(dated, physics) A unit of inductance equal to one billionth (1 x 10⁻⁹) of a henry, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units.
abraham
abrahan
abroach
abroach
adj
Astir; moving about.
Tapped; broached.
adv
(obsolete) Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
(obsolete) In a state to be diffused or propagated.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap.
abshier
acharne
acharya
acharya
noun
(historical, rare) a scholar, practitioner, professional, specialist, disciplinarian imparting knowledge.
(historical, rare) an individual who practices or is knowledgeable on any of the prevalent disciplines of customs, learning, rituals, arts, traditions, schools etc., especially one imparting them into pupils.
acheron
achroma
acworth
adharma
adharma
noun
That which is not in accord with dharma, i.e. wrong, immorality, and wickedness.
adhered
adhered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adhere
adherer
adherer
noun
An adherent, one who practices or follows a belief.
adheres
adheres
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adhere
adrench
aethers
aethers
noun
plural of aether
africah
afright
afright
adj
Alternative form of affright
afrikah
agoroth
agoroth
noun
plural of agora
agrapha
agrapha
noun
plural of agraphon
agretha
aguroth
ahiezer
ahishar
ahlgren
ahrendt
ahriman
ahungry
ahungry
adj
hungry (for)
ahurewa
airhead
airhead
noun
(by extension) A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation.
(military) An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel.
(mining, archaic) Alternative form of air-head (“a horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine.”)
(originally US, informal, derogatory) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person.
airliah
airshed
airshed
noun
Alternative spelling of air shed
airship
airship
noun
(Britain, derogatory, chiefly in the plural) A high ranking official of the RAF, viewed as arrogant and distant.
(US, law enforcement, aviation) A police air unit, a police helicopter
(aviation) A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered.
(aviation, informal) Any aircraft.
verb
To transport goods by aircraft.
airthed
airwash
akhisar
alchera
aldrich
alghero
aligarh
almirah
almirah
noun
Cupboard, cabinet or chest of drawers.
alphard
alphard
Proper noun
An orange giant star in the constellation of Hydra; Alpha (α) Hydrae,
alphorn
alphorn
noun
(music) A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes.
alright
alright
adj
(often proscribed) Alternative form of all right; satisfactory; okay; in acceptable order.
adv
(often proscribed) Alternative form of all right.
intj
(UK, informal) A generic greeting; hello; how are you.
(informal) Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
althorn
althorn
noun
(music) An alto or tenor saxhorn
amchoor
amharic
amherst
amherst
Proper noun
A in Colorado
A town in Maine
A town in Massachusetts.
A village in Nebraska
A town in New Hampshire
A town and suburb in New York
A town in Nova Scotia
A city in Ohio
A township municipality in Quebec
A city in Texas
A town in Victoria, Australia
A town in Virginia
A village in Wisconsin
amorpha
amorpha
noun
Any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.
amorphi
amorphi
noun
plural of amorphus
amorphy
amorphy
noun
(obsolete) shapelessness
amphora
amphora
noun
(botany) A lower valve of a fruit that opens transversely.
(chiefly historical) A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 80 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 26 L although differing slightly over time.
(historical) A Roman unit of ship capacity, similar to tonnage.
amphore
anarcho
anarchs
anarchs
noun
plural of anarch
anarchy
anarchy
noun
(countable) A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government.
(uncountable) Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature.
(uncountable) The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body.
Confusion in general; disorder.
anchors
anchors
noun
plural of anchor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anchor
anchory
anchory
adj
Synonym of ancrée
anither
annorah
anorchi
another
another
det
Any or some; any different person, indefinitely; anyone else; someone else.
Not the same; different.
One more/further, in addition to a former number; a second or additional one, similar in likeness or in effect.
pron
An additional one of the same kind.
One of a group of things of the same kind.
One that is different from the current one.
anthers
anthers
noun
plural of anther
anthrax
anthrax
noun
(pathology) An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis.
The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal.
anthrol
anthrop
anthryl
anthryl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric univalent radicals derived from anthracene
(mineralogy) A foliated or chalk-like variety of calcite.
aphyric
aphyric
adj
(geology) Not porphyritic; having few or no phenocrysts.
apthorp
arachic
arachic
adj
(organic chemistry) Synonym of arachidic
arachin
arachin
noun
(organic chemistry) The triglyceride of arachidic acid
arachis
arachne
arapaho
arapesh
archaic
archaic
adj
(archaeology) Belonging to the archaic period
(of words) No longer in ordinary use, though still used occasionally to give a sense of antiquity and are still likely to be understood by well-educated speakers and are found in historical texts.
Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated.
noun
(archaeology, US, usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.).
(paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens.
archeal
archeal
adj
Of or pertaining to organisms of the kingdom Archaea.
archean
archeol
archers
archers
noun
plural of archer
archery
archery
noun
(countable) A group of archers.
(uncountable) The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow.
archest
archest
adj
superlative form of arch: most arch
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of arch
archeus
archeus
noun
(alchemy) The vital principle or force believed by the Paracelsians to be responsible for alchemical reactions within living bodies, and hence for the growth and continuation of life.
archfoe
archfoe
noun
archenemy
archgod
archias
archils
archils
noun
plural of archil
archine
arching
arching
adj
(nautical) hogging, as opposed to sagging
noun
The arched part of a structure.
verb
present participle of arch
archive
archive
noun
(ecology) Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.
A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest.
The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives).
verb
(transitive) To put (something) into an archive.
archlet
archlet
noun
A small arch.
archons
archons
noun
plural of archon Chief magistrates of ancient Athens.
archont
archsee
archsin
archspy
archwag
archway
archway
noun
A doorway with a semilunar-shaped top.
A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
ardeche
ardrigh
arghool
arghoul
armhole
armhole
noun
(anatomy, now rare Midlands dialect) A human armpit.
(anatomy, rare and obsolete) Similar structures in other animals.
(fashion) A hole for an arm in a piece of clothing.
armhoop
arryish
arsheen
arshile
arshine
arshine
noun
Alternative form of arshin
arshins
arshins
noun
plural of arshin
arthaud
arthral
arthral
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a joint
arthron
arthron
noun
An articulation or joint.
asearch
asearch
adv
(archaic, poetic, rare) Searching.
asgarth
ashburn
ashburn
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
asherah
asherah
noun
(religion, historical) A wooden pole or tree set up to represent the goddess Asherah.
asherim
ashford
ashford
Proper noun
A town in Kent.
A town in borough, Surrey (previously in Middlesex).
A village in district, Devon, England
A village in district, Devon
A village in Derbyshire, Ashford-in-the-Water.
ashiver
ashiver
adj
Shivering.
ashlars
ashlars
noun
plural of ashlar
ashlers
ashlers
noun
plural of ashler
ashmore
ashrafi
ashrafi
noun
(historical) A coin of usually gold issued by Muslim dynasties in the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia, worth in India two mohurs.
ashrama
ashrama
noun
(Hinduism) Any of the four stages of Hindu spiritual life.
ashrams
ashrams
noun
plural of ashram
ashtray
ashtray
noun
A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars.
ashwort
asiarch
asiarch
noun
Alternative form of Asiarch
asthore
asthore
noun
treasure (as a term of endearment)
athanor
athanor
noun
(historical) A furnace or stove designed and used to maintain uniform heat, primarily used by alchemists.
athenor
atheris
athirst
athirst
adj
(archaic) Thirsty.
(figuratively) Eager or extremely desirous (for something).
athrill
athrill
adj
Thrilled, feeling a thrill; trembling or vibrating (with an emotion, movement, etc.).
athrive
athrong
athrong
adj
Thronged; crowded.
athwart
athwart
adv
(figuratively) Against the anticipated or appropriate course of something; improperly, perversely, wrongly.
Across the path of something, so as to impede progress.
From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
prep
(nautical) Across the line of a ship's course, or across its deck.
Across the course or path of, so as to meet; hence (figuratively), to the attention of.
Across the course or path of, so as to oppose.
Across; through.
From one side to the other side of; across.
Opposed to.
athyria
athyrid
athyris
atrocha
atrocha
noun
(zoology) A kind of chaetopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed.
atrophy
atrophy
noun
(pathology) A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use.
verb
(intransitive) To wither or waste away.
(transitive) To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken.
atworth
aurochs
aurochs
noun
(zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus).
An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
plural of auroch
aurthur
autarch
autarch
noun
A despotic ruler
authors
authors
noun
plural of author
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of author