Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abduct
abjunct
abjunct
adj
(obsolete) detached, disconnected
acastus
account
account
noun
(accounting) A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review.
(archaic) A reckoning; computation; calculation; enumeration; a record of some reckoning.
(banking) A bank account.
(uncountable) Profit; advantage.
A reason, grounds, consideration, motive; a person's sake.
A record of events; a relation or narrative.
A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done.
An estimate or estimation; valuation; judgment.
Authorization as a specific registered user in accessing a system.
Importance; worth; value; esteem; judgement.
verb
(intransitive) To cause the death, capture, or destruction of someone or something (+ for).
(intransitive) To consider that.
(intransitive) To establish the location for someone.
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for (one's actions, behaviour etc.); to answer for.
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory evaluation for financial transactions, money received etc.
(intransitive) To give a satisfactory reason for; to explain.
(intransitive, now rare) To give an account of financial transactions, money received etc.
(obsolete) To count (up), enumerate.
(obsolete) To recount, relate (a narrative etc.).
(obsolete, transitive) To present an account of; to answer for, to justify.
(transitive) To estimate, consider (something to be as described).
(transitive, now rare) To calculate, work out (especially with periods of time).
accourt
accourt
verb
(obsolete) To treat courteously; to court.
accurst
accurst
adj
Archaic spelling of accursed.
verb
past participle of accurse
acetous
acetous
adj
Causing, or connected with, acetification
Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
achuete
acquent
acquest
acquest
noun
(law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
(rare) Acquisition; the thing gained.
acquiet
acquiet
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To quiet.
acquist
acquist
noun
(obsolete) Acquisition; gain.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To acquire.
acquits
acquits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquit
actious
actious
adj
(obsolete) active; full of activity; full of energy.
actuals
actuals
noun
(accounting, project management) Documented historical results; things that have happened rather than things that are planned.
(business) Physical commodities or financial instruments which are traded in futures contracts.
plural of actual
actuary
actuary
noun
(dated) Registrar, clerk. [16th-19th c.]
A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.
actuate
actuate
verb
(transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
(transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.
actuose
actuose
adj
(obsolete) Very active.
acustom
acutate
acutely
acutely
adv
In an acute manner
acutest
acutest
adj
superlative form of acute: most acute
acutish
acutish
adj
Somewhat acute.
adducts
adducts
noun
plural of adduct
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adduct
adjunct
adjunct
adj
Added to a faculty or staff in a secondary position.
Connected in a subordinate function.
noun
(brewing) An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient.
(category theory) One of a pair of morphisms which relate to each other through a pair of adjoint functors.
(dated, metaphysics) A quality or property of the body or mind, whether natural or acquired, such as colour in the body or judgement in the mind.
(grammar) A dispensable phrase in a clause or sentence that modifies its meaning.
(music) A key or scale closely related to another as principal; a relative or attendant key.
(rhetoric) Symploce.
(syntax, X-bar theory) A constituent which is both the daughter and the sister of an X-bar.
A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague.
An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity.
aleutic
amictus
annicut
annicut
noun
Alternative form of anicut
anticum
anticus
aquatic
aquatic
adj
Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.
noun
Any aquatic plant.
arctium
arcuate
arcuate
adj
curved into the shape of a bow
astacus
ateuchi
attacus
auantic
auchlet
auctary
auction
auction
noun
(bridge) The first stage of a deal, in which players bid to determine the final contract.
A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder.
verb
To sell at an auction.
auctors
auctors
noun
plural of auctor
augitic
augitic
adj
Containing augite.
auletic
auletic
adj
Of or relating to a musical pipe or piper.
auscult
auscult
verb
To auscultate.
austric
autarch
autarch
noun
A despotic ruler
autocab
autocab
noun
(dated) A motor vehicle operating as a cab, as opposed to earlier horse-drawn cabs.
autocar
autocar
noun
(archaic) A road vehicle powered by steam or electricity rather than by traction.
autocue
autocue
noun
Any of several devices that display words for a person to read aloud
autoecy
auxetic
auxetic
adj
(chemistry) Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
(pathology) Relating to auxesis
noun
An auxetic material.
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).
bacquet
buccate
cacatua
caestus
caestus
noun
Alternative form of cestus
cahuita
cajaput
cajeput
cajeput
noun
Alternative form of cajuput
cajuput
cajuput
noun
cajuput oil
cajuput tree
calicut
calinut
callout
callout
noun
(US) A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.
(communication) An outgoing telephone call.
(idiomatic) A form of verbal abuse with the intention to make the victim feel guilty.
(slang) An invitation to fight.
(typography, graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic.
A request for people to join or take part.
An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks.
An instance of being summoned to visit a certain place in order to provide assistance; an instance of summoning someone who is on call.
The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend; the act of calling in sick.
calumet
calumet
noun
A clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
campout
campout
noun
A gathering or event at which people sleep outdoors or camp.
canthus
canthus
noun
(anatomy) Either corner of the eye, where the eyelids meet.
cantuar
cantuta
cantuta
noun
An ornamental shrub Cantua buxifolia
capture
capture
noun
(computing) A particular match found for a pattern in a text string.
An act of capturing; a seizing by force or stratagem.
Something that has been captured; a captive.
The recording or storage of something for later playback.
The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.
verb
(transitive) To remove or take control of an opponent’s piece in a game (e.g., chess, go, checkers).
(transitive) To reproduce convincingly.
(transitive) To store (as in sounds or image) for later revisitation.
