The nocturnal, insectivorous, burrowing, mammal Orycteropus afer, of the order Tubulidentata, somewhat resembling a pig, common in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa.
abnerval
abnerval
adj
(anatomy, of an electric current in a muscle, rare) Away from the nerve.
aborsive
aborsive
adj
(obsolete) abortive from the first.
abortive
abortive
adj
(biology) Imperfectly formed or developed; rudimentary; sterile.
(medicine) Cutting short; acting to halt or slow the progress (of a disease).
(obsolete) Produced by abortion; born prematurely and therefore unnatural.
(obsolete) A medicine to which is attributed the property of causing abortion, abortifacient.
(obsolete) Someone or something born or brought forth prematurely; an abortion.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To cause an abortion; to render without fruit.
abrasive
abrasive
adj
Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.
Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
noun
(geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
absolver
absolver
noun
Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves.
acervate
acervate
adj
(chiefly botany, rare) Heaped, or growing in heaps, or closely compacted clusters.
verb
(obsolete) To heap up.
acervose
acervuli
acervuli
noun
plural of acervulus
achiever
achiever
noun
One who achieves something.
One who tends to succeed; a winner.
adnerval
advancer
advancer
noun
(bridge) The overcaller's partner, especially one who bids following the overcall.
A second branch of a buck's antler.
One who advances or puts forward.
adventry
adversed
adversus
adverted
adverted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advert
advisers
advisers
noun
plural of adviser
advisors
advisors
noun
plural of advisor
advisory
advisory
adj
Able to give advice.
Containing advice; advising.
aeroview
aggrieve
aggrieve
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To grieve; to lament.
(transitive) To cause someone to feel pain or sorrow to; to afflict
airville
airwaves
airwaves
noun
Radio or television broadcasts.
Radio-frequency electromagnetic waves, usually used in the context of wireless communication; radio waves.
allovers
alvadore
alvarado
alveolar
alveolar
adj
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the alveoli (small air sacs) of the lungs.
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the glands with secretory cells about a central space.
(anatomy, relational) Relating to the jaw ridge containing the tooth sockets.
(phonetics) Formed with the tongue touching or approaching the inner ridge of the gums of the upper front teeth.
noun
(phonetics) An alveolar consonant.
alverson
alverton
ambivert
ambivert
noun
(psychology) A person who is neither clearly extroverted nor introverted, but has characteristics of each.
amerveil
amravati
andreyev
anovular
anovular
adj
Synonym of anovulatory
antevert
antevert
verb
(medicine, obsolete) To displace by anteversion.
(obsolete) To prevent, to avert.
anusvara
anusvara
noun
A diacritic used in Indic scripts as a nasal consonant.
anvasser
approval
approval
noun
(especially philately) Something mailed by a seller to a collector to match their stated interests; the collector can approve of or return the item.
An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements.
An expression of favorable acceptance and encouragement; a compliment that also condones.
approved
approved
adj
(archaic) Proven or demonstrated by experience.
Having received approval.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of approve
approver
approver
noun
(dated, law) In English common law, a person who accuses a confederate; one who commits approvement.
One who approves or gives approval.
approves
approves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve
arbovale
archival
archival
adj
Of a material: having a quality suited to the conservational needs of archiving.
Of or pertaining to an archive or archiving.
noun
(uncountable) The practice of storing items in an archive; archiving; (countable) an instance of this.
archived
archived
adj
Having been placed into an archive.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of archive
archiver
archiver
noun
One who, or that which, archives.
archives
archives
noun
plural of archive
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archive
argovian
arivaipa
arkville
arrivage
arrivals
arrivals
noun
plural of arrival
arrivers
arrivers
noun
plural of arriver
arriving
arriving
verb
present participle of arrive
arrivism
arrivism
noun
Alternative form of arrivisme
arrivist
arrosive
arrosive
adj
gnawing; chewing; corroding
arteveld
arvicola
arvicole
arvicole
noun
(zoology, dated) field mouse (US, Canada), vole
atharvan
aurilave
aurilave
noun
An ear-brush.
An instrument for cleansing the ear, consisting of a small piece of sponge on an ivory or bone handle.
auvergne
availers
avanters
avarices
avarices
noun
plural of avarice
avaritia
avengers
avengers
noun
plural of avenger
aventure
aventure
noun
(obsolete) a mischance causing a person's death without felony, as by drowning, or falling into the fire
(obsolete) accident; chance; adventure
verb
Obsolete form of adventure.
averaged
averaged
adj
(of a set of numbers) replaced by an average value
verb
simple past tense and past participle of average
averager
averager
noun
A system or process for computing averages.
averages
averages
noun
plural of average
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of average
averment
averment
noun
A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
verification; establishment by evidence.
averrhoa
averring
averring
verb
present participle of aver
averroes
aversant
aversant
adj
(heraldry) Turned to show the back: said of a right hand.
aversely
aversely
adv
Backward; in a backward direction
With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly.
aversion
aversion
noun
(obsolete) The act of turning away from an object.
An object of dislike or repugnance.
Opposition or repugnance of mind; fixed dislike often without any conscious reasoning.
aversive
aversive
adj
Tending to repel, causing avoidance (of a situation, a behaviour, an item, etc.)
noun
(grammar, uncountable) A grammatical case indicating that something is avoided or feared; the evitative case.
(psychology, countable) An unpleasant stimulus intended to induce a change in behaviour.
averting
averting
verb
present participle of avert
avertive
avestruz
aviaries
aviaries
noun
plural of aviary
aviarist
aviarist
noun
A person who keeps an aviary
aviators
aviators
noun
aviator sunglasses
plural of aviator
aviatory
aviatory
adj
Of or relating to aviation.
aviatrix
aviatrix
noun
(dated) A female aviator.
avicular
avicular
adj
Of or pertaining to a bird or to birds.
aviemore
avigator
avigator
noun
An aerial navigator.
avilaria
avodires
avogadro
avogadro
Proper noun
Italian physicist
avoiders
avoiders
noun
plural of avoider
avonmore
avoucher
avoucher
noun
One who avouches.
avowries
avowries
noun
plural of avowry
ayurveda
aznavour
bavarian
bavarian
noun
A type of custard-like food, made with fruit.
bavarois
bavarois
noun
A pudding similar to pastry cream but thickened with gelatin or isinglass instead of flour or cornstarch, and flavoured with liqueur.
beauvoir
beavered
beavered
adj
(historical) Having or wearing a beaver (part of a helmet covering the lower face).
Covered with, or wearing, a beaver or hat.
Synonym of bearded.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beaver
bedcover
bedcover
noun
A decorative cover for a bed; a bedspread or counterpane
bedivere
bedravel
bedrivel
bedrivel
verb
(transitive) to drivel on, to put or spill saliva on
beetrave
beetrave
noun
(archaic) The common beet, Beta vulgaris.
befavour
behavers
behavers
noun
plural of behaver
behavior
behavior
noun
(countable) An instance of the way a living creature behaves.
(countable, uncountable, biology, psychology) Observable response produced by an organism.
(uncountable) Human conduct relative to social norms.
(uncountable) The way a device or system operates.
(uncountable) The way a living creature behaves or acts generally.
(uncountable, informal) A state of probation about one's conduct.
believer
believer
noun
A person who believes; especially regarding religion.
berdyaev
bereaved
bereaved
adj
having suffered the death of a loved one
bereaven
bereaven
adj
(obsolete) bereft
bereaver
bereaver
noun
Someone who bereaves.
bereaves
bereaves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bereave
berreave
bescurvy
beshiver
besilver
besilver
verb
(transitive) To cover with or as with silver.
beslaver
beslaver
verb
(transitive) To cover with slaver, or anything suggesting slaver.
(transitive, figuratively) To cover with fulsome flattery.
bestarve
betravel
betravel
verb
(transitive) To travel over; overrun with travellers.
bevaring
bevatron
bevatron
noun
A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.
bevelers
bevelers
noun
plural of beveler
beveller
beveller
noun
A tool or machine used for bevelling.
One who bevels.
beverage
beverage
noun
(Britain, slang, archaic) (A gift of) drink money.
(chiefly Canada, US) A liquid to consume; a drink, such as tea, coffee, liquor, beer, milk, juice, or soft drinks, usually excluding water.
beverlee
beverley
beverley
Proper noun
name, a mostly British spelling variant of Beverly.
a market town, and county town of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
beverlie
bhairava
bhairavi
biovular
biovular
adj
(of twins) derived from two separate ova; non-identical or fraternal
bivector
bivector
noun
(mathematics) An antisymmetric tensor of second rank.
biventer
biventer
noun
(anatomy) Any digastric part or organ.
biverbal
biverbal
adj
Of or pertaining to two verbs
Of or pertaining to two words
punning
boilover
boilover
noun
A hazardous situation where an attempt is made to extinguish semi-enclosed oil- or petrochemical-fuelled fire with water, generating steam which propels the burning fuel outwards.
bolivars
borislav
boshvark
bouviers
bovarism
bovarism
noun
Alternative spelling of bovarysm
bovarist
bovarysm
bovarysm
noun
(psychology) An anxiety to escape from a social or sentimental condition judged to be unsatisfactory, sometimes by building a fictitious personality.
An imagined or unrealistic conception of oneself.
boviform
boviform
adj
Shaped like an ox.
bratstva
bratstva
noun
plural of bratstvo
bratstvo
bratstvo
noun
(historical) A union of Eastern Orthodox citizens or lay brothers affiliated with individual churches in cities throughout the Ruthenian part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
bravados
bravoing
bravoing
verb
present participle of bravo
bravoite
bravuras
brevetcy
brevetcy
noun
(military) The rank or condition of a brevet officer.
breveted
breveted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brevet
breviary
breviary
noun
(obsolete) A brief statement or summary.
A book containing prayers, hymns, and so on for everyday use at the canonical hours.