Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.
adv
(obsolete or rare) At or toward the rear of a vessel.
Behind (a vessel); in the rear.
In the direction of the stern; backward (motion); to the rear.
astian
astint
astond
astone
astony
astony
verb
(archaic, transitive) To stun, paralyse, astound.
astron
atalan
ataman
ataman
noun
(historical) A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves.
ataunt
ataunt
adj
Alternative form of a taunto
atglen
athena
athene
athens
athens
Proper noun
The capital city of Greece.
A city in Alabama, USA
A city in Georgia, USA, consolidated with as Athens-Clarke County.
A city in Illinois.
An unincorporated community hamlet in Henry Township, Indiana, USA.
A village in Louisiana.
A town in Maine.
A village in Michigan.
A town and village in New York.
A city in Ohio.
A township in Ontario, Canada.
A borough in Pennsylvania.
A city in Tennessee
A city in Texas
A town in Vermont.
A town in West Virginia.
A village in Wisconsin.
athing
athink
atiana
atimon
atinga
atkins
atkins
Proper noun
meaning "son of Atkin (Adam)".
atmans
atmans
noun
plural of atman
atonal
atonal
adj
(linguistics) Not tonal, lacking tones.
(music) Lacking a tonal center or key.
atoned
atoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atone
atoner
atoner
noun
One who atones.
atones
atones
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of atone
atonia
atonia
noun
Lack of muscle tone.
atonic
atonic
adj
(linguistics) not having tone (pitch)
(medicine) Characterized by atony, or want of vital energy.
(of a sound or syllable) unstressed
(pathology) Lacking muscle tone.
noun
(phonetics, dated) A sound with lack of tone or vocality.
atopen
atopen
noun
(obsolete, immunology) Anything that induces an atopic allergy
attain
attain
verb
(intransitive) To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc.
(transitive) To gain (an object or desired result).
(transitive) To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.).
(transitive, obsolete) To get at the knowledge of.
(transitive, obsolete) To reach a person after being behind them.
(transitive, obsolete) To reach in excellence or degree.
attend
attend
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To listen (to, unto).
(archaic, transitive) To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed.
(intransitive) To turn one's consideration (to); to deal with (a task, problem, concern etc.), to look after.
(intransitive, law) To go to (a place) for some purpose (with at).
(transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; to regularly go to (an event or place).
(transitive, intransitive) To wait upon as a servant etc.; to accompany to assist (someone).
Alternative form of atend ("to kindle").
To be present with; to accompany; to be united or consequent to.
To wait for; to await; to remain, abide, or be in store for.
attent
attent
adj
(archaic) Attentive, heedful; intent.
noun
(obsolete) Attention.
attern
attern
adj
(UK dialectal) Venomous; poisonous.
(UK dialectal, of people) Cruel; fierce; ill-natured.
attorn
attorn
verb
(intransitive, law) To acknowledge the jurisdiction of (a particular court) over one's dispute.
(intransitive, law) To consent to the transfer of one's obligations as tenant under a lease to a new landlord.
(intransitive, law) To transfer one's obligations from a person to another person.
attune
attune
verb
(music, transitive) To bring into musical accord.
(music, transitive) To tune (an instrument).
(transitive, figurative) To bring into harmony or accord.
atturn
atveen
atwain
atwain
adv
(archaic) Into two parts.
atween
atween
prep
(archaic, dialectal) Between.
atwind
atwind
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To escape.
aunter
aunter
noun
(obsolete) adventure
auntie
auntie
noun
(Asia, Africa) Term of familiarity or respect for a middle-aged or elderly woman.
(LGBT, slang, US) An elderly gay man.
Diminutive of aunt
verb
To be or behave like the aunt of.
auntly
auntly
adj
Of, like, or characteristic of an aunt.
adv
In the manner of an aunt.
auntre
austen
austen
Proper noun
a variant of Austin.
English novelist.
austin
austin
Proper noun
The capital city of the state of Texas in the United States of America.
A county in Texas.
A city in Minnesota, USA
An unincorporated community and CDP in Nevada, which was the county seat until 1979.
name, in modern usage transferred back from the surname.
A former make of British motor car.
Adjective
Augustinian.
auston
authon
autumn
autumn
adj
Of or relating to autumn; autumnal
noun
(by extension) The time period when someone or something is past its prime.
(fashion) A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing.
Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.
verb
(intransitive) To spend the autumn (in a particular place).
To undergo the changes associated with autumn, such as leaves changing color and falling from trees.
avanti
avaunt
avaunt
intj
(archaic) Begone; depart; used in contempt or abhorrence.
noun
(obsolete) A vaunt; a boast.
verb
(archaic) To vaunt; to boast.
(obsolete) To advance; to move forward; to elevate.
(obsolete) To depart; to move away.
ayenst
ayntab
azotin
bagnet
bagnet
noun
(Philippines) crispy pork belly
bagnut
baktun
baktun
noun
Alternative spelling of b'ak'tun
balant
banate
banate
noun
Synonym of banat
bandit
bandit
noun
(military, aviation) An aircraft identified as an enemy, but distinct from "hostile" or "threat" in that it is not immediately to be engaged.
(sports, slang) A runner who covertly joins a race without having registered as a participant.
An outlaw.
One who cheats others.
One who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To rob, or steal from, in the manner of a bandit.
banket
banket
noun
A sweet almond dessert pastry that originated in the Netherlands.
bannat
bannat
noun
Alternative form of banat (“territory governed by a ban”)
bannet
bannut
bannut
noun
(dialectal, England) The English walnut.
bantam
bantam
adj
Small or miniature.
Spirited or aggressive.
noun
(sports) A competitor in an age division between peewee and midget.
Any of several small chickens, especially of a breed that is a miniature version of another breed.
bantay
banter
banter
noun
Sharp, good-humoured, playful, typically spontaneous conversation.
verb
(UK, dialect) To haggle; cheapen the price.
(intransitive) To engage in banter or playful conversation.
(intransitive) To play or do something amusing.
(transitive) To delude or trick; to play a prank upon.
(transitive) To joke about; to ridicule (a trait, habit, etc.).
(transitive) To tease (someone) mildly.
(transitive, US, Southern and Western, colloquial) To challenge to a match.
bantin
bantry
bantus
barnet
barnet
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang) hair (on one's head)
barton
barton
noun
(archaic) an arrangement of blocks and pulleys; a burton
A farmyard.
the lands of a manor reserved for the Lord's use
basnat
basnet
basten
baston
baston
noun
(heraldry) Obsolete form of baton.
(obsolete) A staff or cudgel.
(obsolete) An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court.
bataan
bating
bating
adj
(Cornwall, Devon, dialect) Of the moon, when it is waning.
prep
(now rare) Apart from; except.
verb
present participle of bate
batino
batino
noun
Alstonia macrophylla, Southeast Asian tree of the dogbane family
batlan
batlon
batman
batman
noun
(Turkish units of measure) A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg.
(by extension, informal) A personal assistant or supporter.
(historical units of measure) A Turkish unit of weight varying by location, time, and item from 2–8 okas (about 2.5–10 kg).
(military) A servant or valet to a military officer.
verb
(slang, mountaineering) To climb up or down a rope free hand (i.e. as Batman does).
To act as a batman, wait on an officer.
batmen
batmen
noun
plural of batman
batons
batons
noun
plural of baton
batoon
batoon
noun
(archaic) A baton.
verb
Archaic form of baton.
batson
batten
batten
noun
(nautical) A long strip of wood, metal, fibreglass etc., used for various purposes aboard ship, especially one inserted in a pocket sewn on the sail in order to keep the sail flat.
(theater) In stagecraft, a long pipe, usually metal, affixed to the ceiling or fly system in a theater.
A thin strip of wood used in construction to hold members of a structure together or to provide a fixing point.
The movable bar of a loom, which strikes home or closes the threads of a woof.
verb
(intransitive) To become better; improve in condition, especially by feeding.
(intransitive) To gratify a morbid appetite or craving; gloat.
(intransitive) To thrive by feeding; grow fat; feed oneself gluttonously.
(intransitive) To thrive, prosper, or live in luxury, especially at the expense of others; fare sumptuously.
(intransitive, figurative) To feed (on); to revel (in).
(nautical) To fasten or secure a hatch etc using battens.
(transitive) To fertilize or enrich, as land.
(transitive) To improve by feeding; fatten; make fat or cause to thrive due to plenteous feeding.
To furnish with battens.
batton
batton
noun
Archaic form of batten.
batzen
batzen
noun
(historical) A silver coin minted in Bern, Switzerland from the 15th century until the mid-19th century, equal to 10 rappen.
beaten
beaten
adj
(cooking, of a liquid) Mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement.
(dated) Trite; hackneyed.
Defeated.
Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows.
verb
past participle of beat
beaton
bejant
bejant
noun
A first-year male student at the University of St Andrews in Scotland.
benita
bernat
besant
betain
bezant
bezant
noun
(heraldry) The heraldic representation of a gold coin.
