(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.
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A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.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
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
aconites
aconites
noun
plural of aconite
actiones
acushnet
adenitis
adenitis
noun
(medicine, pathology) Glandular inflammation.
agentess
agentess
noun
(rare, dated) A female agent.
aglisten
agnoites
ailments
ailments
noun
plural of ailment
albeston
alienist
alienist
noun
(dated) A psychiatrist
(dated) An expert in mental illness, especially with reference to legal ramifications.
aliments
aliments
noun
plural of aliment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aliment
alkanets
alkanets
noun
plural of alkanet
alunites
alunites
noun
plural of alunite
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
amentias
amentias
noun
plural of amentia
amnestic
amnestic
adj
(medicine) Synonym of amnesic (adj).
noun
Synonym of amnesic (noun)
amniotes
amniotes
noun
plural of amniote
analects
analects
noun
A collection of excerpts or quotes.
anapaest
anapaest
noun
(UK) Alternative form of anapest
anapests
anapests
noun
plural of anapest
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.
ancients
ancients
noun
The people of classical antiquity, especially such writers and philosophers.
plural of ancient
andantes
andantes
noun
plural of andante
andesite
andesite
noun
(geology) Any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock, of volcanic origin, containing mostly plagioclase feldspar.
andesyte
andesyte
noun
Alternative spelling of andesite
anemotis
anesthyl
anestrus
anestrus
noun
In some female animals, a spell of sexual respite in between breeding periods.
anethols
anethols
noun
plural of anethol
angriest
angriest
adj
superlative form of angry: most angry
anicetus
anicetus
Proper noun
One of the twin sons of Heracles and Hebe, his twin brother is Alexiares. Along with their father, Anicetus and Alexiares are the guardians and gatekeepers of the gates of Mount Olympus.
animates
animates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animate
anisated
anisette
anisette
noun
A French alcoholic liqueur flavored with anise
annulets
annulets
noun
plural of annulet
anolytes
anolytes
noun
plural of anolyte
ansermet
anstosse
ansulate
antabuse
antabuse
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Antabuse
antemask
antennas
antepast
antepast
noun
A foretaste.
anthemas
anthemis
anthemis
noun
camomile, in genus Anthemis.
antheses
antheses
noun
plural of anthesis
anthesis
anthesis
noun
(botany) The event of a flower opening.
antigens
antigens
noun
plural of antigen
antilens
antilles
antilles
Proper noun
The islands of the West Indies, bounded to the north by (and including) the islands of Cuba, Hispaniola and Puerto Rico, in the Caribbean Sea.
antiques
antiques
noun
plural of antique
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antique
antisera
antisine
antistes
antrorse
antrorse
adj
(biology) Curved or pointed forward or upward.
antsiest
antsiest
adj
superlative form of antsy: most antsy
antsigne
arenites
arenites
noun
plural of arenite
arsenate
arsenate
noun
(chemistry) Any salt or ester of arsenic acid.
(chemistry) The anion AsO₄³⁻.
arsenite
arsenite
noun
(chemistry) Any oxyanion of trivalent arsenic, especially the AsO₃³⁻ anion (or protonated derivatives); any salt containing this anion, or any ester of arsenious acid
arsonate
arsonate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion HAsO₃²⁻, derivatives, or any salt containing this ion
arsonite
arsonite
noun
(dated) An arsonist.
artesian
artesian
adj
(of a water supply) Rising to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure.
artiness
artiness
noun
The quality of being arty.
ascutney
ashantee
asherton
ashstone
assented
assented
adj
(finance) Of stocks or bonds: whose holders agree to deposit them by way of assent to an agreement altering their status, as in a readjustment.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of assent
assenter
assenter
noun
(UK, politics) One of the eight voters who endorse the proposer and seconder's nomination of a candidate for election to the parliament of the United Kingdom.
One who assents.
assentor
assentor
noun
Alternative form of assenter
assident
assident
adj
(medicine) Of a symptom, generally, but not always, accompanying a disease; indicative of the presence of a disease but not a necessary occurrence in conjunction with that disease.
assiento
assiento
noun
(historical) A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing Negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, especially the contract made with Great Britain in 1713.
assonate
assonate
verb
To correspond in (particularly vowel) sounds.
assument
assument
noun
(obsolete) A patch; an addition; a piece put on.
astatine
astatine
noun
A highly radioactive chemical element (symbol At), one of the halogens, with atomic number 85.
asterina
asterion
asterion
noun
(anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
asternal
asternal
adj
(anatomy) Not sternal; said of ribs that do not join the sternum.
asternia
asthenia
asthenia
noun
(medicine) Weakness; loss of strength.
asthenic
asthenic
adj
Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.
noun
A person who has asthenia.
astogeny
astogeny
noun
Any morphological change in colonial zooids as the colony grows
astonied
astonied
adj
(archaic) In shock or confusion; bewildered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astony
astonies
astonies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of astony
astraean
astraean
adj
(zoology, obsolete) Relating to the genus Astraea or the family Astraeidae.
noun
(zoology, obsolete) A coral of the family Astraeidae; a star coral.
astringe
astringe
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become constricted or compressed
(transitive, obsolete) To constrict, to compress
To bind by moral or legal obligation.
astyllen
asyndeta
atcheson
atestine
atlantes
audients
audients
noun
plural of audient
augments
augments
noun
plural of augment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of augment
austreng
austrine
austrine
adj
(obsolete) Southern; southerly; austral.
avanters
aversant
aversant
adj
(heraldry) Turned to show the back: said of a right hand.
bandster
bandster
noun
(historical) A worker who ties corn into sheaves.
bangster
bangster
noun
(archaic, Scotland) A victor.
(archaic, Scotland) A violent, overbearing man; a ruffian, bully or braggart.
banister
banister
noun
One of the vertical supports of a handrail; a baluster.
The handrail on the side of a staircase.
verb
To act as a banister
To construct a banister
banquets
banquets
noun
plural of banquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banquet
banstead
banstead
Proper noun
A town in Surrey, England, part of the borough of Reigate and Banstead.
barniest
barniest
adj
superlative form of barny: most barny
baronets
baronets
noun
plural of baronet
bartends
bartends
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bartend
basanite
basanite
noun
(geology) A basaltic extrusive rock, similar to chert.
bascinet
bascinet
noun
A light helmet, typically with a high, pointed skull, either open-faced (in early models) or made with a visor (later models).
basement
basement
noun
(geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.
(sports, informal) Last place in a sports conference standings.
A floor of a building below ground level.
bashment
bashment
noun
(slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
(slang, uncountable, music, especially Jamaican) Dancehall music.
basinets
basinets
noun
plural of basinet
bassinet
bassinet
noun
A bascinet (type of helmet).
A newborn baby's bed, traditionally made of woven reeds or straw.
bastogne
bastonet
bayonets
bayonets
noun
plural of bayonet
beanfest
beaniest
beaniest
adj
superlative form of beany: most beany
beastman
beastman
noun
(fantasy) An intelligent man-sized beast with varying characteristics.
beatings
beatings
noun
plural of beating
beatniks
beatniks
noun
plural of beatnik
bedstand
bedstand
noun
nightstand
beesting
beesting
noun
Alternative form of bee sting
Alternative form of beestings (“The first milk drawn from an animal (especially a cow) after it has given birth”)
behistun
beignets
beignets
noun
plural of beignet
beltings
beltings
noun
plural of belting
benefits
benefits
noun
plural of benefit
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benefit
bentstar
bepaints
bepaints
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bepaint
berstine
besonnet
besprent
besprent
adj
(archaic) besprinkled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besprenge
bestench
bestness
bestness
noun
The quality or state of being the best.
bestrewn
bestrewn
verb
past participle of bestrew
bestrown
bestrown
verb
(archaic) past participle of bestrew
betaines
betaines
noun
plural of betaine
bethanks
bethanks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethank