Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abrogate
abrogator
abrogator
noun
Agent noun of abrogate; one who abrogates.
absterged
absterged
verb
simple past tense and past participle of absterge
absterges
absterges
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of absterge
accreting
accreting
verb
present participle of accrete
adigranth
adstringe
adverting
adverting
verb
present participle of advert
aegritude
aegrotant
affreight
affreight
verb
To hire (a ship etc.) for the transportation of freight.
affrights
affrights
noun
plural of affright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affright
aftergame
aftergame
noun
(archaic) A second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
(video games) Bonus features, dialogue, etc. accessed when a previously-beaten video game is revisited.
afterglow
afterglow
noun
An afterparty.
The glow seen in the sky after sunset.
The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation.
The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling.
The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high.
aftergood
afterguns
afterings
afterings
noun
(by extension) The last of any substance that is of a poorer quality than the earlier substance, e.g. the dregs of coffee.
The last milk that is obtained when milking a cow. Often considered the poorest quality of milk.
afterking
aftersong
agastreae
agateware
agateware
noun
(ceramics) Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, designed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.
agatiform
agatiform
adj
Having the form of an agate; resembling an agate in appearance.
agentries
agentries
noun
plural of agentry
ageratums
ageratums
noun
plural of ageratum
aggravate
aggravate
verb
(by extension) To make worse; to exacerbate.
(now chiefly colloquial) To exasperate; to provoke or irritate.
(now rare) To give extra weight or intensity to; to exaggerate, to magnify.
(obsolete) To pile or heap (something heavy or onerous) on or upon someone.
To make (an offence) worse or more severe; to increase in offensiveness or heinousness.
aggregant
aggregant
noun
(medicine) Any drug that promotes the aggregation of platelets.
aggregata
aggregate
aggregate
adj
(botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.
Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.
noun
(Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.
(mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects).
(music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
(roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
(sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores.
A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
A mechanical mixture of more than one phase.
Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements; especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
(transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.
(transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.
agincourt
agistator
agistator
noun
Alternative form of agistor
agitators
agitators
noun
plural of agitator
agitatrix
agitatrix
noun
(rare) A woman who agitates; a female agitator.
agitprops
agitprops
noun
plural of agitprop
agreation
agreement
agreement
noun
(countable) An understanding between entities to follow a specific course of conduct.
(obsolete, chiefly in the plural) An agreeable quality.
(uncountable) A state whereby several parties share a view or opinion; the state of not contradicting one another.
(uncountable, law) A legally binding contract enforceable in a court of law.
(uncountable, linguistics, grammar) Rules that exist in many languages that force some parts of a sentence to be used or inflected differently depending on certain attributes of other parts.
agrements
agrements
noun
plural of agrement
agrestial
agrestial
adj
Synonym of agrestic
agrestian
agrestian
adj
Synonym of agrestic (“rural, rustic”)
agrigento
agrigento
Proper noun
The capital city of Agrigento.
agrimotor
agrimotor
noun
(dated) A tractor (farm vehicle).
agriotype
agriotype
noun
An ancestral wild form of a domestic animal or plant.
aigrettes
aigrettes
noun
plural of aigrette
algometer
algometer
noun
An instrument for measuring pain-inducing stimuli, and the sensitivity to such stimuli.
algometry
algometry
noun
(medicine) The scientific measurement of responses to pain stimuli.
algorithm
algorithm
noun
(countable) A collection of ordered steps that solve a mathematical problem. A precise step-by-step plan for a computational procedure that possibly begins with an input value and yields an output value in a finite number of steps.
(uncountable, obsolete) Calculation with Arabic numerals; algorism.
aliturgic
aliturgic
adj
Not liturgic; without a liturgy.
allegator
allegator
noun
(obsolete) A person who alleges
allergist
allergist
noun
A doctor who specializes in the treatment of allergies.
alligator
alligator
intj
Used in a common chronometric counting scheme, in which the speaker counts out loud, saying the word "alligator" between the numbers so that each number is spoken approximately one second after the last one.
noun
(Nigeria) dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus tetraspis)
(formerly) Applied to any species of crocodile.
