Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions.
acinous
acinous
adj
Alternative spelling of acinose
acosmic
acosmic
adj
Relating to acosmism
acquist
acquist
noun
(obsolete) Acquisition; gain.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To acquire.
acquits
acquits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquit
acrasia
acrasia
noun
lack of self-control; excess; intemperance
acrasin
acrasin
noun
A chemotactic agent produced by some slime moulds
acrisia
acrisia
noun
(medicine, dated) A condition in which diagnosis and especially prognosis are uncertain.
(medicine, dated) An unfavorable crisis or turn in the course of an attack of disease.
(medicine, dated) The absence of a crisis from a disease.
actings
actings
noun
plural of acting
actions
actions
noun
plural of action
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of action
actious
actious
adj
(obsolete) active; full of activity; full of energy.
actives
actives
noun
plural of active
acutish
acutish
adj
Somewhat acute.
acyesis
acyesis
noun
(medicine) The inability to conceive; sterility.
(medicine) The state of not being pregnant.
acystia
adagios
adagios
noun
plural of adagio
adamsia
adamski
addicts
addicts
noun
plural of addict
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of addict
addison
addison
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
name popular in the 2000s, following Alison and Madison.
A place name, including:
a town in Vermont, USA, named after the poet Joseph Addison.
addlins
addlins
noun
(UK, Yorkshire, dialect, archaic) earnings
adeuism
adevism
adevism
noun
(dated) The denial of the existence of gods, especially the legendary gods of Hinduism.
adibasi
adipose
adipose
adj
Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
Slightly overweight; chubby.
noun
Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
adipous
adipous
adj
(anatomy, archaic) Of or relating to adipose, the fatty tissue.
adipsia
adipsia
noun
(medicine) Absence of thirst.
adipsic
adipsic
adj
Of or relating to adipsia.
adivasi
adjoins
adjoins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjoin
admires
admires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admire
admixes
admixes
noun
plural of admix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of admix
adonais
adonias
adonist
adonist
noun
One who maintains that the vowel points of the Tetragrammaton translated "Jehovah" are the vowel points that belong to the word Adonai.
adoxies
adsmith
adsmith
noun
A writer of advertising copy.
advices
advices
noun
(obsolete or programming) plural of advice
advisal
advisal
noun
The act of advising.
advised
advised
adj
Considered or thought out; resulting from deliberation.
Informed, appraised or made aware.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of advise
advisee
advisee
noun
someone who receives advice
adviser
adviser
noun
one who advises
advises
advises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advise
advisor
advisor
noun
(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece, that is moved one point diagonally and confined within the palace.
One who offers advice.
aediles
aediles
noun
plural of aedile
aegises
aegises
noun
plural of aegis
aeolism
aeolism
noun
Alternative form of Aeolism
aeolist
aeonist
aerials
aerials
noun
(skiing) Aerial skiing.
plural of aerial
aerides
aeriest
aeriest
adj
superlative form of aery: most aery
aesopic
aesopic
Adjective
Of or relating to Aesop; Aesopian.
aestive
aestive
adj
(rare) Of or relating to summer.
aetites
aetites
noun
An eaglestone.
affairs
affairs
noun
plural of affair
affines
affines
noun
plural of affine
affirms
affirms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affirm
affixes
affixes
noun
plural of affix
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affix
afrasia
against
against
conj
(obsolete) By the time that (something happened); before.
prep
(Hollywood) To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
(obsolete) Exposed to.
As a charge on.
As counterbalance to.
As protection from.
Close to, alongside.
Contrary to; in conflict with.
In a contrary direction to.
In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
In competition with, versus.
In contrast or comparison with.
In exchange for.
In front of; before (a background).
In opposition to.
In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
In physical opposition to; in collision with.
Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
agamist
agamist
noun
An unmarried person celibate by choice.
agarics
agarics
noun
plural of agaric
agassiz
agathis
ageings
ageings
noun
plural of ageing
ageisms
ageisms
noun
plural of ageism
ageists
ageists
noun
plural of ageist
agenais
agenois
ageusia
ageusia
noun
Absence of the sense of taste.
Partial or complete loss of the sense of taste.
ageusic
ageusic
adj
Lacking a sense of taste.
agisted
agisted
adj
(now chiefly Australia, New Zealand) That has been put out to pasture (of an animal), especially on hired land not belonging to the animal's owner.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agist
agister
agistor
agistor
noun
(historical) an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.
One who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
agnails
agnails
noun
plural of agnail
agnizes
agnizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of agnize
agnosia
agnosia
noun
(neurology) The inability to recognize objects by use of the senses.
agnosis
agnosis
noun
Epistemologically necessary lack of, indifference to, denial or shunning of knowledge; defective knowledge.
agogics
agogics
noun
plural of agogic
agonies
agonies
noun
plural of agony
agonise
agonise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of agonize
agonist
agonist
noun
(biochemistry, pharmacology) A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction.
Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes.
agoutis
agoutis
noun
plural of agouti
agrilus
agrised
agrised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agrise
agritos
agrotis
agudist
agustin
agyieus
ahimsas
ahishar
ahoskie
aiblins
aiblins
adv
(Northern England) Perhaps, maybe.
aidless
aidless
adj
Without aid.
Without mechanical assistance.
aiglets
aiglets
noun
plural of aiglet
aigneis
aigrets
aigrets
noun
plural of aigret
aikidos
aikidos
noun
plural of aikido
ailsyte
ailurus
aimless
aimless
adj
Without aim, purpose, or direction.
ainsell
ainslee
ainsley
ainslie
airbags
airbags
noun
plural of airbag
airiest
airiest
adj
superlative form of airy: most airy
airings
airings
noun
plural of airing
airless
airless
adj
(figurative) Stifling; dead; lacking vitality or excitement.
(medicine) Suffering from asphyxia.
Lacking air circulation.
Lacking or being without air.
With air that is stale.
airmass
airmass
noun
(astronomy) The amount of air through which light from a celestial object passes, normalized to 1 for an object at zenith.
(physics, meteorology) a widespread body of air, the properties of which can be identified as: (a) having been established while that air was situated over a particular region of the Earth's surface (airmass source region) and (b) undergoing specific modifications while in transit away from the source region. An air mass is often defined as a widespread body of air that is approximately homogeneous in its horizontal extent, particularly with reference to temperature and moisture distribution; in addition, the vertical temperature and moisture variations are approximately the same over its horizontal extent.