A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades.
acritol
adulter
adulter
noun
An adulterer, especially a male one.
verb
To commit adultery.
To pollute something; to adulterate.
aelbert
ailbert
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.
airplot
alamort
alamort
adj
(obsolete) Half-dead; in a depressed condition; dejected.
adv
(obsolete) to the death; mortally
alaster
alastor
alastor
noun
An avenging spirit or deity.
alatern
alatern
noun
An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus; Italian buckthorn).
alberta
alberta
Proper noun
name, a feminine form of Albert.
alberti
alberto
alerted
alerted
adj
Having been made alert; having been made attentive, alarmed or warned of something coming soon.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alert
alerter
alerter
adj
comparative form of alert: more alert
noun
One who or that which alerts.
alertly
alertly
adv
In an alert manner; with alertness.
aletris
algarot
algarot
noun
A pale white emetic powder formerly used in alchemy, consisting of a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony.
alister
allardt
allport
alorton
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.
altared
altared
adj
Furnished with an altar.
altdorf
altered
altered
adj
(of an animal, usually a pet) Neutered; having had testicles or uterus and ovaries removed to prevent procreation.
Having been changed from an original form.
noun
A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alter
alterer
alterer
noun
One who alters.
alterne
alterum
althorn
althorn
noun
(music) An alto or tenor saxhorn
altrose
altrose
noun
(biochemistry) An aldohexose epimeric with mannose
alturas
alverta
anthrol
anthryl
anthryl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric univalent radicals derived from anthracene
antlers
antlers
noun
plural of antler
apertly
apertly
adv
(archaic) Clearly, plainly.
(obsolete) Openly, publicly, without secrecy.
apteral
apteral
adj
(architecture) Without lateral columns; applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle.
(zoology) apterous, wingless
arblast
arblast
noun
(obsolete except historical) A wooden crossbow with a special drawing mechanism, used to fire bolts, stones etc.
archlet
archlet
noun
A small arch.
areolet
areolet
noun
(zoology) A small enclosed area, especially one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.
argolet
aristol
aristol
noun
(medicine) An antiseptic made from thymol and iodine.
arlette
armlets
armlets
noun
plural of armlet
arratel
arratel
noun
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 459 g.
arthral
arthral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a joint
article
article
noun
(archaic) A wench.
(dated) A distinct part.
(dated) Subject matter; concern.
(derogatory, dated) A person; an individual.
(grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).
(obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.
A genuine article.
A part or segment of something joined to other parts, or, in combination, forming a structured set.
A piece of nonfictional writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.
A section of a legal document, bylaws, etc. or, in the plural, the entire document seen as a collection of these.
An object, a member of a group or class.
verb
(obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.
(transitive) To bind by articles of apprenticeship.
To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars.
artless
artless
adj
Free of artificiality; natural.
Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit.
Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
Poorly made or done; crude.
artlike
artlike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of art.
arustle
arustle
adj
Rustling.
arylate
arylate
noun
(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of an aryl carboxylic acid
verb
(organic chemistry) To introduce one or more aryl groups into a molecule
astrals
astrals
noun
plural of astral
astrild
astylar
astylar
adj
(architecture) Lacking columns or pilasters
atelier
atelier
noun
A studio or workshop, especially for an artist, designer, or fashion house.
athrill
athrill
adj
Thrilled, feeling a thrill; trembling or vibrating (with an emotion, movement, etc.).
atrible
atropal
austral
austral
adj
Of, relating to, or coming from the south.
noun
A former currency of Argentina.
awlwort
awlwort
noun
A plant, Subularia aquatica, with awl-shaped leaves.
barblet
barblet
noun
A little barb.
bardlet
bardlet
noun
An inferior bard or poet.
barolet
barthel
barthol
bartlet
bartley
battler
battler
noun
(Australia, dated) An itinerant worker or unemployed person.
Alternative form of batteler
One who wages battle against an enemy; a soldier; a general.
One who works hard in the face of adversity.
bearlet
bearlet
noun
A little bear.
beclart
beclart
verb
(transitive, UK dialectal) To besmear; bedaub; bemire; smear all over with dirt.
beetler
beetler
noun
A beetle (kind of mallet).
A person employed to use a beetle.
belfort
beltran
berglet
bergylt
bergylt
noun
The Ballan wrasse, Labrus bergylta another North Atlantic fish
The rose fish, an edible red fish found in the North Atlantic, Sebastes norvegicus.
berlitz
berlitz
Proper noun
A brand of language skills learning. During the teaching of the language all instruction is done in the target language.
berstel
bertila
bertold
bertolt
betrail
betrail
verb
(transitive) To trail over or about.
beutler
birdlet
birdlet
noun
A small bird.
blaster
blaster
noun
(golf, slang) A sand wedge.
(science fiction) An unspecified powerful hand weapon, usually one that fires an energy pulse or beam.
A device to detonate an explosive, often consisting of a box with a handle to be pressed down.
Anything that, or anyone who blasts.
blather
blather
noun
(derogatory) Nonsensical or foolish talk.
Obsolete form of bladder.
verb
(intransitive, derogatory) To talk rapidly without making much sense.
(transitive, derogatory) To say (something foolish or nonsensical); to say (something) in a foolish or overly verbose way.
blatter
blatter
noun
A hard battering of rain.
A sound of rapid motion.
Blather; foolish talk.
verb
(intransitive) To blather.
(intransitive) To hurry or rush noisily.
blawort
blawort
noun
(Scotland) Centaurea cyanus, the cornflower.
bleater
bleater
noun
agent noun of bleat; one who bleats.
bleriot
blether
blether
noun
(especially Northern England, Scotland, Northern Ireland) Alternative spelling of blather
blinter
blister
blister
noun
(medicine) Something applied to the skin to raise a blister; a vesicatory or other applied medicine.
(roofing) An enclosed pocket of air, which may be mixed with water or solvent vapor, trapped between impermeable layers of felt or between the membrane and substrate.
(uncountable) A form of smelted copper with a blistered surface.
A cause of annoyance.
A small bubble between the layers of the skin that contains watery or bloody fluid and is caused by friction and pressure, burning, freezing, chemical irritation, disease or infection.
A swelling on a plant.
A type of pre-formed packaging made from plastic that contains cavities.
Hyponyms: bulla, vesicle, vesicula.
verb
(cooking, transitive) To sear after blaching.
(intransitive) To break out in blisters.
(intransitive) To have a blister form.
(transitive) To criticise severely.
(transitive) To raise blisters on.
blither
blither
adj
comparative form of blithe: more blithe
verb
to talk foolishly; to blather
blitter
blitter
noun
(computing) A software or hardware mechanism that blits.
bloater
bloater
noun
(Britain) A salted, and lightly smoked herring or mackerel.
(Canada, US) A freshwater fish native to the Great Lakes; the species Coregonus hoyi.
blotter
blotter
noun
(law enforcement) A daily register of arrests and other events in a police station.
(slang) A portion of blotter acid.
A piece of blotting paper in a pad as a piece of desk furniture.
A register of the related events made in the form of the list of times and brief descriptions.
blufter
blunter
blunter
adj
comparative form of blunt: more blunt
blurted
blurted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blurt
blurter
blurter
noun
One who blurts.
bluster
bluster
noun
Fitful noise and violence.
Pompous, officious talk.
verb
To act or speak in an unduly threatening manner.
To blow in strong or sudden gusts.
To speak or protest loudly.
boelter
bolster
bolster
noun
(architecture) The rolls forming the ends or sides of the Ionic capital.
(military, historical) A block of wood on the carriage of a siege gun, upon which the breech of the gun rests when arranged for transportation.
(vehicles, agriculture) A small spacer located on top of the axle of horse-drawn wagons that gives the front wheels enough clearance to turn.
A beam in the middle of a railway truck, supporting the body of the car.
A large cushion or pillow.
A pad, quilt, or anything used to hinder pressure, support part of the body, or make a bandage sit easy upon a wounded part; a compress.
A short, horizontal structural timber between a post and a beam for enlarging the bearing area of the post and/or reducing the span of the beam.
The metallic end of a pocketknife handle.
The part of a knife blade that abuts upon the end of the handle.
The perforated plate in a punching machine on which anything rests when being punched.
verb
(transitive, often figurative) To brace, reinforce, secure, or support.
bolters
bolters
noun
plural of bolter
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bolter
borstal
borstal
noun
(Britain, Ireland) Any institution which provides education to young offenders.
(UK) A way up a hill in the South Downs.
(historical) Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
boteler
boterol
bottler
bottler
noun
(Australia, New Zealand, slang, often with "real") a person or thing that is excellent or admirable.
(Britain, slang) A person who or group that fails to meet expectations, especially one prone to such failure.
A Punchman's assistant who collects money ("bottle") from the audience.
A person, company, or thing who bottles, especially in bulk.
A truck used for transporting bottled goods in crates.
boulter
boulter
noun
A long, stout fishing line with many hooks attached.
One who boults or sifts.
brantle
brantle
noun
Alternative form of branle
brattle
brattle
verb
(intransitive) To rattle; to make a scampering noise.
brethel
briolet
bristle
bristle
noun
A chaeta: an analogous filament on arthropods, annelids, or other animals.
A stiff or coarse hair, usually and especially on a nonhuman mammal.
