(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
abbotsun
abducens
abducens
noun
(anatomy) Ellipsis of abducens nerve.
abelmusk
abelmusk
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of abelmosk in its various senses.
abjurers
abjurers
noun
plural of abjurer
abluents
abluents
noun
plural of abluent
abomasum
abomasum
noun
(biology, food) The fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;
the lining of said compartment, considered as a foodstuff.
abomasus
abomasus
noun
Alternative form of abomasum
aboulias
aboulias
noun
plural of aboulia
abscound
absolute
absolute
adj
(archaic) Certain; free from doubt or uncertainty (e.g. a person, opinion or prediction).
(art, music, dance) Independent of (references to) other arts; expressing things (beauty, ideas, etc) only in one art.
(education) Pertaining to a grading system based on the knowledge of the individual and not on the comparative knowledge of the group of students.
(especially philosophy) Fundamental, ultimate, intrinsic; not relative; independent of references or relations to other things or standards.
(law, postpositive, formal) Indicating that a tenure or estate in land is not conditional or liable to terminate on (strictly) any occurrence or (sometimes contextually) certain kinds of occurrence.
(mathematics) As measured using an absolute value.
(mathematics) Indicating an expression that is true for all real numbers, or of all values of the variable; unconditional.
(obsolete) Absolved; free.
(of Celtic languages) Being or pertaining to an inflected verb that is not preceded by any number of particles or compounded with a preverb.
(of a case form) Syntactically connected to the rest of the sentence in an atypical manner, or not relating to or depending on it, like in the nominative absolute or genitive absolute, accusative absolute or ablative absolute.
(of a comparative or superlative) Expressing a relative term without a definite comparison, like "older" in "an older person should be treated with respect".
(of a usually transitive verb) Having no direct object, like "kill" in "if looks could kill".
(of an adjective form) Positive; not graded (not comparative or superlative).
(of an adjective or possessive pronoun) Lacking a modified substantive, like "hungry" in "feed the hungry".
(physics) Independent of arbitrary units of measurement, standards, or properties; not comparative or relative.
(very occasionally postpositive) Positive, certain; unquestionable; not in doubt.
Characteristic of an absolutist ruler: domineering, peremptory.
Complete, utter, outright; unmitigated, not qualified or diminished in any way.
Free from imperfection, perfect, complete; especially, perfectly embodying a quality in its essential characteristics or to its highest degree.
Free of restrictions, limitations, qualifications or conditions; unconditional.
Having reference to or derived in the simplest manner from the fundamental units of mass, time, and length.
Pure, free from mixture or adulteration; unmixed.
Relating to the absolute temperature scale (based on absolute zero); kelvin.
Unrestricted by laws, a constitution, or parliamentary or judicial or other checks; (legally) unlimited in power, especially if despotic.
noun
(chemistry) A concentrated natural flower oil, used for perfumes; an alcoholic extract of a concrete.
(geometry) In a plane, the two imaginary circular points at infinity; in space of three dimensions, the imaginary circle at infinity.
(philosophy, usually capitalized, usually preceded by "the") A realm which exists without reference to anything else; that which can be imagined purely by itself; absolute ego.
(philosophy, usually capitalized, usually preceded by "the") The whole of reality; the totality to which everything is reduced; the unity of spirit and nature; God.
That which exists (or has a certain property, nature, size, etc) independent of references to other standards or external conditions; that which is universally valid; that which is not relative, conditional, qualified or mitigated.
absonous
absonous
adj
(obsolete) Discordant; inharmonious; incongruous.
abstrude
abstrude
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To thrust away.
abstruse
abstruse
adj
(obsolete) Concealed or hidden; secret.
Difficult to comprehend or understand; obscure.
absurder
absurder
adj
comparative form of absurd: more absurd
absurdly
absurdly
adv
In an absurd fashion.
The critics were absurdly extravagant with their praise.
To an extreme degree.
absurdum
absurdum
noun
An illogical conclusion or state.
absyrtus
abusable
abusable
adj
Capable of being abused.
abusedly
abusedly
adv
In an abused manner.
abuseful
abuseful
adj
(rare) Full of abuse; abusive.
abusious
abusious
adj
Alternative form of abusive
abuttals
abuttals
noun
The boundaries of lands with respect to adjacent lands; buttals.
plural of abuttal
abutters
abutters
noun
plural of abutter
airbrush
airbrush
noun
A miniature, handheld paint sprayer, powered by compressed air or other gas, used for delicate, artistic painting, or sometimes retouching of photographs.
verb
To paint using an airbrush.
To touch up or enhance a photograph or person, often with intent to mislead.
airburst
airburst
noun
The explosion of a bomb (or similar weapon) or large meteorite in the air rather than on the ground.
verb
To explode in this manner.
airbuses
airbuses
noun
plural of airbus
albumens
albumens
noun
plural of albumen
albumins
albumins
noun
plural of albumin
albumose
albumose
noun
Any of a class of polypeptides formed by digestion of protein; proteose
alburtis
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
ambushed
ambushed
adj
(figurative) Having been subjected to a shock for which one is unprepared.
Having been the target of an ambush.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ambush
ambusher
ambusher
noun
One who ambushes.
ambushes
ambushes
noun
plural of ambush
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ambush
amesbury
amesbury
Proper noun
a town in southern Wiltshire, England.
amoebous
amoebous
adj
Alternative spelling of amebous
amusable
amusable
adj
Capable of being amused.
antabuse
antabuse
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Antabuse
arborous
arborous
adj
Formed by trees; filled or covered with trees.
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).
arbustum
arbutase
armbrust
arquebus
arquebus
noun
Alternative form of harquebus (“an obsolete matchlock firearm”).
verb
(transitive, rare) To shoot with an arquebus.
asbestus
asbestus
noun
Dated form of asbestos.
ashbaugh
aslumber
aslumber
adj
(poetic) Asleep.
auberges
auberges
noun
plural of auberge
aubusson
audibles
audibles
noun
plural of audible
augsburg
augsburg
Proper noun
A city in southern Germany.
aumbries
aumbries
noun
plural of aumbrie
babassus
babassus
noun
plural of babassu
babirusa
babirusa
noun
Any of several mammals in the genus Babyrousa in the pig family Suidae, in which the upper tusk grows upward.
babushka
babushka
noun
(By association) A stereotypical, Eastern European peasant grandmother-type figure.
A traditional floral headscarf worn by an Eastern European woman, tied under the chin.
An old woman, especially one of Eastern European descent.
Russian doll, matryoshka
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
baetulus
baetulus
noun
A meteorite or similar stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshipped as of divine origin.
baetylus
baetylus
noun
Alternative form of baetyl (“sacred stone”)
baghouse
baghouse
noun
A fabric filter; an air pollution control device that removes particulates out of air or gas released from commercial processes or combustion for electricity generation.
bahadurs
bahadurs
noun
plural of bahadur
bailouts
bailouts
noun
plural of bailout
balausta
balisaur
balisaur
noun
A badger-like animal of India, Arctonyx collaris, the sand bear.
ballutes
ballutes
noun
plural of ballute
balsamum
baltheus
baluchis
balushai
balushai
noun
Alternative form of balushahi
baluster
baluster
noun
(architecture) A short column used in a group to support a rail, as commonly found on the side of a stairway; a banister. [from 17th c.]
banausic
banausic
adj
(formal) Of or pertaining to technical matters; mechanical.
(formal) Uncultured, unrefined, utilitarian.
bandeaus
bandusia
bannimus
bannimus
noun
A form of expulsion of any individual from the University of Oxford, by putting the proctorial edict up in some public place, as a denunciation or promulgation of it. It also served to prevent the individual from claiming the cause of expulsion.
banquets
banquets
noun
plural of banquet
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of banquet
barbudos
barbules
barbules
noun
plural of barbule
barbusse
barguest
barocius
baroques
baroques
noun
plural of baroque
barquest
bascules
bascules
noun
plural of bascule
bascunan
baseplug
basidium
basidium
noun
(mycology) A small structure, shaped like a club, found in the Basidiomycota division of fungi, that bears four spores at the tips of small projections. [from 19th c.]
basileus
basileus
noun
A title of the Byzantine emperor.
basilius
basinful
basinful
noun
As much as a basin will hold.
basquine
basquine
noun
A sort of basque petticoat.
basurale
bathtubs
bathtubs
noun
plural of bathtub
bathurst
bathurst
Proper noun
a regional city in New South Wales, Australia.
batteuse
battutas
battutos
baudrons
baudrons
noun
(Britain, dated) cat
bautista
bauxites
bauxites
noun
plural of bauxite
bearbush
bearhugs
bearhugs
noun
plural of bearhug
beaupers
beauship
beauship
noun
(dated, humorous) The state of being a beau; the personality of a beau.
beausire
beauties
beauties
noun
plural of beauty
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beauty
beauvais
bebeerus
bebeerus
noun
plural of bebeeru
beclouds
beclouds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud
becrusts
becursed
becursed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becurse
becurses
becurses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becurse
bedouins
bedouins
noun
plural of bedouin
bedunces
bedunces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bedunce
beehouse
beehouse
noun
A beehive or apiary.
beguiles
beguiles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beguile
beguines
beguines
noun
plural of beguine
behistun
bejesuit
bejesuit
verb
(rare, transitive) To subject (someone) to Jesuits or Jesuit belief.
bemusing
bemusing
verb
present participle of bemuse
bequests
bequests
noun
plural of bequest
berceuse
berceuse
noun
A lullaby.
bermudas
bescours
bescurvy
beshouts
beshouts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beshout
beshroud
beshroud
verb
(transitive) To cover with or as with a shroud.
(transitive, figuratively) To hide in darkness, as with a cloak.
besmouch
besmudge
besmudge
verb
To smudge.
besmutch
besmutch
Verb
To besmirch.
besought
besought
verb
simple past tense and past participle of beseech
simple past tense and past participle of beseek
bespouse
bespouse
verb
(transitive) To marry
besquirt
bethumps
bethumps
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bethump
bettinus
betusked
beziques
beziques
noun
plural of bezique
bibulous
bibulous
adj
Given to or marked by the consumption of alcoholic drink.
Very absorbent.
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.
bicuspid
bicuspid
adj
Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc.
noun
A tooth with two cusps; a premolar tooth.
biferous
biferous
adj
(botany) Bearing flowers or fruit twice each year
biforous
biforous
adj
biforate
bigamous
bigamous
adj
(of a marriage) involving bigamy
(of a spouse) guilty of bigamy
bijugous
bijugous
adj
(botany, archaic) bijugate
billbugs
billbugs
noun
plural of billbug
bimanous
bimanous
adj
(biology) Having two hands (rather than any other distal part of a forelimb).
binodous
biparous
biparous
adj
producing two offspring from one pregnancy; twinning