(obsolete, masonry) The joint or interstice between stones, to be filled with mortar.
A cold water drinking fountain (for people) typically found in a public location; more generally, any fountain or water source (including for animals like birds, horses etc).
abruption
abruption
noun
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
absurdism
absurdism
noun
(countable) Absurdity, something that is absurd
(uncountable, philosophy) A philosophy which holds that the universe is chaotic and irrational and that any attempt to impose order will ultimately fail.
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.
aburagiri
aburagiri
noun
A large Asian tree, Aleurites moluccana, that produces candlenuts.
accursing
accursing
verb
present participle of accurse
acheirous
acheirous
adj
Of or pertaining to acheiria (lacking one or both hands)
acholuria
acholuria
noun
(pathology) A lack of bile pigments in the urine
acholuric
acholuric
adj
(pathology) Of or pertaining to acholuria
acidurias
acidurias
noun
plural of aciduria
acquirers
acquirers
noun
plural of acquirer
acquiring
acquiring
verb
present participle and gerund of acquire
acquitter
acquitter
noun
One who acquits or releases.
actuarial
actuarial
adj
Of or pertaining to actuaries.
Relating to statistical calculation, especially pertaining to insurance.
actuarian
actuarian
adj
Synonym of actuarial
noun
Synonym of actuary
actuaries
actuaries
noun
plural of actuary
acurative
acutiator
adjutrice
adjutrice
noun
Alternative form of adjutrix (“female adjutor”)
admixture
admixture
noun
(epilepsy) a mixture composed of entities retaining their individual properties.
A mixing-in of a biologically or genetically differentiated group to an established stock.
A mixture, in some contexts
An instance of admixing, a mixing in of something.
adularias
adularias
noun
plural of adularia
aegritude
aequorins
aequorins
noun
plural of aequorin
aerobious
aerobious
adj
(obsolete) aerobic
affixture
affixture
noun
The act of affixing
The condition of being affixed
agincourt
ailuridae
ailuropus
airbursts
airbursts
noun
plural of airburst
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of airburst
airbusses
alacrious
alacrious
adj
Lively and joyfully involved.
alaruming
alaruming
verb
(archaic, rare) present participle of alarum
albinuria
albinuria
noun
Synonym of albiduria
aleurites
aleuritic
aleuronic
aleuronic
adj
Of or pertaining to aleurone.
aliferous
aliferous
adj
Having wings; winged
aligerous
aligerous
adj
winged
aliturgic
aliturgic
adj
Not liturgic; without a liturgy.
allituric
alloxuric
alluminor
alluminor
noun
(obsolete) An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
almuredin
altruisms
altruisms
noun
plural of altruism
altruists
altruists
noun
plural of altruist
alvearium
amaritude
amaritude
noun
(rare) Bitterness, sorrow.
amaurosis
amaurosis
noun
Any form of blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve.
amaurotic
amaurotic
adj
Pertaining to or suffering from amaurosis.
ambrosius
amburbial
amburbial
adj
Relating to the amburbium.
americium
americium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Am) with an atomic number of 95.
amoreuxia
amphitruo
anacrusis
anacrusis
noun
(music) An unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase.
(prosody) An unstressed syllable at the start of a verse.
aneurisms
aneurisms
noun
plural of aneurism
anguiform
anguiform
adj
Shaped like a snake.
angularia
annularia
ansgarius
anthurium
anthurium
noun
Any of several tropical American evergreen plants, of the genus Anthurium, grown for their ornamental leaves and spathes.
anticourt
anticourt
adj
Opposing a legal court.
Opposing a royal court.
antifraud
antifraud
adj
Acting against fraud.
antiquary
antiquary
adj
Relating to antiquity.
noun
A person who is knowledgeable of, or who collects antiques; an antiquarian.
An aficionado or student of antiquities, ancient artifacts, historic sites, ancient writings, or things of the past.
antiquers
antiquers
noun
plural of antiquer
antirumor
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.
antitrust
antitrust
adj
(law) Opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation.
antitumor
antitumor
adj
(oncology) Inhibiting the development of a tumor.
noun
Any substance that inhibits tumors.
antiulcer
antiulcer
adj
(medicine) Serving to prevent or counteract ulcers.
antiurban
antiurban
adj
(sociology) Showing a negative view of cities or city life
antivirus
antivirus
noun
(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
apivorous
apivorous
adj
That feeds on bees
aplustria
aquaregia
aquarians
aquarians
noun
plural of aquarian
aquariist
aquariist
noun
(dated) One who keeps fish in an aquarium.
aquarists
aquarists
noun
plural of aquarist
aquariums
aquilaria
araucania
araucaria
araucaria
noun
An individual plant (tree) of the genus Araucaria.
arbovirus
arbovirus
noun
(pathology, virology) Any virus that is transmitted by an arthropod.
archdruid
archdruid
noun
(Celtic paganism) A chief druid.
archidium
archilute
archilute
noun
Alternative form of archlute
arctitude
arcturian
arcuation
arcuation
noun
(botany) A method of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.
