(of medicine) Acting to relieve pain; being an analgesic.
noun
(pharmacology) Any medicine, such as aspirin, that reduces pain, especially without inducing a loss of other sensation. (Contrast anesthetic.)
anapestic
anapestic
adj
of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry (see also limeric or limerick).
of, or relating to, certain beats in specific types of drum rhythms, e.g. specific beats within the part played by the "surdo" drum. Surdo literally means "deaf" in Brasilian Portuguese, and the surdo drums play the bass parts in a samba rhythm as performed by a batucada (drumming ensemble) during the Carnaval celebration.
of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human?) heartbeat pattern.
of, or relating to, or composed of an anapest.
noun
A verse that contains anapestic feet
anarchies
anarchies
noun
plural of anarchy
ancestors
ancestors
noun
plural of ancestor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ancestor
ancestral
ancestral
adj
Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors
anchistea
anchoress
anchoress
noun
(informal) An anchorwoman.
A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
anchorets
anchorets
noun
plural of anchoret
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
anchusine
anchylose
anchylose
verb
Alternative form of ankylose
anconeous
ancresses
ancresses
noun
plural of ancress
andesitic
andesitic
adj
(geology) Pertaining to, or composed of andesite
androcles
androcles
Proper noun
The main character of a common folktale that is included in the Aarne–Thompson classification system as type 156.
androsace
anecdotes
anecdotes
noun
plural of anecdote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anecdote
anecdysis
anelastic
anelastic
adj
(engineering, materials science) Showing no obvious relation between stress and strain.
angelicas
angelicas
noun
plural of angelica
anglicise
anglicise
verb
(transitive) To become English.
(transitive) To dub or translate into English.
(transitive) To make English, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style.
announces
announces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of announce
anorexics
anorexics
noun
plural of anorexic
antapices
antapices
noun
plural of antapex
antecedes
antecedes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antecede
anthraces
anticaste
anticaste
adj
(sociology) Opposing the social system of caste.
anticness
anticness
noun
The state or quality of being antic.
antiscale
antiscale
adj
Countering or preventing scale (the mineral deposit).
antispace
antispace
adj
(military) Against space.
noun
(mathematics) A kind of topological space.
A space or region that violates the norms or conventions of spaces.
antonescu
apiaceous
apiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Apiaceae, including the carrots.
apneustic
apneustic
adj
(pathology) Of or relating to apneusis.
apotheces
aquacades
aquacades
noun
plural of aquacade
aquascope
aquascope
noun
A device used to view beneath the surface of water
aqueducts
aqueducts
noun
plural of aqueduct
arbuscles
arbuscles
noun
plural of arbuscle
arbuscule
arcatures
arcatures
noun
plural of arcature
arccosine
arccosine
noun
(trigonometry) Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the cosine function.
archaised
archaised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of archaise
archaiser
archaiser
noun
Alternative form of archaizer
archaises
archaises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archaise
archaizes
archaizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archaize
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
archelaus
archeress
archeress
noun
A female archer.
archeries
archeries
noun
plural of archery
archettos
archhouse
archivers
archivers
noun
plural of archiver
archsewer
ardencies
ardencies
noun
plural of ardency
armistice
armistice
name
Alternative letter-case form of Armistice (“the armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I; (by extension) the end of World War I.”)
noun
A (short) cessation of combat; a cease-fire, a truce.
A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat.
arsenical
arsenical
adj
Of or pertaining to, or containing, arsenic.
noun
Any drug or other substance containing arsenic.
arsnicker
artefacts
artefacts
noun
plural of artefact
artemisic
artifices
artifices
noun
plural of artifice
aruspices
aruspices
noun
plural of aruspex
plural of aruspice
asaraceae
ascaridae
ascarides
ascendant
ascendant
adj
Rising, moving upward.
Surpassing or controlling.
noun
(astrology) The horoscope, or that degree of the ecliptic which rises above the horizon at the moment of one's birth; supposed to have a commanding influence on a person's life and fortune.
(usually followed by to) A royal heir assuming (a place of power).
Ascent; height; elevation.
Being in control; superiority, or commanding influence; ascendancy.
ascendent
ascendent
adj
In power; controlling.
Upward in direction or proclivity.
noun
A person from whom one is descended.
A position of power or control.
ascenders
ascenders
noun
plural of ascender
ascending
ascending
adj
(computing) That causes a sequence to follow an ascending order.
(of a sequence) Rising or increasing to higher levels, values, or degrees.
Sloping or leading upwards.
noun
An ascent.
verb
present participle and gerund of ascend
ascenseur
ascension
ascension
noun
A transcendence of the material world; a transition to a higher form, state, or plane of existence.
That which rises, as from distillation.
The act of ascending; an ascent.
ascensive
ascensive
adj
(grammar) Augmentative; intensive.
Rising; tending to rise, or causing to rise.
ascertain
ascertain
verb
(archaic) To ensure or effect.
(archaic) To establish, to prove.
(obsolete) To make (someone) certain or confident about something; to inform.
To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
ascescent
ascetical
ascetical
adj
ascetic
ascidiate
ascidiate
adj
(botany) Having the form of an ascidian
asclepiad
asclepiad
Noun
A choriambic verse consisting of four metrical feet: a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus.
A member of one of the families that claimed descent from Asclepias, known as physicians or healers.
asclepian
asclepian
Adjective
Of or relating to Asclepius.
asclepias
asclepias
noun
Any plant of the genus Asclepias.
asclepius
asclepius
Proper noun
The god of doctors, medicine and healing. He is the son of Apollo and Coronis, husband of Epione, and father of the Asclepiades. His Roman name is Aesculapius.
Short for an
ascophore
ascorbate
ascorbate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of ascorbic acid.
ascospore
ascospore
noun
(biology) A sexually produced spore from the ascus of an Ascomycetes fungus
ashchenaz
aspectant
aspectant
adj
Face to face.
noun
(heraldry) Animals placed face to face in a charge.
aspection
aspection
noun
(obsolete) The act of viewing; a look.
aspectual
aspectual
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to grammatical aspect.
Of or pertaining to an aspect.
associate
associate
adj
(biology, dated) Connected by habit or sympathy.
Following or accompanying; concomitant.
Having partial status or privileges.
Joined with another or others and having lower status.
noun
(algebra) One of a pair of elements of an integral domain (or a ring) such that the two elements are divisible by each other (or, equivalently, such that each one can be expressed as the product of the other with a unit).
A companion; a comrade.
A member of an institution or society who is granted only partial status or privileges.
A person united with another or others in an act, enterprise, or business; a partner.
One that habitually accompanies or is associated with another; an attendant circumstance.
Somebody with whom one works, coworker, colleague.
verb
(intransitive) To join in or form a league, union, or association.
(intransitive) To spend time socially; keep company.
(mathematics) To be associative.
(reflexive, in deliberative bodies) To endorse.
(transitive) To connect evidentially, or in the mind or imagination.
(transitive) To connect or join together; combine.
(transitive, obsolete) To accompany; to be in the company of.
(transitive, with with) To join as a partner, ally, or friend.
assonance
assonance
noun
(prosody) The repetition of similar or identical vowel sounds (though with different consonants), usually in literature or poetry.
assurance
assurance
noun
(insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
(law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
(obsolete) Betrothal; affiance.
(theology) Subjective certainty of one's salvation.
Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity
Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence.
The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty.
astacidae
asthenics
asthenics
noun
plural of asthenic
astricted
astricted
adj
restricted or confined; especially, in old Scottish law, describing land on which corn must be sent to a particular mill, paying multure or thirlage on it
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astrict
astrocyte
astrocyte
noun
(neurology) A neuroglial cell, in the shape of a star, in the brain.
asyndetic
asyndetic
adj
(grammar) Not connected by a conjunction.
(psychiatry) Relating to asyndesis.
ataentsic
atheistic
atheistic
adj
of or relating to atheists or atheism
athetosic
athetosic
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to athetosis.
athletics
athletics
noun
(sports, especially Britain) A group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking.
(sports, especially US) Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.
plural of athletic
atroscine
atroscine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in plants of the genus Scopolia.
attachers
attachers
noun
plural of attacher
attackers
attackers
noun
plural of attacker
attatches
atticised
audiences
audiences
noun
plural of audience
auriscope
auriscope
noun
An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
aurochses
ausgleich
auspicate
auspicate
verb
(transitive) To foreshow; to foretoken.
(transitive) To give a favorable turn to in commencing; to inaugurate; -- a sense derived from the Roman practice of taking the auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business.
autecious
autecisms
autocades
autocades
noun
plural of autocade
autoecism
autoecism
noun
(botany, of a plant) The fact of having male and female reproductive organs on the same individual plant.
(ecology, of a parasite or dependent organism) The fact of completing an entire life cycle on a single host species.
autoecous
autoscope
autoscope
noun
An electrical instrument for the examination of the larynx and trachea.
An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
avocadoes
avouchers
avouchers
noun
plural of avoucher
awestruck
awestruck
adj
Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.
bacchides
bachelors
bachelors
noun
plural of bachelor
backaches
backaches
noun
plural of backache
backbeats
backbeats
noun
plural of backbeat
backbends
backbends
noun
plural of backbend
backbites
backbites
noun
plural of backbite
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backbite
backbones
backbones
noun
plural of backbone
backdates
backdates
noun
plural of backdate
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backdate
backfires
backfires
noun
plural of backfire
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backfire
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
backrests
backrests
noun
plural of backrest
backropes
backseats
backseats
noun
plural of backseat
backsides
backsides
noun
plural of backside
backslide
backslide
noun
(dance) A dance move in which the feet are alternately slid back and the heels lifted, giving the illusion of walking forwards while actually moving backwards.
A backward regression; a reverting back to a worse state.
verb
(Christianity) To revert back into a life of sin after being saved.
To regress; to slip backwards or revert to a previous, worse state.
To shirk responsibility; to renege on one's obligations or commitments.
backspace
backspace
noun
(computing) A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards.
(computing) The non-printable text character representing a backspace.
The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards.
verb
(computing) To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
(computing) To remove a character behind a cursor.
backspear
backspeer
backspeir
backspier
backstage
backstage
adj
Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
Secret, concealed from the public.
adv
Out of view of the public.
Towards the area behind the stage.
noun
The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
backstein
backstone
backswept
backswept
adj
Swept back.
bacterins
bacterins
noun
plural of bacterin
bactrites
baculites
baculites
noun
plural of baculite
balancers
balancers
noun
plural of balancer
balconies
balconies
noun
plural of balcony
barbecues
barbecues
noun
plural of barbecue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barbecue
barbicels
barbicels
noun
plural of barbicel
barleducs
barnacles
barnacles
noun
plural of barnacle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of barnacle