(in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area.
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
abridgers
abridgers
noun
plural of abridger
abridging
abridging
verb
present participle of abridge
abrogable
abrogable
adj
capable of being abrogated.
abrogated
abrogated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abrogate
abrogates
abrogates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abrogate
abrogator
abrogator
noun
Agent noun of abrogate; one who abrogates.
absorbing
absorbing
adj
(statistics, of a state) Allowing a process to enter it, but not to leave it.
Engrossing, that sustains someone's interest.
verb
present participle of absorb
absterged
absterged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absterge
absterges
absterges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absterge
aburagiri
aburagiri
noun
A large Asian tree, Aleurites moluccana, that produces candlenuts.
acarology
acarology
noun
(zoology) The study of ticks and mites.
according
according
adj
Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
adv
(obsolete) Accordingly; correspondingly.
verb
present participle of accord.
accourage
accourage
Verb
To encourage.
accreting
accreting
verb
present participle of accrete
accursing
accursing
verb
present participle of accurse
acquiring
acquiring
verb
present participle and gerund of acquire
acrogenic
acrogenic
adj
Alternative form of acrogenous
acrogynae
acrologic
acrologic
adj
Of or pertaining to acronyms
Of or pertaining to the naming of hieroglyphic symbols by the first phonetic sound of the picture they represent
acrologue
acyrology
acyrology
noun
(obsolete, rare) The incorrect use of language
adamsburg
adigranth
adlegiare
adoringly
adoringly
adv
In an adoring manner.
adsorbing
adsorbing
verb
present participle of adsorb
adstringe
adversing
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
aegicores
aegritude
aegrotant
aerifying
aerifying
verb
present participle of aerify
aerogenes
aerogenic
aerogenic
adj
(biology) Producing gas or air (used especially of some bacteria)
aerognosy
aerograms
aerograms
noun
plural of aerogram
aerograph
aerograph
noun
A kind of airbrush.
aerologic
aerologic
adj
Pertaining to aerology, characteristic of aerology.
aerophagy
aerophagy
noun
(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
affirming
affirming
noun
The act of one who affirms something; an affirmation.
verb
present participle of affirm
afforcing
afforcing
verb
present participle of afforce
affording
affording
verb
present participle of afford
affraying
affraying
verb
present participle of affray
affreight
affreight
verb
To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
affrights
affrights
noun
plural of affright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affright
afrogaean
aftergame
aftergame
noun
(archaic) A second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
(video games) Bonus features, dialogue, etc. accessed when a previously-beaten video game is revisited.
afterglow
afterglow
noun
An afterparty.
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
aftergood
afterguns
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
aftersong
againward
againward
adv
(obsolete) Back again.
agapornis
agaricine
agaricoid
agaricoid
adj
(of a fungus) Resembling an agaric
agastreae
agateware
agateware
noun
(ceramics) Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, designed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.
agatiform
agatiform
adj
Having the form of an agate; resembling an agate in appearance.
agentries
agentries
noun
plural of agentry
ageratums
ageratums
noun
plural of ageratum
aggappera
aggappora
aggrading
aggrading
verb
present participle of aggrade
aggravate
aggravate
verb
(by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.
(now chiefly colloquial) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
(now rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
(obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
aggregant
aggregant
noun
(medicine) Any drug that promotes the aggregation of platelets.
aggregata
aggregate
aggregate
adj
(botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
noun
(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
(mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects).
(music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
(roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
A mechanical mixture of more than one phase.
Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
(transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.
(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
aggressed
aggressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggress
aggresses
aggresses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggress
aggressor
aggressor
noun
The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
aggrieved
aggrieved
adj
(law) Having one's rights denied or curtailed.
Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggrieve
aggrieves
aggrieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrieve
Agreeing or suitable; followed by to, or rarely by with.
Pleasant to the senses or the mind.
noun
Something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.
agreeably
agreeably
adv
(obsolete) Alike; similarly.
In accordance.
