(law) a person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee
(law) one who abates, ends, or does away with a nuisance
abbrev
abbrev
noun
Alternative spelling of abbrev.
aberia
abhors
abhors
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abhor
abider
abider
noun
(obsolete) One who abides, or continues.
One who dwells or stays; a resident.
abjure
abjure
verb
(transitive) To abstain from; to avoid; to shun.
(transitive) To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim.
(transitive) To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow.
(transitive, obsolete, historical) To cause one to renounce or recant.
abkari
abkari
noun
(India) A revenue tax on the manufacture or sale of liquors and drugs.
(India) The manufacture or sale of liquors or drugs.
abkary
abkary
noun
Alternative form of abkari
ablare
ablare
adj
Blaring.
aboard
aboard
adv
(baseball) On base.
(nautical) Alongside.
Into a team, group, or company.
On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car.
On or onto a horse, a camel, etc.
prep
(obsolete) Across; athwart; alongside.
On board of; onto or into a ship, boat, train, plane.
Onto a horse.
We all went aboard the ship.
abobra
aborad
aborad
adv
(anatomy) Away from the oral opening or mouth (compare with ventral)
aboral
aboral
adj
(zoology) Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth.
aborts
aborts
noun
plural of abort
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abort
abrade
abrade
verb
(intransitive) To undergo abrasion.
(transitive) Obsolete spelling of abraid
(transitive) To cause the surface to become more rough.
(transitive) To irritate by rubbing; chafe.
(transitive) To rub or wear off; erode.
(transitive) To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate.
abraid
abraid
adv
Alternative form of abread
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To spring, start, make a sudden movement.
(intransitive, obsolete) To wake up.
(intransitive, transitive, obsolete) To shout out.
(transitive, obsolete) To rise in the stomach with nausea.
(transitive, obsolete) To wrench (something) out.
abramo
abrams
abrams
noun
plural of abram
abrase
abrase
adj
(obsolete) Rubbed smooth or blank.
verb
(transitive) To wear down; rub clean; smoothen; abrade.
abrash
abrash
noun
A variation in color (often applied to Oriental rugs).
abraum
abraum
noun
A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium.
abrazo
abrazo
noun
A Latin American embrace.
abreed
abreed
Adverb
Abroad. 1976
abrege
abreid
abrico
abrine
abrine
noun
An toxic amino acid obtained from jequirity beans; C₁₂H₁₄N₂O₂, that is different than abrin.
abroad
abroad
adv
(dated) At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space.
(dated) Before the public at large; throughout society or the world; here and there; moving without restriction.
(dated) Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode.
(sports) Played elsewhere than one's home grounds.
Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries.
Not on target; astray; in error; confused; dazed.
noun
(rare, Scotland) Countries or lands abroad.
prep
Throughout, over.
abroma
abroms
abrood
abrood
adj
(obsolete) Upon a brood; hatching eggs.
adv
(figurative) Mischief.
(obsolete) Upon a brood; on a hatch.
abrook
abrook
verb
To brook; to endure.
abrupt
abrupt
adj
(botany) Suddenly terminating, as if cut off; truncate.
(obsolete) Broken off.
(obsolete, rare) Broken away (from restraint).
Curt in manner.
Extremely steep or craggy as if broken up; precipitous.
Having sudden transitions from one subject or state to another; unconnected; disjointed.
Without notice to prepare the mind for the event; sudden; hasty; unceremonious.
noun
(poetic) Something which is abrupt; an abyss.
verb
(transitive, archaic) To tear off or asunder.
To interrupt suddenly.
absorb
absorb
verb
(transitive) Assimilate mentally.
(transitive) To accept or purchase in quantity.
(transitive) To defray the costs.
(transitive) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully.
(transitive) To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up.
(transitive) To occupy or consume time.
(transitive) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in.
(transitive, business) To assume or pay for as part of a commercial transaction.
(transitive, obsolete) To engulf, as in water; to swallow up.
(transitive, physics) in receiving a physical impact or vibration without recoil.
(transitive, physics) in receiving sound energy without repercussion or echo.
(transitive, physics) taking in radiant energy and converting it to a different form of energy, like heat.
(transitive, physics, chemistry) To take in energy and convert it, as
absurd
absurd
adj
(obsolete) Inharmonious; dissonant.
Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly.
Dealing with absurdism.
Having no rational or orderly relationship to people's lives; meaningless; lacking order or value.
noun
(obsolete) An absurdity.
(philosophy, often preceded by the) The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence.
abukir
aburst
aburst
adj
In a bursting condition.
abuser
abuser
noun
(obsolete) One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use.
One who abuses someone or something.
adsorb
adsorb
verb
(transitive, chemistry) To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption
adverb
adverb
noun
(grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses.
(modifying a verb)
(programming) In the Raku programming language, a named parameter that modifies the behavior of a routine.
verb
(rare) To make into or become an adverb.
aelber
aerobe
aerobe
noun
(biology) Any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive.
airbag
airbag
noun
(automotive) A protective system in automobiles in which when a crash occurs, a bag containing nitrogen, formed by the explosive decomposition of sodium azide, quickly inflates in front of the driver or passenger, preventing injury to the head. Side air bags, including the back seat passengers, also prevent injury.
(slang) A person who talks too much; a windbag or gossip.
A similar inflated bag used in performing stunts, etc.
airbus
airbus
noun
A subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one.
albers
albert
alborn
albric
alburg
alburn
alburn
noun
The bleak, a small European fish with silvery scales.
albury
aliber
ambari
ambary
ambary
noun
A valuable East Indian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth.
ambeer
ambeer
noun
(chiefly Southern US) The juice from chewing tobacco.
amberg
ambers
ambers
noun
plural of amber
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amber
ambert
ambery
ambery
adj
Like or resembling amber.
noun
Obsolete form of ambry.
ambier
ambler
ambler
noun
A slow-moving, comfortable horse or mule.
Someone who walks at a leisurely pace; one who ambles.
ambros
ambury
ambury
noun
Alternative form of anbury
amober
amober
noun
(historical, law) In Wales, a maiden-fee paid to a lord on the marriage of a maiden in his manor.
amobyr
amobyr
noun
Alternative form of amober
anbury
anbury
noun
(archaic) A wen or spongy wart on the legs or flanks of a horse.
A disease in turnips, produced by one of the slime-fungi, and usually the result of improper cultivation.
araban
araban
noun
(biochemistry) A polysaccharide composed of arabinose residues
arabel
arabia
arabic
arabic
adj
Only used in arabic acid
noun
(rare) Short for gum arabic.
arabin
arabin
noun
(dated) Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic
(organic chemistry, dated) A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, found in gum arabic
arabis
arabit
arable
arable
adj
(agriculture, NGO jargon, of land) Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards).
(agriculture, of land) Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
arbalo
arbela
arbith
arblay
arbors
arbors
noun
plural of arbor
arbory
arbota
arbour
arbour
noun
UK standard spelling of arbor.
arbtrn
arbust
arbust
noun
(not attested in dictionaries) a bush, shrub
arbute
arbute
noun
(archaic, countable) The strawberry tree.
(archaic, uncountable) The wood of the strawberry tree.
arbyrd
archbp
ardebs
ardebs
noun
plural of ardeb
aribin
arisbe
arriba
arroba
arroba
noun
(historical) A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 14.7 kilograms.
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of liquid measure, varying by time, location, and substance but generally around 15 liters.
(historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, varying by time, location, and substance but generally around 11.5 kilograms.
artaba
artaba
noun
Alternative form of artab
artabe
asbury
atbara
athrob
athrob
adj
Throbbing.
attrib
attrib
adj
(grammar) Abbreviation of attributive.
aubert
aubree
aubrey
aubrey
Proper noun
An English patronymic surname.
name from the same source, or transferred from the surname.
name of American usage since the 1970s.
aubrie
auburn
auburn
adj
Of a reddish-brown colour.
noun
A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.
aumbry
babara
babery
babery
noun
(obsolete) Finery of a kind to please a child.
baburd
baccar
backer
backer
adj
(phonetics) comparative form of back: more back
noun
One who, or that which, backs; especially one who backs an entrant in a contest, or who supports an enterprise by funding it.
bactra
bacury
badder
badder
adj
(nonstandard or obsolete) comparative form of bad: more bad.
badger
badger
noun
(in the plural, obsolete, cant) A crew of desperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of those they murdered.
(obsolete) A brush made of badger hair.
(obsolete) An itinerant licensed dealer in commodities used for food; a hawker; a huckster; -- formerly applied especially to one who bought grain in one place and sold it in another.
A native or resident of the American state, Wisconsin.
Any mammal of three subfamilies, which belong to the family Mustelidae: Melinae (Eurasian badgers), Mellivorinae (ratel or honey badger), and Taxideinae (American badger).
verb
To pester, to annoy persistently; press.
badgir
badgir
noun
(India, historical) A windcatcher.
baeria
baeyer
bafaro
bafaro
noun
(South Africa) Either species of Polyprion, the wreckfishes.
bagger
bagger
noun
A retail employee who bags customers' purchases and carries them to the customers' vehicles.
A touring motorcycle equipped with saddlebags.
One who bags.
bagram
bahera
bahner
baidar
baiera
bailar
bailer
bailer
noun
(cricket, dated) A delivery in which the ball hits one or both bails but does not dislodge them.
(cricket, dated) A delivery that heads towards the bails after pitching.
(law) Alternative form of bailor
A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.
One who bails or lades.
bailor
bailor
noun
(law) One who bails property; one who places property in the hands of another (called a bailee) for safekeeping.
bairam
bairam
noun
Either of two Muslim festivals held after Ramadan.
bairdi
bairdi
noun
Chionoecetes bairdi, a species of snow crab.
bairns
bairns
noun
plural of bairn
baiter
baiter
noun
(Internet, slang) A troll who deliberately posts aggravating messages on a message board to elicit responses.
Agent noun of bait; one who baits, as a fishhook.
bajour
bajree
bajree
noun
(India) Alternative form of bajri (“pearl millet”)
bajury
bakers
bakers
noun
plural of baker
bakery
bakery
noun
(uncountable, US) Baked goods.
A shop in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.
The trade of a baker.
balbur
balcer
balder
balder
adj
comparative form of bald: more bald
baldur
balers
balers
noun
plural of baler
balkar
balker
balker
noun
A person who stands on a rock or eminence to observe shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass.
One who, or that which balks.
baller
baller
adj
(African-American Vernacular, slang) Very cool, especially due to extravagance.
noun
(African-American Vernacular, slang) One who has swag and lives an extravagant lifestyle.
(slang) One who plays basketball; a basketballer.
(vulgar) A person having sexual intercourse
A person employed to divide molten metal into separate balls before it is hammered out.
balter
balter
verb
(intransitive) To tumble; dance clumsily.
(intransitive, UK dialectal) To become tangled or matted.
(transitive) To tread down in a clumsy manner.
(transitive, UK dialectal) To tangle; clot; mat (as in the hair).
bandar
bandar
noun
A rhesus macaque.
bander
bander
noun
(birdwatching) Someone who bands birds
A device for putting metal bands around crates.
bandor
bandur
banger
banger
noun
(Britain) A firework that makes a bang.
(Britain, New Zealand, Australia, food, slang) A sausage.
(Britain, music, slang) A powerfully energetic piece of music, especially dance music.
(Britain, sexuality, slang) A man's penis.
(Britain, sexuality, slang) A woman's breast.
(Britain, slang, by extension) Any particularly good or pleasing thing.
(US, automotive, slang) A car or an engine; referring to the cylinders of an engine in a car. From the explosive bangs on every cylinder firing.
(US, crime, slang) Clipping of gangbanger; a member of a gang.
(automotive, slang) An old, worn-out car. From a stereotypical one backfiring, making banging noises.
(curling) One of the rocks that end up crashing against another, making banging sounds, after a throw.
(curling) One of the rocks that results in a score at the finish of an end.
(military, slang) A Bangalore torpedo.
(sexuality, slang) A person who has sex.
bangor
bangor
Proper noun
A city in Gwynedd, Wales.
A town in County Northern Ireland.
Any of several other places named after the city in Wales, or the town in Northern Ireland.
a city in Maine, USA
banker
banker
noun
(UK, dialect) A ditcher; a drain digger.
(mining) A banksman.
(obsolete) A money changer.
(rail transport, Britain, Australia) A railway locomotive that can be attached to the rear of a train to assist it in climbing an incline.
A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland.
One who conducts the business of banking; one who, individually, or as a member of a company, keeps an establishment for the deposit or loan of money, or for traffic in money, bills of exchange, etc.
The dealer in a casino, or one who keeps the bank in a banking game.
The stone bench on which a mason cuts or squares his work.
banner
banner
adj
Exceptional; very good.
noun
(Internet, television) A type of advertisement on a web page or on television, usually taking the form of a graphic or animation above or alongside the content.
(by extension) A military or administrative subdivision.
(by extension) The military unit under such a flag or standard.
(by extension, figurative) A cause or purpose; a campaign or movement.
(heraldry) The principal standard of a knight.
(journalism) The title of a newspaper as printed on its front page; the nameplate; masthead.
A flag or standard used by a military commander, monarch or nation.
A large piece of cloth with a slogan, motto, or emblem carried in a demonstration or other procession or suspended in some conspicuous place.
A type of administrative division in Inner Mongolia and Tuva, made during the Qing dynasty; at that time, Outer Mongolia and part of Xinjiang were also divided into banners.
Any large sign, especially when made of soft material or fabric.
One who bans something.
verb
(transitive) To adorn with a banner.
(transitive, journalism) To display as a banner headline.