In an abrupt manner; without giving notice, or without the usual forms; suddenly; precipitously.
absurdly
absurdly
adv
In an absurd fashion.
The critics were absurdly extravagant with their praise.
To an extreme degree.
absyrtus
abulyeit
abusedly
abusedly
adv
In an abused manner.
accuracy
accuracy
noun
Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.
The state of being accurate; being free from error; exactness; correctness
achylous
achylous
adj
(physiology) Without chyle
achymous
achymous
adj
(physiology) Without chyme.
acolytus
acrydium
actually
actually
adv
(modal) In act or in fact; really; in truth; positively.
(obsolete) Actively.
(obsolete) Currently; at the time.
adequacy
adequacy
noun
The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
adjutory
adjutory
adj
(obsolete) Serving to help or assist.
adultery
adultery
noun
(biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
(biblical) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the seventh commandment.
(ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
(obsolete) Injury; degradation; ruin.
(obsolete) The fine and penalty formerly imposed for the offence of adultery.
(political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse.
aduncity
aduncity
noun
Crookedness, curvaceousness, hookedness.
aegyptus
aestuary
againbuy
aguishly
aguishly
adv
(now rare) In an aguish manner; as though suffering from ague.
aimfully
aimfully
adv
In an aimful manner; with fixed purpose.
allusory
allusory
adj
allusive; making allusion
aloysius
aloysius
Proper noun
name, notably of a 16th-century Italian saint.
aluminyl
aluminyl
noun
(inorganic chemistry, especially in combination) Aluminium in the +1 oxidation state.
alyssums
alyssums
noun
plural of alyssum
amburgey
amesbury
amesbury
Proper noun
a town in southern Wiltshire, England.
amusedly
amusedly
adv
In an amused manner
amyelous
amyelous
adj
(medicine) Lacking the spinal cord.
amygdule
amygdule
noun
(geology) A rounded mass of secondary mineral found in volcanic rock.
amyluria
amyluria
noun
(medicine) A condition in which starch is found in the urine.
aneurysm
aneurysm
noun
(pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
anhungry
anhungry
adj
(obsolete, rare) Hungry.
annoyful
annoyful
adj
(obsolete) annoying
annoyous
annoyous
adj
(obsolete) troublesome; annoying
annually
annually
adv
Once every year without fail, yearly
annulary
annulary
adj
(archaic) Having the form of a ring; annular.
apocynum
apomyius
apsyrtus
aptychus
aptychus
noun
(paleontology) A hard calcareous plate forming part of the body of an ammonite.
aquosity
aquosity
noun
(rare) The condition of being watery; wateriness
araguaya
arguably
arguably
adv
As can be supported or proven by sound logical deduction, evidence, and precedent.
argutely
argutely
adv
In an argute manner.
artfully
artfully
adv
In an artful manner.
aruspicy
aruspicy
noun
Alternative form of haruspicy
ascutney
astucity
astucity
noun
Craftiness; astuteness.
astutely
astutely
adv
In an astute manner.
athyrium
attunely
atymnius
audacity
audacity
noun
Fearlessness, intrepidity or daring, especially with confident disregard for personal safety, conventional thought, or other restrictions.
Insolent boldness, especially when imprudent or unconventional.
auditory
auditory
adj
Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
noun
(archaic) Synonym of audience.
(archaic) Synonym of auditorium.
augustly
augustly
adv
In a royal or regal manner.
In an august or awe-inspiring manner.
auntsary
autarchy
autarchy
noun
A condition of absolute power.
Alternative spelling of autarky (“national economic self-reliance”)
Autocracy (absolute rule by a single person).
Sovereignty or self-government (national political independence).
authorly
authorly
adj
In the manner of an author.
autodyne
autodyne
noun
(radio, historical) A circuit that improved radio signal amplification by means of an audion.
autogamy
autogamy
noun
Self-fertilization, the fertilizing pollen being derived from the same blossom as the pistil acted upon.
Sologamy, marriage to oneself.
autogeny
autogeny
noun
spontaneous generation
autogyro
autogyro
noun
Alternative spelling of autogiro
autology
autology
noun
(grammar) The property of a word or phrase which describes itself.
(more generally) The ability of a concept to apply to itself; self-reference.
