ambiance
ambiance
noun
(computer graphics, 3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
ambience
ambience
noun
Alternative spelling of ambiance
ambiency
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
ambivert
ambivert
noun
(psychology) A person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each.
amblyope
amblyope
noun
A person afflicted with amblyopia.
ambonite
ambreate
ambreate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of ambreic acid.
ambrette
ambrette
noun
The essential oil produced from the seeds of the musk mallow.
The musk mallow plant (Abelmoschus moschatus).
ambroise
ambsaces
ambsaces
noun
plural of ambsace
ambulate
ambulate
verb
(intransitive) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
amburgey
ambushed
ambushed
adj
(figurative) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.
Having been the target of an ambush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambush
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
ambushes
ambushes
noun
plural of ambush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambush
amenable
amenable
adj
(law) Liable to the legal authority of (something).
(mathematics, of a group) Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.
Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
Willing to comply; easily led.
Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
amenably
amenably
adv
In an amenable manner.
amesbury
amesbury
Proper noun
a town in southern Wiltshire, England.
amicable
amicable
adj
Showing friendliness or goodwill.
amoebaea
amoebaea
noun
plural of amoebaeum
amoebean
amoebean
adj
Describing a form of prosody featuring alternating responses.
amoebeum
amoebian
amoebian
noun
(zoology) One of the Amoebea.
amoebida
amoeboid
amoeboid
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an amoeba, particularly in having amoeboid movement.
noun
A single-celled organism that moves or feeds by amoeboid movement.
amoebous
amoebous
adj
Alternative spelling of amebous
amoebula
amoibite
amovable
amovable
adj
removable
amusable
amusable
adj
Capable of being amused.
animable
animable
adj
Capable of being put into life or receiving animation.
asamblea
aslumber
aslumber
adj
(poetic) Asleep.
assemble
assemble
verb
(computing) To translate from assembly language to machine code.
(transitive) To put together.
(transitive, intransitive) To gather as a group.
assembly
assembly
noun
(computing) Ellipsis of assembly language.
(computing, Microsoft .NET) A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
(military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
(politics) A legislative body.
A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
The act of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
atremble
atremble
adj
Trembling.
aumbries
aumbries
noun
plural of aumbrie
baalshem
babeldom
babeldom
noun
Alternative form of Babeldom
babelism
backgame
backgame
noun
(backgammon) A game in which a player blocks the opponent's progress by forming two or more points in the opponent's home board.
An indirect strategy in which one attempts to achieve one's goals by maneuvering behind the scenes.
badgeman
badgeman
noun
(UK) An almshouse man.
A man who wears a badge.
badgemen
badgemen
noun
plural of badgeman
bagmaker
bagmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bags.
bagwomen
bagwomen
noun
plural of bagwoman
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.
bailsmen
bailsmen
noun
plural of bailsman
bakemeat
bakemeat
noun
(obsolete) Any baked product (such as a pie)
bakerdom
bakerdom
noun
The realm or sphere of bakers; the world of baking.
bakerman
ballgame
ballgame
noun
Alternative spelling of ball game
ballmine
balmiest
balmiest
adj
superlative form of balmy: most balmy
balmlike
balmlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a balm; soothing, healing.
balsamea
balsamed
balsamed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balsam
balsamer
bamboche
bamileke
banderma
bandsmen
bandsmen
noun
plural of bandsman
banksmen
banksmen
noun
plural of banksman
baphomet
baphomet
Proper noun
A deity which medieval Christians mistakenly imagined that pagans, the Knights Templar and (sometimes) Muslims worshipped, and which figures into some modern occultist and Satanic religions.
bargeman
bargeman
noun
(nautical, slang) A large white maggot that frequently infested ship's biscuits; most likely a larva of the cadelle beetle, Tenebroides mauritanicus.
A barge owner, maintainer, or captain of a barge.
A member of the crew of a barge.
bargemen
bargemen
noun
plural of bargeman
barksome
barksome
adj
Characterised or marked by barking
barmiest
barmiest
adj
superlative form of barmy: most barmy
barometz
barometz
noun
(mythology) A purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.
The golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs.
bartlemy
basement
basement
noun
(geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.
(sports, informal) Last place in a sports conference standings.
A floor of a building below ground level.
basename
basename
noun
(computing) A filename without any path or directory information.
bashment
bashment
noun
(slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
(slang, uncountable, music, especially Jamaican) Dancehall music.
batamote
batement
batement
noun
abatement; diminution
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
baysmelt
beachman
beachmen
beadsman
beadsman
noun
(Scotland, historical) A public almsman; one who received alms from the king, and was expected in return to pray for the royal welfare and that of the state; a licensed beggar.
(historical) A petitioner; someone who seeks some type of favour from another, usually from a superior.
(historical, England) A poor man, supported in a beadhouse, and required to pray for the soul of its founder; an almsman.
A man employed in praying; especially one who prays for another.
beadsmen
beadsmen
noun
plural of beadsman
beambird
beambird
noun
A small European flycatcher, the spotted flycatcher, Muscicapa striata, that often nests on a beam in a building.
beamiest
beamiest
adj
superlative form of beamy: most beamy
beamless
beamless
adj
Not emitting light.
Not having a beam.
beamlike
beamlike
adj
Having the form of a beam
beamroom
beamsman
beamsmen
beamster
beamster
noun
A workman engaged in beaming or slicking hides.
beamwork
beastdom
beastdom
noun
The condition of a beast; beasthood.
beastman
beastman
noun
(fantasy) An intelligent man-sized beast with varying characteristics.
beaumont
beaumont
Proper noun
An English habitational surname from any of several places in France.
A city in Texas, USA
becalmed
becalmed
adj
(nautical, of a sailing ship) Unable to move due to lack of wind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becalm
bechamel
bechamel
noun
Alternative spelling of béchamel
becharms
becharms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becharm
beckmann
beclamor
beclamor
verb
(transitive) To assail with clamor; to rail against.
bedamned
bedamned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedamn
bedesman
bedesman
noun
Obsolete form of beadsman.
bedframe
bedframe
noun
The frame of a bed.
bedismal
bedlamer
bedlamer
noun
(Canada) A young harp seal after its second moult.
bedlamic
bedlamps
bedlamps
noun
plural of bedlamp
bedmaker
bedmaker
noun
(Cambridge University, formal or historical) A bedder.
someone who manufactures beds
bedmates
bedmates
noun
plural of bedmate
befamine
behammer
belamour
belamour
noun
(obsolete) A loved one; a darling, lover.
beldames
beldames
noun
plural of beldame
belldame
bellmead
bellyman
belmopan
beltrami
beltrami
Proper noun
a tiny "city" in Polk County, Minnesota, USA
a neighbourhood in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
bemadams
bemadams
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemadam
bemadden
bemadden
verb
(archaic or poetic) To cause (someone) to become mad.
bemangle
bemangle
verb
(transitive) To mangle; to tear asunder.
bemantle
bemartyr
bemaster
bemaster
verb
(obsolete) To master throughly; dominate.
bemeaned
bemeaned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemean ("to demean, lower, abase")