Designating verse rhythms based on stress accents.
Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.
accounsel
acheulean
acheulean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to a lower Paleolithic period characterized by the presence of flaked bifacial hand axes.
Noun
A lower Paleolithic period characterized by the presence of flaked bifacial hand axes.
acheulian
acidulent
acidulent
adj
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
actinulae
actinulae
noun
plural of actinula
adultness
adultness
noun
The state or quality of being an adult.
adventual
adventual
adj
(obsolete) Relating to the Advent.
affluence
affluence
noun
(obsolete) An abundant flow or supply.
A moderate level of wealth.
An abundance of wealth.
An influx.
affluency
affluency
noun
(obsolete) affluence
affluents
affluents
noun
plural of affluent
alaternus
alaternus
noun
Alternative form of alatern
albuginea
albuginea
noun
(anatomy) A layer of white, fibrous tissue.
albugines
alburnett
alcyoneus
alentours
aleuronat
aleuronat
noun
(archaic) flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetics
aleurones
aleurones
noun
plural of aleurone
aleuronic
aleuronic
adj
Of or pertaining to aleurone.
aleutians
aleutians
Noun
of (person)
Proper noun
The Aleutian Islands.
alimentum
allurance
allurance
noun
(archaic) allurement
almuredin
altenburg
aluminate
aluminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound, containing aluminium and oxygen with more electropositive elements, that is a salt of the hypothetical aluminic acid
aluminide
aluminide
noun
(chemistry) Any intermetallic compound of aluminium and a more electropositive element
aluminise
aluminise
verb
(transitive) To coat with a layer of aluminium.
aluminite
aluminite
Noun
A hydrous aluminium sulfate mineral with formula Al2SO4(OH)4·7(H2O).
aluminize
aluminize
verb
US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminise.
aluminose
alumniate
alumstone
alumstone
noun
(mineralogy) alunite
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
amentulum
anacletus
analogues
analogues
noun
plural of analogue
andouille
andouille
noun
A spiced, heavily smoked Cajun pork sausage, often made from the entire gastrointestinal system of the pig.
aneuploid
aneuploid
adj
(genetics) Having a number of chromosomes that is not a multiple of the haploid number.
noun
A cell or an organism having such a number of chromosomes.
angelique
angelique
noun
Alternative form of angélique
angeluses
angeluses
noun
plural of angelus
angouleme
anguineal
anguineal
adj
(obsolete, mathematics) Describing a certain type of hyperbola that has a snakelike form
Like a snake; anguineous
angulated
angulated
adj
Synonym of angulate
verb
simple past tense and past participle of angulate
angulates
angulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of angulate
animacule
annualize
annualize
verb
American spelling and Oxford British English standard spelling of annualise.
annueller
annulated
annulated
adj
(organic chemistry) Composed of several fused rings
Having rings
annullate
annulment
annulment
noun
(archaic) Total destruction.
(law) A legal (notably judicial) declaration that a marriage is invalid; the procedure leading to it.
(law) An invalidation of something, especially a legal contract.
An act or instance of annulling.
The state of having been annulled.
annuluses
annuluses
noun
plural of annulus
anomalure
anomalure
noun
A rodent of any species of the family Anomaluridae, having membranes between their front and hind legs like those of a flying squirrel (Sciuridae), found in central Africa
antelucan
antelucan
Adjective
Before dawn
antemural
antemural
noun
An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.
antennula
antennula
noun
Alternative form of antennule
antennule
antennule
noun
(zoology) A small antenna.
antequalm
antiquely
antiquely
adv
In an antique manner.
antiulcer
antiulcer
adj
(medicine) Serving to prevent or counteract ulcers.
antluetic
anucleate
anucleate
adj
(cytology) Which does not have a nucleus.
aphelinus
aquaplane
aquaplane
noun
A board ridden by a standing person and pulled by a motorboat for entertainment
verb
(automotive, UK) For a car or similar vehicle to slide along the road on a thin film of water between the road and the tyres. This occurs when a car has some speed and comes to somewhere with more water on the road than the weight of the car and the grooves in the tyre tread pattern (if any) can push away. The result is almost no traction at all for steering or braking.
To ride such a board.
arenulous
arenulous
adj
(obsolete) Full of fine sand.
(obsolete) Resembling sand.
asplenium
asplenium
noun
(botany) Synonym of spleenwort: any plant of the genus Asplenium.
auntliest
auntliest
adj
superlative form of auntly: most auntly
aureoline
aureoling
auslander
automelon
automelon
noun
(Christianity) A composition used in Orthodox Christianity to create other hymns, following its melody and rhythm.
avengeful
avengeful
adj
(obsolete) vengeful
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
awfulness
awfulness
noun
The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence
The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence.
The state or quality of being awful.
the awfulness of this sacred place
banefully
banefully
adv
In a baneful way.
bangweulu
banjulele
banjulele
noun
Alternative form of banjolele
bealtuinn
beflounce
befouling
befouling
verb
present participle of befoul
begruntle
begruntle
verb
(transitive) To make or render uneasy; disconcert.
beguiling
beguiling
adj
That beguiles or beguile.
noun
A beguilement.
verb
present participle of beguile
begulfing
belauding
belauding
verb
present participle of belaud
belinurus
bernoulli
betelnuts
betelnuts
noun
plural of betelnut
betulinic
betulinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to betulinic acid or its derivatives
betulinol
biltongue
biltongue
noun
Archaic form of biltong.
binuclear
binuclear
adj
having two nuclei; binucleate
blennuria
bludgeons
bludgeons
noun
plural of bludgeon
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bludgeon
bluejoint
bluelines
bluelines
noun
plural of blueline
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of blueline
bluenosed
bluenosed
adj
Alternative spelling of blue-nosed
bluenoser
bluenoser
Noun
A person from Nova Scotia, Canada.
bluenoses
bluenoses
noun
plural of bluenose
bluepoint
bluepoint
noun
(felinology) A colourpoint cat with blue markings.
(marine biology) A small oyster, Crassostrea virginica, from the eastern United States seaboard.
blueprint
blueprint
noun
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
A print produced with this process.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
verb
To make a blueprint for.
To make a detailed operational plan for.
bluestone
bluestone
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A bluish grey basalt or olivine basalt.
(Australia, South Australia) Slate, such as comes from quarries in or near Adelaide.
(UK) A form of dolerite which appears blue when wet or freshly broken.
(UK) Any of the several (massive) kinds of non-local stone (particularly dolerite) used to construct Stonehenge.
(US) A form of limestone found in the Shenandoah Valley and some other places.
(US, Canada) A feldspathic sandstone found in the US and Canada.
Any of several bluish grey varieties of stone used for construction:
Chalcanthite, a water-soluble sulfate mineral, CuSO₄·5H₂O.
Copper(II) sulfate, CuSO₄(H₂O)ₓ where x is 0-5, used as a coloring agent in glass-making and pottery and for other purposes.
Lapis lazuli, or its core constituent, lazurite.
bluffness
bluffness
noun
The quality of being bluff
bluisness
blundered
blundered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blunder
blunderer
blunderer
noun
One who blunders.
blunthead
bluntness
bluntness
noun
The characteristic of being blunt.
bouillone
boulanger
boulanger
noun
(Guyana) eggplant; aubergine
boundable
boundable
adj
Able to be bounded or circumscribed.
boundedly
boundedly
adv
In a bounded manner
boundless
boundless
adj
Without bounds, unbounded.
bournless
bournless
adj
(obsolete) Without a bourn or limit.
braunfels
brunellia
brunhilde
buddleman
bulginess
bulginess
noun
The state of being bulgy
bulkiness
bulkiness
noun
The characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk.
bulleting
bulleting
noun
(Scotland) The game of road bowling.
verb
present participle of bullet
bulletins
bulletins
noun
plural of bulletin
bullnecks
bullnecks
noun
plural of bullneck
bullnoses
bullnoses
noun
plural of bullnose
bullsnake
bullsnake
noun
Pituophis catenifer sayi, a large non-venomous colubrid snake endemic to the central United States, northern Mexico, and southwestern Canada.
bungholes
bungholes
noun
plural of bunghole
buntlines
buntlines
noun
plural of buntline
burdalone
burliness
burliness
noun
The characteristic of being burly.
busheling
busheling
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Scraps of steel left over from manufacturing processes.
verb
present participle of bushel
bushelman
bushelman
noun
(US, dialect) A tailor's assistant for repairing garments.
bushelmen
bushelmen
noun
plural of bushelman
butylenes
butylenes
noun
plural of butylene
calcaneum
calcaneum
noun
(anatomy) The calcaneus.
calcaneus
calcaneus
noun
The large bone making up the heel of the human foot, the heel bone.
calendula
calendula
noun
Any plant of the genus Calendula, with yellow or orange flowers, often called marigolds.
calenture
calenture
noun
A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows and wishes to dive overboard into them.
A heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics.
calumnies
calumnies
noun
plural of calumny
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of calumny
cancellus
cancellus
noun
(anatomy) One of the interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, especially in their articular extremities.
(architecture) A barrier, balustrade or railing, or screen, dividing the main body of a church from the chancel.
candlenut
candlenut
noun
A flowering tree (Aleurites moluccana and Aleurites rockinghamensis) of the family Euphorbiaceae, also known as candleberry, Indian walnut, kemiri, varnish tree or kukui nut tree.
The seed of this tree, used as a candle
cannelure
cannelure
noun
(firearms) A ringlike groove, such as that around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling.
cannulate
cannulate
verb
(medicine) to use a cannula; to insert a tube, particularly into a vein
canulated
canulated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of canulate
canulates
canulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of canulate
carbuncle
carbuncle
noun
(archaic) A deep-red or fiery colored garnet or other dark red precious stone, especially when cut cabochon.
(heraldry) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone, with eight sceptres or staves radiating from a common centre; an escarbuncle.
(pathology) An abscess larger than a boil, usually with one or more openings draining pus onto the skin. It is usually caused by staphylococcal infection.
An unpopular or ugly building; an eyesore.
caruncles
caruncles
noun
plural of caruncle
celioncus
cenaculum
centupled
centupled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of centuple
centuples
centuples
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of centuple
centurial
centurial
adj
Of or pertaining to a century.
ceruleans
ceruleans
noun
plural of cerulean
ceruminal
ceruminal
adj
Relating to cerumen
cervuline
chanceful
chanceful
adj
(obsolete) hazardous
changeful
changeful
adj
(rare) Changing frequently; very susceptible to change