(uncommon, usually in the plural) Other members of the genus Abelmoschus, such as okra.
The edible and aromatic seed pods (properly, capsules) of the Abelmoschus moschatus.
The tropical evergreen shrub Abelmoschus moschatus itself.
abelmusk
abelmusk
noun
(obsolete) Alternative form of abelmosk in its various senses.
abessive
abessive
adj
(grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case used in some languages to indicate absence.
noun
(grammar) The abessive case, or a word in this case.
abettals
abettals
noun
plural of abettal
abetters
abetters
noun
plural of abetter
abettors
abettors
noun
plural of abettor
abhenrys
abhiseka
abhiseka
noun
Alternative spelling of abhisheka
abjurers
abjurers
noun
plural of abjurer
ableness
ableness
noun
(countable, rare) Something one is able to do.
(uncountable, now rare) Ability of body or mind.
ablepsia
ablepsia
noun
(medicine, rare) Lack of sight; blindness.
abluents
abluents
noun
plural of abluent
aborsive
aborsive
adj
(obsolete) abortive from the first.
aborters
aborters
noun
plural of aborter
abraders
abraders
noun
plural of abrader
abrasive
abrasive
adj
Being rough and coarse in manner or disposition; overly aggressive and causing irritation.
Producing abrasion; rough enough to wear away the outer surface.
noun
(geology) Rock fragments, sand grains, mineral particles, used by water, wind, and ice to abrade a land surface.
A hard inorganic substance or material consisting in powder or granule form such as sandpaper, pumice, or emery, used for cleaning, smoothing, or polishing.
abreacts
abreacts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abreact
abridges
abridges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abridge
abristle
abristle
adj
Bristling.
abscised
abscised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abscise
abscises
abscises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abscise
abscisse
absconce
absconce
noun
A dark lantern used in church to read prayers etc during a service.
abseiled
abseiled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abseil
absences
absences
noun
plural of absence
absented
absented
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absent
absentee
absentee
adj
(attributive) Pertaining to one that is absent.
noun
(chiefly Britain, historical) A landholder who lives in another district or country than the one in which his estate is situated.
A person who is absent from his or her employment, school, post, duty, etc.
A voter that is not present at the time of voting; absentee voter.
One that is nonexistent or lacking.
absenter
absenter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absent: more absent
noun
One who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.
absentia
absentia
noun
absence
absently
absently
adv
In an absent-minded or abstracted manner.
abshenry
absinthe
absinthe
noun
(US) Sagebrush.
(color) A moderate yellow green.
(figurative) Bitterness; sorrow.
A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs.
The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood.
absinthe green:
absolent
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.
absolved
absolved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absolve
absolver
absolver
noun
Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves.
absolves
absolves
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absolve
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.
absterge
absterge
verb
(transitive, archaic, now rare) To make clean by wiping; to wipe away.
absterse
absterse
verb
(transitive, now rare) To absterge; to cleanse; to purge away.
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
abusable
abusable
adj
Capable of being abused.
abusedly
abusedly
adv
In an abused manner.
abuseful
abuseful
adj
(rare) Full of abuse; abusive.
abutters
abutters
noun
plural of abutter
acerbest
acerbest
adj
superlative form of acerb: most acerb
adsorbed
adsorbed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adsorb
aerobics
aerobics
noun
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.
airbuses
airbuses
noun
plural of airbus
albanese
albedoes
albeston
albiness
albiness
noun
(archaic) A female albino.
albumens
albumens
noun
plural of albumen
albumose
albumose
noun
Any of a class of polypeptides formed by digestion of protein; proteose
alembics
alembics
noun
plural of alembic
algebras
algebras
noun
plural of algebra
ambaries
amberies
amberies
noun
plural of ambery
amberous
amberous
adj
amber-coloured
amberson
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
ambroise
ambsaces
ambsaces
noun
plural of ambsace
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.
anabases
anabases
noun
plural of anabasis
anabasse
anableps
anableps
noun
Any of the genus Anableps of "four-eyed" fishes (having eyes raised above the top of the head and divided into two parts) found in brackish waters in northern South America and Trinidad.
antabuse
antabuse
noun
Alternative letter-case form of Antabuse
arabesks
arabesks
noun
plural of arabesk
arabizes
arbalest
arbalest
noun
A crossbow.
