A small town south of Huntingdon at Quebec in Canada.
A community in Iowa.
A town in Wisconsin, however spelt as Athelstane.
athenaeum
athenaeum
noun
A literary or scientific periodical, especially one similar to the London Athenaeum.
Alternative form of Athenaeum: a temple primarily dedicated to Athena or her Roman equivalent Minerva.
An association for the advancement of learning, particularly in science or literature.
The reading room or library of such an association; (by extension) any reading room or library.
athenaeus
atheneums
athenians
attaching
attaching
verb
present participle of attach
attrahent
attrahent
adj
That attracts; drawing, attracting.
noun
An attrahent agent; something that attracts.
aughtlins
aunthoods
authentic
authentic
adj
(music, of a Gregorian mode) Having the final as the lowest note of the mode.
(obsolete) Authoritative.
Conforming to reality and therefore worthy of trust, reliance, or belief.
Of the same origin as claimed; genuine.
authigene
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
autobahns
autobahns
noun
plural of autobahn
autochton
autophone
autophone
noun
(archaic) idiophone
autophony
autophony
noun
(medicine) An auscultatory process which consists of noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest.
The unusually loud hearing of a person's own voice, breathing or other self-generated sounds.
avenolith
aziethane
bacchante
bacchante
noun
a female bacchanal
a priestess of Bacchus
bacchants
bacchants
noun
plural of bacchant
bandwidth
bandwidth
noun
(informal) The capacity, energy or time required.
(networking, informal) The rate of data flow in digital networks typically measured in bits per second; the bitrate.
(of a signal) The width of the smallest frequency band within which the signal can fit.
The width, usually measured in hertz, of a frequency band.
barathron
batchtown
bathonian
bathonian
Proper noun
A subdivision of the Jurassic period.
bathybian
battakhin
batyphone
bednights
beechmont
beechnuts
beechnuts
noun
plural of beechnut
beethoven
beethoven
Proper noun
usually applying to
behmenist
behmenist
Adjective
Pertaining to the ideas of seventeenth-century German mystic
Noun
A supporter or adherent of such theosophical ideas.
behmenite
beknights
beknights
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of beknight
(figuratively, obsolete) Difficult to understand; abstruse, obscure.
(obsolete or poetic) Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller, etc.: caught out by oncoming night before reaching one's destination.
(obsolete) Plunged into darkness.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of benight
benighten
benighten
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To benight.
benighter
benighter
noun
One who benights or keeps others in darkness.
benthamic
benthamic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to or Benthamism.
benthonic
benthonic
adj
Synonym of benthic
benthoses
benthoses
noun
plural of benthos
beothukan
bernhardt
bethanked
bethanked
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bethank
bethankit
bethorned
bethunder
bhutanese
bianchite
biathlons
biathlons
noun
plural of biathlon
billionth
billionth
adj
The ordinal form of the number one billion.
noun
One of a billion equal parts of a whole.
The person or thing in the billionth position.
bimonthly
bimonthly
adj
Occurring once every two months; bimestrial
Twice every month; semimonthly.
adv
once every two months; bimestrially
noun
A publication that is published on a bimonthly basis.
binapthyl
birthland
birthland
noun
The land of one's birth, or where one was born.
bithynian
blatchang
blighting
blighting
noun
The act by which something is blighted.
verb
present participle of blight
blotching
blotching
noun
The situation of having blotches; blotchiness.
verb
present participle of blotch
blunthead
bothering
bothering
noun
The action of troubling or disturbing someone
verb
present participle of bother
boxthorns
boxthorns
noun
plural of boxthorn
branchlet
branchlet
noun
A small branch; a twig or sprig.
branchton
brandreth
brandreth
noun
(now historical) A tripod or stand for a cask, a haystack, etc.
(obsolete) A railing around a well.
brandrith
brandrith
noun
Alternative form of brandreth
breadthen
breadthen
verb
(transitive) To increase in breadth.
breathing
breathing
noun
(archaic) Time to recover one's breath; hence, a delay, a spell of time.
A diacritical mark indicating aspiration or lack thereof.
Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration.
Aspiration; secret prayer.
The act of respiration; a single instance of this.
verb
present participle of breathe
brechtian
brechtian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to (1898–1956), German poet and playwright, or his works.
brightens
brightens
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brighten
brightman
broughton
bryanthus
brynathyn
brythonic
brythonic
Proper noun
A Celtic language.
Adjective
Of or relating to the Brythonic language subgroup, a set of Celtic languages.
bsornhort
buchanite
buchonite
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
buhrstone
buhrstone
noun
Alternative spelling of burrstone
bunchiest
bunchiest
adj
superlative form of bunchy: most bunchy
burthened
burthened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burthen
cacheting
cacheting
verb
present participle of cachet
cachinate
caithness
caithness
Proper noun
a historic county in the far north of Scotland, which was abolished and merged into Region in 1975, which became the Highland council area in 1996.
calathian
calycanth
calycanth
noun
A plant of the family Calycanthaceae.
cantharic
cantharis
cantharis
noun
singular of cantharides
cantharus
cantharus
noun
A fountain or basin in the courtyard of an ancient church for worshippers to wash before entering.
A large drinking cup with two handles.
canthitis
canthitis
noun
inflammation of the canthus
canthuthi
caoutchin
caoutchin
noun
(organic chemistry) An inflammable, volatile, oily liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.
carinthia
carinthia
Proper noun
A federal state of modern Austria.
A region of modern Slovenia.
A region of the Holy Roman and Austrian empires.
carthamin
carthamin
noun
(organic chemistry) A red pigment obtained from the safflower, Carthamus tinctorius.
catchland
catchline
catchline
noun
(printing) A temporary note at the top of a page or galley proof to identify it.
A short line of text designed to catch the eye, especially one used as an advertising slogan.
catchment
catchment
noun
(often attributive) Any structure or land feature which catches and holds water; the collection of such water.
A catchment area, or the people it serves.
verb
To divide into catchment areas.
catechins
catechins
noun
plural of catechin
catharina
catharine
catharine
Proper noun
name, a less common spelling variant of Catherine.
catharpin
catharpin
noun
(nautical) A short rope, or iron cramp, used to stop the shrouds interfering with the yards.
cathartin
cathartin
noun
(organic chemistry) The bitter purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid.
cathepsin
cathepsin
noun
(biochemistry) Any of a family of proteases primarily active within lysosomes.
catherina
catherine
cathexion
cathexion
noun
cathexis
cathidine
cathinine
cathyleen
ceanothus
ceanothus
noun
Any of the genus Ceanothus of North American buckthorns.
cenotaphs
cenotaphs
noun
plural of cenotaph
cenotaphy
cenotaphy
noun
(obsolete) A cenotaph.
centranth
chaetodon
chaetodon
noun
butterflyfish (of the genus Chaetodon)
chainette
chalcanth
chalcanth
noun
Synonym of chalcanthum
chanchito
chanchito
noun
Australoheros facetus, the chameleon cichlid.
chanciest
chanciest
adj
superlative form of chancy: most chancy
chantable
chantages
chantalle
chanteuse
chanteuse
noun
A female singer; often specifically a popular or cabaret singer.
chantilly
chantlate
chantlate
noun
(architecture) A piece of wood fastened near the ends of the rafters, and projecting beyond the wall, to support two or three rows of tiles, so placed to prevent rainwater from trickling down the sides of the wall.
chantment
chantment
noun
(rare, archaic) enchantment
chantress
chantress
noun
A female singer or chanter.
chantries
chantries
noun
plural of chantry
charenton
chargeant
chargeant
noun
(Ireland, law, possibly obsolete) A chargee, a person who has a charge upon something.
charlatan
charlatan
noun
(obsolete) A mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs.
A malicious trickster; a fake person, especially one who deceives for personal profit.
charleton
charontas
chartings
chartings
noun
plural of charting
chastened
chastened
adj
Chastised.
Made chaste; purified; modest.
Made moderate; restrained.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chasten
chastener
chastener
noun
One who chastens.
chatelain
chatelain
noun
Synonym of castellan: the lord of a castle; a caretaker entrusted to oversee a castle for its lord.
chatillon
chatoyant
chatoyant
adj
(jewelry) Having a certain optical reflectance effect, which can be likened to the sheen of a spool of silk.
noun
(mineralogy) A hard stone, such as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wavy light.
chaunters
chaunters
noun
plural of chaunter
chaunting
chaunting
noun
Obsolete form of chanting.
verb
present participle of chaunt
chazzanut
chelating
chelating
adj
Having the ability to undergo chelation
chelation
chelation
noun
(chemistry) the formation of a polydentate chelate compound from a metal salt
(medicine) the use of this process to remove metal ions from solution, especially to counter poisoning by heavy metals