(metalworking) A form of squeezer for the puddle ball.
(mining) A rock breaker.
(obsolete) One who binds or ties.
(paleontology) A member of the family Alligatoridae, which includes the caimans.
(printing) A kind of job press.
Any of various vehicles that have relatively long, low noses in front of a cab or other, usually windowed, structure.
Either of two species of large amphibious reptile, Alligator mississippiensis or Alligator sinensis, in the genus Alligator within order Crocodilia, which have sharp teeth and very strong jaws and are native to the Americas and China, respectively.
verb
(intransitive, of paint or other coatings) To crack in a pattern resembling an alligator's skin.
allograft
allograft
noun
(surgery) A surgical transplant of tissue between genetically different individuals of the same species.
verb
To perform a transplant of this kind.
alpargata
alpargata
noun
Synonym of espadrille
altenburg
altigraph
altigraph
noun
An altimeter that makes a recording on a chart.
angetenar
angostura
angostura
noun
A South American tree, with bark used in tradition medicine and as an ingredient in various bitters (but not Angostura bitters), Angostura trifoliata.
Angostura bitters
angstroms
angstroms
noun
plural of angstrom
angustura
angustura
noun
Archaic form of angostura.
antagoras
antaranga
antegrade
antegrade
adj
moving or directed forward
antiglare
antiglare
adj
Acting to reduce or combat glare
antigraft
antigraft
adj
(politics) Opposed to or working against graft
antigraph
antigraph
noun
(obsolete) A copy or transcript.
(textual criticism) A manuscript from which a copy (apograph) is made.
antinegro
antinegro
adj
Opposing Negros.
antitragi
antitragi
noun
plural of antitragus
antralgia
apteryges
aragonite
aragonite
noun
(mineralogy) An evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO₃; it is dimorphous with calcite.
arbitrage
arbitrage
noun
(archaic) Arbitration.
(finance) A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets.
verb
(intransitive, finance) To employ arbitrage
(transitive, finance) To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
arctogaea
arctogean
arctogeic
aretalogy
aretalogy
noun
A form of sacred biography in which a deity's attributes are listed, in the form of poem or text, in the first person.
argentate
argentate
adj
(botany, dated, rare) silvery white
verb
To treat with a silver salt
argenteum
argentide
argentina
argentine
argentine
adj
Containing or resembling silver.
noun
(mineralogy) A siliceous variety of calcite, or lime carbonate, having a silvery-white, pearly lustre, and a waving or curved lamellar structure.
Any osmeriform fish of the genus Argentina, especially European argentine (Argentina sphyraena).
White metal coated with silver.
argentino
argention
argention
noun
(chemistry, archaic) ionized silver
argentite
argentite
noun
(mineralogy) Silver sulfide, (Ag₂S), a primary ore of silver, in cubic or hexoctahedral crystals.
argentose
argentous
argentous
adj
(chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a higher proportion than in argentic compounds.
Of, pertaining to, or containing silver.
argentums
argillite
argillite
noun
(geology) A fine-grained sedimentary rock, intermediate between shale and slate, sometimes used as a building material
argonauta
argonauts
argonauts
noun
plural of argonaut
argumenta
argumenta
noun
plural of argumentum
arguments
arguments
noun
plural of argument
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argument
arkwright
arkwright
noun
(obsolete) A maker of cabinets or chests.
arlington
arlington
Proper noun
A place name.
a CDP which is coterminous with Virginia, USA.
Arlington National Cemetery (in Arlington County, Virginia) an American military cemetery, which includes among other things the tomb of the unknown soldiers.
armangite
armangite
noun
(mineralogy) A trigonal-rhombohedral black mineral containing arsenic, carbon, hydrogen, manganese, and oxygen.
armington
armstrong
armstrong
Proper noun
originally a nickname for someone with strong arms.
Noun
An Armstrong gun.
arointing
arointing
verb
present participle of aroint
aroynting
aroynting
verb
present participle of aroynt
arresting
arresting
adj
striking, gripping
verb
present participle of arrest
arrington
arrogated
arrogated
adj
claimed falsely
verb
simple past tense and past participle of arrogate
arrogates
arrogates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of arrogate
arrogator
arterying
arthogram
arthragra
articling
articling
verb
present participle of article
arylating
arylating
adj
(organic chemistry) That inserts aryl groups into molecules.
verb
present participle of arylate
asserting
asserting
noun
The act of making assertions.
verb
present participle of assert
assorting
assorting
verb
present participle of assort
assurgent
assurgent
adj
(botany) Curving upward.
Rising or tending to rise.
noun
(heraldry) A man or beast rising out of the sea.
astragali
astragali
noun
plural of astragalus
astragals
astragals
noun
plural of astragal
astrangia
astringed
astringed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of astringe
astringer
astringer
noun
Obsolete form of austringer.
astringes
astringes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of astringe
astrogate
astrogate
verb
(science fiction, transitive, intransitive) To astronavigate; to control and guide a spacecraft.
astrogeny
astrogeny
noun
The creation or evolution of the stars or heavens.
astroglia
astroglia
noun
The group of star-shaped glial cells in the brain and spinal cord
astrogony
astrogony
noun
Alternative form of astrogeny.
astrologe
astrology
astrology
noun
1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society 2012, p. 274:
2012, The Guardian, (headline), 7 Feb 2012:
2018-01-18, Julie Beck, “The New Age of Astrology”, in The Atlantic:
Divination about human affairs or natural phenomena from the relative positions of celestial bodies.
In some ways, astrology is perfectly suited for the internet age. There’s a low barrier to entry, and nearly endless depths to plumb if you feel like falling down a Google research hole.
atlasburg
atmograph
attorning
attorning
verb
present participle of attorn
attriting
attriting
verb
present participle of attrite
augmenter
augmenter
noun
One who, or that which, augments or increases something.
augmentor
augmentor
noun
Alternative form of augmenter
authoring
authoring
noun
The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition.
The result of this process; a writing or composition.
verb
present participle of author
autogiros
autogiros
noun
plural of autogiro
autograft
autograft
noun
(surgery) A tissue graft taken from one part to another of the same individual's body.
verb
(transitive) To graft in this manner.
autograph
autograph
adj
(art) Made by the artist himself or herself; authentic.
Written in the author’s own handwriting.
noun
A manuscript in the author’s handwriting.
A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person.
verb
(transitive) To sign, or write one’s name or signature on a book etc
(transitive) To write something in one's own handwriting
autogyros
autogyros
noun
plural of autogyro
avigators
avigators
noun
plural of avigator
bagritski
bantering
bantering
adj
That teases
noun
joking; jesting
teasing
verb
present participle of banter
barghests
barghests
noun
plural of barghest
barguests
barguests
noun
plural of barguest
bartering
bartering
noun
barter
verb
present participle of barter
batesburg
battering
battering
noun
A heavy beating.
A large defeat.
verb
present participle of batter
bedstring
beegerite
befraught
befraught
adj
(rare) fraught
befreight
begetters
begetters
noun
plural of begetter
beglitter
beglitter
verb
To cover with glitter; to make glittery.
begruntle
begruntle
verb
(transitive) To make or render uneasy; disconcert.
begrutten
begrutten
adj
(dialectal, Scotland) Showing the effects of much weeping; marred or swollen in the face through continued weeping.
benighter
benighter
noun
One who benights or keeps others in darkness.
bentgrass
bentgrass
noun
Any of numerous reedy grass species of the genus Agrostis.