A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
absume
absume
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To consume gradually; to waste away.
accumb
accumb
verb
(obsolete) To recline, as at table.
acetum
acetum
noun
(obsolete) Vinegar, sometimes medicated.
actium
actium
Proper noun
a promontory of Acarnania in Ancient Greece where and Cleopatra were defeated by Octavian in a naval battle in 31 BC
acumen
acumen
noun
(anatomy) A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium.
(botany) A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant.
Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination.
adytum
adytum
noun
(Ancient Greece, religion) The innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given.
(by extension) A private chamber; a sanctum.
aecium
aecium
noun
(mycology) A cuplike fruiting structure of some parasitic rust fungi that contains chains of aeciospores.
aegium
agarum
aimful
aimful
adj
Full of purpose.
ainhum
ainhum
noun
(medicine) A painful constriction of the base of the fifth toe, frequently followed by autoamputation, occurring predominantly in black Africans and their descendants.
alarum
alarum
noun
(normally archaic) A danger signal or warning.
A call to arms.
verb
(archaic) To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.
albums
albums
noun
plural of album
alcumy
algums
allium
allium
noun
Any of many bulbous plants of the genus Allium, including onions and garlic.
almous
almuce
almuce
noun
A hood or cape.
almude
almude
noun
(historical, measure) A traditional Portuguese unit of liquid volume, equal to 14–26 liters.
(historical, measure) Alternative form of almud, similar units of liquid volume in Spain and Turkey.
almuds
almuds
noun
plural of almud
almugs
almund
almury
alulim
alumel
alumen
alumic
alumic
adj
(rare, inorganic chemistry) aluminic
alumin
alumna
alumna
noun
A female graduate.
A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college).
alumni
alumni
noun
(often proscribed) An individual alumnus or alumna.
plural of alumnus
alypum
amadou
amadou
noun
A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder.
amadus
amamau
ambigu
ambigu
noun
(dated) An entertainment at which a medley of dishes is set on at the same time; a buffet.
ambury
ambury
noun
Alternative form of anbury
ambush
ambush
noun
An attack launched from a concealed position.
The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise.
The concealed position or state from which a surprise attack is launched.
The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait.
verb
(transitive) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
(transitive) To station in ambush with a view to surprise an enemy.
amelus
amelus
noun
(pathology) A foetus born without limbs.
amicus
amicus
noun
(law, informal) Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case.
amomum
amomum
noun
Any of several spices of genus Amomum, family Zingiberaceae, including cardamom.
amorua
amotus
amouli
amount
amount
noun
(nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
A quantity or volume.
The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
verb
(intransitive, followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.
(intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.
(obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend.
amours
amours
noun
plural of amour
ampule
ampule
noun
Alternative spelling of ampoule
ampuls
ampuls
noun
plural of ampul
amucks
amucks
noun
plural of amuck
amugis
amulae
amulas
amulet
amulet
noun
A kind of protective charm or ornament, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences, or evil spirits.
amulla
amunam
amurca
amurca
noun
The sediment in olive oil.
amurru
amused
amused
adj
(usually with a complement) Enjoying humor aspects (of something).
Displaying amusement.
Pleasurably entertained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amuse
amusee
amusee
noun
(rare) One who is amused; the subject of amusement.
amuser
amuser
noun
(historical, early 19ᵗʰ century) One of a class of rogues who carry snuff or dust in their pockets, which they throw into the eyes of people so as to enable their accomplices to rob them while pretending to help them.
(obsolete) One who diverts attention, usually to distract or bewilder, often for fraudulent purposes; hence a cheat, deceiver or thief.
Someone who amuses.
amuses
amuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amuse
amusgo
amusia
amusia
noun
The inability to comprehend or respond to music.
amuyon
amycus
amylum
amylum
noun
starch
amyous
amyous
adj
(medicine) Wanting in muscle; without flesh.
anatum
animus
animus
noun
(Jungian psychology) The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality.
A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will.
The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions.
anisum
antrum
antrum
noun
(biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses.
anusim
aornum
aramus
armful
armful
noun
The amount an arm or arms can hold.
armour
armour
noun
British standard spelling of armor.
armure
armure
noun
A fabric woven with a raised pattern similar to chain mail.
artgum
arumin
asarum
asarum
noun
Any plant of the genus Asarum.
ashkum
assume
assume
verb
To adopt (an idea or cause)
To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate
To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof
To receive, adopt (a person)
To take on a position, duty or form
asylum
asylum
noun
(dated) A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
A place of safety or refuge.
The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
atrium
atrium
noun
(anatomy) A cavity, entrance, or passage.
(anatomy) A microscopic air sac within a pulmonary alveolus.
(anatomy) An upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle. In higher vertebrates, the right atrium receives blood from the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava, and the left atrium receives blood from the left and right pulmonary veins.
(architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
(architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
(biology) Any enclosed body cavity or chamber.
(palynology) A cavity inside a porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
atuami
augrim
aumaga
aumaga
noun
A Samoan social class of untitled men, mostly young, who perform most of the heavy labour and have ceremonial responsibilities.
aumail
aumail
verb
(transitive) To enamel.
(transitive) To figure or variegate.
aumbry
aumery
aumery
noun
(obsolete) An ambry or closet.
aumous
aumrie
aurums
autism
autism
noun
(Internet slang, offensive, derogatory, often self-deprecating) Abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, stereotypically coupled with low self-awareness and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism.
(clinical psychology) A pervasive neurological condition that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication, language development, eye contact, and sensory experiences.
(clinical psychology) Synonym of autism spectrum (disorder); generalization of the specific to a range.
(historical, clinical psychology, now medically obsolete) A diagnosis involving a pathological tendency to engage in self-centered fantasy thinking, historically considered a symptom of insanity and/or schizophrenia.
automa
autumn
autumn
adj
Of or relating to autumn; autumnal
noun
(by extension) The time period when someone or something is past its prime.
(fashion) A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing.
Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere.
verb
(intransitive) To spend the autumn (in a particular place).
To undergo the changes associated with autumn, such as leaves changing color and falling from trees.
awmous
babuma
bahuma
bambuk
barium
barium
noun
(medicine) barium sulfate suspension.
The chemical element (symbol Ba) with an atomic number of 56. It is a soft, reactive, silvery alkaline earth metal.
barnum
batumi
batumi
Proper noun
A seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia.
beaume
bebump
bebump
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To bump thoroughly; belabour.
bedumb
bedumb
verb
(transitive) To make or render dumb, or mute.
beflum
befume
begums
begums
noun
plural of begum
bellum
bemaul
bemaul
verb
(transitive) To maul thoroughly or completely.
bemuck
bemuse
bemuse
verb
(archaic, humorous) To devote to the Muses.
(obsolete, slang, transitive) To make drunk; to intoxicate.
(transitive) To confuse or bewilder.
(transitive, sometimes proscribed) To be amused, especially sardonically.
bemusk
benumb
benumb
verb
(transitive) To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic.
(transitive, figurative) To deaden, dull (the mind, faculties, etc.).
besmut
besmut
verb
(transitive) To blacken with smut; foul with soot.
bfamus
bhumij
bitume
bitume
noun
(poetic, obsolete) bitumen
bivium
bivium
noun
(zoology) One side of an echinoderm, including a pair of ambulacra, in distinction from the opposite side (trivium), which includes three ambulacra.
blitum
bluism
bluism
noun
Alternative form of blueism
blumea
blumed
blumes
bochum
bochum
Proper noun
a city in western Germany
bombus
boogum
boojum
boojum
noun
(countable) A species of tree (Fouquieria columnaris) native to Baja California, Mexico.
(physics) A geometric pattern sometimes observed on the surface of superfluid helium-3.
boreum
bromus
brumal
brumal
adj
Belonging to winter; winterlike; wintry.
Occurring in winter.
brumby
brumby
noun
(Australia) A wild or feral horse.
brumes
brumes
noun
plural of brume
brummy
buduma
buffum
bugdom
bugdom
noun
The essence of being a bug.
bulimy
bulimy
noun
Archaic form of bulimia.
bullom
bulmer
bumbee
bumbee
noun
(Scotland) Alternative form of bumblebee
bumble
bumble
noun
(UK, dialect) The Eurasian bittern.
A bumble-bee.
A confusion; a jumble.
verb
(intransitive) To boom, as a Eurasian bittern.
(intransitive) To buzz, as a fly.
To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.
bumfeg
bumkin
bumkin
noun
(nautical) A short outrigger projecting from the side of the aft part of a square-rigged sailing ship, used as an attachment point for a rope (brace) used to set a yard-arm at different angles to a mast so to allow the ship to sail at different angles to the wind.
bummed
bummed
adj
Synonym of bummed out
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bum
bummel
bummer
bummer
adj
comparative form of bum: more bum
intj
(colloquial) Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).
noun
(UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) A gay man.
(US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.
(colloquial) A disappointment, a pity, a shame.
(obsolete, historical) A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.
bummie
bummil
bummle
bummle
noun
(UK, dialect, dated) An idle fellow.
verb
(UK, dialect, dated) To blunder.
bumped
bumped
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bump
bumpee
bumpee
noun
An airline passenger who is bumped to a later flight.
bumper
bumper
adj
(colloquial) Large; (as if) filled to the bumpers at the top of a silo.
noun
(Australia, slang) A cigarette butt.
(automotive) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision; fender.
(billiards) A side wall of a pool table.
(broadcasting) A short ditty or jingle used to separate a show from the advertisements.
(colloquial, now chiefly attributive) Anything large or successful.
(cricket) A bouncer.
(music) An extra musician (not notated in the score) who assists the principal French horn by playing less-exposed passages, so that the principal can save their 'lip' for difficult solos. Also applied to other sections of the orchestra.
(obsolete) A drinking vessel filled to the brim.
(pinball) An object on a playfield that applies force to the pinball when hit, often giving a minor increase in score.
(slang, Caribbean, Jamaica) A woman's posterior, particularly one that is considered full and desirable.
(slang, dated) A covered house at a theatre, etc., in honour of some favourite performer.
A cylindrical object used (as a substitute for birds) to train dogs to retrieve.
Any mechanical device used to absorb an impact, soften a collision, or protect against impact.
Someone or something that bumps.
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To drink from the vessels called bumpers.