(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of a.m. (“ante meridiem”) or am
(crosswords) across
article
Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope;
One certain or particular; any single.
One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The same; one.
Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
character
The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.
intj
ah; er (sound of hesitation)
noun
The name of the Cyrillic script letter А / а.
The name of the Latin script letter A / a.
prep
(archaic or slang) Of.
(archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
(archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
(archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
(archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
(obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
(obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
To do with separation; In, into.
To do with status; In.
To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
pron
(obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) He, or sometimes she, it.
symbol
Distance from leading edge to aerodynamic center.
allele (recessive)
specific absorption coefficient
specific rotation
verb
(archaic or slang) Have.
aa
aa
adj
Abbreviation of ana (“of each, equal parts”).
Initialism of always afloat.
Initialism of arctic-alpine.
noun
(medicine) Initialism of alveolar-arterial.
(volcanology) A form of lava flow associated with Hawaiian-type volcanoes, consisting of basaltic rock, usually dark-colored with a jagged and loose, clinkery surface. Compare pahoehoe.
Abbreviation of adjectives.
Abbreviation of arteries.
Initialism of acetic acid.
Initialism of acting age.
Initialism of amino acid.
Initialism of aminoacetone.
Initialism of arachidonic acid.
Initialism of armature accelerator.
Initialism of ascending aorta.
Initialism of atomic absorption.
Initialism of average audience.
aaa
aaa
noun
(medicine) Initialism of abdominal aortic aneurysm.
(medicine) Initialism of acquired aplastic anemia.
(medicine) Initialism of acute anxiety attack.
(medicine) Initialism of amalgam.
(medicine) Initialism of androgenic anabolic agent.
aaaa
aaaa
Proper noun
"Authentication, Authorization, Accounting, and Auditing", the four main services provided by an Internet Authentication Service.
Noun
A specific size and configuration of electric battery.
A baseball player who is too good for Minor League Baseball, but not good enough for Major League Baseball.
Aa type of DNS record used to indicate the IPv6 internet address of a DNS name.
aaaaaa
aaal
aaas
aaberg
aachen
aae
aaee
aaf
aag
aah
aah
intj
Indication of amazement or surprise or enthusiasm.
Indication of joyful pleasure.
Indication of mouth being opened wide.
Indication of sympathy.
The sound of one screaming (with as many a's or h's as needed for emphasis).
To express understanding.
noun
Expression of amazement, surprise, enthusiasm, or fear.
Expression of joy and/or pleasure.
The exclamation aah.
verb
To express amazement or surprise or enthusiasm, especially by the interjection aah.
To express joy or pleasure, especially by the interjection aah.
aahed
aahed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aah
aahing
aahing
noun
An aah sound.
verb
present participle of aah
aahs
aahs
noun
plural of aah
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aah
aaii
aal
aal
noun
A reddish dyestuff obtained from the roots of the East Indian shrubs Morinda citrifolia and Morinda tinctoria.
The Indian mulberry or noni (Morinda citrifolia, Morinda tinctoria), a shrub found in Southeast Asia, the East Indies and the Pacific islands as far as French Polynesia.
aalborg
aalborg
Proper noun
A city and port in Denmark, in Northern Jutland; the fourth-largest city in Denmark and capital of Region Nordjylland.
aalesund
aalii
aalii
noun
A bushy small tree, Dodonaea viscosa, native to Hawaii, Australia, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky leaves and dark wood.
aaliis
aaliis
noun
plural of aalii (Dodonaea viscosa).
aals
aals
noun
plural of aal
aalst
aalto
aam
aam
noun
(historical) A Dutch and German measure of liquids, used in England for Rhine wine, varying in different cities, being in Amsterdam about 41 wine gallons, in Antwerp 36½, and in Hamburg 38¼.
aamsi
aandahl
aani
aao
aap
aapss
aaqbiye
aar
aara
aarau
aarau
Proper noun
A town in Northern Switzerland, capital of Aargau canton, and capital of the Helvetic Republic between 1798 and 1803.
aarc
aardvark
aardvark
noun
The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
aardvarks
aardvarks
noun
plural of aardvark
aardwolf
aardwolf
noun
A nocturnal, insectivorous mammal, Proteles cristatus, of southern and eastern Africa, related to and resembling the hyena.
aardwolves
aardwolves
noun
plural of aardwolf
aaren
aargau
aargau
Proper noun
A canton of Switzerland (its German name).
aargh
aargh
intj
Alternative form of argh
aarhus
aarika
aaron
aaronic
aaronic
Adjective
Pertaining to Aaron.
Pertaining to or characteristic of a high priest; priestly.
Of or pertaining to the lower order of priests.
aaronical
aaronical
Adjective
Pontifical.
aaronite
aaronite
Noun
A descendant of Aaron; a Levite.
aaronitic
aaronsburg
aaronson
aarp
aarrgh
aarrghh
aarrghh
intj
Elongated form of argh.
aaru
aas
aasvogel
aasvogel
noun
(South Africa, rare, literary) Vulture.
aasvogels
aasvogels
noun
plural of aasvogel
aau
aaup
aauw
aavso
aax
ab
ab
noun
(US) The early stages of; the beginning process; the start.
(informal) abdominal muscle.
(slang) An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin.
Abbreviation of abortion.
prep
Abbreviation of about.
verb
(climbing, informal) To abseil.
Abbreviation of abort.
aba
aba
noun
A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair.
A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs.
An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water.
An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet.
The electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa.
ababa
ababdeh
ababua
abac
abac
noun
(mathematics) A nomogram.
abaca
abaca
noun
(uncountable) The fiber of this plant, used in rope, fibers, and cloth
Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre.
abacas
abacas
noun
plural of abaca
abacate
abacate
noun
Synonym of avocado.
abacaxi
abacaxi
noun
A large Brazilian pineapple.
abacay
abacay
noun
(obsolete) Cacatua haematuropygia, a kind of white parrot of the Philippines.
abaci
abacinate
abacinate
verb
(transitive, rare) To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes
abacination
abacination
noun
The act of abacinating, of blinding with the light from hot metal
abacisci
abacisci
noun
plural of abaciscus
abaciscus
abaciscus
noun
(archaic) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus.
abacist
abacist
noun
One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
aback
aback
adv
(archaic) In the rear; a distance behind.
(archaic) Towards the back or rear; backwards.
(nautical) Backward against the mast; said of the sails when pressed by the wind from the "wrong" (forward) side, or of a ship when its sails are set that way.
By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage)
noun
(obsolete) An abacus.
abacli
abaco
abacot
abacot
noun
(obsolete) Misspelling of bycoket.
abacterial
abacterial
adj
Not caused by bacteria; characterized by a lack of bacteria.
abactinal
abactinal
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the surface or end opposite to the mouth in a radiate animal.
abactinally
abactinally
adv
(As seen or measured) from the end opposite the mouth in a radiate animal (to the other end).
abaction
abaction
noun
(archaic) Stealing cattle on a large scale.
(law) Carrying away by force, especially of animals.
abactor
abactor
noun
(law, obsolete) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.
abaculi
abaculi
noun
plural of abaculus
abaculus
abaculus
noun
(archaic) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements; abaciscus.
abacus
abacus
noun
(Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, historical) A board, tray, or table, divided into perforated compartments for holding bottles, cups, or the like; a kind of buffet, cupboard, or sideboard.
(architecture) The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in some cases a flat oblong or square slab, in others more decorated.
(historical, obsolete) A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing.
A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; (rare) a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc.
abacuses
abacuses
noun
plural of abacus
abad
abad
Proper noun
of Spanish occupational origin.
abada
abada
noun
(mythology) A herbivorous mythological creature of the Central African Congo, similar to the unicorn. Its horns are said to be an antidote to poisons, and it has brown fur, two crooked horns and a boar's tail.
(obsolete) The rhinoceros.
abadan
abaddon
abaddon
noun
(archaic, British slang) An informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.
abadejo
abadengo
abadia
abadite
abadite
Noun
Alternative form of Ibadite.
abaff
abaft
abaft
adv
(nautical) On the aft side; in the stern.
(nautical, obsolete) Backwards.
prep
(nautical) Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of.
abagael
abagail
abagtha
abailard
abaisance
abaisance
noun
Obsolete form of obeisance.
abaised
abaiser
abaiser
noun
Ivory black; animal charcoal.
abaisse
abaisse
noun
(cooking) A thin undercrust of pastry.
abaissed
abaka
abaka
noun
Alternative spelling of abaca
abakan
abakas
abakas
noun
plural of abaka
abakumov
abalation
abalienate
abalienate
verb
(civil law, transitive) To transfer the title of from one to another; to alienate.
(obsolete) To estrange; to cause alienation of.
abalienated
abalienated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abalienate
abalienating
abalienating
verb
present participle of abalienate
abalienation
abalienation
noun
(law) The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement; transferring a legal title.
abalone
abalone
noun
(Canada, US, Australia) An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl.
(Canada, US, Australia) The meat of the aforementioned mollusc.
abalones
abalones
noun
plural of abalone
abama
abamp
abamp
noun
Alternative form of abampere
abampere
abampere
noun
Unit of electrical current in electromagnetic and Gaussian cgs systems of units, equal to 10 amperes in SI units.
abamperes
abamperes
noun
plural of abampere
abamps
abamps
noun
plural of abamp
abana
aband
aband
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To desert; to forsake.
(obsolete, transitive) To desist in practicing, using, or doing; to renounce.
abandon
abandon
noun
(obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
verb
(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
(transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
(transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
(transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
(transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of.
abandonable
abandonable
adj
Able to be abandoned; suitable for abandonment.
abandoned
abandoned
adj
(geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
Free from constraint; uninhibited.
Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abandon
abandonedly
abandonedly
adv
With abandon, without restraint.
abandonee
abandonee
noun
(law) One to whom something is abandoned.
abandoner
abandoner
noun
One who abandons.
abandoners
abandoners
noun
plural of abandoner
abandoning
abandoning
noun
An act in which something or someone is abandoned; abandonment, neglect
verb
present participle and gerund of abandon
abandonment
abandonment
noun
(law) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
(law) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
An abandoned building or structure.
The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
The self-surrender to an outside influence.
The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
abandonments
abandonments
noun
plural of abandonment
abandons
abandons
noun
(plural only, archaic, British slang) Abandoned children; foundlings.
(plural only, archaic, British slang) Prostitutes.
plural of abandon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abandon
abandum
abandum
noun
(law) Anything forfeited or confiscated.
abanet
abanet
noun
Alternative spelling of abnet
abanga
abanic
abanic
Adjective
A member of the Sioux tribe of American Indian; Siouan.
abannition
abannition
noun
Alternative spelling of abannation
abantes
abapical
abapical
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to something at its lowest point; designating the part opposite to the apex.
abaptiston
abaptiston
noun
(medicine) A trepan having a conical shape so that injurious penetration of the brain is impossible.