(transitive) To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent.
(transitive) To shorten or contract by using fewer words, yet retaining the sense; to epitomize; to condense.
(transitive, archaic) To deprive; to cut off.
(transitive, archaic, rare) To debar from.
acreage
acreage
noun
An area of land measured in acres.
Size, as measured in acres.
acrogen
acrogen
noun
(biology) any flowerless plant whose growth takes place at the tip of the main stem, especially the cryptogam ferns
adjiger
adjiger
noun
(India) The snake Python molurus.
aegagri
aegeria
aerogel
aerogel
noun
A porous, ultralight solid-state substance, similar to gel, in which the liquid component is replaced with gas.
aerogen
aerogen
noun
Any noble gas.
aerogun
aerogun
noun
(dated) An antiaircraft cannon.
aerugos
aftergo
agarose
agarose
noun
A polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis.
agentry
agentry
noun
The position of being an agent.
aggrace
aggrace
noun
(obsolete) grace; favour
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To favour; to grace.
aggrade
aggrade
verb
(transitive, geology) to raise the level of a river bed by the deposition of sediment
aggrate
aggrate
verb
(obsolete) To gratify, cause pleasure to.
aggrege
aggrege
verb
(intransitive) To make heavy; to aggravate.
aggress
aggress
noun
Aggression.
verb
(intransitive, construed with on) To commit the first act of hostility or offense against; to begin a quarrel or controversy with someone; to make an attack against someone.
(transitive) To set upon; to attack.
aginner
aginner
noun
An oppositional person, especially one opposed to government actions and projects.
agister
agoraea
agraeus
agrafes
agrafes
noun
plural of agrafe
agraffe
agraffe
noun
A clasp consisting of a hook which fastens onto a ring.
A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is held so as to limit the vibration.
agramed
agreers
agreers
noun
plural of agreer
agreges
agreing
agretha
agriope
agrised
agrised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of agrise
aguirre
agyrate
ahlgren
aigrets
aigrets
noun
plural of aigret
alberge
albergo
albergo
noun
An Italian inn.
alegars
alforge
algarde
algarve
algarve
Proper noun
The southernmost region of Portugal.
algebar
algebra
algebra
noun
(countable, algebra) An algebraic structure consisting of a module over a commutative ring (or a vector space over a field) along with an additional binary operation that is bilinear over module (or vector) addition and scalar multiplication.
(countable, mathematics) A universal algebra.
(countable, mathematics) One of several other types of mathematical structure.
(countable, set theory, mathematical analysis) A collection of subsets of a given set, such that this collection contains the empty set, and the collection is closed under unions and complements (and thereby also under intersections and differences).
(figurative) A system or process, that is like algebra by substituting one thing for another, or in using signs, symbols, etc., to represent concepts or ideas.
(uncountable, mathematics) A system for computation using letters or other symbols to represent numbers, with rules for manipulating these symbols.
(uncountable, mathematics) The study of algebraic structures.
(uncountable, medicine, historical, rare) The surgical treatment of a dislocated or fractured bone. Also (countable): a dislocation or fracture.
algeria
alghero
algiers
algiers
Proper noun
The capital of Algeria.
algores
alguire
aligner
aligner
noun
One who, or that which, aligns.
alleger
alleger
noun
A person who alleges, especially one who makes a formal allegation.
allegra
allegre
allegro
allegro
adj
(music) in a quick and lively manner
adv
(music) played in a quick, lively tempo
noun
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto.
(music, more, traditionally) An expressive mark indicating that a passage is to be played in a lively or happy manner, not necessarily quickly.
allergy
allergy
noun
(informal) An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
(pathology) Any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
(pathology, immunology) A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma.
Altered susceptibility to a first treatment as exhibited in reaction to a subsequent one.
alnager
alnager
noun
(historical) A sworn officer in England, whose duty was to inspect woollen cloth and fix a seal upon it.
A measure by the ell.
amerigo
anergia
anergia
noun
Alternative form of anergy (“lack of energy; inactivity”)
anergic
anergic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of anergy.
angareb
angarep
angered
angered
adj
Having been made angry.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anger
angerly
angerly
adv
(archaic) Angrily.
anglers
anglers
noun
plural of angler
angrier
angrier
adj
comparative form of angry: more angry
angrite
angrite
noun
An achondrite consisting mostly of augite with some olivine and troilite
angster
anguier
argades
argaile
argante
argeers
argenol
argenta
argents
argents
noun
plural of argent
argiope
argolet
argonne
argovie
arguers
arguers
noun
plural of arguer
arguses
arguses
noun
plural of argus
argyles
argyles
noun
plural of argyle
argyres
arlberg
armiger
armiger
noun
(loosely, heraldry) Any person entitled to bear a coat of arms.
An esquire, originally carrying the armour of a knight; (hence, later) a man of the gentry ranking below a knight.
arrange
arrange
noun
(music, Japan) rearranged rendition of a song; arrangement
verb
(music, transitive, intransitive) To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form.
(transitive) To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement.
(transitive, intransitive) To plan; to prepare in advance.
arriage
arridge
asperge
asperge
noun
An aspergillum.
verb
(transitive) To sprinkle.
assurge
atomerg
atomerg
noun
(physics, historical) An indivisible unit of energy, according to a theory of matter put forward by Earle K. Plyler in the 1930s.
auberge
auberge
noun
An inn or hostel.
augerer
augerer
noun
One who uses an auger (boring tool).
augured
augured
verb
simple past tense and past participle of augur
augurer
augurer
noun
(obsolete) An augur.
aurigae
avenger
avenger
noun
One who avenges or vindicates
One who takes vengeance.
average
average
adj
(informal) Not outstanding, not good, banal; bad or poor.
