(India) A revenue tax on the manufacture or sale of liquors and drugs.
(India) The manufacture or sale of liquors or drugs.
abkary
abkary
noun
Alternative form of abkari
abkhas
abkhaz
ablock
abnaki
abrook
abrook
verb
To brook; to endure.
abukir
acheck
achkan
achkan
noun
A man's knee-length jacket worn in parts of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
achoke
ackees
ackees
noun
plural of ackee
ackeys
ackeys
noun
plural of ackey
ackler
ackley
ackman
ackmen
acknew
acknew
verb
simple past tense and past participle of acknow
acknow
acknow
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To acknowledge; confess (often with "of" or "on"), reveal, disclose, realize
(transitive, obsolete) To recognize.
ackton
acreak
acreak
adj
(rare) creaking
acrock
acrook
acrook
adj
(regional) Not in its proper place or properly oriented.
(regional, of a body part) Bent or formed into a hook.
adv
(archaic) In an oblique or crooked direction.
adamek
adamik
adamok
adhaka
adhaka
noun
An ancient Indian unit of weight, equivalent to around 2.5 kilograms.
adkins
advoke
advoke
verb
To summon or call (to a higher tribunal).
afrika
ahmeek
aikane
aikido
aikido
noun
(countable) A school of the martial art.
(uncountable) A Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throws.
aikona
aikona
intj
(South Africa) no; no way
aitken
aitkin
aitkin
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
akamai
akamai
adj
(Hawaii) Smart, clever.
akania
akanke
akaroa
akasha
akasha
noun
Alternative spelling of akasa
akaska
akaska
Proper noun
A town in South Dakota, US.
akawai
akazga
akazga
noun
The plant Strychnos icaja, traditionally used as an ordeal poison in West Africa.
akcheh
akcheh
noun
Archaic form of akçe (“Ottoman coin”).
akeake
akeake
noun
(New Zealand) The tree Dodonaea viscosa; aalii.
(New Zealand) The tree Olearia avicenniaefolia.
(New Zealand) The tree Olearia traversiorum.
akebia
akebia
noun
Any plant of the genus Akebia, especially the invasive plant Akebia quinata.
akelas
akelas
noun
plural of akela
akeley
akenes
akenes
noun
plural of akene
aketon
aketon
noun
(historical) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.
akeyla
akhaia
akhara
akhara
noun
A member of an order of ascetic monks in parts of India
A monastery used by this order
akhrot
akhrot
noun
(India) A walnut.
akhund
akhund
noun
(chiefly historical) A spiritual leader in Persia, parts of Central Asia and Xinjiang, China.
(colloquial, Central Asia or Xinjiang) Uyghur; Dungan; Hui Muslim
akhziv
akimbo
akimbo
adj
With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward.
adv
Into, in, or of the position where the arms are akimbo.
Of weapons, especially firearms: one held in each hand.
akmite
akoasm
akoasm
noun
An auditory hallucination
akonge
aksoyn
akutan
alaska
alaska
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Alaska (“baked Alaska”)
alcock
alfaki
alfirk
alikee
alkabo
alkaid
alkali
alkali
noun
(Western United States) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.
(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
alkane
alkane
noun
(organic chemistry) Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (methane, ethane, etc.).
alkene
alkene
noun
(organic chemistry) An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds.
alkide
alkide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any simple binary alkyl organometallic compound
alkies
alkies
noun
plural of alkie
plural of alky
alkine
alkine
noun
Synonym of alkylamine
alkool
alkoxy
alkoxy
noun
(organic chemistry) any univalent radical R-O-, or anion R-O⁻, where R is an alkyl group
alkyds
alkyds
noun
plural of alkyd
alkyls
alkyls
noun
plural of alkyl
alkyne
alkyne
noun
(organic chemistry) A hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond.
allock
alrick
alsike
alsike
noun
Trifolium hybridum, a species of clover with pinkish or white flowers.
amalek
amalek
Proper noun
The biblical grandson of Esau.
Noun
The nation said to be descended from him, living mostly in the and some later migrating to Israel.
amtrak
amucks
amucks
noun
plural of amuck
anakes
anakim
anakim
Proper noun
From the Bible Deuteronomy 1.28 A race of bigger than usual people, the sons of Anak, who were living in Canaan at the time of the arrival of Moses and the Israelites
ananke
ananke
noun
Necessity beyond all supplications or sway. Conceived as the ultimate dictator of all fate and circumstances, to which even the gods must ultimately pay homage and deference.
andoke
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.
ankara
ankeny
anking
ankled
ankled
adj
(in combination) Having some specific type of ankle.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ankle
ankles
ankles
noun
plural of ankle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ankle
anklet
anklet
noun
A piece of jewelry/jewellery, resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle.
An ankle sock.
ankney
ankoli
ankush
anorak
anorak
noun
(Britain, slang) A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject.
A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
antick
antick
noun
Obsolete form of antic.
anukit
anuska
apopka
aquake
aquake
adj
quaking
arakan
arawak
arcked
arkite
arkite
Adjective
Belonging to
arkoma
arkose
arkose
noun
(geology) A sedimentary rock consisting of small fragments of feldspar and quartz similar to a coarse sand.
armonk
arrack
arrack
noun
Alternative spelling of arak (aniseed-flavored alcoholic drink consumed primarily in the Middle East).
An alcoholic drink distilled from coconut palm flowers in South Asia.
An alcoholic drink made from sugar cane and fermented red rice in Indonesia.
ashake
ashake
adj
shaking, aquiver
ashkey
ashkum
askant
askant
adj
(dated) Aslant, or sloping.
adv
(dated) Aslant, or askance, or sideways
verb
Dated form of askance.
askari
askari
noun
(historical) A member of a local African military or police unit, usually one serving in a European colonial force.
askers
askers
noun
plural of asker
askile
askile
adv
(obsolete) Askant.
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
askoye
aslake
aslake
verb
(transitive, intransitive, rare or archaic) To abate; diminish.
(transitive, intransitive, rare or obsolete) To moderate; mitigate; appease; satisfy.
asmack
asmoke
asmoke
adj
Smoking; giving off steam or fog.
astalk
atabek
athink
atkins
atkins
Proper noun
meaning "son of Atkin (Adam)".
atokal
attack
attack
noun
(audio) The amount of time it takes for the volume of an audio signal to go from zero to maximum level (e.g. an audio waveform representing a snare drum hit would feature a very fast attack, whereas that of a wave washing to shore would feature a slow attack).
(computing) An attempt to exploit a vulnerability in a computer system.
(cricket) Collectively, the bowlers of a cricket side.
(informal, by extension) The beginning of active operations on anything.
(lacrosse) The three attackmen on the field or all the attackmen of a team.
(medicine) The sudden onset of a disease or condition.
(music) The onset of a musical note, particularly with respect to the strength (and duration) of that onset.
(volleyball) Any contact with the ball other than a serve or block which sends the ball across the plane of the net.
A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle.
An active episode of a chronic or recurrent disease.
An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy.
An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault.
verb
(chemistry) (Of a chemical species) To approach a chemical species or bond in order to form a bond with it.
(cycling) To accelerate quickly in an attempt to get ahead of the other riders.
(intransitive, cricket) To bat aggressively, so as to score runs quickly.
(intransitive, cricket) To set a field, or bowl in a manner designed to get wickets.
(soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.
(transitive) To aggressively challenge a person, idea, etc., with words (particularly in newspaper headlines, because it typesets into less space than "criticize" or similar).
(transitive) To apply violent force to someone or something.
(transitive) To begin to affect; to act upon injuriously or destructively; to begin to decompose or waste.
(transitive) To deal with something in a direct way; to set to work upon.
(transitive, cricket) To aim balls at the batsman’s wicket.
attask
attask
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To take to task; tax; reprove; blame.
atwekk
auklet
auklet
noun
Any of several small seabirds in the genera Aethia, Cerorhinca and Ptychoramphus of the auk family Alcidae.
aupaka
aupaka
noun
Any of various flowering plants of the genus Isodendrion.
avikom
awaked
awaked
verb
(US, rare) simple past tense and past participle of awake
awaken
awaken
verb
(intransitive) To stop sleeping; awake.
(theology) To call to a sense of sin.
(transitive) To cause to become awake.
(transitive) To cause to become aware.
(transitive, figurative) To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate.
awakes
awakes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of awake
awoken
awoken
verb
(nonstandard, rare) Misspelling of awaken.
past participle of awake
awreak
awreak
verb
(obsolete) To avenge, take vengeance on.
awreck
awreck
adv
in or into a state of being wrecked
axlike
axlike
adj
Resembling an ax.
babkas
babkas
noun
plural of babka
backed
backed
adj
(in combination) Having specified type of back.
(in combination) Having specified type of backing.
(obsolete, slang) Put on one's back; killed; rendered dead.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of back
backen
backer
backer
adj
(phonetics) comparative form of back: more back
noun
One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.
backet
backet
noun
(Scotland) A shallow wooden trough for carrying ashes, coals, etc.
backie
backie
noun
(colloquial) A ride on the back of a bicycle or motorbike.
backup
backup
adj
(computing) That is intended as a backup.
Standby, reserve or extra.
Supporting, reinforcing; (music) of or related to accompaniment
noun
(computing) A copy of a file or record, stored separately from the original, that can be used to recover the original if it is destroyed or damaged.
(law enforcement) reinforcements
A reserve or substitute.
An accumulation of material caused by a (partial) obstruction or (complete) blockage of the flow or movement of the material, or an accumulation of material that causes an overflow due to the flow being greater than the maximum possible flow.