Of or pertaining to acheiria (lacking one or both hands)
achievers
achievers
noun
plural of achiever
achordate
achordate
adj
(biology) Not having a proto-spinal chord at any stage of development.
achromate
achyrodes
adherence
adherence
noun
(Scotland, law) The fulfilment of the legal obligation of residing with wife or husband.
(medicine) An extent to which a patient continues an agreed treatment plan.
A close physical union of two objects.
Faithful support for some cause.
adherency
adherency
noun
(obsolete) That which adheres.
(obsolete) The state or quality of being adherent; adherence.
aeroyacht
aeroyacht
noun
(archaic) aeroboat
airchecks
airchecks
noun
plural of aircheck
alchornea
aleochara
ameritech
anachoret
anarchies
anarchies
noun
plural of anarchy
anarchize
anarchize
verb
To reduce or elevate to a state of anarchy.
anchorage
anchorage
noun
(figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
(medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
(nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
(nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
That into which something is anchored or fastened.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
anchorate
anchoress
anchoress
noun
(informal) An anchorwoman.
A female anchorite. A woman who chooses to withdraw from the world to live a solitary life of prayer and contemplation.
anchorets
anchorets
noun
plural of anchoret
anchorite
anchorite
noun
One who lives in isolation or seclusion, especially for religious reasons; hermit.
anchormen
anchormen
noun
plural of anchorman
antechoir
antechoir
noun
The division of a choir, that is divided as in some Spanish churches, that is further away from the sanctuary.
The part of a church in front of the choir, often reserved for the clergy and choristers.
anteporch
anthraces
apheretic
apheretic
adj
US standard spelling of aphaeretic.
appeacher
appeacher
Noun
An accuser.
arachnean
archaised
archaised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of archaise
archaiser
archaiser
noun
Alternative form of archaizer
archaises
archaises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archaise
archaized
archaized
verb
simple past tense and past participle of archaize
archaizer
archaizer
noun
One who makes archaic, as by using an archaic style.
archaizes
archaizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archaize
archangel
archangel
noun
A powerful angel that leads many other angels, but is still loyal to a deity, and often seen as belonging to a particular archangelical rank or order within a greater hierarchy of angels. (Judeo-Christian examples: Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel).
Synonym of angelica (“the garden herb”)
archchief
archchief
noun
(rare) A supreme, primary leader of any organization.
archdemon
archdemon
noun
(religion) A chief demon; an archdevil.
archdevil
archdevil
noun
(computing, Unix) A program, or part of a program, which is not invoked explicitly but lies dormant waiting for some event.
(theology, rare, religion, fantasy, science fiction) A chief or reigning devil.
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
archebanc
archegone
archegony
archegony
noun
(biology) spontaneous generation; abiogenesis
archelaus
archelogy
archelogy
noun
The science of first principles.
archenemy
archenemy
noun
A principal enemy.
A supreme and most powerful enemy.
archeress
archeress
noun
A female archer.
archeries
archeries
noun
plural of archery
archettos
archetype
archetype
noun
(literature) A character, object, or story that is based on a known character, object, or story.
(psychology) According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung: a universal pattern of thought, present in an individual's unconscious, inherited from the past collective experience of humanity.
(textual criticism) A protograph (“original manuscript of a text from which all further copies derive”).
An ideal example of something; a quintessence.
An original model of which all other similar concepts, objects, or persons are merely copied, derivative, emulated, or patterned; a prototype.
verb
To depict as, model using, or otherwise associate an object or subject with an archetype.
archfelon
archfiend
archfiend
noun
(preceded by “the”, often capitalized) Satan.
(transferred sense) A diabolically evil person.
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
archheart
archhouse
archiater
archiater
noun
(historical) Formerly, in continental Europe, the chief physician of a prince or city.
archicyte
archidome
archilowe
archilute
archilute
noun
Alternative form of archlute
archimage
archimage
noun
(now rare) A powerful wizard.
archimime
archimime
noun
The chief jester or mimic who would imitate the dead person as part of ancient Roman funeral processions.
architect
architect
noun
(Philippines) An honorific given to architects. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Arch./Ar. before the person's name.
A person who plans, devises or contrives the achievement of a desired result.
A professional who designs buildings or other structures, or who prepares plans and superintends construction.
verb
(transitive) To design, plan, or orchestrate.
archivers
archivers
noun
plural of archiver
archknave
archocele
archpiece
archrebel
archrogue
archrogue
noun
An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.
The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.
archruler
archsewer
archthief
archurger
archwench
arclength
arclength
noun
(geometry) The length of an arc.
armbrecht
artichoke
artichoke
noun
A dull green colour, like that of an artichoke.
