(pharmacology) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
noun
(pharmacology) A detergent.
acquent
acubens
acumens
acumens
noun
plural of acumen
adenous
adenous
adj
(medicine) Like a gland; full of glands.
adurent
aeneous
aeneous
adj
Bronze-colored.
aequian
aerogun
aerogun
noun
(dated) An antiaircraft cannon.
afounde
agendum
agendum
noun
(obsolete) A task which ought to be done.
(theology) Something to be done; a practical duty, rather than an article of faith.
agneaux
agnuses
albumen
albumen
noun
The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.
albunea
aleuron
aleuron
noun
Alternative form of aleurone
aliunde
aliunde
adv
(law) From another source; from elsewhere.
almuten
alumine
alumine
noun
(obsolete) alumina
alumnae
alumnae
noun
plural of alumna
alunite
alunite
noun
(mineralogy) A gray, water-soluble mineral, potassium aluminium sulphate; the natural source of alum, KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆.
amentum
amentum
noun
catkin
amenuse
amenuse
Verb
To lessen.
ancaeus
anderun
anderun
noun
(historical) The harem of the royal household of the shah of Persia.
anethum
aneuria
aneuric
aneurin
aneurin
noun
Archaic form of aneurine.
angekut
angelus
angelus
noun
Alternative form of Angelus
anguier
anguine
anguine
adj
Pertaining to snakes or serpents
anguses
ankuses
ankuses
noun
plural of ankus
anlaute
annuent
annuent
adj
nodding; used in nodding
annuler
annuler
noun
The person or authority that annuls.
annulet
annulet
noun
(architecture) A ring-shaped molding at the top of a column.
(heraldry) A small circle borne as a charge in coats of arms.
A small ring.
Charissa obscurata (also Scotch annulet), a moth of the family Geometridae.
anquera
antaeus
anterus
antheus
antique
antique
adj
(bookbinding) Embossed without gilt.
(obsolete) Synonym of antic, specifically:
(typography) Designating a style of type.
Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
Fantastic, odd, wild, antic.
Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
noun
(figuratively, mildly derogatory) An old person.
(in the singular) The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art.
(obsolete) A man of ancient times.
(typography) A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.
A performer in an antic; or in general, a burlesque performer, a buffoon.
An object of ancient times.
An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
Grotesque entertainment; an antic.
verb
(intransitive) To search or shop for antiques.
(transitive) To make (an object) appear to be an antique in some way.
(transitive, bookbinding) To emboss without gilding.
anunder
apolune
apolune
noun
(astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its maximum.
aquench
aquerne
arecuna
arenous
arenous
adj
Alternative form of arenose
arluene
arnaeus
arundel
arundel
Proper noun
A market town in West Sussex, England
asudden
asudden
adv
(poetic or dialect) of a sudden; suddenly
asunder
asunder
adv
(archaic, literary) Into separate parts or pieces.
attuned
attuned
adj
(of a musical instrument) Tuned to the correct pitch.
Brought into harmony; harmonized.
Having been changed to fit in with a particular context or to be in sync with a phenomenon.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attune
attunes
attunes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of attune
aubaine
aubaine
noun
(historical, law) The inheritance of goods from a foreigner who died in a country where he was not naturalised.
aubanel
auberon
aucaner
audaean
audient
audient
adj
Listening, paying attention.
noun
(obsolete) A hearer; a member of an audience
(obsolete, specifically) A catechumen (“convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism”) in the early Christian Church.
augends
augends
noun
plural of augend
augment
augment
noun
(grammar) In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix.
(grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb.
An increase.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To add an augment to.
(intransitive, reflexive) To grow; to increase; to become greater.
(music) To increase an interval, especially the largest interval in a triad, by a half step (chromatic semitone).
(music) To slow the tempo or meter, e.g. for a dramatic or stately passage.
(transitive) To increase; to make larger or supplement.
aundrea
aunters
aunters
noun
plural of aunter
aunties
aunties
noun
plural of auntie
plural of aunty
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of auntie
ausones
austine
automen
automen
noun
plural of automan
autonoe
autonoe
Proper noun
One of the moons of Jupiter.
avenous
avenues
avenues
noun
plural of avenue
avernus
avernus
Proper noun
The entrance to Hell or the underworld, or the underworld itself.
A lake in Southern Italy.
azulene
azulene
noun
(organic chemistry, countable) Any of its derivatives.
(organic chemistry, uncountable) A bicyclic aromatic hydrocarbon containing a five- and a seven-membered fused ring; it is a blue, oily liquid first obtained from the essential oil of wormwood.
azuline
azuline
noun
A striking blue dye derived from carbolic acid or rosolic acid.
azurean
azurine
azurine
adj
Sky-blue; azure.
noun
A type of rudd or redeye, the blue roach of Europe (Scardinius erythrophthalmus, syn. Leuciscus caeruleus), so called from its color.
balneum
bandeau
bandeau
noun
(medicine) A band.
A band for the hair.
A narrow, tight bra, especially when strapless; hence, any women's top made from a similar band of fabric.
baneful
baneful
adj
(archaic) Poisonous, deadly.
Harmful, injurious.
banjuke
banjuke
noun
Alternative form of banjouke
banlieu
banquer
banquet
banquet
noun
(archaic) A dessert; a course of sweetmeats.
A ceremonial dinner party for many people.
A large celebratory meal; a feast.
verb
(intransitive) To participate in a banquet; to feast.
(obsolete) To have dessert after a feast.
(transitive) To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast.
bautzen
bautzen
Proper noun
A city in Germany.
beaufin
beaufin
noun
Alternative form of biffin
beauing
bedouin
bedouin
noun
A member of nomadic Arab tribes dwelling in the desert.
beduins
bedunce
bedunce
verb
(transitive, archaic, rare) To treat as, or reduce to, a dunce; to make stupid.
bedunch
beennut
beguine
beguine
noun
A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
bemourn
bemourn
verb
(transitive, rare) To weep or mourn over.
benacus
benelux
benelux
Proper noun
An economic and customs union made up of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg; one of the precursors of the European Union; the countries which constitute(d) this union.
benumbs
benumbs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of benumb
beround
besnuff
besnuff
verb
(transitive, rare) To befoul with snuff.
bethune
betrunk
betrunk
verb
(transitive) To deprive (a river) of its lower course or trunk by submergence or erosion of the land by the sea.
betulin
betulin
noun
(biochemistry) A naturally-abundant triterpene, commonly isolated from the bark of birch trees, that can be converted to betulinic acid
beuthen
beutner
bhunder
bhunder
Noun
A rhesus macaque.
bitumen
bitumen
noun
(Australia, colloquial) Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.
(Canada) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.
(by extension) Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.
verb
To cover or fill with bitumen.
blanque
bleaunt
bleaunt
noun
(historical) A short tunic or blouse worn in the Middle Ages
bluefin
bluefin
noun
bluefin tuna, any of a number of types of tuna characterised by their blue fins.
blueing
blueing
noun
An indigo material used as a laundry aid to counteract yellowing
blunder
blunder
noun
(chess) A very bad move, usually caused by some tactical oversight.
A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
verb
(intransitive) To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.
(intransitive) To move blindly or clumsily.
(transitive) To cause to make a mistake.
(transitive) To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
blunged
blunged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blunge
blunger
blunger
noun
(ceramics) The apparatus used for blunging (mixing clay with water to make pottery).
blunges
blunges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blunge
blunker
blunket
blunket
adj
(obsolete) Gray; grayish or light blue.
noun
(obsolete) A cloth, or kind of cloth (blanket cloth), generally but not always of this color.
(obsolete) A color, generally a light bluish gray or blue or gray, but sometimes seemingly a dark red or violet.
blunnen
blunted
blunted
adj
(slang) high on cannabis
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blunt
blunter
blunter
adj
comparative form of blunt: more blunt
bluntie
bonduel
bonheur
bonneau
bonuses
bonuses
noun
plural of bonus
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bonus
bounced
bounced
adj
(Internet) unsuccessful delivery of email
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bounce
bouncer
bouncer
noun
(Internet) An account or server (as with IRC and FTP) that invisibly redirects requests to another, used for anonymity or vanity.
(cricket) A short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head.
(dated) One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.
(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.
(slang, archaic) A boaster; a bully.
(slang, archaic) A bold lie.
(slang, archaic) A liar.
A bouncy castle.
A kind of seat mounted in a framework in which a baby can bounce up and down.
Something big; a good stout example of the kind.
bounces
bounces
noun
plural of bounce
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bounce
bounded
bounded
adj
(mathematical analysis, of a set) That can be enclosed within a ball of finite radius.
(set theory, order theory, of a poset X with partial order ≤) That contains a least element, a, and a greatest element, b, such that for all x ∈ X, a ≤ x ≤ b.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bound
bounden
bounden
adj
(dated) Now chiefly in the term bounden duty: made obligatory; binding.
(obsolete) Bound.
verb
(intransitive, archaic, specifically) To be obliged; to be under a duty or obligation (to do something).
(transitive, archaic, rare) past participle of bind.
bounder
bounder
noun
(UK, dated) A dishonourable man; a cad.
(UK, obsolete, colloquial) A four-wheeled type of dogcart or cabriolet
A social climber.
Something that bounds or jumps.
That which limits; a boundary.
bournes
bournes
noun
plural of bourne
brengun
brucine
brucine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid related to strychnine, found in several plant species, notably Strychnos nux-vomica (nux vomica).
bruneau
brunell
brunets
brunets
noun
plural of brunet
brunner
buchner
buckden
buckeen
buckeen
noun
(Ireland, historical) a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
buckner
buckone
bucrane
budenny
buffone
bugbane
bugbane
noun
Actaea spp. (baneberry).
Trautvetteria spp.
buggane
bulbine
bullpen
bullpen
noun
(baseball) An enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game.
(baseball) The relief pitchers of a team collectively.
(figurative) A place for someone or something to get ready.
An enclosed area used to hold bulls.
An open seating arrangement where project teams can communicate openly with minimal effort.
bunched
bunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunch
buncher
buncher
noun
(electronics, physics) A circuit that causes electrons or other charged particles in a particle beam to group together.
(manufacturing) A machine that twists strands together during the manufacture of metal wire; a strander.
(military, RAF, World War II) A ground-based radio transmitter, configured within a system to guide aircraft to their allocated airfields.
A person who bunches.
An illegitimate supplier of laboratory animals who obtains the animals by kidnapping pets or illegally trapping strays.
bunches
bunches
noun
Hair gathered together in two or more parts; pigtails.
plural of bunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bunch