(rare) One who kills many people; a murderer who surpasses the profile of a normal serial killer.
archmystagogue
archplunderer
archrogue
archrogue
noun
An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.
The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.
archruler
archscoundrel
archseducer
archsynagogue
archtreasurer
archtreasurer
noun
A chief treasurer.
archtreasurership
archtreasurership
noun
The state or business of an archtreasurer.
archurger
arctocephalus
argyrocephalous
aristolochiaceous
aristolochiaceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the family Aristolochiaceae of tropical vines.
armuchee
arthrobacterium
aschaffenburg
atelocephalous
ateuchi
ateuchus
athericerous
attouchement
auberbach
auchenia
auchenium
auchenium
noun
(zoology) The posterior portion of the neck in birds.
auchinleck
auchlet
auerbach
aurichalcite
aurichalcite
noun
(mineralogy) A basic carbonate mineral of copper and zinc.
aurichloride
aurichloride
noun
(inorganic chemistry) Tetrachloroaurate
aurochloride
aurochloride
noun
(inorganic chemistry, countable) Any salt containing this anion.
(inorganic chemistry, uncountable) The complex anion, AuCl₄⁻, produced when gold is dissolved in aqua regia.
aurochses
ausgleich
ausgleiche
australopithecinae
australopithecine
australopithecine
adj
(anthropology, paleontology) Of or pertaining to these hominids.
noun
(anthropology, paleontology) Any of several extinct hominids, belonging to the genera Australopithecus, Paranthropus when seen as distinct, and sometimes other closely related genera.
australopithecus
autarchies
autarchies
noun
plural of autarchy
autechoscope
authentic
authentic
adj
(music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
(obsolete) Authoritative.
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
authentical
authentical
adj
(archaic) Authentic.
authentically
authentically
adv
In an authentic manner; with the requisite or genuine authority.
authenticalness
authenticalness
noun
The quality of being authentic; authenticity.
authenticatable
authenticatable
adj
Capable of being authenticated.
authenticate
authenticate
adj
Synonym of authentic.
verb
(transitive) To prove authentic; to determine as real and true.
(transitive) To render authentic; to give authority to, by the proof, attestation, or formalities required by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit.
authenticated
authenticated
verb
past participle of authenticate
authenticates
authenticates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of authenticate
authenticating
authenticating
verb
present participle of authenticate
authentication
authentication
noun
(computing) proof of the identity of a user logging on to some network
a hallmark or assay-mark on a piece of metalwork
something which validates or confirms the authenticity of something
authentications
authentications
noun
plural of authentication
authenticator
authenticator
noun
(film, television) A person employed to check the accuracy and realism of a script.
A feature that shows something to be authentic.
One who authenticates.
authenticators
authenticators
noun
plural of authenticator
authenticities
authenticities
noun
plural of authenticity
authenticity
authenticity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being authentic (of established authority).
The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed.
authenticly
authenticly
adv
Dated spelling of authentically.
authenticness
authenticness
Noun
The quality of being authentic; authenticity.
authigenetic
authigenetic
adj
Synonym of authigenic
authigenic
authigenic
adj
(geology) Generated where it is found or observed.
autocatheterism
autocatheterism
noun
(medicine) The operation of introducing a catheter into one's own body.
autocephalia
autocephalia
noun
Alternative form of autocephaly
autocephalic
autocephalic
adj
Autocephalous.
autocephality
autocephality
noun
(Christianity) The right of autonomy for a church; specifically, the right to resolve all internal problems on its own authority and to appoint its own bishops, including the head of the church, without any obligatory expression of dependence on another church.
autocephalous
autocephalous
adj
(Christianity, of a bishop) Presiding over an autocephalous church.
(Christianity, of a church) Fully independent of the authority of any other church.
(comparable) Independent; self-directed.
autocephaly
autocephaly
noun
(Christianity) The condition where a church's leaders have severed ties to a larger body and thus no longer report to a higher authority.
autochanger
autochanger
noun
(computing) An automatic tape loader, for switching automatically between several computer backup tapes.
A device for playing multiple music media of a certain kind (gramophone records, compact discs, etc.) in a predetermined sequence without user intervention.
autochemical
autocholecystectomy
autochrome
autochrome
noun
An early photograph produced by means of a glass plate coated on one side with a random mosaic of microscopic dyed grains of potato starch under silver halide emulsion.
autochthones
autochthones
noun
plural of autochthon
autochthonousness
autochthonousness
noun
The quality of being autochthonous.
autocoherer
autocoherer
noun
(historical, wireless telegraphy) A self-restoring coherer, such as a microphonic detector.
autoecholalia
autoecholalia
noun
A form of echolalia in which a person repeats his own words
autohemic
autohemolytic
automechanical
automechanism
autonephrectomy
autophonoscope
autophonoscope
noun
(historical) An instrument for studying the human voice, having a lamp, a mirror, and a tube that is introduced into a person's mouth. The inner workings of the mouth can then be viewed while speaking etc.
autophotoelectric
autophthalmoscope
autoschediasm
autoschediasm
noun
Anything done with little forethought or preparation.
autoschediastic
autoschediastic
adj
(dated) impromptu, improvised, ex tempore or offhand
autoschediastical
autoschediastical
adj
autoschediastic
autoschediastically
autoschediastically
adv
In an autoschediastic manner.
autoschediaze
autoschediaze
verb
To act in an autoschediastic manner
autostethoscope
autotherapeutic
autotherapeutic
adj
therapeutic to the self; of or relating to autotherapy
auxochrome
auxochrome
noun
(obsolete, chemistry) any atom or group which, when added to a chromophore, causes a bathochromic shift in its spectrum
avicularimorphae
avouchable
avouchable
adj
Capable of being avouched.
avouched
avouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avouch
avoucher
avoucher
noun
One who avouches.
avouchers
avouchers
noun
plural of avoucher
avouches
avouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avouch
avouchment
avouchment
noun
A positive declaration.
The act of avouching.
avouchments
avouchments
noun
plural of avouchment
ayacahuite
azurmalachite
babouche
babouche
noun
A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.
bacchuslike
backhauled
backhauled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of backhaul
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
backhouses
backhouses
noun
plural of backhouse
backrushes
backrushes
noun
plural of backrush
bacteriophagous
bacteriophagous
adj
Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
bacteriotherapeutic
bacteriotherapeutic
adj
Relating to bacteriotherapy.
balanophoraceous
balanophoraceous
adj
(botany) Belonging to the Balanophoraceae.
balneotherapeutics
balneotherapeutics
noun
balneotherapy
baluchithere
baluchitheria
baluchitherium
barouche
barouche
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.
barouches
barouches
noun
plural of barouche
barouchet
barouchet
noun
Alternative spelling of barouchette
barouchette
barouchette
noun
A light barouche.
bathycurrent
batrachospermum
bauchle
bauchle
noun
(Scotland) A bungled or muddled situation; a mess.
(Scotland) A fool.
(Scotland, chiefly in the plural) An old shoe.
verb
(Scotland) To insult, to upbraid, to make a fool of someone.
(Scotland) To misuse, to bungle.
beauchamp
beauchamp
Proper noun
The name of several places in Northern France
of Norman origin
beaumarchais
bechauffeur
bechuana
bechuana
Noun
A member of the Tswana people.
bechuanaland
bechuanaland
Proper noun
A former name of what is now Botswana, used until 1966
bechuanas
becrush
becushioned
beduchess
bedunch
beechnut
beechnut
noun
The small, triangular, edible nut of the beech tree.
beechnuts
beechnuts
noun
plural of beechnut
begrutch
begrutch
verb
Obsolete form of begrudge.
beluchi
benchful
benchful
noun
As much as a bench will hold.
benzophloroglucinol
bergschrund
bergschrund
noun
Alternative form of bergshrund
bescutcheon
besmouch
besmutch
besmutch
Verb
To besmirch.
bewitchful
bewitchful
adj
Bewitching; alluring; fascinating; amazing.
bibliotherapeutic
bibliotherapeutic
adj
Relating to bibliotherapy.
bicephalous
bicephalous
adj
(zoology) Having two heads.
biddulphiaceae
birchrunville
bleachground
bleachhouse
blechnum
blepharoclonus
blepharoclonus
noun
(medicine) An increase in the frequency or duration of blinking.
blepharoconjunctivitis
blepharoconjunctivitis
noun
(medicine) The combination of conjunctivitis and blepharitis.
blepharoncus
blockhouse
blockhouse
noun
(dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story.
A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
blockhouses
blockhouses
noun
plural of blockhouse
blucher
blucher
noun
(historical) A form of horse-drawn carriage; a Blucher coach.