(historical) In Ancient Greece, an enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept.
abient
abient
adj
(psychology) Characterized by avoidance or withdrawal.
absent
absent
adj
(comparable) Inattentive to what is passing; absent-minded; preoccupied.
(not comparable) Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing.
(not comparable) Not existing; lacking.
noun
(obsolete, Scotland) An absentee; a person who is not there.
(with definite article) Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there.
prep
In the absence of; without; except.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) Stay away; withdraw.
(reflexive) To keep (oneself) away.
(transitive, archaic) To keep (someone) away.
(transitive, rare) Leave.
acanth
acanth
noun
Acanthus.
accent
accent
noun
(archaic) Utterance.
(figuratively) Emphasis or importance in general.
(informal, sometimes proscribed) A manner of pronunciation suggesting that the speaker is from a different region; a foreign accent.
(linguistics) A higher-pitched or stronger (louder or longer) articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it.
(linguistics, sociolinguistics) The distinctive manner of pronouncing a language associated with a particular region, social group, etc., whether of a native speaker or a foreign speaker; the phonetic and phonological aspects of a dialect.
(mathematics) A prime symbol.
(music) A mark used to represent this special emphasis.
(music) A regularly recurring stress upon the tone to mark the beginning, and, more feebly, the third part of the measure.
(music) A special emphasis of a tone, even in the weaker part of the measure.
(music) The rhythmical accent, which marks phrases and sections of a period.
(orthography) A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked.
(prosody, poetry) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.
(sign languages) A distinctive manner of producing a sign language, such as someone who does not normally use a certain sign language might have when using it.
(usually plural only) Expressions in general; speech.
A very small gemstone set into a piece of jewellery.
A word; a significant tone or sound.
Emphasis laid on a part of an artistic design or composition; an emphasized detail, in particular a detail in sharp contrast to its surroundings.
Modulation of the voice in speaking; the manner of speaking or pronouncing; a peculiar or characteristic modification of the voice, expressing emotion; tone.
verb
(transitive) To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent.
(transitive) To mark emphatically; to emphasize; to accentuate; to make prominent.
(transitive) To mark with written accents.
acetin
acetin
noun
(organic chemistry) the triglyceride of acetic acid
ackton
acsnet
actian
actine
acting
acting
adj
Temporarily assuming the duties or authority of another person when they are unable to do their job.
noun
(countable, obsolete) An action or deed.
(drama) The occupation of an actor.
(law) Something done by a party — so called to avoid confusion with the legal senses of deed and action.
Pretending.
verb
present participle of act
actins
actins
noun
plural of actin
action
action
adj
(Manglish) arrogant
intj
Demanding or signifying the start of something, usually a performance.
noun
(art, painting and sculpture) The attitude or position of the several parts of the body as expressive of the sentiment or passion depicted.
(bowling) spin put on the bowling ball.
(firearms) The way in which cartridges are loaded, locked, and extracted from the mechanism.
(law) A charge or other process in a law court (also called lawsuit and actio).
(mathematics) A mapping from a pairing of mathematical objects to one of them, respecting their individual structures. The pairing is typically a Cartesian product or a tensor product. The object that is not part of the output is said to act on the other object. In any given context, action is used as an abbreviation for a more fully named notion, like group action or left group action.
(military) Combat.
(music) The mechanism, that is the set of moving mechanical parts, of a keyboard instrument, like a piano, which transfers the motion of the key to the sound-making device.
(music, lutherie) The distance separating the strings and the fretboard on a guitar or other string instrument.
(obsolete) A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds.
(physics) The product of energy and time, especially the product of the Lagrangian and time.
(religion) A religious performance or solemn function, i.e. action sermon, a sacramental sermon in the Scots Presbyterian Church.
(sciences) a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings).
(slang, typically with a quantifier) Sexual intercourse.
A way of motion or functioning.
Fast-paced activity.
Something done, often so as to accomplish a purpose.
The effort of performing or doing something.
The event or connected series of events, either real or imaginary, forming the subject of a play, poem, or other composition; the unfolding of the drama of events.
The way in which a mechanical device acts when used; especially a firearm.
verb
(transitive, chiefly archaic) To initiate a legal action against someone.
(transitive, management) To act on a request etc, in order to put it into effect.
adaunt
adaunt
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To subdue.
adient
adnate
adnate
adj
(botany, mycology) Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate.
(zoology) Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. in fish, having the eyes fused and unable to rotate independently
adrent
advent
advent
noun
arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears
adyton
adyton
noun
Synonym of adytum
aethon
aetian
afaint
afaint
adj
(archaic, poetic) fainting
afront
afront
adv
in front; face to face
agents
agents
noun
plural of agent
aglint
aglint
adj
Glinting.
agnate
agnate
adj
(linguistics) Having a similar semantic meaning.
Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family.
allied; akin
noun
(linguistics) A statement having a similar meaning to another, but a different structure.
A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
Any paternal male relative.
agneta
ahtena
aidant
aidant
adj
(obsolete) helpful, assisting
aintab
aition
aition
noun
(Greek mythology) An origin story or myth in Ancient Greece.
aitken
aitkin
aitkin
Proper noun
a city in Minnesota, USA
ajanta
ajoint
aketon
aketon
noun
(historical) A stuffed jacket worn under the mail, or (later) a jacket plated with mail.
akutan
alants
alants
noun
plural of alant
alaunt
alaunt
noun
A domesticated dog of an extinct breed related to the modern bulldog and mastiff, or modern breeds created in imitation of it.
alinit
almont
alnath
alston
alston
Proper noun
A market town in Cumbria, England.
A village in Devon, England.
A village in Lancashire, England.
A small town in Georgia, USA.
altern
altern
adj
(obsolete) Acting by turns; alternate.
altman
altona
altoun
amante
amenta
amenta
noun
plural of amentum
amenti
aments
aments
noun
plural of ament
amenty
amiant
aminta
amount
amount
noun
(nonstandard, sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set.
A quantity or volume.
The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English).
verb
(intransitive, followed by to) To be the same as or equivalent to.
(intransitive, followed by to) To total or evaluate.
(obsolete, intransitive) To go up; to ascend.
amston
amtman
amtmen
analyt
ananta
anatol
anatox
anatta
anatta
noun
(Buddhism) The idea that there is no separate self or soul; egolessness. One of the three marks of existence.
Archaic form of annatto.
anatto
anatto
noun
Alternative form of annatto (“dye”)
anatum
anchat
andert
aneath
anenst
anenst
prep
(UK, dialect, Scotland) About; concerning; anent.
(UK, dialect, Scotland) Over against.
anetic
anetic
adj
(medicine, obsolete, rare) Soothing; helping to relieve a malady.
anetta
anette
angsts
angsts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of angst
angust
angust
adj
(obsolete) Narrow; strait; contracted; not spacious.
anhalt
anicut
anicut
noun
(India) A dam built in a stream for maintaining and regulating irrigation.
anight
anight
adv
(obsolete) In the night-time, at night.
anitos
anitos
noun
plural of anito
anitra
anklet
anklet
noun
A piece of jewelry/jewellery, resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle.
An ankle sock.
anlaut
anlaut
noun
(linguistics) The first sound of a word (word-initial position) or syllable (syllable-initial position).
annats
annats
noun
plural of annat
annect
annist
annite
annite
noun
(mineralogy) A phyllosilicate mineral related to biotite.
anoint
anoint
verb
(transitive) To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration.
(transitive) To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil.
(transitive, figuratively) To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor.
(transitive, historical) To mark somebody as an official ruler, especially a king or queen, as a part of a religious ceremony.
anorth
anotia
anotia
noun
(teratology) A rare congenital deformity where the pinna or auricle, the outer projected portion of the ear, is completely absent.
anotta
anotta
noun
annatto, a dye
anotto
anotus
ansate
ansate
adj
That has a handle or a part that resembles a handle.
ansted
anstus
antaea
antara
antdom
antdom
noun
The realm or world of ants; ants collectively.
The state or essence of an ant.
anteal
anteal
adj
Located before, or in front.
antebi
anteed
anteed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ante
anteri
anteva
anthas
anthea
anthea
Proper noun
The epithet of the Greek goddess Hera
anthem
anthem
noun
(archaic) Antiphon.
(informal) A very popular song or track.
A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.
A hymn of praise or loyalty.
verb
(transitive, poetic) To celebrate with anthems.
anther
anther
noun
(botany) The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower.
anthia
anthia
noun
Any fish of the subfamily Anthiinae in the family Serranidae of basses, basslets, and groupers.
anthol
anthon
anthos
anthus
antiae
antiae
noun
(zoology) The two projecting feathered angles of the forehead of some birds; the frontal points.
antiar
antiar
noun
A poison obtained from the upas tree.
The upas tree itself.
antica
antick
antick
noun
Obsolete form of antic.
antics
antics
noun
plural of antic
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of antic
antido
antigo
anting
anting
noun
(ornithology) The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites.
antisi
antjar
antler
antler
noun
A branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs. They are grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.)
antlia
antlia
noun
(zoology) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects.
antlid
antone
antoni
antons
antony
antral
antral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an antrum
antres
antres
noun
plural of antre
antrim
antrim
Proper noun
A county in the north-east of Northern Ireland, also known as County Antrim.
A town in Northern Ireland that is the administrative centre of County Antrim.
antrin
antrin
adj
(Scotland) Strange, rare, unusual.
antrum
antrum
noun
(biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses.
antung
anukit
apatan
aptian
aptian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Early (Lower) Cretaceous epoch.
arbtrn
arcnet
arctan
arctan
noun
Abbreviation of arctangent.
ardent
ardent
adj
(literary) Providing light or heat.
Full of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm.
arendt
argent
argent
adj
(heraldry): of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
Of silver or silver-coloured.
noun
(archaic) The metal silver.
(heraldry) The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms.
(obsolete, poetic) Whiteness; anything that is white.
ariton
arnaut
arnaut
Noun
An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, especially an Albanian serving in the Turkish army.
arnett
aroint
aroint
verb
(archaic) to dispel, to drive away
aroynt
aroynt
verb
Alternative form of aroint
arpent
arpent
noun
A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures.
A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures.
arrant
arrant
adj
(by extension, dated) Very bad; despicable.
(chiefly with a negative connotation, dated) Complete; downright; utter.
Obsolete form of errant (“roving around; wandering”).
arrent
artina
arunta
arunta
Proper noun
An aboriginal language of Australia
asante
ascent
ascent
noun
(typography) The ascender height in a typeface.
An eminence, hill, or high place.
An increase, for example in popularity or hierarchy
The act of ascending; a motion upwards.
The degree of elevation of an object, or the angle it makes with a horizontal line; inclination; gradient; steepness