Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acronym
acrosome
acrosome
noun
A structure forming the end of the head of a spermatozoon
acrotism
acrotism
noun
(medicine) A lack or defect of the pulse.
admirals
admirals
noun
plural of admiral
admirers
admirers
noun
plural of admirer
agremens
airmails
airmails
noun
(colloquial) The items of mail conveyed using aircraft.
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airmail
airtimes
airtimes
noun
plural of airtime
alarmism
alarmism
noun
The raising of needless alarms.
alarmist
alarmist
adj
Of or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause.
noun
One who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
alastrim
alastrim
noun
(medicine) A milder variant of smallpox
algorism
algorism
noun
Obsolete spelling of algorithm (all senses)
alkermes
alkermes
noun
A red Italian alcoholic liqueur.
The desiccated bodies of certain insects (female Kermes ilicis and Kermes vermilio), which live on the kermes oak, formerly much used as a material for dye and a medicinal ingredient; also a given mixture, preparation etc. containing such insects.
almemars
almemars
noun
plural of almemar
almeries
almeries
noun
plural of almery
almistry
almoners
almoners
noun
plural of almoner
altruism
altruism
noun
(biology, sociobiology) Action or behaviour that benefits another or others at some cost to the performer.
Regard for others, both natural and moral without regard for oneself; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness.
amaister
amaracus
amaracus
noun
(obsolete) Marjoram.
amargosa
amargoso
amassers
amassers
noun
plural of amasser
amateurs
amateurs
noun
plural of amateur
ambaries
amberies
amberies
noun
plural of ambery
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
amberson
ambroids
ambroise
ambrosia
ambrosia
noun
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The anointing-oil of the gods.
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
A dessert made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream.
A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.
Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.
Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.
ambrosin
ambrosin
noun
(numismatics) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose on its horseback.
(organic chemistry) The sesquiterpene lactone (3aS,6S,6aR,9aR,9bR)-6,9a-dimethyl-3-methylidene-3a,4,5,6,6a,9b-hexahydroazuleno[8,7-b]furan-2,9-dione present in Ambrosia maritima
ambrosio
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
ameiurus
amenders
amenders
noun
plural of amender
amercers
amercers
noun
plural of amercer
americas
americus
americus
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
a CDP in Indiana, USA.
a small city in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
amerinds
amersham
amersham
Proper noun
a market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
amesbury
amesbury
Proper noun
a town in southern Wiltshire, England.
ametrous
amfortas
amirates
amirates
noun
plural of amirate
amirship
amirship
noun
Alternative form of emirship
ammeters
ammeters
noun
plural of ammeter
amorists
amorists
noun
plural of amorist
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
amortise
amortise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative form of amortize
amourist
amourist
noun
Alternative form of amorist
amphoras
amreetas
amritsar
amritsar
Proper noun
A large city in India, formerly known as Ramdaspur and sometimes called Ambarsar.
The district (the second most populous in Punjab) which contains this city.
amtracks
amtracks
noun
plural of amtrack
amurcous
amurcous
adj
(archaic) Smelly; stinky.
anagrams
anagrams
noun
plural of anagram
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anagram
aneurism
aneurism
noun
Alternative spelling of aneurysm
aneurysm
aneurysm
noun
(pathology) An abnormal blood-filled swelling of an artery or vein, resulting from a localized weakness in the wall of the vessel.
angstrom
angstrom
noun
(physics) A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
ansermet
aphorism
aphorism
noun
A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.
verb
To speak or write aphorisms.
aramaism
aramaism
Noun
An idiom from the Aramaic language.
arbustum
arcanums
archaism
archaism
noun
An archaic word, style, etc.
The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style.
arctomys
arianism
arianism
Noun
A non-trinitarian Christology, denominated as heretical since Council of Nicaea, but still influential in Monophysite Christianity.
arisaema
armallas
armaries
armbands
armbands
noun
plural of armband
armbrust
armholes
armholes
noun
plural of armhole
armigers
armigers
noun
plural of armiger
armillas
arminius
arminius
Proper noun
A chieftain of the Cherusci (an ancient Germanic tribe) who defeated the Romans in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.
Jacobus Arminius, Dutch theologian and founder of Arminianism.
armloads
armloads
noun
plural of armload
armlocks
armlocks
noun
plural of armlock
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of armlock
armoires
armoires
noun
plural of armoire
armorers
armorers
noun
plural of armorer
armories
armories
noun
plural of armory
armorist
armorist
noun
(heraldry) A person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms, and all relating to their emblazonment.
(uncommon) An armorer; one who produces arms and armor.
armrests
armrests
noun
plural of armrest
arrivism
arrivism
noun
Alternative form of arrivisme
arsenism
arsenism
noun
arsenic poisoning
arsenium
arsenium
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The radical cation H₂As:⁺ derived from arsine
(organic chemistry) Any derivative of this ion R₂As:⁺
arsmetik
arsmetry
arsonium
arsonium
noun
(chemistry) The univalent AsH₄⁺ cation, derived from arsine.
artemisa
arthemis
aryanism
aryanism
Noun
The ideological belief in the superiority of a defined Aryan race, particularly as an element of Nazism.
asarotum
ashimmer
ashimmer
adj
Shimmering; covered (with something shimmering).
asilomar
aslumber
aslumber
adj
(poetic) Asleep.
asmolder
asmolder
adj
Alternative form of asmoulder
aspermia
aspermia
noun
A form of infertility associated with a failure to produce semen.
aspermic
aspermic
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to aspermia.
(of a male animal) Unable to produce sperm.
assertum
assumers
assumers
noun
plural of assumer
asterism
asterism
noun
(astronomy) An unofficial constellation (small group of stars that forms a visible pattern).
(mineralogy) A star-shaped figure exhibited by some crystals by reflected light (as in a star sapphire) or by transmitted light (as in some mica).
A rarely used typographical symbol (⁂, three asterisks arranged in a triangle), used to call attention to a passage or to separate subchapters in a book.
atropism
atropism
noun
(pathology) atropine poisoning
aumbries
aumbries
noun
plural of aumbrie
ausforms
ausforms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ausform
austrium
austrium
noun
A supposed chemical element proposed by Eduard Linnemann in 1886, later found to be gallium.
axmaster
bagworms
bagworms
noun
plural of bagworm
balsamer
barksome
barksome
adj
Characterised or marked by barking
barmaids
barmaids
noun
plural of barmaid
barmiest
barmiest
adj
superlative form of barmy: most barmy
barmskin
barmskin
noun
(UK, dialect, obsolete) A blacksmith's leather apron.
barosmin
barosmin
noun
(medicine, obsolete) A resinous product of buchu (from Barosma species), used as a diuretic.
barrooms
barrooms
noun
plural of barroom
beamster
beamster
noun
A workman engaged in beaming or slicking hides.
becharms
becharms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becharm
bemaster
bemaster
verb
(obsolete) To master throughly; dominate.
bergamos
bergmans
bermudas
besmears
besmears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of besmear
bestream
bestream
verb
(intransitive) To stream around, about, or all over; flood.
(transitive) To drench; mark by streams of.
(transitive) To flow in a stream; stream down.
(transitive, by extension) To cover or be covered in; adorn; wear.
beswarms
beswarms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beswarm
biramose
biramose
adj
Alternative form of biramous
biramous
biramous
adj
Branching in two, composed of two branches.
bismarck
bismarck
noun
(Alberta, Saskatchewan, Northern US, Midwestern US) A jelly doughnut: a doughnut filled with jam and coated with sugar.
(Manitoba) A doughnut filled with cream, often with chocolate icing.
(Midland US) A fried cruller, or a sort of pancake.
bombards
bombards
noun
(obsolete) Padded breeches.
plural of bombard
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bombard
bovarism
bovarism
noun
Alternative spelling of bovarysm
bovarysm
bovarysm
noun
(psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.
An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.
boyarism
brachysm
brachysm
noun
(botany) Unusually small size resulting from the shortening of internodes.
brahmans
brahmans
noun
plural of brahman
brahmins
brahmins
noun
plural of brahmin
brahmism
braidism
braidism
Noun
hypnotism
brambles
brambles
noun
plural of bramble
branscum
brechams
bromates
bromates
noun
plural of bromate
brushman
brushman
noun
(informal) A male painter.
A man employed to clean with a brush.
bryanism
buckrams
buckrams
noun
Alternative form of buckram ("ramson").
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buckram
calamars
calamars
noun
plural of calamar
camauros
cambarus
cambrics
cambrics
noun
plural of cambric
camerist
camisard
camisard
Noun
One of the French Protestants of the Cevennes region of south-central France, who raised an insurrection against the persecutions which followed the revocation of the in 1685.