(archaic) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements; abaciscus.
abacuses
abacuses
noun
plural of abacus
abducens
abducens
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of abducens nerve.
abscound
academus
acanthus
acanthus
noun
(architecture) An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of Acanthus spinosus, used in the capitals of the Corinthian and composite orders.
A member of the genus Acanthus of herbaceous prickly plants with toothed leaves, (family Acanthaceae, order Lamiales (formerly Scrophulariales)) found in the south of Europe, Asia Minor, and India.
acarpous
acarpous
adj
(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
acaulose
acaulose
adj
acaulous
acaulous
acaulous
adj
(botany) acaulescent
accentus
accismus
accismus
noun
(rhetoric) The feigning of disinterest in something while actually desiring it.
accounts
accounts
noun
plural of account
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of account
accruals
accruals
noun
plural of accrual
accursed
accursed
adj
(archaic, theology) Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized.
(prenominal) Hateful; detestable, loathsome.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accurse
accusals
accusals
noun
plural of accusal
accusant
accusant
noun
(obsolete) An accuser.
accusers
accusers
noun
plural of accuser
accusing
accusing
adj
Accusatory.
noun
Accusation.
verb
present participle of accuse
accusive
accusive
adj
accusative; accusing
accustom
accustom
noun
(obsolete) Custom.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be wont.
(intransitive, obsolete) To cohabit.
(transitive, often passive or reflexive) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure. [+ to (object)]
acequias
acequias
noun
plural of acequia
acheirus
achelous
achelous
Proper noun
a river in western Greece
Deity of water; later, patron deity of the Achelous River.
achesoun
achilous
achilous
adj
(botany, anatomy) without a lip.
acholous
acholous
adj
(medicine) Lacking bile.
achroous
achroous
adj
Colorless; achromatic.
achylous
achylous
adj
(physiology) Without chyle
achymous
achymous
adj
(physiology) Without chyme.
aciculas
acoelous
acoelous
adj
(zoology) Without a coelom.
acolytus
acontius
acousmas
acoustic
acoustic
adj
(architecture) (of building materials) Used for soundproofing or modifying sound.
(music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification or the need thereof.
(of a device or system) Utilizing sound energy in its operation.
(weaponry) (of an explosive mine or other weapon) Able to be set off by sound waves.
noun
(medicine) A medicine or other agent to assist hearing.
(usually in the plural) The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.
Clipping of acoustic guitar.
acquests
acquests
noun
plural of acquest
acquires
acquires
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acquire
acrisius
actuates
actuates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of actuate
acuerdos
acuities
acuities
noun
plural of acuity
acupress
acupress
verb
(transitive) To apply acupressure to.
acushnet
adducers
adducers
noun
plural of adducer
adjuncts
adjuncts
noun
plural of adjunct
aduncous
aduncous
adj
curved inwards; hooked
aesculin
aesculin
noun
Alternative form of esculin
aesculus
affectus
agaricus
alcinous
alopecus
amaracus
amaracus
noun
(obsolete) Marjoram.
americus
americus
Proper noun
a city in Georgia, USA
a CDP in Indiana, USA.
a small city in Kansas, USA.
an unincorporated community in Missouri, USA.
amurcous
amurcous
adj
(archaic) Smelly; stinky.
anacusia
anacusic
anacusic
adj
(medicine) Totally deaf.
anacusis
anacusis
noun
(medicine) Total deafness.
anchusas
anchusas
noun
plural of anchusa
anchusin
anchusin
noun
(organic chemistry) A resinoid colouring matter obtained from alkanet root.
anconeus
anconeus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
anicetus
anicetus
Proper noun
One of the twin sons of Heracles and Hebe, his twin brother is Alexiares. Along with their father, Anicetus and Alexiares are the guardians and gatekeepers of the gates of Mount Olympus.
anorchus
anticous
anticous
adj
(botany) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.
apiculus
apiculus
Noun
The part of a spore which attaches to the sterigmata at the end of a basidium.
aptychus
aptychus
noun
(paleontology) A hard calcareous plate forming part of the body of an ammonite.
aquatics
aquatics
noun
Sports involving water.
plural of aquatic
araceous
araceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to a family of plants, Araceae, of which the genus Arum is the type.
arbuscle
arbuscle
noun
(botany) A plant midway in height between a shrub and a tree; a dwarf tree.
(mycology) A branched hypha in some fungi.
(mycology) The site at which a symbiotic fungus attaches to the roots of a plant and exchanges nutrients, etc., with it.
(zoology) A clump of feather-like cilia (hairlike structures).
arcanums
arcesius
archaeus
archaeus
noun
Alternative form of archeus
arcturus
arcturus
Proper noun
A bright yellow-orange star in the constellation Boötes; Alpha (α) Boötis. It is the fourth brightest star in the night sky.
aruspice
aruspice
noun
Alternative form of haruspex
aruspicy
aruspicy
noun
Alternative form of haruspicy
ascanius
ascanius
Proper noun
the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas
ascellus
ascidium
ascidium
noun
(botany) A pitcher-shaped or flask-shaped organ or appendage of a plant.
(zoology) One of the former genus Ascidium of simple ascidians, which included most of the known species; sometimes used as a name for the family Ascidiidae or for all the Tunicata, or Ascidiacea.
ascupart
ascutney
assecure
assecure
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To make safe or sure; to assure.
astucity
astucity
noun
Craftiness; astuteness.
asuncion
ateuchus
auctions
auctions
noun
plural of auction
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of auction
aulicism
auricles
auricles
noun
plural of auricle
aurrescu
aurrescu
noun
Alternative form of aurresku
auspices
auspices
noun
Protection or patronage.
plural of auspice
autecism
autistic
autistic
adj
(Internet slang, 4chan, offensive or self-deprecatory) Characterized by abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism.
(now derogatory, offensive, slang, and medically obsolete) Socially inept, self-absorbed, or stupid.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an autopsy
auxetics
auxetics
noun
plural of auxetic
avouches
avouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avouch
bacchius
bacchius
noun
(prosody) A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
bacillus
bacillus
noun
(figurative, by extension) Something which spreads like bacterial infection.
Any bacilliform (rod-shaped) bacterium.
Any of various rod-shaped, spore-forming aerobic bacteria in the genus Bacillus, some of which cause disease.
backhaus
backouts
backouts
noun
plural of backout
backrush
backrush
noun
A rushing backward; a retreat.
baculums
baluchis
banausic
banausic
adj
(formal) Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical.
(formal) Uncultured, unrefined, utilitarian.
barocius
bascules
bascules
noun
plural of bascule
bascunan
bicursal
bicursal
adj
(mathematics) Used to describe a curve composed of two moving points; e.g. a hyperbola.
Being composed of two continuous paths or lines.
bivouacs
bivouacs
noun
plural of bivouac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac
bluecaps
bluecaps
noun
plural of bluecap
boracous
branchus
brancusi
branscum
bucellas
buckrams
buckrams
noun
Alternative form of buckram ("ramson").
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buckram
bucksaws
bucksaws
noun
plural of bucksaw
buckstay
buckstay
noun
A vertical support for a furnace or boiler, to give it rigidity.
buckwash
budorcas
bullaces
bullaces
noun
plural of bullace
buscarle
bushwack
bushwack
verb
Alternative spelling of bushwhack
buybacks
buybacks
noun
plural of buyback
caanthus
cabassou
cabassou
noun
(obsolete) The southern naked-tailed armadillo, a type of large armadillo native to South America, with five toes and enormous claws (Cabassous unicinctus).
caciques
caciques
noun
plural of cacique
cactuses
cadmiums
cadmiums
noun
plural of cadmium
caduceus
caduceus
noun
A symbol (☤) representing a staff with two snakes wrapped around it, used to indicate merchants and messengers. It is also sometimes incorrectly substituted for the rod of Asclepius as a symbol of medicine.
The official wand carried by a herald in ancient Greece and Rome, specifically the one carried in mythology by Hermes, the messenger of the gods, usually represented with two snakes twined around it.
caducous
caducous
adj
(biology) Of a part of an organism, disappearing in the normal course of development.
(botany) Tending to fall early.
caesious
caesious
adj
Having a blue color very low in chroma.
caesiums
caesurae
caesurae
noun
plural of caesura
caesural
caesural
adj
Of or pertaining to a caesura.
caesuras
caesuric
caesuric
adj
Of or relating to a caesura.
cagefuls
cagefuls
noun
plural of cageful
cajaputs
cajeputs
cajuputs
calathus
calathus
noun
(historical) A vase-shaped basket made from reeds or twigs, used in Ancient Greece.
calciums
calciums
noun
plural of calcium
calculus
calculus
noun
(countable) A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm.
(countable, mathematics) Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules.
(countable, medicine) A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ.
(dated, countable) Calculation; computation.
(uncountable, dentistry) Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth.
(uncountable, often definite, the calculus) Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject; analysis.
calippus
calixtus
callipus
callosum
callosum
noun
(anatomy) corpus callosum
callused
callused
adj
Having calluses.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of callus
calluses
calluses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of callus