(botany, zoology) Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal.
Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed.
abaxile
abaxile
adj
Alternative form of abaxial
abelian
abelian
adj
(mathematics) Of a binary function, commutative.
(mathematics) Of an algebraic structure, having a commutative defining operation.
abelite
abelite
noun
(chemistry) An explosive consisting of ammonium nitrate with hydrocarbons added.
abigael
abigail
abigail
noun
(obsolete) A lady's maid.
abigale
abilene
abilene
Proper noun
A region of Syria south and southeast of Damascus.
Proper noun
A city of west-central Texas west-southwest of Fort Worth; founded in 1881 with the coming of the railroad, the city first prospered as a shipping center for cattle.
A city in Kansas
Adjective
Belonging to a prehistoric culture of central Texas, characterized by oval grinding stones.
ability
ability
noun
(archaic) Financial ability.
(countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.
(now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power.
(obsolete) Suitableness.
(uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
The legal wherewithal to act.
abilyne
ablings
ablings
adv
(Britain, dialectal) Alternative form of aiblins
abolish
abolish
verb
(archaic) To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out.
To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
aboulia
aboulia
noun
Alternative spelling of abulia
aboulic
aboulic
adj
Alternative form of abulic
abseils
abseils
noun
plural of abseil
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abseil
abuleia
abulias
abulias
noun
plural of abulia
accalia
acclaim
acclaim
noun
(obsolete) A claim.
(poetic) An acclamation; a shout of applause.
verb
(Canada, politics) To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation.
(archaic, transitive) To shout; to call out.
(transitive) To declare by acclamations.
(transitive) To express great approval (for).
(transitive, obsolete) To claim.
(transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
accueil
acemila
achille
acholia
acholia
noun
(medicine, pathology) Deficiency or absence of bile.
acholic
acholic
adj
(medicine) Lacking bile (or bile pigments) (for example, making feces light-colored).
achylia
achylia
noun
(pathology) The lack or reduced production of gastric juices in any part of the digestive tract.
acicula
acicula
noun
One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.
acieral
acilius
aclinal
aclinal
adj
Having no dip; horizontal
aclinic
aclinic
adj
(physics) Without inclination or dipping.
acridly
acridly
adv
In a harsh or corrosive manner.
acridyl
acridyl
noun
Alternative form of acridinyl
acrilan
acrinyl
acrinyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical p-hydroxybenzyl
acritol
acrylic
acrylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile.
Containing an acrylic resin.
noun
(organic chemistry) An acrylic resin.
(painting) A paint containing an acrylic resin.
A liquid coating system based on an acrylic resin.
A painting executed using such a paint.
A thick sheet of plastic.
actinal
actinal
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the axis of rotational symmetry in radiate animals.
(zoology) Pertaining to the side or surface around the mouth in an animal that has radial symmetry such as a starfish.
acyclic
acyclic
adj
(botany) Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.
(chemistry) Not cyclic; having an open chain structure.
(graph theory, of a graph) Containing no cycles.
acyloin
acyloin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any α-hydroxy ketone.
adagial
adagial
adj
Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.
adaliah
adaline
adaxial
adaxial
adj
(botany) On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side.
(developmental biology) adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord.
addible
addible
adj
Capable of being added on (introduced to the context).
Capable of being added up (counted/summed).
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.
addlins
addlins
noun
(UK, Yorkshire, dialect, archaic) earnings
adelice
adelina
adelind
adeline
adeling
adeling
noun
Alternative form of atheling.
adelite
adelite
noun
(mineralogy) A rare mineral, a calcium-magnesium arsenate, forming blue, green, yellow or grey orthorhombic crystals.
adeliza
adelphi
adelric
adinole
adlumia
adlumin
admiral
admiral
noun
(obsolete) A prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan.
A flag officer in the United States Navy or Coast Guard of a grade superior to vice admiral and junior to admiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four-star general.
A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron.
A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Kaniska, Limenitis and Vanessa, especially a red admiral or white admiral.
The ship which carries the admiral, the flagship; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
adoulie
adriell
advisal
advisal
noun
The act of advising.
aediles
aediles
noun
plural of aedile
aedilic
aegiale
aeolian
aeolian
adj
(geology) carried, deposited or eroded by the wind.
(music) Aeolian mode
of, or relating to the wind.
noun
A lightweight fabric with a ribbed surface, generally made by combining silk and cotton, or silk and worsted warp and weft.
aeolina
aeoline
aeolism
aeolism
noun
Alternative form of Aeolism
aeolist
aeonial
aerials
aerials
noun
(skiing) Aerial skiing.
plural of aerial
aerical
aeriela
aeriell
aetolia
affinal
affinal
adj
(anthropology) Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
affixal
affixal
adj
As or like an affix.
afflict
afflict
verb
(obsolete) To make low or humble.
(obsolete) To strike or cast down; to overthrow.
(transitive) To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress.
aflight
aflight
adj
(obsolete) Showing distress, anxiety or other strong emotion.
Covered or filled (with something flying).
Fleeing.
Flying.
afzelia
agalite
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
agnails
agnails
noun
plural of agnail
agrilus
aguglia
aguilar
aiblins
aiblins
adv
(Northern England) Perhaps, maybe.
aidable
aidable
adj
Capable of being rectified with a hearing aid.
Qualifying for financial aid.
aidless
aidless
adj
Without aid.
Without mechanical assistance.
aiglets
aiglets
noun
plural of aiglet
ailanto
ailanto
noun
ailanthus (tree)
ailbert
aileron
aileron
noun
(architecture) A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.
The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns.
ailette
ailette
noun
(historical) A small square shield, formerly worn on the shoulders of knights, being the prototype of the epaulet.
ailment
ailment
noun
Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
ailsyte
ailurus
ailweed
aimable
aimable
adj
Capable of being aimed.
aimless
aimless
adj
Without aim, purpose, or direction.
aimwell
ainaleh
ainsell
ainslee
ainsley
ainslie
aionial
airable
airable
adj
Suitable for broadcast.
airbill
airbill
noun
(transport) A waybill for cargo being shipped by air.
airflow
airflow
noun
Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoil.
airfoil
airfoil
noun
A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air.
A wing of an aircraft.
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.
airless
airless
adj
(figurative) Stifling; dead; lacking vitality or excitement.
(medicine) Suffering from asphyxia.
Lacking air circulation.
Lacking or being without air.
With air that is stale.
airliah
airlift
airlift
noun
(archaeology) A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.
Such a flight.
The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.
verb
(transitive) To transport (troops etc) in an airlift.
airlike
airlike
adj
Resembling air, gaseous.
airline
airline
noun
A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods.
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.
airlock
airlock
noun
(architecture, informal) A vestibule, foyer or entranceway with doors to the exterior on one end and doors to the interior on the other, functioning to keep indoor and outdoor air, humidity, and air temperatures separate.
A sealed, airtight chamber, such as in a manned spacecraft or submarine, used to provide access to and from the sealed area without allowing air out or water in.
Alternative form of air lock
airmail
airmail
noun
The items of mail so carried.
The system of conveying mail using aircraft.
verb
(baseball) To (unintentionally) throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.
(transitive) To send mail by air.
airplay
airplay
noun
The playing of a particular song, band or genre on the radio, or the frequency with which it is played.
airplot
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.
akindle
aladdin
aladdin
Proper noun
A given name
An Arabic tale about a young man named Aladdin who is recruited by a sorcerer to get a magic lamp from a cave; often adapted into comic pantomime in Britain
The young man who is the protagonist and title character of the story
alalite
alamein
alamire
alangin
alanine
alanine
noun
(biochemistry, uncountable) A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins
(countable) A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid
alanins
alanins
noun
plural of alanin
alantic
alantin
alantin
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) Inulin.
alarice
alarick
alarise
alathia
alation
alation
noun
(countable) A wing or wing-like structure.
(uncountable) The state of being winged.
albainn
albania
albeniz
alberic
alberik
alberti
albinal
albines
albinic
albinic
adj
Synonym of albino
albinos
albinos
noun
plural of albino
albinus
albireo
albireo
Proper noun
A binary star in the constellation Cygnus; Beta (β) Cygni.