(transitive, rare) To blind by holding a red-hot metal rod or plate before the eyes
abaisance
abaisance
noun
Obsolete form of obeisance.
abandoned
abandoned
adj
(geology) No longer being acted upon by the geologic forces that formed it.
Free from constraint; uninhibited.
Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked.
No longer maintained by its former owners, residents, or caretakers; forsaken, deserted.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abandon
abandonee
abandonee
noun
(law) One to whom something is abandoned.
abandoner
abandoner
noun
One who abandons.
abasement
abasement
noun
The act of abasing, humbling, or bringing low.
The state of being abased or humbled; humiliation.
abashment
abashment
noun
The state of being abashed; embarrassment from shame.
abatement
abatement
noun
(Scotland) Waste of stuff in preparing to size.
(heraldry) A mark of dishonor on an escutcheon; any figure added to the coat of arms tending to lower the dignity or station of the bearer.
(law) The action of a person that abates, or without proper authority enters a residence after the death of the owner and before the heir takes possession.
(law) The reduction of the proceeds of a will, when the debts have not yet been satisfied; the reduction of taxes due.
An amount abated; that which is taken away by way of reduction; deduction; decrease; a rebate or discount allowed; in particular from a tax.
The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; a moderation; removal or putting an end to; the suppression.
abearance
abearance
noun
(rare) Behavior.
abelonian
abelonian
Noun
An Abelian.
abenteric
abenteric
adj
(pathology) Relating to organs outside of the intestine.
abernathy
abernethy
abernethy
Proper noun
A village in Perth and Kinross, Scotland
aberrance
aberrance
noun
State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude.
aberrancy
aberrancy
noun
(geometry) The deviation of a curve from circular form.
The condition of being aberrant; an aberrance.
aberrants
aberrants
noun
plural of aberrant
abetments
abetments
noun
plural of abetment
abeyances
abeyances
noun
plural of abeyance
abhenries
abhenries
noun
plural of abhenry
abhorrent
abhorrent
adj
(archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed.
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing.
Contrary to something; discordant.
Detestable or repugnant.
abidances
abidances
noun
plural of abidance
abietinic
abietinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to abietin.
abiliment
abiliment
noun
Obsolete form of habiliment.
abjection
abjection
noun
(biology, mycology) The act of dispersing or casting off spores.
(obsolete) The act of bringing down or humbling; casting down.
A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
abnegated
abnegated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abnegate
abnegates
abnegates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abnegate
abnegator
abnegator
noun
(rare) One who abnegates, denies, or rejects.
abodement
abodement
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding; an omen.
abominate
abominate
adj
(rare) Abominable; detested.
verb
(transitive) To feel disgust towards; to loathe or detest thoroughly; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread.
(transitive, colloquial) To dislike strongly.
abondance
abondance
noun
(card games) Alternative form of abundance
aborigine
aborigine
noun
(in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area.
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
abortient
abortient
adj
(archaic, medicine) Reproductively sterile or miscarrying.
noun
(archaic, medicine) Abortifacient; an agent producing abortion.
abreption
abreption
noun
(obsolete) A snatching away.
absconded
absconded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscond
absconder
absconder
noun
A person who absconds.
abseiling
abseiling
noun
The process or act of abseiling.
verb
present participle of abseil
absentees
absentees
noun
plural of absentee
absenters
absenters
noun
plural of absenter
absenting
absenting
verb
present participle of absent
absinthes
absinthes
noun
plural of absinthe
absolvent
absolvent
adj
(rare) Absolving.
noun
(rare) An absolver.
absorbent
absorbent
adj
Having the ability or tendency to absorb; able to soak up liquid easily; absorptive.
noun
(chemistry) A liquid used in the process of separating gases or volatile liquids, in oil refining.
(medicine) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance, e.g., iodine, which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts.
(physiology, pluralized, now rare) The vessels by which the processes of absorption are carried on, as the lymphatics in animals, the extremities of the roots in plants.
Anything which absorbs.
abstained
abstained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abstain
abstainer
abstainer
noun
Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
abstinent
abstinent
adj
Refraining from indulgence, especially from the indulgence of appetite.
noun
(usually capitalized, religion, historical) One of a sect who appeared in France and Spain in the 3rd century, and believed in abstinence from meat and sex.
One who abstains; a faster.
abthanage
abthanage
noun
Alternative form of abthanery
abundance
abundance
noun
(Scotland) enough, sufficiency.
(card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
A large quantity; many.
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
abutments
abutments
noun
plural of abutment
accumbent
accumbent
adj
(botany) Lying against anything, as one part of a leaf against another leaf
Leaning or reclining, as the ancients did at their meals.
noun
One who rests in an accumbent position, especially at table.
adsorbent
adsorbent
adj
Tending to adsorb.
noun
The solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates.
aerobiont
aerobiont
noun
(biology) Any organism that needs air (oxygen) to survive
afterband
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
alabamine
alabamine
noun
(obsolete) Former name for the chemical element astatine.
albardine
albertina
albertine
albertson
albescent
albescent
adj
Becoming white or whitish; moderately white.
albespine
albespine
noun
whitethorn; hawthorn
albespyne
albespyne
noun
Alternative form of albespine
albuginea
albuginea
noun
(anatomy) A layer of white, fibrous tissue.
albugines
alburnett
aldebaran
aldebaran
Proper noun
One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth.
alienable
alienable
adj
Capable of being alienated, sold, or transferred to another
altenburg
ambiances
ambiances
noun
plural of ambiance
ambiences
ambiences
noun
plural of ambience
ambigenal
amboinese
ambrosane
ambrosine
ambulance
ambulance
noun
(military) A mobile field hospital.
(obsolete, US) A prairie wagon.
An emergency vehicle designed for transporting seriously ill or injured people to a hospital.
verb
(transitive) To transport by ambulance.
ambulante
amendable
amendable
adj
Capable of being amended.
amoebaean
amoebaean
adj
Alternative form of amoebean
anabaenas
anabaenas
noun
plural of anabaena
anabasine
anabasine
noun
A pyridine alkaloid similar to nicotine, found in Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco), a close relative of the common tobacco plant, formerly used as an insecticide.
anaberoga
anabolite
anabolite
noun
(biochemistry) Any substance produced as a result of anabolism
anabolize
anabolize
verb
(biochemistry) To cause, or to undergo anabolism
anaerobes
anaerobes
noun
plural of anaerobe
anaerobia
anaerobia
noun
anaerobes
anaerobic
anaerobic
adj
Of exercise, involving glycolysis (the conversion of glucose to adenosine triphosphate) rather than using oxygen to supply bodily energy needs.
Of or relating to an anaerobe.
Without oxygen; especially of an environment or organism.
anatabine
anatabine
noun
(organic chemistry) The alkaloid [2R,(+)]-1,2,3,6-tetrahydro-2,3'-bipyridine present in the nightshades
angerboda
anklebone
anklebone
noun
The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
annabella
annabella
Proper noun
name, a variant of Annabel or Annabelle.
annabelle
annabelle
Proper noun
name,
annexable
annexable
adj
Able to be annexed.
anobiidae
anukabiet
anukabiet
noun
An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
anybodies
anybodies
pron
(nonstandard) plural of anybody
(nonstandard) possessive form of anybody
arabinose
arabinose
noun
(biochemistry) An aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.
archebanc
asbestine
asbestine
adj
Resembling or relating to asbestos.
noun
A type of fibrous talc used primarily as a filler or extender.
atoneable
aubergine
aubergine
noun
(Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
(Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
(color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.
aurangzeb
aurungzeb
avicebron
azobenzil
azobenzol
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
baboonery
baboonery
noun
Baboonish behavior.
babungera
bacchante
bacchante
noun
a female bacchanal
a priestess of Bacchus
baccheion
backbends
backbends
noun
plural of backbend
backboned
backboned
adj
Having a spine.
backbones
backbones
noun
plural of backbone
backening
backplane
backplane
noun
(electronics) A circuit board that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus.
backstein
backstone
baconweed
baconweed
noun
Synonym of pigweed (“the plant Chenopodium album”)
bacterian
bacterian
adj
(archaic) bacterial
bacterins
bacterins
noun
plural of bacterin
badgering
badgering
noun
The act of one who badgers, pesters, or annoys.
verb
present participle of badger
badinaged
badinaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of badinage
badinages
badinages
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badinage
badinerie
badinerie
noun
A brief and lively dance.
The music to accompany this dance, or in this style.
badnesses
badnesses
noun
plural of badness
baduhenna
baekeland
bagginess
bagginess
noun
The characteristic of being baggy.
baigneuse
baignoire
baignoire
noun
(dated) A box of the lowest tier in a theatre.
baileyton
bailments
bailments
noun
plural of bailment
bainville
bairnlier
bairnteam
bairnteem
bairntime
baisemain
bakestone
bakestone
noun
Synonym of Welshcake
Synonym of baking stone
balaenoid
balaenoid
adj
Relating to whales of the family Balaenidae, certain of the baleen whales.
balancers
balancers
noun
plural of balancer
balanidae
balanites
balbinder
balconied
balconied
adj
That has a balcony attached.
balconies
balconies
noun
plural of balcony
baldmoney
baldmoney
noun
(obsolete) A Gentianeae tribe plant, gentian or felwort.
Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
balearian
balkanise
balkanise
verb
Alternative spelling of balkanize
balkanite
balkanite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-disphenoidal white gray mineral containing copper, mercury, silver, and sulfur.
balkanize
balkanize
verb
Alternative letter-case form of Balkanize
balkiness
balkiness
noun
The state or quality of being balky or uncooperative.
balklines
balklines
noun
plural of balkline
ballengee
ballerina
ballerina
noun
(less common, nonstandard) A male ballet dancer; Synonym of ballerino
(often) A female ballet dancer.
A ballet flat shoe.
Ellipsis of ballerina roll.
Ellipsis of prima ballerina. The star female ballet performer in the company.