Agent noun of abstain; one who abstains; especially, one who abstains from something, such as the use of alcohol or drugs, or one who abstains for religious reasons; one who practices self-denial.
abstricts
abstricts
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abstrict
absurdist
absurdist
adj
Of, or relating to absurdism.
noun
An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.
absurdity
absurdity
noun
(countable) That which is absurd; an absurd action; a logical contradiction.
(obsolete, rare) Dissonance.
(uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment.
accredits
accredits
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accredit
acierates
acierates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acierate
acroliths
acroliths
noun
plural of acrolith
acrostics
acrostics
noun
plural of acrostic
acrotisms
actorship
actorship
noun
The state or quality associated with being an actor.
actuaries
actuaries
noun
plural of actuary
adderspit
admitters
admitters
noun
plural of admitter
adrenitis
adrenitis
noun
Alternative form of adrenalitis
adroitest
adroitest
adj
superlative form of adroit: most adroit
adscripts
adscripts
noun
plural of adscript
adstringe
adversity
adversity
noun
(countable) An event that is adverse; calamity.
(uncountable) The state of adverse conditions; state of misfortune or calamity.
advertise
advertise
verb
(card games) In gin rummy, to discard a card of one's preferred suit so as to mislead the opponent into thinking you do not want it.
(intransitive) To provide information about a person or goods and services to influence others.
(transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly.
(transitive) To provide public information about (a product, service etc.) in order to attract public awareness and increase sales.
(transitive, now rare) To notify (someone) of something; to call someone's attention to something.
aerations
aerations
noun
plural of aeration
aerialist
aerialist
noun
(obsolete) One who operates a flying machine; a balloonist or aviator.
(obsolete, rare) A person whose knowledge of agriculture is purely academic and not derived from experience.
(skiing) A specialist in aerials, a freestyle skiing discipline.
An acrobat performing high off the ground, defying a fall to earth, as on a trapeze or a tightrope.
aerolites
aerolites
noun
plural of aerolite
aeroliths
aeroliths
noun
plural of aerolith
aerotaxis
aerotaxis
noun
(biology) Movement of an organism either towards or away from a region of higher oxygen content.
affrights
affrights
noun
plural of affright
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affright
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.
aftership
afterwise
afterwise
adj
Wise after the fact.
agentries
agentries
noun
plural of agentry
agistator
agistator
noun
Alternative form of agistor
agitators
agitators
noun
plural of agitator
agitprops
agitprops
noun
plural of agitprop
agrestial
agrestial
adj
Synonym of agrestic
agrestian
agrestian
adj
Synonym of agrestic (“rural, rustic”)
ahistoric
ahistoric
adj
Synonym of ahistorical
aigrettes
aigrettes
noun
plural of aigrette
ainsworth
ainsworth
Proper noun
A village in Greater Manchester, England
A village in British Columbia, Canada
An unincorporated community in Ross Townsip, Lake County, Indiana, United States, now defunct
A city in Iowa, United States
A city in Nebraska, United States, and the county seat of Brown County.
A town in Wisconsin, United States
A state park in Oregon, United States
airbursts
airbursts
noun
plural of airburst
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airburst
aircrafts
aircrafts
noun
(nonstandard) plural of aircraft
airstream
airstream
noun
A flow or current of air.
The flow of air around an object.
airstrips
airstrips
noun
plural of airstrip
alarmists
alarmists
noun
plural of alarmist
albertist
alectoris
aleurites
allergist
allergist
noun
A doctor who specializes in the treatment of allergies.
altarwise
altarwise
adj
Placed in the manner of an altar, against the eastern wall of the chancel with the longer side parallel to that wall.
altruisms
altruisms
noun
plural of altruism
altruists
altruists
noun
plural of altruist
amatories
ambiverts
ambiverts
noun
plural of ambivert
ameristic
ameristic
adj
(biology) Lacking a meristem and thus undifferentiated
amitroles
amoralist
amoralist
noun
One who practises or who advocates amoralism.
amoristic
amoristic
adj
Pertaining or devoted to love; amatory.
amoritish
amorosity
amorosity
noun
The state or quality of being amorous; amorousness.
amortised
amortised
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amortise
amortises
amortises
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amortise
amortizes
amortizes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amortize
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.
animaters
animaters
noun
plural of animater
animators
animators
noun
plural of animator
aniseroot
aniseroot
noun
Any of certain North American herbs of the genus Osmorhiza.
ankerites
ankerites
noun
plural of ankerite
anointers
anointers
noun
plural of anointer
anteriors
antherids
antiarins
antiarins
noun
plural of antiarin
antifrost
antifrost
adj
Preventing, or countering the effects of frost.
antimeres
antimeres
noun
plural of antimere
antiprism
antiprism
noun
A polyhedron composed of two parallel copies of some particular polygon, connected by an alternating band of triangles.
antiquers
antiquers
noun
plural of antiquer
antirusts
antirusts
noun
plural of antirust
antiserum
antiserum
noun
(medicine) A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antibodies able to counter certain diseases or toxins.
