An toxic amino acid obtained from jequirity beans; C₁₂H₁₄N₂O₂, that is different than abrin.
acerin
achorn
achorn
noun
(Chester) An acorn.
acinar
acinar
adj
(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located in an acinus.
acorns
acorns
noun
plural of acorn
adhern
adorne
adorno
adorns
adorns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adorn
adreno
adrent
adrian
adrien
afront
afront
adv
in front; face to face
afrown
afrown
adj
frowning
agenor
agroan
agroan
adj
groaning
aharon
ahearn
ahrens
airing
airing
noun
(countable) A public expression of an opinion or discussion of a subject.
(countable) An exposure to warm or fresh air.
(countable) The broadcast of a television or radio show.
verb
present participle of air
airman
airman
noun
A member of an air force.
A naval seaman, especially one in the U.S. Navy, who works on and/or handles aircraft.
A person of a rank in the U.S. Air Force above airman basic and below airman first class.
A pilot of an aircraft.
airmen
airmen
noun
plural of airman
alborn
alburn
alburn
noun
The bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales.
aldern
aldern
adj
(obsolete) Made of alder wood.
aldrin
aldrin
noun
An insecticide and persistent organic pollutant containing a naphthalene-derived compound.
aleron
algren
aliner
aliner
noun
Archaic form of aligner.
almner
almner
noun
Obsolete spelling of almoner
alraun
alruna
alrune
altern
altern
adj
(obsolete) Acting by turns; alternate.
amarin
amarna
amgarn
amhran
amyrin
amyrin
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric triterpenoids found in some vegetable oils and resins
anadyr
anadyr
Proper noun
The capital of Chukotka autonomous okrug, extreme north-eastern Russia
anarch
anarch
noun
The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.
anarya
anbury
anbury
noun
(archaic) A wen or spongy wart on the legs or flanks of a horse.
A disease in turnips, produced by one of the slime-fungi, and usually the result of improper cultivation.
anchor
anchor
noun
(Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
(US) A screw anchor.
(archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
(architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
(architecture) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
(athletics) The final runner in a relay race.
(cartomancy) The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
(climbing) A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
(economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
(figurative) That which gives stability or security.
(heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
(nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
(nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).
(nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
(obsolete) An anchorite or anchoress.
(slang) The brake of a vehicle.
(soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
(television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
Alternative form of anker
Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
verb
To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
To stop; to fix or rest.
ancier
ancora
ancram
anders
andert
andhra
andhra
Proper noun
A state in India between 1953 and 1956, formed from Madras Presidency. It was later merged with Telangana and formed Andhra Pradesh.
andira
andras
andrea
andree
andrei
andrej
andrel
andres
andrew
andrew
Proper noun
The first Apostle in the New Testament.
A village in Alberta, Canada
A city in Iowa
An unincorporated community in West Virginia
andrey
andria
andric
andris
androl
andron
andron
noun
(architecture, historical) In Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, the apartment reserved for males, in the lower part of the house.
andros
andros
Proper noun
An island of the Cyclades, Greece.
An island in the Bahamas.
androw
andrsy
andrus
andryc
andvar
anears
anears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anear
anergy
anergy
noun
(immunology) Lack of immunity to an antigen.
(pathology) Deficiency of energy.
(physics) Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work.
anerly
angara
angara
Proper noun
A river in Russia.
angary
angary
noun
The right of one belligerent (government) in a conflict to seize, use or destroy the property of another belligerent or neutral state, or the private citizens thereof, provided compensation is paid.
angers
angers
noun
plural of anger
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anger
angier
angkor
angkor
Proper noun
A region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries.
angler
angler
noun
(archaic, UK, thieves' cant) A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.
A person who fishes with a hook and line.
An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.
Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.
angora
angora
noun
(uncountable) The fabric made from the hair of angora rabbits or angora goats.
(uncountable) The hair of angora rabbits or angora goats, used to make textiles.
An angora cat.
a goat of a domesticated breed that produces mohair.
a rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus)
anitra
ankara
annary
annora
anogra
anomer
anomer
noun
(organic chemistry) Any diastereoisomer of a sugar or derivative differing in configuration only at C-1 of an aldose or C-2 of a ketose.
anorak
anorak
noun
(Britain, slang) A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject.
A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
anorth
anoura
anoure
anshar
anshar
Proper noun
A sky god
answer
answer
noun
(law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
A solution to a problem.
verb
(law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
(obsolete) To atone for; to be punished for.
(obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
(obsolete) To render account to or for.
(transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a reply or response to.
(transitive, intransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
(transitive, intransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
antara
anteri
anther
anther
noun
(botany) The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower.
antiar
antiar
noun
A poison obtained from the upas tree.
The upas tree itself.
antjar
antler
antler
noun
A branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs. They are grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.)
antral
antral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an antrum
antres
antres
noun
plural of antre
antrim
antrim
Proper noun
A county in the north-east of Northern Ireland, also known as County Antrim.
A town in Northern Ireland that is the administrative centre of County Antrim.
antrin
antrin
adj
(Scotland) Strange, rare, unusual.
antrum
antrum
noun
(biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses.
anurag
anurag
Proper noun
name used by many people in or from India.
anural
anural
adj
Lacking a tail
Relating to the anurans
anuran
anuran
adj
(batrachology) Of or relating to the order Anura.
noun
(batrachology) Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad.
anuria
anuria
noun
(medicine) A condition in which the kidneys do not produce urine.
anuric
anuric
adj
(urology) Of, pertaining to, causing or afflicted with anuria.
anvers
aornis
aornum
aprons
aprons
noun
plural of apron
araban
araban
noun
(biochemistry) A polysaccharide composed of arabinose residues
arabin
arabin
noun
(dated) Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic
(organic chemistry, dated) A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found in gum arabic
aragon
arains
arakan
aramen
aranda
aranea
aranga
aranga
noun
Among Siberian peoples, a platform on which the body of a deceased shaman is placed, as a form of sky burial.
arango
arango
noun
A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade.
aranha
arauan
arauna
arayne
arbtrn
arcana
arcana
noun
Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated.
plural of arcanum
arcane
arcane
adj
(by extension) Obscure, mysterious.
Extremely old (e.g. interpretation or knowledge), and possibly irrelevant.
Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand.
Understood by only a few.
archin
archon
archon
noun
(Gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge.
A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings.
A ruler, head of state or other leader.
arcing
arcing
noun
The shape or motion of something that arcs.
verb
present participle of arc
arcnet
arcsin
arcsin
noun
Abbreviation of arcsine.
arctan
arctan
noun
Abbreviation of arctangent.
ardeen
ardene
ardent
ardent
adj
(literary) Providing light or heat.
Full of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm.
ardine
arenae
arenae
noun
plural of arena
arenas
arends
arendt
arenga
arenig
argand
argand
noun
An Argand lamp.
argans
argans
noun
plural of argan
argean
argean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the mythical ship Argo.
argent
argent
adj
(heraldry): of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
Of silver or silver-coloured.
noun
(archaic) The metal silver.
(heraldry) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
(obsolete, poetic) Whiteness; anything that is white.