In an agreeable or pleasing manner
agreement
agreement
noun
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
(uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
agrements
agrements
noun
plural of agrement
agrestial
agrestial
adj
Synonym of agrestic
agrestian
agrestian
adj
Synonym of agrestic (“rural, rustic”)
agrigento
agrigento
Proper noun
The capital city of Agrigento.
agrimonia
agrimotor
agrimotor
noun
(dated) A tractor (farm vehicle).
agriology
agriology
noun
The comparative study of primitive, illiterate or "savage" cultures.
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
agrippina
agrodolce
agrodolce
noun
An Italian sweet-and-sour sauce.
agrologic
agrologic
Adjective
Relating to agrology.
agromania
agromania
noun
An intense interest in agriculture.
agromyzid
agromyzid
noun
(entomology) Any member of the family Agromyzidae.
agronomic
agronomic
adj
Of or pertaining to agronomy.
agropyron
agrypniai
agrypnias
agrypnode
agueproof
agueproof
adj
Resistant to the ague.
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
aigremore
aigremore
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) charcoal prepared for making gunpowder
aigrettes
aigrettes
noun
plural of aigrette
airmonger
alaruming
alaruming
verb
(archaic, rare) present participle of alarum
alderling
alemonger
alemonger
noun
(historical) A seller of ale.
algarobas
algarobas
noun
plural of algaroba
algarroba
algarsife
algebraic
algebraic
adj
(algebra, number theory, of a number) Which is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(algebra, of a field) Whose every element is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(chess, of notation) Describing squares by file (referred to in intrinsic order rather than by the piece starting on that file) and rank, both with reference to a fixed point rather than a player-dependent perspective.
(mathematics, of an expression, equation, or function) Containing only numbers, letters, and arithmetic operators.
Of, or relating to, algebra.
algeciras
algeciras
Proper noun
A city in the Bay of Gibraltar, in the Spanish province of Andalusia.
algerians
algerines
algerines
noun
plural of algerine
algometer
algometer
noun
An instrument for measuring pain-inducing stimuli, and the sensitivity to such stimuli.
algometry
algometry
noun
(medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.
algorisms
algorisms
noun
plural of algorism
algorithm
algorithm
noun
(countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
(uncountable, obsolete) Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
algraphic
algraphic
adj
Of or pertaining to algraphy.
aligerous
aligerous
adj
winged
aliturgic
aliturgic
adj
Not liturgic; without a liturgy.
allegator
allegator
noun
(obsolete) A person who alleges
allegiare
allegoric
allegoric
adj
of, or relating to allegory
allergens
allergens
noun
plural of allergen
allergies
allergies
noun
plural of allergy
allergins
allergins
noun
plural of allergin
allergist
allergist
noun
A doctor who specializes in the treatment of allergies.
alligator
alligator
intj
Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which the speaker counts out loud, saying the word "alligator" between the numbers so that each number is spoken approximately one second after the last one.
noun
(Nigeria) dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
(formerly) Applied to any species of crocodile.
(metalworking) A form of squeezer for the puddle ball.
(mining) A rock breaker.
(obsolete) One who binds or ties.
(paleontology) A member of the family Alligatoridae, which includes the caimans.
(printing) A kind of job press.
Any of various vehicles that have relatively long, low noses in front of a cab or other, usually windowed, structure.
Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.
verb
(intransitive, of paint or other coatings) To crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.
allograft
allograft
noun
(surgery) A surgical transplant of tissue between genetically different individuals of the same species.
verb
To perform a transplant of this kind.
allograph
allograph
noun
A signature made by one person for another.
A variant form of a letter (or other grapheme).
almogavar
almogavar
noun
(historical) A lightly-clad footsoldier during the Christian reconquest of Islamic Spain.
almsgiver
almsgiver
noun
A giver of alms.
A small scale philanthropist or benefactor who consistently gives small amounts to those desperately in need.
alpargata
alpargata
noun
Synonym of espadrille
altenburg
altigraph
altigraph
noun
An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
amalberga
amalburga
amargosos
ambergris
ambergris
noun
A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.
ambrogino
ambrology
amornings
amornings
adv
(obsolete) In the mornings.
amperages
amperages
noun
plural of amperage
amphigory
amphigory
noun
A nonsense verse; a rigmarole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless.