Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abduce
accrued
accrued
adj
Having increased through accrual; having risen over time or due to financial transactions.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accrue
accruer
accruer
noun
(law) The act of accruing; accretion.
accrues
accrues
noun
plural of accrue
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accrue
accueil
accurre
accurse
accurse
verb
To damn; to wish misery or evil upon
accused
accused
adj
Having been accused; being the target of accusations.
noun
(law) The person charged with an offense; the defendant in a criminal case.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accuse
accuser
accuser
noun
One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault.
accuses
accuses
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accuse
acequia
acequia
noun
(used in the Southwestern US or in reference to Spain, chiefly agriculture) An irrigation ditch.
acerous
acerous
adj
(zoology) Destitute of tentacles.
(zoology) Without antennae.
Alternative spelling of acerose
acesius
acetous
acetous
adj
Causing, or connected with, acetification
Having a sour taste; sour; acid.
achaeus
achaque
achuete
acquent
acquest
acquest
noun
(law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance.
(rare) Acquisition; the thing gained.
acquiet
acquiet
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To quiet.
acquire
acquire
verb
(computing) To sample signals and convert them into digital values.
(medicine) To contract.
(transitive) To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own
(transitive) To get.
actuate
actuate
verb
(transitive) To activate, or to put into motion; to animate.
(transitive) To incite to action; to motivate.
actuose
actuose
adj
(obsolete) Very active.
acubens
acuerdo
aculeae
aculeus
aculeus
noun
(botany) A sharp spike or other projection growing on a plant, as in some brambles and roses.
A sting.
acumble
acumens
acumens
noun
plural of acumen
acutate
acutely
acutely
adv
In an acute manner
acutest
acutest
adj
superlative form of acute: most acute
adduced
adduced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adduce
adducer
adducer
noun
One who adduces.
adduces
adduces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adduce
addulce
addulce
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To sweeten; to soothe.
aesacus
ageusic
ageusic
adj
Lacking a sense of taste.
alcaeus
alcaeus
Proper noun
An Ancient Greek name, particularly borne by an Ancient Greek lyric poet of Mytilene (c. 620–6th century
aleutic
almuces
almuces
noun
plural of almuce
ancaeus
aneuric
apercus
apercus
noun
plural of apercu
aquench
archeus
archeus
noun
(alchemy) The vital principle or force believed by the Paracelsians to be responsible for alchemical reactions within living bodies, and hence for the growth and continuation of life.
arcuale
arcuate
arcuate
adj
curved into the shape of a bow
arcuses
arecuna
asculae
ateuchi
aucaner
auchlet
auletic
auletic
adj
Of or relating to a musical pipe or piper.
auresca
auricle
auricle
noun
(anatomy) An anterior ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the human heart.
(anatomy) Synonym of atrium.
(anatomy) The outer ear or pinna.
(biology) Any appendage in the shape of an ear or earlobe.
auspice
auspice
noun
(chiefly in the plural) Patronage or protection.
(obsolete) Divination from the actions of birds.
An omen or a sign.
verb
(transitive) To be patron of; to sponsor.
autocue
autocue
noun
Any of several devices that display words for a person to read aloud
autoecy
auxetic
auxetic
adj
(chemistry) Having the property of counterintuitively expanding when being stretched.
(pathology) Relating to auxesis
noun
An auxetic material.
bacquet
bascule
bascule
noun
(firearms) The portion of a breech-loading firearm that pivots open in order to allow access to the chamber.
A counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers.
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.
bauckie
because
because
adv
(archaic) For the reason (that).
(by ellipsis) Used alone to refuse to provide a full answer a question begun with "why", usually taken as an anapodoton of the elided full phrase "Because I said so".
On account (of), for sake (of).
conj
(obsolete) So that, in order that.
As is known, inferred, or determined from the fact that.
By or for the cause that; on this account that; for the reason that.
prep
(colloquial, Internet slang) On account of, because of.
becloud
becloud
verb
(transitive) To cause to become obscure or muddled.
(transitive, figurative) To cast in a negative light, cast a pall over, darken.
(transitive, usually passive) To cover or surround with clouds.
beclout
beclout
verb
(transitive) To cover with a clout or cloth.
(transitive, figuratively) To dress up.
becquer
becrush
becrust
becuiba
becurry
becurse
becurse
verb
(transitive) To cover with curses; curse all over.
becurst
bedunce
bedunce
verb
(transitive, archaic, rare) To treat as, or reduce to, a dunce; to make stupid.
bedunch
beluchi
belucki
benacus
berceau
besauce
bescour
bescurf
bestuck
bestuck
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestick
blucher
blucher
noun
(historical) A form of horse-drawn carriage; a Blucher coach.
A sturdy laced leather half-boot.
bluecap
bluecap
noun
(colloquial) A Scotsman.
A bird, the blue titmouse.
A fish of the salmon kind with blue spots on its head.
bluecup
bouchee
boucher
boucles
boucles
noun
plural of boucle
bounced
bounced
adj
(Internet) unsuccessful delivery of email
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bounce
bouncer
bouncer
noun
(Internet) An account or server (as with IRC and FTP) that invisibly redirects requests to another, used for anonymity or vanity.
(cricket) A short-pitched ball that bounces up towards, or above the height of the batsman’s head.
(dated) One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much noise in moving.
(informal) A member of security personnel employed by bars, nightclubs, etc to maintain order and deal with patrons who cause trouble.
(slang, archaic) A boaster; a bully.
(slang, archaic) A bold lie.
(slang, archaic) A liar.
A bouncy castle.
A kind of seat mounted in a framework in which a baby can bounce up and down.
