(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.
acerb
acerb
adj
(archaic) Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, such as unripe fruit.
(archaic, figurative) Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself.
achab
acrab
adobe
adobe
noun
A house made of adobe brick.
An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
The earth from which such bricks are made.
adobo
adobo
noun
A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.
A marinade.
akaba
akbar
akebi
akebi
noun
Any of the genus Akebia of five species of flowering plant in the family Lardizabalaceae.
akiba
akyab
alban
alban
noun
(chemistry, now rare) A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta-percha by the action of alcohol or ether.
albas
albas
noun
plural of alba
albay
albee
alben
alber
albia
albie
albin
album
album
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
A collection, especially of literary items
A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.
A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record.
A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks
albur
albus
albyn
albyn
Proper noun
Scotland, especially the Highlands.
alibi
alibi
noun
(law) The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed.
(sometimes proscribed) An excuse, especially one used to avoid responsibility or blame.
verb
To provide an alibi for.
To provide an excuse for.
amban
amban
noun
(now historical) A Chinese official under the Qing Dynasty, especially the ranking official or provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under Chinese rule.
ambar
ambar
noun
(rare) Any of various kinds of subterranean or barn-like granary, depending on context, in Iran, Turkey, Russia or the Balkans.
ambas
ambas
noun
plural of amba
ambay
amber
amber
adj
Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.
noun
(Britain) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection when safe to do so.
(biology, genetics, biochemistry) The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
(obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.
(uncountable) Hesitance to proceed, or limited approval to proceed; an amber light.
A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
A yellow-orange colour.
verb
(intransitive, rare, chiefly poetic or literary) To take on the yellow colour of amber.
(transitive, rare) To perfume or flavour with ambergris.
(transitive, rare) To preserve in amber.
(transitive, rare, chiefly poetic or literary) To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
ambia
ambie
ambit
ambit
noun
(archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
(archaic, rare) The circumference of something circular; also, an arc; a circuit, an orbit.
(obsolete) Chiefly in the plural form ambits: the open space surrounding a building, town, etc.; the grounds or precincts of a place.
The area or sphere of control and influence of something.
The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.
amble
amble
noun
An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
verb
(intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
(intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
ambon
ambon
noun
Alternative form of ambo
ambos
ambos
noun
plural of ambo
amboy
ambry
ambry
noun
(architecture) A cupboard or storage area in a church to hold books, communion vessels, vestments, etc.; an armarium.
(now historical, rare) A bookcase; a library or archive.
(now rare) A pantry, or place to store food.
(obsolete) A storehouse, especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage.
ambur
ameba
ameba
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of amoeba
anabo
aniba
aqaba
araba
araba
noun
(historical) A horse-drawn carriage once used for transportation in pre-modern Turkey.
arabi
arabs
araby
araby
Proper noun
Arabia
arber
arber
noun
(finance, gambling, informal) One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur.
arbil
arbil
Proper noun
the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan; called Arbela in classical times
arbon
arbor
arbor
noun
A bar for supporting cutting tools.
A grove of trees.
A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation.
A spindle of a wheel.
An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe.
ardeb
ardeb
noun
A Middle Eastern unit of volume used for agricultural crops.