(chemistry) Relating to the common wormwood or to an acid obtained from it.
acalephes
acanthous
acanthous
adj
(botany) Synonym of spinous
acatharsy
acephalus
acephalus
noun
(medicine, countable) A fetus affected by acephaly.
(medicine, uncountable) The condition of acephaly.
achaetous
achaetous
adj
(zoology) Without setae
achalasia
achalasia
noun
(medicine, pathology) A neuromuscular condition where a ring of muscles is unable to relax fully; usually with reference to gastrointestinal smooth muscles or to esophageal achalasia when not otherwise specified.
acheilous
acheilous
adj
(obsolete, pathology) lipless
acheirous
acheirous
adj
Of or pertaining to acheiria (lacking one or both hands)
achievers
achievers
noun
plural of achiever
achilleas
achilleas
noun
plural of achillea
achimenes
achimenes
noun
A Central American plant, of the genus Achimenes, having showy, trumpet-shaped flowers
achromats
achromats
noun
plural of achromat
achromous
achromous
adj
colorless; achromatic
achronism
achropsia
achyrodes
acidheads
acidheads
noun
plural of acidhead
acroliths
acroliths
noun
plural of acrolith
actorship
actorship
noun
The state or quality associated with being an actor.
aegiochus
aeschines
aeschylus
aestethic
aesthetic
aesthetic
adj
Beautiful or appealing to one's sense of beauty or art.
Concerned with beauty, artistic impact, or appearance.
noun
That which appeals to the senses.
The artistic motifs defining a collection of things, especially works of art; more broadly, their aura or “vibe”.
The study of art or beauty.
agallochs
agastache
agastache
noun
A plant of genus Agastache, a giant hyssop.
ahistoric
ahistoric
adj
Synonym of ahistorical
airchecks
airchecks
noun
plural of aircheck
aitchless
aitchless
adj
Without pronouncing the /h/ sound.
alcahests
alcahests
noun
plural of alcahest
alcathous
alchemies
alchemies
noun
plural of alchemy
alchemise
alchemise
verb
(transitive) To change something's properties by means of alchemy or as if by magic.
alchemist
alchemist
noun
One who blends material or substances in the nature or supposed nature of alchemy.
One who practices alchemy.
alchymies
alchymies
noun
plural of alchymy
alnaschar
amphidisc
amphidisc
noun
(zoology) A small siliceous spicule having a denticulate wheel at each end, found in freshwater sponges.
amphiscii
amphiscii
noun
amphiscians
anacharis
anacharis
noun
(obsolete) A freshwater weed of the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharitaceae), native to America; the waterweed or water thyme.
anaphasic
anaphasic
adj
(cytology) Relating to the anaphase.
anarchies
anarchies
noun
plural of anarchy
anarchism
anarchism
noun
A belief that proposes the abolition of hierarchy and authority in most forms.
A political and philosophical belief that all forms of involuntary rule or government are undesirable, unnecessary, or unethical, and as such that society would function without a state.
anarchist
anarchist
adj
(somewhat rare) Relating to anarchism or to anarchists; anarchistic.
noun
(by extension) One who promotes chaos and lawlessness.
One who believes in or advocates the absence of hierarchy and authority in most forms (compare anarchism), especially one who works toward the realization of such.
One who disregards laws and social norms as a form of rebellion against authority.
One who resents outside control or influence on their life, in particular a government, and therefore desires the absence of political control.
anchistea
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
anchovies
anchovies
noun
plural of anchovy
anchusine
anchusins
anchylose
anchylose
verb
Alternative form of ankylose
anorchism
anorchism
noun
anorchia
anorchous
anschluss
anthraces
antiochus
antiochus
Proper noun
name, notably borne by the thirteen kings of the Seleucid dynasty.
antipasch
aphasiacs
aphasiacs
noun
plural of aphasiac
apotheces
arachnids
arachnids
noun
plural of arachnid
arachnism
arachnism
noun
Alternative form of arachnidism
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
archaisms
archaisms
noun
plural of archaism
archaists
archaists
noun
plural of archaist
archaizes
archaizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of archaize
archarios
archbancs
archdukes
archdukes
noun
plural of archduke
archelaus
archeress
archeress
noun
A female archer.
archeries
archeries
noun
plural of archery
archettos
archhouse
archivers
archivers
noun
plural of archiver
archivist
archivist
noun
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing, organising, and archives.
archsaint
archsewer
aristarch
aristarch
Noun
A
armchairs
armchairs
noun
plural of armchair
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of armchair
aschistic
ascochyta
ascochyta
noun
Any fungus of the genus Ascochyta.
ascophore
ascyphous
ashchenaz
ashochimi
asphaltic
asphaltic
adj
(obsolete) Of or relating to the Dead Sea (salt lake between Jordan and Israel).
