(uncountable) Abatement; reduction; (countable) an instance of this.
(uncountable) Deduction; subtraction; (countable) an instance of this.
An Italian abbot or other member of the clergy.
verb
(archaic, chiefly figuratively) Of an edge, point, etc.: to become blunt or dull.
(chiefly US) Of legal proceedings: to be dismissed or otherwise brought to an end before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
(chiefly US) To dismiss or otherwise bring to an end (legal proceedings) before they are completed, especially on procedural grounds rather than on the merits.
(chiefly figuratively) To dull (an edge, point, etc.); to blunt.
(chiefly historical) Of a writ or other legal document: to become null and void; to cease to have effect.
(transitive, intransitive, law, chiefly historical) To enter upon and unlawfully seize (land) after the owner has died, thus preventing an heir from taking possession of it.
Chiefly followed by from, of, etc.: to omit or remove (a part from a whole); to deduct, to subtract.
Chiefly followed by of: to deduct or subtract from.
Chiefly followed by of: to deprive (someone or something of another thing).
To bow down; hence, to be abased or humbled.
To bring down (someone) mentally or physically; to lower (someone) in status.
To curtail or end (something); to cause to cease.
To cut away or hammer down (material from metalwork, a sculpture, etc.) in such a way as to leave a figure in relief.
To decrease in amount or size.
To decrease in force or intensity; to subside.
To demolish or level to the ground (a building or other structure).
To give (someone) a discount or rebate; also, to relieve (someone) of a debt.
To give a discount or rebate; to discount, to rebate.
To give no consideration to (something); to treat as an exception.
To lessen (something) in force or intensity; to moderate.
To lower (something) in price or value.
To lower in price or value; (law) specifically, of a bequest in a will: to lower in value because the testator's estate is insufficient to satisfy all the bequests in full.
To make (a writ or other legal document) void; to nullify.
To put an end to (a nuisance).
To reduce (something) in amount or size.
abert
abets
abets
noun
plural of abet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abet
ablet
ablet
noun
A small fresh-water fish (Alburnus alburnus); the bleak.
abnet
abnet
noun
The girdle of a Jewish priest or officer.
abote
abret
acate
aceta
aceta
noun
plural of acetum
acted
acted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of act
acute
acute
adj
(botany) With the sides meeting directly to form an acute angle (at an apex or base).
(geometry) Of a triangle: having all three interior angles measuring less than 90 degrees.
(geometry) Of an angle: less than 90 degrees.
(linguistics, chiefly historical) Of an accent or tone: generally higher than others.
(medicine) Of a short-lived condition, in contrast to a chronic condition; this sense also does not imply severity.
(medicine) Of an abnormal condition of recent or sudden onset, in contrast to delayed onset; this sense does not imply severity, unlike the common usage.
(orthography) After a letter of the alphabet: having an acute accent.
(phonology, dated, of a sound) Sharp, produced in the front of the mouth. (See Grave and acute on Wikipedia.Wikipedia)
Brief, quick, short.
High or shrill.
Intense, sensitive, sharp.
Urgent.
noun
(linguistics, chiefly historical) An accent or tone higher than others.
(medicine) A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia.
(orthography) An acute accent (´).
verb
(transitive, archaic) To make acute; to sharpen, to whet.
(transitive, phonetics) To give an acute sound to.
adept
adept
adj
Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient
noun
One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient
adest
adlet
adlet
noun
(computing) A small app or active document that can be embedded in a Web page.
A cryptid in Inuit mythology and folklore in Canada and Greenland, a tall, dog-legged humanoid (sometimes identified with inland Native Americans).
A small advertisement.
adret
adret
noun
(geography) The sun-facing side of a mountain.
aetat
aetat
adj
(formal) Aged; at the age of.
aetna
afret
after
after
adj
(dated) Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent
(nautical, where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship.
adv
Behind; later in time; following.
conj
Signifies that the action of the clause it starts takes place before the action of the other clause.
prep
(Ireland, usually preceded by a form of be, followed by an -ing form of a verb) Used to indicate recent completion of an activity
(dated) According to an author or text.
(obsolete) According to the direction and influence of; in proportion to; befitting.
As a result of.
Behind.
Denoting the aim or object; concerning; in relation to.
In allusion to, in imitation of; following or referencing.
In pursuit of, seeking.
In spite of.
Next in importance or rank.
Subsequently to; following in time; later than.
agate
agate
adv
(obsolete) On the way; agoing.
noun
(countable) A marble made from agate.
