Tending to abash; causing embarrassment or the loss of self-possession.
verb
present participle of abash
abeigh
abeigh
Adverb
Cautiously aloof.
abgatha
abhorring
abhorring
noun
A detested thing.
Detestation.
verb
present participle of abhor
abiegh
abigailship
abigailship
noun
(obsolete) the role or duration of being an abigail, or lady's maid.
abishag
abishag
noun
(archaic, thieves' cant) The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
abolishing
abolishing
verb
present participle of abolish
abought
abought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aby
absinthiating
absinthiating
verb
present participle of absinthiate
abthanage
abthanage
noun
Alternative form of abthanery
acanthological
acanthological
adj
of or pertaining to acanthology
acanthology
acanthology
noun
The study of spined things, in particular sea urchins, and the resultant impact on taxonomy.
acanthopterygian
acanthopterygian
adj
(zoology) Similar to an acanthopterygian.
noun
(zoology) Any fish of the superorder Acanthopterygii.
acanthopterygii
accelerograph
accelerograph
noun
(geology) An instrument used to record the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake.
(military) An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.
accomplishing
accomplishing
verb
present participle of accomplish
accroaching
accroaching
verb
present participle of accroach
achage
achage
noun
(rare) The state or condition of having aches.
achagua
achango
achieving
achieving
noun
Achievements, emphasizing the process of accomplishing them.
verb
present participle of achieve
achigan
aching
aching
adj
That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
noun
The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.
verb
present participle of ache
achingly
achingly
adv
In an aching manner; sorely.
achroglobin
achromatising
achromatising
verb
present participle of achromatise
achromatizing
achromatizing
verb
present participle of achromatize
acridophagus
acridophagus
noun
(rare) One who eats grasshoppers and locusts
acrography
acrography
noun
A method of relief etching on wood, metal, or stone by means of a coating of compressed chalk, invented by Louis Schonberg in 1841.
An organizing principle for written lists, based on initial glyphs.
Decorative plaster work of various styles used in middle eastern architecture.
acropathology
acropathology
noun
(pathology, rare) The study of diseases of the limbs or the extremities.
acrorhagus
acrorhagus
noun
Any of a set of marginal tubercles of sea anemones containing specialized nematocysts
actinautographic
actinautographic
adj
(obsolete, photography) That produces a developable impression on light-sensitive material without contact
actinautography
actinautography
noun
(obsolete, photography) The production of an actinautographic image
actinograph
actinograph
noun
A recording actinometer.
actinographic
actinography
actinography
noun
measurement with an actinograph
addressograph
addressograph
noun
(historical) A device for making mailing labels, used for much of the 20th century.
adelphogamy
adelphogamy
noun
A form of polyandry where a woman is married to two or more brothers.
Marriage between a brother and a sister.
adelphophagy
adelphophagy
noun
The consumption of one embryo by another in utero, particularly among certain amphibians, sharks and fishes
adenographer
adenographic
adenographic
adj
Pertaining to adenography.
adenographical
adenography
adenography
noun
(anatomy) The division of anatomy describing the glands
adenopharyngeal
adenopharyngitis
adenophlegmon
adenophlegmon
noun
(obsolete, pathology) inflammation of a lymph gland
adephaga
adephagan
adephagan
noun
Any of many beetles of the suborder Adephaga.
adephagia
adephagous
adephagous
adj
Relating to the Adephaga
greedy, gluttonous
adhering
adhering
verb
present participle of adhere
adhibiting
adhibiting
verb
present participle of adhibit
adighe
adight
adight
Verb
To set in order; to array.
adigranth
admonishing
admonishing
noun
admonishment
verb
present participle of admonish
admonishingly
admonishingly
adv
In an admonishing manner.
adoxography
adoxography
noun
(rhetoric) Fine writing on a minor or trivial subject.
adsmithing
adyghe
adyghe
Proper noun
A Northwest Caucasian language spoken in the Republic of Adygea, in the Russian Federation, also known as West Circassian.
aechmagoras
aegiochus
aegisthus
aegisthus
Proper noun
The murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
aegithalos
aegithognathae
aegithognathism
aegithognathous
aegophony
aegophony
noun
Alternative form of egophony
aeolight
aerocartograph
aerocartograph
noun
(historical) A kind of stereoplotter.
aerocartography
aerocartography
noun
The making of maps based on an aerial survey of the terrain.
aerogeography
aerograph
aerograph
noun
A kind of airbrush.
aerographer
aerographer
noun
One versed in aerography; an aerologist.
aerographic
aerographic
adj
Relating to aerography.
aerographical
aerographical
adj
Synonym of aerographic
aerographics
aerographics
noun
Synonym of aerography (“production of weather charts”)
aerographies
aerography
aerography
noun
A branch of surrealist art in which a three-dimensional object is used as a stencil.
The production of weather charts.
aerolithology
aerolithology
noun
The study of meteorites
aerometeorograph
aerometeorograph
noun
A meteorograph designed for use in an aircraft or other flying vehicle.
aerophagia
aerophagia
noun
aerophagy
aerophagist
aerophagist
noun
(medicine) A person who gulps in air.
aerophagy
aerophagy
noun
(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
aerophotography
aerophotography
noun
aerial photography
aesthiology
aesthophysiology
aesthophysiology
noun
The science of sensation in relation to the actions of the nerves.
aetheling
aetheogam
aetheogam
noun
(botany) A cryptogam; a plant of the obsolete taxonomic class Cryptogamia, having neither stamina nor pistils, and therefore no proper flowers, such as an alga, fern, fungus, lichen or moss.
aetheogamic
aetheogamous
aetheogamous
adj
(botany) Of the nature of an aetheogam.
aethogen
aethogen
noun
(chemistry) A compound of nitrogen and boron which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.
affranchising
affranchising
verb
present participle of affranchise
affreight
affreight
verb
To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
affreighter
affreighter
noun
One who hires or charters a ship to transport goods.
affreightment
affreightment
noun
(nautical) The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
affright
affright
adj
afraid; terrified; frightened
noun
(archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
affrighted
affrighted
adj
(archaic) Terrified.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of affright
affrightedly
affrightedly
adv
(archaic, poetic) with fright
affrighter
affrighter
noun
(archaic) One who frightens.
affrightful
affrightful
adj
(obsolete) frightful
affrightfully
affrightfully
adv
(obsolete) frightfully
affrighting
affrighting
verb
present participle of affright
affrightingly
affrightingly
adv
(archaic) So as to frighten or terrify.
affrightment
affrightment
noun
(archaic) Fright; fear; alarm; the fact or state of being frightened.
(obsolete) A cause of fear.
(obsolete) The action of frightening or terrifying; intimidation.
affrights
affrights
noun
plural of affright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affright
afgh
afghan
afghan
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut.
A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted.
afghanets
afghani
afghani
noun
The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.
afghanis
afghanis
noun
plural of afghani
afghanistan
afghans
afghans
noun
plural of afghan
aflight
aflight
adj
(obsolete) Showing distress, anxiety or other strong emotion.
Covered or filled (with something flying).
Fleeing.
Flying.
aforethought
aforethought
adj
(postpositive) Premeditated; planned ahead of time.
afright
afright
adj
Alternative form of affright
afterdischarge
afterdischarge
noun
Any discharge that occurs after the cause or stimulus has ceased
aftergrowth
aftergrowth
noun
(figuratively) Any abstraction of the above.
A second growth, seen in plants like crops or timber after harvesting.
afterlight
afterlight
noun
Light that follows something, especially the dim light in the sky after the sun has fully set.
afternight
afterthought
afterthought
noun
A reflection after an act; a later or subsequent thought, action, or expedient.
Something additional to the original plan or concept.
verb
(very rare except in the past tense, possibly nonstandard) To expound as an afterthought.
simple past tense and past participle of afterthink
afterthoughted
afterthoughted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of afterthought
afterthoughts
afterthoughts
noun
plural of afterthought
agalloch
agalloch
noun
The soft, aromatic, resinous wood of Aquilaria malaccensis (formerly Aquilaria agallocha).
agallochs
agallochum
agallochum
noun
agalloch
agapanthus
agapanthus
noun
Any member of the genus Agapanthus of flowering plants.
agapanthuses
agapanthuses
noun
plural of agapanthus
agaphite
agastache
agastache
noun
A plant of genus Agastache, a giant hyssop.
agastrophus
agatha
agathaea
agatharchides
agathaumas
agathe
agathin
agathis
agathism
agathism
noun
The doctrine that the ultimate end of all things is good, although the intermediate means may be evil.
agathist
agathist
noun
A person who believes in agathism.
agatho
agathocles
agathodaemon
agathodaemon
noun
A benevolent spirit, as opposed to a cacodemon (an evil daemon).