Third-person singular simple present indicative form of addend
addicts
addicts
noun
plural of addict
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of addict
addison
addison
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
name popular in the 2000s, following Alison and Madison.
A place name, including:
a town in Vermont, USA, named after the poet Joseph Addison.
addlins
addlins
noun
(UK, Yorkshire, dialect, archaic) earnings
address
address
noun
(by extension) The property itself.
(chiefly in the plural, now archaic) A polite approach made to another person, especially of a romantic nature; an amorous advance.
(computing) A number identifying a specific storage location in computer memory; a string of characters identifying a location on the internet or other network; sometimes (specifically) an e-mail address.
(golf, Scotland) The act of bringing the head of the club up to the ball in preparation for swinging.
(now rare) Preparedness for some task; resourcefulness; skill, ability.
(obsolete) Guidance; help.
(obsolete) The act of getting ready; preparation.
A description of the location of a property, usually with at least a street name and number, name of a town, and now also a postal code; such a description as superscribed for direction on an envelope or letter.
A formal approach to a sovereign, especially an official appeal or petition; later (specifically) a response given by each of the Houses of Parliament to the sovereign's speech at the opening of Parliament.
A manner of speaking or writing to another; language, style.
An act of addressing oneself to a person or group; a discourse or speech, or a record of this.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To direct speech.
(intransitive, obsolete) To prepare oneself.
(reflexive) To direct one’s remarks (to someone).
(transitive) To address oneself to; to prepare oneself for; to apply oneself to; to direct one's speech, discourse or efforts to.
(transitive) To consign or entrust to the care of another, as agent or factor.
(transitive) To direct in writing, as a letter; to superscribe, or to direct and transmit.
(transitive) To direct speech to; to make a communication to, whether spoken or written; to apply to by words, as by a speech, petition, etc., to speak to.
(transitive) To direct, as words (to anyone or anything); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any audience).
(transitive) To make suit to as a lover; to court; to woo.
(transitive, archaic) To clothe or array; to dress.
(transitive, computing) To refer to a location in computer memory.
(transitive, formal) To direct attention towards a problem or obstacle, in an attempt to resolve it.
(transitive, golf, Scotland) To get ready to hit (the ball on the tee).
(transitive, obsolete) To aim; to direct.
(transitive, obsolete) To prepare or make ready.
(transitive, reflexive) To prepare oneself; to apply one's skill or energies (to some object); to betake.
addrest
addrest
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of address
adduces
adduces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adduce
adducts
adducts
noun
plural of adduct
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adduct
adelges
adelops
adenase
adenase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme found especially in animal tissue (as liver) that hydrolyzes adenine to hypoxanthine and ammonia.
adenose
adenose
adj
(medicine, rare) Related to glands.
adenous
adenous
adj
(medicine) Like a gland; full of glands.
adenyls
adenyls
noun
plural of adenyl
adeuism
adevism
adevism
noun
(dated) The denial of the existence of gods, especially the legendary gods of Hinduism.
adheres
adheres
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adhere
adibasi
adipose
adipose
adj
Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
Slightly overweight; chubby.
noun
Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
adipous
adipous
adj
(anatomy, archaic) Of or relating to adipose, the fatty tissue.
adipsia
adipsia
noun
(medicine) Absence of thirst.
adipsic
adipsic
adj
Of or relating to adipsia.
adivasi
adjoins
adjoins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjoin
adjoust
adjures
adjures
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjure
adjusts
adjusts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjust
admetus
admires
admires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admire
admixes
admixes
noun
plural of admix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admix
adnouns
adnouns
noun
plural of adnoun
adonais
adonias
adonist
adonist
noun
One who maintains that the vowel points of the Tetragrammaton translated "Jehovah" are the vowel points that belong to the word Adonai.
adorers
adorers
noun
plural of adorer
adornos
adorsed
adossed
adossee
adoxies
adpress
adpress
verb
Alternative form of appress
adrowse
adrowse
adj
drowsy
adsmith
adsmith
noun
A writer of advertising copy.
adsorbs
adsorbs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adsorb
advects
advects
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advect
advents
advents
noun
plural of advent
adverbs
adverbs
noun
plural of adverb
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adverb
adversa
adverse
adverse
adj
(not comparable) Opposite; confronting.
Opposed; contrary; opposing one's interests or desire.
Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction.
adverts
adverts
noun
plural of advert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advert
advices
advices
noun
(obsolete or programming) plural of advice
advisal
advisal
noun
The act of advising.
advised
advised
adj
Considered or thought out; resulting from deliberation.
