Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge
abscised
abscised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscise
abseiled
abseiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abseil
accidias
accidies
acediast
acediast
noun
A person who has acedia
acidness
acidness
noun
acidity, sourness
acidoses
acidoses
noun
plural of acidosis
acidosis
acidosis
noun
(pathology) An abnormally increased acidity of the blood.
acrasida
acridest
acridest
adj
superlative form of acrid: most acrid
adamsite
adamsite
noun
An organic compound, diphenylaminechlorarsine, used as a riot-control agent.
addlings
addlings
noun
(obsolete, provincial) Earnings.
adenines
adenines
noun
plural of adenine (multiple adenine molecules)
adenitis
adenitis
noun
(medicine, pathology) Glandular inflammation.
adenoids
adenoids
noun
plural of adenoid
adenosis
adenosis
noun
(medicine) Benign swelling, scarring or enlargement of the lymph glands; a minor, low-risk glandular condition.
adessive
adessive
adj
(grammar) of or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates adjacent location
noun
(grammar) the adessive case, or a word in that case.
adhesion
adhesion
noun
(biochemistry) The binding of a cell to a surface or substrate.
(medicine) An abnormal union of surface by the formation of new tissue resulting from an inflammatory process.
An agreement to adhere.
Persistent attachment or loyalty.
The ability of a substance to stick to an unlike substance.
The frictional grip on a surface, of wheels, shoes etc.
adhesive
adhesive
adj
apt or tending to adhere; clinging
sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances
noun
a substance, such as glue, that provides or promotes adhesion
adhibits
adhibits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adhibit
adiposes
adiposes
noun
plural of adiposis
adiposis
adiposis
noun
(medicine) A condition marked by the accumulation of adipose (fatty) tissue.
adipsous
adipsous
adj
(medicine) thirst-quenching
adjoints
adjoints
noun
plural of adjoint
admirals
admirals
noun
plural of admiral
admirers
admirers
noun
plural of admirer
admonish
admonish
verb
(transitive) To inform or notify of a fault; to rebuke gently or kindly, but seriously; to tell off.
(transitive) To instruct or direct.
(transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense.
adonises
adonises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adonise
adradius
adriaens
adscript
adscript
adj
Held to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
noun
(typography) Something written or printed immediately after another character and aligned with it.
A feudal serf or labourer who is attached to an estate and sold or transferred with it.
verb
(transitive) To hold (a person) to service as attached to the soil; said of feudal serfs.
adstrict
adstrict
verb
Alternative form of astrict
adustion
adustion
noun
(obsolete) The act of burning, or heating to dryness; the state of being thus heated or dried.
(surgery, obsolete) Cauterization.
adustive
advisees
advisees
noun
plural of advisee
advisers
advisers
noun
plural of adviser
advising
advising
noun
(obsolete) Advice.
verb
present participle of advise
advisive
advisive
adj
Advisory in tone and content.
advisors
advisors
noun
plural of advisor
advisory
advisory
adj
Able to give advice.
Containing advice; advising.
aeacides
aeolides
aeroides
agdistis
agdistis
Proper noun
A hermaphroditic being, associated with the worship of Cybele or Rhea
agonised
agonised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agonise
aidoneus
airdates
airdates
noun
plural of airdate
airdrops
airdrops
noun
plural of airdrop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airdrop
airheads
airheads
noun
plural of airhead
airsheds
airsheds
noun
plural of airshed
airspeed
airspeed
noun
(aviation) The speed of an aircraft relative to the air through which it is flying.
airwards
airwards
adv
Toward the air; upward.
aiseweed
aistopod
aistopod
noun
(paleontology) A snake-like amphibian from the order Aistopoda.
akkadist
alasdair
alcaides
alcaides
noun
plural of alcaide
aldoside
aldoside
noun
(organic chemistry) Any glucoside of an aldose.
alidades
alidades
noun
plural of alidade
alismoid
allodies
ambroids
amerinds
amidases
amidases
noun
plural of amidase
amidines
amidines
noun
plural of amidine
amidmost
amidmost
adj
In the very middle; central.
adv
In the very middle; centrally.
amidones
amidones
noun
plural of amidone
amidship
amidship
adv
In the middle of a ship (as opposed to bow or stern).
amyloids
amyloids
noun
plural of amyloid
anapsida
anaspida
andesine
andesine
noun
(mineralogy) Sodium calcium aluminum silicate, (Na_xCa_xAlSi_3O_8), a plagioclase feldspar, the third member of the albite-anorthite solid solution series. Found in fine-grained andesite lavas; crystals are rarely seen.
