(archaic) Theft of cattle by driving it away with the intention of feloniously appropriating it.
abigeus
abigeus
noun
(law, UK, obsolete) A thief who steals livestock in large quantities.
abinger
abjudge
abjudge
verb
(transitive, law) To confiscate by judicial decision.
abridge
abridge
verb
(transitive) Cut short; truncate.
(transitive) To curtail.
(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off.
(transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from.
abusage
abusage
noun
(obsolete) Abuse.
Improper or incorrect use of language.
accinge
accinge
verb
(reflexive, archaic) To prepare oneself for action.
acreage
acreage
noun
An area of land measured in acres.
Size, as measured in acres.
acrogen
acrogen
noun
(biology) any flowerless plant whose growth takes place at the tip of the main stem, especially the cryptogam ferns
adangle
adangle
adj
Dangling.
addiego
adelges
adeling
adeling
noun
Alternative form of atheling.
adjiger
adjiger
noun
(India) The snake Python molurus.
adjudge
adjudge
verb
To award judicially; to assign.
To declare to be.
To deem or determine to be.
aedeagi
aedeagi
noun
plural of aedeagus
aegaeon
aegaeon
Proper noun
A moon of Saturn.
aegagri
aegates
aegeria
aegesta
aegiale
aegipan
aegipan
noun
(Classical mythology) A goat-like creature resembling a satyr, sometimes portrayed as having a fish's tail.
aegises
aegises
noun
plural of aegis
aenigma
aerogel
aerogel
noun
A porous, ultralight solid-state substance, similar to gel, in which the liquid component is replaced with gas.
aerogen
aerogen
noun
Any noble gas.
aerogun
aerogun
noun
(dated) An antiaircraft cannon.
aerugos
aftergo
agacles
agalena
agalite
agamede
agamete
agamete
noun
(biology) A nonsexual gamete; a gamete involved in asexual reproduction
aganice
agapeic
agapeic
adj
Characteristic of agape.
agapeti
agarose
agarose
noun
A polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis.
agatine
agatine
adj
Resembling or pertaining to agate.
agatize
agatize
verb
(transitive) To convert a living thing into the form of an agate; to fossilize.
agavose
agavose
noun
(obsolete) A sugar derived from Agave americana, now known to be sucrose.
ageable
ageable
adj
(dialect, informal, dated) Getting on in years; fairly old.
Capable of being aged; suitable for ageing.
ageings
ageings
noun
plural of ageing
ageisms
ageisms
noun
plural of ageism
ageists
ageists
noun
plural of ageist
agelast
agelast
noun
(rare) one who never laughs (especially at jokes); a mirthless person
agelaus
ageless
ageless
adj
(relative to future) Continuing infinitely or indefinitely.
(relative to past) Having existed for so great a period of time that its longevity cannot be expressed.
Always appearing youthful; never seeming to age.
agelong
agelong
adj
lasting throughout all time; eternal
agenais
agendas
agendas
noun
plural of agenda
agendum
agendum
noun
(obsolete) A task which ought to be done.
(theology) Something to be done; a practical duty, rather than an article of faith.
agenize
agenois
agentry
agentry
noun
The position of being an agent.
ageusia
ageusia
noun
Absence of the sense of taste.
Partial or complete loss of the sense of taste.
ageusic
ageusic
adj
Lacking a sense of taste.
aggappe
aggrace
aggrace
noun
(obsolete) grace; favour
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To favour; to grace.
aggrade
aggrade
verb
(transitive, geology) to raise the level of a river bed by the deposition of sediment
aggrate
aggrate
verb
(obsolete) To gratify, cause pleasure to.
aggrege
aggrege
verb
(intransitive) To make heavy; to aggravate.
aggress
aggress
noun
Aggression.
verb
(intransitive, construed with on) To commit the first act of hostility or offense against; to begin a quarrel or controversy with someone; to make an attack against someone.
(transitive) To set upon; to attack.
aghanee
agilely
agilely
adv
In an agile manner; with agility.
aginner
aginner
noun
An oppositional person, especially one opposed to government actions and projects.
agisted
agisted
adj
(now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) That has been put out to pasture (of an animal), especially on hired land not belonging to the animal's owner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agist
agister
agitate
agitate
verb
(transitive) To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake.
(transitive) To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person).
(transitive, now rare) To discuss or debate.
(transitive, now rare) To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to consider, to devise.
(transitive, obsolete) To set in motion; to actuate.
aglance
agnamed
agnamed
adj
Styled or called apart from given name and surname.
agnates
agnates
noun
plural of agnate
agneaux
agnella
agnesse
agnized
agnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agnize
agnizes
agnizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agnize
agnoete
agnoite
agnomen
agnomen
noun
An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen.
agnuses
agonied
agonied
adj
Feeling or undergoing agony; agonized.
agonies
agonies
noun
plural of agony
agonise
agonise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of agonize
agonize
agonize
verb
(intransitive) To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically.
