A bushy small tree, Dodonaea viscosa, native to Hawaii, Australia, Africa, and tropical America, having sticky leaves and dark wood.
aalst
aalto
aamsi
aapss
aarau
aarau
Proper noun
A town in Northern Switzerland, capital of Aargau canton, and capital of the Helvetic Republic between 1798 and 1803.
aaren
aargh
aargh
intj
Alternative form of argh
aaron
aavso
ababa
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.
abaci
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.
abaco
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.
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.
abaka
abaka
noun
Alternative spelling of abaca
abama
abamp
abamp
noun
Alternative form of abampere
abana
aband
aband
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To desert; to forsake.
(obsolete, transitive) To desist in practicing, using, or doing; to renounce.
abase
abase
verb
(transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
(transitive, archaic) To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
(transitive, obsolete) To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
abash
abash
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To lose self-possession; to become ashamed.
(transitive) To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.
abask
abask
adv
in the sunshine; basking.
abate
abate
noun
(uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.
(uncountable) Deduction; subtraction; (countable) an instance of this.
An Italian abbot or other member of the clergy.
verb
(archaic, chiefly figuratively) Of an edge, point, etc.: to become blunt or dull.
(chiefly US) Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
(chiefly US) To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
(chiefly figuratively) To dull (an edge, point, etc.); to blunt.
(chiefly historical) Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
(transitive, intransitive, law, chiefly historical) To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.
Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract.
Chiefly followed by of: to deduct or subtract from.
Chiefly followed by of: to deprive (someone or something of another thing).
To bow down; hence, to be abased or humbled.
To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status.
To curtail or end (something); to cause to cease.
To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
To decrease in amount or size.
To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure).
To give (someone) a discount or rebate; also, to relieve (someone) of a debt.
To give a discount or rebate; to discount, to rebate.
To give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception.
To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
To lower (something) in price or value.
To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
To put an end to (a nuisance).
To reduce (something) in amount or size.
abats
abaue
abave
abaze
abbai
abbas
abbas
noun
plural of abba
abbes
abbes
noun
plural of abbe
abbey
abbey
noun
(British) A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings.
The church of a monastery.
The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess.
abbie
abbie
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given name Abigail.
abbot
abbot
noun
(archaic, British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
(archaic, British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.
A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
abbye
abdal
abdal
noun
A religious devotee or dervish in Persia.
abdat
abdel
abdom
abdon
abdon
Proper noun
The tenth judge of Israel.
abdul
abdul
Proper noun
name used by Muslims.
abeam
abeam
adj
Beaming, shining (especially with reference to a person's face or eyes).
The island was directly abeam of us.
adv
(nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.
(nautical, aircraft) On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative.
abear
abear
noun
(obsolete) Bearing, behavior.
verb
(transitive, now rare, dialectal) To put up with; to endure; to bear.
(transitive, obsolete) To bear; to carry.
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) To behave; to comport oneself.
abebi
abede
abele
abele
noun
The white poplar (Populus alba).
abell
abend
abend
noun
(IEEE) Termination of a process prior to completion.
(computing) The abnormal termination of a program.
verb
(computing) To terminate abnormally.
abepp
aberr
aberr
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To go astray; to err.
(transitive, rare) Distort; aberrate.
abert
abets
abets
noun
plural of abet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abet
abhor
abhor
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) Differ entirely from.
(intransitive, obsolete) To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from.
(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
(transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
(transitive, canon law, obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To fill with horror or disgust.
abide
abide
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To endure; to remain; to last.
(intransitive, archaic) To have one's abode.
(intransitive, archaic, Scotland) To stay; to continue in a place; to remain stable or fixed in some state or condition; to be left.
(intransitive, obsolete) To pause; to delay.
(intransitive, obsolete) To wait in expectation.
(transitive) To bear patiently.
(transitive) To endure without yielding; to withstand.
(transitive) To pay for; to stand the consequences of.
(transitive, archaic) To await submissively; accept without question; submit to.