andesite
andesite
noun
(geology) Any of a class of fine-grained intermediate igneous rock, of volcanic origin, containing mostly plagioclase feldspar.
andirons
andirons
noun
plural of andiron
androids
androids
noun
plural of android
androsin
aneroids
aneroids
noun
plural of aneroid
anisated
aniseeds
aniseeds
noun
plural of aniseed
anisidin
anisopod
annelids
annelids
noun
plural of annelid
anodizes
anodizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anodize
antacids
antacids
noun
plural of antacid
antiskid
antiskid
adj
(of a brake system) Designed to maintain traction on a slippery surface.
(of a surface) Designed to increase friction, and thereby reduce the possibility of skid.
noun
(aviation) Antiskid braking.
aphidius
aphodius
apodixis
apodixis
noun
(rhetoric) Supporting a proposition by reference to common knowledge.
apodosis
apodosis
noun
(logic, grammar) The consequential clause in a conditional sentence.
apprised
apprised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of apprise
araneids
araneids
noun
plural of araneid
arcadias
arcadias
noun
plural of arcadia
aridness
aridness
noun
The state or quality of being arid.
aristida
aristide
arsedine
arsedine
noun
(obsolete) An imitation gold used in gilding.
arsenide
arsenide
noun
A compound with arsenic in oxidation state −3.
An ion that is an arsenic atom with three extra electrons and charge −3.
ascarids
ascarids
noun
plural of ascarid
ascidiae
ascidian
ascidian
noun
Any member of the class Ascidiacea (the sea squirts)
ascidiia
ascidium
ascidium
noun
(botany) A pitcher-shaped or flask-shaped organ or appendage of a plant.
(zoology) One of the former genus Ascidium of simple ascidians, which included most of the known species; sometimes used as a name for the family Ascidiidae or for all the Tunicata, or Ascidiacea.
asconoid
asconoid
adj
(biology, of a sponge) Having the form of a simple ascon
ascribed
ascribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ascribe
asfetida
ashfield
ashfield
noun
A field that is covered in ash.
asilidae
aspidate
aspidate
adj
Shield-shaped; having the form of a flat plate.
aspidium
aspidium
noun
(dated, countable) Synonym of dryopteris: a genus of ferns or a member of the genus, including the male fern.
(dated, medicine, uncountable) A vermifuge prepared from the dried male fern.
assailed
assailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of assail
assidean
assident
assident
adj
(medicine) Of a symptom, generally, but not always, accompanying a disease; indicative of the presence of a disease but not a necessary occurrence in conjunction with that disease.
assidual
assigned
assigned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of assign
assisted
assisted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of assist
assoiled
assoiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of assoil
assyroid
asteroid
asteroid
noun
(astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.
(astronomy) In the Solar system, such a body that orbits within the orbit of Jupiter
(zoology) Any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea; a starfish
astonied
astonied
adj
(archaic) In shock or confusion; bewildered.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astony
astraeid
atomised
atomised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of atomise
audibles
audibles
noun
plural of audible
audients
audients
noun
plural of audient
auditors
auditors
noun
plural of auditor
audivise
avidious
avidious
adj
(obsolete) avid; eager; greedy.
avidness
avidness
noun
The characteristic of being avid.
avodires
avoiders
avoiders
noun
plural of avoider
azotised
azotised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of azotise
babished
babished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of babish
backside
backside
adj
(board sports) Approaching an obstacle backward
noun
(euphemistic) A person's buttocks.
(figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything.
(obsolete) The back side of a page: a verso.
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
backslid
backslid
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backslide
baldrics
baldrics
noun
plural of baldric
balistid
balistid
noun
(zoology) Any triggerfish in the family Balistidae.
ballised
bandfish
bandfish
noun
Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae
bandidos
bandusia
banished
banished
adj
Having been subject to banishment; kicked out and forbidden from returning; forbidden and prohibited.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of banish
bankside
bankside
noun
The land by a riverbank.
baptised
baptised
adj
(of a person) Who has been baptised.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of baptise
bardiest
bardings
bardings
noun
plural of barding
bardship
bardship
noun
The state of being a bard.
barmaids
barmaids
noun
plural of barmaid
basiated
basidial
basidial
adj
Relating to the basidium.
basidium
basidium
noun
(mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from 19th c.]