A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus.
Any of several species similar in appearance.
alewives
alewives
noun
plural of alewife
alikewise
alikewise
adv
(obsolete) likewise; in the same manner
allentown
allenwood
alleyway
alleyway
noun
A narrow street formed by the proximity of adjacent buildings.
A passage between two rows of cabins in a ship.
alleyways
alleyways
noun
plural of alleyway
allhallow
allhallow
Proper noun
The evening before All Hallows'; Halloween.
allhallowmas
allhallowmas
Proper noun
All Saints' Day.
allhallows
allhallowtide
allhallowtide
Proper noun
The time at or near All Hallows'.
allow
allow
verb
(law, transitive) To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
(obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
(transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
(transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
(transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
(transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
(transitive) To render physically possible.
(transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
(transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
(transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
To not bar or obstruct.
allowable
allowable
adj
(obsolete) Praiseworthy.
Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
noun
permitted amount or activity.
allowableness
allowableness
noun
The state of being allowable; legitimacy; permissibleness.
allowably
allowably
adv
In an allowable manner.
allowance
allowance
noun
(commerce) A customary deduction from the gross weight of goods, differing by country.
(engineering) A planned deviation between an exact dimension and a nominal or theoretical dimension.
(horse racing) A permitted reduction in the weight that a racehorse must carry.
(minting) A permissible deviation in the fineness and weight of coins, owing to the difficulty in securing exact conformity to the standard prescribed by law.
(obsolete) Approval; approbation.
(obsolete) License; indulgence.
A child's allowance; pocket money.
Abatement; deduction; the taking into account of mitigating circumstances
Acknowledgment.
An amount, portion, or share that is allotted or granted; a sum granted as a reimbursement, a bounty, or as appropriate for any purpose
Permission; granting, conceding, or admitting
verb
(transitive) To put upon a fixed allowance (especially of provisions and drink).
(transitive) To supply in a fixed and limited quantity.
allowanced
allowanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allowance
allowances
allowances
noun
plural of allowance
allowancing
allowancing
verb
present participle of allowance
alloway
allowed
allowed
adj
(now rare) Acknowledged; admitted to be true.
(now rare) Allotted.
Permitted, authorized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allow
allowedly
allowedly
adv
admittedly
allower
allower
noun
One who allows or permits.
allowing
allowing
verb
present participle of allow
allows
allows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allow
allwein
allwhere
allwhere
adv
(archaic) everywhere
allwhither
allwork
allwork
noun
Domestic or other work of all kinds.
allworthy
almswoman
almswoman
noun
(archaic) A woman who depends on the receipt of alms; a female beggar.
almswomen
almswomen
noun
plural of almswoman
aloeswood
aloeswood
noun
agalloch (Aquilaria malaccensis)
aloewood
alow
alow
adj
(Scotland) alight; ablaze
adv
(nautical) Towards the lower part of a vessel; towards the lower rigging or the decks.
(now chiefly Scotland) Low down.
prep
(Scotland) Below.
alowe
alpenglow
alpenglow
noun
A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.
alsweill
alswith
alsworth
altamahaw
altarwise
altarwise
adj
Placed in the manner of an altar, against the eastern wall of the chancel with the longer side parallel to that wall.
alw
alway
alway
adv
(archaic) Alternative form of always
always
always
adv
(informal) In any event.
At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning.
Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally).
alwin
alwin
Proper noun
name; always rather rare in English.
alwise
alwise
adv
(archaic) In every way; always.
alwite
alwite
Adjective
Composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other such covering, white.
Noun
Polished plate armour worn uncovered by cloth.
alwitt
alwyn
alwyn
Proper noun
name, a rare variant of Alwin.
alyworth
amawalk
americaward
americawards
amidward
amowt
amsw
anawalt
anchorwise
anchorwoman
anchorwoman
noun
(athletics) The most reliable female runner in a relay team, usually the one that runs last.
A female anchorperson.
anchorwomen
anchorwomen
noun
plural of anchorwoman
andrew
andrew
Proper noun
The first Apostle in the New Testament.
A village in Alberta, Canada
A city in Iowa
An unincorporated community in West Virginia
andrewartha
andrewes
andrews
andrewsite
andrewsite
noun
(mineralogy, historical) A now-discredited mineral, reported in Cornwall and later shown to be a mixture of hentschelite and rockbridgeite, with minor chalcosiderite.
androw
anew
anew
adv
(literary, poetic or formal) Again, once more; afresh, in a new way, newly.
angletwitch
angletwitch
noun
(rare, dialectal) An angleworm; earthworm.
anglewing
anglewing
noun
Any of various butterflies in the tribe Nymphalini.
anglewise
anglewise
adv
With respect to an angle; angularly.
