(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments for holding bottles, cups, or the like; a kind of buffet, cupboard, or sideboard.
(architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in some cases a flat oblong or square slab, in others more decorated.
(historical, obsolete) A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing.
A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc.
abasic
abasic
adj
(biochemistry, of a site in a DNA molecule) That has neither a purine nor a pyrimidine base.
(genetics, biochemistry) Missing a nucleotide base
(medicine) Of, pertaining to or caused by abasia.
abcess
abscam
abscam
Proper noun
A code name for an sting operation set up by the FBI to thwart bribery in Congress.
acamas
acarus
acarus
noun
(zoology, acarology) Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus.
acates
acates
noun
(obsolete) Cates: provisions; food.
access
access
noun
(archaic, countable) An increase by addition; accession
(countable) An onset, attack, or fit of disease; an ague fit.
(countable) An outburst of an emotion; a paroxysm; a fit of passion.
(countable, computing) The process of locating data in memory.
(uncountable) A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage.
(uncountable) Admission to sexual intercourse.
(uncountable) The act of approaching or entering; an advance.
(uncountable) The quality of being easy to approach or enter.
(uncountable) The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility.
(uncountable, Scotland) Complicity or assent.
(uncountable, law) The right of a noncustodial parent to visit their child.
(uncountable, networking) Connection to or communication with a computer program or to the Internet.
verb
(transitive) To gain or obtain access to.
(transitive, computing) To have access to (data).
accise
accius
accost
accost
noun
(rare) Address; greeting.
An attack.
verb
(by extension, transitive, obsolete) To sail along the coast or side of.
(intransitive, obsolete) To adjoin; to lie alongside.
(transitive) To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.
(transitive) To assault.
(transitive) To solicit sexually.
(transitive) To speak to first; to address; to greet.
(transitive, obsolete) To approach; to come up to.
(transitive, obsolete) To join side to side; to border.
accuse
accuse
noun
(obsolete) Accusation.
verb
(intransitive) to make an accusation against someone
(transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure
(transitive, law, followed by "of") to charge with having committed a crime or offence
acetes
achish
achras
achsah
achuas
acinus
acinus
noun
(anatomy) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
(botany) A grape-stone.
(botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
ackees
ackees
noun
plural of ackee
ackeys
ackeys
noun
plural of ackey
acoasm
acoasm
noun
Alternative form of akoasm
acorns
acorns
noun
plural of acorn
acorus
acosta
acrasy
acrasy
noun
(rare) Disorderly behavior; lack of self-control; intemperance.
acrisy
acrisy
noun
(obsolete, medicine) An inability to judge the outcome of a disease
acrose
acrose
noun
(biochemistry) A racemic form of fructose
across
across
adv
(crosswords) Horizontally.
From one side to the other.
In a particular direction.
On the other side.
noun
(crosswords, often in combination) A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue.
prep
(Southern US, African-American Vernacular) across from: on the opposite side, relative to something that lies between, from (a point of interest).
At or near the far end of (a space).
From one side to the other within (a space being traversed).
In possession of full, up-to-date information about; abreast of.
On the opposite side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
So as to intersect or pass through or over at an angle.
Spanning.
Throughout.
To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).
acsnet
actins
actins
noun
plural of actin
actors
actors
noun
plural of actor
acutes
acutes
noun
plural of acute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acute
adcons
aeacus
afacts
afscme
agaces
alcids
alcids
noun
plural of alcid
alsace
amices
amices
noun
plural of amice
amicus
amicus
noun
(law, informal) Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case.
amucks
amucks
noun
plural of amuck
amycus
anaces
anasco
ancius
anisic
anisic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from anise
antics
antics
noun
plural of antic
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antic
aosmic
apices
apices
noun
plural of apex
arccos
arccos
noun
Abbreviation of arccosine.
arches
arches
noun
plural of arch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arch
arcose
arcsin
arcsin
noun
Abbreviation of arcsine.
arctos
arecas
arecas
noun
plural of areca
ascape
ascare
ascebc
ascend
ascend
verb
(incel slang) To lose one's virginity, especially of a man through unpaid and consensual sexual intercourse with a woman.
(intransitive) To move upward, to fly, to soar.
(intransitive) To slope in an upward direction.
(intransitive, figurative) To rise; to become higher, more noble, etc.
(transitive) To go up.
(transitive) To succeed.
(transitive, music) To become higher in pitch.
To trace, search or go backwards temporally (e.g., through records, genealogies, routes, etc.).
ascent
ascent
noun
(typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
An eminence, hill, or high place.
An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness
The way or means by which one ascends.
ascham
ascham
noun
A cupboard or case for holding bows and other archery equipment.
ascher
aschim
ascian
ascian
noun
person or thing found close to the Equator
person or thing without a shadow
ascill
ascitb
ascite
ascoma
ascoma
noun
An ascocarp.
ascots
ascots
noun
plural of ascot
ascula
asdics
asemic
asemic
adj
Of or relating to asemia.
