(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives
(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar
acetin
acetin
noun
(organic chemistry) the triglyceride of acetic acid
acmite
acmite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of aegirine
acquit
acquit
verb
(reflexive) To bear or conduct oneself; to perform one's part.
(reflexive) To clear oneself.
(transitive) Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge.
(transitive) To declare or find innocent or not guilty.
(transitive) To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil.
(transitive, archaic) past participle of acquit.
(transitive, obsolete) To release, to rescue, to set free.
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To pay for; to atone for.
acrita
acrita
Noun
The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.
acrite
acrite
adj
(obsolete) Relating to, or characteristic of the Acrita
acrity
acrity
noun
(obsolete) sharpness; keenness
actiad
actian
actify
actify
verb
Synonym of activate
actine
acting
acting
adj
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
noun
(countable, obsolete) An action or deed.
(drama) The occupation of an actor.
(law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
Pretending.
verb
present participle of act
actins
actins
noun
plural of actin
action
action
adj
(Manglish) arrogant
intj
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
noun
(art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
(bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
(firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
(law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
(mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
(military) Combat.
(music) The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
(music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on a guitar or other string instrument.
(obsolete) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
(physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
(religion) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
(sciences) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
(slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse.
A way of motion or functioning.
Fast-paced activity.
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
The effort of performing or doing something.
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
verb
(transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.
(transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
actium
actium
Proper noun
a promontory of Acarnania in Ancient Greece where and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in a naval battle in 31 BC
active
active
adj
(computing, of source code) Eligible to be processed by a compiler or interpreter.
(electronics) Not passive.
(gay sexual slang) (of a homosexual man) enjoying a role in anal sex in which he penetrates, rather than being penetrated by his partner.
(specifically, of certain geological features, such as volcano, geysers, etc) Emitting hot materials, such as lava, smoke, or steam, or producing tremors.
Applied to a form of the verb; — opposed to passive. See active voice.
Applied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state.
Applied to verbs which assert that the subject acts upon or affects something else; transitive.
Brisk; lively.
Given to action rather than contemplation; practical; operative
Given to action; constantly engaged in action; energetic; diligent; busy
Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives.
Implying or producing rapid action.
In action; actually proceeding; working; in force
Quick in physical movement; of an agile and vigorous body; nimble.
Requiring or implying action or exertion
noun
(electronics) Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering).
A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting.
acuity
acuity
noun
Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc.
The ability to think, see, or hear clearly.
addict
addict
noun
A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug
An adherent or fan (of something)
verb
(reflexive, now rare, archaic) To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
(reflexive, obsolete) To devote or pledge (oneself) to a given person, cause etc.
(transitive) To make (someone) become devoted to a given thing or activity; to cause to be addicted.
(transitive, Ancient Rome) To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision.
(transitive, now rare, archaic) To devote (one's mind, talent etc.) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.
(transitive, obsolete) To bind (a person or thing) to the service of something.
altaic
altaic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to a hypothetical grouping of languages that includes the Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic and less often the Japanese and Korean languages. The most familiar modern languages of this group include Turkish, Mongolian and, more controversially, Japanese and Korean.
altica
anetic
anetic
adj
(medicine, obsolete, rare) Soothing; helping to relieve a malady.
anicut
anicut
noun
(India) A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.
antica
antick
antick
noun
Obsolete form of antic.
antics
antics
noun
plural of antic
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antic
aortic
aortic
adj
Of or pertaining to the aorta or the aortic valve.
archit
arcite
arctia
arctic
arctic
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Arctic
ascitb
ascite
atavic
atavic
adj
ancestral, atavistic
ataxic
ataxic
adj
(geology) Not eutaxic
Pertaining to ataxia
noun
A person suffering from ataxia.
atelic
atelic
adj
(linguistics) Presenting an action or event as being incomplete.
atocia
atocia
noun
(rare) Of a woman, infertility (inability to conceive and give birth to children).
atomic
atomic
adj
(computing, of an operation) Guaranteed to complete either fully or not at all while waiting in a pause, and running synchronously when called by multiple asynchronous threads.
(logic, of a proposition) Lacking logical operators; unable to be made simpler in logical form.
(physics, chemistry) Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic.
(programming, of a commit in a VCS) Containing a single change, as opposed to involving numerous unrelated changes.
Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes.
Infinitesimally small.
Unable to be split or made any smaller.
noun
(computing) An atomic operation.
atonic
atonic
adj
(linguistics) not having tone (pitch)
(medicine) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy.
(of a sound or syllable) unstressed
(pathology) Lacking muscle tone.
noun
(phonetics, dated) A sound with lack of tone or vocality.
atopic
atopic
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to or suffering from atopy.
atoxic
atoxic
adj
Synonym of nontoxic
atrice
attica
attice
attics
attics
noun
plural of attic
atypic
atypic
adj
that has no type; devoid of typical character; irregular; unlike the type
avitic
azotic
azotic
adj
(chemistry, obsolete) Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote
(obsolete) Fatal to animal life.
baltic
baltic
adj
Alternative letter-case form of Baltic (“very cold”)
bathic
beitch
bichat
biotic
biotic
adj
(biology) Of, pertaining to, or produced by life or living organisms
Misspelling of biontic.
noun
A nutritional substance that improves the health of gastrointestinal microorganisms, especially one that occurs naturally.
A simple organic organism that is more complex than an organic molecule but simpler than a plant or animal.
biscot
bisect
bisect
noun
(geometry) A bisector, which divides into two equal parts.
(philately) An envelope, card, or fragment thereof showing an affixed cut half of a regular issued stamp, over which one or more postal markings have been applied. Typically used in wartime when normal lower rate stamps may not be available.
verb
(computing) To perform a binary search on files in source control in order to identify the specific change that introduced a bug etc.
(transitive, geometry) To divide an angle, line segment, or other figure into two equal parts.
bitchy
bitchy
adj
(colloquial) Irritable.
(colloquial) Spiteful or malevolent; catty; malicious; unpleasant.
bostic
bustic
bustic
noun
A tree native to Florida and the Caribbean, Sideroxylon salicifolium
cabrit
cabrit
noun
Alternative form of cabrée
cadbit
cahita
cahita
Noun
A member of an Indian people from central Mexico.
Proper noun
The language of these people.
caitif
calite
campit
campti
canthi
canthi
noun
plural of canthus
cantic
cantic
adj
angled
canting
oblique, slanting
cantil
cantil
noun
Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.
capita
capita
noun
person
plural of caput
capite
capite
noun
(historical) An ancient English tenure, abolished in 1660, by which either person or land was held immediately of the king, or of his crown, by either knight service or socage.
capito
carita
carity
cartie
casita
casita
noun
A small, attached but self-contained house or apartment
catavi
cathie
cathie
Proper noun
A spelling variant of Cathy, diminutive of the female given name Catherine.
cathin
catima
catina
cating
cation
cation
noun
(physical chemistry) a positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis
cativo
cativo
noun
Prioria copaifera, a flowering tree of Central and South America.
catkin
catkin
noun
(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
catlin
catlin
noun
Alternative form of catling (surgical knife)
catnip
catnip
noun
(figurative) Something that causes excitement or interest.
Any of the about 250 species of flowering plant of the genus Nepeta, family Lamiaceae, certain of which are said to have medicinal qualities.
Nepeta cataria and Nepeta grandiflora (and perhaps other species), which are well-known for causing an apparently harmless pheromone-based intoxication among certain cats.
cattie
cattie
noun
Archaic form of catty (“Chinese unit of weight”).
cautio
cavite
cavity
cavity
noun
(anatomy) A hollow area within the body.
(dentistry) A small or large hole in a tooth caused by caries; often also a soft area adjacent to the hole also affected by caries.
A hole or hollow depression in a solid object.
cecity
cecity
noun
(uncommon, literary) blindness
ceinte
celite
celtic
celtic
Proper noun
A branch of the Indo-European languages that was spread widely over western and central Europe in the pre-Christian era.
