(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").
(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
verb
To form into an acronym.
adermin
adermin
Noun
pyridoxine
ahriman
almners
almners
noun
plural of almner
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.
amanori
amanori
noun
Porphyra seaweed used as food in Japan; laver.
amarant
amarant
noun
Obsolete form of amaranth.
amarine
amarine
noun
(chemistry) A characteristic crystalline substance, obtained from oil of bitter almonds.
ambrain
ambrein
ambrein
noun
A fragrant substance (a triterpenoid alcohol) derived from ambergris, used in the perfume industry.
amender
amender
noun
One who amends.
amerind
amerind
Noun
An American Indian.
Adjective
Of or relating to a hypothetical higher-level language family including all of the indigenous languages of the Americas, excluding those that belong to the Eskimo-Aleut or the Na-Dene.
amicron
amintor
amorini
amorini
noun
plural of amorino
amorino
amorino
noun
(art) A cupid (a putto, commonly with bow and arrow, representing love).
amyntor
anadrom
anadrom
noun
(zoology) Any anadromous fish, a fish that lives in the sea and goes up rivers to breed in fresh water.
anagram
anagram
noun
(of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase.
verb
To form anagrams.
anambra
anmoore
anomura
anormal
anormal
adj
(obsolete) Not according to rule; abnormal.
antrums
anymore
anymore
adv
(especially US) Alternative form of any more.
aramean
aramina
aramina
noun
The plant Urena lobata.
arcanum
arcanum
noun
A mystery or deep secret.
An elixir or secret remedy.
armanda
armando
armband
armband
noun
(sports) A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team.
A band worn around the arm, usually to symbolize protest or mourning.
An inflatable band worn round the arms to keep afloat in water
armbone
armbone
noun
(anatomy) A bone in the arm, specifically, the humerus.
armenia
armenic
armenti
armings
armings
noun
plural of arming
artemon
artemon
noun
(historical) A square foresail on a Roman oared ship.
artsman
artsman
noun
(obsolete) A man skilled in an art or in arts.
aryaman
aryaman
Proper noun
the Hindu god of the sun
name, common in India, transliterated from आर्यमन.
auramin
aymaran
aymaran
Adjective
Of or relating to the Aymara people or their language.
baerman
baramin
baramin
noun
(creationism) A set of organisms descended from some originally created species (based on the Biblical doctrine of Special Creation); a kind.
barming
barming
verb
present participle of barm
barmkin
barmkin
noun
(obsolete) The battlement on the exterior fortification of a castle in northern England and parts of Scotland; a barbican.
barnman
barnmen
behrman
bemourn
bemourn
verb
(transitive, rare) To weep or mourn over.
bergman
berkman
bierman
birdman
birdman
noun
(informal) an aviator.
A man who works with birds.
A mythological creature that is part man and part bird.
birdmen
birdmen
noun
plural of birdman
bonorum
boorman
bordman
bordman
noun
(historical) A bordar; a tenant in bordage.
bortman
bradman
braeman
brahman
brahman
noun
Alternative form of brahmin (member of the Hindu priestly class).
brahmin
brahmin
adj
Scholarly.
noun
(chiefly US, capitalized) A member of a social and cultural elite, especially in the New England region of the USA.
A learned person of refined taste and mild manners.
A member of the Hindu priestly caste, one of the four varnas or social groups based on occupation in ancient Hindu society.
A scholar, teacher, priest, intellectual, researcher, scientist, knowledge-seeker, or knowledge worker.
One who has realized or attempts to realize Brahman, i.e. God or supreme knowledge.
branham
bremond
brenham
briming
brimson
brohman
bromian
bromian
adj
(mineralogy) Describing minerals that contain bromine
bromine
bromine
noun
(countable) A bromine atom
(uncountable) A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Br) with an atomic number of 35; one of the halogens, it is a fuming red-brown liquid at room temperature.
bromins
browman
browman
noun
(mining, historical) The worker in charge of the cages at the pithead.
burmans
burnham
burnham
Proper noun
A village in Buckinghamshire and partly in Slough, Berkshire, England.
A town in Essex, England; see Burnham-on-Crouch.
A seaside town in Somerset, England; see Burnham-on-Sea.
byreman
camarin
camaron
camaron
noun
Alternative form of cammaron
cameron
cameron
Proper noun
and a highland Scottish clan name
name derived from the surname.
name derived from the surname, used since the 1970s also in the spellings Camryn and Kamryn.
A in Arizona
An unincorporated community in Illinois
An unincorporated community in Iowa
A in Louisiana
A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
A city in Missouri
An unincorporated community in Montana
A town in New York
A town in North Carolina
An unincorporated community in Ohio
A town in Oklahoma
A town in South Carolina
A city in Texas
A city in West Virginia
A village and a town in Wisconsin
cancrum
carmena
carmina
carmine
carmine
adj
Of the purplish red colour shade carmine.
noun
A purplish-red colour, resembling that pigment.
A purplish-red pigment, made from dye obtained from the cochineal beetle; carminic acid or any of its derivatives.
carmine:
cartman
cartman
noun
(New York) A private garbage collection and haulage worker or contractor.
(dated) A person who transports goods or people by horse and cart; a carman.
centrum
centrum
noun
(seismology) The focus or place of origin of an earthquake.
A center.
The basis or fundamental portion of one of the cranial segments, regarded as analogous to vertebrae.
The central body of a vertebra; the solid piece to which the arches and some other parts are or may be attached.
ceriman
ceriman
noun
A large, woody vine native to Mexico, but grown throughout the tropics for its edible fruit, Monstera deliciosa, and also grown indoors as an ornamental under the name of Swiss cheese plant.
The fruit of this vine.
cerumen
cerumen
noun
earwax
clurman
cneorum
comorin
comourn
confirm
confirm
verb
(transitive, Christianity) To administer the sacrament of confirmation on (someone).
To assure the accuracy of previous statements.
To strengthen; to make firm or resolute.
conform
conform
verb
(intransitive, of persons, often followed by to) To act in accordance with expectations; to behave in the manner of others, especially as a result of social pressure.
(intransitive, of things, situations, etc.) To be in accordance with a set of specifications or regulations, or with a policy or guideline.
(transitive) To make similar in form or nature; to make suitable for a purpose; to adapt.
corneum
corneum
noun
(anatomy) The outermost layer of the skin.
crabman
crampon
crampon
noun
(botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
(heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.
An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
verb
To walk or climb using crampons.
craniom
cranium
cranium
noun
(anatomy) That part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain, but not including the bones of the face or jaw.
(anthropology, informal) The upper portion of the skull, including the neurocranium and facial bones, but not including the jawbone (mandible).
(informal) Synonym of skull.
crankum
cranmer
cremant
cremini
cremini
noun
Alternative spelling of crimini
cremona
cremona
Proper noun
Province of Lombardy, Italy.
Town and capital of Cremona.
A village in Alberta, Canada
Noun
A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona in Italy.
cremone
crewman
crewman
noun
(Canada, military) Synonym of armoured crewman
A member of a crew, especially the crew of a ship.
crewmen
crewmen
noun
plural of crewman
crimean
crimean
Adjective
Denoting, of, or related to Crimea, a peninsula on the north of the Black Sea, separating it from the Sea of Azov.
Noun
Native or inhabitant of the Crimea.
Proper noun
Crimea
crimine
crimine
intj
Alternative form of criminy
crimini
crimini
noun
A dark brown edible mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, that has a rounded cap; called a portobello when mature
crimson
crimson
adj
Having a deep red colour.
Immodest.
noun
A deep, slightly bluish red.
verb
(intransitive) To become crimson or deep red; to blush.
(transitive) To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
crinkum
crinums
crinums
noun
plural of crinum
cromona
cropman
crumena
cumarin
cwmbran
cwmbran
Proper noun
A Welsh town.
cymarin
cymarin
noun
Alternative form of cymarine
dameron
damners
damners
noun
plural of damner
danmark
dartman
dearman
demonry
demonry
noun
demonic activity, influence, or possession
denmark
denmark
Proper noun
country in Western Europe consisting mainly of most of the Jutland Peninsula and a number of islands off its coast.
dimeran
dimeran
noun
(zoology, obsolete) One of the two-jointed Dimera, a subdivision of the Coleptera using an obsolete system of classification.
doorman
doorman
noun
A person who holds open the door at the entryway (entrance) to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services.
doormen
doormen
noun
plural of doorman
dorfman
dormant
dormant
adj
(architecture) Leaning.
(heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.
Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
noun
(architecture) A crossbeam or joist.
dormins
dorsman
doryman
dorymen
dragman
dragman
noun
A fisherman who uses a dragnet.
drammen
drayman
drayman
noun
(obsolete) A man who drives drays.
A deliveryman for a brewery.
draymen
draymen
noun
plural of drayman
dremann
drobman
dromond
dromond
noun
Alternative form of dromon
dromons
dromons
noun
plural of dromon
dropman
drugman
drumlin
drumlin
noun
(geography) An elongated hill or ridge of glacial drift.
dunmore
duramen
duramen
noun
(botany) heartwood
dworman
embrawn
embrown
embrown
verb
To become or make brown; to brown.
To become or make dark or dusky; to brown, to darken.
To make (something) brown; to brown.
To make (something) dark or dusky (“having a rather dark shade of colour”); to brown, to darken.