(not comparable) Constituting or relating to the average.
Neither very good nor very bad; rated somewhere in the middle of all others in the same category.
Typical.
noun
(UK, in the plural) In the corn trade, the medial price of the several kinds of grain in the principal corn markets.
(UK, law, obsolete) The service that a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the animals of the tenant, such as the transportation of wheat, turf, etc.
(law, marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss.
(mathematics) The arithmetic mean.
(sports) An indication of a player's ability calculated from his scoring record, etc.
(statistics) Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode.
Customs duty or similar charge payable on transported goods.
Proportional or equitable distribution of financial expense.
verb
(intransitive) To be, generally or on average.
(transitive) Over a period of time or across members of a population, to have or generate a mean value of.
(transitive) To compute the average of, especially the arithmetic mean.
(transitive) To divide among a number, according to a given proportion.
avinger
badgers
badgers
noun
plural of badger
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of badger
baggers
baggers
noun
plural of bagger
baggier
baggier
adj
comparative form of baggy: more baggy
bagreef
bamberg
bamberg
Proper noun
A city (and also a district) in Bavaria, Germany
A city in South Carolina
bangers
bangers
noun
plural of banger
bareges
bareges
noun
plural of barege
bargeer
bargeer
noun
Alternative form of bargir
bargees
bargees
noun
plural of bargee
barnage
barrage
barrage
noun
(by extension) An overwhelming outburst of words, especially of criticism.
(fencing) A "next hit wins" contest to determine the winner of a bout in case of a tie.
(military) A heavy curtain of artillery fire directed in front of one's own troops to screen and protect them.
A concentrated discharge of projectile weapons.
An artificial obstruction, such as a dam, in a river designed to increase its depth or to divert its flow.
Type of firework containing a mixture of firework types in one single-ignition package.
verb
(transitive) To direct a barrage at.
bearhug
bearhug
noun
Alternative spelling of bear hug
verb
(transitive) To embrace in a bear hug.
bearing
bearing
adj
(in combination) That bears (some specified thing).
Of a beam, column, or other device, carrying weight or load.
noun
(architecture) That part of any member of a building which rests upon its supports.
(architecture) The portion of a support on which anything rests.
(architecture, proscribed) The unsupported span.
(heraldry) Any single emblem or charge in an escutcheon or coat of arms.
(in the plural, especially in phrases such as 'get one's bearings') One's understanding of one's orientation or relative position, literally or figuratively.
(mechanical engineering) A mechanical device that supports another part and/or reduces friction.
(navigation, nautical) The horizontal angle between the direction of an object and another object, or between it and that of true north; a heading or direction.
One's posture, demeanor, or manner.
Relevance; a relationship or connection.
verb
present participle of bear
bedegar
beerage
beerage
noun
(UK politics) The influence of the brewing industry within the British political system.
begarie
beggars
beggars
noun
plural of beggar
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beggar
beggary
beggary
adj
(obsolete) beggarly
noun
Beggarly appearance.
The fact or action of begging.
The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.
beghard
beghard
Noun
One of an association of religious laymen living in semimonastic communities in imitation of the Beguines, and influenced by Albigensian teachings and by the
beglare
beglare
verb
(transitive) To glare at or on.
begorah
begorra
begorra
intj
(dated, Ireland, now literary) Alternative form of by God
begrace
begrace
verb
(transitive) To address (one) as "Grace".
(transitive) To grace or endue with grace; begift; endow.
begrain
begrave
begrave
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To bury.
(transitive, obsolete) To engrave.
begroan
begroan
verb
(transitive) To groan about; bewail; groan at.
beguard
belgard
belgard
noun
(obsolete) A loving look, an amorous glance.
beograd
bergall
bergall
noun
Tautogolabrus adspersus, a wrasse native to the western Atlantic, inhabiting inshore waters near the sea floor at depths of 10–128 metres (33–420 feet) and at latitudes of 36°–49° north, and reaching up to 38 centimetres (15 inches) in total length and up to 1 kilogram (2·2 pounds) in weight.
bergama
bergamo
bergman
bergsma
besugar
bisagre
bisagre
noun
A small spiny cactus of Mexico and the southwest United States that is sometimes cut into slices and candied.
bodrage
bodrage
noun
(obsolete) A raid.
bogarde
borages
borages
noun
plural of borage
bordage
bordage
noun
The base or servile tenure by which a bordar held his cottage.
boregat
bourage
bragged
bragged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of brag
bragger
bragger
adj
comparative form of brag: more brag
noun
A person who brags.
bragget
bragget
noun
(obsolete) A liquor made of fermented ale and honey with spices.
braggle
braggle
verb
Alternative form of broggle
bragite
brainge
branger
brangle
brangle
noun
(archaic) A squabble.
verb
To squabble.
breaghe
brewage
brewage
noun
Something brewed.
brigade
brigade
noun
(Internet slang) Coordinated online harassment, disruption or influencing, especially organized by an antagonistic website or community.
(derogatory) A group of people who share views or a specific characteristic.
(military) Military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.
A group of people organized for a common purpose.
verb
(Internet slang) To harass an individual or community online in a coordinated manner.
To form or unite into a brigade; to group together.
brocage
brocage
noun
Obsolete form of brokerage.
brokage
brokage
noun
(archaic) The act of a broker; brokerage.
brutage
bugbear
bugbear
noun
(archaic) An imaginary creature meant to inspire fear in children.
A source of dread; resentment; or irritation.
An ongoing problem; a recurring obstacle or adversity.