A member of the Sioux tribe of American Indian; Siouan.
acacin
acacin
noun
Gum arabic.
acerin
acetin
acetin
noun
(organic chemistry) the triglyceride of acetic acid
aching
aching
adj
That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
noun
The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.
verb
present participle of ache
acinar
acinar
adj
(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located in an acinus.
acinic
acinic
adj
acinar
acinus
acinus
noun
(anatomy) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
(botany) A grape-stone.
(botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
acnida
acoine
aconic
aconin
actian
actine
acting
acting
adj
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
noun
(countable, obsolete) An action or deed.
(drama) The occupation of an actor.
(law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
Pretending.
verb
present participle of act
actins
actins
noun
plural of actin
action
action
adj
(Manglish) arrogant
intj
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
noun
(art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
(bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
(firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
(law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
(mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
(military) Combat.
(music) The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
(music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on a guitar or other string instrument.
(obsolete) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
(physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
(religion) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
(sciences) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
(slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse.
A way of motion or functioning.
Fast-paced activity.
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
The effort of performing or doing something.
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
verb
(transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.
(transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
adonic
adonic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Adonis.
Very beautiful or handsome; physically perfect.
having a dactyl followed by either a spondee or a trochee.
Noun
A verse consisting of a dactyl and spondee.
aeonic
aeonic
adj
(rare) Alternative spelling of eonic
agonic
agonic
adj
(cartography, navigation) Having a magnetic deviation of zero.
(geometry) Lacking an angle.
(medicine, obsolete) Occurring shortly before death; agonal.
(psychology) Of a mode of social interaction based on threats, displays of power, or inducements of anxiety.
Characterized by agony.
Synonym of agonal
noun
Synonym of agonic line.
agynic
alcina
alcine
alcine
adj
Of or pertaining to elk.
alcuin
alnico
alnico
noun
An alloy of aluminium, nickel and cobalt, sometimes alloyed with smaller amounts of iron, copper, titanium and used primarily in the manufacture of magnets.
aminic
aminic
adj
Characteristic of an amine
amniac
anacid
anacin
anchie
ancien
ancier
ancile
ancile
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) The sacred shield of the Ancient Romans, said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
ancius
andric
anemic
anemic
adj
(by extension) Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness.
Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia.
noun
An individual who has anemia.
anetic
anetic
adj
(medicine, obsolete, rare) Soothing; helping to relieve a malady.
angico
angico
noun
A leguminous tree, Anadenanthera colubrina, native to South America, with traditional medicinal properties and tannin-rich wood used in tanning.
anglic
anglic
Adjective
Anglian
anicca
anicca
noun
(Buddhism) Impermanence, the doctrine claiming that all of conditioned existence, without exception, is transient. One of the three marks of existence.
anicut
anicut
noun
(India) A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.
anilic
anilic
adj
Relating to aniline or to anil
anisic
anisic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from anise
annice
anodic
anodic
adj
Relating to an anode.
anomic
anomic
adj
(neurology) Characterized by or pertaining to anomia (the inability to remember names).
(sociology) Socially disorganized, disoriented or alienated.
anoxic
anoxic
adj
(pathology) Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen.
Lacking oxygen.
antica
antick
antick
noun
Obsolete form of antic.
antics
antics
noun
plural of antic
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antic
anuric
anuric
adj
(urology) Of, pertaining to, causing or afflicted with anuria.
apinch
apinch
adv
Pinching; so as to pinch.
apneic
apneic
adj
(pathology) Exhibiting or relating to apnea: no longer breathing
aponic
archin
arcing
arcing
noun
The shape or motion of something that arcs.
verb
present participle of arc
arcsin
arcsin
noun
Abbreviation of arcsine.
aricin
arnica
arnica
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana.
ascian
ascian
noun
person or thing found close to the Equator
person or thing without a shadow
asunci
atonic
atonic
adj
(linguistics) not having tone (pitch)
(medicine) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy.
(of a sound or syllable) unstressed
(pathology) Lacking muscle tone.
noun
(phonetics, dated) A sound with lack of tone or vocality.
axenic
axenic
adj
(biology) Containing only a single species of microorganism. For example, an "axenic culture" is a pure grown sample of the organism in question.
(biology) Isolated from organisms of any other species.
axonic
axonic
adj
Relating to axons.
azonic
azonic
adj
(chemistry) of, related to, or derived from an azonic acid
Confined to no zone or region; not local.
baclin
banchi
bianca
bianco
bicone
bicone
noun
(geometry) The three-dimensional shape swept by revolving an isosceles triangle around its edge of unequal length, or by joining two identical right circular cones, base to base.
bicorn
bicorn
adj
Having two horns.
noun
(historical) A two-cornered hat worn by European and American military and naval officers from the 1790s.
