A member of the Sioux tribe of American Indian; Siouan.
abient
abient
adj
(psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
abipon
ablins
abnaki
abrine
abrine
noun
An toxic amino acid obtained from jequirity beans; C₁₂H₁₄N₂O₂, that is different than abrin.
abying
abying
verb
present participle of aby
present participle of abye
acacin
acacin
noun
Gum arabic.
acerin
acetin
acetin
noun
(organic chemistry) the triglyceride of acetic acid
aching
aching
adj
That aches; continuously painful; that causes pain.
noun
The feeling of an ache; a dull pain.
verb
present participle of ache
acinar
acinar
adj
(anatomy) Of, pertaining to, or located in an acinus.
acinic
acinic
adj
acinar
acinus
acinus
noun
(anatomy) One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland.
(botany) A grape-stone.
(botany) One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc.
acnida
acoine
aconic
aconin
actian
actine
acting
acting
adj
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
noun
(countable, obsolete) An action or deed.
(drama) The occupation of an actor.
(law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
Pretending.
verb
present participle of act
actins
actins
noun
plural of actin
action
action
adj
(Manglish) arrogant
intj
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
noun
(art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
(bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
(firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
(law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
(mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
(military) Combat.
(music) The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
(music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on a guitar or other string instrument.
(obsolete) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
(physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
(religion) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
(sciences) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
(slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse.
A way of motion or functioning.
Fast-paced activity.
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
The effort of performing or doing something.
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
verb
(transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.
(transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
adding
adding
verb
present participle of add
adenia
adenia
noun
(dated) Synonym of lymphadenia.
Any plant in the genus Adenia, especially those which, like the genus Adenium (family Apocynaceae), are grown by collectors for their distinctive swollen stems or trunks.
adenin
adiana
adient
adigun
adjoin
adjoin
verb
(transitive) To be in contact or connection with.
(transitive, mathematics, chiefly algebra and number theory) To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring, etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element).
adkins
adonai
adonia
adonic
adonic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Adonis.
Very beautiful or handsome; physically perfect.
having a dactyl followed by either a spondee or a trochee.
Noun
A verse consisting of a dactyl and spondee.
adonin
adonis
adrian
adrien
aedine
aedine
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of mosquitos of the genus Aedes
aegina
aegina
Proper noun
A nymph of the island that bears her name.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
An island in Greece.
aeneid
aeniah
aenius
aeonic
aeonic
adj
(rare) Alternative spelling of eonic
aetian
afaint
afaint
adj
(archaic, poetic) fainting
afenil
affine
affine
adj
(comparable, chemistry) Of two materials, having mutual affinity.
(geometry) Of or pertaining to a function expressible as f(⃑x)=A⃑x+⃑b (where A is a linear transformation and ⃑b is a constant), which, regarded as a transformation, maps parallel lines to parallel lines and finite points to finite points.
(mathematics) Assigning finite values to finite quantities.
noun
(anthropology, genealogy) A relative by marriage.
verb
To refine.
affing
ageing
ageing
noun
UK, Australia, and New Zealand standard spelling of aging.
agings
agings
noun
plural of aging
aglint
aglint
adj
Glinting.
agnail
agnail
noun
(obsolete) A corn or sore on the toe or finger.
Torn skin near a toenail or fingernail.
agnize
agnize
verb
(transitive, archaic) To recognise; to acknowledge.
agoing
agoing
verb
(archaic, dialectal) present participle of go
agonia
agonic
agonic
adj
(cartography, navigation) Having a magnetic deviation of zero.
(geometry) Lacking an angle.
(medicine, obsolete) Occurring shortly before death; agonal.
(psychology) Of a mode of social interaction based on threats, displays of power, or inducements of anxiety.
Characterized by agony.
