(rare, plural only) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; buttals.
An abutment.
The act of abutting.
verb
(transitive) To describe a piece of land in terms of its abuttals.
abutted
abutted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abut
abutter
abutter
noun
One who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate.
abvolts
abvolts
noun
plural of abvolt
abwatts
abwatts
noun
plural of abwatt
abysmal
abysmal
adj
(figurative) extremely bad; terrible.
(now rare) Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss.
abyssal
abyssal
adj
(archaic) Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable.
(geography) Of or belonging to the ocean depths, especially below 2000 metres (6500 ft): abyssal zone.
(geology) Pertaining to or occurring at excessive depths in the earth's crust; plutonic.
abysses
abysses
noun
plural of abyss
abyssus
abyssus
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of abyss
acaceae
acacian
acacian
Noun
A follower of a 4th-century bishop.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Acacians.
Relating to a rift that occurred in the early 6th century, between the Eastern and Western Christian churches, occurring during the rule of
acacias
acacias
noun
plural of acacia
acaciin
acaciin
noun
(chemistry) A glycoside found in the leaves of a false acacia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia; C₂₈H₃₂O₁₄.
acacine
acacine
noun
Alternative spelling of acacin
academe
academe
noun
(historical) The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met.
(poetic) An academy; a place of learning.
(poetic) The scholarly life, environment, or community.
A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant.
academy
academy
noun
(UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.
(classical studies, usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
(classical studies, usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.
(obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.
(with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
acadian
acadian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Acadia, its people, or their language or culture.
Of or pertaining to the Acadian epoch.
Proper noun
A native of Acadia or their descendants who moved to Louisiana; a Cajun.
A French speaking descendant of the early settlers in the Maritime Provinces.
Acadian French: the form of French spoken in Acadia.
The Middle Cambrian epoch, lasting from 497 million years ago to 509 million years ago.
acajous
acajous
noun
plural of acajou
acaleph
acaleph
noun
(dated) A member of the former Acalephae group, now a part of the Cnidaria phylum.
acantha
acantha
noun
(anatomy) A spinous process of a vertebra.
(botany) A prickle.
(zoology) A spine or prickly fin.
acanthi
acapnia
acapnia
noun
The state in which the level of carbon dioxide in the blood and tissue is significantly lower than normal.
acarari
acardia
acardia
noun
A birth defect in which the heart is absent
acarian
acarian
noun
Any mite or tick of the subclass Acari
acarida
acarids
acarids
noun
plural of acarid
acarina
acarine
acarine
adj
(medicine) Of or caused by acari or mites.
noun
(zoology) Synonym of acarid.
acarnan
acaroid
acaroid
adj
(biology, zoology) Shaped like or resembling a mite.
acastus
acatery
acaudal
acaudal
adj
acaudate
accable
accable
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To overwhelm; to encumber.
accalia
acceded
acceded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accede
acceder
acceder
noun
One who accedes.
accedes
accedes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accede
accents
accents
noun
plural of accent
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accent
accepts
accepts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accept
accerse
accidia
accidie
accidie
noun
(now literary) Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy.
accinge
accinge
verb
(reflexive, archaic) To prepare oneself for action.
acclaim
acclaim
noun
(obsolete) A claim.
(poetic) An acclamation; a shout of applause.
verb
(Canada, politics) To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation.
(archaic, transitive) To shout; to call out.
(transitive) To declare by acclamations.
(transitive) To express great approval (for).
(transitive, obsolete) To claim.
(transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
accoast
accoast
verb
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To lie or sail along the coast or side (of); to accost.
accolle
accomac
accomac
Proper noun
a community in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in Virginia, USA
accompt
accompt
noun
(archaic) Account.
verb
(archaic) To account.
accords
accords
noun
plural of accord
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accord
accosts
accosts
noun
plural of accost
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accost
account
account
noun
(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
(archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
(banking) A bank account.
(uncountable) Profit; advantage.
A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
A record of events; a relation or narrative.
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
verb
(intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
(intransitive) To consider that.
(intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
(intransitive, now rare) To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc.
(obsolete) To count (up), enumerate.
(obsolete) To recount, relate (a narrative etc.).
(obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify.
(transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
(transitive, now rare) To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time).
accourt
accourt
verb
(obsolete) To treat courteously; to court.
accoyed
accoyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accoy
accrete
accrete
adj
(botany) Grown together
Characterized by accretion; made up
verb
(intransitive) To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.
(intransitive) To grow together, combine; to fuse.
