A low or downcast condition; meanness of spirit; abasement; degradation.
abnegator
abnegator
noun
(rare) One who abnegates, denies, or rejects.
aboardage
abococket
abococket
noun
Alternative form of bycoket
abodement
abodement
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding; an omen.
aboideaus
aboideaus
noun
plural of aboideau
aboideaux
aboiteaus
aboiteaus
noun
plural of aboiteau
aboiteaux
abolished
abolished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abolish
abolisher
abolisher
noun
Agent noun of abolish; one who abolishes.
abolishes
abolishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abolish
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.
abortuses
abortuses
noun
plural of abortus
abovedeck
abovedeck
adj
(nautical) Located on deck.
adv
(nautical) On deck.
noun
The area on a boat that is abovedeck.
abovesaid
abovesaid
adj
Mentioned or recited before.
abreption
abreption
noun
(obsolete) A snatching away.
abreuvoir
abreuvoir
noun
(obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).
abrogable
abrogable
adj
capable of being abrogated.
abrogated
abrogated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abrogate
abrogates
abrogates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abrogate
absarokee
absconded
absconded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscond
absconder
absconder
noun
A person who absconds.
absoluter
absoluter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absolute: more absolute
absolutes
absolutes
noun
plural of absolute
absolvent
absolvent
adj
(rare) Absolving.
noun
(rare) An absolver.
absolvers
absolvers
noun
plural of 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.
absorbers
absorbers
noun
plural of absorber
acrobates
adderbolt
adderbolt
noun
(now UK dialectal) A dragonfly.
adoptable
adoptable
adj
Able to be adopted.
Desirable to adopt.
noun
(online gaming) A unique creature for a user to adopt.
A person or animal that is eligible to be adopted.
adsorbate
adsorbate
noun
a substance that has been adsorbed
adsorbent
adsorbent
adj
Tending to adsorb.
noun
The solid or liquid in the process of adsorption on which the adsorbate accumulates.
aerobated
aerobated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aerobate
aerobatic
aerobatic
adj
Having to do with acrobatic maneuvers, such as spins, twirls, and flips, performed by an airplane.
aerobiont
aerobiont
noun
(biology) Any organism that needs air (oxygen) to survive
aerobious
aerobious
adj
(obsolete) aerobic
aetobatus
afterblow
afterbody
afterbody
noun
(astronautics) A section or piece of a launch vehicle, rocket, or spacecraft that enters the atmosphere unprotected behind the nose cone or other body that is protected for entry.
(astronomy) A companion body that trails a satellite or spacecraft.
(nautical) The part of a vessel abaft midships.
The afterpart of a vehicle.
airmobile
airmobile
adj
Capable of being moved by air.
aitchbone
aitchbone
noun
A cut of beef lying above the rump bone.
The rump bone itself.
albacores
albacores
noun
plural of albacore
albarello
albarello
noun
A ceramic pharmacy or drug jar, generally majolica ware, usually tall rather than wide, and often of a waisted shape.
albertson
albicores
albicores
noun
plural of albicore
albumoses
albumoses
noun
plural of albumose
alembroth
alembroth
noun
(archaic) The "salt of wisdom" of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury, formerly used as a stimulant.
allocable
allocable
adj
Able to be allocated.
allowable
allowable
adj
(obsolete) Praiseworthy.
Able to be added or deducted in consideration of something.
Appropriate; satisfactory; acceptable.
Intellectually admissible; valid; probable.
Permissible; tolerable; legitimate.
noun
permitted amount or activity.
almocrebe
amberoids
amboinese
ambrosane
ambrosine
ambrotype
ambrotype
noun
(photography, historical) An early type of photograph in which a glass negative appears positive when displayed on a black background.
amebiform
amebiform
adj
That resembles an amoeba/ameba
amebocyte
amebocyte
noun
Alternative spelling of amoebocyte
ametabola
ametabole
ametaboly
amoebaean
amoebaean
adj
Alternative form of amoebean
amoebaeum
amoebaeum
noun
(poetry) A poem in which persons are represented as speaking alternately.
amoebidae
amphibole
amphibole
noun
(mineralogy) Any of a large group of structurally similar hydrated double silicate minerals, containing various combinations of sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, and aluminium/aluminum
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.
angerboda
anklebone
anklebone
noun
The bone of the ankle, forming the lower part of the ankle joint and joining with the tibia and fibula.
anobiidae
anybodies
anybodies
pron
(nonstandard) plural of anybody
(nonstandard) possessive form of anybody
apposable
apposable
adj
(anatomy) Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand; able to be brought into direct spatial opposition.
approbate
approbate
adj
Approved.
verb
(transitive) To give official sanction, consent or authorization to.
aquebogue
arabinose
arabinose
noun
(biochemistry) An aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.
arboreous
arboreous
adj
(obsolete) Growing on trees.
(obsolete, anatomy) Having a tree-like, branching structure.
(of a plant) Having the characteristics of a tree.
arboretum
arboretum
noun
A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
arborized
arborized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arborize
arborizes
arborizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arborize
arousable
arousable
adj
That can be aroused
artmobile
artmobile
noun
A vehicle that operates as a mobile art exhibition.
asbestoid
asbestoid
adj
(mineralogy) Resembling asbestos
asbestous
asbestous
Adjective
Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.
ascorbate
ascorbate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of ascorbic acid.
astrolabe
astrolabe
noun
An astronomical and navigational instrument for gauging the altitude of the Sun and stars.
atoneable
attleboro
autobuses
autobuses
noun
plural of autobus
avicebron
avoidable
avoidable
adj
Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped.
Capable of being vacated; liable to be annulled or made invalid; voidable.
noun
Something that can or should be avoided.
azobacter
azobenzil
azobenzol
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
babacoote
babacoote
noun
Alternative form of babakoto
baboonery
baboonery
noun
Baboonish behavior.
babyhouse
babyhouse
Noun
A doll's house.
baccheion
bachelors
bachelors
noun
plural of bachelor
backboned
backboned
adj
Having a spine.
backbones
backbones
noun
plural of backbone
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
backorder
backorder
noun
An order that cannot be currently filled or shipped, but is requested nonetheless for when the item becomes available again.
verb
To place such an order
backropes
backstone
baconweed
baconweed
noun
Synonym of pigweed (“the plant Chenopodium album”)
bacteriol
bacteroid
bacteroid
adj
(biology) Resembling bacteria.
noun
(dated) A micro-organism such as a bacterium or yeast.
A bacterium of the species Bacteroides.
A symbiotic form of the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Rhizobia, or the root nodule that it produces.
baignoire
baignoire
noun
(dated) A box of the lowest tier in a theatre.
baileyton
bakeboard
bakeboard
noun
(now rare) A board upon which dough is prepared (kneaded, etc) while making bread.
bakehouse
bakehouse
noun
(UK dialectal) Bakery.
A building or an apartment used for the preparing and baking of bread and other baked goods.
A building principally containing ovens.
bakeshops
bakeshops
noun
plural of bakeshop
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.
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.
baldomero
ballonets
ballonets
noun
plural of ballonet
ballonnes
ballooned
ballooned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balloon
ballooner
ballooner
noun
A balloon sail.
A balloonist.
balloonet
ballotade
ballotade
noun
(dressage) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or on a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out.
ballotage
ballotage
noun
In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates; a runoff election.
balloters
balloters
noun
plural of balloter
balmonies
balmorhea
baltimore
baltimore
Proper noun
A city in central Maryland, USA
bamboozle
bamboozle
noun
(obsolete, informal) A cheat, hoax, or imposition.
verb
(transitive, informal) To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone.
(transitive, informal) To confuse, frustrate or perplex.
bandalore
bandalore
noun
(historical) A yo-yo.
bandboxes
bandboxes
noun
plural of bandbox
banderlog
banderole
banderole
noun
(architecture) A flat band with an inscription, common in Renaissance buildings.