(rare) comparative form of absolute: more absolute
absolutes
absolutes
noun
plural of absolute
abstruser
abstruser
adj
(rare) comparative form of abstruse: more abstruse
absurdest
absurdest
adj
superlative form of absurd: most absurd
abutments
abutments
noun
plural of abutment
accouters
accouters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accouter
accoutres
accoutres
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accoutre
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
achaetous
achaetous
adj
(zoology) Without setae
acquisite
acquisite
adj
(obsolete) acquired
actualise
actualise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of actualize.
actuaries
actuaries
noun
plural of actuary
acusector
acutances
acutances
noun
plural of acutance
acuteness
acuteness
noun
(medicine) Violence of a disease, which brings it speedily to a crisis.
(of the senses or feelings) The faculty of precise discernment or perception; sensitiveness
Shrewdness, quickness of mind
Shrillness; high pitch; – said of sounds.
The quality of being acute or pointed
adeodatus
adjustage
adjustage
noun
(rare, obsolete) Adjustment.
adjusters
adjusters
noun
plural of adjuster
adjustive
adjustive
adj
Tending to adjust.
adultness
adultness
noun
The state or quality of being an adult.
adultress
adultress
noun
Alternative form of adulteress
aegisthus
aegisthus
Proper noun
The murderer of Agamemnon and lover of his wife Clytemnestra.
aeroducts
aeroducts
noun
plural of aeroduct
aeronauts
aeronauts
noun
plural of aeronaut
aetobatus
affluents
affluents
noun
plural of affluent
afterguns
ageratums
ageratums
noun
plural of ageratum
alaternus
alaternus
noun
Alternative form of alatern
alentours
aleurites
aleutians
aleutians
Noun
of (person)
Proper noun
The Aleutian Islands.
alouettes
altitudes
altitudes
noun
plural of altitude
alumstone
alumstone
noun
(mineralogy) alunite
alushtite
amaterasu
amaterasu
Proper noun
The itself.
ambulates
ambulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambulate
amounters
amputates
amputates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amputate
amusement
amusement
noun
(countable) An activity that is entertaining or amusing, such as dancing, gunning, or fishing.
(uncountable) Entertainment.
anacletus
anaunters
anestrous
anestrous
adj
not estrous
of, or pertaining to, anestrus
angulates
angulates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of angulate
angustate
angustate
adj
narrowed
annuities
annuities
noun
plural of annuity
anoestrum
anoestrus
anoestrus
noun
Alternative spelling of anestrus
antenatus
anthrenus
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.
antonescu
apemantus
apertures
apertures
noun
plural of aperture
apetalous
apetalous
adj
(botany) Having no petals.
apneustic
apneustic
adj
(pathology) Of or relating to apneusis.
aposthume
aptitudes
aptitudes
noun
plural of aptitude
aquatones
aquatones
noun
plural of aquatone
aqueducts
aqueducts
noun
plural of aqueduct
arbutuses
arbutuses
noun
plural of arbutus
arcatures
arcatures
noun
plural of arcature
areithous
areskutan
arethusas
arethusas
noun
plural of arethusa
argentous
argentous
adj
(chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a higher proportion than in argentic compounds.
Of, pertaining to, or containing silver.
argentums
arguments
arguments
noun
plural of argument
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argument
aristaeus
arksutite
arksutite
noun
(mineralogy) chiolite
armatures
armatures
noun
plural of armature
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of armature
arterious
arterious
adj
(archaic) arterial
asbestous
asbestous
Adjective
Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.
aspectual
aspectual
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to grammatical aspect.
Of or pertaining to an aspect.
assaulted
assaulted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of assault
assaulter
assaulter
noun
One who commits assault.
assiduate
assiduate
adj
(obsolete) unremitting; assiduous
assinuate
assuetude
assuetude
noun
(archaic) Accustomedness; habit.
The condition of an organism that has acquired tolerance of a drug or poison.
assurgent
assurgent
adj
(botany) Curving upward.
Rising or tending to rise.
noun
(heraldry) A man or beast rising out of the sea.
astounded
astounded
adj
Surprised, amazed, astonished or bewildered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astound
athenaeus
atheneums
athermous
athermous
adj
Alternative form of athermanous
atherurus
attitudes
attitudes
noun
plural of attitude
aubretias
aubretias
noun
plural of aubretia
aubrietas
aubrietas
noun
plural of aubrieta
auditives
auditress
auditress
noun
(dated) A female hearer.
augustest
augustest
adj
superlative form of august: most august
augustine
auntliest
auntliest
adj
superlative form of auntly: most auntly
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.
austemper
austemper
verb
(transitive) To harden (a metal) and produce a stronger microstructure by heating it into the austenite region and then immediately quenching and removing any bainite and ausferrite.
austenite
austenite
noun
A solid solution or carbon or ferric carbide in iron that exists in steel at high temperatures.
austerely
austerely
adv
In an austere manner.
austerest
austerest
adj
superlative form of austere: most austere
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
autexousy
authoress
authoress
noun
(dated) A female author.
authorise
authorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.
autobuses
autobuses
noun
plural of autobus
autocades
autocades
noun
plural of autocade
autodynes
autodynes
noun
plural of autodyne
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
autolyzes
autolyzes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of autolyze
automates
automates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of automate
autopsied
autopsied
verb
simple past tense and past participle of autopsy
autopsies
autopsies
noun
plural of autopsy
autoriser
autoscope
autoscope
noun
An electrical instrument for the examination of the larynx and trachea.
An optical instrument for examining one's own eye.
autoserum
autoserum
noun
A serum obtained from a patient's own blood and then used for autoserotherapy
autosomes
autosomes
noun
plural of autosome
autospore
autospore
noun
An immobile spore that cannot develop flagella.
autostage
autostage
noun
(historical) An electric bus.
autotypes
autotypes
noun
plural of autotype
autrefois
autunites
autunites
noun
plural of autunite
awestruck
awestruck
adj
Filled or overcome with awe or wonder.
awfullest
awfullest
adj
superlative form of awful: most awful
baculites
baculites
noun
plural of baculite
baguettes
baguettes
noun
plural of baguette
balaustre
balbuties
balbuties
noun
(medicine, obsolete) stammering
balusters
balusters
noun
plural of baluster
barguests
barguests
noun
plural of barguest
basecourt
basecourt
noun
Alternative form of base court
basketful
basketful
noun
The amount that will fit into a basket
batesburg
bathhouse
bathhouse
noun
A building where swimmers can change clothes.
A building with baths for communal use.
A business with bath-like facilities, which chiefly serves as a place for sexual encounters, especially among men.
baulkiest
baulkiest
adj
superlative form of baulky: most baulky
beauseant
beauseant
noun
The black and white standard of the Knights Templar.
beauteous
beauteous
adj
(literary, formal) beautiful.
becluster
becrusted
becrusted
adj
Covered with, or as if with, a crust; encrusted.
bedquilts
bedquilts
noun
plural of bedquilt
beechnuts
beechnuts
noun
plural of beechnut
befluster
bequeaths
bequeaths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bequeath