Beaming, shining (especially with reference to a person's face or eyes).
The island was directly abeam of us.
adv
(nautical, aircraft) Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft.
(nautical, aircraft) On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative.
abime
abime
noun
Obsolete form of abysm.
abmho
abmho
noun
(electricity) A unit of measurement (10⁹ mhos) in the centimeter-gram-second scale used to measure conductance
abohm
abohm
noun
(dated) A unit of electrical resistance equal to one billionth of an ohm (10⁻⁹ ohms), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
aboma
aboma
noun
Any of the large South American serpents from the genus Boa or related genera.
abram
abram
adj
(obsolete) auburn
abrim
abrim
adj
Brimming, full to the brim.
abysm
abysm
noun
(archaic, poetic) Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos.
(now chiefly literary) An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole.
accum
acima
acmes
acmes
noun
plural of acme
acmic
acmic
adj
(attributive) peak
acmon
acoma
acoma
Proper noun
An ancient Native American pueblo in western New Mexico, United States.
adama
adamo
adams
addam
adeem
adeem
verb
(law, transitive) To revoke (a legacy, grant, etc.) or to satisfy it by some other gift.
adham
admah
adman
adman
noun
A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.
admen
admen
noun
plural of adman
admin
admin
noun
(countable, informal) An administration (a body that administers; the executive part of government).
(countable, informal) An administrator (one who administers affairs).
(countable, informal, Internet) A user of a discussion forum, website, etc. with privileges allowing them to control or restrict the activity of other users.
(countable, informal, computing) A systems administrator (one who maintains a computer system or network).
(uncountable, informal) Administration, or administrative work.
verb
(transitive, computing, informal) To serve as an administrator for or of.
admit
admit
verb
(intransitive) To give warrant or allowance, to grant opportunity or permission (+ of).
(transitive or intransitive) To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny (+ to).
(transitive) To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise.
(transitive) To allow to enter a hospital or similar facility for treatment.
(transitive) To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration
(transitive) To be capable of; to permit. In this sense, "of" may be used after the verb, or may be omitted.
admix
admix
noun
The act of admixing.
The mixture that results from admixing, especially an alloy.
verb
(transitive) To mingle with something else; to mix.
admov
admrx
adpcm
adsum
aevum
aevum
noun
(Scholastic philosophy) The temporal mode of existence between time and eternity, said to be experienced by angels, saints, and celestial bodies (which medieval astronomy believed to be unchanging.
afoam
afoam
adj
Covered or filled (with something foaming or resembling foam).
In a foaming state; producing foam.
adv
In a foaming state.
agama
agama
noun
Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae of family Agamidae, especially in genera Acanthocercus, Agama, Dendragama, Laudakia, Phrynocephalus, Trapelus and Xenagama.
agami
agami
noun
(zoology) A South American bird, Psophia crepitans, allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated.
agamy
agamy
noun
(biology) Asexual reproduction.
Absence or nonrecognition of marriage, or absence of a pair bond.
agism
agism
noun
Alternative spelling of ageism (agism is less common and sometimes deprecated)
agmas
agmas
noun
plural of agma
agram
agrom
agrom
noun
(medicine, obsolete, East Indies) psoriasis of the tongue
agsam
agsam
noun
(Philippines) The plant Lygodium circinnatum, a large fern.
ahems
ahems
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ahem
ahmad
ahmad
Proper noun
name, variant of Ahmed.
of Arabic origin.
ahmar
ahmed
ahmed
Proper noun
name, variant of Ahmad.
of Arabic origin.
aimak
aimed
aimed
adj
Directed towards a target.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aim
aimee
aimer
aimer
noun
One who aims; one who is responsible for aiming.
aimil
ajmer
aksum
alamo
alamo
noun
A poplar tree of Southwestern U.S.; the cottonwood.
alarm
alarm
noun
A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
A sudden attack; disturbance.
A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.
Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.
Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
verb
(transitive) To call to arms for defense
(transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
(transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.
(transitive) To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
(transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
album
album
noun
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
A collection, especially of literary items
A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.
A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record.
A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks
aldim
algum
algum
noun
(biblical) A tree or wood mentioned in the Bible (2 Chron. ii. 8; 1 K. x. 11), possibly juniper or red sandalwood.
alima
almad
almah
almah
noun
An Egyptian singer or dancing-girl used for entertainment; a dancing-girl, a prostitute.
alman
almas
almas
noun
caviar from the albino beluga
plural of alma
almeh
almes
almes
noun
plural of alme
almon
almud
almud
noun
(historical) A low wide box once used for measuring almuds.
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, highly variable depending on the location and the substance measured but generally between 3–20 L.
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, highly variable depending on the location and the substance measured.
(historical) Alternative form of almude, Portuguese forms of the same measure.
(historical) Synonym of celemin, a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure equivalent to about 4.6 L
almug
almug
noun
algum
aloma
alums
alums
noun
plural of alum
amaas
amaas
noun
Synonym of alastrim (“milder variant of smallpox”)
amacs
amadi
amado
amaga
amahs
amahs
noun
plural of amah
amain
amain
adv
(Britain, dialectal) Out of control.
(archaic) At full speed; also, in great haste.
(archaic, literary) With all of one's might; mightily; forcefully, violently.
(obsolete) Exceedingly; overmuch.
verb
(figuratively) To decrease or reduce (something).
(intransitive, nautical) To lower the topsail in token of surrender; to yield.