A crossbowman.
arbelest
arbinose
arbiters
arbiters
noun
plural of arbiter
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.
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).
arbutase
arquebus
arquebus
noun
Alternative form of harquebus (“an obsolete matchlock firearm”).
verb
(transitive, rare) To shoot with an arquebus.
asamblea
asbestic
asbestic
adj
Relating to, or resembling, asbestos.
asbestos
asbestos
noun
(mineralogy) Any of asbestos-like forms of several minerals, asbestiforms
(mineralogy) Any of several fibrous mineral forms of magnesium silicate, used for fireproofing, electrical insulation, building materials, brake linings, chemical filters, suits, fireman's gloves, etc.
verb
(metaphoric) To insulate or buffer.
To coat or line with asbestos.
To expose to asbestos; to cause to suffer asbestosis.
asbestus
asbestus
noun
Dated form of asbestos.
asbolane
asbolane
noun
(mineralogy) A hexagonal mineral containing calcium, cobalt, hydrogen, manganese, nickel, and oxygen.
asboline
asbolite
ascribed
ascribed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ascribe
ascribes
ascribes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ascribe
ashberry
asheboro
aslumber
aslumber
adj
(poetic) Asleep.
assemble
assemble
verb
(computing) To translate from assembly language to machine code.
(transitive) To put together.
(transitive, intransitive) To gather as a group.
assembly
assembly
noun
(computing) Ellipsis of assembly language.
(computing, Microsoft .NET) A building block of an application, similar to a DLL, but containing both executable code and information normally found in a DLL's type library. The type library information in an assembly, called a manifest, describes public functions, data, classes, and version information.
(military) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
(politics) A legislative body.
A congregation of people in one place for a purpose.
A set of pieces that work together in unison as a mechanism or device.
The act of putting together a set of pieces, fragments, or elements.
auberges
auberges
noun
plural of auberge
audibles
audibles
noun
plural of audible
aumbries
aumbries
noun
plural of aumbrie
baalshem
babblers
babblers
noun
plural of babbler
babelise
babelish
babelish
Adjective
Chaotically confused, like Babel.
Proper noun
Chaotically confused language; babble.
babelism
babeship
babeship
noun
(archaic) Infancy; babyhood.
(archaic, with "my", "his", "her", or (plural) "their" or "our") A baby.
babesias
babesias
noun
plural of babesia
babiches
babiches
noun
plural of babiche
babished
babished
verb
simple past tense and past participle of babish
backhoes
backhoes
noun
plural of backhoe
backless
backless
adj
(of a person) having an uncovered back, having a back that shows skin
having no back, said of things that typically have backs, such as chairs or dresses
backrest
backrest
noun
A guide attached to the slide rest of a lathe, and placed in contact with the work to steady it in turning.
The back piece of a chair, used to support the sitter's back.
backseat
backseat
noun
Alternative spelling of back seat
backsets
backsets
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backset
backside
backside
adj
(board sports) Approaching an obstacle backward
noun
(euphemistic) A person's buttocks.
(figuratively) The reverse or opposite of anything.
(obsolete) The back side of a page: a verso.
The back side of an estate: the backyard and outbuildings behind a main house, especially (UK dialect, euphemistic) an outhouse.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see back, side.
backsite
backster
backster
noun
(obsolete) A baker.
badassed
badassed
adj
Synonym of badass
badasses
badasses
noun
plural of badass
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”)
bafflers
bafflers
noun
plural of baffler
bagasses
bagasses
noun
plural of bagass
plural of bagasse
baggages
baggages
noun
plural of baggage
baggiest
baggiest
adj
superlative form of baggy: most baggy
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.
bagpipes
bagpipes
noun
A musical wind instrument of Celtic origin, possessing a flexible bag inflated by bellows, a double-reed melody pipe and up to four drone pipes; any aerophone that produces sound using air from a reservoir to vibrate enclosed reeds.
bailsmen
bailsmen
noun
plural of bailsman
bakeress
bakeress
noun
(dated) A female baker.
bakeries
bakeries
noun
plural of bakery
bakeshop
bakeshop
noun
A shop where baked goods are made and sold.
balances
balances
noun
plural of balance
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of balance
baldness
baldness
noun
The condition or state of being (or becoming) bald.