(in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area.
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
abridgers
abridgers
noun
plural of abridger
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
absterged
absterged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absterge
absterges
absterges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absterge
accourage
accourage
Verb
To encourage.
accreting
accreting
verb
present participle of accrete
acrogenic
acrogenic
adj
Alternative form of acrogenous
acrogynae
acrologue
adlegiare
adstringe
adversing
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
aegicores
aegritude
aegrotant
aerifying
aerifying
verb
present participle of aerify
aerogenes
aerogenic
aerogenic
adj
(biology) Producing gas or air (used especially of some bacteria)
aerognosy
aerograms
aerograms
noun
plural of aerogram
aerograph
aerograph
noun
A kind of airbrush.
aerologic
aerologic
adj
Pertaining to aerology, characteristic of aerology.
aerophagy
aerophagy
noun
(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
affreight
affreight
verb
To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
afrogaean
aftergame
aftergame
noun
(archaic) A second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
(video games) Bonus features, dialogue, etc. accessed when a previously-beaten video game is revisited.
afterglow
afterglow
noun
An afterparty.
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
aftergood
afterguns
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
aftersong
agaricine
agastreae
agateware
agateware
noun
(ceramics) Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, designed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.
agentries
agentries
noun
plural of agentry
ageratums
ageratums
noun
plural of ageratum
aggappera
aggravate
aggravate
verb
(by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.
(now chiefly colloquial) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
(now rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
(obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
aggregant
aggregant
noun
(medicine) Any drug that promotes the aggregation of platelets.
aggregata
aggregate
aggregate
adj
(botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
noun
(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
(mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects).
(music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
(roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
A mechanical mixture of more than one phase.
Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
(transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.
(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
aggressed
aggressed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggress
aggresses
aggresses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggress
aggressor
aggressor
noun
The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
aggrieved
aggrieved
adj
(law) Having one's rights denied or curtailed.
Angry or resentful due to unjust treatment.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aggrieve
aggrieves
aggrieves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aggrieve
Agreeing or suitable; followed by to, or rarely by with.
Pleasant to the senses or the mind.
noun
Something pleasing; anything that is agreeable.
agreeably
agreeably
adv
(obsolete) Alike; similarly.
In accordance.
In an agreeable or pleasing manner
agreement
agreement
noun
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
(uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
agrements
agrements
noun
plural of agrement
agrestial
agrestial
adj
Synonym of agrestic
agrestian
agrestian
adj
Synonym of agrestic (“rural, rustic”)
agrigento
agrigento
Proper noun
The capital city of Agrigento.
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
agrodolce
agrodolce
noun
An Italian sweet-and-sour sauce.
agrypnode
agueproof
agueproof
adj
Resistant to the ague.
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
aigremore
aigremore
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) charcoal prepared for making gunpowder
aigrettes
aigrettes
noun
plural of aigrette
airmonger
alderling
alemonger
alemonger
noun
(historical) A seller of ale.
algarsife
algebraic
algebraic
adj
(algebra, number theory, of a number) Which is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(algebra, of a field) Whose every element is a root of some polynomial whose coefficients are rational.
(chess, of notation) Describing squares by file (referred to in intrinsic order rather than by the piece starting on that file) and rank, both with reference to a fixed point rather than a player-dependent perspective.
(mathematics, of an expression, equation, or function) Containing only numbers, letters, and arithmetic operators.
Of, or relating to, algebra.
algeciras
algeciras
Proper noun
A city in the Bay of Gibraltar, in the Spanish province of Andalusia.
algerians
algerines
algerines
noun
plural of algerine
algometer
algometer
noun
An instrument for measuring pain-inducing stimuli, and the sensitivity to such stimuli.
algometry
algometry
noun
(medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.
aligerous
aligerous
adj
winged
allegator
allegator
noun
(obsolete) A person who alleges
allegiare
allegoric
allegoric
adj
of, or relating to allegory
allergens
allergens
noun
plural of allergen
allergies
allergies
noun
plural of allergy
allergins
allergins
noun
plural of allergin
allergist
allergist
noun
A doctor who specializes in the treatment of allergies.
almsgiver
almsgiver
noun
A giver of alms.
A small scale philanthropist or benefactor who consistently gives small amounts to those desperately in need.
altenburg
amalberga
ambergris
ambergris
noun
A solid, waxy, flammable substance of a dull grey or blackish color, produced in the intestines of the sperm whale. It is used in perfumes.
amperages
amperages
noun
plural of amperage
anaberoga
anagyrine
anchorage
anchorage
noun
(figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
(medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
(nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
(nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
That into which something is anchored or fastened.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
androgens
androgens
noun
plural of androgen
androgeus
androgone
androgyne
androgyne
noun
A person who is androgynous.
An androgynous plant.
anemogram
anemogram
noun
A record made by an anemograph.
anenergia
angadreme
angerboda
angerless
angerless
adj
Without anger.
angeronia
angetenar
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
angraecum
angriness
angriness
Noun
The state of being angry.
answering
answering
noun
The act of giving an answer.
verb
present participle of answer
antegrade
antegrade
adj
moving or directed forward
antiglare
antiglare
adj
Acting to reduce or combat glare
antinegro
antinegro
adj
Opposing Negros.
appearing
appearing
noun
appearance; act of coming into view
verb
present participle of appear
apteryges
aquagreen
aquaregia
aragonese
aragonite
aragonite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃; it is dimorphous with calcite.
arbitrage
arbitrage
noun
(archaic) Arbitration.
(finance) A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.
verb
(intransitive, finance) To employ arbitrage
(transitive, finance) To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among
arcangelo
archangel
archangel
noun
A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”)
archegone
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archelogy
archelogy
noun
The science of first principles.
archimage
archimage
noun
(now rare) A powerful wizard.
archrogue
archrogue
noun
An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.
The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.
archurger
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
arctogaea
arctogean
arctogeic
areologic
areologic
adj
Synonym of areological
areopagus
areopagus
Noun
The supreme judicial and legislative council of ancient Athens
aretalogy
aretalogy
noun
A form of sacred biography in which a deity's attributes are listed, in the form of poem or text, in the first person.
argasidae
argentate
argentate
adj
(botany, dated, rare) silvery white
verb
To treat with a silver salt
argenteum
argentide
argentina
argentine
argentine
adj
Containing or resembling silver.
noun
(mineralogy) A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
White metal coated with silver.
argentino
argention
argention
noun
(chemistry, archaic) ionized silver
argentite
argentite
noun
(mineralogy) Silver sulfide, (Ag₂S), a primary ore of silver, in cubic or hexoctahedral crystals.
argentose
argentous
argentous
adj
(chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a higher proportion than in argentic compounds.
Of, pertaining to, or containing silver.
argentums
argillite
argillite
noun
(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock, intermediate between shale and slate, sometimes used as a building material
arginases
arginases
noun
plural of arginase
arginines
arginines
noun
plural of arginine
argufiers
argufiers
noun
plural of argufier
argumenta
argumenta
noun
plural of argumentum
arguments
arguments
noun
plural of argument
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argument
arguslike
armangite
armangite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing arsenic, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.