(countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.
(now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power.
(obsolete) Suitableness.
(uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
The legal wherewithal to act.
acetify
acetify
verb
(intransitive) To turn acid
(transitive) To convert into acid or vinegar.
acidity
acidity
noun
(figurative) A caustic, sour, biting, or bitter quality.
(pathology) Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.
Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.
The quality or state of being acid.
acyetic
acystia
adicity
adicity
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) Valence.
admitty
agility
agility
noun
(countable) A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.
(uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion
ailsyte
aliyoth
amarity
ambitty
ambitty
adj
(glassmaking) Of glass: covered with stony speckles, symptoms of incipient devitrification.
amenity
amenity
noun
(cartography) a unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.
A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.
Convenience.
Pleasantness.
aminity
amyctic
anality
anality
noun
(psychoanalysis) The state of being anal.
anility
anility
noun
The condition of being anile.
annuity
annuity
noun
(insurance, pensions) A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.
anticly
anticly
adv
In an odd or grotesque manner.
antigay
antigay
adj
Alternative spelling of anti-gay.
anxiety
anxiety
noun
(pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
anytime
anytime
adj
Suitable for any time; not associated with any particular time.
adv
At any time
intj
"you're welcome" in response to "thank you" or "thanks."
aqueity
aqueity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being watery.
arbitry
aridity
aridity
noun
A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
ataiyal
athymia
athymia
noun
(medicine) The absence of emotion; morbid impassivity.
(medicine) The absence of the thymus gland or the suppression of its secretion.
athymic
athymic
adj
That lacks a thymus gland
athyria
athyrid
athyris
atomity
aureity
aureity
noun
The particular property peculiar to gold; goldenness.
avidity
avidity
noun
(biochemistry) The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.
Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
Greediness; strong appetite.
ayubite
ayuthia
azymite
azymite
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy, historical, derogatory) One who administers the Eucharist with unleavened bread, in particular a member of the Latin Church or Roman Catholic Church.
babysit
babysit
verb
(transitive, informal) To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.
(transitive, intransitive) To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
barytic
barytic
adj
Containing barium
Of or pertaining to baryta
beatify
beatify
verb
(transitive) To make blissful.
(transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
(transitive, Roman Catholicism) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.
Characteristic qualities of a bigot: (especially religious, anti-religious or racial) intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.
bigotty
billety
billety
adj
Alternative form of billetty
bimasty
biotaxy
biotaxy
noun
(biology, dated) The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
biotomy
biotomy
noun
(dated) The study of animal and plant structure by dissection.
(dated) Vivisection.
biotype
biotype
noun
(genetics) A group of organisms having the same specific genotype
verb
To sort, arrange of classify into such groups
biparty
biparty
adj
Involving two parties or entities.
bitolyl
bityite
bityite
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing aluminum, beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, lithium, oxygen, and silicon.
bitypic
biunity
biunity
noun
The quality of being biune.
blighty
blighty
noun
Alternative form of Blighty
brevity
brevity
noun
(rare, countable) A short piece of writing.
(uncountable) Succinctness; conciseness.
(uncountable) The quality of being brief in duration.
bristly
bristly
adj
Covered with bristles.
Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.
britany
britney
britney
Proper noun
name, a variant of Brittany.
brittly
brittly
adv
Alternative form of brittlely
brutify
brutify
verb
(transitive) To make like a brute; to make senseless or unfeeling; to brutalize.
bumpity
bumpity
intj
Nonce variation of the word bump, usually indicating the sound of someone or something tumbling down an uneven surface, or traveling on a rough road.
butylic
butylic
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of butyl
butyric
butyric
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from butyric acid or any of the isomeric univalent radicals of formula C₃H₇CO₂-
(rare) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of butter
butyrin
butyrin
noun
(organic chemistry) The triglyceride of butyric acid; the principal constituent of butterfat
byerite
caecity
caecity
noun
Alternative form of cecity
calvity
calvity
noun
(uncountable) Baldness.
An area of skin that has become bald.
cantily
cantily
adv
In a canty manner.
cattily
cattily
adv
In a catty manner.
catydid
certify
certify
verb
(archaic, reflexive) To assure (oneself) of something; to ascertain.
(transitive) To attest that a product, service, organization, or person has met an official standard.
(transitive) To attest to (a fact) as the truth.
(transitive, archaic) To inform; to tell (a person) that something is true.
(transitive, law) To authenticate or verify in writing.
cetylic
cetylic
adj
(obsolete, organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from spermaceti
chaitya
chaitya
noun
A Buddhist or Jain shrine including a stupa.
charity
charity
noun
(archaic, Christianity) Christian love; representing God's love of man, man's love of God, or man's love of his fellow-men.
(countable) An organization, the objective of which is to carry out a charitable purpose.
(countable) The goods or money given to those in need.
(uncountable) Benevolence to others less fortunate than ourselves; the providing of goods or money to those in need.
In general, an attitude of kindness and understanding towards others, now especially suggesting generosity.
chiefty
chintzy
chintzy
adj
(figuratively) Excessively reluctant to spend; miserly, stingy.
(figuratively) Tastelessly showy; cheap, gaudy, or tacky.
Of or decorated with chintz.
christy
christy
noun
Alternative form of christie
chymist
chymist
noun
Obsolete spelling of chemist
chytrid
chytrid
noun
(pathology) Abbreviation of chytridiomycosis.
