Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abate
abbest
abdest
abdest
noun
(Islam) The Islamic act of washing parts of the body using water for ritual prayers and for handling and reading the Qur'an.
ablest
ablest
adj
superlative form of able: most able
absent
absent
adj
(comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
(not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing.
(not comparable) Not existing; lacking.
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) An absentee; a person who is not there.
(with definite article) Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there.
prep
In the absence of; without; except.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) Stay away; withdraw.
(reflexive) To keep (oneself) away.
(transitive, archaic) To keep (someone) away.
(transitive, rare) Leave.
acates
acates
noun
(obsolete) Cates: provisions; food.
acetes
acsnet
acutes
acutes
noun
plural of acute
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acute
adepts
adepts
noun
plural of adept
adeste
aeetes
aestii
aestus
afters
afters
noun
(Britain, Ireland, informal, sports) fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped
(Britain, informal) dessert
(informal) The festivities held after a wedding meal.
agates
agates
noun
plural of agate
ageist
ageist
adj
Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.
noun
A person who behaves in an ageist manner.
agents
agents
noun
plural of agent
aggest
aggest
Verb
To heap up.
aglets
aglets
noun
plural of aglet
agrest
aguste
airest
airest
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of air
alates
alates
noun
plural of alate
alerts
alerts
noun
plural of alert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alert
aletes
alters
alters
noun
plural of alter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alter
alytes
aments
aments
noun
plural of ament
anenst
anenst
prep
(UK, dialect, Scotland) About; concerning; anent.
(UK, dialect, Scotland) Over against.
ansate
ansate
adj
That has a handle or a part that resembles a handle.
ansted
antres
antres
noun
plural of antre
aptest
aptest
adj
superlative form of apt: most apt
aretes
aretes
noun
plural of arete
aretus
ariste
armets
armets
noun
plural of armet
arrest
arrest
noun
(farriery) A scurfiness of the back part of the hind leg of a horse
(law) The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc.
(nautical) The judicial detention of a ship to secure a financial claim against its operators.
(obsolete) Any seizure by power, physical or otherwise.
A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something.
A confinement, detention, as after an arrest.
A device to physically arrest motion.
The condition of being stopped, standstill.
verb
(intransitive, medicine) To undergo cardiac arrest.
(obsolete, intransitive) To stay, remain.
(obsolete, transitive) To stop the motion of (a person, animal, or body part).
(transitive) To catch the attention of.
(transitive) To seize (someone) with the authority of the law; to take into legal custody.
(transitive) To stop or slow (a process, course etc.).
artels
artels
noun
plural of artel
asante
asbest
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.
ascite
aseity
aseity
noun
(theology, metaphysics, usually ascribed to deity) The attribute of being entirely self-derived, in contrast to being derived from or dependent on another; the quality of having within oneself the entire reason for one's being; utter independent self-existence and self-sustenance.
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.
assate
assent
assent
noun
agreement; act of agreeing
verb
(intransitive) To agree to a proposal.
assert
assert
noun
(computer science) an assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true.
verb
(electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.
(programming) To specify that a condition or expression is true at a certain point in the code.
(reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive.
He would often assert that there was life on other planets.
To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to
To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
asseth
assets
assets
noun
(accounting) The left side of a balance sheet.
(finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.
(law) Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it.
(slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.
Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
plural of asset
astare
astare
adv
Staring; amazed.
astate
asteam
asteam
adj
Covered with condensation.
Giving off steam, water vapour or smoke.
asteep
asteer
asteer
adj
(Scotland) Alternative form of astir
astely
astely
noun
(botany) Absence of steles.
astera
astern
astern
adj
Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.
adv
(obsolete or rare) At or toward the rear of a vessel.
Behind (a vessel); in the rear.
In the direction of the stern; backward (motion); to the rear.
asters
asters
noun
plural of aster
astert
astite
astone
astore
astore
verb
(transitive) To store; to furnish with stores.
astrea
astred
astrer
astute
astute
adj
Quickly and critically discerning.
Shrewd or crafty.
asweat
asweat
adj
(dated) In a sweat; covered or soaked with sweat or some liquid resembling sweat; sweating.
ateles
ateste
athens
athens
Proper noun
The capital city of Greece.
A city in Alabama, USA
A city in Georgia, USA, consolidated with as Athens-Clarke County.
A city in Illinois.
An unincorporated community hamlet in Henry Township, Indiana, USA.
A village in Louisiana.
A town in Maine.
A village in Michigan.
A town and village in New York.
A city in Ohio.
A township in Ontario, Canada.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A city in Tennessee
A city in Texas
A town in Vermont.
A town in West Virginia.
A village in Wisconsin.
atones
atones
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of atone
atresy
atreus
attest
attest
verb
(transitive) To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine.
(transitive) To certify by signature or oath.
(transitive) To certify in an official capacity.
(transitive) To put under oath.
(transitive, intransitive) To supply or be evidence of.
(transitive, obsolete) To call to witness; to invoke.
austen
austen
Proper noun
a variant of Austin.
English novelist.
auster
auster
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Auster (“the south wind”)
averts
averts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avert
avesta
avesta
Proper noun
The sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language.
Adjective
Avestan language.
avoset
avoset
noun
Alternative form of avocet
awaste
awaste
adv
To waste; wasted.
axites
axites
noun
plural of axite
ayenst
azotes
aztecs
barest
barest
adj
superlative form of bare: most bare
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple past form of bear
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of bare
basest
basest
adj
superlative form of base: most base
basket
basket
noun
(Internet) In an online shop, a listing of a customer's chosen items before they are ordered.
(LGBT, slang) The male genitalia and region surrounding it.
(archaic) A protection for the hand on a sword or a singlestick; a guard of a bladed weapon.
(architecture) The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital.
(ballooning) The gondola or wicker basket suspended from the balloon, in which the pilot and passengers travel.
(basketball) A circular hoop, from which a net is suspended, which is the goal through which the players try to throw the ball.
(basketball) The act of putting the ball through the basket, thereby scoring points.
(figurative) A set or collection of intangible things.
(informal, euphemistic) Bastard.
(military, aircraft) A drogue (or para-drogue) in the probe-and-drogue refueling method
(obsolete) In a stage-coach, two outside seats facing each other.
(slang) The bulge of the male genitals seen through clothing.
(uncountable) The game of basketball.
A dance movement in some line dances, where men put their arms round the women's lower backs, and the women put their arms over the men's shoulders, and the group (usually of four, any more is difficult) spins round, which should result in the women's feet leaving the ground.
A lightweight container, generally round, open at the top, and tapering toward the bottom.
A singlestick with a basket hilt.
A wire or plastic container similar in shape to a basket, used for carrying articles for purchase in a shop.
verb
(transitive) To place in a basket or baskets.
(transitive, publishing) To cross-collateralize the royalty advances for multiple works so that the creator is not paid until all of those works have achieved a certain level of success.
basnet
basote
basset
basset
noun
(geology) The edge of a geological stratum at the surface of the ground; the outcrop.
(uncountable, card games) A card game resembling faro.
A basset hound.
verb
(geology, intransitive) To incline upward so as to appear at the surface.
basted
basted
adj
Having been cooked by basting.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baste
basten
baster
baster
noun
A tool for basting meat with fat or gravy.
One who bastes.
bastes
bastes
noun
plural of baste
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of baste
bathes
bathes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bathe
beasts
beasts
noun
plural of beast
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beast
beatas
beatus
beatus
noun
(religion) A person who has been beatified.
beauts
beauts
noun
plural of beaut
becost
bedsit
bedsit
noun
(Britain, Ireland) A form of rented accommodation consisting of a single room for use as both sitting room and bedroom; there may also be a small kitchen area and washing and toilet facilities, but these amenities are more commonly outside the room and shared by several tenants.
bedust
bedust
verb
(archaic) To cover with dust.
befist
befits
befits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befit
begats
begats
noun
(nonstandard) plural of begat
begets
begets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beget
behest
behest
noun
(obsolete) A vow; a promise.
A command, bidding; sometimes also, an authoritative request; now usually in the phrase at the behest of.
verb
(obsolete) To promise; vow.
belast
belast
adj
(obsolete) burdened, charged, bound.
beltis
bemist
bemist
verb
(transitive) To cover or envelop with mist, or as with mist.
berets
berets
noun
plural of beret
berths
berths
noun
plural of berth
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of berth
berust
besant
besets
besets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beset
besmut
besmut
verb
(transitive) To blacken with smut; foul with soot.
besoot
besoot
verb
(transitive) To soil with soot; blacken with soot; besmut.
besort
besort
noun
(obsolete) Something fitting or appropriate; suitable company, associates, or attendants.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To suit; fit; become.
besots
besots
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besot
bespit
bespit
verb
(transitive) To spit upon (someone or something); to soil with spittle.
bespot
bespot
verb
(transitive) To make spots on; mark with spots; cover with or as with blots or blemishes.
bestab
bestad
bestar
bestar
verb
(transitive, archaic) To sprinkle with, or as with, stars; to adorn or decorate with, or as with, stars.
bestay
bestay
verb
(transitive) To secure or steady; cause to come to a fixed position or state; bring to a halt or stop.
bested
bested
verb
Alternative form of bestead
simple past tense and past participle of best
bester
bester
adj
(nonstandard, informal, humorous or childish) comparative form of best: more best
noun
(UK, slang, archaic) A fraudulent bookmaker.
bestir
bestir
verb
(reflexive) To make active; to rouse oneself.
(transitive) To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor.
bestow
bestow
verb
(transitive) To apply; make use of; use; employ.
(transitive) To dispose of.
(transitive) To give in marriage.
(transitive) To give; confer; impart gratuitously; present (something) to someone or something, especially as a gift or honour.
(transitive) To lay up in store; to deposit for safe keeping; to stow or place; to put (something) somewhere.
(transitive) To lodge, or find quarters for; to provide with accommodation.
(transitive, obsolete) To behave or deport.
bestud
bestud
verb
(transitive) To set with or as with studs; adorn with bosses.
besuit
besuit
verb
(transitive) To be fitting or appropriate; befit; suit
betask
betels
betels
noun
plural of betel
betise
betons
betoss
betoss
verb
(transitive) To toss about.
betsey
bettas
bettas
noun
plural of betta
bewest
bewest
prep
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To the west of.
bidets
bidets
noun
plural of bidet
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.
bisext
bisset
bister
bister
noun
Alternative spelling of bistre
bistre
bistre
noun
A brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood.
A mid-to-dark brown color resembling the pigment.
biters
biters
noun
plural of biter
bitser
bitser
noun
(slang) A bike assembled from bits and pieces.
A mongrel dog.
bleats
bleats
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bleat