(biology) Not having a proto-spinal chord at any stage of development.
achyrodes
acidheads
acidheads
noun
plural of acidhead
adderfish
addlehead
addlehead
noun
(colloquial) A foolish or dull-witted person.
adelphian
adelphous
adelphous
adj
(botany) Having coalescent or clustered filaments.
adephagan
adephagan
noun
Any of many beetles of the suborder Adephaga.
adephagia
adeptship
adeptship
noun
The role or status of an adept.
adherence
adherence
noun
(Scotland, law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.
(medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
A close physical union of two objects.
Faithful support for some cause.
adherency
adherency
noun
(obsolete) That which adheres.
(obsolete) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
adherends
adherends
noun
plural of adherend
adherents
adherents
noun
plural of adherent
adhesions
adhesions
noun
plural of adhesion
adhesives
adhesives
noun
plural of adhesive
adhibited
adhibited
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adhibit
aforehand
aforehand
adj
Beforehand in condition; forehanded.
adv
(archaic or dialect) Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
afterhand
afterhand
adj
(Scotland, law, archaic) Paid afterwards, rather than in advance.
adv
(archaic) Afterwards; subsequently.
afterhend
afterhold
aglethead
ahmedabad
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
aldehydes
aldehydes
noun
plural of aldehyde
aldehydic
aldehydic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of, relating to, or being an aldehyde; having the character of an aldehyde.
aldershot
aldershot
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England.
aldhafera
almohades
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
anguished
anguished
adj
Feeling anguish; experiencing extreme discomfort or discontent.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anguish
anhedonia
anhedonia
noun
(medicine, psychiatry) The inability to feel pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable, such as exercise, hobbies, music, sexual activities or social interactions.
anhedonic
anhedonic
adj
(psychiatry, also figuratively) Showing anhedonia; having no capacity to feel pleasure.
noun
(psychiatry) A person who has anhedonia.
anhimidae
anhydrate
anhydrate
noun
(chemistry) The anhydrous form of a normally hydrated compound
(organic chemistry) An acid anhydride
verb
To dehydrate, especially in food processing.
anhydride
anhydride
noun
(chemistry) any compound formally derived from another (or from others) by the loss of a water molecule, especially acid anhydrides
anhydrite
anhydrite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite mineral made of anhydrous calcium sulfate.
anhydrize
ankerhold
antherids
antheroid
antheroid
adj
Resembling an anther.
apartheid
apartheid
noun
(South Africa, historical) The policy of racial separation used by South Africa from 1948 to 1990.
(by extension) A policy or situation of segregation based on some specified attribute.
(by extension) Any similar policy of racial separation/segregation and discrimination.
verb
To impose a policy of segregation of groups of people, especially one based on race.
aphididae
aphidozer
aphidozer
noun
A device like a hopperdozer for the removal of aphids.
aphorised
aphorised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aphorise
aphorized
aphorized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aphorize
aphrodite
aphrodite
noun
(mineralogy) A soft and earthy mineral of a white or yellowish color, and with a waxy lustre, found at Langbanshytta in Sweden. It is a hydrated silicate of magnesia, and resembles meerschaum.
apprehend
apprehend
verb
(also figuratively) To take possession of (something); to seize.
(archaic or obsolete, also figuratively) To seize or take (something); to take hold of.
(law enforcement) To seize or take (a person) by legal process; to arrest.
To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize.
To anticipate (something, usually unpleasant); especially, to anticipate (something) with anxiety, dread, or fear; to dread, to fear.
To be apprehensive; to fear.
To be of opinion, believe, or think; to suppose.
To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
To feel (something) emotionally.
To have a conception of (something); to consider, to regard.
To learn (something).
To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something) in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand.
archaised
archaised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of archaise
archaized
archaized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of archaize
archdemon
archdemon
noun
(religion) A chief demon; an archdevil.
archdevil
archdevil
noun
(computing, Unix) A program, or part of a program, which is not invoked explicitly but lies dormant waiting for some event.
(theology, rare, religion, fantasy, science fiction) A chief or reigning devil.
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
archfiend
archfiend
noun
(preceded by “the”, often capitalized) Satan.
(transferred sense) A diabolically evil person.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
archidome
arrhenoid
arrowhead
arrowhead
noun
(symbol) The pointed part of an arrow.
(weaponry) The pointed part of an arrow.
