(architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
(dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
(engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
(engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
The state of abutting.
achenium
achenium
noun
(botany) achene
aconitum
aconitum
noun
Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.
The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
acontium
acontium
noun
An Ancient Greek weapon similar to a javelin
One of a series of threads of a septum of some actinians
actinium
actinium
noun
A radioactive, metallic chemical element (symbol: Ac) with an atomic number of 89; found in uranium ores.
addendum
addendum
noun
(engineering) The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line.
A postscript.
Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document.
adiantum
adiantum
noun
The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum)
adjument
adjument
noun
(obsolete) Help; support; that which or one who helps or supports.
adlumine
adlumine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid found in plants of genus Adlumia.
adnumber
agendums
agendums
noun
plural of agendum
ajutment
akuammin
alangium
albumean
albumens
albumens
noun
plural of albumen
albumins
albumins
noun
plural of albumin
alburnum
alburnum
noun
sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
alinotum
allumine
alumbank
aluminas
aluminas
noun
plural of alumina
alumines
aluminic
aluminic
adj
(chemistry) Of, relating to or containing aluminium.
aluminum
aluminum
noun
US and Canadian standard spelling of aluminium.
aluminyl
aluminyl
noun
(inorganic chemistry, especially in combination) Aluminium in the +1 oxidation state.
ambulant
ambulant
adj
Able to walk.
Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.
noun
A patient who is able to walk.
ambuling
amentula
amiantus
amiantus
noun
Alternative spelling of amianthus
amidulin
amidulin
noun
soluble starch, so rendered by boiling or treating with hydrochloric acid
ammianus
ammonium
ammonium
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The univalent NH₄⁺ cation, derived by the protonation of ammonia
(organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any similar cation formed by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with alkyl or aryl radicals
amounted
amounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amount
amounter
ampongue
amundsen
ancohuma
anemious
anemious
adj
Pertaining to anemia.
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.
animuses
animuses
noun
plural of animus
annulism
anomural
anomuran
anomuran
adj
(zoology) Irregular in the character of the tail or abdomen.
noun
(zoology) Any of the Anomura.
antiquum
antismut
antismut
adj
(informal) Opposed to obscenity or pornography.
apocynum
arcanums
argentum
argument
argument
noun
(also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
(by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
(countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
(countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
(countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
(countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
(logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
(uncountable, archaic) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.
A matter in question; a business in hand.
A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
The independent variable of a function.
The phase of a complex number.
The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.
(intransitive, obsolete, now nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) To put forward as an argument; to argue.
ariminum
armgaunt
armgaunt
adj
(nonce word, archaic) Of uncertain meaning; perhaps describing gaunt or slender limbs.
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.
arsenium
arsenium
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The radical cation H₂As:⁺ derived from arsine
(organic chemistry) Any derivative of this ion R₂As:⁺
arsonium
arsonium
noun
(chemistry) The univalent AsH₄⁺ cation, derived from arsine.
assument
assument
noun
(obsolete) A patch; an addition; a piece put on.
assuming
assuming
adj
haughty; arrogant
noun
An assumption.
verb
present participle of assume
assummon
atheneum
atymnius
augments
augments
noun
plural of augment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of augment
auramine
auramine
noun
(organic chemistry, cytology) Any of a family of fluorescent dyes used to stain tissues for fluorescence microscopy
autompne
autonomy
autonomy
noun
(Christianity, uncountable) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.
(government, countable) A self-governing country or region.
(mechanics, uncountable) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
(philosophy, uncountable) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
(uncountable) The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
autumnal
autumnal
adj
Of or relating to autumn.
Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
auximone
bannimus
bannimus
noun
A form of expulsion of any individual from the University of Oxford, by putting the proctorial edict up in some public place, as a denunciation or promulgation of it. It also served to prevent the individual from claiming the cause of expulsion.
baughman
beaumont
beaumont
Proper noun
An English habitational surname from any of several places in France.
A city in Texas, USA
bemusing
bemusing
verb
present participle of bemuse
benumbed
benumbed
adj
Lacking emotion or interest; dulled.
Lacking sensation; numb.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benumb
bermudan
bermudan
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian peoples.
biennium
biennium
noun
A period of two years, particularly for purposes involving intercalation or fiscal calculations.
bimanous
bimanous
adj
(biology) Having two hands (rather than any other distal part of a forelimb).
bimanual
bimanual
adj
Involving or using both hands
binarium
bitumens
bitumens
noun
plural of bitumen
blackmun
blechnum
bluemont
bluesman
bluesman
noun
a male blues musician
bluesmen
bluesmen
noun
plural of bluesman
branscum
bronteum
brunizem
brushman
brushman
noun
(informal) A male painter.
A man employed to clean with a brush.
brushmen
brushmen
noun
plural of brushman
buccinum
buggyman
buggyman
noun
(historical) A man employed to transport material, such as the bloom from a furnace, on a wheeled carriage or buggy.
The male driver of a buggy.
buggymen
buggymen
noun
plural of buggyman
bultmann
bumbling
bumbling
adj
Acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent; showing little or no skill.
noun
The act of one who bumbles; a mistake or error, especially through clumsiness.
verb
present participle of bumble
bumpkins
bumpkins
noun
plural of bumpkin
buncombe
buncombe
noun
(archaic) Alternative spelling of bunkum
bunemost
bungarum
bungarum
noun
(dated) A krait (venomous snake of the genus Bungarus)
bunkmate
bunkmate
noun
Especially, one who shares a bunk bed.
