Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.
Connected in a subordinate function.
noun
(brewing) An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
(category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
(dated, metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
(grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that modifies its meaning.
(music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
(rhetoric) Symploce.
(syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
adlumin
adnexal
adnexal
adj
(anatomy) Of, or relating to the adnexa.
(botany) Having the property of being adnexed.
adnexed
adnexed
adj
(botany, mycology) Narrowly attached to a stem or stipe.
adnopoz
adnouns
adnouns
noun
plural of adnoun
adonais
adonean
adonean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Adonis.
adoniad
adonian
adonias
adonica
adonist
adonist
noun
One who maintains that the vowel points of the Tetragrammaton translated "Jehovah" are the vowel points that belong to the word Adonai.
adonite
adonize
adonize
verb
Alternative form of adonise
adorant
adorant
adj
(poetic) Adoring.
adoring
adoring
adj
Showing adoration or admiration.
noun
adoration
verb
present participle of adore
adorned
adorned
adj
Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adorn
adorner
adorner
noun
One who places adornments; one who adorns.
adornos
adrenal
adrenal
adj
Near the kidneys.
Pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions.
noun
An adrenal gland.
adrench
adrenin
adriaen
adriana
adriane
adriano
adriena
adriene
adurent
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).
advenae
advents
advents
noun
plural of advent
adynamy
adynamy
noun
(archaic) adynamia
aegaeon
aegaeon
Proper noun
A moon of Saturn.
aegipan
aegipan
noun
(Classical mythology) A goat-like creature resembling a satyr, sometimes portrayed as having a fish's tail.
aeneous
aeneous
adj
Bronze-colored.
aenigma
aenneea
aeolian
aeolian
adj
(geology) carried, deposited or eroded by the wind.
(music) Aeolian mode
of, or relating to the wind.
noun
A lightweight fabric with a ribbed surface, generally made by combining silk and cotton, or silk and worsted warp and weft.
aeolina
aeoline
aeonial
aeonian
aeonian
adj
Alternative spelling of eonian
aeonist
aequian
aerogen
aerogen
noun
Any noble gas.
aerogun
aerogun
noun
(dated) An antiaircraft cannon.
aeronat
aeronat
noun
(archaic) A dirigible balloon.
aeronef
aeronef
noun
(archaic) airplane; a flying machine, an aircraft.
afacing
afernan
affiant
affiant
noun
(law) The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition.
affinal
affinal
adj
(anthropology) Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
affined
affined
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affine
affines
affines
noun
plural of affine
affront
affront
noun
(obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.
An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
verb
(obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.
To insult intentionally, especially openly.
To meet defiantly; to confront.
affying
affying
verb
present participle of affy
afghani
afghani
noun
The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.
afghans
afghans
noun
plural of afghan
aflaunt
aflaunt
adj
In a flaunting state or position.
afounde
african
agacant
against
against
conj
(obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before.
prep
(Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
(obsolete) Exposed to.
As a charge on.
As counterbalance to.
As protection from.
Close to, alongside.
Contrary to; in conflict with.
In a contrary direction to.
In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
In competition with, versus.
In contrast or comparison with.
In exchange for.
In front of; before (a background).
In opposition to.
In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
In physical opposition to; in collision with.
Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
agalena
agamian
agamont
agamont
noun
a cell that divides by schizogony
aganice
agathin
agathon
agatine
agatine
adj
Resembling or pertaining to agate.
ageings
ageings
noun
plural of ageing
agelong
agelong
adj
lasting throughout all time; eternal
agenais
agendas
agendas
noun
plural of agenda
agendum
agendum
noun
(obsolete) A task which ought to be done.
(theology) Something to be done; a practical duty, rather than an article of faith.
agenize
agenois
agentry
agentry
noun
The position of being an agent.
aghanee
aginner
aginner
noun
An oppositional person, especially one opposed to government actions and projects.
agitant
agitant
adj
That agitates.
noun
A person who agitates.
A thing that agitates.
Obsolete spelling of adjutant
aglance
aglucon
aglucon
noun
Alternative form of aglucone
aglycon
aglycon
noun
Alternative spelling of aglycone
agnails
agnails
noun
plural of agnail
agnamed
agnamed
adj
Styled or called apart from given name and surname.
agnates
agnates
noun
plural of agnate
agnatha
agnatha
noun
An agnathan.
agnatic
agnatic
adj
of the male bloodline; patrilineal
agneaux
agnella
agnesse
agnized
agnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agnize
agnizes
agnizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agnize
agnoete
agnoite
agnomen
agnomen
noun
An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen.
agnosia
agnosia
noun
(neurology) The inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.
agnosis
agnosis
noun
Epistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge.
agnuses
agonied
agonied
adj
Feeling or undergoing agony; agonized.
agonies
agonies
noun
plural of agony
agonise
agonise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of agonize
agonist
agonist
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.
agonium
agonize
agonize
verb
(intransitive) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically.
(intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
(transitive) To cause agony or anguish in someone.
agrania
agreing
aground
aground
adj
(by extension) at a loss, ruined, with no way out
(nautical, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
aguanga
aguijan
agustin
agynary
agynary
noun
(botany) The absence of female organs, such as on double flowers which have petals but no pistils.
agynous
agynous
adj
(botany) Without female organs; male.
ahaaina
ahaaina
noun
(archaic) A Hawaiian feast or luau.
ahaunch
ahlgren
ahrendt
ahriman
ahungry
ahungry
adj
hungry (for)
ahypnia
aiawong
aiblins
aiblins
adv
(Northern England) Perhaps, maybe.
aidance
aidance
noun
Aid; assistance; help.
aigneis
ailanto
ailanto
noun
ailanthus (tree)
aileron
aileron
noun
(architecture) A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.
The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns.
ailment
ailment
noun
Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
ainaleh
aindrea
ainsell
ainslee
ainsley
ainslie
aionial
airborn
airings
airings
noun
plural of airing
airline
airline
noun
A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.
airling
airling
noun
(obsolete) A thoughtless, light-hearted person.
An imaginary sprite, usually a beautiful woman, conjured out of thin air by a poet's imagination.
airting
airting
verb
present participle of airt
aisling
aisling
noun
A kind of Irish poem, developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries, in which Ireland appears to the poet in a vision in the form of a woman, lamenting the state of the Irish people and predicting the revival of their fortunes.
ajangle
ajangle
adj
Jangling.
ajowans
akamnik
akazgin
akhoond
akhoond
noun
Alternative spelling of akhund
akhyana
akhyana
noun
A traditional Indian musical theater performance, telling stories from religious texts.
akindle
akinete
akinete
noun
(biology) A thick-walled, dormant cell found in cyanobacteria and green algae
akontae
alacran
aladdin
aladdin
Proper noun
A given name
An Arabic tale about a young man named Aladdin who is recruited by a sorcerer to get a magic lamp from a cave; often adapted into comic pantomime in Britain
The young man who is the protagonist and title character of the story