(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.
abats
abbas
abbas
noun
plural of abba
abbes
abbes
noun
plural of abbe
abets
abets
noun
plural of abet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abet
abies
abies
noun
A tannin made from the barks of firs and spruces.
A tree of the genus Abies.
ables
ables
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of able
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
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
abuts
abuts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abut
abyes
abyes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abye
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.
acast
acaws
accts
accts
noun
plural of acct
accus
accus
adj
Abbreviation of accusative.
acers
acers
noun
plural of acer
aches
aches
noun
plural of ache
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ache
acids
acids
noun
plural of acid
acies
acies
noun
(obsolete) The full attention of one's sight, hearing or other senses, as directed towards a particular object.
aclys
acmes
acmes
noun
plural of acme
acnes
acnes
noun
plural of acne
acost
acres
acres
noun
plural of acre
actis
actos
actus
actus
noun
(historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of area, equivalent to a square with sides of 1 actus (about 0.125 ha)
(historical units of measure) A former Roman unit of length, equal to 120 Roman feet (about 35.5 m)
acyls
acyls
noun
plural of acyl
adams
adays
adays
adv
(obsolete) In the daytime.
(obsolete) Nowadays; in the present time period.
addis
adeps
adeps
noun
(physiology) Soft or liquid animal fat.
adest
adios
adios
intj
(in Spanish contexts) goodbye
verb
to say goodbye to
adits
adits
noun
plural of adit
adsum
adusk
adusk
adj
(rare) Resembling conditions at dusk or twilight, low-lit, dark; in darkness, gloomy.
adv
(rare) At dusk; in the dusk or twilight.
adust
adust
adj
(archaic) Burnt or having a scorched colour.
(by extension) Hot and dry; thirsty or parched.
(medicine, historical, usually postpositive) Of a bodily humour: abnormally dark or over-concentrated (associated with various states of discomfort or illness, specifically being too hot or dry).
adzes
adzes
noun
plural of adze
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adz
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adze
aedes
aegis
aegis
noun
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center.
(figuratively) Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship.
aeons
aeons
noun
plural of aeon
aesir
aesir
noun
The chief gods of pagan Scandinavia.
aesop
afads
afars
afips
afros
afros
noun
plural of afro
agars
agars
noun
plural of agar
agasp
agasp
adj
(archaic) In a state of gasping.
agast
agast
adj
(archaic) Alternative spelling of aghast
agers
agers
noun
plural of ager
aghas
aghas
noun
plural of agha
agios
agios
noun
plural of agio
agism
agism
noun
Alternative spelling of ageism (agism is less common and sometimes deprecated)
agist
agist
verb
(transitive) To charge lands etc. with any public burden.
(transitive) To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.
agmas
agmas
noun
plural of agma
agnes
agnus
agons
agons
noun
plural of agon
agsam
agsam
noun
(Philippines) The plant Lygodium circinnatum, a large fern.
agues
agues
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ague
agush
agush
adj
In a gushing state.
agust
agust
noun
The tree Sesbania grandiflora.
ahems
ahems
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ahem
ahoys
ahoys
noun
plural of ahoy
ahsan
ahush
aides
aides
noun
plural of aide
aidos
aidos
noun
shame, modesty, or humility, regarded as a virtue in Ancient Greece
ailis
ailsa
ainus
aires
aires
noun
plural of aire
airns
airns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airn
airts
airts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airt
aisha
aisle
aisle
noun
(US, politics) An idiomatic divide between the Republican Party and the Democratic Party, who are said to be on two sides of the aisle.
(transport) Seat in public transport, such as a plane, train or bus, that's beside the aisle.
A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale.
A clear path through rows of seating.
A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers.
Any path through an otherwise obstructed space.
The path of a wedding procession in a church or other venue; (by extension, metonymically) marriage.
aisne
aitis
akasa
akasa
noun
ether or atmosphere, as one of the elements in Hindu philosophy.
akees
akees
noun
plural of akee
akers
akers
noun
plural of aker
akins
aksel
aksum
alans
alans
noun
plural of alan
albas
albas
noun
plural of alba
albus
alces
alcis
alcus
aldas
aldis
aldos
aldus
alecs
alecs
noun
plural of alec
alefs
alefs
noun
plural of alef
aleus
alfas
alfas
noun
plural of alfa
algas
alias
alias
adv
(law) Used to connect the different names of a person who has gone by two or more, and whose true name is for any cause doubtful
Otherwise; at another time; in other circumstances; otherwise called.
noun
(computing) An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks.
(law) A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect.
(signal processing) An spurious signal generated as a technological artifact.
Another name; an assumed name.
verb
(computing) To assign an additional name to an entity, often a more user-friendly one.
(signal processing, of two signals) to become indistinguishable
alids
alifs
alifs
noun
plural of alif
alisa
alish
alish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of ale.
aliso
alisp
alist
alist
noun
(programming) An association list.
alius
alkes
allis
allys
almas
almas
noun
caviar from the albino beluga
plural of alma
almes
almes
noun
plural of alme
alnus
aloes
aloes
noun
(plural only) The resin of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for its fragrant odour.
The wood of the agalloch.
plural of aloe
alois
alosa
alosa
noun
shad
alose
alose
noun
American shad (Alosa sapidissima).
European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.
alost
aloys
alsea
alsea
Proper noun
An extinct Penutian language spoken in the United States.
alsen
alsey
alsip
alson
alsop
alsop
Proper noun
An unincorporated community in Virginia.
altes
altis
altos
altus
alums
alums
noun
plural of alum
alves
alvis
alvus
alysa
alyse
alyss
amaas
amaas
noun
Synonym of alastrim (“milder variant of smallpox”)