Any plant in the genus Sagittaria.
asaphidae
ashamedly
ashamedly
adv
with shame
asidehand
asphalted
asphalted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphalt
asphodels
asphodels
noun
plural of asphodel
asphyxied
asphyxied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of asphyxy
athetized
athetized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of athetize
athetoids
athyridae
atrophied
atrophied
adj
Characterized by atrophy.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atrophy
attatched
audiphone
audiphone
noun
An instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve and enables the deaf to hear more or less distinctly.
azedarach
azedarach
noun
An Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States, commonly called bead tree, chinaberry, etc.
The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic
bacchides
baduhenna
baldheads
baldheads
noun
plural of baldhead
barhopped
barhopped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of barhop
beachhead
beachhead
noun
(by extension) A coastal landing place.
(by extension) An initial success that ensures the possibility of further advances in a project; a foothold.
(military) An area of hostile territory (especially on a beach) that, when captured, serves for the continuous landing (or movement into position) of further troops and material
beachside
beachside
adj
(rare) Bordering a beach
noun
The land bordering a beach.
beachward
beachward
Adverb
Towards a beach.
beachwood
beadflush
beadhouse
beadhouse
noun
(historical) An almshouse for poor people who pray daily for their benefactors.
beardfish
beardfish
noun
Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
beasthood
beasthood
noun
The property or state of being a beast.
bechained
bechained
adj
(rare) in chains
bechalked
bechalked
adj
Chalk-covered or chalky.
Having a surface that has been written on in chalk.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechalk
bechanced
bechanced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bechance
becharmed
becharmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becharm
beclothed
beclothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beclothe
bedchairs
bedchairs
noun
plural of bedchair
bedehouse
bedehouse
noun
Alternative form of beadhouse
bedighted
bedighted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bedight
bednights
bedsheets
bedsheets
noun
plural of bedsheet
beduchess
beechwood
beechwood
noun
A wood largely populated with beech trees.
The wood of beech trees (Fagus spp.).
beeheaded
beheading
beheading
noun
An instance of a person being beheaded.
verb
present participle of behead
beholders
beholders
noun
plural of beholder
beholding
beholding
adj
Obsolete form of beholden.
noun
The act by which something is beheld; regard; contemplation.
verb
present participle of behold
behusband
bellehood
bellehood
noun
The state or period of being a belle.
benchland
benchland
noun
(geology) bench (thin strip of relatively flat land bounded by slopes)
(figuratively, obsolete) Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
(obsolete) Plunged into darkness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benight
bepatched
bepatched
adj
Covered in patches.
berdaches
berdaches
noun
plural of berdache
berdichev
berdichev
Proper noun
a city in the Zhitomir oblast of Ukraine
bernhardi
bernhardt
beseeched
beshadows
beshadows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshadow
beshawled
beshawled
adj
Wearing a shawl.
beshouted
beshouted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshout
beshrewed
beshrewed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beshrew
beshrouds
beshrouds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshroud
beslushed
besoothed
besoothed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of besoothe
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
bethesdas
bethorned
bethsaida
bethumped
bethumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethump
bethunder
betrothed
betrothed
adj
Engaged to be married.
noun
One who is betrothed, i.e. a fiancé or fiancée.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of betroth
bewitched
bewitched
adj
(Of a person) entranced, charmed, fascinated, as though subject to a magical influence.
Under a spell; subject to an act of witchcraft.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bewitch
bewrathed
bigheaded
bigheaded
adj
Alternative spelling of big-headed
billheads
billheads
noun
plural of billhead
birchdale
birdhouse
birdhouse
noun
A small house for birds.
An aviary.
birthdate
birthdate
noun
the year, month, and day of someone's birth; date of birth
blackhead
blackhead
noun
(countable) A scaup: any of various ducks of the genus Aythya.
(countable, medicine) A comedo, a skin blemish, a type of acne vulgaris, where a pore becomes clogged with a dark, hard, cheesy keratin-filled substance forming a hard black "head" on the skin's surface.
(uncountable) A form of histomoniasis in poultry, characterized by cyanotic discoloration on the bird's head.
blathered
blathered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blather
blechnoid
blemished
blemished
adj
Having blemishes; flawed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blemish
blethered
blethered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blether
blindheim
blithered
blithered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blither
blockhead
blockhead
noun
(colloquial) A stupid person.
A sideshow performer who hammers nails or similar items through his or her nostril into the nasal cavity; human blockhead.
verb
(rare) To behave in a stupid manner.
To perform as a human blockhead.
bloodshed
bloodshed
noun
(literally) The shedding or spilling of blood.
(obsolete) A bloodshot condition or appearance; an effusion of blood in the eye.
(obsolete) The shedding of one's own blood; specifically, the death of Christ.
A slaughter; destruction of life, notably on a large scale.