(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.
acatery
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
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.
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.
acolyth
acolyth
noun
Obsolete form of acolyte.
actuary
actuary
noun
(dated) Registrar, clerk. [16th-19th c.]
A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.
acutely
acutely
adv
In an acute manner
acyetic
acylate
acylate
verb
(transitive, organic chemistry) To add one or more acyl groups to a compound.
acystia
adactyl
adactyl
adj
(obsolete, rare) Alternative spelling of adactylous
adeptly
adeptly
adv
With great skill or knowledge.
adicity
adicity
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) Valence.
admitty
adultly
adultly
adv
In an adult manner, not childishly.
aepytus
agastya
agastya
Proper noun
He is one of the Saptarishis (meaning "seven sages"), a revered Vedic sage and the author of Agastya Samhita.
agentry
agentry
noun
The position of being an agent.
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
agyrate
ailsyte
alertly
alertly
adv
In an alert manner; with alertness.
aliyoth
amarity
amatory
amatory
adj
Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
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
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)
amyctic
amylate
amylate
noun
(organic chemistry) A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
amyntor
amyroot
anality
anality
noun
(psychoanalysis) The state of being anal.
analyst
analyst
noun
(computing) A systems analyst.
(mathematics) A mathematician who studies real analysis.
(psychiatry) A practitioner of psychoanalysis.
A financial analyst; a business analyst.
Someone who analyzes.
anatomy
anatomy
noun
(archaic) A skeleton, or dead body.
(by extension) The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts.
(colloquial) The form of an individual.
(countable) A treatise or book on anatomy.
(euphemistic) The human body, especially in reference to the private parts.
The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.
The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it.
The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
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.
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
antakya
antalya
antalya
Proper noun
A city in Turkey
anthemy
anthony
anthony
Proper noun
name, in regular use since the Middle Ages.
A city in Kansas, USA
A city in New Mexico
A town in Texas
anthryl
anthryl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric univalent radicals derived from anthracene
anticly
anticly
adv
In an odd or grotesque manner.
antigay
antigay
adj
Alternative spelling of anti-gay.
antonym
antonym
noun
(semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.
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."
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
apotype
apotype
noun
(taxonomy) A hypotype that has supplementary descriptions
apteryx
apteryx
noun
(dated) kiwi bird
aqueity
aqueity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being watery.
aratory
arbitry
aridity
aridity
noun
A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
aroynts
aroynts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aroynt
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
ashtray
ashtray
noun
A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.
astheny
astheny
noun
Dated form of asthenia.
astylar
astylar
adj
(architecture) Lacking columns or pilasters
ataiyal
atalaya
ataraxy
ataraxy
noun
(pharmacology, pharmacy) State of psychological calm and tranquility, absence of discomfort, or metabolical inactivity.
(philosophy) Ataraxia; freedom from mental disturbance; imperturbability, dogged indifference.
atechny
atemoya
atemoya
noun
A hybrid between a cherimoya and a sweetsop
athodyd
athodyd
noun
A simple jet engine consisting essentially of a tube with a means of delivering fuel and ignition into the tube. The engine can only be started in a fast airflow. This type of engine is expected to be able to provide cruising speeds at Mach numbers of around 5 to 7 (5 to 7 times the speed of sound).
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
atrepsy
atrophy
atrophy
noun
(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
verb
(intransitive) To wither or waste away.
(transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
attaboy
attaboy
intj
(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy, man, or male animal.
noun
A cry of "attaboy"; an accolade.
auctary
aureity
aureity
noun
The particular property peculiar to gold; goldenness.
autarky
autarky
noun
National economic self-sufficiency.
The state of personal self-sufficiency.
autoecy
autonym
autonym
noun
(linguistics, anthropology) A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
(taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
A work published under the author's true name.
The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
autopsy
autopsy
noun
(rare) An eyewitness observation, the presentation of an event as witnessed.
A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death.
An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure.
verb
(transitive) To perform an after-the-fact analysis of, especially of a failure.
