(dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
(geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
(obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
abrastol
abrosias
absaroka
absaroka
Proper noun
A Siouan people from between the Platte and the Yellowstone Rivers; the Crow.
Noun
A member of this people.
absolver
absolver
noun
Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves.
absorbed
absorbed
adj
Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed.
Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absorb
absorber
absorber
noun
(nuclear physics) A material that absorbs neutrons in a reactor.
A device which causes gas or vapor to be absorbed by a liquid.
A person who absorbs.
Something that absorbs.
acarpous
acarpous
adj
(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
accensor
accensor
noun
(Roman Catholicism) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
accessor
accessor
noun
(object-oriented programming) A function that retrieves a value, usually without changing any data.
Someone or something that accesses.
acerolas
acerolas
noun
plural of acerola
acervose
achroous
achroous
adj
Colorless; achromatic.
acroasis
acroasis
noun
An oral discourse.
acrobats
acrobats
noun
plural of acrobat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acrobat
acrocyst
acrocyst
noun
A chitinous cyst of the gonophore at the top of the gonotheca in some hydroids
acrogens
acrogens
noun
plural of acrogen
acronyms
acronyms
noun
plural of acronym
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acronym
acrosarc
acrosome
acrosome
noun
A structure forming the end of the head of a spermatozoon
acrostic
acrostic
adj
Of or pertaining to acrostics.
noun
A kind of word puzzle, the solution of which forms an anagram of a quotation, and their initials often form the name of its author.
A poem in Hebrew in which successive lines or verses start with consecutive letters of the alphabet.
A poem or other text in which certain letters, often the first in each line, spell out a name or message.
acrotism
acrotism
noun
(medicine) A lack or defect of the pulse.
actorish
actorish
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an actor or theatrical acting; like an actor.
acuerdos
adaptors
adaptors
noun
plural of adaptor
addorsed
addorsed
adj
(heraldry, of animals or wings) Set back to back, facing away from each other.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of addorse
adjourns
adjourns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjourn
adjurors
adjurors
noun
plural of adjuror
adjustor
adjustor
noun
Alternative form of adjuster
adopters
adopters
noun
plural of adopter
adoretus
adorners
adorners
noun
plural of adorner
adrastos
adrostal
adsessor
adsorbed
adsorbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adsorb
advisors
advisors
noun
plural of advisor
advisory
advisory
adj
Able to give advice.
Containing advice; advising.
aerators
aerators
noun
plural of aerator
aerobics
aerobics
noun
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.
aerocyst
aerocyst
noun
An air vesicle.
aerogels
aerogels
noun
plural of aerogel
aeroides
aerosats
aerosols
aerosols
noun
plural of aerosol
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aerosol
aerostat
aerostat
noun
A moored balloon flown in a semi-permanent manner, such as a border patrol monitoring balloon affixed at 18,000 feet (~6 km).
An aircraft, such as a dirigible or balloon, that derives its lift from buoyancy rather than from wings or rotors.
aetosaur
aetosaur
noun
(paleontology) Any of an extinct group of heavily armoured herbivorous archosaurian reptiles, of the order Aetosauria
afforest
afforest
verb
(transitive) To make into forest
affronts
affronts
noun
plural of affront
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affront
agaroses
agaroses
noun
plural of agarose
aggerose
aggerose
adj
In heaps; full of heaps.
aglauros
agoraeus
agraulos
agriotes
agrostis
agrostis
noun
Any grass of the genus Agrostis, bentgrass.
ailerons
ailerons
noun
plural of aileron
airboats
airboats
noun
plural of airboat
airdrops
airdrops
noun
plural of airdrop
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airdrop
airflows
airflows
noun
plural of airflow
airfoils
airfoils
noun
plural of airfoil
airglows
airglows
noun
plural of airglow
airlocks
airlocks
noun
plural of airlock
airports
airports
noun
plural of airport
airposts
aisteoir
ajourise
akepiros
akepiros
noun
plural of akepiro
akroasis
alastors
alastors
noun
plural of alastor
albatros
albatros
noun
Obsolete form of albatross.
alderson
alderson
Proper noun
A town in Oklahoma.
A town in West Virginia.
aleurons
aleurons
noun
plural of aleuron
alforjas
alforjas
noun
plural of alforja
alfresco
alfresco
adj
Outdoors, open to the atmosphere.
adv
(art) Onto fresh plaster that is still moist.
Outdoors; in fresh air.
algorism
algorism
noun
Obsolete spelling of algorithm (all senses)
algorist
algorist
noun
One who develops algorithms.
One who uses arabic numerals to represent numbers and to perform calculations, as opposed to one who uses Roman numerals to represent numbers and an abacus to perform calculations.
The aspect of a biological organism that follows a systematic process to interpret perceptual data.
alienors
alienors
noun
plural of alienor
allegros
allegros
noun
plural of allegro
allobars
allobars
noun
plural of allobar
allosaur
allosaur
noun
Any of several huge carnivorous dinosaurs, of the superfamily Allosauroidea, from the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous periods
allovers
allusory
allusory
adj
allusive; making allusion
almoners
almoners
noun
plural of almoner
alphorns
alphorns
noun
plural of alphorn
alsworth
althorns
althorns
noun
plural of althorn
alverson
amargosa
amargoso
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
amberson
ambroids
ambroise
ambrosia
ambrosia
noun
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The anointing-oil of the gods.
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The food of the gods, thought to confer immortality.
A dessert made of shredded coconuts and tropical fruits such as pineapples and oranges; some recipes also include ingredients such as marshmallow and cream.
A mixture of nectar and pollen prepared by worker bees and fed to larvae.
An annual herb historically used medicinally and in cooking, Dysphania botrys.
Any food with an especially delicious flavour or fragrance.
Any fungus of a number of species that insects such as ambrosia beetles carry as symbionts, "farming" them on poor-quality food such as wood, where they grow, providing food for the insect.
Anything delightfully sweet and pleasing.
ambrosin
ambrosin
noun
(numismatics) An early coin struck by the dukes of Milan, and bearing the effigy of St. Ambrose on its horseback.
(organic chemistry) The sesquiterpene lactone (3aS,6S,6aR,9aR,9bR)-6,9a-dimethyl-3-methylidene-3a,4,5,6,6a,9b-hexahydroazuleno[8,7-b]furan-2,9-dione present in Ambrosia maritima
ambrosio
ametrous
amfortas
amorists
amorists
noun
plural of amorist
amorphus
amorphus
noun
(pathology) A malformed foetus
(physics) Any amorphous material
amortise
amortise
verb
(British spelling) Alternative form of amortize
amourist
amourist
noun
Alternative form of amorist
amphoras
amurcous
amurcous
adj
(archaic) Smelly; stinky.
ancestor
ancestor
noun
(figuratively) One who had the same role or function in former times.
(law) One from whom an estate has descended;—the correlative of heir.
(linguistics) A word or phrase which serves as the origin of a term in another language.
An earlier type; a progenitor
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather.
verb
(transitive) To be an ancestor of.
anderson
anderson
Proper noun
Any of a number of places in the English-speaking world named after persons with the surname:
a city in Indiana, USA
a city in South Carolina, USA
andirons
andirons
noun
plural of andiron
androids
androids
noun
plural of android
androsin
aneroids
aneroids
noun
plural of aneroid
angstrom
angstrom
noun
(physics) A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
annoyers
annoyers
noun
plural of annoyer
anorchus
anourous
anourous
adj
Alternative form of anurous
anserous
anserous
adj
resembling a goose
silly
antrorse
antrorse
adj
(biology) Curved or pointed forward or upward.
aoristic
aoristic
adj
(grammar) Of, or relating to the aorist aspect.
aortitis
aortitis
noun
(pathology) Inflammation of the aorta.
aparejos
aparejos
noun
plural of aparejo
apastron
apastron
noun
(astronomy) The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
aphorise
aphorise
verb
(intransitive) To use aphorisms.
(transitive) To create an aphorism from.
aphorism
aphorism
noun
A concise, terse, laconic, or memorable expression of a general truth or principle.
verb
To speak or write aphorisms.
aphorist
aphorist
noun
A person who creates or recites aphorisms.
apikores
apikoros
apikoros
noun
A Jewish skeptic or apostate.
apocarps
apokreos
apospory
apospory
noun
(biology) The ability of a plant's sporophytes to form a plant that looks like a gametophyte but has the ploidy level of the sporophyte.
apposers
apposers
noun
plural of apposer
approves
approves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of approve
apricots
apricots
noun
plural of apricot
apterous
apterous
adj
(biology) Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole.
(zoology) Destitute of wings; wingless.
apurpose
apurpose
adv
(dialect) on purpose; deliberately
araceous
araceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to a family of plants, Araceae, of which the genus Arum is the type.
araneose
araneose
adj
Resembling a spider's web; arachnoid.
araneous
araneous
adj
Extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb.
arangoes
arangoes
noun
plural of arango
arapahos
ararobas
arbinose
arborise
arborise
verb
(intransitive) To develop a tree-like appearance.
(transitive) To cause (something) to develop a tree-like appearance.
(transitive) To penetrate or fill (an area) with a tree-like structure.
arborist
arborist
noun
A person in the practice of arboriculture; a tree surgeon