One who sleeps in the same area as another person.
bushment
bushment
noun
(obsolete) A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed.
(obsolete) An ambush.
(obsolete) The troops concealed in an ambush.
buttyman
buttyman
noun
(mining) Synonym of butty (“miner who works under contract”)
calumnia
cameroun
cameroun
Proper noun
A former French and British territory in Central Africa, occupying the area of the modern-day country of Cameroon.
camiguin
campanus
camuning
canarium
canarium
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Canarium of about 100 species of tropical and subtropical evergreen trees in the family Burseraceae.
cancrums
capsumin
cementum
cementum
noun
(anatomy, dentistry) A bony substance that covers the root of a tooth; cement.
cenobium
cenobium
noun
A monastery, a monastic community.
centrums
cerumens
chamouni
chaumont
chipmunk
chipmunk
noun
A squirrel-like rodent of the genus Tamias, native mainly to North America.
verb
(transitive) To fill (one's mouth or cheeks) with food.
(transitive) To speed up (an audio recording, especially a song), to make the voices high-pitched.
(transitive) To stuff (food) into one's mouth or cheeks, sometimes as part of competitive eating.
chronium
chumming
chumming
noun
(military, aviation, historical) The use of a lit aeroplane to draw enemy fire so that the enemy can be destroyed by another aeroplane whose lights are off.
verb
present participle of chum
chumping
chumping
verb
present participle of chump
cingulum
cingulum
noun
(anatomy) A ridge that girdles the base of an upper molar tooth.
(neuroanatomy) A collection of white matter fibers projecting from the cingulate gyrus to the entorhinal cortex in the brain, allowing for communication between components of the limbic system.
(zoology) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells.
(zoology) The clitellus of earthworms.
The girdle of an alb.
cloutman
clumping
clumping
noun
A clump or cluster.
The sound of walking with heavy footfalls.
verb
present participle of clump
clymenus
cognitum
columban
columbin
columbin
noun
(organic chemistry) A white, crystalline, bitter substance.
columnal
columnal
adj
columnar
noun
A disklike part of the stem of a crinoid
columnar
columnar
adj
Constructed with columns.
Having the shape of a column.
columnea
columned
columned
adj
Having columns.
columner
comenius
communal
communal
adj
(India) defined by religious ideas; based on religion
pertaining to a community
shared by a community; public
communed
communed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of commune
communer
communer
noun
(Christianity) One who receives communion.
One who communes with someone or something.
communes
communes
noun
plural of commune
communis
comnenus
compound
compound
adj
(mathematics) Dealing with numbers of various denominations of quantity, or with processes more complex than the simple process.
(music) An octave higher than originally (i.e. a compound major second is equivalent to a major ninth).
Composed of elements; not simple.
noun
(chemistry) A substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements in definite proportions by weight.
(chemistry, dated) A substance made from any combination of ingredients.
(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem or an affix, e.g. bookshop, high school or non-standard.
(linguistics) A lexeme that consists of more than one stem.
(rail transport) A compound locomotive, a steam locomotive with both high-pressure and low-pressure cylinders.
A group of buildings situated close together, e.g. for a school or block of offices.
An enclosure for secure storage.
An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined.
Anything made by combining several things.
Short for compound exercise.
verb
(horse racing, intransitive) Of a horse: to fail to maintain speed.
(intransitive) To come to terms of agreement; to settle by a compromise.
(intransitive, finance) To increase in value with interest, where the interest is earned on both the principal sum and prior earned interest.
(transitive) To form (a resulting mixture) by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; to mingle with something else.
(transitive) To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement.
(transitive, law) To settle by agreeing on less than the claim, or on different terms than those stipulated.
(transitive, obsolete) To compose; to constitute.
(transitive, see usage notes) To worsen a situation.
compunct
compunct
adj
(obsolete) Affected with compunction; remorseful.
conarium
conarium
Noun
The pineal gland.
conidium
conidium
noun
(mycology) A fungal spore produced asexually in a conidiophore.
consumed
consumed
adj
construed with with Full of, exuding (also figuratively).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of consume
consumer
consumer
noun
(by extension) The consumer base of a product, service or business.
(ecology) An organism (heterotroph) that uses other organisms for food in order to gain energy.
(economics) Someone who trades money for goods or services as an individual.
One who, or that which, consumes.
consumes
consumes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of consume
consumpt
consumpt
noun
(chiefly Scotland) The amount consumed; consumption.
(obsolete) Consumer; market.
verb
To consume.
contumax
conubium
cornmuse
cornmuse
noun
Alternative form of cornemuse
coronium
coronium
noun
(historical) A supposed chemical element, hypothesized in the 19th century in order to explain a green emission line seen during the total solar eclipse of 7 August 1869 (actually highly ionized iron).
corundum
corundum
noun
(mineralogy) An extremely hard mineral, a form of aluminum oxide with the chemical formula Al₂O₃, that occurs in the form of the gemstones sapphire and ruby; it is used as an abrasive.
coryneum
couchman
coumalin
coumaran
coumarin
coumarin
noun
(organic chemistry) the bicyclic aromatic compound 1,2-benzopyrone or any of its derivatives