Continuing or persisting in the same state: lasting, enduring; steadfast.
noun
(obsolete) An abode.
The action of one who abides; the state of an abider.
verb
present participle of abide
abigael
abigail
abigail
noun
(obsolete) A lady's maid.
abigale
abigeat
abigeat
noun
(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
abishag
abishag
noun
(archaic, thieves' cant) The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.
ablings
ablings
adv
(Britain, dialectal) Alternative form of aiblins
aboding
aboding
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding.
verb
present participle of abode
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.
abusing
abusing
verb
present participle of abuse
accinge
accinge
verb
(reflexive, archaic) To prepare oneself for action.
achigan
aciurgy
aciurgy
noun
Operative surgery.
actings
actings
noun
plural of acting
adagial
adagial
adj
Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.
adagios
adagios
noun
plural of adagio
addiego
addling
addling
noun
Alternative form of addlings (earnings).
The act of causing fertilised eggs to lose viability, by killing the developing embryo within through shaking, piercing, freezing or oiling, without breaking the shell or other outer layer.
verb
present participle of addle.
adeling
adeling
noun
Alternative form of atheling.
adjiger
adjiger
noun
(India) The snake Python molurus.
adoring
adoring
adj
Showing adoration or admiration.
noun
adoration
verb
present participle of adore
aedeagi
aedeagi
noun
plural of aedeagus
aegagri
aegeria
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
afacing
affying
affying
verb
present participle of affy
afghani
afghani
noun
The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul.
aflight
aflight
adj
(obsolete) Showing distress, anxiety or other strong emotion.
Covered or filled (with something flying).
Fleeing.
Flying.
afright
afright
adj
Alternative form of affright
against
against
conj
(obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before.
prep
(Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
(obsolete) Exposed to.
As a charge on.
As counterbalance to.
As protection from.
Close to, alongside.
Contrary to; in conflict with.
In a contrary direction to.
In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
In competition with, versus.
In contrast or comparison with.
In exchange for.
In front of; before (a background).
In opposition to.
In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
In physical opposition to; in collision with.
Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
agalite
agamian
agamist
agamist
noun
An unmarried person celibate by choice.
agamoid
aganice
agapeic
agapeic
adj
Characteristic of agape.
agapeti
agarics
agarics
noun
plural of agaric
agarita
agarita
noun
(US, dialectal) A rounded evergreen barberry, Mahonia trifoliolata, native to the United States and Mexico, or its berry.
agaroid
agassiz
agathin
agathis
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.
agatoid
ageings
ageings
noun
plural of ageing
ageisms
ageisms
noun
plural of ageism
ageists
ageists
noun
plural of ageist
agenais
agenize
agenois
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.
aggadic
aggadic
adj
Of or pertaining to the Aggadah.
agialid
agilely
agilely
adv
In an agile manner; with agility.
agility
agility
noun
(countable) A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.
(uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion
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
agistor
agistor
noun
(historical) an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.
One who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
agitant
agitant
adj
That agitates.
noun
A person who agitates.
A thing that agitates.
Obsolete spelling of adjutant
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.
agitato
agitato
adv
(music) Played in a restless agitated style.
noun
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a restless agitated style.
agnails
agnails
noun
plural of agnail
agnatic
agnatic
adj
of the male bloodline; patrilineal
agnized
agnized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agnize
agnizes
agnizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agnize
agnoite
agnosia
agnosia
noun
(neurology) The inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.
agnosis
agnosis
noun
Epistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge.
agogics
agogics
noun
plural of agogic
agonied
agonied
adj
Feeling or undergoing agony; agonized.
agonies
agonies
noun
plural of agony
agonise
agonise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of agonize
agonist
agonist
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.
agonium
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.
agoutis
agoutis
noun
plural of agouti
agpaite
agpaite
noun
(mineralogy) Any of various peralkaline igneous rocks, typically nepheline syenite or phonolite.
agrania
agraria
agravic
agravic
adj
Of or pertaining to the condition of zero gravity.
agreing
agrilus
agriope
agrippa
agrised
agrised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agrise
agritos
agrotis
agudist
aguglia
aguijan
aguilar
aguirre
agustin
agyieus
aheight
aheight
adv
(obsolete) From high, from a high point.
aiawong
aiglets
aiglets
noun
plural of aiglet
aigneis
aigrets
aigrets
noun
plural of aigret
airbags
airbags
noun
plural of airbag
airglow
airglow
noun
A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere, now rarely observed by earthbound humans without the assistance of instruments.
airings
airings
noun
plural of airing
airling
airling
noun
(obsolete) A thoughtless, light-hearted person.
An imaginary sprite, usually a beautiful woman, conjured out of thin air by a poet's imagination.
airting
airting
verb
present participle of airt
aisling
aisling
noun
A kind of Irish poem, developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries, in which Ireland appears to the poet in a vision in the form of a woman, lamenting the state of the Irish people and predicting the revival of their fortunes.
akazgin
alangin
algalia
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.
algieba
algiers
algiers
Proper noun
The capital of Algeria.
algific
algific
adj
Producing cold; covered in ice.
alginic
alginic
adj
(biochemistry) Relating to alginic acid or its derivatives.
algomic
algosis
alguire
aligarh
alights
alights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alight
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.
alining
alining
verb
present participle of aline
alliage
allying
allying
verb
present participle of ally
almight
almight
adj
(obsolete) almighty
almoign
alogian
alogian
Noun
A member of the Alogi, a group of Christian heretics in Asia Minor that flourished around 170 CE.
alogism
alogism
noun
(art) An absurd or nonsensical element deliberately added to a work that belongs to the alogism movement.
(art) An early 20th century movement in painting and writing, emerging from the Russian avant-garde, which made use of antirational or nonsensical elements.
An inconsistency or arbitrary situation that follows no logical pattern.
An irrational statement or line of argument; a logical error.
Irrationality; the rejection of logical thinking as a means of approaching truth.
alright
alright
adj
(often proscribed) Alternative form of all right; satisfactory; okay; in acceptable order.
adv
(often proscribed) Alternative form of all right.
intj
(UK, informal) A generic greeting; hello; how are you.
(informal) Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
althing
althing
Proper noun
the national parliament of Iceland
amaigbo
amating
amating
verb
present participle of amate
amazing
amazing
adj
(informal) Possessing uniquely wonderful qualities; very good.