(intransitive) To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
(transitive) To cause agony or anguish in someone.
agoraea
agpaite
agpaite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of various peralkaline igneous rocks, typically nepheline syenite or phonolite.
agraeus
agrafes
agrafes
noun
plural of agrafe
agraffe
agraffe
noun
A clasp consisting of a hook which fastens onto a ring.
A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is held so as to limit the vibration.
agramed
agreers
agreers
noun
plural of agreer
agreges
agreing
agretha
agriope
agrised
agrised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agrise
aguirre
agyieus
agyrate
aheight
aheight
adv
(obsolete) From high, from a high point.
ahlgren
aiglets
aiglets
noun
plural of aiglet
aigneis
aigrets
aigrets
noun
plural of aigret
ajangle
ajangle
adj
Jangling.
alberge
albergo
albergo
noun
An Italian inn.
alcogel
alcogel
noun
(chemistry) A colloid where the dispersive media is alcohol.
A hand sanitizer in the form of an alcohol gel
alegars
alength
alength
Adverb
At full length; lengthwise.
alforge
algarde
algarve
algarve
Proper noun
The southernmost region of Portugal.
algates
algates
adv
Alternative form of algate
algazel
algazel
noun
(obsolete) A gazelle, probably the Arabian gazelle.
algebar
algebra
algebra
noun
(countable, algebra) An algebraic structure consisting of a module over a commutative ring (or a vector space over a field) along with an additional binary operation that is bilinear over module (or vector) addition and scalar multiplication.
(countable, mathematics) A universal algebra.
(countable, mathematics) One of several other types of mathematical structure.
(countable, set theory, mathematical analysis) A collection of subsets of a given set, such that this collection contains the empty set, and the collection is closed under unions and complements (and thereby also under intersections and differences).
(figurative) A system or process, that is like algebra by substituting one thing for another, or in using signs, symbols, etc., to represent concepts or ideas.
(uncountable, mathematics) A system for computation using letters or other symbols to represent numbers, with rules for manipulating these symbols.
(uncountable, mathematics) The study of algebraic structures.
(uncountable, medicine, historical, rare) The surgical treatment of a dislocated or fractured bone. Also (countable): a dislocation or fracture.
algenib
algenib
Proper noun
A yellow supergiant in the constellation Perseus; Alpha (α) Persei.
A variable star in the constellation Pegasus; Gamma (γ) Pegasi. It forms one corner of the square of Pegasus.
algeria
algesia
algesia
noun
(medicine) sensitivity to pain
algesic
algesic
adj
Pain-causing; painful in nature.
Relating to the level of hypersensitivity to pain.
algesis
algetic
algetic
adj
Producing or having relation to pain.
alghero
algieba
algiers
algiers
Proper noun
The capital of Algeria.
algores
alguire
aligned
aligned
adj
(figurative) Allied or working together with a common goal.
Having been placed, arranged or formed in alignment (with something).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of align
aligner
aligner
noun
One who, or that which, aligns.
allegan
alleged
alleged
adj
Asserted but not proved.
Supposed but doubtful.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allege
alleger
alleger
noun
A person who alleges, especially one who makes a formal allegation.
alleges
alleges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of allege
allegra
allegre
allegro
allegro
adj
(music) in a quick and lively manner
adv
(music) played in a quick, lively tempo
noun
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto.
(music, more, traditionally) An expressive mark indicating that a passage is to be played in a lively or happy manner, not necessarily quickly.
allergy
allergy
noun
(informal) An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
(pathology) Any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
(pathology, immunology) A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma.
Altered susceptibility to a first treatment as exhibited in reaction to a subsequent one.
alliage
allodge
allodge
verb
(obsolete) To lodge; to stay temporarily.
allonge
allonge
noun
(fencing) A thrust or pass; a lunge.
(law, banking) A slip of paper attached to a negotiable instrument to hold endorsements should the document itself be unable to hold any more.
verb
To thrust with a sword; to lunge.
alnager
alnager
noun
(historical) A sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect woollen cloth and fix a seal upon it.
A measure by the ell.
altgeld
ambages
ambages
noun
(archaic) Indirect or roundabout routes or directions.
(archaic) Indirect or roundabout ways of talking; circumlocution.
ameagle
amenage
amerigo
anagoge
anagoge
noun
The spiritual or mystical interpretation of a word or passage beyond the literal, allegorical or moral sense (especially in Biblical criticism).