(psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
accite
accite
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To excite.
(transitive, obsolete) To induce.
(transitive, obsolete) To quote.
(transitive, obsolete) To summon.
aceite
acetic
acetic
adj
(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
acrite
acrite
adj
(obsolete) Relating to, or characteristic of the Acrita
actine
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.
adiate
adiate
verb
(South Africa, law) To receive an inheritance.
adient
aestii
aetian
afrite
afrite
noun
Alternative form of ifrit
ageist
ageist
adj
Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.
noun
A person who behaves in an ageist manner.
aiglet
aiglet
noun
A tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing hose or trousers to jacket or doublet) or sleeves to a bodice.
An ornament worn on clothing, consisting of a metal tag on a fringe, or a small metallic plate or spangle.
aigret
aigret
noun
Alternative spelling of aigrette
airest
airest
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of air
airted
airted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of airt
aitken
akmite
alaite
albeit
albeit
conj
Although, despite (it) being.
albite
albite
noun
(mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series.
aliter
aliter
adv
otherwise
alvite
alvite
noun
(mineralogy) A silicate of hafnium, thorium and zirconium
alwite
alwite
Adjective
Composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other such covering, white.
Noun
Polished plate armour worn uncovered by cloth.
amenti
amethi
amiret
amitie
amitie
noun
Obsolete spelling of amity
anetic
anetic
adj
(medicine, obsolete, rare) Soothing; helping to relieve a malady.
annite
annite
noun
(mineralogy) A phyllosilicate mineral related to biotite.
antebi
anteri
antiae
antiae
noun
(zoology) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.
aplite
aplite
noun
(geology) A fine-grained granitic rock composed mostly of quartz and feldspars.
arcite
areito
ariste
arkite
arkite
Adjective
Belonging to
arriet
artier
artier
adj
comparative form of arty: more arty
noun
Obsolete form of artery.
artize
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.
astite
atalie
atelic
atelic
adj
(linguistics) Presenting an action or event as being incomplete.
atrice
attice
attire
attire
noun
(clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes.
(heraldry) The single horn of a deer or stag.
verb
(transitive) To clothe or adorn.
atwite
atwite
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To blame; reproach; twit.
augite
augite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt.
auntie
auntie
noun
(Asia, Africa) Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.
(LGBT, slang, US) An elderly gay man.
Diminutive of aunt
verb
To be or behave like the aunt of.
aurite
aviate
aviate
verb
To operate an aircraft.
axiate
axites
axites
noun
plural of axite
azeito
babite
baited
baited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bait
baiter
baiter
noun
(Internet, slang) A troll who deliberately posts aggravating messages on a message board to elicit responses.
Agent noun of bait; one who baits, as a fishhook.
baltei
baltei
noun
plural of balteus
barite
barite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral, barium sulphate, with the chemical formula BaSO₄.
bartie
bawtie
bawtie
noun
Alternative form of bawty
beauti
bebait
bebite
bedirt
bedirt
verb
(transitive) To cover or defile with dirt.
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.
befist
befits
befits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of befit
begift
begift
verb
(transitive) To entrust; endow.
(transitive) To give a gift or gifts to; bestow or present with gifts.
(transitive) To give as a gift.
begirt
begirt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of begird
behint
beirut
beirut
Proper noun
The capital city of Lebanon.
The drinking game of beer pong.
beitch
beknit
beknit
verb
(transitive) To girdle or encircle.
(transitive) To knit.
belait
belita
belite
beloit
beloit
Proper noun
A city in Kansas, USA, and the county seat of Mitchell County.
A village in Ohio
A city and town in Wisconsin
beltie
beltir
beltis
bemist
bemist
verb
(transitive) To cover or envelop with mist, or as with mist.
bemixt
bemixt
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bemix; archaic spelling of bemixed.
benita
benito
benoit
bepity
bepity
verb
(archaic) To pity greatly.
berith
bertie
bertie
Proper noun
A diminutive of Bertram, Albert or of any male given names ending in -bert.
bertin
bespit
bespit
verb
(transitive) To spit upon (someone or something); to soil with spittle.
bestir
bestir
verb
(reflexive) To make active; to rouse oneself.
(transitive) To put into brisk or vigorous action; to move with life and vigor.
besuit
besuit
verb
(transitive) To be fitting or appropriate; befit; suit
betail
betail
verb
(transitive) To furnish with a tail.
