(dated, physics) A unit of inductance equal to one billionth (1 x 10⁻⁹) of a henry, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
abilyne
ablepsy
ablepsy
noun
(medicine, rare) Alternative form of ablepsia
abysses
abysses
noun
plural of abyss
academy
academy
noun
(UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.
(classical studies, usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
(classical studies, usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.
(obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.
(with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
acatery
accoyed
accoyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accoy
acerbly
acerbly
adv
In an acerb manner.
acetary
acetary
noun
An acid pulp in certain fruits, such as the pear.
acetify
acetify
verb
(intransitive) To turn acid
(transitive) To convert into acid or vinegar.
acetyls
acetyls
noun
plural of acetyl
ackerly
aclydes
acolyte
acolyte
noun
(Christianity) An altar server.
(Christianity) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass.
An attendant, assistant or follower.
acutely
acutely
adv
In an acute manner
acyesis
acyesis
noun
(medicine) The inability to conceive; sterility.
(medicine) The state of not being pregnant.
acyetic
acylase
acylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any enzyme that catalyses the removal of acyl groups, especially from acylated amino acids.
acylate
acylate
verb
(transitive, organic chemistry) To add one or more acyl groups to a compound.
addedly
addedly
adv
In addition; additionally.
adebayo
adenyls
adenyls
noun
plural of adenyl
adeptly
adeptly
adv
With great skill or knowledge.
advoyer
advoyer
noun
Obsolete form of avoyer.
aefaldy
aekerly
aepytus
agentry
agentry
noun
The position of being an agent.
agilely
agilely
adv
In an agile manner; with agility.
agyieus
agyrate
ailsyte
ainsley
akerley
akeylah
alcayde
alcayde
noun
Alternative form of alcaide
alchemy
alchemy
noun
(computing, slang, countable) Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.
(countable) The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
alcyone
aldercy
alertly
alertly
adv
In an alert manner; with alertness.
aleyard
aleydis
aliency
alienly
alienly
adv
In an alien manner.
alkenyl
alkenyl
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from an alkene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any univalent radical derived from an alkene
alkynes
alkynes
noun
plural of alkyne
allayed
allayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allay
allayer
allayer
noun
One who allays.
allayne
allenby
allergy
allergy
noun
(informal) An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
(pathology) Any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
(pathology, immunology) A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma.
Altered susceptibility to a first treatment as exhibited in reaction to a subsequent one.
alleyed
alleyed
adj
Forming an alley.
Furnished with alleys.
alleyne
alloyed
alloyed
adj
mixed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alloy
alonely
alonely
adj
(archaic) Exclusive; sole; only.
adv
(archaic) Only; merely; singly.
already
already
adv
(US) An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation.
Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously.
So soon.
alveary
alveary
noun
(anatomy) The hollow of the external ear.
A beehive, or anything resembling a beehive.
A repository, especially of knowledge or information.
alyeska
alypine
amberly
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.
amnesty
amnesty
noun
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
verb
To grant a pardon (to a group)
amoyese
ampyces
ampyxes
amyelia
amyelia
noun
(pathology) The congenital lack of a spinal cord
amyelic
amylase
amylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva and also contributed to the gut by the exocrine pancreas, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose.
amylate
amylate
noun
(organic chemistry) A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
amylene
amylene
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) pentene.
A colorless, volatile, mobile liquid consisting of a mixture of different isomers of this hydrocarbon.
amylome
amylome
noun
(biochemistry) All the parenchymal proteins (of a plant) that are capable of forming amyloid fibres
amylose
amylose
noun
(biochemistry) The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose.
amymone
analyse
analyse
verb
(transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyse a fossil substance, to analyse a sentence or a word, or to analyse an action to ascertain its morality.
(transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
(transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
(transitive) To subject to analysis.
analyze
analyze
verb
US and Canada spelling of analyse
anemony
anemony
noun
Archaic form of anemone.
angelyn
angerly
angerly
adv
(archaic) Angrily.
angeyok
annoyed
annoyed
adj
Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of annoy
annoyer
annoyer
noun
One who annoys.
anodyne
anodyne
adj
(by extension) noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate
(figuratively) soothing or relaxing
(pharmacology) capable of soothing or eliminating pain
noun
(figuratively) a source of relaxation or comfort
(pharmacology) any medicine or other agent that relieves pain
anolyte
anolyte
noun
(flow batteries) The liquid anode
The portion of an electrolyte near an anode, especially in a cell in which the cathode and anode are in separate compartments
anonyme
anorexy
anorexy
noun
Archaic form of anorexia.
anthemy
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.
anymore
anymore
adv
(especially US) Alternative form of any more.
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."
anywhen
anywhen
adv
(rare, nonstandard) At any point in time.
anywise
anywise
adv
In any case.
apertly
apertly
adv
(archaic) Clearly, plainly.
(obsolete) Openly, publicly, without secrecy.
apetaly
apetaly
noun
(botany) The condition of having no petals
aplenty
aplenty
adj
(postpositive) In a generous or overlarge quantity.
adv
Enough or more than enough.
apocyte
apocyte
noun
(cytology) A multinucleate cell
apogeny
apopyle
apopyle
noun
A pore through which water passes out of a radial canal or flagellated chamber of a sponge
apotype
apotype
noun
(taxonomy) A hypotype that has supplementary descriptions
appleby
appleby
Proper noun
A place name.
Historical county town of Westmoreland, UK.
Village in North Lincolnshire, UK.
Any number of settlements named after those in Britain.
from the English place name.
apteryx
apteryx
noun
(dated) kiwi bird
apyrase
apyrase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a family of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of ATP, releasing phosphate and available energy
apyrene
apyrene
adj
(zoology) Of sperm in species that exhibit sperm heteromorphism, infertile.
apyrexy
apyrexy
noun
apyrexia
aqueity
aqueity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being watery.
archery
archery
noun
(countable) A group of archers.
(uncountable) The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
ardency
ardency
noun
Intensity of devotion.
Intensity of feelings.
Intensity of heat or burning.
Intensity of light.
ardsley
areally
areally
adv
With respect to area; over an area.
areaway
areaway
noun
(Canada, US) An outdoor passage offering access to a basement.
arensky
argyles
argyles
noun
plural of argyle
argyres
arleyne
arlynne
armscye
armscye
noun
An opening in a garment for the attachment of a sleeve; an armhole.
armseye
arrayed
arrayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of array
arrayer
arrayer
noun
(historical, obsolete) An officer who took care of the soldiers' armour.
One who arrays.
arsenyl
arylate
arylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of an aryl carboxylic acid
verb
(organic chemistry) To introduce one or more aryl groups into a molecule
arylide
asperly
assayed
assayed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of assay
assayer
assayer
noun
One who assays, or performs chemical tests on metals.
astheny
astheny
noun
Dated form of asthenia.
atechny
atemoya
atemoya
noun
A hybrid between a cherimoya and a sweetsop
atrepsy
auberry
audsley
aureity
aureity
noun
The particular property peculiar to gold; goldenness.
autoecy
avebury
avenary
avenery
aveyron
aveyron
Proper noun
One of the départements of Midi-Pyrénées, France (INSEE code 12)
aydlett
ayubite
ayuthea
aywhere
azygote
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.
backsey
baileys
baileys
noun
plural of bailey
bakerly
bakerly
adj
Characteristic of a baker.
baloney
baloney
noun
(uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense.
A type of sausage; bologna.
bantery
bantery
adj
Full of banter or good-humored raillery.
barbery
barkery
barkery
noun
A tanhouse.
barkley
barleys
barleys
noun
plural of barley (varieties)
barneys
barneys
noun
plural of barney
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barney