A dark lantern used in church to read prayers etc during a service.
absences
absences
noun
plural of absence
absented
absented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absent
absentee
absentee
adj
(attributive) Pertaining to one that is absent.
noun
(chiefly Britain, historical) A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.
One that is nonexistent or lacking.
absenter
absenter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absent: more absent
noun
One who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.
absentia
absentia
noun
absence
absently
absently
adv
In an absent-minded or abstracted manner.
abshenry
absinthe
absinthe
noun
(US) Sagebrush.
(color) A moderate yellow green.
(figurative) Bitterness; sorrow.
A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.
The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
absinthe green:
absolent
acarines
acarines
noun
plural of acarine
accensed
accensed
adj
(obsolete) kindled
accensor
accensor
noun
(Roman Catholicism) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
accentus
acescent
acescent
adj
Turning sour; readily becoming tart or acid; slightly sour.
noun
A substance liable to become sour.
acetones
acetones
noun
plural of acetone
achesoun
achinese
achiness
achiness
noun
The property of being achy.
acidness
acidness
noun
acidity, sourness
acinaces
acinaces
noun
(historical, ancient history) A short sword or saber.
aconites
aconites
noun
plural of aconite
acrogens
acrogens
noun
plural of acrogen
actiones
acushnet
adenines
adenines
noun
plural of adenine (multiple adenine molecules)
adenitis
adenitis
noun
(medicine, pathology) Glandular inflammation.
adenoids
adenoids
noun
plural of adenoid
adenomas
adenoses
adenoses
noun
plural of adenosis
adenosis
adenosis
noun
(medicine) Benign swelling, scarring or enlargement of the lymph glands; a minor, low-risk glandular condition.
adhesion
adhesion
noun
(biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
(medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
An agreement to adhere.
Persistent attachment or loyalty.
The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
adonises
adonises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adonise
adorners
adorners
noun
plural of adorner
adrenals
adrenals
noun
plural of adrenal
adriaens
advances
advances
noun
plural of advance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advance
aeriness
aesculin
aesculin
noun
Alternative form of esculin
aesopian
agedness
agedness
noun
The state or quality of being aged.
agencies
agencies
noun
plural of agency
agendums
agendums
noun
plural of agendum
ageneses
ageneses
noun
plural of agenesis
agenesia
agenesia
noun
agenesis
agenesic
agenesic
adj
(biology) sterile, infertile
noun
Such a person or animal
agenesis
agenesis
noun
(pathology) Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization
agenizes
agentess
agentess
noun
(rare, dated) A female agent.
aginners
aginners
noun
plural of aginner
aglisten
agnoites
agnomens
agnomens
noun
plural of agnomen
agonised
agonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agonise
agonises
agonises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agonise
agonizes
agonizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agonize
agremens
aidoneus
ailerons
ailerons
noun
plural of aileron
ailments
ailments
noun
plural of ailment
ainsells
airiness
airiness
noun
The quality of being airy.
The quality of being light in quality or manner.
insubstantiality
airlines
airlines
noun
plural of airline
akinesia
akinesia
noun
(medicine) The loss of the ability to control motor muscles.
akinesic
akinesic
adj
Of or pertaining to akinesia.
akinesis
akinesis
noun
Absence of a kinetic hinge in the skull.
akinesia; loss of muscle control
alanines
alanines
noun
plural of alanine
albanese
albeston
albiness
albiness
noun
(archaic) A female albino.
albumens
albumens
noun
plural of albumen
alcyones
alderson
alderson
Proper noun
A town in Oklahoma.
A town in West Virginia.
alencons
aleurons
aleurons
noun
plural of aleuron
alexines
alexines
noun
plural of alexine
alienees
alienees
noun
plural of alienee
alieners
alieners
noun
plural of aliener
alienism
alienism
noun
(archaic) The study or treatment of mental disorders; psychiatry.
A foreignism, a word (or trait, etc) from another language (or country, etc).
The fact or position of being an alien; alienage.
alienist
alienist
noun
(dated) A psychiatrist
(dated) An expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications.
alienors
alienors
noun
plural of alienor
aligners
aligners
noun
plural of aligner
aliments
aliments
noun
plural of aliment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aliment
alkanets
alkanets
noun
plural of alkanet
allonges
allonges
noun
plural of allonge
almoners
almoners
noun
plural of almoner
alnicoes
alphonse
alumines
alunites
alunites
noun
plural of alunite
alverson
amberson
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
amenders
amenders
noun
plural of amender
amentias
amentias
noun
plural of amentia
amerinds
amidines
amidines
noun
plural of amidine
amidones
amidones
noun
plural of amidone
amnesiac
amnesiac
noun
Person who suffers from loss of memory (amnesia).
amnesias
amnesias
noun
plural of amnesia
amnesics
amnesics
noun
plural of amnesic
amnestic
amnestic
adj
(medicine) Synonym of amnesic (adj).
noun
Synonym of amnesic (noun)
amniotes
amniotes
noun
plural of amniote
amundsen
amylenes
amylenes
noun
plural of amylene
anabases
anabases
noun
plural of anabasis
anabasse
anableps
anableps
noun
Any of the genus Anableps of "four-eyed" fishes (having eyes raised above the top of the head and divided into two parts) found in brackish waters in northern South America and Trinidad.
anaemias
anaemias
noun
plural of anaemia
anagoges
anagoges
noun
plural of anagoge
analects
analects
noun
A collection of excerpts or quotes.
analepsy
analepsy
noun
(medicine) analepsis
analiese
anallese
anallise
analysed
analysed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of analyse
analyser
analyser
noun
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of analyzer
analyses
analyses
noun
plural of analysis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of analyse
analyzes
analyzes
noun
plural of analyzis
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of analyze
anamoose
anamoose
Proper noun
A city/town in North Dakota.
anapaest
anapaest
noun
(UK) Alternative form of anapest
anapests
anapests
noun
plural of anapest
anaphase
anaphase
noun
(cytology) The stage of mitosis and meiosis during which the chromosomes separate; the chromatid moving to opposite poles of the cell.
anastase
anastate
anastate
noun
(biology) One of a series of substances formed, in secreting cells, by constructive or anabolic processes, in the production of protoplasm.
anastice
anatases
anatases
noun
plural of anatase
anatexes
anatexis
anatexis
noun
(geology) The metamorphism of plutonic rock into magma in the lower levels of the crust
ancestor
ancestor
noun
(figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
(law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
(linguistics) A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
An earlier type; a progenitor
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
verb
(transitive) To be an ancestor of.
ancestry
ancestry
noun
A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
anchises
anchises
Proper noun
A mythical Trojan elder in the Iliad and the Aeneid, father of Aeneas.
ancients
ancients
noun
The people of classical antiquity, especially such writers and philosophers.
plural of ancient
anconeus
anconeus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
ancylose
andantes
andantes
noun
plural of andante
andersen
anderson
anderson
Proper noun
Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world named after persons with the surname:
a city in Indiana, USA
a city in South Carolina, USA
andesine
andesine
noun
(mineralogy) Sodium calcium aluminum silicate, (Na_xCa_xAlSi_3O_8), a plagioclase feldspar, the third member of the albite-anorthite solid solution series. Found in fine-grained andesite lavas; crystals are rarely seen.
andesite
andesite
noun
(geology) Any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock, of volcanic origin, containing mostly plagioclase feldspar.