The hairs or other filaments that make up a brush, broom, or similar item, typically made from plant cellulose, animal hairs, or synthetic polymers.
verb
(with at) To be on one's guard or raise one's defenses; to react with fear, suspicion, or distance.
To abound, to have an abundance of something.
To fix a bristle to.
To rise or stand erect, like bristles.
bristly
bristly
adj
Covered with bristles.
Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.
bristol
bristol
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breast
brittle
brittle
adj
(archaeology) Said of rocks and minerals with a conchoidal fracture; capable of being knapped or flaked.
(engineering, computing, of a system) Poorly error- or fault-tolerant; having little in the way of redundancy or defense in depth; susceptible to catastrophic failure in the event of a relatively-minor malfunction or deviance.
(informal, proscribed) Diabetes that is characterized by dramatic swings in blood sugar level.
Emotionally fragile, easily offended.
Inflexible; liable to break, snap, or shatter easily under stress, pressure, or impact.
Not physically tough or tenacious; apt to break or crumble when bending.
noun
(by extension) Anything resembling this confection, such as flapjack, a cereal bar, etc.
A confection of caramelized sugar and nuts.
verb
(intransitive) To become brittle.
brittly
brittly
adv
Alternative form of brittlely
brothel
brothel
noun
(obsolete) A wretch; a depraved or lewd person.
A house of prostitution.
brotula
brotula
noun
A family of ophidiiform fishes, of the taxonomic family Bythitidae, who bear live young.
brulots
brustle
brustle
noun
(obsolete or dialect) A bristle.
verb
To crackle; to rustle.
To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
brutely
brutely
adv
In a rude or violent manner.
burbolt
burbolt
noun
Obsolete form of birdbolt.
burntly
bustler
bustler
noun
One who bustles; an active, stirring person.
butlers
butlers
noun
plural of butler
butlery
butlery
noun
(countable) butler's pantry; serving pantry
(uncountable) The work or role of a butler.
butyral
butyral
Noun
butyraldehyde
butyryl
butyryl
noun
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical C₃H₇COO- derived from butyric acid.
calbert
caletor
calfret
caltrap
caltrap
noun
Archaic form of caltrop.
caltrop
caltrop
noun
(colloquial) The starthistle, Centaurea calcitrapa, a plant with sharp thorns.
(heraldry) The same object represented as a heraldic charge.
(weaponry) A small, metal object with spikes arranged so that, when thrown onto the ground, one always faces up as a threat to pedestrians, horses, and vehicles.
Any of a number of flowering plants in the family Zygophyllaceae, including several members of the genus Kallstroemia and the species Tribulus terrestris, native to warm temperate and tropical regions.
calvert
cantril
carleta
carlist
carlist
Noun
A partisan of one who supports Carlism.
A partisan of
carlita
carlota
carlton
carlton
Proper noun
Any of several place names in England:
a village in the borough of Bedfordshire
a village in district, Cambridgeshire
a village in borough, County Durham
a village and parish in Leicestershire
a suburb of in the borough of Nottinghamshire
a village in district, Suffolk
a village in district, North Yorkshire
a village and parish in district, North Yorkshire
a village in the borough of South Yorkshire
a village in the borough of the City of West Yorkshire
from any of these places.
A southern suburb of New South Wales, Australia.
An inner suburb of Victoria, Australia.
A neighbourhood in Alberta, Canada.
A hamlet in Rural Municipality, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Various places in the United States of America:
an unincorporated community and CDP in Alabama.
a small city in Georgia.
a tiny city in Kansas.
a small city in Minnesota
a town in New York.
a city in Oregon.
an unincorporated community in Texas.
an unincorporated community in Washington.
a town in Wisconsin.
A settlement on United States Virgin Islands.
carotol
carotol
noun
(organic chemistry) The bicyclic sesquiterpenoid alcohol (3R,3aS,8aR)-6,8a-dimethyl-3-(1-methylethyl)-2,3,4,5,8,8a-hexahydroazulen-3a(1H)-ol present in the essential oil of carrots
cartels
cartels
noun
plural of cartel
cartful
cartful
noun
As much as a cart will hold.
carthal
castral
castral
adj
Relating to a castrum.
central
central
adj
(anatomy) Exerting its action towards the peripheral organs.
Being in the centre.
Being very important, or key to something.
Having or containing the centre of something.
noun
(especially US) centre
charlet
charlot
choltry
choltry
noun
(India, historical) A Hindu caravanserai.
chortle
chortle
noun
A joyful, somewhat muffled laugh, rather like a snorting chuckle.
A similar sounding vocalisation of various birds.
verb
(intransitive) To laugh with a chortle or chortles.
circlet
circlet
noun
A crown without arches or a covering.
A ring (typically of gold or silver) worn as an ornament on the head.