(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").
(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
verb
To form into an acronym.
alimony
alimony
noun
(law) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
The means to support life.
allonym
allonym
noun
(uncommon) An allonymous work: a book published under the name of a person other than its true author.
A pseudonym, (particularly) another person's name used as a pseudonym by the author of a work.
almondy
almondy
adj
Redolent of almonds.
almonry
almonry
noun
(historical) A building in which alms were distributed.
amboyna
amboyna
noun
A south-east Asian tree, Pterocarpus indicus.
The reddish, mottled or striped wood of this tree, used in cabinet-making.
amuyong
amymone
amyntor
anatomy
anatomy
noun
(archaic) A skeleton, or dead body.
(by extension) The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts.
(colloquial) The form of an individual.
(countable) A treatise or book on anatomy.
(euphemistic) The human body, especially in reference to the private parts.
The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.
The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it.
The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
anemony
anemony
noun
Archaic form of anemone.
anomaly
anomaly
noun
(astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
(biology) A defect or malformation.
(dated) An irregularity or disproportion.
(quantum mechanics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
(sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
anonyma
anonyma
noun
(obsolete) A courtesan; a female prostitute.
anonyme
anonyms
anonyms
noun
plural of anonym
antonym
antonym
noun
(semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.
anymore
anymore
adv
(especially US) Alternative form of any more.
autonym
autonym
noun
(linguistics, anthropology) A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
(taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
A work published under the author's true name.
The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
balmony
bayamon
benomyl
benomyl
noun
A fungicide that binds to microtubules, interfering with cell functions such as meiosis and intracellular transportation.
bionomy
bionomy
noun
physiology.
bogyman
bogymen
bogymen
noun
plural of bogyman
caconym
caconym
noun
An incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.
company
company
noun
(business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
(espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
(law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
(nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
(uncountable) Companionship.
(uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
A small group of birds or animals.
A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To associate.
(archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
(obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
compony
compony
adj
(heraldry, postpositive) Divided into a line of squares of alternating tinctures.
copyman
cynomys
daemony
demonry
demonry
noun
demonic activity, influence, or possession
dinomys
doryman
dorymen
dynamos
dynamos
noun
plural of dynamo
dysnomy
dysnomy
noun
Bad legislation; the enactment of bad laws.
economy
economy
adj
Cheap to run; using minimal resources; representing good value for money; economical.
adv
(US) In or via the part of a commercial passenger airplane reserved for those paying the lower standard fares.
noun
(US) The part of a commercial passenger airplane or train reserved for those paying the lower standard fares; economy class.
(archaic) Management of one’s residency.
(obsolete) A system of rules, regulations, rites and ceremonies.
(obsolete) System of management; general regulation and disposition of the affairs of a state or nation, or of any department of government.
(obsolete) The disposition or arrangement of any work.
(obsolete) The regular operation of nature in the generation, nutrition and preservation of animals or plants.
(theology) The method of divine government of the world. (See w:Economy (religion).)
Frugal use of resources.
The study of money, currency and trade, and the efficient use of resources.
The system of production and distribution and consumption. The overall measure of a currency system; as the national economy.
embryon
embryon
adj
(now rare) Embryonic.
enomoty
enomoty
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) A band of sworn soldiers; a division of the Spartan army ranging from twenty-five to thirty-six men, bound together by oath.
eponyms
eponyms
noun
plural of eponym
eponymy
eponymy
noun
(semantics) The semantic relation of eponyms; the quality of being eponymous.
etymons
etymons
noun
plural of etymon
euonymy
euonymy
noun
The creation or use of self-descriptive names.
haemony
haemony
noun
(rare) A magical plant mentioned by John Milton, said to be good against enchantments.
harmony
harmony
noun
(music) The academic study of chords.
(music) The relationship between two distinct musical pitches (musical pitches being frequencies of vibration which produce audible sound) played simultaneously.
(music) Two or more notes played simultaneously to produce a chord.
A literary work which brings together or arranges systematically parallel passages of historians respecting the same events, and shows their agreement or consistency.
A pleasing combination of elements, or arrangement of sounds.
Agreement or accord.
homelyn
homelyn
noun
Raia maculata, the European sand ray.
homonym
homonym
noun
(loosely) A word that sounds or is spelled the same as another word (but not necessarily both), technically called a homophone (same sound, different spelling) or a homograph (same spelling, different sound), or if both are the same, a homonym.
(semantics, strict sense) A word that both sounds and is spelled the same as another word.
(taxonomy) A name for a taxon that is identical in spelling to another name that belongs to a different taxon.
hymnode
hymnody
hymnody
noun
(countable) The hymns of a particular church or of a particular time.
(uncountable) The writing, composing, or singing of hymns or psalms.
hyponym
hyponym
noun
(semantics) A more specific term; a subordinate grouping word or phrase; a term designating a subclass of another more general class described by the given word.
isonomy
isonomy
noun
Alternative form of isonomia
isonymy
isonymy
noun
The property of having the same name, especially the same family name.
layamon
lemoyen
lemoyne
mahoney
maloney
malonyl
malonyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The divalent radical CH₂(COO-)₂ derived from malonic acid
maroney
masonry
masonry
noun
That which is built by a mason; anything constructed of the materials used by masons, such as stone, brick, tiles, or the like. Dry masonry is applied to structures made without mortar.
The art or occupation of a mason.
The craft, institution, or mysteries of Freemasons; Freemasonry.
The masonry was cracked.
The work or performance of a mason
maynord
mayodan
maytown
mccondy
mccowyn
melonry
mesonyx
metonym
metonym
noun
(by extension) A concept, idea, or word used to represent, typify, or stand in for a broader set of ideas.
