(UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.
(classical studies, usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
(classical studies, usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.
(obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.
(with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
achymia
acronym
acronym
noun
(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.
admitty
adynamy
adynamy
noun
(archaic) adynamia
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
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.
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.
almondy
almondy
adj
Redolent of almonds.
almonry
almonry
noun
(historical) A building in which alms were distributed.
alyssum
alyssum
noun
Any of several plants, of the genus Alyssum, mostly of Eurasian origin, that have racemes of white or yellow flowers.
amarity
amatory
amatory
adj
Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
ambassy
ambassy
noun
Obsolete form of embassy.
amberly
ambitty
ambitty
adj
(glassmaking) Of glass: covered with stony speckles, symptoms of incipient devitrification.
amboyna
amboyna
noun
A south-east Asian tree, Pterocarpus indicus.
The reddish, mottled or striped wood of this tree, used in cabinet-making.
amenity
amenity
noun
(cartography) a unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.
A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.
Convenience.
Pleasantness.
amiably
amiably
adv
In an amiable manner; in a friendly or pleasant manner.
amidoxy
aminity
amnesty
amnesty
noun
An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection.
Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion.
verb
To grant a pardon (to a group)
amorphy
amorphy
noun
(obsolete) shapelessness
amoyese
ampassy
ampassy
noun
(obsolete) ampersand
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.
ampyces
ampycus
ampyxes
amuyong
amyclas
amyctic
amyelia
amyelia
noun
(pathology) The congenital lack of a spinal cord
amyelic
amygdal
amygdal
noun
Alternative form of amygdale (“almond-shaped inclusion in igneous rock or lava”)
amylase
amylase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva and also contributed to the gut by the exocrine pancreas, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose.
amylate
amylate
noun
(organic chemistry) A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
amylene
amylene
noun
(obsolete, organic chemistry) pentene.
A colorless, volatile, mobile liquid consisting of a mixture of different isomers of this hydrocarbon.
amyloid
amyloid
adj
(mycology) Applied to a mushroom that turns blue-black upon application of Melzer's reagent
Containing or resembling starch.
noun
A waxy compound of protein and polysaccharides that is found deposited in tissues in amyloidosis.
Any of various starchlike substances.
amylome
amylome
noun
(biochemistry) All the parenchymal proteins (of a plant) that are capable of forming amyloid fibres
amylose
amylose
noun
(biochemistry) The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose.
amylums
amymone
amyntor
amyroot
anatomy
anatomy
noun
(archaic) A skeleton, or dead body.
(by extension) The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts.
(colloquial) The form of an individual.
(countable) A treatise or book on anatomy.
(euphemistic) The human body, especially in reference to the private parts.
The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.
The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it.
The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.
anemony
anemony
noun
Archaic form of anemone.
anomaly
anomaly
noun
(astronomy) Any of various angular distances.
(biology) A defect or malformation.
(dated) An irregularity or disproportion.
(quantum mechanics) A failure of a classical symmetry due to quantum corrections.
(sciences) Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not.
A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
Something or someone that is strange or unusual.
anonyma
anonyma
noun
(obsolete) A courtesan; a female prostitute.
anonyme
anonyms
anonyms
noun
plural of anonym
anthemy
antonym
antonym
noun
(semantics) A word which has the opposite meaning of another word.
A word that describes one end of a scale, while its opposite describes the other end, such as large versus small; a gradable antonym.
anymore
anymore
adv
(especially US) Alternative form of any more.
anytime
anytime
adj
Suitable for any time; not associated with any particular time.
adv
At any time
intj
"you're welcome" in response to "thank you" or "thanks."
apogamy
apogamy
noun
(botany) Asexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud.
armoury
armoury
noun
A collection of weapons and materiel.
A place where arms are kept, an arsenal.
A place where arms are made.
Heraldry
The manufacture of armour and arms; arming, armouring.
armscye
armscye
noun
An opening in a garment for the attachment of a sleeve; an armhole.
armseye
arrimby
aryaman
aryaman
Proper noun
the Hindu god of the sun
name, common in India, transliterated from आर्यमन.
ascyrum
asylums
asylums
noun
plural of asylum
atemoya
atemoya
noun
A hybrid between a cherimoya and a sweetsop
athymia
athymia
noun
(medicine) The absence of emotion; morbid impassivity.
(medicine) The absence of the thymus gland or the suppression of its secretion.
athymic
athymic
adj
That lacks a thymus gland
atomity
autonym
autonym
noun
(linguistics, anthropology) A name used by a group or category of people to refer to themselves or their language, as opposed to a name given to them by other groups.
(taxonomy) An infraspecific name in which the specific epithet is repeated.
A work published under the author's true name.
The true name of a person or other entity, especially an author.
axogamy
aymaran
aymaran
Adjective
Of or relating to the Aymara people or their language.
aymaras
azymite
azymite
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy, historical, derogatory) One who administers the Eucharist with unleavened bread, in particular a member of the Latin Church or Roman Catholic Church.
azymous
azymous
adj
unleavened, unfermented.
babydom
babydom
noun
The stage of life when a child is considered a baby.
The world or realm of babies.
babyism
babyism
noun
A babyish manner of acting or speaking.