Any of several sports teams. See Wikipedia for a list.
Adjective
Of the Celts; Of the style of the Celts
celtis
centai
cerite
cerite
noun
(mineralogy) A hydrous silicate of cerium (and other metals).
(zoology) A horn-shaped cerithiid shell.
certie
certie
adv
(obsolete) Certainly, indeed.
certif
certis
cestoi
cestui
cestui
noun
Alternative form of cestuy
chatti
chetif
chicot
chilte
chilte
noun
A Mexican spurge (Jatropha tepiquensis)
A latex / chicle obtained from this plant
chints
chints
noun
Obsolete form of chintz (“fabric”).
chintz
chintz
noun
A painted or stained calico fabric, originally produced in India, and known for its brightly colored designs.
chitak
chital
chital
noun
a large spotted deer, of genus Axis, native to India and Sri Lanka
chithe
chitin
chitin
noun
(biochemistry) A complex polysaccharide, a polymer of N-acetylglucosamine, found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and in the cell walls of fungi; thought to be responsible for some forms of asthma in humans.
chiton
chiton
noun
(historical) A loose woolen tunic worn by men and women in Ancient Greece.
Any of various rock-clinging marine molluscs of the class Polyplacophora, including the genus Chiton.
chitra
chitty
chitty
adj
childish; like a baby
full of chits or sprouts
noun
Alternative form of chetty (“Indian merchant”)
a small note, such as a pass or voucher slip; a chit.
chorti
christ
christ
noun
Alternative form of Christ
cicuta
cicuta
noun
(archaic) Hemlock.
cinter
cinter
noun
(architecture) Alternative form of center
cintre
circut
cistae
cisted
cistic
cistic
adj
Alternative form of cystic
cistus
cistus
noun
A rockrose; a plant of the genus Cistus.
citers
citers
noun
plural of citer
citess
citess
noun
(obsolete) A city woman.
cither
citied
citied
adj
Containing, or covered with, cities.
cities
cities
noun
plural of citie
plural of city
citify
citify
verb
(intransitive, informal) To become more like or more in the character of a city.
(transitive, informal) To make more like a city person.
(transitive, slang) To make more like or more in the character of a city.
citing
citing
noun
Citation.
verb
present participle of cite
citola
citola
noun
cittern
citole
citole
noun
An archaic musical instrument whose exact form is uncertain, generally shown with four strings
citral
citral
noun
Either of a pair of terpenoids, geranial and neral, that have the molecular formula C₁₀H₁₆O and are used in perfumery and flavourings.
citric
citric
adj
Of, pertaining to, or derived from, citrus fruit.
citril
citrin
citrin
noun
A protein associated with type II citrullinemia.
citron
citron
adj
Of a greenish yellow colour.
noun
A greenish yellow colour.
A small citrus tree, Citrus medica.
The candied rind of the citron fruit.
The fruit of a citron tree.
citrul
citrus
citrus
adj
Of, relating to, or similar to citrus plants or fruit.
noun
Any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Citrus in the family Rutaceae.
The fruit of such plants, generally spherical, oblate, or prolate, consisting of an outer glandular skin (called zest), an inner white skin (called pith or albedo), and generally between 8 and 16 sectors filled with pulp consisting of cells with one end attached to the inner skin. Citrus fruits include orange, grapefruit, lemon, lime, and citron.
civets
civets
noun
plural of civet
civite
claith
cletis
client
client
noun
(computing) The role of a computer application or system that requests and/or consumes the services provided by another having the role of server.
(law) A person who employs or retains an attorney to represent him or her in any legal matter, or one who merely divulges confidential matters to an attorney while pursuing professional assistance without subsequently retaining the attorney.
A customer, a buyer or receiver of goods or services.
A person who receives help or services from a professional such as a lawyer or accountant.
Short for client state.
clifts
clifts
noun
plural of clift
clifty
clifty
adj
(obsolete) Characterised by cliffs; cliffy, craggy.