Informed, appraised or made aware.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advise
advisee
advisee
noun
someone who receives advice
adviser
adviser
noun
one who advises
advises
advises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advise
advisor
advisor
noun
(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece, that is moved one point diagonally and confined within the palace.
One who offers advice.
adwesch
adwesch
Verb
To quench; extinguish (fire, pain, malice, enemies, etc.)
adzooks
adzooks
intj
(archaic) Alternative form of gadzooks
aediles
aediles
noun
plural of aedile
aegates
aegesta
aegises
aegises
noun
plural of aegis
aeneous
aeneous
adj
Bronze-colored.
aeolism
aeolism
noun
Alternative form of Aeolism
aeolist
aeonist
aepytus
aerates
aerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aerate
aerials
aerials
noun
(skiing) Aerial skiing.
plural of aerial
aerides
aeriest
aeriest
adj
superlative form of aery: most aery
aerobes
aerobes
noun
plural of aerobe
aerobus
aerobus
noun
(dated) airbus; passenger airliner
aerosat
aerosol
aerosol
noun
(physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.
A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium.
An aerosol can.
The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can.
verb
(transitive) To spray with an aerosol.
aerugos
aesacus
aesepus
aesopic
aesopic
Adjective
Of or relating to Aesop; Aesopian.
aestive
aestive
adj
(rare) Of or relating to summer.
aesture
aethers
aethers
noun
plural of aether
aethusa
aetites
aetites
noun
An eaglestone.
aetolus
affairs
affairs
noun
plural of affair
affects
affects
noun
plural of affect
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affect
affines
affines
noun
plural of affine
affirms
affirms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affirm
affixes
affixes
noun
plural of affix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affix
affords
affords
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afford
affrays
affrays
noun
plural of affray
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affray
afghans
afghans
noun
plural of afghan
aflatus
afrasia
afreets
afreets
noun
plural of afreet
afresca
aftmost
aftmost
adj
Furthest aft, most sternward, as far back as possible.
aftosas
agacles
against
against
conj
(obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before.
prep
(Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
(obsolete) Exposed to.
As a charge on.
As counterbalance to.
As protection from.
Close to, alongside.
Contrary to; in conflict with.
In a contrary direction to.
In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
In competition with, versus.
In contrast or comparison with.
In exchange for.
In front of; before (a background).
In opposition to.
In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
In physical opposition to; in collision with.
Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
agamist
agamist
noun
An unmarried person celibate by choice.
agamous
agamous
adj
(biology) Having no visible sex organs; asexual or cryptogamous.
(biology) Synonym of agamic: asexual (of reproduction: occurring without union of male and female gametes).
Having no marital partner or pair-bonded mate; being neither monogamous (pair-bonded) nor polygamous.
agarics
agarics
noun
plural of agaric
agarose
agarose
noun
A polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis.
agassiz
agastya
agastya
Proper noun
He is one of the Saptarishis (meaning "seven sages"), a revered Vedic sage and the author of Agastya Samhita.
agathis
agavose
agavose
noun
(obsolete) A sugar derived from Agave americana, now known to be sucrose.
ageings
ageings
noun
plural of ageing
ageisms
ageisms
noun
plural of ageism
ageists
ageists
noun
plural of ageist
agelast
agelast
noun
(rare) one who never laughs (especially at jokes); a mirthless person
agelaus
ageless
ageless
adj
(relative to future) Continuing infinitely or indefinitely.
(relative to past) Having existed for so great a period of time that its longevity cannot be expressed.
Always appearing youthful; never seeming to age.
agenais
agendas
agendas
noun
plural of agenda
agenois
ageusia
ageusia
noun
Absence of the sense of taste.
Partial or complete loss of the sense of taste.
ageusic
ageusic
adj
Lacking a sense of taste.
aggress
aggress
noun
Aggression.
verb
(intransitive, construed with on) To commit the first act of hostility or offense against; to begin a quarrel or controversy with someone; to make an attack against someone.
(transitive) To set upon; to attack.
agisted
agisted
adj
(now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) That has been put out to pasture (of an animal), especially on hired land not belonging to the animal's owner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agist
agister
agistor
agistor
noun
(historical) an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.
One who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
aglossa
agnails
agnails
noun
plural of agnail
agnates
agnates
noun
plural of agnate
agnesse
agnizes
agnizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agnize
agnosia
agnosia
noun
(neurology) The inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.
agnosis
agnosis
noun
Epistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge.
agnuses
agogics
agogics
noun
plural of agogic
agonies
agonies
noun
plural of agony
agonise
agonise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of agonize
agonist
agonist
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.