Of or pertaining to acheiria (lacking one or both hands)
achievers
achievers
noun
plural of achiever
achromats
achromats
noun
plural of achromat
achromous
achromous
adj
colorless; achromatic
achronism
achropsia
achyrodes
acroliths
acroliths
noun
plural of acrolith
actorship
actorship
noun
The state or quality associated with being an actor.
adderfish
adherends
adherends
noun
plural of adherend
adherents
adherents
noun
plural of adherent
aeroliths
aeroliths
noun
plural of aerolith
affrights
affrights
noun
plural of affright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affright
aftership
afterwash
agraphias
agraphias
noun
plural of agraphia
ahasuerus
ahasuerus
Proper noun
A king of Persia, later identified with Xerxes.
definition the Wandering Jew.
ahistoric
ahistoric
adj
Synonym of ahistorical
ainsworth
ainsworth
Proper noun
A village in Greater Manchester, England
A village in British Columbia, Canada
An unincorporated community in Ross Townsip, Lake County, Indiana, United States, now defunct
A city in Iowa, United States
A city in Nebraska, United States, and the county seat of Brown County.
A town in Wisconsin, United States
A state park in Oregon, United States
airchecks
airchecks
noun
plural of aircheck
aldershot
aldershot
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, England.
alnaschar
amaranths
amaranths
noun
plural of amaranth
amberfish
amberfish
noun
An amberjack.
ambushers
ambushers
noun
plural of ambusher
amoritish
amorphism
amorphism
noun
An amorphous quality.
amorphous
amorphous
adj
(by extension) Being without definite character or nature.
(by extension) Lacking organization or unity.
(physics) In the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid.
(set theory, of a set) Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.
Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
amphorous
anacharis
anacharis
noun
(obsolete) A freshwater weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharitaceae), native to America; the waterweed or water thyme.
anaphoras
anaphoras
noun
plural of anaphora
anarchies
anarchies
noun
plural of anarchy
anarchism
anarchism
noun
A belief that proposes the abolition of hierarchy and authority in most forms.
A political and philosophical belief that all forms of involuntary rule or government are undesirable, unnecessary, or unethical, and as such that society would function without a state.
anarchist
anarchist
adj
(somewhat rare) Relating to anarchism or to anarchists; anarchistic.
noun
(by extension) One who promotes chaos and lawlessness.
One who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.
One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority.
One who resents outside control or influence on their life, in particular a government, and therefore desires the absence of political control.
anchoress
anchoress
noun
(informal) An anchorwoman.
A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
anchorets
anchorets
noun
plural of anchoret
anhydrous
anhydrous
adj
(chemistry) Having no water of crystallization.
Having little or no water.
anorchism
anorchism
noun
anorchia
anorchous
anorthose
antherids
anthraces
anthrenus
anthropos
anthropos
Proper noun
The primordial man/humanity.
antshrike
antshrike
noun
Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
antthrush
antthrush
noun
Any of the tropical birds in the family Formicariidae, found in Central and South America.
anywheres
anywheres
adv
(US, nonstandard, slang or dialectal) anywhere
apheresis
apheresis
noun
(linguistics, prosody) Elision, suppression, or complete loss of a letter or sound (syllable) from the beginning of a word, such as the development of special from especial; procope.
(medicine, general, obsolete) Extirpation or extraction of a superfluity (especially a pathological one) from the body, especially blood.
(medicine, specific, still current) The removal of blood from a patient, and the removal of certain components (such as platelets) from that blood, followed by the transfusion of the filtered blood back to the donor (patient).
aphorised
aphorised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aphorise
aphoriser
aphoriser
noun
An aphorist.
aphorises
aphorises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aphorise
aphorisms
aphorisms
noun
plural of aphorism
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aphorism
aphorists
aphorists
noun
plural of aphorist
aphorizes
aphorizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aphorize
aporrhais
arachnids
arachnids
noun
plural of arachnid
arachnism
arachnism
noun
Alternative form of arachnidism
arapahoes
arapeshes
archaised
archaised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of archaise
archaiser
archaiser
noun
Alternative form of archaizer
archaises
archaises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archaise
archaisms
archaisms
noun
plural of archaism
archaists
archaists
noun
plural of archaist
archaizes
archaizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archaize
archarios
archbancs
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
archelaus
archeress
archeress
noun
A female archer.
archeries
archeries
noun
plural of archery
archettos
archhouse
archivers
archivers
noun
plural of archiver
archivist
archivist
noun
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing, organising, and archives.
archsaint
archsewer
areithous
arethusas
arethusas
noun
plural of arethusa
argusfish
arhatship
arhatship
Noun
The state of being an arhat.
aristarch
aristarch
Noun
A
armchairs
armchairs
noun
plural of armchair
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of armchair
arrhenius
arrhizous
arrhizous
adj
(botany) Having no root: applied to parasitical plants which have no root, but adhere to other plants by any part of their surface, and derive their nourishment from them; also to mosses and Hepaticœ which are destitute of rhizoids.
arrowbush
arthritis
arthritis
noun
Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders.
arthroses
arthroses
noun
plural of arthrosis
arthrosia
arthrosis
arthrosis
noun
(pathology) Any degenerative disease of such a joint e.g. osteoarthritis.
Any articulation or joint between bones.
arythmias
arythmias
noun
plural of arythmia
ascophore
ashburton
ashburton
Proper noun
a small town on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England.
a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
a river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
a large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
a river (with two branches) in Canterbury which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
a town in Natal, South Africa.
a neighbourhood in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
asherites
ashlaring
ashlaring
noun
(carpentry) The short upright pieces between the floor beams and rafters in garrets.
Ashlar when in thin slabs and made to serve merely as a case to the body of the wall.
The act of bedding ashlar in mortar.
ashlering
ashlering
noun
Alternative form of ashlaring
ashthroat
ashthroat
noun
(obsolete) vervain
ashtoreth
asphalter
asphalter
noun
One who pours or works with asphalt.
astrachan
astrakhan
astrakhan
noun
Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan.
Cloth resembling the above mentioned fur, often made from wool and mohair and used for trimmings.
astrophel
astrophel
Noun
A lover similar to that in the poem
astrophil
astrophil
noun
Obsolete form of astrophile.
athermous
athermous
adj
Alternative form of athermanous
atheromas
atherurus
athrepsia
athrepsia
noun
(pathology) Profound debility of children due to lack of food and to unhygienic surroundings.
athyrosis
athyrosis
noun
Synonym of athyroidism
atrahasis
atrichous
atrichous
adj
Without flagella.
atrochous
atrophias
atrophias
noun
plural of atrophia
atrophies
atrophies
noun
plural of atrophy
atrophous
attachers
attachers
noun
plural of attacher
augurship
augurship
noun
(historical) The office (or period of office) of an augur in ancient Rome.
aurochses
authoress
authoress
noun
(dated) A female author.
authorise
authorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.
authorish
authorish
adj
Characteristic of an author.
authorism
authorism
noun
(archaic, uncountable) Authorship.
(countable, uncountable) A habit or practice of an author.
avouchers
avouchers
noun
plural of avoucher
aylsworth
baccharis
bachelors
bachelors
noun
plural of bachelor
bakership
bakership
noun
The role or status of a baker.
balthasar
banishers
banishers
noun
plural of banisher
baraithas
baratheas
baratheas
noun
plural of barathea
barberish
barberish
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a barber.
barghests
barghests
noun
plural of barghest
baronship
baronship
noun
The rank or position of a baron.
barouches
barouches
noun
plural of barouche
bashkiria
bashkiria
Proper noun
A republic of Russia in the south of the country, with capital Ufa.
bashmuric
bathrobes
bathrobes
noun
plural of bathrobe
bathrooms
bathrooms
noun
plural of bathroom
beardfish
beardfish
noun
Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.