(transitive, archaic) To stand ready for; to await for someone; watch for.
(transitive, obsolete) To endure or undergo a hard trial or a task; to stand up under.
Used in a phrasal verb: abide by (“to accept and act in accordance with”).
abidi
abied
abies
abies
noun
A tannin made from the barks of firs and spruces.
A tree of the genus Abies.
abihu
abilo
abilo
noun
Bogo; a Philippine fruit tree, Garuga floribunda, from the family Burseraceae.
abime
abime
noun
Obsolete form of abysm.
abkar
abkar
noun
(India) A wine seller; one who is subject to the abkari tax.
abler
abler
adj
comparative form of able: more able
ables
ables
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of able
ablet
ablet
noun
A small fresh-water fish (Alburnus alburnus); the bleak.
ablow
ablow
adj
(dated, postpositive) Blowing or being blown; windy.
(obsolete, postpositive) Blossoming, blooming, in blossom.
abmho
abmho
noun
(electricity) A unit of measurement (10⁹ mhos) in the centimeter-gram-second scale used to measure conductance
abner
abnet
abnet
noun
The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.
abode
abode
noun
(dated or law) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
(formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
(obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
(obsolete) An omen; a foretelling.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous.
(transitive, obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
simple past tense and past participle of abide
abody
abohm
abohm
noun
(dated) A unit of electrical resistance equal to one billionth of an ohm (10⁻⁹ ohms), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
aboil
aboil
adj
(figurative) Heated up; excited.
In a boil; boiling.
aboma
aboma
noun
Any of the large South American serpents from the genus Boa or related genera.
aboon
aboon
adj
(Scotland, Britain dialect) Above.
adv
(Scotland, Britain, Cheshire dialect) Above.
prep
(Scotland, Britain dialectal) Above.
abord
abord
noun
(obsolete) The act of approaching or arriving; approach.
(rare) A road, or means of approach.
verb
Alternative form of aboard
aborn
aborn
adj
born, begotten, created, developed
verb
past participle of abear
abort
abort
noun
(computing) An event in which a process is aborted.
(computing) The function used to abort a process.
(military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
(now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
(obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
verb
(intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
(intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
(intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
(intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
(transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
(transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
(transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
(transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
(transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
abote
abott
about
about
adj
In existence; being in evidence; apparent.
Moving around; astir.
Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood.
adv
(archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
(nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
(obsolete or rare) In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
Near; in the vicinity.
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
On all sides; around.
To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
prep
(Chester) Have you much hay about? = Have you much in the process of making?
(figurative) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
(with 'to' and verb infinitive) See about to.
(with present participle, obsolete or dialect) On the point or verge of.
Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
On one's person; nearby the person.
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
above
above
adj
(by ellipsis) Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
Of heaven; heavenly.
adv
(archaic) In addition.
(biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
Above zero; above freezing.
Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
Higher in rank, power, or position.
Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
Into or from heaven; in the sky.
More in number.
noun
(archaic) betterment, raised status or condition.
Heaven.
Higher authority.
Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
prep
(Scotland) In addition to; besides.
(figuratively) Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
(theater) Upstage of.
Beyond; on the other side.
Farther north than.
Higher in rank, status, or position.
In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
In preference to.
Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
abram
abram
adj
(obsolete) auburn
abran
abray
abray
verb
Obsolete form of abraid.
abret
abrim
abrim
adj
Brimming, full to the brim.
abrin
abrin
noun
A toxin, akin to ricin, found in jequirity beans (Abrus precatorius).
abris
abris
noun
plural of abri
abrus
absbh
absee
absey
absey
noun
(obsolete) ABC; alphabet.
(obsolete) Absey book; abecedary.
(obsolete) An alphabetical acrostic list.
absis
absis
noun
Alternative spelling of apsis
absit
absit
noun
(UK) Formal permission to be away from a college for the greater part of the day or more.
A portion of fermenting dough diluted to a paste with water and then cooked.
abstr
abuna
abuna
noun
(Christianity) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.
abune
abune
noun
(Northern England, Scotland) Alternative form of aboon
abura
abura
noun
A large-sized tropical African tree, Mitragyna ledermannii (syn. Mitragyna ciliata)
A medium-sized tropical African tree, Mitragyna stipulosa (syn. M. macrophylla, nom. illeg.), from the family Rubiaceae.
The soft pale wood from the abura tree.
abury
abuse
abuse
noun
(now rare) Catachresis.
(obsolete) A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception.
Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies.
Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom.
Misuse; improper use; perversion.
Physical maltreatment; injury; cruel treatment.
Violation; defilement; rape; forcing of undesired sexual activity by one person on another, often on a repeated basis.
verb
(transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage.
(transitive) To imbibe a drug for a purpose other than it was intended; to intentionally take more of a drug than was prescribed for recreational reasons; to take illegal drugs habitually.
(transitive) To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly.
(transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert
(transitive, archaic) To violate; defile; to rape; (reflexive) to masturbate.
(transitive, obsolete) Misrepresent; adulterate.
(transitive, obsolete) To deceive; to trick; to impose on; misuse the confidence of.
(transitive, obsolete, Scotland) Disuse.
abush
abuta
abuts
abuts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abut
abuzz
abuzz
adj
(postpositive) Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz (“feeling or rush of energy or excitement”), buzzing.
abwab
abwab
noun
(India) A tax, or impost, levied by a chief on a landowner.
abyed
abyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abye
abyes
abyes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abye
abyla
abysm
abysm
noun
(archaic, poetic) Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.
(now chiefly literary) An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole.
abyss
abyss
noun
(figurative) A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
(frequently figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space.
(heraldry) The center of an escutcheon.
(oceanography) The abyssal zone.
(with article) An impending catastrophic happening.
Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound.
Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean.
Moral depravity; vast intellectual or moral depth.
acale
acana
acana
noun
A tree from the West Indies that was valued for its wood and was one of two species, Manilkara valenzuelana or Manilkara bidentata, both from the Sapotaceae family.
acapu
acapu
noun
(uncountable) The dark wood of these trees.
genus Andira.
species Clathrotropis nitida
species Vouacapoua americana
acara
acara
noun
Any of a number of Central American and South American freshwater fish in the family Cichlidae.
acari
acari
noun
plural of acarus
acast
acate
acaws
accad
accel
accel
adv
(music) Abbreviation of accelerando.
noun
(colloquial) acceleration
accoy
accoy
verb
(obsolete) To soothe, to calm; to assuage, to subdue.
accra
accra
noun
A spicy fritter, originally from Ghana but now typically from Haiti.
accts
accts
noun
plural of acct
accum
accur
accus
accus
adj
Abbreviation of accusative.
acedy
acedy
noun
Alternative form of acedia
acerb
acerb
adj
(archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.
(archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.
acers
acers
noun
plural of acer
aceta
aceta
noun
plural of acetum
achab
achad
achan
achar
achar
noun
A spicy and salty pickle in Indian cuisine.
achaz
achaz
Proper noun
definition
ached
ached
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ache
achen
acher
acher
noun
(obsolete) usher
aches
aches
noun
plural of ache
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ache
achoo
achoo
intj
(onomatopoeia) The sound of a sneeze.
noun
The sound of a sneeze.
verb
(colloquial) To sneeze loudly; to make an "achoo" sound.
achor
achor
noun
(obsolete, pathology) dandruff (or similar condition)
acids
acids
noun
plural of acid
acidy
acidy
adj
Like an acid, somewhat acid.
acier
acies
acies
noun
(obsolete) The full attention of one's sight, hearing or other senses, as directed towards a particular object.
acima
acing
acing
verb
present participle of ace
acini
acini
noun
plural of acinus
ackee
ackee
noun
A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan.
The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous.
acker
acker
noun
(regional, now rare) A visible current in a lake or river; a ripple on the surface of water.
Obsolete form of acre.
ackey
ackey
noun
A silver coin once used in the Gold Coast (in Africa)