Without semantic content; lacking meaning.
ashcan
ashcan
adj
Describing a comic book originally published solely to retain ownership of a trademark, not intended for general release; later used for promotional comic books intended for limited release to the public.
Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art.
noun
(US, slang) A kind of large firecracker.
A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere.
A dustbin.
asmack
aspace
aspect
aspect
noun
(astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.
(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event which the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.
(obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.
(obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.
(programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.
(rail transport) The visual indication of a colour light (or mechanical) signal as displayed to the driver. With colour light signals this would be red, yellow or green.
(religion, mythology) The personified manifestation of a deity that represents one or more of its characteristics or functions.
A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something.
Any specific feature, part, or element of something.
One's appearance or expression.
Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.
Prospect; outlook.
The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.
The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.
verb
(Wicca) To channel a divine being.
(astrology, of a planet) To have a particular aspect or type of aspect.
(obsolete) To look at.
aspics
aspics
noun
plural of aspic
assacu
assacu
noun
The tree Hura crepitans.
asunci
attics
attics
noun
plural of attic
avisco
aztecs
baches
baches
noun
plural of bach
backus
bacons
bacons
noun
plural of bacon
bancos
bancus
barcas
barcus
barsac
bascio
bascom
basics
basics
noun
plural of basic
baucis
bausch
becaps
bescab
biscay
biscay
Proper noun
A province of Spain
blacks
blacks
noun
(UK) Soot flying in the air.
A kind of ink in used in copperplate printing, prepared from the charred husks of the grape and the residue of the wine press.
Black garments, etc.
plural of black
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of black
blancs
blancs
noun
plural of blanc
braces
braces
noun
(Britain) A pair of straps crossing one's shoulders and extending down to one's trousers, where a clip or button arrangement allows them to affix to the trousers, ensuring that they will not fall off.
(dated) Handcuffs.
(orthodontics) A device worn on the teeth to straighten them.
plural of brace
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brace
brachs
bracts
bracts
noun
plural of bract
brasca
bsarch
cabals
cabals
noun
plural of cabal
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cabal
cabasa
cabers
cabers
noun
plural of caber
cabins
cabins
noun
plural of cabin
cables
cables
noun
plural of cable
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cable
cabobs
cabobs
noun
plural of cabob
cabots
cacaos
cacaos
noun
plural of cacao
caches
caches
noun
Misspelling of cachets.
plural of cache
cactus
cactus
adj
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Non-functional, broken, exhausted, dead.
noun
(botany) Any member of the family Cactaceae, a family of flowering New World succulent plants suited to a hot, semi-desert climate.
Any succulent plant with a thick fleshy stem bearing spines but no leaves, such as euphorbs.
caddis
caddis
noun
A kind of worsted lace or ribbon.
A rough woolen cloth; caddice.
The larva of a caddis fly. They generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with debris.
cadets
cadets
noun
plural of cadet
cadges
cadges
noun
plural of cadge
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cadge
cadish
cadism
cadism
noun
Alternative form of caddism (“caddish behaviour”)
cadmus
cadmus
Proper noun
A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.
cadres
cadres
noun
plural of cadre
caelus
caenis
caesar
caesar
noun
Alternative form of Caesar
Any agaric mushroom of the genus Amanita, section Amanita sect. Caesareae.
emperor, ruler, dictator
cafuso
cagers
cagers
noun
plural of cager
caguas
cahors
cahows
cahows
noun
plural of cahow
caicos
caicos
Proper noun
Short for Caicos Islands, the bigger archipelago of the TCI, lying to the northwest.
caines
cairds
cairds
noun
plural of caird
cairns
cairns
noun
plural of cairn
caisse
cajuns
calais
calash
calash
noun
(historical) Alternative form of calèche (“type of carriage with low wheels”)
(now historical) A silk and whalebone hood worn by ladies to shade the face.
calces
calesa
calesa
noun
Alternative spelling of kalesa
califs
califs
noun
plural of calif
calisa
calise
callas
callas
noun
plural of calla
calles
callus
callus
noun
(botany) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.
(entomology) A shining area on the frons of many species of Tabanomorpha (horse flies and relatives).
A hardened area of the skin (especially on the foot or hand) caused by repeated friction, wear or use.
The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistency, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.
verb
(intransitive) To form such hardened tissue.
calmas
calusa
calusa
Noun
A Native American people who lived on Florida's southwest coast and along its inner waterways.
calves
calves
noun
plural of calf
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calve
calvus
calxes
calxes
noun
plural of calx
camass
camass
noun
(Western US) A small prairie in a forest; a small grassy plain among hills.