Synonym of agonal
noun
Synonym of agonic line.
agynic
aidant
aidant
adj
(obsolete) helpful, assisting
aidenn
aidenn
Proper noun
Paradise.
aiding
aiding
noun
The act of one who aids or assists.
verb
present participle of aid
aidman
aidman
noun
An army medical corpsman attached to a field unit.
aidmen
aidmen
noun
plural of aidman
aikane
aikona
aikona
intj
(South Africa) no; no way
aileen
ailene
ailina
ailing
ailing
adj
Sickly; sick; ill; unwell.
noun
An ailment.
verb
present participle of ail
ailsun
aiming
aiming
noun
The act of one who aims.
verb
present participle of aim
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.
aintab
airing
airing
noun
(countable) A public expression of an opinion or discussion of a subject.
(countable) An exposure to warm or fresh air.
(countable) The broadcast of a television or radio show.
verb
present participle of air
airman
airman
noun
A member of an air force.
A naval seaman, especially one in the U.S. Navy, who works on and/or handles aircraft.
A person of a rank in the U.S. Air Force above airman basic and below airman first class.
A pilot of an aircraft.
airmen
airmen
noun
plural of airman
aition
aition
noun
(Greek mythology) An origin story or myth in Ancient Greece.
aitken
aitkin
aitkin
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
aiwain
aizoon
ajoint
akania
alaine
alanin
alanin
noun
Archaic form of alanine.
albian
albina
albino
albino
adj
Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism.
noun
(countable) A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism.
albion
albniz
alboin
alcina
alcine
alcine
adj
Of or pertaining to elk.
alcuin
aldine
aldrin
aldrin
noun
An insecticide and persistent organic pollutant containing a naphthalene-derived compound.
aldwin
alevin
alevin
noun
Newly hatched fish, especially salmon.
alexin
alexin
noun
(biochemistry, dated) A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.
algine
algins
algins
noun
plural of algin
aliene
aliene
verb
(transitive) To alien or alienate; to transfer, as title or property.
aliens
aliens
noun
plural of alien
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of alien
aligns
aligns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of align
alined
alined
adj
Alternative spelling of aligned
aliner
aliner
noun
Archaic form of aligner.
alines
alines
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aline
alinit
alinna
alipin
alisan
alisen
alison
alisun
alkine
alkine
noun
Synonym of alkylamine
allain
allina
almain
almain
noun
Alternative form of Almain (“type of dance”)
almoin
alnein
alnico
alnico
noun
An alloy of aluminium, nickel and cobalt, sometimes alloyed with smaller amounts of iron, copper, titanium and used primarily in the manufacture of magnets.
alnuin
alnuin
noun
(organic chemistry) The active principle of Alnus rubra.
aloins
aloins
noun
plural of aloin
alphin
alphin
noun
Alternative form of alfin
alpian
alpine
alpine
adj
(skiing) Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.
Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
noun
(botany) An w:alpine plant, any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in a rock garden.
alsine
aluino
alumin
alumni
alumni
noun
(often proscribed) An individual alumnus or alumna.
plural of alumnus
alvina
alvine
alvine
adj
Of or pertaining to the belly or intestines.
alvino
alypin
alypin
noun
The local anesthetic benzoyltetramethyl-diaminoethyl-dimethyl-carbinol hydrochloride.
amaine
amaine
adv
Obsolete spelling of amain
amandi
amania
amarin
amenia
amenti
amiant
amidin
amidin
noun
(chemistry) Starch modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.
amidon
amiens
amiens
Proper noun
A large city which is the capital of The Somme, France.
amigen
amines
amines
noun
plural of amine
aminic
aminic
adj
Characteristic of an amine
aminta
amling
ammine
ammine
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Any of a class of coordination compounds in which ammonia acts as a ligand.
ammino
ammino
adj
Characteristic of an ammine
amniac
amnion
amnion
noun
(anatomy) The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended.
amnios
amnios
noun
(anatomy) amnion
amylin
amylin
noun
(biochemistry) A pancreatic polypeptide hormone that is secreted with insulin by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans, that is a major component of the amyloid deposits found outside beta cells in those affected with type 2 diabetes, and that inhibits the glucose synthesis stimulated by insulin in skeletal muscles.