Resembling, containing, or relating to asphalt or bitumen.
asphyctic
asphyctic
adj
Pertaining to asphyxia.
asthenics
asthenics
noun
plural of asthenic
asthmatic
asthmatic
adj
Having the characteristics of asthma, as in an "asthmatic cough".
noun
A person who suffers from asthma.
astichous
astichous
adj
(botany) having a structure or layout that is not in rows
astrachan
athabasca
athabasca
Proper noun
A town in Alberta, Canada.
atheistic
atheistic
adj
of or relating to atheists or atheism
athetosic
athetosic
adj
(medicine) Of or relating to athetosis.
athletics
athletics
noun
(sports, especially Britain) A group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking.
(sports, especially US) Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.
plural of athletic
atrichous
atrichous
adj
Without flagella.
atrochous
attachers
attachers
noun
plural of attacher
attatches
aurochses
auschwitz
auschwitz
Proper noun
A city in Poland, also called Oświęcim.
A former concentration camp in what is now Poland; definition Nazi evil, the Holocaust.
ausgleich
austausch
austausch
noun
Only used in austausch coefficient
avouchers
avouchers
noun
plural of avoucher
ayahausca
ayahuasca
ayahuasca
noun
A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties.
Any of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared from this vine.
bacchants
bacchants
noun
plural of bacchant
baccharis
bacchides
bachelors
bachelors
noun
plural of bachelor
backaches
backaches
noun
plural of backache
backchats
backchats
noun
plural of backchat
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backchat
backflash
backflash
noun
Synonym of flashback (“dramatic device”)
The hazardous situation where the flame propagates backward down the hose of an oxyfuel welding and cutting system.
backhands
backhands
noun
plural of backhand
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhand
backhauls
backhauls
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of backhaul
backhouse
backhouse
noun
(US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
(now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building.
backshift
backshift
noun
(grammar) The changing of the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
(statistics) A function on a stochastic process whose value on any random variable is the preceding random variable in the process.
verb
(grammar, transitive) To change the tense of a verb from present to past in reported speech.
backshish
backshish
noun
Alternative spelling of baksheesh
backsight
backsight
noun
(surveying) A measurement of a previously shot point, used to set the angle to zero when occupying a new position.
(surveying) A measurement or reading taken back towards a point of known elevation, used to calculate the height of the surveying instrument (theodolite, transit, total station).
The rear sight of a firearm.
verb
(surveying) To shoot a backsight.
backslash
backslash
noun
(computing, rare, proscribed) Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
The punctuation mark \.
|passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}
verb
(computing, transitive) To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
barouches
barouches
noun
plural of barouche
bashalick
bashmuric
beachboys
beachboys
noun
plural of beachboy
beachiest
beachiest
adj
superlative form of beachy: most beachy
beachless
beachless
adj
Without a beach or beaches.
beachside
beachside
adj
(rare) Bordering a beach
noun
The land bordering a beach.
bechamels
bechamels
noun
plural of bechamel
bechances
bechances
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bechance
bechuanas
beclothes
beclothes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beclothe
bedchairs
bedchairs
noun
plural of bedchair
beduchess
beechiest
beechiest
adj
superlative form of beechy: most beechy
beechnuts
beechnuts
noun
plural of beechnut
benchless
benchless
adj
Without a bench or benches.
berdaches
berdaches
noun
plural of berdache
bermensch
bescratch
bescratch
verb
(transitive) To scratch; scratch about; scratch all over.
beseeched
beseecher
beseecher
noun
A person who beseeches.
beseeches
beseeches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beseech
beshackle
bewitches
bewitches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bewitch
bioethics
bioethics
noun
(ethics) The branch of ethics that studies the implications of biological and biomedical advances.
biophysic
bipaschal
bipaschal
adj
Including two Passovers.
bishopric
bishopric
noun
A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.
The office or function of a bishop.
bismuthic
bismuthic
adj
(chemistry) Of, or containing bismuth in its higher valence.
bitchiest
bitchiest
adj
superlative form of bitchy: most bitchy
blackbush
blackfish
blackfish
noun
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of various dark-coloured fishes of Australasia, especially the luderick, Girella tricuspidata, and a freshwater fish, Gadopsis marmoratus.
(Canada, US) Either of two dark-coloured fish of the west Atlantic, the tautog of New England (Tautoga onitis) and the black sea bass (Centropristis striata).
(chiefly Scotland) The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, especially a female after spawning.
A pilot whale, genus Globicephalus (occasionally also used for various other whales).
Any of various dark-coloured fish of the Old World, especially the rudderfish (Centrolophus niger).
verb
(Internet slang, derogatory, of a white person) To adopt signifiers of black identity (for example, by darkening the skin, or wearing traditionally black hairstyles).
(fishing) To go fishing for blackfish.
blackwash
blackwash
noun
(chiefly politics) A villainization campaign.
(medicine) A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater.
(slang, New Zealand) A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team.
(slang, cricket) A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984.
(slang, mining) Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes.
verb
(transitive) To blacken, to cover with a black color.
(transitive) To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people.
(transitive) To villainize, to present in a damaging light.