(transitive) To take control of; to seize by force or stratagem.
capulet
capulet
noun
Alternative form of capellet
caputto
cartful
cartful
noun
As much as a cart will hold.
casatus
casquet
casteau
castrum
castrum
noun
(historical) Among the Ancient Romans, a building or plot of land used as a military defensive position.
castuli
casuist
casuist
noun
(ethics) A person who resolves cases of conscience or moral duty.
One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
Someone who attempts to specify exact and precise rules for the direction of every circumstance of behaviour.
cataula
catchup
catchup
noun
ketchup: Alternative form of catsup
catechu
catechu
noun
A gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae, produced by boiling the wood of the tree in water and evaporating the resulting liquid.
catguts
catguts
noun
plural of catgut
catouse
catreus
catsups
catsups
noun
plural of catsup
cattabu
cattabu
noun
An animal that is a cross between the zebu and American cattle.
caucete
caudata
caudate
caudate
adj
(anatomy) Having a tail-like extension.
(botany) Tapering into a long, tail-like extension at the apex.
(zoology) Having a tail.
(zoology) Of or pertaining to the Caudata order of amphibians.
noun
(zoology) Any member of the Caudata order of amphibians.
caulite
caulote
caunter
causata
causate
causate
noun
(philosophy) The effect of a cause.
verb
(nonstandard, transitive) To cause.
caustic
caustic
adj
(of language, etc.) Sharp, bitter, cutting, biting, and sarcastic in a scathing way.
Capable of burning, corroding or destroying organic tissue.
noun
(informal, chemistry) Caustic soda.
(mathematics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays for a given curve.
(optics, computer graphics) The envelope of reflected or refracted rays of light for a given surface or object.
Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.
cautela
cautery
cautery
noun
(surgery) A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue.
(surgery) The process of using either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.
caution
caution
noun
(dated) One who draws attention or causes astonishment by their behaviour.
(law) A formal warning given as an alternative to prosecution in minor cases.
(soccer) A yellow card.
A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided.
Prudence when faced with, or when expecting to face, danger; care taken in order to avoid risk or harm.
Security; guaranty; bail.
verb
(soccer) To give a yellow card
(transitive) To warn; to alert, advise that caution is warranted.
cautivo
cavuoto
centaur
centaur
noun
(Greek mythology) A mythical beast having a horse's body with a man's head and torso in place of the head and neck of the horse.
(astronomy, also capitalised) An icy planetoid that orbits the Sun between Jupiter and Neptune.
(chess) A chess-playing team comprising a human player and a computer who work together.
chalutz
chalutz
noun
(historical) A member of a group of Jewish immigrants to Palestine who worked in agriculture or forestry.
chanute
chateau
chateau
noun
Alternative spelling of château
chateus
chaunts
chaunts
noun
plural of chaunt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chaunt
choteau
chtaura
chutzpa
chutzpa
noun
Alternative spelling of chutzpah
citatum
claucht
claught
cocteau
cohutta
colutea
conatus
conatus
noun
A force or impulse; a nisus.
An effort, an endeavour, a striving.
coquita
costula
costula
noun
(zoology) A little rib or ridge.
coteaux
coteaux
noun
plural of coteau
cotulla
courant
courant
adj
(heraldry) Represented as running.
noun
A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.
A lively dance; a coranto.
A piece of music in triple time.
courtal
couteau
couteau
noun
(obsolete) A knife; a dagger.
crocuta
crocuta
noun
Alternative spelling of crocotta
croteau
crustal
crustal
adj
Of, pertaining to, or forming a crust, especially the crust of the Earth or other planet.
cteatus
cuartel
cubital
cubital
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna.
(entomology) Of or pertaining to the cubitus and/or the areas of the wing next to it.
Measured in cubits.
Of the length of a cubit.
noun
(entemology) Synonym of cubitus
cuestas
cuestas
noun
plural of cuesta
culpate
cultual
cumquat
cumquat
noun
Alternative spelling of kumquat
cuneate
cuneate
adj
(biology) wedge-shaped.
(botany) having straight, or almost straight sides meeting at the apex or base.
(botany) wedge-shaped, with the narrow part at the base.
cupmate
cupmate
noun
A fellow drinker; one who accompanies another person in drinking alcohol.
cuprate
cuprate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of several non-stoichiometric compounds, of general formula XYCuₘOₙ, many of which are superconductors.
(organic chemistry) Any organocopper compound of general formula R₂Cu.
curatel
curates
curates
noun
plural of curate
curatic
curatic
adj
Of or relating to curates.
curator
curator
noun
A member of a curatorium, a board for electing university professors, etc.
A person who manages, administers or organizes a collection, either independently or employed by a museum, library, archive or zoo.
One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee.
curiate
curiate
adj
Of or relating to a curia.
currant
currant
noun
A shrub bearing such fruit.
A small dried grape, usually the Black Corinth grape, rarely more than 4 mm in diameter when dried.
The fruit of various shrubs of the genus Ribes, white, black or red.
curtail
curtail
noun
(architecture) A scroll termination, as of a step, etc.
verb
(transitive) To shorten or abridge the duration of something; to truncate.
(transitive, figuratively) To limit or restrict, keep in check.
(transitive, obsolete) To cut short the tail of an animal
curtain
curtain
noun
(architecture) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
(euphemistic, also "final curtain", sometimes in the plural) Death.
(fortifications) The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.
(obsolete, derogatory) A flag; an ensign.
(theater, by extension) The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.
A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.
A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.
verb
(figuratively) To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.
To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.
curtals
curtals
noun
plural of curtal
curtana
curtana
noun
A short sword used for ceremonial purposes
curtate
curtate
adj
(astronomy) said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the distance from the sun or earth to that point where a perpendicular, let fall from the planet upon the plane of the ecliptic, meets the ecliptic