(transitive, reflexive, obsolete) Keep or withhold oneself.
abusing
abusing
verb
present participle of abuse
abusion
abusion
noun
(obsolete) Abuse of the truth; deceit, lying.
(obsolete) Catachresis.
(obsolete) Misuse, abuse.
(obsolete) Physical, mental, verbal, or sexual abuse.
(obsolete) Violation of law or propriety; outrage, improper behaviour.
accents
accents
noun
plural of accent
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accent
acetins
acetins
noun
plural of acetin
achenes
achenes
noun
plural of achene
acheson
acinose
acinose
adj
Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions.
acinous
acinous
adj
Alternative spelling of acinose
acnodes
acnodes
noun
plural of acnode
acrasin
acrasin
noun
A chemotactic agent produced by some slime moulds
actings
actings
noun
plural of acting
actions
actions
noun
plural of action
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of action
acubens
acumens
acumens
noun
plural of acumen
adamsen
adamson
adamsun
addends
addends
noun
plural of addend
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of addend
addison
addison
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
name popular in the 2000s, following Alison and Madison.
A place name, including:
a town in Vermont, USA, named after the poet Joseph Addison.
addlins
addlins
noun
(UK, Yorkshire, dialect, archaic) earnings
adenase
adenase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme found especially in animal tissue (as liver) that hydrolyzes adenine to hypoxanthine and ammonia.
adenose
adenose
adj
(medicine, rare) Related to glands.
adenous
adenous
adj
(medicine) Like a gland; full of glands.
adenyls
adenyls
noun
plural of adenyl
adjoins
adjoins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjoin
adnouns
adnouns
noun
plural of adnoun
adonais
adonias
adonist
adonist
noun
One who maintains that the vowel points of the Tetragrammaton translated "Jehovah" are the vowel points that belong to the word Adonai.
adornos
advents
advents
noun
plural of advent
aeneous
aeneous
adj
Bronze-colored.
aeonist
affines
affines
noun
plural of affine
afghans
afghans
noun
plural of afghan
against
against
conj
(obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before.
prep
(Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
(obsolete) Exposed to.
As a charge on.
As counterbalance to.
As protection from.
Close to, alongside.
Contrary to; in conflict with.
In a contrary direction to.
In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
In competition with, versus.
In contrast or comparison with.
In exchange for.
In front of; before (a background).
In opposition to.
In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
In physical opposition to; in collision with.
Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
ageings
ageings
noun
plural of ageing
agenais
agendas
agendas
noun
plural of agenda
agenois
agnails
agnails
noun
plural of agnail
agnates
agnates
noun
plural of agnate
agnesse
agnizes
agnizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agnize
agnosia
agnosia
noun
(neurology) The inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.
agnosis
agnosis
noun
Epistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge.
agnuses
agonies
agonies
noun
plural of agony
agonise
agonise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of agonize
agonist
agonist
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.
agustin
agynous
agynous
adj
(botany) Without female organs; male.
aiblins
aiblins
adv
(Northern England) Perhaps, maybe.
aigneis
ainsell
ainslee
ainsley
ainslie
airings
airings
noun
plural of airing
aisling
aisling
noun
A kind of Irish poem, developed during the late 17th and 18th centuries, in which Ireland appears to the poet in a vision in the form of a woman, lamenting the state of the Irish people and predicting the revival of their fortunes.
ajowans
alanins
alanins
noun
plural of alanin
alansen
alanson
alanyls
alanyls
noun
plural of alanyl
alascan
alaskan
albines
albinos
albinos
noun
plural of albino
albinus
aldrins
aldrins
noun
plural of aldrin
aleksin
alenson
alevins
alevins
noun
plural of alevin
alexins
alexins
noun
plural of alexin
alfonse
alfonso
aliners
aliners
noun
plural of aliner
alkanes
alkanes
noun
plural of alkane
alkenes
alkenes
noun
plural of alkene
alkines
alkines
noun
plural of alkine
alkynes
alkynes
noun
plural of alkyne
allisan
allison
allison
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname; mostly of persons born before 1950.
name taken into general use in the 1940s; usually interpreted as a spelling variant of Alison.
a small city in Iowa, USA
allness
allness
noun
Totality; completeness.
allston
allyson
almners
almners
noun
plural of almner
almonds
almonds
noun
plural of almond
almsman
almsman
noun
(obsolete) One who depends on the receipt of alms, a beggar.
almsmen
almsmen
noun
plural of almsman
alongst
alongst
adv
(archaic) along
alonsoa
alphons
alpines
alpines
noun
plural of alpine
alshain
alshain
Proper noun
Beta Aquilae, a star in the constellation Aquila
alumins
alumnus
alumnus
noun
A graduate of any gender.
A male graduate.
A male pupil or student.
A student of any gender.
alysoun
alysson
amandus
amanist
amanous
amanous
adj
Lacking hands or manus.
amazons
amazons
noun
plural of amazon
ambiens
ambones
amenism
amenuse
amenuse
Verb
To lessen.
ameslan
amidins
amidins
noun
plural of amidin
aminase
aminase
noun
(biochemistry) An enzyme involved in amination.
aminish
ammines
ammines
noun
plural of ammine
amnesia
amnesia
noun
(figurative) Forgetfulness.
(pathology) Loss of memory; forgetfulness.
amnesic
amnesic
adj
Of, pertaining to, affected by, or causing amnesia.
noun
(dated) A person with amnesia.
A medication with amnesic effects.
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)
amnions
amongst
amongst
prep
Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst.
amounts
amounts
noun
plural of amount
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amount
amsonia
amsonia
noun
Any of the genus Amsonia of flowering plants; a bluestar.
amusing
amusing
adj
Entertaining.
Funny, hilarious.
verb
present participle of amuse
anabase
anadems
anadems
noun
plural of anadem
anadesm
anagnos
anaitis
analise
analise
verb
Misspelling of analyse.
analogs
analogs
noun
(US) plural of analog
analyse
analyse
verb
(transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyse a fossil substance, to analyse a sentence or a word, or to analyse an action to ascertain its morality.
(transitive) To resolve (anything complex) into its elements.
(transitive) To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately.
(transitive) To subject to analysis.
analyst
analyst
noun
(computing) A systems analyst.
(mathematics) A mathematician who studies real analysis.
(psychiatry) A practitioner of psychoanalysis.
A financial analyst; a business analyst.
Someone who analyzes.
anamosa
anamosa
Proper noun
a city in Iowa, USA
ananias
ananism
anankes
anapest
anapest
noun
(prosody) A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter. For an example, see References.
(prosody) In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt").
(prosody) In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., Latin pariēs: pa-ri-ēs).
anapsid
anapsid
adj
(zoology) Pertaining to the group of reptiles whose skulls do not have openings near the temples, originally considered as a specific subclass
noun
(zoology) A member of this group of reptiles, including the turtles, tortoises and terrapins.