(archaic, British slang) A brothel-owner's husband or lover.
(archaic, British slang) A ponce; a man employed by a prostitute to find clients, and who may also act as a bodyguard or equivalent to a bouncer.
A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries.
The pastor or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter.
The superior or head of an abbey or monastery.
abdom
abdon
abdon
Proper noun
The tenth judge of Israel.
abhor
abhor
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) Differ entirely from.
(intransitive, obsolete) To feel horror, disgust, or dislike (towards); to be contrary or averse (to); construed with from.
(transitive) To regard (someone or something) as horrifying or detestable; to feel great repugnance toward.
(transitive) To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject.
(transitive, canon law, obsolete) To protest against; to reject solemnly.
(transitive, obsolete, impersonal) To fill with horror or disgust.
abilo
abilo
noun
Bogo; a Philippine fruit tree, Garuga floribunda, from the family Burseraceae.
ablow
ablow
adj
(dated, postpositive) Blowing or being blown; windy.
(obsolete, postpositive) Blossoming, blooming, in blossom.
abmho
abmho
noun
(electricity) A unit of measurement (10⁹ mhos) in the centimeter-gram-second scale used to measure conductance
abode
abode
noun
(dated or law) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
(formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
(obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
(obsolete) An omen; a foretelling.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous.
(transitive, obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
simple past tense and past participle of abide
abody
abohm
abohm
noun
(dated) A unit of electrical resistance equal to one billionth of an ohm (10⁻⁹ ohms), used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
aboil
aboil
adj
(figurative) Heated up; excited.
In a boil; boiling.
aboma
aboma
noun
Any of the large South American serpents from the genus Boa or related genera.
aboon
aboon
adj
(Scotland, Britain dialect) Above.
adv
(Scotland, Britain, Cheshire dialect) Above.
prep
(Scotland, Britain dialectal) Above.
abord
abord
noun
(obsolete) The act of approaching or arriving; approach.
(rare) A road, or means of approach.
verb
Alternative form of aboard
aborn
aborn
adj
born, begotten, created, developed
verb
past participle of abear
abort
abort
noun
(computing) An event in which a process is aborted.
(computing) The function used to abort a process.
(military, aeronautics) An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission.
(now rare) The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion.
(obsolete) A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion.
verb
(intransitive) To stop or fail at something in the preliminary stages.
(intransitive, biology) To become checked in normal development, so as either to remain rudimentary or shrink away wholly; to cease organic growth before maturation; to become sterile.
(intransitive, military) To abandon a mission at any point after the beginning of the mission and prior to its completion.
(intransitive, now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely.
(transitive) To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back.
(transitive, aeronautics) To terminate a mission involving a missile or rocket; to destroy a missile or rocket prematurely.
(transitive, biology) To cause an organism to develop minimally; to cause rudimentary development to happen; to prevent maturation.
(transitive, computing) To terminate a process prior to completion.
(transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
abote
abott
about
about
adj
In existence; being in evidence; apparent.
Moving around; astir.
Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood.
adv
(archaic) In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; in circumference.
(nautical) To the opposite tack: see go about.
(obsolete or rare) In succession; one after another; in the course of events.
From one place or position to another in succession; indicating repeated movement or activity.
Here and there; around; in one place and another; up and down.
Indicating unproductive or unstructured activity.
Near; in the vicinity.
Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence in quality, manner, degree, quantity, or time; almost.
On all sides; around.
To a reversed order; half round; facing in the opposite direction; from a contrary point of view.
prep
(Chester) Have you much hay about? = Have you much in the process of making?
(figurative) In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.
(with 'to' and verb infinitive) See about to.
(with present participle, obsolete or dialect) On the point or verge of.
Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
On one's person; nearby the person.
Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
above
above
adj
(by ellipsis) Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
Of heaven; heavenly.
adv
(archaic) In addition.
(biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
Above zero; above freezing.
Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
Higher in rank, power, or position.
Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
Into or from heaven; in the sky.
More in number.
noun
(archaic) betterment, raised status or condition.
Heaven.
Higher authority.
Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
prep
(Scotland) In addition to; besides.
(figuratively) Higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; higher in measure, degree, volume, or pitch, etc. than; out of reach; not exposed to; not likely to be affected by; incapable of negative actions or thoughts.
(theater) Upstage of.
Beyond; on the other side.
Farther north than.
Higher in rank, status, or position.
In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.
In preference to.
Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.
Rising; appearing out of reach height-wise.
Surpassing in number or quantity; more than.
Too proud to stoop to; averse to; disinclined towards;
accoy
accoy
verb
(obsolete) To soothe, to calm; to assuage, to subdue.
achoo
achoo
intj
(onomatopoeia) The sound of a sneeze.
noun
The sound of a sneeze.
verb
(colloquial) To sneeze loudly; to make an "achoo" sound.
achor
achor
noun
(obsolete, pathology) dandruff (or similar condition)
acmon
acock
acock
adv
In a cocked or turned-up fashion.
defiantly
acoin
acold
acold
adj
(obsolete) Of a person, feeling cold.
acoma
acoma
Proper noun
An ancient Native American pueblo in western New Mexico, United States.
acone
acone
adj
(biology, of the eyes of an insect) That lack cones
acool
acorn
acorn
noun
(nautical) A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head.
(zoology) See acorn-shell.
The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule.
acost
acoup
acroa
acron
acron
noun
Synonym of prostomium
acton
acton
noun
Alternative form of aketon
Obsolete form of actinon.
actor
actor
noun
(grammar) The subject performing the action of a verb.
(obsolete) Someone acting on behalf of someone else; a guardian.
(obsolete, Ancient Rome) An advocate or proctor in civil courts or causes.
(obsolete, law) Someone who institutes a legal suit; a plaintiff or complainant.
(software engineering) The entity that performs a role (in use case analysis).
A person who acts a part in a theatrical play or (later) in film or television; a dramatic performer.
Someone or something that takes part in some action; a doer, an agent.
actos
adamo
adcon
addio
adion
adios
adios
intj
(in Spanish contexts) goodbye
verb
to say goodbye to
admov
adobe
adobe
noun
A house made of adobe brick.
An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
The earth from which such bricks are made.
adobo
adobo
noun
A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic.
A marinade.
adolf
adolf
Proper noun
name, a variant of Adolph, very rarely given to children since World War II because of its association with Adolf Hitler.
adona
adopt
adopt
verb
(chess, slang) To beat an opponent ten times in a row.
To obtain (a pet) from a shelter or the wild.
To select and take or approve.
To take by choice into the scope of one's responsibility.
To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally.
To take voluntarily (a child of other parents) to be in the place of, or as, one's own child.
adora
adore
adore
verb
(obsolete) To adorn.
To be very fond of.
To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.
To worship.
adorl
adorn
adorn
adj
(obsolete) adorned; ornate
noun
(obsolete) adornment
verb
To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate.
adowa
adown
adown
adv
(archaic) Down, downward; to or in a lower place.
prep
(archaic) Down.
adoxa
adoxy
adoze
adoze
adj
Dozing, napping, asleep
adpao
adpao
noun
(historical) An old Indian measure of capacity.
adron
adrop
adrop
adj
dripping
aedon
aello
aeons
aeons
noun
plural of aeon
aerol
aeron
aesop
afgod
afgod
noun
(heraldry, historical, obsolete) A kind of dragon associated with such idols or gods.
(religion, derogatory, historical, obsolete) A pagan god.
(religion, derogatory, historical, obsolete) An idol.
aflow
aflow
Adverb
flowing
afnor
afoam
afoam
adj
Covered or filled (with something foaming or resembling foam).
In a foaming state; producing foam.
adv
In a foaming state.
afoot
afoot
adj
(predicative) That is on foot, in motion, in action, in progress.
adv
(figurative) In motion; in action; astir; stirring; in progress.
On foot. (means of locomotion, walking)
On foot. (support of the body, standing)
afore
afore
adv
(archaic, dialect) Before.
(nautical) In the fore part of a ship.
conj
In advance of the time when; before.
prep
Before; in advance of the time of.
Before; situated geographically or metaphorically in front of.
afoul
afoul
adv
(archaic, principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement.
(with of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with).
afros
afros
noun
plural of afro
afton
afyon
aggro
aggro
adj
(Australia, New Zealand, slang) Angry.
(Britain, US, slang) Hardcore, aggressive.
(online gaming, MMORPG slang) Liable to attack without being attacked first (said of monsters).
noun
(chiefly UK, Australia) Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent.
(online gaming) A measure of how belligerent a player is – a high value may inspire either avoidance or preemptive hostile action from enemies.
(online gaming, MMORPG slang) Hostile attention from an enemy that should target players with better defenses.
Aggravation; bother.
verb
(online gaming, MMORPG slang, intransitive) To become aggressive towards the player's character.
(online gaming, MMORPG slang, transitive) To cause (a non-player character) to become aggressive towards the player's character.
agios
agios
noun
plural of agio
aglow
aglow
adj
(sometimes figurative) glowing; radiant
agoge
agoge
noun
(historical) A rigorous training regimen for Spartan men in preparation for army service.
In ancient Greek music, tempo or pace; rhythmical movement.
Melodic motion upward or downward by successive scale-steps: same as ductus in medieval music.
agoho
agoho
noun
(Philippines) The tree Casuarina equisetifolia.
agone
agone
adv
(archaic or dialectal, Northern England) Alternative form of ago
agons
agons
noun
plural of agon
agony
agony
noun
(biblical) The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane.
Extreme pain.
Paroxysm of joy; keen emotion.
The last struggle of life; death struggle.
Violent contest or striving.
agora
agora
noun
A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece.
A place for gathering.
Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel.
agrom
agrom
noun
(medicine, obsolete, East Indies) psoriasis of the tongue
agron
ahola
ahold
ahold
adv
(nautical, obsolete) (of a ship) Brought to lie as near to the windward as it can to get out to sea, and thereby held steady.
noun
(informal) A hold, grip, grasp.
aholt
ahong
ahouh
ahoys
ahoys
noun
plural of ahoy
ahron
aidos
aidos
noun
shame, modesty, or humility, regarded as a virtue in Ancient Greece
ainoi
ainoi
noun
(Christianity) lauds; a prayer service following matins
aioli
aioli
noun
A type of sauce, similar to mayonnaise, made from garlic, egg, lemon juice and olive oil.
aklog
aknow
aknow
verb
Obsolete form of acknow.
akron
akron
Proper noun
The name of many places in the United States of America:
a town in Alabama.
a statutory town in Colorado
a town in Henry Township, Indiana.
a small city in Iowa.
an unincorporated community in Kansas.
a village in Michigan.
an unincorporated community in Missouri.
an unincorporated community in Nebraska.
a village in New York.
a large city in Ohio
a borough in Pennsylvania.
an unincorporated community in West Virginia.
alamo
alamo
noun
A poplar tree of Southwestern U.S.; the cottonwood.
alano
alcoa
alcon
alcor
alcot
aldol
aldol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in the beta- position
aldon
aldos
aledo
alejo
alfeo
algol
algor
algor
noun
cold, chilliness
aliso
alkol
alloa
alloa
Proper noun
a town in central Scotland, which is the administrative centre of council area, and the county town of the historic county of Clackmannanshire between 1822 and 1975
allod
allod
noun
(historical) Allodium.
alloo
alloo
verb
(Scotland) Pronunciation spelling of allow.
allot
allot
adv
Misspelling of a lot.
verb
(transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.
(transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
allow
allow
verb
(law, transitive) To decide (a request) in favour of the party who raised it; to grant victory to a party regarding (a request).
(obsolete) To sanction; to invest; to entrust.
(transitive) To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion.
(transitive) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct.
(transitive) To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.
(transitive) To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have.
(transitive) To render physically possible.
(transitive) To take into account by making an allowance.
(transitive, obsolete) To like; to be suited or pleased with.
(transitive, obsolete) To praise; to approve of; hence, to sanction.
To not bar or obstruct.
alloy
alloy
noun
(archaic) A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value.
(figurative) Fusion, marriage, combination.
A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal.
An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc.
verb
(figurative) To impair or debase by mixture.
To mix or combine; often used of metals.
To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance.
almon
alodi
alody
aloed
aloed
adj
(poetic) On which aloes are growing.
aloes
aloes
noun
(plural only) The resin of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for its fragrant odour.
The wood of the agalloch.
plural of aloe
aloft
aloft
adv
(nautical) In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging.
Above, overhead, in a high place; up.
At, to, or in the air or sky.
alogi
alogi
Noun
A group of Christian heretics in Asia Minor that flourished around 170 CE.
alogy
alogy
noun
(obsolete) unreasonableness; absurdity
aloha
aloha
intj
(chiefly Hawaii) Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye.
noun
(Hawaii) An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below).
(Hawaii) Good wishes, love.
aloid
aloid
Noun
Any member of the Aloidae.
aloin
aloin
noun
(pharmacology) A glycoside derivative of anthracene, found in aloe, that is used as a laxative.
alois
aloke
aloma
alone
alone
adj
(obsolete) Apart from, or exclusive of, others.
(obsolete) Mere; consisting of nothing further.
(obsolete) Unique; rare; matchless.
(predicatively, chiefly in the negative) Lacking peers who share one's beliefs, experiences, practices, etc.
By oneself, solitary.
adv
(by extension) Used to emphasize the size or extent of something by selecting a subset.
By oneself; apart from, or exclusive of, others; solo.
Not permitting anything further; exclusively.
Not requiring anything further; merely.
Without outside help.
along
along
adv
In company; together.
Onward, forward, with progressive action.
prep
By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to.
In a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on.
aloof
aloof
adj
Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish.
adv
At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away.
Without sympathy; unfavorably.
prep
(obsolete) Away from; clear of.
alope
alosa
alosa
noun
shad
alose
alose
noun
American shad (Alosa sapidissima).
European shad (Alosa alosa); the allice or allis.
alost
aloud
aloud
adj
Spoken out loud.
adv
Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly.
With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly.