One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
abactor
abactor
noun
(law, obsolete) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.
abadite
abadite
Noun
Alternative form of Ibadite.
abagtha
abantes
abatage
abatage
noun
Alternative form of abattage
abaters
abaters
noun
plural of abater
abating
abating
noun
(rhetoric) Anesis.
verb
present participle of abate
abators
abators
noun
plural of abator
abattis
abattis
noun
Alternative spelling of abatis
abattue
abature
abature
noun
(usually in the plural) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
abbatie
abbatie
noun
(obsolete) The office, tenure, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot.
abbotcy
abbotcy
noun
(obscure) abbacy
office of the superior of a monastery.
abducts
abducts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abduct
abelite
abelite
noun
(chemistry) An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate with hydrocarbons added.
abettal
abettal
noun
(rare) abetment
abetted
abetted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abet
abetter
abetter
noun
Alternative form of abettor
abettor
abettor
noun
A supporter or advocate.
One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages.
abeyant
abeyant
adj
Being in a state of abeyance; suspended.
abgatha
abietic
abietic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to abietic acid or its derivatives
Of, pertaining to, or derived from fir trees
abietin
abietin
noun
(organic chemistry) A resin obtained from Strasburg turpentine or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether.
abigeat
abigeat
noun
(archaic) Theft of cattle by driving it away with the intention of feloniously appropriating it.
ability
ability
noun
(archaic) Financial ability.
(countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.
(now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power.
(obsolete) Suitableness.
(uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
The legal wherewithal to act.
abiotic
abiotic
adj
Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter.
Tending to inhibit or destroy life; antibiotic; incompatible with life.
noun
Any such material
abiston
abitibi
abitibi
Proper noun
A geographic region in Quebec within Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
An Algonquin people of Ontario.
Noun
A member of the Abitibi people.
abiuret
abiuret
adj
Not giving the biuret reaction; showing that it does not contain biuret.
abjoint
abjoint
verb
(intransitive, botany, mycology) To separate from the hypha of a fungus by the formation of a septum.
(transitive, botany, mycology) To form by cutting off as a protrusion from a parent cell.
abjunct
abjunct
adj
(obsolete) detached, disconnected
ablated
ablated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ablate
ablates
ablates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablate
ablator
ablator
noun
A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades.
ablauts
ablauts
noun
plural of ablaut
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ablaut
abluent
abluent
adj
(pharmacology) Washing away; carrying off impurities; detergent.
noun
(pharmacology) A detergent.
abluted
abluted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ablute
abolete
aborted
aborted
adj
(biology) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped.
Brought forth prematurely.
Checked in normal development at an early stage.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abort
aborter
aborter
noun
(derogatory) One who has an abortion.
(rare) One who performs an abortion.
One who or that which aborts.
abortin
abortin
noun
An extract manufactured from the bacterium Brucella abortus, and is used to study contagious abortions in cattle.
abortus
abortus
noun
An aborted fetus, especially one aborted in early pregnancy.
An abortion.
abought
abought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aby
abreact
abreact
verb
(transitive, psychoanalysis) To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences.
abreast
abreast
adj
(nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam.
Side by side, facing forward.
Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced
adv
(Scotland) Breast high (of an advancing wave).
(figurative) Alongside; parallel to.
(nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; on a line with the vessel's beam.
(obsolete) At the same time; simultaneously.
Followed by of or with: up to a certain level or line; equally advanced.
Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
Side by side and facing forward.
prep
Abreast of; alongside.
abricot
abrotin
absents
absents
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absent
absinth
absinth
noun
Alternative form of absinthe
absorpt
absorpt
adj
absorbed
verb
(archaic) past participle of absorb
abstain
abstain
verb
(intransitive) Deliberately refrain from casting one's vote at a meeting where one is present.
(intransitive) Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence.
(intransitive, obsolete) Fast (not eat for a period).
(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.
abstort
absvolt
abthain
abthain
noun
Alternative form of abthane
abtruse
aburton
aburton
adv
(nautical) With the length athwartship.
abuttal
abuttal
noun
(rare, plural only) The butting or boundary of land, particularly at the end; buttals.
An abutment.
The act of abutting.
verb
(transitive) To describe a piece of land in terms of its abuttals.
abutted
abutted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abut
abutter
abutter
noun
One who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate.
abvolts
abvolts
noun
plural of abvolt
abwatts
abwatts
noun
plural of abwatt
acrobat
acrobat
noun
An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.
verb
(figurative) To move like an acrobat (with agility, balance, long leaps, etc.).
To practise acrobatics.
actable
actable
adj
Able to be acted, as by an actor.
adhibit
adhibit
verb
To affix.
To allow in; to admit.
To apply or administer (something, such as a remedy).
adiabat
adiabat
noun
(physics) The curve on a graph of pressure and temperature which gives the adiabatic heating or cooling of a gas.
aelbert
ailbert
airboat
airboat
noun
A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water.
albatas
alberta
alberta
Proper noun
name, a feminine form of Albert.
alberti
alberto
albetad
albites
albites
noun
plural of albite
albitic
albitic
adj
Of or relating to the mineral albite.
ambatch
ambatch
noun
(countable) A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.
A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
ambient
ambient
adj
(mathematics) Containing objects or describing a setting that one is interested in.
(music) Evoking or creating an atmosphere: atmospheric.
Encompassing on all sides; surrounding; encircling; enveloping.
Relating to, or suitable for, storage at room temperature.
noun
(astrology) The atmosphere; the surrounding air or sky; atmospheric components collectively such as air, clouds, water vapour, hail, etc.
