(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.
abbye
abody
abray
abray
verb
Obsolete form of abraid.
absey
absey
noun
(obsolete) ABC; alphabet.
(obsolete) Absey book; abecedary.
(obsolete) An alphabetical acrostic list.
abury
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.
accoy
accoy
verb
(obsolete) To soothe, to calm; to assuage, to subdue.
acedy
acedy
noun
Alternative form of acedia
acidy
acidy
adj
Like an acid, somewhat acid.
ackey
ackey
noun
A silver coin once used in the Gold Coast (in Africa)
aclys
acryl
acryl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from acrylic acid :- CH₂=CH-CO-
acyls
acyls
noun
plural of acyl
adagy
adaty
adays
adays
adv
(obsolete) In the daytime.
(obsolete) Nowadays; in the present time period.
adlay
adley
adley
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
adoxy
adyge
adyta
adyta
noun
plural of adyton
plural of adytum
afley
afray
afyon
agamy
agamy
noun
(biology) Asexual reproduction.
Absence or nonrecognition of marriage, or absence of a pair bond.
agaty
agaty
adj
Of the nature of agate, or containing agate.
aggry
aggry
adj
Applied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture.
agley
agley
adj
(Scotland) Wrong; askew.
adv
(chiefly Scotland) Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
agony
agony
noun
(biblical) The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
Extreme pain.
Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
The last struggle of life; death struggle.
Violent contest or striving.
aguey
aguey
adj
Conditions associated with catching ague.
In the state of having a high fever accompanied by shaking or shivering.
agway
ahoys
ahoys
noun
plural of ahoy
aiery
aiery
adj
Obsolete form of aery.
ailey
ailyn
akyab
alary
alary
adj
Pertaining to wings.
albay
albyn
albyn
Proper noun
Scotland, especially the Highlands.
alday
ality
aliya
aliya
noun
Alternative spelling of aliyah
alkyd
alkyd
noun
A synthetic resin derived from a reaction between alcohol and certain acids, used as a base for many laminates, paints and coatings.
alkyl
alkyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a series of univalent radicals of the general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁ derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons.
allay
allay
noun
(obsolete) An alloy.
Alleviation; abatement; check.
verb
(archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
(archaic, by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.
(intransitive, obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.
(transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
(transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
alley
alley
noun
(baseball) The area between the outfielders.
(bowling) An elongated wooden strip of floor along which a bowling ball is rolled.
(bowling) An establishment where bowling is played.
(perspective drawing) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length.
(tennis) The extra area between the sidelines or tramlines on a tennis court that is used for doubles matches.
A glass marble or taw.
A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings.
A passageway between rows of pews in a church.
A walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes.
The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office.
alloy
alloy
noun
(archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.
(figurative) Fusion, marriage, combination.
A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
verb
(figurative) To impair or debase by mixture.
To mix or combine; often used of metals.
To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.
allyl
allyl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical, CH₂=CH-CH₂-, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.
allyn
allys
alody
alogy
alogy
noun
(obsolete) unreasonableness; absurdity
aloys
alroy
alsey
altay
altay
Proper noun
The mountain range in central Asia, where Russia, China, Mongolia and Kazakhstan come together.
Altay, Xinjiang, China.
Altay Prefecture.
alway
alway
adv
(archaic) Alternative form of always
alwyn
alwyn
Proper noun
name, a rare variant of Alwin.
alyce
alyda
alysa
alyse
alyss
amary
amaty
amaya
amaya
Proper noun
name borrowed from in the 1990s.
ambay
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.
amery
amity
amity
noun
(formal, literary) Friendship. The cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis.
Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord.
amory
amory
Proper noun
name, today often transferred back from the surname.
amply
amply
adv
In an ample manner; extensively; thoroughly.
ampyx
ampyx
noun
A woman's headband (sometimes of metal), for binding the front hair in Ancient Greece.
amyas
amylo
amyls
amyls
noun
plural of amyl
angry
angry
adj
(figuratively, said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing.
(said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.
Displaying or feeling anger.
verb
(obsolete) To anger.
anhyd
annoy
annoy
noun
(literary, archaic) A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes.
(literary, archaic) That which causes such a feeling.
verb
(intransitive) To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome.
(transitive) To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds.
(transitive) To molest; to harm; to injure.
anomy
anomy
noun
Alternative spelling of anomie
antsy
antsy
adj
(slang) restless, apprehensive and fidgety
anury
anury
noun
(medicine, archaic) anuria
anyah
apery
apery
noun
A place where apes are kept.
The practice of aping; an apish action.
appay
appay
verb
Obsolete form of apay.
apply
apply
adj
Alternative spelling of appley
verb
(intransitive) To pertain or be relevant to a specified individual or group.
