Unit of electrical current in electromagnetic and Gaussian cgs systems of units, equal to 10 amperes in SI units.
abarambo
abdomens
abdomens
noun
plural of abdomen
abdomina
abelmosk
abelmosk
noun
(uncommon, usually in the plural) Other members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.
The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
The tropical evergreen shrub Abelmoschus moschatus itself.
abelmusk
abelmusk
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of abelmosk in its various senses.
abetment
abetment
noun
(chiefly law) The act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc.
Encouragement or assistance.
abnormal
abnormal
adj
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
noun
A person or object that is not normal.
abomasal
abomasal
adj
Belonging to or involving the abomasum.
abomasum
abomasum
noun
(biology, food) The fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;
the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.
abomasus
abomasus
noun
Alternative form of abomasum
abrahams
abramson
abrocoma
abrocome
abrocome
noun
Either of the ratlike rodents that form the genus Abrocoma; rat chinchilla.
absurdum
absurdum
noun
An illogical conclusion or state.
abumbral
abumbral
adj
Alternative form of exumbrellar
abutment
abutment
noun
(architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
(dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
(engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
(engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
The state of abutting.
accumber
accumber
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To encumber; to crush; to overwhelm.
adnumber
adumbral
adumbral
adj
Dark, shady.
aerobium
agamobia
akalimba
akalimba
noun
An African thumb piano.
akemboll
akerboom
alabaman
albarium
albarium
noun
(art) A form of lime, made by heating marble, used for stucco.
albinism
albinism
noun
Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino.
albumean
albumens
albumens
noun
plural of albumen
albumins
albumins
noun
plural of albumin
albumoid
albumose
albumose
noun
Any of a class of polypeptides formed by digestion of protein; proteose
alburnum
alburnum
noun
sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
alembert
alembics
alembics
noun
plural of alembic
alhambra
alhambra
Proper noun
A palace in Granada, Spain; historically a royal palace.
A solitaire card game played with two decks.
alumbank
amabella
amabelle
amalbena
amatembu
ambaries
ambedkar
amberies
amberies
noun
plural of ambery
amberina
amberite
amberite
noun
A kind of smokeless powder.
amberley
amberoid
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
amberson
ambiance
ambiance
noun
(computer graphics, 3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
ambience
ambience
noun
Alternative spelling of ambiance
ambiency
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
ambilian
ambilogy
ambiopia
ambition
ambition
noun
(countable) An object of an ardent desire.
(obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
(uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
(uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
verb
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
ambivert
ambivert
noun
(psychology) A person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each.
amblosis
amblosis
noun
abortion (termination of pregnancy)
amblotic
amblotic
adj
Causing or relating to amblosis; abortifacient.
amblygon
amblygon
noun
(geometry, obsolete, rare) An obtuse-angled figure, especially a triangle.
amblyope
amblyope
noun
A person afflicted with amblyopia.
amblypod
amboinas
amboinas
noun
plural of amboina
ambonite
ambonnay
amboynas
amboynas
noun
plural of amboyna
ambracan
ambreate
ambreate
noun
(chemistry) A salt of ambreic acid.
ambrette
ambrette
noun
The essential oil produced from the seeds of the musk mallow.
The musk mallow plant (Abelmoschus moschatus).
ambrogio
ambroids
ambroise
ambrosia
ambrosia
noun
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The anointing-oil of the gods.
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
A dessert made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream.
A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.
Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.
Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.
ambrosin
ambrosin
noun
(numismatics) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose on its horseback.
(organic chemistry) The sesquiterpene lactone (3aS,6S,6aR,9aR,9bR)-6,9a-dimethyl-3-methylidene-3a,4,5,6,6a,9b-hexahydroazuleno[8,7-b]furan-2,9-dione present in Ambrosia maritima
ambrosio
ambsaces
ambsaces
noun
plural of ambsace
ambulant
ambulant
adj
Able to walk.
Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.
noun
A patient who is able to walk.
ambulate
ambulate
verb
(intransitive) To walk; to relocate oneself under the power of one's own legs.
ambuling
amburgey
ambushed
ambushed
adj
(figurative) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.
Having been the target of an ambush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambush
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
ambushes
ambushes
noun
plural of ambush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambush
amenable
amenable
adj
(law) Liable to the legal authority of (something).
(mathematics, of a group) Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.
Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
Willing to comply; easily led.
Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
amenably
amenably
adv
In an amenable manner.
amesbury
amesbury
Proper noun
a town in southern Wiltshire, England.
amicable
amicable
adj
Showing friendliness or goodwill.
amicably
amicably
adv
characterized by an absence of antagonism, especially in commonly difficult situations
friendly; in an amicable manner.
out-of-court
amitabha
ammobium
amoebaea
amoebaea
noun
plural of amoebaeum
amoebean
amoebean
adj
Describing a form of prosody featuring alternating responses.
amoebeum
amoebian
amoebian
noun
(zoology) One of the Amoebea.
amoebida
amoeboid
amoeboid
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an amoeba, particularly in having amoeboid movement.
noun
A single-celled organism that moves or feeds by amoeboid movement.
amoebous
amoebous
adj
Alternative spelling of amebous
amoebula
amoibite
amovable
amovable
adj
removable
amphibia
amphibia
noun
The amphibians.
amusable
amusable
adj
Capable of being amused.
animable
animable
adj
Capable of being put into life or receiving animation.
antibalm
aramburu
arbustum
armbands
armbands
noun
plural of armband
armbrust
asamblea
aslumber
aslumber
adj
(poetic) Asleep.
assemble
assemble
verb
(computing) To translate from assembly language to machine code.
(transitive) To put together.
(transitive, intransitive) To gather as a group.
assembly
assembly
noun
(computing) Ellipsis of assembly language.
(computing, Microsoft .NET) A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
(military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
(politics) A legislative body.
A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
The act of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
atremble
atremble
adj
Trembling.
aumbries
aumbries
noun
plural of aumbrie
baalisms
baalshem
babeldom
babeldom
noun
Alternative form of Babeldom
babelism
baboodom
baboodom
noun
Archaic form of babudom.
babooism
babooism
noun
Archaic form of babuism.
backcomb
backcomb
noun
(dated) A decorative comb worn as an ornament and to secure a hairstyle.
The hairstyle produced by backcombing.
verb
To hold hair and comb it towards the head, thus giving it a bushier look.
backgame
backgame
noun
(backgammon) A game in which a player blocks the opponent's progress by forming two or more points in the opponent's home board.
An indirect strategy in which one attempts to achieve one's goals by maneuvering behind the scenes.
backmost
backmost
adj
farthest back
backworm
backworm
noun
(obsolete) The thread-like worm found in filanders, the disease of hawks.
baconism
baculums
badgeman
badgeman
noun
(UK) An almshouse man.
A man who wears a badge.
badgemen
badgemen
noun
plural of badgeman
badmouth
badmouth
verb
(informal) To criticize or malign, especially unfairly or spitefully.
bagmaker
bagmaker
noun
A manufacturer of bags.
bagwoman
bagwoman
noun
A female bagman (person involved with illicit money).
bagwomen
bagwomen
noun
plural of bagwoman
bagworms
bagworms
noun
plural of bagworm
bahamian
bahamian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to the Bahamas, or the Bahamian people.
Noun
A person from the Bahamas or of Bahamian descent.
bahmanid
baianism
baianism
Noun
A school of thought, the immediate historical predecessor of Jansenism, that claimed thorough Augustinianism over the scholasticism which held sway over most Catholic theologians at the time.
bailment
bailment
noun
(law) The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.
(obsolete) Bail.
bailsman
bailsman
noun
(law) A person who provides bail for another
bailsmen
bailsmen
noun
plural of bailsman
bakemeat
bakemeat
noun
(obsolete) Any baked product (such as a pie)
bakerdom
bakerdom
noun
The realm or sphere of bakers; the world of baking.
bakerman
balanism
balarama
balarama
Proper noun
The Hindu god who is the brother of Krishna, holding a plough as a weapon.
ballgame
ballgame
noun
Alternative spelling of ball game
ballmine
ballroom
ballroom
noun
A large room used for dancing and banquets.
A type of elegant dance.
verb
(intransitive) To take part in ballroom dancing.
balmiest
balmiest
adj
superlative form of balmy: most balmy
balmlike
balmlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a balm; soothing, healing.
balmoral
balmoral
noun
(US) An Oxford shoe.
A Scottish cap with a flat top and a plume but no brim; a blue bonnet.