(law, UK, obsolete) A thief who steals livestock in large quantities.
abishag
abishag
noun
(archaic, thieves' cant) The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
ablings
ablings
adv
(Britain, dialectal) Alternative form of aiblins
abusage
abusage
noun
(obsolete) Abuse.
Improper or incorrect use of language.
abusing
abusing
verb
present participle of abuse
actings
actings
noun
plural of acting
adagios
adagios
noun
plural of adagio
adelges
aegates
aegesta
aegises
aegises
noun
plural of aegis
aerugos
afghans
afghans
noun
plural of afghan
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.
agoutis
agoutis
noun
plural of agouti
agraeus
agrafes
agrafes
noun
plural of agrafe
agreers
agreers
noun
plural of agreer
agreges
agrilus
agrised
agrised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agrise
agritos
agrotis
aguamas
agudist
agulhas
agustin
agyieus
agynous
agynous
adj
(botany) Without female organs; male.
aiglets
aiglets
noun
plural of aiglet
aigneis
aigrets
aigrets
noun
plural of aigret
airbags
airbags
noun
plural of airbag
airings
airings
noun
plural of airing
aisling
aisling
noun
A kind of Irish poem, developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries, in which Ireland appears to the poet in a vision in the form of a woman, lamenting the state of the Irish people and predicting the revival of their fortunes.
alagoas
alegars
algates
algates
adv
Alternative form of algate
algesia
algesia
noun
(medicine) sensitivity to pain
algesic
algesic
adj
Pain-causing; painful in nature.
Relating to the level of hypersensitivity to pain.
algesis
algiers
algiers
Proper noun
The capital of Algeria.
algores
algosis
alights
alights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alight
alleges
alleges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allege
alogism
alogism
noun
(art) An absurd or nonsensical element deliberately added to a work that belongs to the alogism movement.
(art) An early 20th century movement in painting and writing, emerging from the Russian avant-garde, which made use of antirational or nonsensical elements.
An inconsistency or arbitrary situation that follows no logical pattern.
An irrational statement or line of argument; a logical error.
Irrationality; the rejection of logical thinking as a means of approaching truth.
alongst
alongst
adv
(archaic) along
ambages
ambages
noun
(archaic) Indirect or roundabout routes or directions.
(archaic) Indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution.
amishgo
amongst
amongst
prep
Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.
amorgos
amorgos
Proper noun
A Greek island in the east of the Cyclades
A town, the capital of the island of that name.
amuguis
amusing
amusing
adj
Entertaining.
Funny, hilarious.
verb
present participle of amuse
anagnos
analogs
analogs
noun
(US) plural of analog
angarsk
angeles
angelis
angelus
angelus
noun
Alternative form of Angelus
anginas
anginas
noun
plural of angina
anglers
anglers
noun
plural of angler
anglish
anglish
Proper noun
A register or form of English that gives preference to words of Germanic origin over words of other (especially Latin, French, or Greek) origin.
Adjective
Of, in, or pertaining to this form of English.
anglist
angoise
angoras
angoras
noun
plural of angora
angrist
angster
anguish
anguish
noun
Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress.
verb
(intransitive) To suffer pain.
(transitive) To cause to suffer pain.
angulus
angulus
noun
(anatomy) An angle or corner, such as the angular portion of the stomach between the lesser curvature and the pylorus.
anguses
anights
anights
adv
(archaic) In the night time; at night.
anlages
anlages
noun
plural of anlage
antings
antisag
antisag
adj
Preventing sagging.
apogees
apogees
noun
plural of apogee
apologs
aragats
argades
argalas
argalas
noun
plural of argala
argalis
argalis
noun
plural of argali
argasid
argasid
noun
(zoology) Any of various ticks of the family Argasidae.
argeers
argents
argents
noun
plural of argent
argolis
argolis
Proper noun
A periphery in eastern Peloponnese which has its modern capital at Nafplion. Its original capital was at Argos.
arguers
arguers
noun
plural of arguer
argulus
arguses
arguses
noun
plural of argus
argyles
argyles
noun
plural of argyle
argylls
argylls
noun
plural of argyll
argyres
arising
arising
noun
The process by which something arises; origination; occurrence.
verb
present participle of arise
armings
armings
noun
plural of arming
artigas
asaigac
asgarth
ashling
ashling
noun
A small ash tree.
asinego
asinego
noun
(obsolete) A stupid fellow; an ass.
askings
askings
noun
plural of asking
asperge
asperge
noun
An aspergillum.
verb
(transitive) To sprinkle.
aspring
assagai
assagai
noun
Alternative spelling of assegai
assegai
assegai
noun
A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa.
The tree species Curtisia dentata, the wood of which is traditionally used to make assegais.
verb
To spear with an assegai.
assiege
assiege
noun
(obsolete) A siege.
verb
(transitive) To besiege.
assigns
assigns
noun
plural of assign
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of assign
assilag
assilag
noun
(Scotland) The storm petrel.
assuage
assuage
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.
(transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).
(transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
assurge
asswage
asswage
verb
Obsolete spelling of assuage
aswough
audings
augends
augends
noun
plural of augend
augites
augites
noun
plural of augite
augusta
auguste
auguste
noun
(theater) A kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface.