Any of the various honeysuckles of the genus Abelia.
abidal
abidal
noun
(obsolete) The act or condition of abiding; residence, stay.
abilao
abilao
noun
Alternative form of abilo.
abilla
abilla
noun
(of Latin America) An oily seed, from the South American plant Fevillea trilobata, used to make candles.
ablach
ablare
ablare
adj
Blaring.
ablate
ablate
verb
(intransitive) To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature.
(transitive) To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
ablaut
ablaut
noun
(phonology) The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel.
verb
(intransitive, linguistics, of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel.
(transitive, linguistics) To cause to change a vowel.
ablaze
ablaze
adj
Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire.
In a state of glowing excitement, ardent desire, or other strong emotion.
Radiant with bright light and color.
adv
In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire.
Lit up brightly and with color, gleaming.
On fire; in a blaze.
ablend
ablest
ablest
adj
superlative form of able: most able
ablins
ablock
abloom
abloom
adj
(figuratively) Having something growing or grown.
Blooming; covered in flowers.
Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; exhibiting youth-like beauty.
adv
(postpositive) In or into bloom; in a blooming state; having flower blooms unfolding.
ablude
ablude
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To be unlike; to differ.
ablush
ablush
adj
Blushing; ruddy.
ablute
ablute
verb
(intransitive, colloquial) To wash oneself.
(transitive, colloquial) To wash.
abolla
abolla
noun
A cloak made of a piece of cloth folded double, worn by Ancient Greeks and Romans draped over one shoulder and fastened with a brooch.
aboral
aboral
adj
(zoology) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.
abseil
abseil
noun
A descent in mountaineering using a rope looped at the top and a friction device.
verb
(intransitive) To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body; to rappel.
absoil
abulia
abulia
noun
(psychiatry) Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness.
abulic
abulic
adj
(psychiatry) Relating to, characterized by, or affected with abulia.
noun
Person afflicted with abulia.
abvolt
abvolt
noun
(electricity, electrical engineering, dated) A unit of electrical potential equal to one hundred millionth of a volt (10⁻⁸ volts), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
adabel
aelber
agible
agible
adj
(obsolete) Possible to be done; practicable.
albana
albany
albany
Proper noun
Scotland north of the River Forth.
Proper noun
A prominent duchy bestowed upon younger sons of the royal family, belonging first to the Scottish peerage and then (after the 1707 Act of Union) to the British. It is currently suspended.
Proper noun
The capital city of the state of New York in the United States of America.
A major river of Ontario in Canada.
A Hudson's Bay Company trading post in Ontario and the community that remains at its site.
Proper noun
A sizable city in Georgia in the United States (76,939 during the 2000 census).
A former district in the Eastern Cape of South Africa.
Any of numerous minor American communities and towns:
A home-rule class city in Kentucky
A city in Oregon
Proper noun
A city in Western Australia.
Proper noun
A suburb of Auckland, New Zealand.
albata
albata
noun
a white alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, once used to make cheap cutlery etc
albedo
albedo
noun
(alchemy) One of the four major stages of the magnum opus, involving purification of the prima materia.
(botany) The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith.
(physics, meteorology, astronomy, optics) The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage.
albeit
albeit
conj
Although, despite (it) being.
albers
albert
albian
albify
albify
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To make white.
albina
albino
albino
adj
Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.
noun
(countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.
albion
albite
albite
noun
(mineralogy) A plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series.
albniz
alboin
alborn
albric
albuca
albugo
albugo
noun
(dated) A leucoma.
albums
albums
noun
plural of album
albuna
alburg
alburn
alburn
noun
The bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales.
albury
aliber
alibis
alibis
noun
plural of alibi
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alibi
alible
alible
adj
Nourishing.
aljoba
alkabo
allbee
amabel
amabil
amable
ambala
ambala
Proper noun
The capital city of the state of Haryana in India.
ambled
ambled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amble
ambler
ambler
noun
A slow-moving, comfortable horse or mule.
Someone who walks at a leisurely pace; one who ambles.
ambles
ambles
noun
plural of amble
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amble
anabal
anabel
aplomb
aplomb
noun
(ballet) The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer.
Self-confidence; poise; composure.
The perpendicular; perpendicularity.
arabel
arable
arable
adj
(agriculture, NGO jargon, of land) Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).
(agriculture, of land) Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
arbalo
arbela
arblay
atabal
atabal
noun
A kettledrum; a kind of tabor used by the Moors.
baalim
babble
babble
noun
A sound like that of water gently flowing around obstructions.
Idle talk; senseless prattle
Inarticulate speech; constant or confused murmur.
verb
(intransitive) To make a continuous murmuring noise, like shallow water running over stones.
(intransitive) To talk incoherently; to utter meaningless words.
(intransitive) To talk too much; to chatter; to prattle.
(intransitive) To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds
(transitive) To reveal; to give away (a secret).
(transitive) To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat words or sounds in a childish way without understanding.
babbly
babbly
adj
Resembling babbles.
babels
babels
noun
plural of babel
bablah
bablah
noun
The rind of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia, especially Vachellia nilotica, formerly Acacia arabica; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.
babloh
babool
babool
noun
Alternative form of babul
babuls
babuls
noun
plural of babul
bachel
bacile
baclin
bacula
bacula
noun
plural of baculum
bacule
bacule
noun
(palynology) A rod-like element on the surface of some pollen.
(rare, dated) Alternative form of bascule
baculi
baetyl
baetyl
noun
(historical) A meteorite or similar-looking rough stone thought to be of divine origin and worshipped as sacred.
baffle
baffle
noun
(US, dialect, coal mining) A lever for operating the throttle valve of a winding engine.
A device used to dampen the effects of such things as sound, light, or fluid. Specifically, a baffle is a surface which is placed inside an open area to inhibit direct motion from one part to another, without preventing motion altogether.
An architectural feature designed to confuse enemies or make them vulnerable.
verb
(intransitive) To struggle in vain.
(now rare) To foil; to thwart.
(obsolete) To hoodwink or deceive (someone).
(obsolete) To publicly disgrace, especially of a recreant knight.
To bewilder completely; to confuse or perplex.
bagels
bagels
noun
plural of bagel
bagful
bagful
noun
A large assortment.
An amount; the contents of one full bag.
baghla
bagley
bagley
Proper noun
an area in north-west Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England.
a village in Hordley parish, Shropshire
a hamlet in parish, district, Somerset, England
a village in the City of borough, West Yorkshire, England
a small city in Iowa, USA.
a small city in Minnesota, USA
a village in Wisconsin, USA.
a town in Wisconsin.
baikal
baikal
Proper noun
A large freshwater lake in southern Siberia, Russia; the deepest lake in the world.
bailar
bailed
bailed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bail
bailee
bailee
noun
(law) One who holds bailed property; one who takes possession of the property of another (called a bailor) in order to keep that property safe for the other.
A person who is granted bail.
bailer
bailer
noun
(cricket, dated) A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.
(cricket, dated) A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.
(law) Alternative form of bailor
A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
One who bails or lades.
bailey
bailey
noun
(in certain proper names) A prison or court of justice.
The outer wall of a feudal castle.
The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
bailie
bailie
noun
(Scotland) A bailiff.
(Scotland) A municipal officer in Scotland corresponding to an English alderman.
(Scotland) The chief magistrate of a Scottish barony or part of a county, with functions like a sheriff's.
bailli
bailly
bailor
bailor
noun
(law) One who bails property; one who places property in the hands of another (called a bailee) for safekeeping.
bakula
bakula
noun
(India) The tree Mimusops elengi.
balaam
balaam
Proper noun
A diviner in the Torah.
Noun
A paragraph describing something wonderful, used to fill out a newspaper column.
balada
balafo
balaic
balant
balaos
balata
balata
noun
Manilkara bidentata, a large South American tree that yields latex and edible yellow berries.
The latex obtained from this tree.
balate
balawa
balawu
balboa
balboa
noun
The currency of Panama, divided into 100 centésimos
balbur
balcer
balche
balche
noun
Alternative form of balché
balcke
balcon
balcon
noun
Obsolete form of balcony.
baldad
balded
balded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bald
balden
balden
verb
(intransitive) To become bald
(transitive) To make bald
balder
balder
adj
comparative form of bald: more bald
baldie
baldie
noun
(birdwatching, slang) The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).
(informal, often derogatory) Somebody who is bald.
(slang) A fish, the baldchin groper.
baldly
baldly
adv
In a bald (blunt, matter-of-fact, unembellished, or lacking supporting details) manner.
baldur
baleen
baleen
noun
(obsolete) A whale or other large fish.
(physiology, uncountable) The keratinous material that makes up the plates in the mouth of the baleen whale, Mysticeti, which it uses to trap its food; formerly used in corsetry.
(zoology, countable) A baleen whale,
balers
balers
noun
plural of baler
balete
balewa
baleys
balian
balian
noun
A Balinese shaman or traditional healer.
balija
baline
baling
baling
noun
A collection of material packaged into a bale.
verb
present participle of bale
baliol
balita
baliti
balius
balize
balize
noun
A pole or frame raised as a sea beacon or landmark.
balkan
balkar
balked
balked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of balk
balker
balker
noun
A person who stands on a rock or eminence to observe shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass.
One who, or that which balks.
balkin
balkis
ballad
ballad
noun
A kind of narrative poem, adapted for recitation or singing; especially, a sentimental or romantic poem in short stanzas.