The study of oneself.
autolyse
autolyse
verb
(Britain) Alternative spelling of autolyze
autolyze
autolyze
verb
(biology, said of a cell) To destroy itself: to be destroyed by its own enzymes.
automacy
automacy
noun
The quality, state, or condition of being automatic; automaticity.
autonomy
autonomy
noun
(Christianity, uncountable) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.
(government, countable) A self-governing country or region.
(mechanics, uncountable) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
(philosophy, uncountable) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
(uncountable) The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
autotomy
autotomy
noun
(chiefly zoology) The spontaneous removal of a limb, tail etc, especially by some invertebrates as a self-defense mechanism.
autotype
autotype
noun
(dated, countable) A copy or facsimile.
(dated, countable) An early form of photograph produced using autotypy.
(uncountable, computing) A function that completes the typing of a field using a prediction based upon the characters entered so far.
verb
(dated, transitive) To reproduce (a document) by autotype.
autotypy
autotypy
noun
(dated, photography) An early photographic process that produced autotypes using a carbon pigment.
autoxeny
auxobody
auxocyte
auxology
auxology
noun
(biology) The study of growth
ayacucho
ayudante
ayurveda
baetylus
baetylus
noun
Alternative form of baetyl (“sacred stone”)
barukhzy
baublery
baublery
noun
gaudy decoration; baubles; trinkets
bayreuth
beauetry
beautify
beautify
verb
(computing) Synonym of pretty-print
(intransitive, rare) To become beautiful.
(intransitive, rare) To make oneself beautiful.
(transitive) To make beautiful; to increase the beauty of.
bellyful
bellyful
noun
(informal) An undesirably large quantity of something.
Enough to fill one's belly; a large portion of food eaten.
bescurvy
beyrouth
bihourly
bihourly
adj
Occurring once every two hours.
adv
Once every two hours.
bistoury
bistoury
noun
A narrow-bladed surgical knife.
blousily
blousily
adv
In a blousy manner.
blubbery
blubbery
adj
Fat or obese.
Having the characteristics of blubber.
With much blubbering.
bluejays
bluejays
noun
plural of bluejay (alternative spelling of blue jays).
blurrily
blurrily
adv
In a blurry fashion; lacking clarity
blustery
blustery
adj
(of a person) Pompous or arrogant, especially in one's speech; given to outbursts.
Accompanied by strong wind.
Blowing in loud and abrupt bursts.
bodysuit
bodysuit
noun
A one-piece, skin-tight garment rather like a leotard.
bodysurf
bodysurf
verb
To ride waves either without equipment or with a handboard.
bouldery
bouldery
adj
(climbing) involving, or resembling, bouldering
Of, pertaining to, or containing boulders
bouncily
bouncily
adv
In a bouncy manner.
boundary
boundary
noun
(cricket) An edge or line marking an edge of the playing field.
(cricket) An event whereby the ball is struck and either touches or passes over a boundary (with or without bouncing), usually resulting in an award of 4 (four) or 6 (six) runs respectively for the batting team.
(figurative, often in the plural) The bounds, confines, or limits between immaterial things (such as one’s comfort zone, privacy, or professional sphere and the realm beyond).
(topology) (of a set) The set of points in the closure of a set S, not belonging to the interior of that set.
The dividing line or location between two areas.
boutylka
bradbury
bradypus
broguery
broguery
noun
The presence of a brogue in speech.
broquery
brulyies
brulyies
noun
plural of brulyie
brutally
brutally
adv
In a brutal manner; viciously, barbarically.
In a direct way that does not attempt to hide, disguise or mask unpleasantness; directly.
bruyeres
bryozoum
bryozoum
noun
A bryozoon.
buccally
buccally
adv
(dentistry, medicine) Via buccal administration; via absorption through the mucosa of the cheek.
(dentistry, medicine, referring to force, movement, or both) In the buccal direction; toward the cheek.
In a buccal manner, such as:
buckayro
buckayro
noun
Obsolete form of buckaroo.
buckeyed
buckeyes
buckeyes
noun
plural of buckeye
buckleya
buckstay
buckstay
noun
A vertical support for a furnace or boiler, to give it rigidity.
buddying
buddying
verb
present participle of buddy
bueyeros
buggyman
buggyman
noun
(historical) A man employed to transport material, such as the bloom from a furnace, on a wheeled carriage or buggy.
The male driver of a buggy.
buggymen
buggymen
noun
plural of buggyman
bugology
bugology
noun
(informal) The study of insects.
bulawayo
bulawayo
Proper noun
the second-largest city in Zimbabwe.
bullocky
bullocky
noun
(Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.
bullseye
bullseye
intj
(by extension) A response to a totally accurate statement.
A cry when someone hits the bullseye of a target.
noun
(UK, slang) A £50 banknote.
(architecture) An oculus.
(darts) The two central rings on a dartboard.
(military, by extension) A commonly-known reference point used when indicating the location or direction of something.
(military, firearms) The centre of a target, inside the inner and magpie.
(nautical, obsolete) Thick glass set into the side of a ship to let in light.
(philately, informal) Any of the first postage stamps produced in Brazil from 1843.
A convex glass lens which is placed in front of a lamp to concentrate the light so as to make it more conspicuous as a signal; also the lantern itself.
A hand-cancelled postmark issued by a counter clerk at a post office, typically done on a receipt for proof of mailing.
A hard striped peppermint-flavoured boiled sweet.
A shot which hits the centre of a target.
The central part of a crown glass disk, with concentric ripple effect.
bullyboy
bullyboy
noun
Alternative form of bully boy
bullydom
bullydom
noun
The state or condition of being a bully.
bullying
bullying
noun
An act of intimidating a person to do something, especially such repeated coercion.
Persistent acts intended to make life unpleasant for another person.
verb
present participle of bully
bullyism
bullyism
noun
(dated) The swaggering, domineering behaviour of a bully.
bullyrag
bullyrag
verb
(transitive) To harass, badger, taunt, or abuse verbally.
bulreedy
bulrushy
bulrushy
adj
Covered in bulrushes.
Resembling a bulrush.
bunchily
bunchily
adv
In a bunchy manner.
bungerly
buoyages
buoyages
noun
plural of buoyage
buoyance
buoyance
noun
The state or quality of being buoyant
buoyancy
buoyancy
noun
(by extension) Resilience or cheerfulness.
(physics) The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
buraydah
burberry
burghley
burglary
burglary
noun
(law) Under the common law, breaking and entering of the dwelling of another at night with the intent to commit a felony.
(law, US) Under the Model Penal Code, entering a building or occupied structure with purpose to commit a crime therein, unless the premises are at the time open to the public or the actor is licensed or privileged to enter. Model Penal Code § 221.1.
The crime of unlawfully breaking into a vehicle, house, store, or other enclosure with the intent to steal.
burgoyne
burgundy
burgundy
adj
Of a deep purple red color like that of Burgundy wine.
noun
(color) A dark red colour tinged with purple, like that of Burgundy (red) wine.
Alternative letter-case form of Burgundy (red wine).
bushbaby
bushbaby
noun
An small, nocturnal, African primate, similar to a lemur.
bushbody
busybody
busybody
noun
Someone who interferes with others; one who is nosy, intrusive or meddlesome.
verb
(intransitive) To meddle or interfere.
busyhead
busyness
busyness
noun
The state of being busy.
busywork
busywork
noun
Alternative spelling of busy work
butchery
butchery
noun
(rare) An abattoir, a slaughterhouse.
(slang) The stereotypical behaviors and accoutrements of being a butch lesbian.
A disastrous effort, an atrocious failure.
A meat market
The butchering of meat.
The cruel, ruthless killings of humans, as at a slaughterhouse.
buttyman
buttyman
noun
(mining) Synonym of butty (“miner who works under contract”)
butylate
butylate
verb
(organic chemistry) To react so as to introduce one or more butyl groups into a molecule
butylene
butylene
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric aliphatic alkenes containing four carbon atoms and one double bond; their polymers are used as synthetic rubber.
butyrals
butyrals
noun
plural of butyral
butyrate
butyrate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of butyric acid.
butyrins
butyrins
noun
plural of butyrin
butyrone
butyrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.
butyrous
butyrous
adj
Of, pertaining to, resembling or containing butter, buttery