That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
noun
The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.
verb
present participle of ache
acting
acting
adj
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
noun
(countable, obsolete) An action or deed.
(drama) The occupation of an actor.
(law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
Pretending.
verb
present participle of act
adding
adding
verb
present participle of add
adigun
aegean
aegina
aegina
Proper noun
A nymph of the island that bears her name.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
An island in Greece.
affing
afghan
afghan
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut.
A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted.
aganus
ageing
ageing
noun
UK, Australia, and New Zealand standard spelling of aging.
agency
agency
noun
(sociology, philosophy, psychology) The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices.
A department or other administrative unit of a government; also, the office or headquarters of, or the district administered by such unit of government.
A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved.
An establishment engaged in doing business for another; also, the place of business or the district of such an agency.
The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
The office or function of an agent; also, the relationship between a principal and that person's agent.
agenda
agenda
noun
(now rare) plural of agendum
(obsolete) A ritual.
A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting).
A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner.
A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
An ulterior motive.
agenes
agenor
agents
agents
noun
plural of agent
agings
agings
noun
plural of aging
aglint
aglint
adj
Glinting.
agnail
agnail
noun
(obsolete) A corn or sore on the toe or finger.
Torn skin near a toenail or fingernail.
agname
agname
noun
An appellation over and above the given name and surname.
agnate
agnate
adj
(linguistics) Having a similar semantic meaning.
Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
allied; akin
noun
(linguistics) A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.
A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
Any paternal male relative.
agnean
agneau
agnese
agness
agneta
agnize
agnize
verb
(transitive, archaic) To recognise; to acknowledge.
agnola
agnosy
agnosy
noun
(countable, neurology) A deficit in the ability to perceive.
(countable, neurology) A patient suffering from an agnosy.
(uncountable) A lack of spiritual understanding or insight; a lack of enlightenment.
(uncountable, rare) Ignorance, especially that which is common to a group or category of people.
agoing
agoing
verb
(archaic, dialectal) present participle of go
agonal
agonal
adj
Of or pertaining to struggle, competition or conflict; of or pertaining to an agon.
Of or pertaining to the pain of death.
agones
agones
Noun
agons
agonia
agonic
agonic
adj
(cartography, navigation) Having a magnetic deviation of zero.
(geometry) Lacking an angle.
(medicine, obsolete) Occurring shortly before death; agonal.
(psychology) Of a mode of social interaction based on threats, displays of power, or inducements of anxiety.
Characterized by agony.
Synonym of agonal
noun
Synonym of agonic line.
agroan
agroan
adj
groaning
agujon
agunah
agunah
noun
A Jewish woman who is trapped in a marriage from which she cannot escape, either because her husband has disappeared or because he will not grant her a gett.
agynic
aiding
aiding
noun
The act of one who aids or assists.
verb
present participle of aid
ailing
ailing
adj
Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.
noun
An ailment.
verb
present participle of ail
aiming
aiming
noun
The act of one who aims.
verb
present participle of aim
airing
airing
noun
(countable) A public expression of an opinion or discussion of a subject.
(countable) An exposure to warm or fresh air.
(countable) The broadcast of a television or radio show.
verb
present participle of air
akonge
alange
alenge
algine
algins
algins
noun
plural of algin
algona
algren
aligns
aligns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of align
alnage
alnage
noun
A duty paid for such measurement.
Measurement (of cloth) by the ell.
amagon
amgarn
amigen
amling
amlong
anagap
anagep
anagni
anagua
analog
analog
adj
(of a device or system) In which the value of a data item (such as time) is represented by a continuous(ly) variable physical quantity that can be measured (such as the shadow of a sundial).
Not relating to, or pre-dating, digital technology such as computers and the Internet; relating to real life.
noun
(chemistry) A structural derivative of a parent compound that differs from it by only one or a few atoms or substituent groups; (usually, especially) such a molecule that retains most of the same chemical properties.
(countable) Something that bears an analogy to something else.
(countable, biology) An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin.
anding
anding
verb
present participle of and
anergy
anergy
noun
(immunology) Lack of immunity to an antigen.
(pathology) Deficiency of energy.
(physics) Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work.
angami
angang
angara
angara
Proper noun
A river in Russia.
angary
angary
noun
The right of one belligerent (government) in a conflict to seize, use or destroy the property of another belligerent or neutral state, or the private citizens thereof, provided compensation is paid.
angela
angele
angeli
angell
angell
noun
Obsolete spelling of angel
angelo
angels
angels
noun
plural of angel
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of angel
angers
angers
noun
plural of anger
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anger
angico
angico
noun
A leguminous tree, Anadenanthera colubrina, native to South America, with traditional medicinal properties and tannin-rich wood used in tanning.
angier
angild
angili
angilo
angina
angina
noun
(pathology) An inflammatory infection of the throat, particularly quinsy.
(pathology) Short for angina pectoris.
(pathology, cardiology) A chest pain or shortness of breath occurring with lesser degrees of arterial blockage.
angkor
angkor
Proper noun
A region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries.
angled
angled
adj
Arranged so as to form an angle.
Forming an angle of a particular type.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of angle
angler
angler
noun
(archaic, UK, thieves' cant) A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.
A person who fishes with a hook and line.
An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.
Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.
angles
angles
noun
plural of angle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of angle
anglia
anglic
anglic
Adjective
Anglian
anglim
anglos
anglos
noun
plural of anglo
angola
angora
angora
noun
(uncountable) The fabric made from the hair of angora rabbits or angora goats.
(uncountable) The hair of angora rabbits or angora goats, used to make textiles.
An angora cat.
a goat of a domesticated breed that produces mohair.
a rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus)
angsts
angsts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of angst
anguid
anguid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Anguidae.
anguis
angula
angule
angust
angust
adj
(obsolete) Narrow; strait; contracted; not spacious.
angwin
anhang
anight
anight
adv
(obsolete) In the night-time, at night.
anking
anlage
anlage
noun
(biology) A primordium, the initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a body part develops.
(genetics) An allele, a specific version of a gene (as used by Gregor Mendel).
(psychology) Temperament, the predominant personality type.
anogra
antigo
anting
anting
noun
(ornithology) The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.
antung
anurag
anurag
Proper noun
name used by many people in or from India.
anyang
apogon
aragon
aranga
aranga
noun
Among Siberian peoples, a platform on which the body of a deceased shaman is placed, as a form of sky burial.
arango
arango
noun
A rough carnelian bead, formerly used in Africa as currency when buying slaves for the slave trade.
arcing
arcing
noun
The shape or motion of something that arcs.
verb
present participle of arc
arenga
arenig
argand
argand
noun
An Argand lamp.
argans
argans
noun
plural of argan
argean
argean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the mythical ship Argo.
argent
argent
adj
(heraldry): of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
Of silver or silver-coloured.
noun
(archaic) The metal silver.
(heraldry) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
(obsolete, poetic) Whiteness; anything that is white.
arghan
arghan
noun
Alternative form of argan
argine
argoan
argoan
Adjective
Pertaining to the mythical ship Argo.
argons
argons
noun
plural of argon
arleng
arling
arming
arming
noun
(in particular, especially in compounds) The affixing and securing on of armor.
(nautical) A piece of tallow or soap put in the cavity and over the bottom of a sounding lead to pick up samples of the bottom of the sea.
(nautical, chiefly in the plural) One of the red dress cloths formerly hung fore and aft outside of a ship's upper works on holidays, or used as a visual screen during times of action.
The act of preparing a tool or a weapon for action; activation.
The act of supplying (oneself or others) with armor and (now especially) arms and ammunition in preparation for a conflict; the act of providing with the means of defense and attack.
The act of supplying with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task.
verb
present participle of arm
ashing
ashing
noun
(analytical chemistry) An analytic procedure in which a sample is heated in a furnace to leave a residue of ash, either to determine the gross mineral content, or as a preparation for further analysis
verb
present participle of ash
asking
asking
adj
That asks; that expresses a question or request.
noun
(in the plural) The marriage banns.
(rare in the singular) A request, or petition.
The act or process of posing a question or making a request.
verb
present participle of ask
assign
assign
noun
(obsolete) A design or purpose.
(obsolete) A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance.
(obsolete) An assignment or appointment.
An assignee.
verb
(LGBT) To categorize (someone) as belonging to the male or female sex.
(transitive) To allot or give (something) as a task.
(transitive) To appoint or select (someone) for some office.
(transitive) To attribute or sort (something) into categories.
(transitive) To designate or set apart (something) for some purpose.
(transitive, law) To transfer (property, a legal right, etc.) from one person to another.
(transitive, programming) To give (a value) to a variable.
asuang
asuang
noun
Alternative form of aswang
aswing
aswing
adv
In a state of swinging.
atglen
athing
atinga
auding
auding
noun
(frequently attributive) The action of comprehending and retaining the information in speech that is heard, as opposed to merely hearing it or listening to it.
augean
augean
Adjective
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Augeas.
Hence, very filthy.
augend
augend
noun
(arithmetic) A quantity to which another is added.
aurang
aurung
aurung
noun
(India, historical) A factory of the East India Company for the purchase, on advances, of native piece goods etc.
avenge
avenge
noun
(archaic) An act of vengeance; a revenge.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To take vengeance.
(reflexive) To revenge oneself (on or upon someone).
(transitive) To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer.
(transitive, archaic) To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on.
aweing
awning
awning
noun
(nautical) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin.
A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind.
awrong
awrong
adv
(obsolete) Wrongly.
axunge
axunge
noun
(medicine) Lard prepared for medical use.
Fat or grease, especially of a pig or goose.
baaing
baaing
noun
The bleating of a sheep.
verb
present participle of baa
bagani
bagman
bagman
noun
(Australia, slang) A bookmaker.
(US, politics, slang) An officer assigned to travel with the president and carry the "nuclear football".
(dated, slang) A travelling salesman.
(golf) A caddy.
(informal) A person who collects, transports, or distributes illicit money, especially for the purpose of bribery, extortion, or the making of other improper payments.
(politics, informal) A prominent fundraiser for a political party or similar cause
An assistant to a police detective, most commonly in the British police force.
bagmen
bagmen
noun
plural of bagman
bagnes
bagnet
bagnet
noun
(Philippines) crispy pork belly
bagnio
bagnio
noun
(obsolete) A building for bathing, sweating.
(obsolete) In Turkey, a prison for slaves.
bagnut
bagong
bagwyn
bagwyn
noun
An imaginary heraldic animal, like an antelope but with the tail of a horse and two curved horns.