(transitive, humorous) To take the tail off.
betain
betide
betide
verb
(intransitive) Chiefly in the third person: to happen; to take place; to bechance, to befall.
(transitive) Often used in a prediction (chiefly in woe betide) or a wish: to happen to (someone or something); to befall.
betime
betime
adv
Betimes.
verb
(intransitive) To occur; betide.
betire
betise
betoil
betoil
verb
(transitive) To worry or exercise with toil.
betrim
betrim
verb
(transitive, dated) To trim (“decorate”); to adorn, deck, or embellish.
betwit
bewith
bewith
noun
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) A makeshift; substitute.
bident
bident
noun
A form of spear having two prongs.
bidets
bidets
noun
plural of bidet
bidget
bientt
bietle
bigate
billet
billet
noun
(architecture) An ornament in Norman work, resembling a billet of wood, either square or round.
(figurative) Berth; position.
(heraldry) A rectangle used as a charge on an escutcheon.
(metallurgy) A semi-finished length of metal.
(saddlery) A strap that enters a buckle.
A loop that receives the end of a buckled strap.
A place where a soldier is assigned to lodge.
A sealed ticket for a draw or lottery.
A short cutting of sugar cane produced by a harvester or used for planting.
A short informal letter.
A short piece of wood, especially one used as firewood.
A written order to quarter soldiers.
Alternative form of billard (“coalfish”)
An allocated space or berth in a boat or ship.
Temporary lodgings in a private residence, such as is organised for members of a visiting sports team.
verb
(intransitive, of a soldier) To lodge, or be quartered, in a private house.
(transitive) To direct, by a ticket or note, where to lodge.
(transitive, of a householder etc.) To lodge soldiers, or guests, usually by order.
binate
binate
adj
(botany) Double; growing in pairs or couples.
verb
(Catholicism, intransitive) To perform bination; to hold Mass twice on the same day.
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.
bitake
bitely
biters
biters
noun
plural of biter
bitnet
bitnet
Proper noun
An early North American academic computer network, supporting e-mail and listservs but pre-dating the World Wide Web.
bitore
bitser
bitser
noun
(slang) A bike assembled from bits and pieces.
A mongrel dog.
bitted
bitted
adj
Having a bit in ones mouth, as a horse.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bit
simple past tense and past participle of bitt
bitten
bitten
verb
past participle of bite
bitter
bitter
adj
Cynical and resentful.
Harsh, piercing or stinging.
Hateful or hostile.
Having an acrid taste (usually from a basic substance).
noun
(computing, informal, in combination) A hardware system whose architecture is based around units of the specified number of bits (binary digits).
(nautical) A turn of a cable about the bitts.
(usually in the plural bitters) A liquid or powder, made from bitter herbs, used in mixed drinks or as a tonic.
A type of beer heavily flavored with hops.
verb
To make bitter.
bittie
bittie
adj
Alternative form of bitty (“very small”)
noun
(slang, often in the plural) bitch, girl, woman, especially one that is promiscuous
bitume
bitume
noun
(poetic, obsolete) bitumen
biuret
biuret
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound formed by condensation of two molecules of urea with the loss of a molecule of ammonia, (NH₂-CO)₂NH or any of its derivatives.
Chemical compound with the chemical formula C₂H₅N₃O₂ that is also known as carbamylurea and is an impurity in urea-based fertilizers.
bletia
bliest
blites
blites
noun
plural of blite
blithe
blithe
adj
(chiefly Scotland, elsewhere dated or literary) Cheerful, happy.
Casually careless or indifferent; showing a lack of concern.
boatie
boatie
noun
(childish, or endearing) A boat.
A boater (someone who travels by boat)
boites
bojite
bojite
noun
A type of hornblendic gabbro.
boleti
boleti
noun
plural of boletus
bootie
bootie
noun
(UK, military, slang, obsolete) A soldier.
Obsolete form of booty (“treasure”).
botein
bothie
bothie
noun
Alternative form of bothy
bowtie
bowtie
adj
Having the shape that the displayed part of a bowtie does when the latter is tied.
noun
(US) A kind of road intersection. See Bowtie (road).
A man's necktie tied in a bow around the throat.
brevit
brieta
britte
burtie
butein
butine
bytime
bytime
noun
(chiefly Scotland) A period of leisure; spare time
calite
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.