(countable) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.;—so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
(countable, obsolete) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.
(countable, typography) One fourteenth of an inch.
(countable, uncountable, mineralogy) A semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parallel alternating dark and light stripes or bands, or blended in clouds; various authorities call it a variety of chalcedony, a variety of quartz, or a combination of the two.
(uncountable, US printing, dated) The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5+¹⁄₂-point.
agent
agent
noun
(computing) In the client-server model, the part of the system that performs information preparation and exchange on behalf of a client or server. Especially in the phrase “intelligent agent” it implies some kind of autonomous process which can communicate with other agents to perform some collective task on behalf of one or more humans.
(gambling) A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.
(grammar) The participant of a situation that carries out the action in this situation, e.g. "the boy" in the sentences "The boy kicked the ball" and "The ball was kicked by the boy".
A person who looks for work for another person
An active power or cause or substance; something (e.g. biological, chemical, thermal, etc.) that has the power to produce an effect
One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to do the business of another
One who exerts power, or has the power to act
Someone who works for an intelligence agency
agete
aglet
aglet
noun
A catkin.
Alternative spelling of aiglet.
The cover at the tip of a shoelace, to prevent it from fraying.
alate
alate
adj
(entomology, botany) Having winglike extensions or parts; winged.
adv
(archaic) recently; lately; of late.
noun
A winged, reproductive form of several social insects.
aleft
aleft
adv
(archaic) To or on the left-hand side.
alert
alert
adj
(obsolete) brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
Attentive; awake; on guard.
noun
(military) A state of readiness for potential combat.
A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
An alarm.
verb
To give warning to.
aleta
aleut
aleut
Adjective
Of the Aleutian Islands, their inhabitants or their language.
Noun
A member of the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands of Alaska in the United States and of Kamchatka Krai in the Russia.
A native or inhabitant of the Aleutian Islands.
Proper noun
The language of the Aleutian Islands, related to Eskimo (Inupiaq and Yupik).
alfet
alfet
noun
(obsolete) A cauldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt.
alhet
aliet
alite
alten
alter
alter
noun
(especially in the plural) An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder). A member of a system.
Misspelling of altar.
verb
(intransitive) To become different.
(transitive) To affect mentally, as by psychotropic drugs or illness.
(transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
(transitive) To change the form or structure of.
(transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
altes
amate
amate
noun
An art form based on Mexican bark painting from the Otomi culture.
Paper produced from the bark of adult Ficus trees.
verb
(obsolete) To be a mate to; to match.
(obsolete) To dishearten, dismay.
ament
ament
noun
(botany) A catkin or similar inflorescence.
A congenital idiot.
amite
amlet
amvet
anent
anent
prep
(now rare) Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as, apropos.
(obsolete) Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side.
(obsolete) In a line with; side by side with; on a level with.
(obsolete) In the opinion or judgment of.
aneta
aneta
Proper noun
A city/town in North Dakota.
aneth
aneto
anett
anlet
annet
annet
noun
(UK, dialect, West Country, Cornwall, obsolete) A black-legged kittiwake.
Alternative form of ennet (a duck).
antae
anted
anted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ant
simple past tense and past participle of ante; alternative spelling of anteed
antep
antes
antes
noun
plural of ante
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ante
anthe
antre
antre
noun
(archaic) Cavern; cave.
aotea
aotes
apert
apert
adj
(archaic) open; uncovered; revealed
appet
apter
apter
adj
comparative form of apt: more apt
arent
arent
noun
A kind of anthropogenic soil, with deep mixing due to ploughing, digging, etc.
verb
Misspelling of aren't.
arest
areta
arete
arete
noun
(philosophy) The proper state or condition for a human.
(philosophy) Virtue, excellence.
Alternative spelling of arête
arite
armet
armet
noun
A type of mediaeval helmet which fully enclosed the head and face, first found in the 1420s in Milan.
arret
arret
noun
Alternative form of arrêt
artel
artel
noun
(now historical) A Russian or Soviet craftsmen's collective.
arter
arter
prep
Pronunciation spelling of after.
artie
ashet
ashet
noun
A large, shallow, oval dish used for serving food.
asset
asset
noun
(accounting) Any item recorded on the left-hand side of a balance sheet.
(espionage) An intelligence asset.
(slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breasts or buttocks or a man's genitalia.
(software) Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused.
A thing or quality that has value, especially one that generates cash flows.
Coordinate term: liability
astel
astel
noun
(mining, dialectal) An arch or ceiling of boards placed above the workers' heads in a mine.
aster
aster
noun
(biology) A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell.
(obsolete) A star.
Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers.
astre
atake
atame
ateba
atees
atelo
ately
athel
athel
noun
(obsolete) A chief or lord.
A discrimination of originality and nobility ( الأصيل)
A kind of tamarisk native to northern Africa and the Middle East, Tamarix aphylla, planted widely elsewhere as a shade tree and a windbreak due to its tolerance of heat and of alkaline soils, but tending to become invasive outside of its native range.
athey
athie
atlee
atoke
atole
atole
noun
A sweetened thick drink or thin gruel made from cornmeal, served hot
atone
atone
verb
(obsolete, intransitive) To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony.
(obsolete, transitive) To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement.
(obsolete, transitive) To unite in making.
(proscribed) To absolve (someone else) of wrongdoing, especially by standing as an equivalent.
(transitive, intransitive) To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency.
atren
atren
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To run away; escape.
(transitive, obsolete) To outrun.
atter
atter
noun
(UK dialectal) A scab; a dry sore.
(UK dialectal) Epithelium produced on the tongue.
(archaic or UK dialectal) Poison, venom, especially of a venomous animal.
(archaic or UK dialectal) Pus, corrupt or morbid matter from a sore or wound.
verb
(UK dialectal) To discharge, as a sore; clot; curdle; cake.
(UK dialectal) To venom; sting.
attle
attle
noun
(mining) rubbish or refuse consisting of broken rock inholding little or no ore; especially, the worthless rock left over once the ore has been selected.
dirt; filth
atule
atune
aueto
auget
auget
noun
(mining) A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.
autem
autem
adj
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) Married.
noun
(obsolete, UK, thieves' cant) A church.
autre
avert
avert
verb
(intransitive, archaic) To turn away.
(transitive) To turn aside or away.
(transitive) To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of.
awest
awest
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of awe
aweto
aweto
noun
(New Zealand) A parasitic fungus of the genus Ophiocordyceps.
awhet
axite
axite
noun
(countable) The terminal branch of an axon.
(uncountable) A type of smokeless gunpowder.
axtel
aylet
aylet
noun
(heraldry) A black bird with red feet and beak.
azote
azote
noun
(chemistry, now historical) nitrogen.
aztec
aztec
Noun
A Mexica.
A Nahua.
Proper noun
The Nahuatl language.
A city in New Mexico, USA
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
Of or pertaining to the Nahuas.
Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.
baret
baste
baste
noun
A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.
verb
(archaic, slang) To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
(by extension) To coat over something.
To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
batea
bated
bated
adj
Reduced; lowered; restrained
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bate
batel
baten
bater
bates
bates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bate
bathe
bathe
noun
(Britain, colloquial) The act of swimming or bathing, especially in the sea, a lake, or a river; a swimming bath.
verb
(figuratively, transitive and intransitive) To cover or surround.
(intransitive) To clean oneself by immersion in water or using water; to take a bath, have a bath.
(intransitive) To immerse oneself, or part of the body, in water for pleasure or refreshment; to swim.
(intransitive) To sunbathe.
(transitive) To apply water or other liquid to; to suffuse or cover with liquid.
(transitive) To clean a person by immersion in water or using water; to give someone a bath.
She bathed her eyes with liquid to remove the stinging chemical.
batse
beant
beant
verb
(dialectal, rare), variant of bean't.
beast
beast
adj
(slang, chiefly Midwestern and northeastern US) great; excellent; powerful
noun
(figuratively) Something unpleasant and difficult.
(more specific) A domestic animal, especially a bovine farm animal.
(prison slang, derogatory) A sex offender.
(slang) Anything regarded as larger or more powerful than one of its normal size or strength.
(slang) Someone who is particularly impressive, especially athletically or physically.
A person who behaves in a violent, antisocial or uncivilized manner.
A thing or matter, especially a difficult or unruly one.
Any animal other than a human; usually only applied to land vertebrates, especially large or dangerous four-footed ones.
verb
(Britain, military) to impose arduous exercises, either as training or as punishment.
beata
beath
beath
verb
(transitive) To dry or heat (unseasoned) wood for the purpose of straightening it.
(transitive, dialectal) To bathe (with warm liquid); foment.
beati
beati
noun
plural of beatus
beats
beats
noun
plural of beat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beat
beaut
beaut
adj
(dialectal, especially Australia) Beautiful, splendid.
noun
(informal) Something or someone that is physically attractive.
(informal) Something that is a remarkable example of its type.