The act of bending or curving; the state of being bent; crookedness.
arduinite
areithous
argillous
argillous
adj
clayey; argillaceous
argufiers
argufiers
noun
plural of argufier
argufying
argufying
verb
present participle of argufy
argusfish
arguslike
ariadaeus
aristaeus
arksutite
arksutite
noun
(mineralogy) chiolite
armouries
armouries
noun
plural of armoury
armouring
armouring
noun
Armour or shielding.
verb
present participle of armour
aroideous
aroideous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the aroids.
arquerite
arquifoux
arquifoux
noun
Alternative form of alquifou
arrhenius
arrhizous
arrhizous
adj
(botany) Having no root: applied to parasitical plants which have no root, but adhere to other plants by any part of their surface, and derive their nourishment from them; also to mosses and Hepaticœ which are destitute of rhizoids.
arsenious
arsenious
adj
(chemistry) Of or containing arsenic with a valence of 3.
arterious
arterious
adj
(archaic) arterial
arthurian
arthurian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the legend of Arthur, king of the Britons, and his court at Camelot.
articular
articular
adj
(anatomy) Of, at, or relating to the joints of the body.
(grammar) Of or relating to the grammatical article.
articulus
articulus
noun
(zoology) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea.
(zoology) A joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
artukovic
aruspices
aruspices
noun
plural of aruspex
plural of aruspice
arzrunite
arzrunite
noun
(mineralogy) A biaxial orthorhombic sulfate chloride mineral.
atrichous
atrichous
adj
Without flagella.
atrocious
atrocious
adj
Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
Offensive or heinous.
Very bad; abominable, disgusting.
attribute
attribute
noun
(computer graphics, dated) A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display.
(computing, object-oriented programming) An option or setting belonging to some object.
(grammar) A word that qualifies a noun.
(logic) That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident.
(programming) A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated.
A characteristic or quality of a thing.
An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention.
verb
To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.
To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone.
aubergine
aubergine
noun
(Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
(Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
(color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.
aubretias
aubretias
noun
plural of aubretia
aubrietas
aubrietas
noun
plural of aubrieta
aubrietia
aubrietia
noun
A creeping perennial plant native to southeastern Europe, Aubrieta deltoidea, grown as a groundcover and in rock gardens for its dense foliage and purple, pink or white flowers.
auctorial
auctorial
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an author.
audiencer
audiogram
audiogram
noun
A graphical representation of the hearing ability of a person
auditoria
auditress
auditress
noun
(dated) A female hearer.
audiviser
augurship
augurship
noun
(historical) The office (or period of office) of an augur in ancient Rome.
aumoniere
aurantium
aureation
aureation
noun
(rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
aureoline
aureoling
auriculae
auriculae
noun
plural of auricula
auricular
auricular
adj
(anatomy, relational) Of or pertaining to the sense of hearing.
(anatomy, relational) Pertaining to the auricles of the heart.
(art, relational) Pertaining to a style of ornamental decoration, originating in Northern Europe in the first half of the 17th century, that uses softly flowing abstract shapes in relief some of which bear a resemblance to the human ear; commonly used in silverware, picture frames, and architecture.
(relational) Of or pertaining to the ear.
Recognized by the ear; understood by the sense of hearing.
Told to the ear; told privately.
noun
(humorous) The ear.
The little finger, the outermost and smallest finger of the hand.
auriculas
aurifying
aurifying
verb
present participle of aurify
aurinasal
aurinasal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ear and the nose.
auriphone
auriscalp
auriscalp
noun
An earpick.
auriscope
auriscope
noun
An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
auriscopy
auriscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
auroauric
austerity
austerity
noun
(economics) A policy of deficit-cutting, which by definition requires lower spending, higher taxes, or both.
(obsolete) Sourness and harshness to the taste.
Freedom from adornment; plainness; severe simplicity.
Severity of manners or life; extreme rigor or strictness; harsh discipline.
australia
australic
australis
austrasia
austrasia
Proper noun
A northeastern region of the Kingdom of the Merovingian Franks, of which Metz was the capital.
austrians
autarchic
autarchic
adj
(genetics, of a gene) Not inhibited by neighbouring genetic material
Of, pertaining to, or marked by autarchy; autocratic.
self-sufficient
autarkies
autarkies
noun
plural of autarky
autarkist
autarkist
noun
A proponent of autarky.
auteurism
auteurism
noun
(film) A theory that considers a work of cinema or television as the work of its director, rather than of the actors or producers