(in the plural) The native flora and fauna of an area.
A native inhabitant of a country; a member of the original people.
abrogable
abrogable
adj
capable of being abrogated.
abrogated
abrogated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abrogate
abrogates
abrogates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abrogate
accourage
accourage
Verb
To encourage.
aceologic
acrogenic
acrogenic
adj
Alternative form of acrogenous
acrogynae
acrologue
adagietto
adagietto
adv
(music) More lighthearted than adagio.
noun
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio.
adenology
adenology
noun
The part of physiology that treats of the glands.
aedoeagus
aegicores
aegiochus
aegophony
aegophony
noun
Alternative form of egophony
aegrotant
aerogenes
aerogenic
aerogenic
adj
(biology) Producing gas or air (used especially of some bacteria)
aerognosy
aerograms
aerograms
noun
plural of aerogram
aerograph
aerograph
noun
A kind of airbrush.
aerologic
aerologic
adj
Pertaining to aerology, characteristic of aerology.
aerophagy
aerophagy
noun
(medicine) the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
aetheogam
aetheogam
noun
(botany) A cryptogam; a plant of the obsolete taxonomic class Cryptogamia, having neither stamina nor pistils, and therefore no proper flowers, such as an alga, fern, fungus, lichen or moss.
aetiology
aetiology
noun
(medicine, countable) A cause of disease or of any particular case of a disease (but see pathology § Usage notes).
(medicine, uncountable) The study or investigation of the causes of disease; a scientific explanation for the origin of a disease.
The establishment of a cause, origin, or reason for something.
The study of causes or causation.
afrogaean
afterglow
afterglow
noun
An afterparty.
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
aftergood
aftersong
agamemnon
agaonidae
agapemone
agapemone
Noun
The base of a religious sect established in Sussex by the Rev. Henry James Prince in the mid-19th century, or a successor establishment in London, which were associated with free love and polygamy.
Any community characterised by mutual love or free love.
aggressor
aggressor
noun
The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
agiotages
agiotages
noun
plural of agiotage
aglaonema
aglaonema
noun
Any of the genus Aglaonema of tropical foliage plants.
aglossate
aglycones
aglycones
noun
plural of aglycone
agnoetism
agomensin
agonothet
agoranome
agoranome
noun
Alternative form of agoranomos
agreation
agrigento
agrigento
Proper noun
The capital city of Agrigento.
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
agrodolce
agrodolce
noun
An Italian sweet-and-sour sauce.
agrypnode
agueproof
agueproof
adj
Resistant to the ague.
aigremore
aigremore
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) charcoal prepared for making gunpowder
airmonger
alemonger
alemonger
noun
(historical) A seller of ale.
algedonic
algedonic
adj
Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
algogenic
algogenic
adj
(medicine) Inducing pain.
algometer
algometer
noun
An instrument for measuring pain-inducing stimuli, and the sensitivity to such stimuli.
algometry
algometry
noun
(medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.
aligerous
aligerous
adj
winged
alkylogen
allegator
allegator
noun
(obsolete) A person who alleges
allegoric
allegoric
adj
of, or relating to allegory
allgovite
allogenic
allogenic
adj
(geology) Formed in another location and transported.
(medicine, biology, genetics, immunology) Alternative form of allogeneic: genetically distinct, but of the same species; nonself but intraspecies.
Having an external cause, or source; exogenous.
alongside
alongside
adv
Along the side; by the side; side by side; abreast.
prep
Side by side with.
Together with or at the same time.
alpenglow
alpenglow
noun
A rosy or reddish glow seen during sunset or sunrise on the summits of mountains, especially snow-covered mountains on the opposite side of the sun.
amidogens
amidogens
noun
plural of amidogen
amphogeny
amylogens
anaberoga
anagogies
anagogies
noun
plural of anagogy
analogice
analogies
analogies
noun
plural of analogy
analogise
analogise
verb
Alternative spelling of analogize
analogize
analogize
verb
To express as an analogy.