(intransitive) To submit oneself as a candidate (with the adposition "to" designating the recipient of the submission, and the adposition "for" designating the position).
(obsolete) To busy; to keep at work; to ply.
(obsolete) To visit.
(transitive) To address; to refer; generally used reflexively.
(transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
(transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative
(transitive) To put closely; to join; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention
(transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case
aptly
aptly
adv
In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably
araby
araby
Proper noun
Arabia
arany
archy
archy
adj
Resembling an arch; having arches; arched; arching
noun
(anarchism, usually derogatory) A political theory or practice that supports hierarchy and authority; the opposite of anarchy.
ardys
arefy
arefy
verb
(transitive, intransitive, archaic) To dry, or make dry; wither.
arjay
arley
arlyn
armyn
arney
array
array
noun
(law) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
(mathematics) Common name for matrix.
(military) A militia.
(programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially, a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
A group of hedgehogs.
A large collection.
A microarray.
An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
Clothing and ornamentation.
Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
verb
(law) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.
To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal.
arrey
arrey
intj
(India) Expressing surprise or alarm; hey.
arsyl
artly
artly
adv
(obsolete) With art or skill.
artsy
artsy
adj
Alternative form of arty
aryan
aryan
Noun
A member of an alleged master race with no fixed definition, comprising people of Germanic descent (in the narrowest sense), or all non-Jewish Caucasians (in the broadest sense)
A person of Caucasian ethnicity; a white non-Jew.
A Caucasian racist, often one who is an Aryan in the first sense.
An Indo-European, a Proto-Indo-European.
An Indo-Iranian.
A subdivision of the Caucasian race, which comprised the Aryans, the Semites, and the Hamites, or the accompanying linguistic subdivision.
Adjective
Pertaining, in racial theories, to the (alleged) Aryan master race.
Pertaining to the Caucasian ethnicity.
Pertaining to Caucasian racists or their organisations, theories, etc.
Of or pertaining to Indo-Iranian peoples, cultures, and languages.
Of or pertaining to Indo-European peoples, cultures and languages.
Proper noun
The language of the original Aryans.
aryls
aryls
noun
plural of aryl
ascry
ashby
ashly
assay
assay
noun
Examination and determination; test.
Tested purity or value.
The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
The alloy or metal to be assayed.
The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something.
Trial by danger or by affliction; adventure; risk; hardship; state of being tried.
Trial, attempt.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To try, attempt (to do something).
(obsolete, transitive) To test the abilities of (someone) in combat; to fight.
(transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.).
(transitive) To attempt (something).
To affect.
To try tasting, as food or drink.
assyr
astay
astay
adv
(nautical) Of an anchor, such that in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.
asway
asway
adj
Swaying.
asyla
asyle
async
async
adj
(computing) Abbreviation of asynchronous.
asyut
ataxy
ataxy
noun
(medicine) ataxia
(obsolete) disorder; irregularity
ately
athey
atimy
atimy
noun
(historical, Ancient Greece) public disgrace or stigma; outlawry; loss of civil rights
atomy
atomy
adj
Resembling a tiny particle; made up of tiny particles.
noun
(archaic) A floating mote or speck of dust.
(archaic) A skeleton.
(archaic) A tiny being; a very small person.
(archaic) An indivisible particle.
atony
atony
noun
Lack of muscle tone; flaccidity or atonia
atopy
atopy
noun
(medicine) A hereditary disorder marked by the tendency to develop localized immediate hypersensitivity reactions to allergens such as pollen, food etc and is manifested by hay fever, asthma, or similar allergic conditions; generally considered to be caused by the interaction of environmental and genetic factors.
A person suffering from atopic syndrome; a case of atopy.
attry
attry
adj
Alternative form of attery
atypy
aubry
aubyn
audly
audry
aunty
aunty
noun
Alternative spelling of auntie
auryl
autry
aveny
avery
avery
Proper noun
name, today often transferred back from the surname.
name of modern usage.
aways
aways
adv
Alternative spelling of a ways
awkly
awkly
adv
(obsolete) Awkwardly.
(obsolete) In an unlucky or perverse manner.
ayahs
ayala
ayden
ayden
Proper noun
name, a new American spelling variant of Aidan.
A town in North Carolina.
aydin
ayelp
ayelp
adv
yelping.
ayens
ayers
ayina
ayins
ayins
noun
plural of ayin
aylet
aylet
noun
(heraldry) A black bird with red feet and beak.
ayllu
ayllu
noun
A traditional family-based community in the Andes, especially among Quechua and Aymara peoples.