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
angleworms
angleworms
noun
plural of angleworm
angwantibo
angwantibo
noun
Either of two small primates, of the genus Arctocebus, similar to lemurs
angwich
angwin
anhwei
aniwa
aniweta
annawan
annfwn
annwfn
annwn
answer
answer
noun
(law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
A solution to a problem.
verb
(law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
(obsolete) To atone for; to be punished for.
(obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
(obsolete) To render account to or for.
(transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a reply or response to.
(transitive, intransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
(transitive, intransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
answerability
answerability
noun
The state of being answerable.
answerable
answerable
adj
(archaic) Correspondent, in accordance; comparable (to).
(now rare) Proportionate; commensurate in amount; suitable.
(of a question) Able to be answered.
(rare, of an argument) Capable of being answered or refuted; admitting a satisfactory answer.
Required to justify one's actions (to somebody); accountable, responsible.
answerableness
answerableness
noun
The state or quality of being answerable.
answerably
answerably
adv
In a corresponding manner; correspondingly.
In suitable proportion; proportionately.
answered
answered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of answer
answerer
answerer
noun
A person who, or thing that, answers or responds.
answerers
answerers
noun
plural of answerer
answering
answering
noun
The act of giving an answer.
verb
present participle of answer
answeringly
answeringly
adv
In a way that answers; so as to answer; in reply.
answerless
answerless
adj
Having or producing no answer.
Not capable of being answered; unanswerable.
answerlessly
answerlessly
adv
Without an answer; without answering.
answers
answers
noun
plural of answer
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of answer
antedawn
antewar
anthemwise
anthemwise
adv
(obsolete, music) Alternately.
anticlockwise
anticlockwise
adj
(South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, British, Ireland, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britian, Ireland) In an anticlockwise fashion.
antiendowment
antiendowment
adj
Opposing an endowment.
antifowl
antifowl
adj
(immunology) Synonym of antichicken
antigrowth
antigrowth
adj
Opposing or countering growth.
antipewism
antirailwayist
antitwilight
antitwilight
noun
Synonym of antitwilight arch (“atmospheric phenomenon”)
antiwar
antiwar
adj
Alternative spelling of anti-war
antiwarlike
antiwarlike
adj
Opposing war; pacifist.
antiwaste
antiwaste
adj
Opposing or preventing waste.
antiwear
antiwear
adj
Preventing mechanical wear.
antiwedge
antiweed
antiweed
adj
Opposing or countering weed (marijuana).
Opposing or countering weeds (unwanted plants).
antiwelfare
antiwelfare
adj
Opposed to welfare (financial aid offered by a government).
antiwhaling
antiwhaling
adj
Against the practice of whaling, the practice of hunting whales.
antiwhite
antiwhite
adj
Hostile to white people or white culture.
antiwhitism
antiwhitism
noun
Synonym of antiwhiteness (“hostility towards white people”)
antiwiretapping
antiwit
antiwoman
antiwoman
adj
Opposed to women.
antiworld
antiworld
noun
(astrophysics) A hypothetical world constructed from antimatter.
antiwrinkle
antiwrinkle
adj
(dermatology) Counteracting wrinkles.
antwerp
antwerp
Proper noun
The most populous province of Flanders and Belgium.
The capital city of the eponymous
antwerpen
antwise
anyhow
anyhow
adv
(conjunctive) In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement.
(manner) In any way or manner whatever.
anyway
anyway
adv
(conjunctive) Regardless; anyhow.
(obsolete) In any way.
Used at the end of a question for emphasis, or to direct the conversation to something of more broad importance (compare with more to the point).
Used to indicate a change of subject.
Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least.
anyways
anyways
adv
(conjunctive, informal, chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Anyway, anyhow, in any case.
(rare) In any way or respect, at all.
anywhen
anywhen
adv
(rare, nonstandard) At any point in time.
anywhence
anywhence
adv
(formal, now rare) From anywhere.
anywhere
anywhere
adv
In or at any location or an unknown location.
To (in the direction of) any location or an unknown location.
pron
Any location or an unknown location.
anywhereness
anywhereness
noun
The state or quality of being anywhere.
anywheres
anywheres
adv
(US, nonstandard, slang or dialectal) anywhere
anywhither
anywhither
adv
(rare) To (in the direction of) anywhere.
anywhy
anywhy
adv
(colloquial, nonstandard) For any reason.
anywise
anywise
adv
In any case.
anywither
anywither
adv
Archaic form of anywhither.
aow
applegrower
applegrower
noun
A grower of apples.
applewife
applewoman
applewoman
noun
(historical) A woman who sells apples.
applewood
applewood
Noun
The wood of the apple tree.
aprowl
aprowl
adj
Prowling.
aquashow
aquashow
noun
A spectacle consisting of underwater dance and gymnastics.
aquilawood
arakawa
arakawa
Proper noun
A special ward in Tokyo that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Adachi, Sumida, Taitō, Bunkyō and Kita special wards