The act of abiding or continuing; abode; stay; continuance; dwelling.
abietene
abietene
noun
(organic chemistry) A volatile oil distilled from the resin or balsam of the nut pine (Pinus sabiniana).
abiogeny
abiogeny
noun
(biology) abiogenesis.
ableness
ableness
noun
(countable, rare) Something one is able to do.
(uncountable, now rare) Ability of body or mind.
abluents
abluents
noun
plural of abluent
abnegate
abnegate
verb
(transitive) To deny (oneself something); to renounce or give up (a right, a power, a claim, a privilege, a convenience).
(transitive) To relinquish; to surrender; to abjure.
abnerval
abnerval
adj
(anatomy, of an electric current in a muscle, rare) Away from the nerve.
abneural
abneural
adj
Away from the neural (cerebrospinal) axis
abounded
abounded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abound
abounder
abounder
noun
One who has plenty, one who abounds (in something).
abrotine
abrotine
noun
A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained from abrotanum, C₂₁H₂₂N₂O.
absconce
absconce
noun
A dark lantern used in church to read prayers etc during a service.
absences
absences
noun
plural of absence
absented
absented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absent
absentee
absentee
adj
(attributive) Pertaining to one that is absent.
noun
(chiefly Britain, historical) A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.
One that is nonexistent or lacking.
absenter
absenter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absent: more absent
noun
One who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.
absentia
absentia
noun
absence
absently
absently
adv
In an absent-minded or abstracted manner.
abshenry
absinthe
absinthe
noun
(US) Sagebrush.
(color) A moderate yellow green.
(figurative) Bitterness; sorrow.
A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.
The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
absinthe green:
absolent
abutment
abutment
noun
(architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
(dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
(engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
(engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
The state of abutting.
adnumber
aerobian
aerobian
adj
(archaic) aerobic
aerobion
agabanee
agabanee
noun
(historical) A cotton fabric embroidered with silk, made in Aleppo.
airborne
airborne
adj
Fitted to an aircraft.
In flight.
In or carried by the air.
Transported by air in an aircraft.
noun
Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.
akenbold
albanese
albanite
alberene
alberoni
albertin
alberton
alberton
Proper noun
A town in Montana
A township in Ontario
A town in Prince Edward Island, Canada
A town in Gauteng Province, South Africa
A town in Victoria, Australia
albeston
albiness
albiness
noun
(archaic) A female albino.
albronze
albumean
albumens
albumens
noun
plural of albumen
alebench
alebench
noun
(historical) A bench at the front of an alehouse or inn where drinkers can sit.
amalbena
amberina
amberson
ambiance
ambiance
noun
(computer graphics, 3D models) A secondary color of a polygon that becomes more pronounced with shading.
A particular mood or atmosphere of an environment or surrounding influence.
ambience
ambience
noun
Alternative spelling of ambiance
ambiency
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
ambonite
amenable
amenable
adj
(law) Liable to the legal authority of (something).
(mathematics, of a group) Being a locally compact topological group carrying a kind of averaging operation on bounded functions that is invariant under translation by group elements.
Liable to be brought to account, to a charge or claim; responsible; accountable; answerable.
Willing to comply; easily led.
Willing to respond to persuasion or suggestions.
amenably
amenably
adv
In an amenable manner.
amoebean
amoebean
adj
Describing a form of prosody featuring alternating responses.
amoebian
amoebian
noun
(zoology) One of the Amoebea.
anabaena
anabaena
noun
Any cyanobacterium of the genus Anabaena.
anabases
anabases
noun
plural of anabasis
anabasse
anabella
anabelle
anableps
anableps
noun
Any of the genus Anableps of "four-eyed" fishes (having eyes raised above the top of the head and divided into two parts) found in brackish waters in northern South America and Trinidad.
anaerobe
anaerobe
noun
An anaerobic organism; one that does not require oxygen to sustain its metabolic processes.
angareeb
animable
animable
adj
Capable of being put into life or receiving animation.
annabela
annabell
annibale
antabuse
antabuse
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Antabuse
antebath
antiblue
antiblue
adj
(US, colloquial) Anti-police.
(particle physics) Describing one of the three possible colours of an antiquark, corresponding to blue in a quark.
arbinose
arborean
arborean
adj
Archaic form of arboreal.
arbutean
arbutean
adj
(obsolete) Made from arbute, the wood of the strawberry tree.
arnberry
asbolane
asbolane
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing calcium, cobalt, hydrogen, manganese, nickel, and oxygen.
asboline
atabrine
atabrine
noun
Synonym of quinacrine
atonable
atonable
adj
Capable of being atoned for.
aubepine
ayenbite
backbend
backbend
noun
(gymnastics, dance) A move in which the performer bends backwards until the hands touch the floor or catches him/herself with the hands.
verb
To perform such a move.
backbone
backbone
noun
(figuratively) Any fundamental support, structure, or infrastructure.
(figuratively) Courage, fortitude, or strength.
The series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.
backened
baconize
baconize
verb
(transitive, cooking) To prepare like bacon, by smoking etc.
(transitive, cooking) To prepare with bacon as an ingredient.
bacterin
bacterin
noun
A suspension of killed or attenuated bacteria for use as a vaccine.
baculine
baculine
adj
Of or pertaining to the rod or punishment with the rod.
badenite
badgeman
badgeman
noun
(UK) An almshouse man.
A man who wears a badge.
badgemen
badgemen
noun
plural of badgeman
badigeon
badigeon
noun
A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors and builders to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.
badinage
badinage
noun
Playful raillery; banter.
verb
To engage in badinage or playful banter.
badineur
baetzner
bagatine
bagganet
bagnette
bagwomen
bagwomen
noun
plural of bagwoman
baiginet
baillone
bailment
bailment
noun
(law) The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.
(obsolete) Bail.
bailsmen
bailsmen
noun
plural of bailsman
bakeoven
bakerman
bakerton
baladine
balaenid
balaenid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Balaenidae.
balanced
balanced
adj
Containing elements in appropriate proportion; proportionately weighted on all dimensions and therefore unlikely to tip over.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balance
balancer
balancer
noun
An acrobat.
Any of the rear wings of certain insects used for stability in flight.
One who, or that which, balances.
balances
balances
noun
plural of balance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of balance
balander
balanite
balbuena
balconet
balconet
noun
Alternative form of balconette (“small balcony”)
baldness
baldness
noun
The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.
balinese
balinger
balinger
noun
(nautical, historical) A small medieval sea-going ship with oars and sails.
balkline
balkline
noun
baulk line
ballance
ballmine
ballones
ballonet
ballonet
noun
Any of several small balloons, inside a dirigible, that can be inflated or deflated to control buoyancy during flight.
ballonne
balneary
balneary
noun
A room for bathing.
baloneys
baloneys
noun
plural of baloney
banakite
banakite
noun
(geology) A form of trachyandesite
banalize
banalize
verb
(transitive) To make banal or commonplace.
banatite
banatite
noun
(petrology) granodiorite or rock of similar composition that intruded in the Banat region of Europe in the Cretaceous
bancales
bancales
noun
plural of bancal
bandaged
bandaged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bandage
bandager
bandager
noun
One who applies a bandage.
bandages
bandages
noun
plural of bandage
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bandage
bandaite
bandcase
bandeaus
bandeaux
bandeaux
noun
A bandeau, a single band (or a set of such bands) for a woman’s hair.
plural of bandeau
bandelet
bandelet
noun
(architecture) A small band or fillet; any little band or flat moulding, compassing a column, like a ring.
(computing theory) An orthonormal basis that is adapted to geometric boundaries, used in image processing.