(history) A coin made of gold or silver, minted at Byzantium and used in currency throughout mediaeval Europe.
bhutan
binate
binate
adj
(botany) Double; growing in pairs or couples.
verb
(Catholicism, intransitive) To perform bination; to hold Mass twice on the same day.
bizant
boaten
bonita
botany
botany
noun
(countable) A botanical treatise or study, especially of a particular system of botany or that of a particular place.
(uncountable) The scientific study of plants, a branch of biology. Typically those disciplines that involve the whole plant.
The plant life of a geographical area; flora.
The properties and life phenomena exhibited by a plant, plant type, or plant group.
brandt
branta
brants
brants
noun
plural of brant
briant
brotan
bruant
bryant
bryant
Proper noun
derived from Brian.
name transferred from the surname.
buntal
buntal
noun
A fibre obtained from palms of the genus Corypha.
butane
butane
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon (either of the two isomers of C₄H₁₀ n-butane, and 2-methyl-propane) found in gaseous petroleum fractions.
(organic chemistry, uncountable) The n-butane isomer only.
byzant
byzant
noun
Alternative form of bezant
cadent
cadent
adj
Falling.
caftan
caftan
noun
Alternative spelling of kaftan
canaut
cannat
cannet
cannet
abbrev
(Tyneside) cannot, can't
cannot
cannot
noun
A person who cannot do (something).
Something that cannot be done.
verb
Be forbidden or not permitted to
Can not (be unable to).
cantab
cantab
Noun
A graduate of Cambridge University.
cantal
cantal
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Cantal
cantar
cantar
noun
Alternative spelling of kantar
canted
canted
adj
Having angles.
Inclined at an angle to something else; sloping.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cant
cantel
cantel
noun
Alternative form of cantle
canter
canter
noun
A gait of a horse between a trot and a gallop, consisting of three beats and a "suspension" phase, where there are no feet on the ground. Also describing this gait on other four legged animals.
A ride on a horse at such speed.
One who cants or whines; a beggar.
One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.
verb
(intransitive) To move at such pace.
(transitive) To cause to move at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.
canthi
canthi
noun
plural of canthus
cantic
cantic
adj
angled
canting
oblique, slanting
cantil
cantil
noun
Any of various snakes of the species Agkistrodon bilineatus.
cantle
cantle
noun
(Scotland) On many styles of sporran, a metal arc along the top of the pouch, usually fronting the clasp.
(Scotland) The top of the head.
(obsolete) A splinter, slice, or sliver broken off something.
The raised back of a saddle.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To cut into pieces.
(obsolete, transitive) To cut out from.
canton
canton
noun
(heraldry) A division of a shield occupying one third of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.
(obsolete) A song or canto.
(obsolete) A subdivision of a county, of Quebec, Canada; equivalent to a township.
A division of Luxembourg, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, etc.
A division of a political unit.
A small community or clan.
A subdivision of a flag, the rectangular inset on the upper hoist (i.e., flagpole) side (e.g., the stars of the US national flag are in a canton).
A subdivision of an arrondissement of France.
One of the states comprising the Swiss Confederation.
verb
(transitive) To allot quarters to troops.
(transitive) To delineate as a separate district.
(transitive) To divide into cantons.
cantor
cantor
noun
A prayer leader in a Jewish service; a hazzan
singer, especially someone who takes a special role of singing or song leading at a ceremony
cantos
cantos
noun
plural of canto
cantus
cantus
Noun
A melody or song, particularly ecclesiastical.
The principal voice.
cantut
canute
captan
captan
noun
(chemistry) Ethyl mercaptan.
A particular phthalimide fungicide.
carnet
carnet
noun
(law) A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article
A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.
An admission pass.
carnot
cartan
carton
carton
noun
(Australia) A cardboard box that holds (usually 24) beer bottles or cans.
(archaic) A kind of thin pasteboard.
(archaic) A shot that strikes this disc.
(archaic) A small disc within the bullseye of a target.
A pack of cigarettes, usually ten, wrapped in cellophane or packed in a light cardboard box.
An inexpensive, disposable box-like container fashioned from either paper, paper with wax-covering (wax paper), or other lightweight material.
verb
To put in a carton.
casten
casten
verb
(archaic, poetic) past participle of cast
catano
catena
catena
noun
(soil science) A series of distinct soils arrayed along a slope.
A series of related items.
cathin
catina
cating
cation
cation
noun
(physical chemistry) a positively charged ion, i.e. one that would be attracted to the cathode in electrolysis
catkin
catkin
noun
(botany) A type of inflorescence, consisting of an axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar.
catlin
catlin
noun
Alternative form of catling (surgical knife)
catnap
catnap
noun
A brief, light sleep, usually during the daytime.
verb
(intransitive) To take a catnap (short sleep or nap).