Something big; a good stout example of the kind.
bounces
bounces
noun
plural of bounce
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bounce
broucek
brubeck
brucine
brucine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid related to strychnine, found in several plant species, notably Strychnos nux-vomica (nux vomica).
brucite
brucite
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral form of magnesium hydroxide, Mg(OH)₂, often found in thin foliated plates, but may be fibrous (see nemalite), of a white or greenish color and vitreous to pearly luster.
bruckle
bruckle
adj
(dialectal) Frail, weak, fragile.
buccate
bucelas
bucella
buceros
buchite
buchloe
buchner
buchtel
buckden
buckeen
buckeen
noun
(Ireland, historical) a poor young man of the lower Anglo-Irish gentry who aspires to the habits and dress of the wealthy.
buckels
buckers
buckers
noun
plural of bucker
buckets
buckets
noun
plural of bucket
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bucket
buckety
buckety
adj
Resembling a bucket.
buckeye
buckeye
noun
(US) A confection made from peanut butter fudge partially dipped in chocolate to leave a circle of peanut butter visible, supposed to resemble the nut of the Ohio buckeye tree.
(US, slang) A native or resident of the American state of Ohio.
Aesculus hippocastanum, the horse chestnut.
Any of several species of the related Mexican buckeye (genus Ungnadia).
Any of several species of trees of the genus Aesculus.
The Junonia coenia butterfly.
The seed or fruit of these plants.
buckled
buckled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of buckle
buckler
buckler
noun
(nautical) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.
(obsolete) A shield resembling the Roman scutum. In modern usage, a smaller variety of shield is usually implied by this term.
(zoology) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
(zoology) The anterior segment of the shell of a trilobite.
A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, held in the hand or worn on the arm (usually the left), for protecting the front of the body. In the sword and buckler play of the Middle Ages in England, the buckler was a small shield, used not to cover the body but to stop or parry blows.
One who buckles something.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To shield; to defend.
buckles
buckles
noun
plural of buckle
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of buckle
buckley
buckner
buckoes
buckone
bucrane
bullace
bullace
noun
A small European plum (Prunus interstitia, syn. Prunus domestica subsp. insititia).
The bully tree.
bunched
bunched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunch
buncher
buncher
noun
(electronics, physics) A circuit that causes electrons or other charged particles in a particle beam to group together.
(manufacturing) A machine that twists strands together during the manufacture of metal wire; a strander.
(military, RAF, World War II) A ground-based radio transmitter, configured within a system to guide aircraft to their allocated airfields.
A person who bunches.
An illegitimate supplier of laboratory animals who obtains the animals by kidnapping pets or illegally trapping strays.
bunches
bunches
noun
Hair gathered together in two or more parts; pigtails.
plural of bunch
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bunch
buncoed
buncoed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bunco
burlace
butcher
butcher
adj
comparative form of butch: more butch
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang, from butcher's hook) A look.
(colloquial, archaic, card games) A king playing card.
(figurative) A brutal or indiscriminate killer.
(informal, obsolete) A person who sells candy, drinks, etc. in theatres, trains, circuses, etc.
A person who prepares and sells meat (and sometimes also slaughters the animals).
verb
(transitive) To kill brutally.
(transitive) To mess up hopelessly; to botch.
(transitive) To ruin (something), often to the point of defamation.
(transitive) To slaughter (animals) and prepare (meat) for market.
(transitive) To work as a butcher.
butches
butches
noun
plural of butch
cabaeus
cacique
cacique
noun
(historical) A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.
(ornithology) Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.
A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.
cacumen
cacumen
noun
(obsolete, physics) The smallest possible piece of matter, making up part of an atom.
caducei
caducei
noun
plural of caduceus
caeneus
caesium
caesium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal.
caestus
caestus
noun
Alternative form of cestus
caesura
caesura
noun
(Classical prosody) Using two words to divide a metrical foot.
(rare) A break of an era or other measure of history and time; where one era ends and another begins; turning point.
(typography) The caesura mark ‖ or ||.
A pause or interruption in a poem, music, building, or other work of art.
cageful
cageful
noun
That which can fit into a cage.
cagoule
cagoule
noun
(Britain) A lightweight waterproof parka.
caiques
caiques
noun
plural of caique
cajeput
cajeput
noun
Alternative form of cajuput
cajuela
cajuela
noun
A large container for gathering coffee cherries in Central America.
The amount that this container can hold, typically 17 liters (4.5 gallons).
calceus
calqued
calqued
verb
simple past tense and past participle of calque
calques
calques
noun
plural of calque
calumet
calumet
noun
A clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
camaieu
camaieu
noun
(art) A cameo (relief carving).
(art) A style of painting in a small range of monochrome colours.
(art) A style of printing pictures producing the effect of a pencil drawing.
camelus
camused
camuses
canezou
cangues
cangues
noun
plural of cangue
canulae
canulae
noun
plural of canula
capsule
capsule
noun
(anatomy) A membrane that surrounds the eyeball
(anatomy) A tough, fibrous layer surrounding an organ such as the kidney or liver
(astronautics) A detachable part of a rocket or spacecraft (usually in the nose) containing the crew's living space.
(attributively, figuratively) in a brief, condensed or compact form
(botany) A sporangium, especially in bryophytes.
(botany) A type of simple, dehiscent, dry fruit (seed-case) produced by many species of flowering plants, such as poppy, lily, orchid, willow and cotton.
(chemistry, dated) A small clay saucer for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.
(pharmacy) A small container containing a dose of medicine.
(physiology) A membranous envelope.
(winemaking) The covering — formerly lead or tin, now often plastic — over the cork at the top of the wine bottle.
A small cup or shell, often of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc.
A small, shallow evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.
verb
(transitive) To encapsulate or summarize.
(transitive) To form (medicine, etc.) into capsules.