(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.
accursing
accursing
verb
present participle of accurse
acheirous
acheirous
adj
Of or pertaining to acheiria (lacking one or both hands)
acidurias
acidurias
noun
plural of aciduria
acquirers
acquirers
noun
plural of acquirer
actuaries
actuaries
noun
plural of actuary
adularias
adularias
noun
plural of adularia
aequorins
aequorins
noun
plural of aequorin
aerobious
aerobious
adj
(obsolete) aerobic
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.
aleurites
aliferous
aliferous
adj
Having wings; winged
aligerous
aligerous
adj
winged
altruisms
altruisms
noun
plural of altruism
altruists
altruists
noun
plural of altruist
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.
ambrosius
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
ansgarius
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.
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.
apivorous
apivorous
adj
That feeds on bees
aplustria
aquarians
aquarians
noun
plural of aquarian
aquariist
aquariist
noun
(dated) One who keeps fish in an aquarium.
aquarists
aquarists
noun
plural of aquarist
aquariums
arbovirus
arbovirus
noun
(pathology, virology) Any virus that is transmitted by an arthropod.
areithous
argillous
argillous
adj
clayey; argillaceous
argufiers
argufiers
noun
plural of argufier
argusfish
arguslike
ariadaeus
aristaeus
arksutite
arksutite
noun
(mineralogy) chiolite
armouries
armouries
noun
plural of armoury
aroideous
aroideous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to the aroids.
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
articulus
articulus
noun
(zoology) A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea.
(zoology) A joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.
aruspices
aruspices
noun
plural of aruspex
plural of aruspice
atrichous
atrichous
adj
Without flagella.
atrocious
atrocious
adj
Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
Offensive or heinous.
Very bad; abominable, disgusting.
aubretias
aubretias
noun
plural of aubretia
aubrietas
aubrietas
noun
plural of aubrieta
auditress
auditress
noun
(dated) A female hearer.
audiviser
augurship
augurship
noun
(historical) The office (or period of office) of an augur in ancient Rome.
auriculas
aurinasal
aurinasal
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the ear and the nose.
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.
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
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
authorise
authorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.
authorish
authorish
adj
Characteristic of an author.
authorism
authorism
noun
(archaic, uncountable) Authorship.
(countable, uncountable) A habit or practice of an author.
autogiros
autogiros
noun
plural of autogiro
autoriser
autosauri
autrefois
axiferous
azoturias
azoturias
noun
plural of azoturia
babirousa
babirousa
noun
Archaic form of babirusa.
babirusas
babirusas
noun
plural of babirusa
babirussa
balisaurs
balisaurs
noun
plural of balisaur
barnumism
bashmuric
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
beguilers
beguilers
noun
plural of beguiler
belinurus
beliquors
bergquist
berzelius
bicolours
bicolours
noun
plural of bicolour
bicornous
bicornous
adj
Having two horns; bicorn.
bierstube
bierstube
noun
A beer hall.
bifarious
bifarious
adj
(botany) In two rows (on opposite sides of a branch etc.)
ambiguous
twofold, double
biflorous
biflorous
adj
(botany) Bearing two flowers or blooms.
bifurcous
bifurcous
adj
bifurcate
birdhouse
birdhouse
noun
A small house for birds.
An aviary.
biscuitry
biscuitry
noun
(countable) An individual business that manufactures biscuits and similar items; a biscuit factory.
(uncountable) A form of unglazed earthenware.
(uncountable) A mass or collection of baked goods such as biscuits and bread.
(uncountable) The baking of biscuits, bread, and similar items.
(uncountable) The business of manufacturing biscuits.
(woodworking, uncountable) The process of inserting biscuits (thin ovals of wood or other material) into mating slots in order to provide a gluing surface.
bisporous
bluebirds
bluebirds
noun
plural of bluebird
blurriest
blurriest
adj
superlative form of blurry: most blurry
bordarius
bordarius
noun
(history) Synonym of bordar (“person ranking below villeins and above serfs”)
borussian
bothriums
bourgeois
bourgeois
adj
(Marxism) Of or relating to the capitalist class, (usually derogatory) the capitalist exploitation of the proletariat.
(historical) Of or relating to the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
Of or relating to the middle class, (often derogatory) their presumed overly conventional, conservative, and materialistic values.
noun
(Marxism) A capitalist, (usually derogatory) an exploiter of the proletariat.
(history) An individual member of the bourgeoisie, the third estate of the French Ancien Regime.
(politics, collectively, usually in the plural) The middle class.
(printing, dated) A size of type between brevier and long primer, standardized as 9-point.
(rare) An individual member of the middle class.
(usually derogatory) A person of any class with bourgeois (i.e., overly conventional and materialistic) values and attitudes.
verb
(transitive) To make bourgeois.
bourrides
bourrides
noun
plural of bourride
brachinus
brasquing
braunites
braunites
noun
plural of braunite
brighouse
brunistic
brunizems
brunonism
brunswick
brunswick
Proper noun
A city in Germany; Braunschweig.
Any of several towns in the United States and elsewhere.
A suburb of Melbourne, Australia.
brushbird
brushfire
brushfire
noun
(politics, attributive) A war that does not directly involve the world's superpowers.
A large fire in a scrubland or prairie, as opposed to a forest fire, which happens in forests.
brushiest
brushiest
adj
superlative form of brushy: most brushy
brushlike
brushlike
adj
Having the form of a brush.
brustling
brustling
verb
present participle of brustle
brutalise
brutalise
verb
(intransitive, dated) To live or behave like a brute.
(transitive) To inflict brutal violence on.
(transitive) To make brutal, cruel or harsh.
brutalism
brutalism
noun
(architecture) Alternative letter-case form of Brutalism.
Brutal, violent behaviour; savagery.
brutalist
brutalist
noun
Someone that follows brutalism.
brutifies
brutifies
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of brutify
brutishly
brutishly
adv
In a brutish manner.
bucuresti
budweiser
buggeries
buggeries
noun
plural of buggery
buildress
buildress
noun
(rare, obsolete, nonstandard) A female builder.
bullaries
bullaries
noun
plural of bullary
bullrings
bullrings
noun
plural of bullring
bummerish
buprestid
buprestid
noun
Any of the many beetles of the family Buprestidae, which in the larval stage are destructive wood borers and as adults are often brightly coloured.
buprestis
burbliest
burbliest
adj
superlative form of burbly: most burbly
burgensic
burliness
burliness
noun
The characteristic of being burly.
burnished
burnished
adj
(figurative) Blazing, bright.
Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burnish
burnisher
burnisher
noun
A tool used to burnish, for making smooth and shiny by rubbing.
burnishes
burnishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burnish
burnsides
burnsides
noun
plural of burnside
bursarial
bursarial
adj
Of or relating to a bursary.
bursaries
bursaries
noun
plural of bursary
bursiform
bursiform
adj
Shaped like a purse or bag.
bushfires
bushfires
noun
plural of bushfire
buteshire
butleries
butleries
noun
plural of butlerie
plural of butlery
butlerism
butteries
butteries
noun
plural of buttery
buxerries
carburise
carburise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of carburize.