(transitive) To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing.
accrual
accrual
noun
(accounting) from the creditor's viewpoint, a charge incurred in one accounting period that has not been, but is to be, paid by the end of it.
An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose
accrued
accrued
adj
Having increased through accrual; having risen over time or due to financial transactions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accrue
accruer
accruer
noun
(law) The act of accruing; accretion.
accrues
accrues
noun
plural of accrue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accrue
accueil
accurre
accurse
accurse
verb
To damn; to wish misery or evil upon
accurst
accurst
adj
Archaic spelling of accursed.
verb
past participle of accurse
accusal
accusal
noun
An accusation
accused
accused
adj
Having been accused; being the target of accusations.
noun
(law) The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accuse
accuser
accuser
noun
One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
accuses
accuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accuse
accusor
accusor
noun
Alternative spelling of accuser
acedias
acemila
acephal
acephal
noun
(zoology) One of the Acephala.
acepots
acepots
noun
Synonym of acepot
acequia
acequia
noun
(used in the Southwestern US or in reference to Spain, chiefly agriculture) An irrigation ditch.
acerata
acerata
Adjective
Sharp? Sharpened?
acerate
acerate
adj
Acerose; needle-shaped; long and pointed
noun
(chemistry) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.
acerbas
acerber
acerber
adj
comparative form of acerb: more acerb
acerbic
acerbic
adj
(figurative) Sharp, harsh, biting.
Tasting sour or bitter.
acerbly
acerbly
adv
In an acerb manner.
acerdol
acerdol
noun
(chemistry) calcium permanganate
acerola
acerola
noun
A tree of the West Indies and northern South America, Malpighia glabra.
acerose
acerose
adj
(botany) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy.
(botany) needle-shaped, having a sharp, rigid point, as the leaf of the pine.
acerous
acerous
adj
(zoology) Destitute of tentacles.
(zoology) Without antennae.
Alternative spelling of acerose
acerval
acerval
adj
(obsolete) Pertaining to a heap.
aceship
acesius
acestes
acetals
acetals
noun
plural of acetal
acetars
acetary
acetary
noun
An acid pulp in certain fruits, such as the pear.
acetate
acetate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetic acid.
A transparent sheet used for overlays.
Cellulose acetate.
Ellipsis of acetate disc.: a disc of aluminium covered in a wax used to make demonstration copies of a phonograph record.
acetiam
acetify
acetify
verb
(intransitive) To turn acid
(transitive) To convert into acid or vinegar.
acetine
acetins
acetins
noun
plural of acetin
acetite
acetize
acetize
verb
(rare) To acetify.
acetoin
acetoin
noun
(organic chemistry) The compound 3-hydroxybutanone CH₃-CO-CH(OH)-CH₃ that is one of the constituents of the flavour of butter
acetone
acetone
noun
(organic chemistry) A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH₃)₂CO, used as a solvent.
acetose
acetose
adj
Sour like vinegar; acetous.
acetous
acetous
adj
Causing, or connected with, acetification
Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
acetyls
acetyls
noun
plural of acetyl
achaean
achaeta
achaeus
achagua
achaian
achango
achaque
acharne
acharya
acharya
noun
(historical, rare) a scholar, practitioner, professional, specialist, disciplinarian imparting knowledge.
(historical, rare) an individual who practices or is knowledgeable on any of the prevalent disciplines of customs, learning, rituals, arts, traditions, schools etc., especially one imparting them into pupils.
achates
achates
noun
plural of achate
achenes
achenes
noun
plural of achene
achenia
achenia
noun
plural of achenium
acheron
acheson
achiest
achiest
adj
superlative form of achy: most achy
achieve
achieve
verb
(intransitive) To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance.
(obsolete, intransitive) To conclude, to turn out.
(obsolete, transitive) To conclude, finish, especially successfully.
(transitive) To carry out successfully; to accomplish.
(transitive) To obtain, or gain (a desired result, objective etc.), as the result of exertion; to succeed in gaining; to win.
(transitive, now literary) To obtain (a material thing).
Show all the spoils by valiant kings achieved.
achigan
achille
achiote
achiote
noun
A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree.
An orange-red dye obtained from this seed.
The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
acholia
acholia
noun
(medicine, pathology) Deficiency or absence of bile.
acholic
acholic
adj
(medicine) Lacking bile (or bile pigments) (for example, making feces light-colored).
acholoe
achroma
achuete
achylia
achylia
noun
(pathology) The lack or reduced production of gastric juices in any part of the digestive tract.
achymia
acicula
acicula
noun
One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.
acidify
acidify
verb
(figurative) To sour; to embitter.
To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.