(botany, zoology) The exterior edge or border of a thing, such as a leaf or shell.
(historical, Roman antiquity) A canvassing for votes.
(music) the range of a melody, especially those of ecclesiastical chants
amesite
amesite
noun
(mineralogy) A triclinic-pedial mineral containing aluminum, hydrogen, magnesium, oxygen, and silicon.
amictus
amidist
amistad
amities
amities
noun
plural of amity
ammites
amorist
amorist
noun
Someone who is in love.
Someone who writes about love.
amosite
amosite
noun
(mineralogy) A variety of grunerite asbestos, once used in insulation.
amritas
animist
animist
noun
A believer in animism.
aortism
armitas
armpits
armpits
noun
plural of armpit
artemis
artimas
asteism
asteism
noun
Polite irony; a genteel and ingenious manner of deriding another.
astomia
atavism
atavism
noun
(sociology) Reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence.
The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence; a throwback.
The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence.
atenism
atenism
Noun
A monotheistic religion of ancient Egypt.
atheism
atheism
noun
(broadly) Rejection of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist).
(historical) Absence of belief in a particular deity, pantheon, or religious doctrine (notwithstanding belief in other deities).
(strictly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs).
(very broadly) Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities).
atomics
atomics
noun
The study of physics at an atomic level.
plural of atomic
atomies
atomies
noun
plural of atomy
atomise
atomise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of atomize
atomism
atomism
noun
(philosophy) The ancient Greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles.
(philosophy) The doctrine that society arises from individuals and that larger structures are unimportant.
atomist
atomist
noun
An adherent of atomism; one who believes matter is composed of elementary indivisible particles.
An adherent of the atomic theory.
atriums
autisms
autisms
noun
plural of autism
baptism
baptism
noun
A Christian sacrament, by which one is received into a church and sometimes given a name, generally involving the candidate to be anointed with or submerged in water.
A similar ceremony of initiation, purification or naming.
bimasty
cambist
cambist
noun
A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.
cameist
catoism
cosmati
damsite
damsite
noun
The area of land where a dam is built
diastem
diastem
noun
(geology) A minor depositional break.
(obsolete, music) An interval.
Intervening space; interval.
diatoms
diatoms
noun
plural of diatom
dimatis
dismast
dismast
verb
(transitive, nautical) To break off the mast (of a ship), especially by gunfire.
distoma
ditmars
dumaist
dumaist
noun
A member of a duma (Russian legislative assembly).
estamin
etacism
etacism
noun
(grammar) The pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word ate.
etamins
etamins
noun
plural of etamin
etatism
etatism
noun
Synonym of statism, sometimes (derogatory) with specific distinctions derived from Mises's political theories.
fatuism
fatuism
noun
(obsolete) fatuity
gambist
gambist
noun
(music) Someone who plays the viola da gamba
gambits
gambits
noun
plural of gambit
gamiest
gamiest
adj
superlative form of gamey: most gamey
hamites
hamites
noun
plural of hamite
hattism
iambist
iambist
noun
One who writes in iambic meter.
imagist
imagist
adj
Characteristic of or pertaining to imagism.
noun
(art) A follower of any of the various artistic schools known as imagism
imarets
imarets
noun
plural of imaret
impacts
impacts
noun
plural of impact
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impact
imparts
imparts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of impart
impaste
impaste
verb
(art) To lay colours thickly on canvas by the impasto technique.
(transitive, archaic) To knead; to make into paste; to concrete.
impasto
impasto
noun
(painting) The use of a thick-bodied paint to create peaks and crests that physically extend from the surface of a painting.
verb
(painting) To paint in thick-bodied paint; to paint in impasto style.
inmates
inmates
noun
plural of inmate
inmeats
inmeats
noun
(archaic) The edible viscera of animals, such as heart, liver, etc.
instamp
instamp
verb
Alternative form of enstamp
insteam
intimas
ismatic
ismatic
adj
Addicted to isms, or faddish theories.
isthmal
isthmia
itacism
itacism
noun
Alternative form of iotacism
kantism
kantism
Proper noun
Kantianism
kismats
kismats
noun
plural of kismat
lamaist
lamaist
noun
One who believes in lamaism.
lamista
lampist
maestri
maestri
noun
plural of maestro
maftirs
maftirs
noun
plural of maftir
mahdist
mahdist
Noun
A follower of Mahdism.
maister
maister
verb
(dialectal) To master; to gain control over.
maistry
maistry
noun
(obsolete, India) A foreman.
(obsolete, India) Any artisan, such as a cook or a tailor.
Obsolete form of mastery.
maitres
manitos
manitos
noun
plural of manito
manitus
manitus
noun
plural of manitu
mantids
mantids
noun
plural of mantid
mantius
maoists
mappist
mappist
noun
(archaic) cartographer
maritsa
martins
martins
noun
plural of martin
martius
marxist
marxist
Adjective
Following the ideals of Marxism.
Noun
One that believes in or follows the ideals of Marxism.
mastics
mastics
noun
plural of mastic
mastiff
mastiff
noun
One of an old breed of powerful, deep-chested, and smooth-coated dogs, used chiefly as watchdogs and guard dogs.
masting
masting
noun
(botany) A mast seeding.
verb
present participle of mast
mastoid
mastoid
adj
(anatomy) Being the process of the temporal bone behind the ear.
(anatomy) Of or relating to the mastoid process of the temporal bone.
(zootomy) Being any of several bony elements that occupy a similar position in the skull of lower vertebrates.
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of mastoid process..
(pathology, informal) Clipping of mastoiditis.
mathias
matings
matings
noun
plural of mating, gerund of mate.
matisse
matsuri
matsuri
noun
A Japanese festival.
mattias
mattins
mattins
noun
Obsolete form of matins.
maurist
maurist
Noun
A member of the a scholarly group of French Benedictines established in 1621.
maurits
maziest
maziest
adj
superlative form of mazy: most mazy
mesitae
mesivta
mestiza
mestiza
noun
A female mestizo.
metusia
miaotse
miastor
micasts
mideast
misacts
misacts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of misact
miscast
miscast
adj
Erroneously cast
noun
An erroneous cast or reckoning.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To cast or direct erroneously or improperly.
(transitive, intransitive) To cast or reckon incorrectly.
To cast an actor in an inappropriate role.
To make an error when casting a vote.
misdate
misdate
noun
A wrong date.
verb
(transitive) To date incorrectly; to mark with the wrong date.
miseats
miseats
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of miseat
misfate
mismate
mismate
verb
(transitive) To mate or match wrongly or unsuitably; mismatch.
mispart
mispart
verb
To miscast for a role.
To part or divide badly.
misrate
misrate
verb
(transitive) To rate erroneously.
misseat
misseat
verb
(transitive) To seat badly or wrongly.
misstay
misstay
verb
(nautical) To become caught in irons when changing tack.
mistake
mistake
noun
(baseball) A pitch which was intended to be pitched in a hard-to-hit location, but instead ends up in an easy-to-hit place.
An error; a blunder.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.
(obsolete, rare) To take or choose wrongly.
(transitive) To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
(transitive, obsolete) To misunderstand (someone).
mistral
mistral
noun
A strong cold north-west wind in southern France and the Mediterranean.
mithras
mithras
Proper noun
A Roman god, cult figure of the 2nd-to-4th-century Roman mystery religion known as the "Mysteries of Mithras" (now colloquially Mithraism)
mitsvah
mitsvah
noun
Alternative form of mitzvah
mosaist
mosaist
noun
A person who creates mosaics, a mosaicist.
mutatis
mutisia
osmatic
osmatic
adj
Having a keen sense of smell, or highly developed rhinencephalon.
Relating to the sense of smell.
ostemia
palmist
palmist
noun
A fortuneteller who uses palmistry.
pastime
pastime
noun
Something which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) to sport; to amuse oneself
pitmans
ramtils
rantism
rantism
Proper noun
Ranterism
saktism
samhita
samhita
Noun
The basic metrical (mantra) text of a Veda.
One of a collection of post-Vedic texts.
samites
samites
noun
plural of samite
samnite
samnite
Noun
A native or inhabitant of ancient Samnium.
santimi
santims
santims
noun
plural of santim
sematic
sematic
adj
(biology, of the colouring of some insects etc.) Acting as a sign of danger.
semimat
semitae
semitae
noun
plural of semita
semital
septima
settima
sigmate
sigmate
adj
Shaped like the Greek letter sigma.
verb
(transitive, grammar) To modify (a Greek word) by adding sigma, or by changing another letter to sigma.
simitar
simitar
noun
Dated form of scimitar.
smartie
smartie
noun
Alternative spelling of smarty
smitane
smitham
smitham
noun
(UK, obsolete) Small lumps of ore which free miners scavenged because small quantities were exempt from payment of taxes. The practice ended in 1760 when the Duke of Devonshire challenged the tax exemption.
somatic
somatic
adj
Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.
Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
Pertaining, and restricted, to an individual; not inheritable.