The state of being a baby.
balmily
balmily
adv
In a balmy manner.
balmony
balsamy
balsamy
adj
Like balsam, as of balsam.
baryram
bayamon
bayamos
bayamos
noun
plural of bayamo
beamily
beamily
adv
In a beaming manner.
bellamy
bemercy
bemercy
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To treat with mercy; show mercy to; milse.
bemuddy
benomyl
benomyl
noun
A fungicide that binds to microtubules, interfering with cell functions such as meiosis and intracellular transportation.
berhyme
berhyme
verb
(transitive) To compose rhymes about; celebrate in rhyme; make poetry about someone.
(transitive) To lampoon.
bimasty
bionomy
bionomy
noun
physiology.
biotomy
biotomy
noun
(dated) The study of animal and plant structure by dissection.
(dated) Vivisection.
bleymes
bleymes
noun
plural of bleyme
bogydom
bogyism
bogyism
noun
Alternative form of bogeyism
bogyman
bogymen
bogymen
noun
plural of bogyman
boulimy
brambly
brambly
adj
Covered in brambles
Rough; harsh or grating.
bramley
bramley
Noun
A cultivar of apple, used especially as a cooking apple
braymer
braymer
Proper noun
A city/town in Missouri.
bremely
brimley
bromley
bromley
Proper noun
A town in south-east London, and the name of a London Borough within Greater London.
A district of east London, officially Bromley by Bow.
brumley
bumicky
bummery
bummery
noun
(originally derogatory, historical) The faction of the Industrial Workers of the World in the 20th century which favored direct action.
Obsolete form of bottomry.
bumpily
bumpily
adv
In a bumpy manner.
bumpity
bumpity
intj
Nonce variation of the word bump, usually indicating the sound of someone or something tumbling down an uneven surface, or traveling on a rough road.
buxomly
buxomly
adv
In a buxom way.
bynames
bynames
noun
plural of byname
byreman
caconym
caconym
noun
An incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.
calumny
calumny
noun
(countable) A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
(uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.
verb
(transitive, formal) To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate.
calymma
camacey
camanay
cambaye
camelry
camelry
noun
(military) A military arm of service that fights while riding camels.
campily
campily
adv
In a campy manner.
campney
campody
capemay
caymans
caymans
noun
plural of cayman
chambry
chamyne
chimayo
chimbly
chimbly
noun
Alternative form of chimbley
chimley
chimley
noun
(UK, dialect, New England, archaic) Alternative form of chimney
chimney
chimney
noun
(Britain) The smokestack of a steam locomotive.
(Northern Ireland, slang) A black eye; a shiner.
(vulgar, euphemistic) A vagina.
A narrow cleft in a rock face; a narrow vertical cave passage.
A vertical tube or hollow column used to emit environmentally polluting gaseous and solid matter (including but not limited to by-products of burning carbon- or hydrocarbon-based fuels); a flue.
The glass flue surrounding the flame of an oil lamp.
verb
(climbing) To negotiate a chimney (narrow vertical cave passage) by pushing against the sides with back, feet, hands, etc.
chlamyd
chlamys
chlamys
noun
(historical) A short poncho-like cloak caught up on the shoulder, worn by hunters, soldiers, and horsemen in Ancient Greece.
chomsky
chromyl
chromyl
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The divalent radical CrO₂: or cation CrO₂²⁺
chumley
chymase
chymase
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a family of serine proteases present in mast cells
chymics
chymics
noun
plural of chymic
chymify
chymify
verb
(physiology) To form into chyme.
chymist
chymist
noun
Obsolete spelling of chemist
chymous
chymous
adj
Of or pertaining to chyme.
citydom
clayman
clymene
clymene
Proper noun
A nymph married to Iapetus, mother of Prometheus, Epimetheus, Menoetius and Atlas.
clysmic
clysmic
adj
washing; cleansing
cocoyam
cocoyam
noun
New cocoyam: Xanthosoma, particularly Xanthosoma sagittifolium, or the edible root of that plant; malanga.
Old cocoyam: Colocasia esculenta; taro.
comfily
comfily
adv
(informal) comfortably
comfrey
comfrey
noun
Any of several species of perennial herbs of the genus Symphytum, often specifically Symphytum officinale.
comicry
comicry
noun
The power to cause mirth; comicalness.
company
company
noun
(business) Any business, whether incorporated or not, that manufactures or sells products (also known as goods), or provides services as a commercial venture.
(espionage, informal) An intelligence service.
(law) An entity having legal personality, and thus able to own property and to sue and be sued in its own name; a corporation.
(military) A unit of approximately sixty to one hundred and twenty soldiers, typically consisting of two or three platoons and forming part of a battalion.
(nautical) The entire crew of a ship.
(uncountable) Companionship.
(uncountable) Social visitors or companions.
A group of individuals who work together for a common purpose.
A small group of birds or animals.
A unit of firefighters and their equipment.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To associate.
(archaic, transitive) To accompany, keep company with.
(obsolete, intransitive) To be a lively, cheerful companion.
(obsolete, intransitive) To have sexual intercourse.
compony
compony
adj
(heraldry, postpositive) Divided into a line of squares of alternating tinctures.
comptly
comptly
adv
(obsolete) neatly
comsymp
comsymp
noun
(slang, derogatory) A Communist sympathizer; a liberal.
copyism
copyism
noun
(archaic) A style based on slavish imitation, without character or originality.