(grammar) A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy.
molniya
mondays
mondays
Adverb
On Monday; each Monday.
Noun
see case of the Mondays.
moneyed
moneyed
adj
Alternative spelling of monied
moneyer
moneyer
noun
(archaic) A moneylender.
(historical) Someone who makes coins; an official minter.
mongery
mongery
noun
That which is sold by a monger.
The building where a monger conducts business.
The process of promoting or spreading something undesirable.
The process of selling something of a specific type; the business of a monger.
mongoyo
monkery
monkery
noun
(dated, collectively) Monks, considered as a group. (Compare clergy, laity.)
(dated, derogatory) Monasticism.
(dated, often derogatory or humorous) A monastery.
(dated, often derogatory) The practices of monks; the way of life, behavior, etc. characteristic of monks; monastic life.
monkeys
monkeys
noun
plural of monkey
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of monkey
monoecy
monoecy
noun
(biology) The state of having both male and female sex organs; hermaphrodism.
(botany) The condition of being monoecious, the state of having pistils and stamens on separate flowers of the same plant.
monomya
mononym
mononym
noun
A single name by which a person, thing, etc., is known.
A single term for a thing or concept, allowing for no synonyms.
monthly
monthly
adj
Occurring every month.
adv
Every month.
noun
(euphemistic) The menstrual period.
A publication that is published once a month.
montjoy
moonery
moonery
noun
(dated, rare) The conduct of one who moons.
mooneye
mooneye
noun
A primitive ray-finned fish of the family Hiodontidae.
moonily
moonily
adv
In a moony manner.
moonway
moroncy
moronry
moyener
moyenne
muttony
muttony
adj
Like mutton; having a flavour of mutton.
myatony
mycosin
mylodon
mylodon
noun
(zoology) Any of the extinct genus Mylodon of giant ground sloths of Patagonia.
myonema
myoneme
myoneme
noun
A contractile structure found in some eukaryotic single-celled organisms, particularly Vorticella, consisting of a series of protein filaments that shorten rapidly on exposure to calcium.
myophan
myophan
noun
(zoology) A contractile striated layer found in the bodies and stems of certain Infusoria.
myosins
myosins
noun
plural of myosin
myotony
myoxine
myoxine
adj
Of, or pertaining to the dormouse.
myronic
myronic
adj
fragrant, perfumed
myrosin
myrosin
noun
An enzyme found in mustard plants, which hydrolyzes sinigrin.
neogamy
nomancy
nomancy
noun
Obsolete form of onomancy.
nymphon
nymphos
nymphos
noun
plural of nympho
omneity
omneity
noun
(obsolete) The fact or condition of being all, specifically as an attribute of God.
onymity
onymity
noun
(rare) The state of being onymous.
onymize
onymous
onymous
adj
Having a name.
oomancy
ormandy
othmany
outhymn
paronym
paronym
noun
(rare) A near-homophone, a word that sounds like another word.
(semantics) A word derived from the same root or stem as another word.
polymny
raymond
raymond
Proper noun
a city in Mississippi, USA
reymont
romancy
romancy
adj
(archaic) romantic
romanly
romanly
Adverb
In a Roman manner; like a person from (Ancient) Rome.
rommany
romneya
romneya
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Romneya of flowering plants of the poppy family, perennial subshrubs with woody stems and large white flowers with yellow centres.
solyman
somnify
somnify
verb
(transitive) To make sleepy.
strymon
symbion
symonds
syncoms
synonym
synonym
noun
(databases) An alternative (often shorter) name defined for an object in a database.
(semantics, loosely) A word or phrase with a meaning that is the same as, or very similar to, another word or phrase.
(semantics, strictly) A word whose meaning is the same as that of another word.
(taxonomy, botany) Any name for a taxon, usually a validly published, formally accepted one, but often also an unpublished name.
(zoology) Any of the formal names for a taxon, including the valid name (i.e. the senior synonym).
syntomy
syntomy
noun
brevity; conciseness
tobyman
tobymen
toponym
toponym
noun
(anatomy) The technical designation of any region of an animal.
(less common) A word derived from the name of a place.
A placename.
totyman
trionym
trionym
noun
A name consisting of three terms.
tympano
typonym
typonym
noun
A name based upon a type, such as a specimen or species.
uncomfy
uncomfy
adj
(informal) Uncomfortable.
unmoldy
unmoody
unmossy
unroomy
unroomy
adj
Not roomy.
unsmoky
unsmoky
adj
Not smoky.
unwormy
unwormy
adj
Not wormy.
venomly
visnomy
visnomy
noun
Obsolete form of physiognomy.
viznomy
vonormy
womanly
womanly
adj
(rare) Female.
Considered typical of, stereotypical of, or appropriate to women; feminine.
adv
In the manner of a woman.
wyoming
wyoming
Proper noun
A Capital: Cheyenne.
A town in Delaware.
A city in Illinois.
A city in Iowa.
A town in Massachusetts.
A city in Michigan.
A city in Minnesota.
A village in New York.
A city in Ohio.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A village in Rhode Island.
Either of two towns in Wisconsin.
yeaoman
zoonomy
zoonomy
noun
(zoology) The laws of animal life, or the science dealing with the phenomena of animal life and their causes and relations.
zymogen
zymogen
noun
(biochemistry) A proenzyme, or enzyme precursor, which requires a biochemical change (i.e. hydrolysis) to become an active form of the enzyme.
zymomin
zymosan
zymosan
noun
(biochemistry) an insoluble carbohydrate, obtained from the cell walls of yeast, used in the bioassay of blood serum