Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle.
acicular (needle-shaped)
acidulate
acidulate
verb
(transitive) To make slightly or moderately acid; to acidify.
(transitive) To make sour in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
(transitive) To use an acidic catalyst, with the chemical change being emphasised over the importance of the change in pH. Used in the processing of biodiesel co-products.
acidulent
acidulent
adj
Having an acid quality; sour; acidulous.
acquisite
acquisite
adj
(obsolete) acquired
acquitted
acquitted
adj
Having been acquitted; having gone through a trial that resulted in something other than a guilty verdict.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acquit
acquitter
acquitter
noun
One who acquits or releases.
actinulae
actinulae
noun
plural of actinula
actualise
actualise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of actualize.
actualize
actualize
verb
(intransitive) To become actual or real.
(reflexive) To realize one's full potential.
(transitive) To make real; to realize.
actuaries
actuaries
noun
plural of actuary
acuminate
acuminate
adj
(botany, mycology) Tapering to a long point in concave manner at its apex.
Tapering to a point; pointed.
verb
(intransitive) To end in or come to a sharp point.
(transitive) To render sharp or keen; to sharpen.
acurative
adductive
adductive
adj
Adducing, or bringing towards or to something.
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
adjutrice
adjutrice
noun
Alternative form of adjutrix (“female adjutor”)
admixture
admixture
noun
(epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.
A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
A mixture, in some contexts
An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.
adultlike
adultlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of an adult
aegisthus
aegisthus
Proper noun
The murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
aegritude
aethalium
aethalium
noun
A flat, plump fruiting body, formed by the aggregation of plasmodia, in certain slime molds.
affixture
affixture
noun
The act of affixing
The condition of being affixed
aleurites
aleuritic
aleutians
aleutians
Noun
of (person)
Proper noun
The Aleutian Islands.
alimentum
alluviate
alluviate
verb
(transitive) To fill or cover with alluvium.
altitudes
altitudes
noun
plural of altitude
alumetize
aluminate
aluminate
noun
(chemistry) A compound, containing aluminium and oxygen with more electropositive elements, that is a salt of the hypothetical aluminic acid
aluminite
aluminite
Noun
A hydrous aluminium sulfate mineral with formula Al2SO4(OH)4·7(H2O).
alumniate
alushtite
amaritude
amaritude
noun
(rare) Bitterness, sorrow.
amplitude
amplitude
noun
(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
(astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
(firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.
(mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
(physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.
annuities
annuities
noun
plural of annuity
antiquate
antiquate
verb
(transitive) To cause to become old or obsolete.
antiquely
antiquely
adv
In an antique manner.
antiquers
antiquers
noun
plural of antiquer
antiserum
antiserum
noun
(medicine) A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antibodies able to counter certain diseases or toxins.
antiulcer
antiulcer
adj
(medicine) Serving to prevent or counteract ulcers.
antluetic
anukabiet
anukabiet
noun
An old Thai unit of length, approximately 2.6 centimetres.
anxietude
anxietude
noun
The state or condition of being troubled, worried, or anxious; anxiety.
apiculate
apiculate
adj
(botany) Having a short, sharply pointed tip.
apneustic
apneustic
adj
(pathology) Of or relating to apneusis.
aptitudes
aptitudes
noun
plural of aptitude
aquitaine
archilute
archilute
noun
Alternative form of archlute
arctitude
arduinite
areithous
aristaeus
arksutite
arksutite
noun
(mineralogy) chiolite
arquerite
arterious
arterious
adj
(archaic) arterial
arzrunite
arzrunite
noun
(mineralogy) A biaxial orthorhombic sulfate chloride mineral.
assiduate
assiduate
adj
(obsolete) unremitting; assiduous
assinuate
attitudes
attitudes
noun
plural of attitude
attribute
attribute
noun
(computer graphics, dated) A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
(computing, object-oriented programming) An option or setting belonging to some object.
(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
(programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
verb
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
aubretias
aubretias
noun
plural of aubretia
aubrietas
aubrietas
noun
plural of aubrieta
aubrietia
aubrietia
noun
A creeping perennial plant native to southeastern Europe, Aubrieta deltoidea, grown as a groundcover and in rock gardens for its dense foliage and purple, pink or white flowers.
auctioned
auctioned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of auction
audiotape
audiotape
noun
A magnetic tape that stores analog sound for later playback on a tape player.
Any of a cassette tape, eight-track tape, reel-to-reel tape, DAT, etc.
verb
(transitive) To record onto audiotape.
auditable
auditable
adj
Able to be audited.
auditives
auditress
auditress
noun
(dated) A female hearer.
augustine
aunjetitz
auntliest
auntliest
adj
superlative form of auntly: most auntly
aureation
aureation
noun
(rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
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.
austenite
austenite
noun
A solid solution or carbon or ferric carbide in iron that exists in steel at high temperatures.
austerity
austerity
noun
(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
(obsolete) Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
autarkies
autarkies
noun
plural of autarky
autecious
autecisms
auteurism
auteurism
noun
(film) A theory that considers a work of cinema or television as the work of its director, rather than of the actors or producers
authentic
authentic
adj
(music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
(obsolete) Authoritative.
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
authigene
authorise
authorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.
authorize
authorize
verb
(transitive) To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something).
(transitive) To permit (something), to sanction or consent to (something).
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.
autogenic
autogenic
adj
(specifically, of a process of soldering) Performed by fusing the parts to be joined without adding solder.
Independent of a medium.
Relating to autogenic training.
Self-produced.
autohemic
autoindex
autopsied
autopsied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autopsy
autopsies
autopsies
noun
plural of autopsy
autoriser
autotelic
autotelic
adj
(art, of a work of art or literature) Not motivated by anything beyond itself; thematically self-contained.
(psychology, of an activity, process, person or personality) Containing its own meaning or purpose; deriving meaning and purpose from within.
Of or pertaining to the quality of (a thing's) being autotelic.
noun
An autotelic person, a person with an autotelic personality.
autotimer
autotimer
noun
An automatic timer.
autourine
autrefois
autunites
autunites
noun
plural of autunite
auxetical
auxiliate
aventurin
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
awunctive
bacterium
bacterium
noun
(microbiology) A single-celled organism with cell walls but no nucleus or organelles.
baculites
baculites
noun
plural of baculite
balbuties
balbuties
noun
(medicine, obsolete) stammering
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
bauxitite
bealtuinn
beatitude
beatitude
noun
(uncountable) Supreme, utmost bliss and happiness.
Any one of the Biblical blessings given by Jesus in Matthew 5:3–12. E.g.: "Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth"(Matthew 5:5).
beautiful
beautiful
adj
(of the weather) Pleasant; clear.
Attractive and possessing beauty.
Good, admirable.
Well executed.
noun
Someone who is beautiful. Can be used as a term of address.
bedquilts
bedquilts
noun
plural of bedquilt
bepicture
bequirtle
beraunite
beraunite
Noun
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
bergquist
bermudite
betulinic
betulinic
adj
(organic chemistry) Relating to betulinic acid or its derivatives
betulinol
betulites
beudanite
biarcuate
biarcuate
adj
(botany) Having two arcuate curves
bicaudate
bicaudate
adj
Having two tails
bicornute
bicornute
adj
Synonym of bicornuate
bierstube
bierstube
noun
A beer hall.
bifurcate
bifurcate
adj
Divided or forked into two; bifurcated.
Having bifurcations.
verb
(intransitive) To divide or fork into two channels or branches.
(transitive) To cause to bifurcate.
biguttate
bilboquet
bilboquet
noun
A traditional children's toy consisting of a wooden cup with a handle, and a ball attached to the cup by a string.
biltongue
biltongue
noun
Archaic form of biltong.
biovulate
biscutate
biscutate
adj
Having two shields or bucklers (or objects with such a shape)
bisinuate
bisinuate
adj
(botany) doubly sinuate
bismutite
bismutite
noun
Alternative form of bismuthite
bisquette
bissextus
bisulcate
bisulcate
adj
cloven (cleft in two); cloven-hoofed
bisulfate
bisulfate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent anion HSO₄⁻.
verb
To react with a bisulfate
To sulfate with two sulfate groups
bisulfite
bisulfite
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent group -HSO₃, or any salt containing it.
bitterbur
bitterful
bitterful
adj
Full of bitterness.
bitternut
bitternut
noun
Its fruit, a bitter nut sometimes used as feed for livestock.
The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
bivaulted
bivaulted
adj
Having two vaults or arches.
blitheful
blitheful
adj
Full of gaiety; joyous.
blousiest
blousiest
adj
superlative form of blousy: most blousy
bluejoint
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.
blurriest
blurriest
adj
superlative form of blurry: most blurry
bottineau
bottineau
Proper noun
A city in North Dakota.
bounciest
bounciest
adj
superlative form of bouncy: most bouncy
bouquetin
bouquetin
noun
ibex
boutiques
boutiques
noun
plural of boutique
braunites
braunites
noun
plural of braunite
brautlied
briquette
briquette
noun
A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving.
A molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material.
A small brick, typically made of charcoal and used for fuel.
verb
(transitive) To form (coal, etc.) into small bricks.
brushiest
brushiest
adj
superlative form of brushy: most brushy
brutalise
brutalise
verb
(intransitive, dated) To live or behave like a brute.