Any fungus of the phylum Chytridiomycota.
chytroi
citoyen
citydom
cityful
cityful
noun
Enough to fill a city.
cityish
cityish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a city; urban.
clarity
clarity
noun
The ability to be easily understood.
The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.
clytius
colytic
copyist
copyist
noun
a person who makes manual copies of works such as manuscripts or paintings.
cretify
cretify
verb
(intransitive, obsolete, medicine) To become impregnated with salts of lime.
crudity
crudity
noun
(countable) A crude act or characteristic.
(obsolete, medicine) Indigestion; undigested food in the stomach; badly-concocted humours.
(uncountable) The state of being crude.
cryptic
cryptic
adj
(biology, not comparable) Apparently identical, but actually genetically distinct.
(zoology) Living in a cavity or small cave.
(zoology) Serving as camouflage.
(zoology) Well camouflaged; having good camouflage.
Having hidden (unapparent) meaning.
Involving use of a code or cipher.
Mystified or of an obscure nature.
Of a crossword puzzle, or a clue in such a puzzle, using, in addition to definitions, wordplay such as anagrams, homophones and hidden words to indicate solutions.
noun
(informal) A cryptic crossword puzzle.
crystic
crystie
curvity
curvity
noun
The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness.
cyanite
cyanite
noun
(nonstandard) Alternative form of kyanite
cyathia
cyathia
noun
plural of cyathium
cyclist
cyclist
noun
(dated) A motorcyclist.
A person who rides a cycle, especially a bicycle, or who habitually engages in cycling.
cymatia
cymatia
noun
plural of cymatium
cymrite
cymrite
noun
A mineral, belonging to the zeolite family, that consists of a basic aluminosilicate of barium.
cynthia
cynthia
Proper noun
The Moon, personified.
cynthie
cypriot
cystein
cystein
noun
Alternative form of cysteine
cystine
cystine
noun
(chemistry) A nonessential amino acid formed by the oxidation of cysteine; it contains two cysteine residues linked by a disulfide bond.
cystoid
cystoid
adj
Resembling a cyst or bladder.
cytasic
cytinus
cytisus
cytisus
noun
Any flowering plant in the genus Cytisus.
cytitis
cytosin
dacoity
dacoity
noun
(chiefly India, Myanmar) Violent robbery carried out by a dacoit or a gang of dacoits.
dactyli
dactyli
noun
plural of dactylus
dakoity
dakoity
noun
Alternative spelling of dacoity
daktyli
dayhoit
daytide
daytime
daytime
adj
Happening during the day.
Pertaining to daytime; appropriate to the day.
noun
The time of daylight; the time between sunrise and sunset.
daywrit
density
density
noun
(dated) Stupidity; denseness.
(mathematics, statistics) The probability that an outcome will fall into a given range, per unit of that range; the relative likelihood of possible values of a continuous random variable.
(physics) A measure of the mass of matter contained by a unit volume.
The ratio of one quantity, representing something of interest, to another quantity representing space, area, or extent in which the thing of interest is distributed.
destiny
destiny
noun
One's eventual fate (not necessarily inevitable or predestined).
That to which any person or thing is destined; a predetermined state; a condition predestined by the Divine or by human will.
That which is inevitable in the fullness of time.
The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; an irresistible power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual.
diatype
dibutyl
dibutyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Two butyl groups in a molecule
dicetyl
dicotyl
dicotyl
noun
(botany) dicotyledon
dictery
dietary
dietary
adj
Comprising a food source.
Of, or relating to diet.
noun
(UK, dated) A regulated diet.
diethyl
diethyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Two ethyl groups attached to the same molecule.
dignity
dignity
noun
(euphemistic) The male genitalia.
(obsolete) Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.
Decorum, formality, stateliness.
High office, rank, or station.
One holding high rank; a dignitary.
The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.
dilthey
dimitry
dioptry
dioptry
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of diopter
diptyca
diptych
diptych
noun
(Christianity) A catalogue of saints.
(Christianity) A double catalogue, containing in one part the names of living, and in the other of deceased, ecclesiastics and benefactors of a church.
(art) A picture or series of pictures painted on two tablets, usually connected by hinges.
(historical, Ancient Rome) Artistically-wrought tablets distributed by consuls, etc. of the later Roman Empire to commemorate their tenure of office; hence (transferred sense) a list of magistrates.
(transferred sense) Any work made up of two parts treating complementary or contrasting aspects of one general topic.
A literary work consisting of two contrasting parts, such as a narrative telling the same story from two opposing points of view.
A novel published in two volumes forming one continuous story (as opposed to a duology or dilogy).
A writing tablet consisting of two leaves of rigid material connected by hinges and shutting together so as to protect the writing within.
dirtily
dirtily
Adverb
In a dirty manner.
distyle
distyle
adj
(architecture) Having two columns in front; said of a temple, portico, etc.
noun
(architecture) A temple, portico, etc. that has two columns in front.
dithery
dithery
adj
Characterized by dithering.
Constantly moving about
Unable to think straight; tending to dither.
ditolyl
ditolyl
noun
(chemistry) An aromatic hydrocarbon, C₁₄H₁₄, consisting of two radicals or residues of toluene.
dittamy
dittamy
noun
Alternative form of dittany
dittany
dittany
noun
(US) A fragrant herb in the mint family native to the eastern US, Cunila origanoides
A fragrant plant in the rue family, Dictamnus albus
A labiate plant, Origanum dictamnus, formerly renowned for its medicinal properties; dittany of Crete.