(transitive) To perform an autopsy on.
autosyn
auturgy
avidity
avidity
noun
(biochemistry) The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.
Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
Greediness; strong appetite.
avoutry
avoutry
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of advoutry (“adultery”)
aydlett
ayubite
ayuthea
ayuthia
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.
babysat
babysat
verb
simple past tense and past participle of babysit
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.
bantery
bantery
adj
Full of banter or good-humored raillery.
bartley
barytas
barytas
noun
plural of baryta
barytes
barytes
noun
(mineralogy) Barite.
plural of baryte
barytic
barytic
adj
Containing barium
Of or pertaining to baryta
baryton
baryton
noun
(music) A viol-like stringed instrument (chordophone) mainly played with a bow but with a set of plucked strings as well, originating in European music prior to the 1800s.
batboys
batboys
noun
plural of batboy
bathyal
bathyal
adj
Relating to the ocean bottom, between the sublittoral and abyssal zones, at a depth of between 200 and 2000 metres
battery
battery
noun
(archaic) Apparatus for preparing or serving meals.
(baseball) The catcher and the pitcher together
(chess) Two or more major pieces on the same rank, file, or diagonal
(countable) A coordinated group of artillery weapons.
(countable, electronics) A device used to power electric devices, consisting of a set of electrically connected electrochemical or, archaically, electrostatic cells. A single such cell when used by itself.
(historical, archaic) An elevated platform on which cannon could be placed.
(law) The infliction of unlawful physical violence on a person, legally distinguished from assault, which includes the threat of impending violence.
(music) A marching percussion ensemble; a drumline.
A set of small cages where hens are kept for the purpose of farming their eggs.
An array of similar things.
The state of a firearm when it is possible to be fired.
baybolt
bayonet
bayonet
noun
(engineering) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.
(military) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offence and defence. Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which needed to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.
verb
(transitive) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
(transitive) To stab with a bayonet.
bayport
baytown
beastly
beastly
adj
(UK) Pertaining to, or having the form, nature, or habits of, a beast.
(UK) Similar to the nature of a beast; contrary to the nature and dignity of human beings.
(UK, dated) Abominable; very unpleasant.
(of computing hardware) Powerful, having a powerful appearance
adv
Like a beast; brutishly.
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.
bedirty
bedirty
verb
(archaic) to dirty, soil; make dirty.
beetfly
beetfly
noun
Pegomya hyoscyami, a fly whose leaf miner larvae often damage the leaves of beets and other greens.
beltway
beltway
noun
(US) A freeway that encircles a city.
benasty
bentley
bentley
Proper noun
Various place names, including:
a suburb of Western Australia.
a town in Alberta, Canada.
a hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
a village in district, England.
a village in district, Suffolk, England.
a suburb of South Yorkshire, England.
a village in district, England.
an area in borough, West Midlands, England.
a village in district, Worcestershire, England.
a small town in Illinois, USA.
a small city in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Michigan, USA.
an unincorporated community in North Dakota, USA.
Noun
A motor car manufactured by this company.
bergylt
bergylt
noun
The Ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta another North Atlantic fish
The rose fish, an edible red fish found in the North Atlantic, Sebastes norvegicus.
bethany
bethany
Proper noun
The village where Jesus stayed before going to Jerusalem and being crucified.
The village where Lazarus, Mary and Martha lived (Bible, John 11 v. 1)
Mary of Bethany, sometimes identified as Mary Magdalene.
name, transferred use of the biblical place name.
betoyan
betrays
betrays
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betray
bezanty
bezanty
adj
(heraldry) Covered with bezants; semé (strewn) with bezants.
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.
blately
blighty
blighty
noun
Alternative form of Blighty
blotchy
blotchy
adj
Covered in blotches.
bluntly
bluntly
adv
In a blunt manner; without delicacy, or the usual forms of civility.
bobstay
bobstay
noun
(nautical) A strong rope or chain rigging running from the end of the bowsprit to the ship's stem or cutwater.
bogatyr
bogatyr
noun
(historical) A medieval heroic warrior in Kievan Rus, akin to the Western European knight-errant.