A plant related to the thistle with enlarged flower heads eaten as a vegetable while immature, Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus.
ascophore
athreptic
athreptic
adj
Relating to athrepsia
athrocyte
athrocyte
noun
(biology) A cell that ingests foreign particles
attachers
attachers
noun
plural of attacher
auberbach
aurochses
avouchers
avouchers
noun
plural of avoucher
azedarach
azedarach
noun
An Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States, commonly called bead tree, chinaberry, etc.
The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic
bacheller
bachelors
bachelors
noun
plural of bachelor
bariloche
barouches
barouches
noun
plural of barouche
barouchet
barouchet
noun
Alternative spelling of barouchette
batchelor
batchelor
noun
(Britain) Archaic spelling of bachelor.
beachward
beachward
Adverb
Towards a beach.
beachwear
beachwear
noun
Clothing suitable for wearing on the beach, though not necessarily for swimming in.
becharmed
becharmed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of becharm
bechatter
bedchairs
bedchairs
noun
plural of bedchair
benchmark
benchmark
noun
(computing) A computer program that is executed to assess the performance of the runtime environment.
A standard by which something is evaluated or measured.
A surveyor's mark made on some stationary object and shown on a map; used as a reference point.
verb
(intransitive, followed by at) To give certain results in a benchmark test.
(transitive, intransitive, followed by against) To use something (e.g., a competitor's product) as a standard to improve one's own thing.
benchwork
benchwork
noun
the structure supporting a model railway layout
work performed at a workbench
berchemia
berdaches
berdaches
noun
plural of berdache
berdichev
berdichev
Proper noun
a city in the Zhitomir oblast of Ukraine
bermensch
berrichon
bescratch
bescratch
verb
(transitive) To scratch; scratch about; scratch all over.
beseecher
beseecher
noun
A person who beseeches.
bewitcher
bewitcher
noun
One who bewitches; an enchanter.
birchdale
birchleaf
birchtree
blanchers
blanchers
noun
plural of blancher
bleachers
bleachers
noun
plural of bleacher
bleachery
bleachery
noun
A place or an establishment where bleaching is done.
blenchers
blenchers
noun
plural of blencher
blotchier
blotchier
adj
comparative form of blotchy: more blotchy
boeotarch
botcherly
botcherly
adj
bungling; awkward
boucharde
bracherer
brachiate
brachiate
adj
Having decussate branches.
verb
(intransitive) To move like a brachiator; to swing from branch to branch, advance by brachiation.
brachyure
brainache
branchage
branchage
noun
The law in Jersey and Guernsey that requires the trimming of such where it overhangs public roads.
branches, vegetation
branchery
branchery
noun
A system of branches.
branchiae
branchiae
noun
plural of branchia
branchier
branchier
adj
comparative form of branchy: more branchy
branchlet
branchlet
noun
A small branch; a twig or sprig.
breachers
breachers
noun
plural of breacher
breachful
breachful
adj
(rare) Involving or characterized by a violation of law, of legal rights, or of other rules governing conduct.
breaching
breaching
noun
The act by which something is breached.
verb
present participle of breach
brechites
brechtian
brechtian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1898–1956), German poet and playwright, or his works.
breeching
breeching
noun
(equestrianism) A component of horse harness or tack, enabling the horse to hold back a vehicle.
(historical) The ceremony of dressing a boy in trousers for the first time.
(nautical) A rope used to secure a cannon.
(slang) A beating or flogging.
A conduit through which exhaust gases are conducted to a chimney.
brichette
broachers
broachers
noun
plural of broacher
brochette
brochette
noun
food cooked on such a device
small skewer or spit on which small pieces of meat, fish or vegetables are roasted or broiled
brochures
brochures
noun
plural of brochure
bruchidae
bsarcheng
buccheros
buchalter
bucharest
bucharest
Proper noun
The capital city of Romania.
butchered
butchered
adj
(by extension) Taken apart, destroyed or (figurative) distorted beyond recognition.
(of an animal) Taken apart professionally, as a butcher might.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of butcher
butcherer
butcherer
noun
One who butchers; a brutal or indiscriminate killer.
butcherly
butcherly
adj
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
adv
(obsolete) Like a butcher; cruelly, brutally.
cachoeira
camelhair
camelhair
noun
A soft fabric made from this hair.
A substitute for this hair.
The soft hair of a camel.
camphires
camphires
noun
plural of camphire
canephora
canephora
noun
(architecture) A caryatid supporting a basket on her head.
canephore
canephore
noun
Alternative form of canephora
canephori
canephors
canephors
noun
plural of canephor
canephroi
caperbush
caperbush
noun
Alternative form of caper bush
caragheen
carapache
cardhouse
cardhouse
noun
(countable) A business establishment that hosts card-playing, especially one where patrons play poker.
(countable) Synonym of house of cards (any sense).
(uncountable) A structure of plate-like mineral deposits that rest on each other's edges, similar to a cardhouse.
carecloth
carecloth
noun
(historical, Christianity) A sort of veil held over the heads of a newly married couple as they received the blessing.