antisolar
antisolar
adj
(astronomy) opposite to the sun (from the Earth)
antitrust
antitrust
adj
(law) Opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation.
antivirus
antivirus
noun
(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
antshrike
antshrike
noun
Any of several passerine bird species of various genera in the antbird (Thamnophilidae) family.
antsirane
apatornis
aperients
aperients
noun
plural of aperient
aperitifs
aperitifs
noun
plural of aperitif
aphorists
aphorists
noun
plural of aphorist
apiarists
apiarists
noun
plural of apiarist
aplustria
aportoise
appertise
appetiser
appetiser
noun
Alternative spelling of appetizer.
apriorist
apriorist
noun
(philosophy) A believer in apriorism.
aquariist
aquariist
noun
(dated) One who keeps fish in an aquarium.
aquarists
aquarists
noun
plural of aquarist
aramitess
arbalists
arbalists
noun
plural of arbalist
arbitress
arbitress
noun
A female arbiter.
arborists
arborists
noun
plural of arborist
archaists
archaists
noun
plural of archaist
archivist
archivist
noun
One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing, organising, and archives.
archsaint
areithous
arenosity
arenosity
noun
The quality or degree of being arenose.
arhatship
arhatship
Noun
The state of being an arhat.
arianists
aridities
aridities
noun
plural of aridity
aristaeus
aristarch
aristarch
Noun
A
aristides
aristotle
aristotle
noun
(Cockney rhyming slang) bottle
arkansite
arkansite
noun
(mineralogy) Synonym of brookite
arksutite
arksutite
noun
(mineralogy) chiolite
armistice
armistice
name
Alternative letter-case form of Armistice (“the armistice agreement signed between the Allies and Germany on 11 November 1918 to end World War I; (by extension) the end of World War I.”)
noun
A (short) cessation of combat; a cease-fire, a truce.
A formal agreement, especially between nations, to end combat.
arnoldist
aromatics
aromatics
noun
plural of aromatic
aromatise
aromatise
verb
Alternative spelling of aromatize
arresting
arresting
adj
striking, gripping
verb
present participle of arrest
arrestive
arrestive
adj
(dated) Tending to capture people’s attention.
Tending to stop or slow a process.
arriviste
arriviste
noun
(derogatory) An upstart or newcomer; nouveau riche; parvenu; an ambitious, brash or arrogant person who has yet to integrate with his or her new social group.
arseniate
arseniate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) arsenate
arsenites
arsenites
noun
plural of arsenite
arsmetrik
arsonists
arsonists
noun
plural of arsonist
artemisia
artemisia
noun
Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine and flavouring.
artemisic
artemisin
artemisin
noun
(organic chemistry) A sesquiterpene lactone, similar in structure to α-santonin.
arterials
arterials
noun
plural of arterial
arterious
arterious
adj
(archaic) arterial
arteritis
arteritis
noun
(pathology) The inflammation of arterial walls, often due to infection or an autoimmune response.
arthritis
arthritis
noun
Inflammation of a joint or joints causing pain and/or disability, swelling and stiffness, and due to various causes such as infection, trauma, degenerative changes or metabolic disorders.
arthrosia
arthrosis
arthrosis
noun
(pathology) Any degenerative disease of such a joint e.g. osteoarthritis.
Any articulation or joint between bones.
articulus
articulus
noun
(zoology) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea.
(zoology) A joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
artifacts
artifacts
noun
plural of artifact
artifices
artifices
noun
plural of artifice
artisanal
artisanal
adj
(of an item, especially a foodstuff) Made by an artisan (skilled worker).
Involving skilled work, with comparatively little reliance on machinery.
Of or pertaining to artisans or the work of artisans.
artisanry
artisanry
noun
Artisans considered collectively.
The work of an artisan.
artistdom
artistdom
noun
The class or estate of artists.
artistess
artistess
noun
(archaic, rare) female artist
arythmias
arythmias
noun
plural of arythmia
ascertain
ascertain
verb
(archaic) To ensure or effect.
(archaic) To establish, to prove.
(obsolete) To make (someone) certain or confident about something; to inform.
To find out definitely; to discover or establish.
asherites
asiderite
aspirants
aspirants
noun
plural of aspirant
aspiratae
aspirated
aspirated
adj
(French linguistics) In French, describing an initial letter h which, though silent, does not permit liaison or elision with the preceding word.
(phonetics) Pronounced with an audible breath, a brief expulsion of air at the end of the sound.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aspirate
aspirates
aspirates
noun
plural of aspirate
aspirator
aspirator
noun
A pooter (device for collecting insects).
A pump for removing gases or liquids.
A pump which draws gas through a liquid.
asserting
asserting
noun
The act of making assertions.
verb
present participle of assert
assertion
assertion
noun
(programming) A statement in a program asserting a condition expected to be true at a particular point, used in debugging.
A statement or declaration which lacks support or evidence.
Maintenance; vindication
Something which is asserted; a declaration; a statement asserted.
The act of asserting; positive declaration or averment.
assertive
assertive
adj
Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.