(mathematics) A plane curve having two cusps
bicron
bicron
noun
A billionth of a metre.
binocs
binocs
Noun
binoculars
bionic
bionic
adj
(not comparable) Related to bionics.
(of a biological organism) Having been enhanced by electronic or mechanical parts; cyborg.
Superhuman.
bisync
bonaci
bonaci
noun
(dated) A large grouper (Mycteroperca bonaci) of Florida and the Caribbean. Grey, with an oblong, laterally compressed body, it is a food fish.
Any of several other groupers.
brince
brucin
brucin
noun
Archaic form of brucine.
buccin
cabins
cabins
noun
plural of cabin
caenis
caging
caging
noun
The act of placing or trapping something in a cage.
verb
present participle of cage
caiman
caiman
noun
(loosely) A crocodilian of the subfamily Caimaninae, which includes the very large black caiman.
(strictly) Any of the relatively small crocodilians of the genus Caiman, within the family Alligatoridae.
A semi-aquatic lizard, of the genus Dracaena, found in South America. To differentiate from caimans, they are referred to as caiman lizards.
caines
cairns
cairns
noun
plural of cairn
cairny
cairny
adj
Of a landscape, having many cairns or rocky outcrops.
caking
caking
noun
A layer or deposit of caked material.
verb
present participle of cake
calina
caline
calion
calkin
calkin
noun
A calk (on a horseshoe).
calvin
calvin
Proper noun
of French and Spanish origin, notably borne by John Calvin, French Protestant theologian
name derived from the surname; used especially by nonconformist families
camino
camion
camion
noun
A truck or wagon, especially one used to transport ordnance.
canali
canari
canchi
cancri
candia
candia
Proper noun
The Mediterranean island of Crete.
The Cretan city of
A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.
Proper noun
The on the island now known as Sri Lanka.
The city of the capital of that kingdom.
candid
candid
adj
Impartial and free from prejudice.
Not posed or rehearsed.
Straightforward, open and sincere.
noun
A spontaneous or unposed photograph.
candie
candie
noun
Alternative form of candy (“Indian unit of mass”)
candil
candis
cangia
canica
canice
canids
canids
noun
plural of canid
caniff
canine
canine
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
(medicine, obsolete) Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.
Dog-like.
Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
noun
(formal) Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.
(poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.
caning
caning
noun
A beating with a cane.
verb
present participle of cane
canion
canion
noun
(historical, often in the plural) One of a pair of fitted tubes of cloth worn in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries below short trunk hose and above stockings to cover the leg in between them, sometimes joined to the hose (sometimes reduced to ornamental rolls terminating the legs of the hose), and sometimes joined to each other as breeches worn under the hose.
Obsolete form of canyon.
cannie
canthi
canthi
noun
plural of canthus
cantic
cantic
adj
angled
canting
oblique, slanting
cantil
cantil
noun
Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.
caoine
caping
caping
verb
present participle of cape
capkin
caplin
caplin
noun
Alternative form of capelin
The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass that connect the handle and swingel.
caprin
caprin
noun
(organic chemistry) The triglyceride of capric acid; a constituent of butterfat
carbin
cardin
carian
carien
carina
carina
noun
(anatomy) Any of several features that have a projecting central ridge
(botany) Part of a papilionaceous flower consisting of two petals, commonly united, which encloses the organs of fructification.
(zoology) The keel of the breastbone of birds.
A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
carine
carine
noun
(obsolete) A keel.
caring
caring
adj
(of a person) Kind, sensitive, or empathetic.
noun
The act of one who cares.
verb
present participle of care
carlin
carlin
noun
Alternative form of carling
An old woman.
carnic
carnie
carnie
noun
(derogatory, slang) Synonym of carnist
Alternative spelling of carny
casein
casein
noun
(biochemistry) A protein present in both milk and in the seeds of leguminous plants
casina
casing
casing
noun
(architecture) The decorative trim around a door or window.
(oil industry) A metal pipe used to line the borehole of a well.
(uncountable, computing) The state of letter case across a whole phrase or whole lines of text; the collective state/arrangement of uppercase and lowercase letters.
That which encloses or encases.
verb
present participle of case
casini
casini
noun
(chiefly historical) plural of casino
casino
casino
noun
(obsolete) A small house; a pleasure house or holiday home, especially in Italy.
(uncountable) A card game for two to four players.
A public building or room for gambling.
cathin
catina
cating
cation
cation
noun
(physical chemistry) a positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis
catkin
catkin
noun
(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
catlin
catlin
noun
Alternative form of catling (surgical knife)
catnip
catnip
noun
(figurative) Something that causes excitement or interest.
Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.
cavina
caving
caving
noun
An act of collapsing or caving in.
The recreational sport of exploring caves.
verb
present participle of cave
cawing
cawing
noun
The act of producing a caw sound.
verb
present participle of caw
cawnie
cawnie
noun
(historical) A measure of land equal to 57,600 square feet or 1.3225 acres, formerly used in India.