(uncountable, music) A type of modern music that creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere.
Something that surrounds; encompassing material, substance or shape.
ambital
ambitty
ambitty
adj
(glassmaking) Of glass: covered with stony speckles, symptoms of incipient devitrification.
ambitus
ambitus
noun
(botany, zoology) The exterior edge or border of a thing, such as a leaf or shell.
(historical, Roman antiquity) A canvassing for votes.
(music) the range of a melody, especially those of ecclesiastical chants
ambrite
ambrite
noun
A form of resinite found in New Zealand coal seams.
anabata
antabus
antbird
antbird
noun
Any of various drab-colored South American birds of the family Thamnophilidae that feed on ants.
antibes
antibes
Proper noun
A resort town on the Côte d'Azur in the Alpes-Maritimes department of southeastern France.
antibug
antibug
adj
Serving to counteract bugs (surveillance devices).
Serving to kill or repel bugs (insects).
arabist
arabist
Noun
A scholar who studies Arab or Arabic culture, politics, or language.
One who followed the Arabic system of medicine or (more broadly) scholarship.
One that wants to spread Arabic culture; an Arab nationalist.
Adjective
Pertaining to Arabism; medieval Arabic scholarship.
Pertaining to the study of Arabic language or culture.
Pertaining to Arab nationalism; promoting Arab interests.
arabite
arbiter
arbiter
noun
(electronics) A component in circuitry that allocates scarce resources.
(with of) A person or object having the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.
verb
(transitive) To act as arbiter.
arbitre
arbitry
arblast
arblast
noun
(obsolete except historical) A wooden crossbow with a special drawing mechanism, used to fire bolts, stones etc.
arboret
arboret
noun
(obsolete) A grove, shrubbery or arbour
(obsolete) A small tree or shrub.
arbusta
arbutes
arbutes
noun
plural of arbute
arbutin
arbutin
noun
(organic chemistry) A glycoside of hydroquinone, found in bearberry, that is used to treat some diseases of the urinary tract
arbutus
arbutus
noun
Any flowering plant in the genus Arbutus: the strawberry tree.
Arbute; the wood of the strawberry tree.
Epigaea repens, the mayflower, the trailing arbutus.
astable
astable
adj
(electronics) Having multiple states, none of which is stable.
astilbe
astilbe
noun
A species, subspecies, cultivar, or specimen of the genus Astilbe.
atabals
atabals
noun
plural of atabal
atebrin
atebrin
noun
A preparation of the drug quinacrine, formerly used as an antimalarial.
athbash
atrible
attabal
attabal
noun
Alternative form of atabal
attaboy
attaboy
intj
(idiomatic, colloquial) Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy, man, or male animal.
noun
A cry of "attaboy"; an accolade.
atumble
atumble
adj
Set in a tumbling motion.
aubarta
auberta
aubrite
aubrite
noun
An achondrite composed mostly of enstatite
auburta
autobus
autobus
noun
(by extension, cycle racing) A large group of cyclists who have fallen behind the peloton (“main group of riders”) in a race.
(road transport, dated) A bus that is a motor vehicle, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn buses.
autocab
autocab
noun
(dated) A motor vehicle operating as a cab, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn cabs.
ayubite
baalath
baalist
baalist
Noun
A worshiper of Baal; a member of the pagan religion of Baalism.
baalite
baalite
Noun
A worshipper of Baal; a member of the pagan religion of Baalism.
baastan
babbitt
babbitt
noun
(US, dated) Alternative letter-case form of Babbitt (“a person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals”)
Short for babbitt metal, Babbitt metal (“a soft white alloy of variable composition (for example, nine parts of tin to one of copper, or fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction”).
verb
(transitive) To line (something) with babbitt metal to reduce friction.
babelet
babelet
noun
A little baby.
babette
babroot
babysat
babysat
verb
simple past tense and past participle of babysit
babysit
babysit
verb
(transitive, informal) To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.
(transitive, intransitive) To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
baccate
baccate
adj
(botany) Pulpy throughout, like a berry; said of fruits.
Looking like a berry.
backbit
backbit
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backbite
backlet
backlit
backlit
adj
Lit or illuminated from behind.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backlight
backout
backout
noun
(aerospace) A reversed countdown (i.e. ascending numbers) in response to problems leading up to a launch.
A reversal or undoing of tasks previously done (often in reverse order).
backset
backset
noun
A check; a relapse; a discouragement; a setback.
Whatever is thrown back in its course, such as water.
verb
(US, especially Western US) To plow again in the fall; said of prairie land broken up in the spring.
bacquet
bactria
bactris
baddest
baddest
adj
(nonstandard) superlative form of bad: most bad
(slang) Excellent; awesome; masterful; wicked.
baetuli
baetuli
noun
plural of baetulus
baffeta
bagatha
bagehot
baggett
baggott
bagonet
baguets
baguets
noun
plural of baguet
bahaist
bahisti
bahisti
noun
(India, historical) A water carrier (person who carries water).
baignet
bailout
bailout
noun
(underwater diving) A backup supply of air in scuba diving.
A rescue, especially a financial rescue.
The process of exiting an aircraft while in flight.
bainite
bainite
noun
(metallurgy) A microstructure of steel consisting of needle-like particles of cementite embedded in a ferrite matrix.
bainter
baister
baiters
baiters
noun
plural of baiter
baiting
baiting
noun
A bloodsport involving the act of worrying or tormenting a chained or confined animal by setting dogs upon it.
The act of luring, as into a trap.
verb
present participle of bait
baittle
bakatan
bakeout
bakeout
noun
The act of heating a material in a vacuum in order to drive off volatile components