To treat one thing as analogous to another.
analogues
analogues
noun
plural of analogue
anchorage
anchorage
noun
(figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
(medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
(nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
(nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
That into which something is anchored or fastened.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
androgens
androgens
noun
plural of androgen
androgeus
androgone
androgyne
androgyne
noun
A person who is androgynous.
An androgynous plant.
anemogram
anemogram
noun
A record made by an anemograph.
anemology
anemology
noun
The study of the movements of the winds.
The wind movements in a particular region.
angelenos
angelhood
angelhood
noun
The state of being an angel.
angelonia
angelonia
noun
Any of the genus Angelonia of South American flowering plants.
angerboda
angeronia
angiogeny
angiotome
anglehook
anglepods
angleworm
angleworm
noun
(Northern US) An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish.
anglogaea
anglomane
angouleme
anisogeny
antinegro
antinegro
adj
Opposing Negros.
apogamies
apogenous
apologete
apologiae
apologies
apologies
intj
Alternative form of my apologies
noun
A list of people unable to attend a meeting, typically presented as the first item on the agenda.
plural of apologie
plural of apology
apologise
apologise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of apologize.
apologize
apologize
verb
(intransitive) To express regret that a certain event has occurred.
(intransitive, dated) To make an apologia or defense; to act as apologist.
(intransitive, often followed by “for”) To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
apologues
apologues
noun
plural of apologue
apophlegm
apophyges
apophyges
noun
plural of apophyge
apothegms
apothegms
noun
plural of apothegm
aquebogue
aragonese
aragonite
aragonite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃; it is dimorphous with calcite.
arcangelo
archegone
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archelogy
archelogy
noun
The science of first principles.
archrogue
archrogue
noun
An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.
The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.
arctogaea
arctogean
arctogeic
areologic
areologic
adj
Synonym of areological
areopagus
areopagus
Noun
The supreme judicial and legislative council of ancient Athens
aretalogy
aretalogy
noun
A form of sacred biography in which a deity's attributes are listed, in the form of poem or text, in the first person.
argentino
argention
argention
noun
(chemistry, archaic) ionized silver
argentose
argentous
argentous
adj
(chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a higher proportion than in argentic compounds.
Of, pertaining to, or containing silver.
armigeros
arpeggios
arpeggios
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arpeggio
arrogance
arrogance
noun
The state of being arrogant; a type of extreme or foolish pride in which someone feels much superior to another.
arrogated
arrogated
adj
claimed falsely
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arrogate
arrogates
arrogates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrogate
asinegoes
astrogate
astrogate
verb
(science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.
astrogeny
astrogeny
noun
The creation or evolution of the stars or heavens.
astrologe
atheology
atheology
noun
Antagonism to theology; the study or profession of atheism.
atmogenic
augmentor
augmentor
noun
Alternative form of augmenter
aureoling
autogauge
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.
autostage
autostage
noun
(historical) An electric bus.
baignoire
baignoire
noun
(dated) A box of the lowest tier in a theatre.
ballotage
ballotage
noun
In France, a second ballot taken after an indecisive first ballot to decide between two or several candidates; a runoff election.
banderlog
bangalore
bangalore
Proper noun
The state capital of Karnataka (India).
Verb
To outsource (an employee, position, or function) to India, especially to Bangalore.
bargellos
bargeload
bargeload
noun
Entire load of a barge.
bargepole
bargepole
noun
Alternative spelling of barge pole
bariolage
bariolage
noun
(music) A rapid alternation of two notes on two strings of a violin etc
baronages
baronages
noun
plural of baronage
beaconage
beaconage
noun
(uncountable) Beacons collectively.
Money paid for the maintenance of a beacon.
beaconing
beaconing
noun
(computing, telecommunications) A continuous signaling of error conditions on a LAN, or small packets on a wireless LAN (WLAN).
(computing, telecommunications) In a token ring network, the process of isolating a fault domain with signals, so that recovery actions can take place.
verb
present participle of beacon (The emitting of signals from a beacon).