(nautical) To lower (the sail of a ship, particularly the topsail).
amala
amala
noun
A thick paste made from yam or cassava flour, eaten chiefly in Yoruba cuisine.
amalg
amana
amand
amand
noun
(law, Scotland) A fine or penalty.
verb
(obsolete) To send away; dismiss.
amang
amani
amann
amant
amapa
amara
amarc
amari
amari
noun
plural of amaro
amary
amasa
amase
amass
amass
noun
(obsolete) A large number of things collected or piled together.
(obsolete) The act of amassing.
verb
(intransitive) To accumulate; to assemble.
(transitive) To collect into a mass or heap.
(transitive) to gather a great quantity of; to accumulate.
amata
amate
amate
noun
An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture.
Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.
verb
(obsolete) To be a mate to; to match.
(obsolete) To dishearten, dismay.
amati
amato
amaty
amaut
amaya
amaya
Proper noun
name borrowed from in the 1990s.
amaze
amaze
noun
(now poetic) Amazement, astonishment.
verb
(intransitive) To undergo amazement; to be astounded.
(obsolete) To bewilder; to stupefy; to bring into a maze.
(obsolete) To stupefy; to knock unconscious.
(obsolete) To terrify, to fill with panic.
(transitive) To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex.
amban
amban
noun
(now historical) A Chinese official under the Qing Dynasty, especially the ranking official or provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under Chinese rule.
ambar
ambar
noun
(rare) Any of various kinds of subterranean or barn-like granary, depending on context, in Iran, Turkey, Russia or the Balkans.
ambas
ambas
noun
plural of amba
ambay
amber
amber
adj
Of a brownish yellow colour, like that of most amber.
noun
(Britain) The intermediate light in a set of three traffic lights, which when illuminated indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection when safe to do so.
(biology, genetics, biochemistry) The stop codon (nucleotide triplet) "UAG", or a mutant which has this stop codon at a premature place in its DNA sequence.
(obsolete) Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale.
(uncountable) Hesitance to proceed, or limited approval to proceed; an amber light.
A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight.
A yellow-orange colour.
verb
(intransitive, rare, chiefly poetic or literary) To take on the yellow colour of amber.
(transitive, rare) To perfume or flavour with ambergris.
(transitive, rare) To preserve in amber.
(transitive, rare, chiefly poetic or literary) To cause to take on the yellow colour of amber.
ambia
ambie
ambit
ambit
noun
(archaic) The boundary around a building, town, region, etc.
(archaic, rare) The circumference of something circular; also, an arc; a circuit, an orbit.
(obsolete) Chiefly in the plural form ambits: the open space surrounding a building, town, etc.; the grounds or precincts of a place.
The area or sphere of control and influence of something.
The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc.
amble
amble
noun
An easy gait, especially that of a horse.
An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
verb
(intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.
(intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
ambon
ambon
noun
Alternative form of ambo
ambos
ambos
noun
plural of ambo
amboy
ambry
ambry
noun
(architecture) A cupboard or storage area in a church to hold books, communion vessels, vestments, etc.; an armarium.
(now historical, rare) A bookcase; a library or archive.
(now rare) A pantry, or place to store food.
(obsolete) A storehouse, especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage.
ambur
ameba
ameba
noun
(American spelling) Alternative form of amoeba
ameds
ameed
ameen
ameen
noun
(India, historical) Any of various native Indian officials employed by the civil courts, for example to investigate accounts connected with a suit, to prosecute local enquiries of any kind bearing on a suit, to sell or to deliver over possession of immovable property, or to carry out legal process as a bailiff.
ameer
amelu
amena
amend
amend
noun
(informal, of a document, usually in the plural) Clipping of amendment (“alteration or change for the better”).
(usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong; compensation.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To be healed, to be cured, to recover (from an illness).
(obsolete, transitive) To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.).
(transitive) To make a formal alteration (in legislation, a report, etc.) by adding, deleting, or rephrasing.
(transitive) To make better; improve.
amene
amene
adj
Pleasant; agreeable.
amens
amens
noun
plural of amen
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amen
ament
ament
noun
(botany) A catkin or similar inflorescence.
A congenital idiot.
amero
amero
noun
A proposed unified currency of Canada, the United States, and Mexico.
amery
amess
amess
noun
Alternative form of amyss
amhar
amias
amias
noun
plural of amia
amice
amice
noun
A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy.
amici
amici
noun
plural of amicus
amick
amida
amide
amide
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH⁻ or R₂N⁻)
(organic chemistry) Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides
amido
amido
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical -NH₂ when attached via a carboxyl group
amids
amids
noun
plural of amid
amiel
amies
amiga
amiga
noun
(Latin American) A female friend.
amigo
amigo
noun
(historical) A native of the Philippines who was friendly toward the Spanish.
(informal) A friend.
(informal, chiefly California) Mexican.
amine
amine
noun
(inorganic chemistry) A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals.
(organic chemistry) Any organic compound containing an amine functional group.
amini
amino
amino
adj
(chemistry) Relating to an amine.
noun
(chemistry) The amine functional group.
amins
amins
noun
plural of amin
amire
amirs
amirs
noun
plural of amir
amish
amiss
amiss
adj
(chiefly predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect.
adv
(archaic) Wrongly; mistakenly
Astray.
Imperfectly.
noun
(obsolete) Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed.
amita
amite
amity
amity
noun
(formal, literary) Friendship. The cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis.
Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord.