(Canada, politics) To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation.
(archaic, transitive) To shout; to call out.
(transitive) To declare by acclamations.
(transitive) To express great approval (for).
(transitive, obsolete) To claim.
(transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
acemila
aclemon
acumble
adlumia
adlumin
admiral
admiral
noun
(obsolete) A prince or Saracen leader under the Sultan.
A flag officer in the United States Navy or Coast Guard of a grade superior to vice admiral and junior to admiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four-star general.
A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron.
A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genera Kaniska, Limenitis and Vanessa, especially a red admiral or white admiral.
The ship which carries the admiral, the flagship; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet.
adullam
aeolism
aeolism
noun
Alternative form of Aeolism
ailment
ailment
noun
Something which ails one; a disease; sickness.
aimable
aimable
adj
Capable of being aimed.
aimless
aimless
adj
Without aim, purpose, or direction.
aimwell
airmail
airmail
noun
The items of mail so carried.
The system of conveying mail using aircraft.
verb
(baseball) To (unintentionally) throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.
(transitive) To send mail by air.
akhlame
alabama
alameda
alameda
noun
A tree-lined avenue in Spain or Portugal.
alamein
alamire
alamode
alamode
noun
A lustrous silk fabric used for headscarves.
alamort
alamort
adj
(obsolete) Half-dead; in a depressed condition; dejected.
adv
(obsolete) to the death; mortally
alamosa
alamosa
Proper noun
a city (home rule municipality) in Colorado, USA
alamota
alamoth
alamoth
adj
(biblical, music) soprano or, possibly, virgin
alarmed
alarmed
adj
8: Thomas, the groom, in the act of drinking, put down the jug alarmed before his master. Thomas’s master felt the honour keenly.
Having an alarm fitted.
Worried; anxious; panicky.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alarm
alarums
alarums
noun
plural of alarum
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alarum
albumen
albumen
noun
The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water.
albumin
albumin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume.
alchemy
alchemy
noun
(computing, slang, countable) Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.
(countable) The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
alchimy
alchimy
noun
Obsolete form of alchemy.
alchymy
alchymy
noun
Alternative spelling of alchemy
alcmaon
alcmena
alcmene
alcmene
Proper noun
Descendent of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
aldamin
aldimin
aleikum
alemana
alembic
alembic
noun
An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.
alemite
alemmal
alfheim
algoman
algomic
alibamu
aliform
aliform
adj
(of a building) Having wings
Shaped like a wing
aliment
aliment
noun
(Scotland) An allowance for maintenance; alimony.
(figuratively) Nourishment, sustenance.
(now rare) Food.
verb
(obsolete) To feed, nourish.
To sustain, support.
alimony
alimony
noun
(law) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
The means to support life.
alismad
alismal
aljamia
alkamin
alkmaar
alleman
alliums
alliums
noun
plural of allium
allonym
allonym
noun
(uncommon) An allonymous work: a book published under the name of a person other than its true author.
A pseudonym, (particularly) another person's name used as a pseudonym by the author of a work.
almacen
almaden
almadia
almadia
noun
Alternative form of almadie
almadie
almadie
noun
A bark canoe used by the Africans.
A boat used in Calicut (modern Kozhikode) in India, about eighty feet long and six or seven feet wide.
almagra
almagra
noun
A deep red ochre found in Spain; Indian red.
almaine
almanac
almanac
noun
(astronomy, navigation) A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.
A GPS signal consisting of coarse orbit and status information for each satellite in the constellation.
A handbook, typically published annually, containing information on a particular subject
almanon
almeeta
almeida
almemar
almemar
noun
(Judaism) Synonym of bima
almemor
almemor
noun
Alternative form of almemar
almeria
almeric
almight
almight
adj
(obsolete) almighty
almique
almirah
almirah
noun
Cupboard, cabinet or chest of drawers.
almners
almners
noun
plural of almner
almohad
almohad
Adjective
Relating to a Berber caliphate in 12th century Morocco
almoign
almonds
almonds
noun
plural of almond
almondy
almondy
adj
Redolent of almonds.
almoner
almoner
noun
A hospital official responsible for patient welfare and after-care.
a title given to a royal officer charged with the duty of distributing alms or bounty on behalf of a monarch
one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop
one who distributes alms, especially the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses
almonry
almonry
noun
(historical) A building in which alms were distributed.
almsful
almsful
adj
(archaic) Likely to give alms; charitable.
almsman
almsman
noun
(obsolete) One who depends on the receipt of alms, a beggar.
almsmen
almsmen
noun
plural of almsman
almuces
almuces
noun
plural of almuce
almudes
almudes
noun
plural of almude
almuten
alnilam
alnilam
Proper noun
A large blue star in the constellation of Orion; Epsilon (ε) Orionis. It is one of the three stars that form Orion's Belt.
alodium
alodium
noun
Alternative form of allodium
alogism
alogism
noun
(art) An absurd or nonsensical element deliberately added to a work that belongs to the alogism movement.
(art) An early 20th century movement in painting and writing, emerging from the Russian avant-garde, which made use of antirational or nonsensical elements.
An inconsistency or arbitrary situation that follows no logical pattern.
An irrational statement or line of argument; a logical error.
Irrationality; the rejection of logical thinking as a means of approaching truth.
alterum
altumal
alumian
alumian
noun
(mineralogy) natroalunite
alumina
alumina
noun
Aluminum oxide, especially when used in mining, material sciences or ceramics.
alumine
alumine
noun
(obsolete) alumina
alumins
alumish
alumish
adj
Somewhat like alum.
alumite
alumium
alumium
noun
(obsolete) Obsolete form of aluminium/aluminum. (metallic element)
alumnae
alumnae
noun
plural of alumna
alumnal
alumnol
alumnol
noun
(medicine, archaic) A naphthol-sulphonic-acid salt of aluminum, used to treat wounds, etc.
alumnus
alumnus
noun
A graduate of any gender.
A male graduate.
A male pupil or student.
A student of any gender.
alundum
alundum
noun
alumina, especially an abrasive product made from fused alumina
alyssum
alyssum
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Alyssum, mostly of Eurasian origin, that have racemes of white or yellow flowers.
amabile
amalaka
amalaka
noun
A segmented or notched stone disk, usually with ridges on the rim, that sits on the top of a Hindu temple's shikhara or main tower.
amaleta
amalett
amalgam
amalgam
noun
(metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
A combination of different things.
One of the ingredients in an alloy.
verb
(archaic, transitive, intransitive) To amalgamate.
amalita
amaltas
amaltas
noun
(India) The canafistula or golden shower tree.
amarvel
amatols
amawalk
amazulu
ambalam
amberly
ambital
amblers
amblers
noun
plural of ambler
ambling
ambling
noun
The act of one who ambles.
verb
present participle of amble
ambolic
ambulia
ameagle
amebula
amebula
noun
(biology) A small ameba (or organism that resembles one)
ameland
ameland
Proper noun
a municipality and one of the West Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands, neighbouring Terschelling to the west and Schiermonnikoog to the east
amelina
ameline
amelita
amellus
amental
ameslan
amiable
amiable
adj
Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious
Of a pleasant and likeable nature; kind-hearted; easy to like
amiably
amiably
adv
In an amiable manner; in a friendly or pleasant manner.
amidols
amidols
noun
plural of amidol
amildar
amildar
noun
(historical) A revenue collector having jurisdiction over several villages, in the British Raj.
amiloun
amlacra
amlikar
amlikar
noun
An embroidered Kashmir shawl.
ammelin
ammiral
ammonal
ammonal
noun
An explosive made up of ammonium nitrate, trinitrotoluene, and aluminium powder.
amolish
ampalea
ampelis
ampelos
amplect
amplect
verb
(formal) To embrace
amplest
amplest
adj
superlative form of ample: most ample
amplify
amplify
verb
(transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
(transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
(translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
ampoule
ampoule
noun
A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection.