(historical, sometimes capitalized) A nickname given in the early 17ᵗʰ century to signatories of addresses of a petition to reconvene parliament, addressed to Charles II.
One who abhors.
abhorson
abiathar
abiathar
Proper noun
In the Old Testament, a Hebrew high priest during the reign of King David.
abrachia
abrachia
noun
(medicine) The congenital absence of both arms
abrahams
abshenry
accroach
accroach
verb
(intransitive) To encroach.
(transitive) To hook, or draw to oneself as with a hook.
(transitive) To usurp, as jurisdiction or royal prerogatives.
achatour
achatour
noun
(historical) A purveyor of provisions; a provedore. [14th–18th c.]
acheiria
acheiria
noun
A loss of sense in one or both hands, or the inability to tell on which side of the body a stimulus has been applied
The congenital absence of one or both hands
acheirus
acherman
achernar
achiever
achiever
noun
One who achieves something.
One who tends to succeed; a winner.
achilary
achirite
achirite
noun
dioptase
achordal
achordal
adj
achordate
achorion
achroite
achroite
noun
(mineralogy) A colourless form of tourmaline
achromat
achromat
noun
(optics) A lens that imparts little color; a lens that is achromatic.
achromia
achromia
noun
(medicine) Absence of pigmentation, especially in the skin or blood
achromic
achromic
adj
(sciences) Uncoloured; not pigmented; lacking in colour.
achroous
achroous
adj
Colorless; achromatic.
ackworth
acrolith
acrolith
noun
(historical) An ancient Greek wooden statue furnished with a rupestral head and limbs.
acronych
actorish
actorish
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an actor or theatrical acting; like an actor.
adhafera
adherant
adherend
adherend
noun
That which adheres to something else by adhesion.
adherent
adherent
adj
(botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ.
Adhesive, sticking to something.
Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
noun
A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.
adherers
adherers
noun
plural of adherer
adhering
adhering
verb
present participle of adhere
adsheart
adsheart
intj
(obsolete) Synonym of zounds
adzharia
aerolith
aerolith
noun
(chiefly historical) A meteorite.
aerophor
aethered
aetheria
aetheric
aetheric
adj
Alternative spelling of etheric
affright
affright
adj
afraid; terrified; frightened
noun
(archaic) Great fear, terror, fright.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To inspire fright in; to frighten, to terrify.
agraphia
agraphia
noun
(pathology) A loss of the ability to write (usually resulting from a brain injury).
The inability to write.
agraphic
agraphic
adj
(medicine) Affected with or pertaining to agraphia.
ahamkara
ahamkara
noun
(Hinduism) Attachment to one's ego.
ahankara
ahankara
noun
Alternative form of ahamkara
ahmadpur
airbrush
airbrush
noun
A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.
verb
To paint using an airbrush.
To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead.
aircheck
aircheck
noun
(broadcasting) A demonstration recording, often intended to show off the talent of an announcer to a prospective employer.
aircoach
aircoach
noun
(aviation) An airliner offering relatively cheap but cramped passenger flights.
airgraph
airgraph
noun
(UK, historical) A form of airmail used to send messages to servicemen during the Second World War.
airheads
airheads
noun
plural of airhead
airlight
airsheds
airsheds
noun
plural of airshed
airsheet
airships
airships
noun
plural of airship
airthing
airtight
airtight
adj
(figuratively) Having no weak points or flaws.
(figuratively, of a person) Highly reserved in some matter, particularly tight-lipped or tight-fisted.
Impermeable to air or other gases.
akehorne
akhissar
alabarch
alabarch
noun
The title of the governor or chief magistrate of the Jews in Alexandria under the Ptolemies and Roman emperors.
alberghi
alberghi
noun
plural of albergo
alberich
albrecht
albright
algaroth
algaroth
noun
Alternative form of algarot
algraphy
algraphy
noun
(photography) An early photographic technique, similar to zincography or lithography, using paper impregnated with an aluminium salt.
alhambra
alhambra
Proper noun
A palace in Granada, Spain; historically a royal palace.
A solitaire card game played with two decks.
allthorn
allwhere
allwhere
adv
(archaic) everywhere
alphorns
alphorns
noun
plural of alphorn
alrighty
alrighty
intj
(informal) Used to affirm, indicate agreement, or consent.
alsworth
althorns
althorns
noun
plural of althorn
alytarch
alytarch
noun
An official responsible for maintaining order at the ancient Olympic Games.
alyworth
amaranth
amaranth
noun
(chemistry) A red to purple azo dye used as a biological stain, and in some countries in cosmetics and as a food colouring.
(cooking) The seed of these plants, used as a cereal.
(dated, poetic) An imaginary flower that does not wither.
Any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus.
The characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of these plants.
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
amersham
amersham
Proper noun
a market town in Buckinghamshire, England.
amiranha
amirship
amirship
noun
Alternative form of emirship
amorphia
amorphia
noun
Synonym of amorphism
amorphic
amorphic
adj
(genetics, of a mutation) Causing a complete loss of gene function.
Having no defined shape, lacking form; amorphous.
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
amphorae
amphorae
noun
plural of amphora
amphoral
amphoral
adj
Of, pertaining to, or in the shape of an amphora
amphoras
amphoric
amphoric
adj
(chiefly historical) Of or related to an amphora, either as a large vessel or a Roman unit of liquid measure.
(medicine) Produced by or indicating a hollow cavity in the lungs, giving a sound like that produced by blowing into an empty decanter.
anagraph
anagraph
noun
(obsolete) A physician's prescription or recipe.
(obsolete) An inventory; a record.
A kind of anagram.
anaphora
anaphora
noun
(Christianity) The most solemn part of the Divine Liturgy or the Mass during which the offerings of bread and wine are consecrated as body and blood of Christ
(linguistics) An expression that can refer to virtually any referent, the specific referent being defined by context.
(linguistics) An expression that refers to a preceding expression.
(rhetoric) The repetition of a phrase at the beginning of phrases, sentences, or verses, used for emphasis.
plural of anaphor
anarchal
anarchal
adj
(archaic) lawless; anarchic
anarchic
anarchic
adj
(somewhat pejorative) Free-spirited; not bound by the rigors or expectations of society.
Chaotic, without law or order.
Relating to, supporting, or likely to cause anarchy.
anchored
anchored
adj
(heraldry) Having the extremities turned back, like the flukes of an anchor. (Compare sarcelly, moline.)
(aeronautics) the downward slope of an aircraft’s wing
anhedron
anheuser
anhungry
anhungry
adj
(obsolete, rare) Hungry.
anhydric
anhydric
adj
anhydrous
anorchia
anorchia
noun
(medicine) An intersex condition of XY individuals where both testes are absent at birth.
anorchus
anorthic
anorthic
adj
(crystallography) Having three unequal axes that intersect obliquely
antarchy
antheral
antheral
adj
Relating to an anther.
antherid
anthroic
anthrone
anthrone
noun
(organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic ketone, used in a popular cellulose assay and in the colorimetric determination of carbohydrates; any derivative of this compound
antihero
antihero
noun
(literature, role-playing games) A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals.
anywhere
anywhere
adv
In or at any location or an unknown location.
To (in the direction of) any location or an unknown location.
pron
Any location or an unknown location.
aphareus
aphorise
aphorise
verb
(intransitive) To use aphorisms.
(transitive) To create an aphorism from.
aphorism
aphorism
noun
A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.
verb
To speak or write aphorisms.
aphorist
aphorist
noun
A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
aphorize
aphorize
verb
Alternative spelling of aphorise
aphrasia
aphrasia
noun
(pathology) Condition of being unable to speak.
aphronia
aphronia
noun
The lack of practical judgment.
apocryph
apograph
apograph
noun
(textual criticism) A copy or transcript of a manuscript (called the antigraph).
aporphin
aporphin
noun
Alternative form of aporphine
aporrhea
approach
approach
noun
(also figuratively) An act of drawing near in place or time; an advancing or coming near.
(also figuratively) An avenue, passage, or way by which a building or place can be approached; an access.
(archaic) An opportunity of drawing near; access.
(aviation, also attributively) The way an aircraft comes in to land at an airport.
(bowling) The area before the lane in which a bowler may stand or run up before bowling the ball.
(climbing) A path taken to reach the climbing area, for example, from a car park, road, etc.
(figuratively) A manner of making (a policy) or solving (a problem, etc.).
(golf, tennis) Short for approach shot.
A specific procedure used for approaching and landing at an airport.
An act of coming near in character or value; an approximation.
verb
(intransitive) To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
(intransitive, golf, tennis) To play an approach shot.
(transitive) To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
(transitive) To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
(transitive) To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
(transitive, also figuratively) To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
(transitive, archaic, euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
(transitive, intransitive, figuratively) Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
(transitive, military) To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.
(transitive, rarely intransitive) Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
arabiyeh
arabiyeh
noun
(historical) An Arabic native cart or carriage.
arachide
arachnid
arachnid
noun
Any of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.
arapahoe
arapahos
arathorn
arbroath
arbroath
Proper noun
a coastal town and former royal burgh in council area, Scotland
archaean
archaean
noun
(biology) Any organism of the domain Archaea.
archaeol
archaeol
noun
(organic chemistry) Di-O-phytanylglycerol, a double ether of sn-1-glycerol where positions 2 and 3 are bound to phytanyl residues.
archaeus
archaeus
noun
Alternative form of archeus
archaise
archaise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of archaize.
archaism
archaism
noun
An archaic word, style, etc.
The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style.
archaist
archaist
noun
A person who studies archaic things; an antiquary
A person who uses archaisms in language
archaize
archaize
verb
(intransitive) To speak, write, etc. in an archaic manner.
(transitive) To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
archbald
archbanc
archband
archbold
archcape
archcity
archdean
archdean
noun
A member of a discontinued Catholic ecclesiastical office, higher in rank than a dean.
archdolt
archduke
archduke
noun
(history) The ruler of an archduchy, in particular the Archduchy of Austria.
(history) The son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.