(biology, of the eyes of an insect) That lack cones
acorn
acorn
noun
(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
(zoology) See acorn-shell.
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
acron
acron
noun
Synonym of prostomium
acton
acton
noun
Alternative form of aketon
Obsolete form of actinon.
adcon
adion
adona
adorn
adorn
adj
(obsolete) adorned; ornate
noun
(obsolete) adornment
verb
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
adown
adown
adv
(archaic) Down, downward; to or in a lower place.
prep
(archaic) Down.
adron
aedon
aeons
aeons
noun
plural of aeon
aeron
afnor
afton
afyon
agone
agone
adv
(archaic or dialectal, Northern England) Alternative form of ago
agons
agons
noun
plural of agon
agony
agony
noun
(biblical) The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
Extreme pain.
Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
The last struggle of life; death struggle.
Violent contest or striving.
agron
ahong
ahron
ainoi
ainoi
noun
(Christianity) lauds; a prayer service following matins
aknow
aknow
verb
Obsolete form of acknow.
akron
akron
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
a town in Alabama.
a statutory town in Colorado
a town in Henry Township, Indiana.
a small city in Iowa.
an unincorporated community in Kansas.
a village in Michigan.
an unincorporated community in Missouri.
an unincorporated community in Nebraska.
a village in New York.
a large city in Ohio
a borough in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia.
alano
alcon
aldon
almon
aloin
aloin
noun
(pharmacology) A glycoside derivative of anthracene, found in aloe, that is used as a laxative.
alone
alone
adj
(obsolete) Apart from, or exclusive of, others.
(obsolete) Mere; consisting of nothing further.
(obsolete) Unique; rare; matchless.
(predicatively, chiefly in the negative) Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.
By oneself, solitary.
adv
(by extension) Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset.
By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
Not permitting anything further; exclusively.
Not requiring anything further; merely.
Without outside help.
along
along
adv
In company; together.
Onward, forward, with progressive action.
prep
By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
In a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on.
alson
alton
ambon
ambon
noun
Alternative form of ambo
amino
amino
adj
(chemistry) Relating to an amine.
noun
(chemistry) The amine functional group.
ammon
ammon
Noun
An ancient people of Israel.
Proper noun
A city in Idaho.
among
among
prep
Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group.
Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.)
Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group.
anabo
anaxo
ancon
ancon
noun
(anatomy) The elbow.
(anatomy) The olecranon.
(architecture) A console that appears to support a cornice.
(obsolete) The corner of a wall or rafter.
ancor
andor
aneto
anglo
anglo
noun
(Australia, informal) an Anglo-Australian (as opposed to Australians of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern background).
(Canada, informal) an English-speaking Quebecer.
(Southwestern US, informal, sometimes offensive) a North American, especially a white one (regardless of actual ethnicity), whose native language is English (as opposed to Americans who have another native language).
(nonstandard) A British person or person of British ancestry.
A white-skinned person.
An English person or person of English ancestry.
angor
angor
noun
(medicine, dated) Great anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.
animo
anion
anion
noun
A negatively charged ion.
anjou
ankou
ankou
Proper noun
The personification of death in Breton mythology.
annot
annoy
annoy
noun
(literary, archaic) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
(literary, archaic) That which causes such a feeling.
verb
(intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
(transitive) To molest; to harm; to injure.
anoas
anoas
noun
plural of anoa
anode
anode
noun
(chemistry, by extension) The electrode at which chemical oxidation of anions takes place, usually resulting in the erosion of metal from the electrode.
(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage.
(electronics) That electrode of a semiconductor device which is connected to the p-type material of a p-n junction.
(electronics) The electrode which collects electrons emitted by the cathode in a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube.
anoia
anoia
noun
(literally) Mindlessness.
Extreme mental deficiency.
anoil
anoil
verb
(obsolete) To anoint with oil.
anoka
anoka
Proper noun
an unincorporated community in Indiana, USA.
a city in Minnesota, USA
a tiny village in Nebraska, USA.
anole
anole
noun
Any of the Anolis genus of arboreal American lizards (such as the American chameleon) from the iguana family which feature a brightly colored dewlap and color-changing ability.
anoli
anomy
anomy
noun
Alternative spelling of anomie
anora
anorn
anorn
Verb
To adorn.
anour
anous
anova
anson
anson
Proper noun
meaning "son of Agnes".
name transferred from the surname.
The Avro Anson
a city in Texas, USA
anton
anzio
apron
apron
noun
(aviation) The paved area of an airport, especially the area where aircraft park away from a terminal
(pinball) A large decal toward the bottom of a pinball table.
A removable cover for the passengers' feet and legs in an open horse carriage.
An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
The cap of a cannon; a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry.
The loading, parking or roadway area immediately beside a railway station
The paved area below the yellow line on a race track.
The portion of a stage extending towards the audience beyond the proscenium arch in a theatre.
The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops.
The sides of a tree's canopy.
The spreading end of a driveway.
verb
(transitive) To cover with, or as if with, an apron.
arbon
argon
argon
noun
The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas.
arion
arlon
arlon
Proper noun
The capital city of the Walloon province of Luxembourg, Belgium.
arnon
arnot
arona
aroon
arron
arron
Proper noun
name, a less common spelling of Aaron.
arson
arson
noun
(obsolete) A saddlebow.
The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage.
verb
(transitive, India) To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner.
ascon
ascon
noun
(biology) A cavity, in the form of a bag or tube, lined with choanocytes, that forms the structure of sponges
aston
atone
atone
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
(obsolete, transitive) To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
(obsolete, transitive) To unite in making.
(proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
(transitive, intransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
atony
atony
noun
Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia
avion
avron
axion
axion
noun
(physics) A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force.
axone
axone
noun
Dated spelling of axon.
axons
axons
noun
plural of axon
axson
axton
axton
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
aynor
ayond
ayond
adv
(Northern England) Beyond.
ayont
ayont
adv
(Scotland, Northern England) Beyond.
azlon
azlon
noun
A regenerated protein fiber; textile fiber derived from a protein such as casein (milk) or zein (maize).
A textile made of these fibers.
azons
bacon
bacon
noun
(cycling, slang, uncountable) Road rash.
(slang, derogatory) The police or spies.
Cured meat from the sides, belly, or back of a pig.
Thin slices of the above in long strips.
badon
balon
banco
banco
adj
Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often an appeals court.
noun
(attributive) A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated.
(gambling) In baccarat or chemin de fer, a bet on the banker hand.
bando
bando
noun
(MLE, MTE, regionally African-American Vernacular) drug lair, trap house
(countable) The curve-ended stick used in this game.
(sports) A traditional Burmese martial art.
(uncountable) A Welsh team sport related to hockey, hurling, shinty, and bandy.
banjo
banjo
noun
(UK, Dagenham) A cul-de-sac with a round end.
(mining) A miner's round-nosed shovel.
(slang) An object shaped like a banjo, especially a frying pan or a shovel.
A stringed musical instrument (chordophone), usually with a round body, a membrane-like soundboard and a fretted neck, played by plucking or strumming the strings.
Any of various similar musical instruments, such as the Tuvan doshpuluur, with a membrane-like soundboard.
verb
(transitive, slang, Britain) To beat, to knock down.
(transitive, slang, Britain, military) To shell or attack (a target).
To play a banjo.
banon
baron
baron
noun
(UK, prison slang) A prisoner who gains power and influence by lending or selling tobacco.
(by extension) A person of great power in society, especially in business and politics.
(law, obsolete) A husband.
A baron of beef, a cut made up of a double sirloin.
A male member of the lowest rank of English nobility (the equivalent rank in Scotland is lord).
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Euthalia.
The male ruler of a barony.
bason
bason
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of basin
baton
baton
noun
(US) A short stout club used primarily by policemen; a truncheon (UK).
(heraldry) A riband with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, as shown on a coat of arms.
(heraldry) An abatement in coats of arms to denote illegitimacy. (Also spelled batune, baston).
(music) The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
(sports) An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
verb
To strike with a baton.
bauno
bauno
noun
Mangifera caesia; a wild mango found in the Philippines.
bavon
beano
beano
noun
(figuratively) Any home-made gas or indigestion remedy.
A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party.
Alternative form of bingo
benco
benzo
benzo
adj
(organic chemistry) Of a ring compound, especially a heterocycle, which also has a fused benzene ring.
noun
(informal) Clipping of benzodiazepine.
(organic chemistry) A divalent radical formed by the removal of two adjacent hydrogen atoms from a benzene ring.
(organic chemistry) Sometimes used in place of the phenyl group.
beton
bevon
bingo
bingo
adj
(US, aviation slang, chiefly military, primarily of fuel) Just sufficient to return to base (or, alternatively, to divert to an alternative airfield). (also written Bingo or BINGO)
intj
(informal) Used to declare "You've just made my point!" or "My point exactly!"
(informal) Used when finding what one has been looking for or trying to recall, or on successful completion of a task.
Used by players of bingo to claim a win.
noun
(countable) A win in such a game.
(countable, Scrabble, US) A play where all seven of a player's letter tiles are played.
(slang, obsolete) Brandy.
(uncountable) A game of chance for two or more players, who mark off numbers on a grid as they are announced by the caller; the game is won by the first person to call out "bingo!" or "house!" after crossing off all numbers on the grid or in one line of the grid.
(uncountable) A similar game or amusement in which participants tick off themed words, phrases or pictures as these are called out, or as they are mentioned, for example during a speech or performance:
verb
(intransitive) To give the winning cry of "bingo!" in a game.
(intransitive) To play all of one's seven tiles in one move in the game of Scrabble, earning a score bonus.
(intransitive) To play the game of bingo.
(intransitive, US, aviation slang, chiefly military) To return to base.
biont
biont
noun
A living organism
biron
bison
bison
noun
A large, wild bovid of the genus Bison.
biton
bjorn
blond
blond
adj
(of a person) Having blond hair.
Alternative spelling of blonde (“stupid”)
Of a bleached or pale golden (light yellowish) colour.
noun
(color) A pale yellowish (golden brown) color, especially said of hair color.
A person with this hair color.
verb
(transitive) To color or dye blond.
blown
blown
adj
(automotive) Given a hot rod blower.
(obsolete) Stale; worthless.
(of glass) Formed by blowing.
Covered with the eggs and larvae of flies; flyblown.
Distended, swollen, or inflated.
Having failed.
Panting and out of breath.
Under the influence of drugs, especially marijuana.
verb
past participle of blow
boden
bogan
bogan
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory stereotype) An unsophisticated person from a working class background.
(Canada) Any narrow water or creek, particularly a tranquil backwater.
(Canada, North Western Ontario, slang, derogatory, offensive) An indigenous person.
(New Zealand, slang, derogatory) A petrolhead.
(New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An Anglo-Celtic member of a lower socioeconomic group, stereotypically classified as wearing black jumpers or black concert T-shirts.
verb
(rare) To act like a bogan.
bohon
bohun
boing
boing
intj
A representation of the sound of something bouncing.
noun
The sound made by an elastic object (such as a spring) when bouncing; the sound of a bounce.
verb
(transitive) To make a boing sound or bouncing motion.
bolan
bolen
bonar
bonar
adj
(Polari) Alternative spelling of bona (“good”)
bonav
bonbo
bonce
bonce
noun
(British, Ireland, slang) the human head
(dated) The kind of marble used in the game of bonce about.
bonds
bonds
noun
imprisonment, captivity
plural of bond
the condition of goods in a bonded warehouse until duty is paid
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bond
bondy
boned
boned
adj
(art) Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
(in combination) Having some specific type of bone.
(of a garment such as a corset or basque) Fitted with bones.
(slang) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
(snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick.
of meat or fish, having had the bones removed before cooking.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bone
boner
boner
noun
(dated slang, especially baseball) A blunder; a silly mistake.
(literally) One who or that which bones (removes bones).
(vulgar, slang, figurative) An often perverse sense of enjoyment from or predilection towards something.
Why do guys get boners when they wake up in the morning?
bones
bones
noun
(informal) The act of two fists meeting together in the manner equivalent to a high-five.
(plural only) The framework or foundation of something.
A percussive folk musical instrument played as a pair in one hand, often made from bovine ribs.
plural of bone
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bone
boney
boney
adj
Alternative spelling of bony
bongo
bongo
noun
A striped bovine mammal found in Africa, Tragelaphus eurycerus.
Either of a pair of small drums of Cuban origin, played by beating with the hands.
verb
Of the heart, etc.: to beat with an irregular rhythm.
To hit something rhythmically with the hands.
To play the bongo drums.
bongs
bongs
noun
plural of bong
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bong
bonis
bonks
bonks
noun
plural of bonk
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bonk
bonne
bonne
noun
A French nursemaid.
bonni
bonns
bonny
bonny
adj
(Tyneside) Alternative spelling of bonnie
noun
(mining) A round and compact bed of ore, or a distinct bed, not communicating with a vein.
bonos
bonpa
bonum
bonus
bonus
noun
(basketball) One or more free throws awarded to a team when the opposing team has accumulated enough fouls.
(video games) An addition to the player's score based on performance, e.g. for time remaining.
An extra sum given as a premium, e.g. to an employee or to a shareholder.