(biology, mycology) Having a pattern of block-like areas similar to cracked dried mud
Having areolas
argentol
argenton
argonaut
argonaut
noun
An adventurer on a dangerous but rewarding quest.
Any of several species of shelled octopods of the family Argonautidae (of which only the genus Argonauta is not extinct).
ariolate
armatoli
armatoli
noun
plural of armatole.
armorist
armorist
noun
(heraldry) A person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms, and all relating to their emblazonment.
(uncommon) An armorer; one who produces arms and armor.
arnattos
arnottos
arointed
arointed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aroint
aromatic
aromatic
adj
(organic chemistry) Derived from benzene.
(organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
Fragrant or spicy.
noun
(organic chemistry) Any aromatic compound.
A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.
aroynted
aroynted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aroynt
arratoon
arrector
arrector
noun
Synonym of erector
arrestor
arrestor
noun
Alternative form of arrester
arrogant
arrogant
adj
Having excessive pride in oneself, often with contempt or disrespect for others.
arrogate
arrogate
verb
(transitive, uncommon) To appropriate or lay claim to something for oneself without right.
arrowlet
arrowlet
noun
A small arrow.
arsefoot
arsonate
arsonate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) The oxyanion HAsO₃²⁻, derivatives, or any salt containing this ion
arsonist
arsonist
noun
One who has committed the act of arson, or illegally setting fire to property.
arsonite
arsonite
noun
(dated) An arsonist.
arthrous
arthrous
adj
(grammar) Of, pertaining to, or being the use of a term together with a grammatical article.
(specifically, of a term or phrase) Used with or headed by a grammatical article.
artotype
artotype
noun
(archaic) A kind of autotype.
artotypy
artworks
artworks
noun
plural of artwork
asarotum
ashcroft
ashcroft
Proper noun
A village in British Columbia, Canada
A ghost town in Colorado
asherton
assentor
assentor
noun
Alternative form of assenter
assertor
assertor
noun
One who asserts or avers.
One who supports, affirms, defends, or vindicates; a champion.
assistor
assistor
noun
(law) Alternative form of assister
assorted
assorted
adj
Composed of a number of different kinds or types; mixed; miscellaneous.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of assort
assorter
assorter
noun
One who assorts, or arranges by class or category.
asterion
asterion
noun
(anatomy) The point on the side of the skull corresponding to the posterior end of the parietomastoid suture.
asteroid
asteroid
noun
(astronomy) A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.
(astronomy) In the Solar system, such a body that orbits within the orbit of Jupiter
(zoology) Any member of the taxonomic class Asteroidea; a starfish
asterope
asthorin
astrofel
astroite
astroite
noun
(obsolete) A radiated fossil or stone; a starstone.
astrolog
atheroma
atheroma
noun
(pathology) An abnormal fatty deposit which develops within the walls of arteries.
(pathology, obsolete) A kind of cyst on the scalp.
atherton
atherton
Proper noun
A town in Wigan borough, Greater Manchester, England.
derived from the placename.
athrough
athyroid
atomizer
atomizer
noun
An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray or vapor for disinfecting, cooling, medical use or perfume spraying.
atrochal
atrocity
atrocity
noun
(countable) An extremely cruel act; a horrid act of injustice.
(countable) An object considered to be extremely unattractive or undesirable.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being atrocious; enormous wickedness; extreme criminality or cruelty.
atrophia
atrophia
noun
Archaic form of atrophy.
atrophic
atrophic
adj
(medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from atrophy
atropine
atropine
noun
(toxicology, pharmacology) An alkaloid extracted from the plant deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna) and other sources, such as the seeds of the thorn-apple. Though overdoses would be fatal it is used as a drug in medicine for its paralytic effects (e.g. in surgery to relax muscles, in dentistry to dry the mouth, in ophthalmology to dilate the pupils).
atropins
atropism
atropism
noun
(pathology) atropine poisoning
atropous
atropous
adj
(botany) Not inverted; orthotropous.
atrypoid
atrypoid
adj
(biology) relating to, or characteristic of brachiopods of the genus Atrypa.
attainor
attainor
noun
(obsolete) A juror guilty of attaint
attercop
attercop
noun
(dialectal, Northern England) A peevish or ill-natured person.
(dialectal, Northern England) A spider.
attestor
attestor
Noun
One who attests.
attorned
attorned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of attorn
attorney
attorney
noun
(Philippines, sometimes US) An honorific given to lawyers and notaries public, or those holders by profession who also do other jobs. Usually capitalized or abbreviated as Atty.
(UK, 20th century and later, rare, usually derogatory) A solicitor.
(UK, dated, 19th century and earlier) One such who practised in the courts of the common law.
(US) A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession.
(obsolete outside set phrases) An agent or representative authorized to act on someone else's behalf.
A prosecutor
Clusia spp.
verb
(intransitive, rare) To work as a legal attorney.
(transitive, rare) To provide with a legal attorney.
attourne
auditors
auditors
noun
plural of auditor
auditory
auditory
adj
Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.
noun
(archaic) Synonym of audience.
(archaic) Synonym of auditorium.
auntrous
authored
authored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of author
authorly
authorly
adj
In the manner of an author.
autocarp
autocrat
autocrat
noun
A title borne by some such monarchs, as in Byzantium and tsarist Russia.
An absolute ruler with infinite power.
Until the 20th century, a favorable description of a ruler who was connected with the concept of lack of conflicts of interest and an indication of grandeur and power.
autogiro
autogiro
noun
(aircraft) An aircraft in which lift is provided by unpowered rotating wings and thrust is provided by a conventional propeller.
autogram
autogram
noun
A sentence that describes itself, in the sense of providing an inventory of its own characters.
autogyro
autogyro
noun
Alternative spelling of autogiro
autoharp
autoharp
noun
A string instrument having a series of chord bars attached to dampers (muting bars) which mute all the strings other than those that form the desired chord.
autopore
autorail
aviators
aviators
noun
aviator sunglasses
plural of aviator
aviatory
aviatory
adj
Of or relating to aviation.
avigator
avigator
noun
An aerial navigator.
awlworts
awlworts
noun
plural of awlwort
axometer
axometry
azoturia
azoturia
noun
(medicine) An increase in the amount of nitrogenous material (such as urea) in the urine
(veterinary medicine) A condition that affects the muscles of horses, ranging from stiffness and mild cramps to the horse becoming unable to stand, with discoloured urine
babracot
backwort
bakerton
balatron
balatron
noun
A buffoon; one who speaks a lot of nonsense and is characterized by self-indulgence.
balewort
balloter
balloter
noun
One who votes by ballot.
bancroft
bancroft
Proper noun
A city in Idaho
A city in Iowa
A city in Kentucky
A town in Maine
A village in Michigan
A village in Nebraska
A town in Ontario, Canada
A town in South Dakota
A town in West Virginia
A in Wisconsin
banewort
banewort
noun
Atropa belladonna, deadly nightshade.
Ranunculus flammula, spearwort
barbiton
barbiton
noun
an ancient stringed musical instrument, apparently a type of lute or lyre
barbitos
barbitos
noun
An ancient stringed musical instrument from Greece, apparently a type of lute or lyre.
barbotte
barbotte
noun
A Canadian dice game akin to craps.
barcroft
bareboat
bareboat
adj
Being or pertaining to a charter for the hire of a boat without any crew or provisions included.
barefoot
barefoot
adj
(CB radio, slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
(informal) Of a vehicle on an icy road: not using snow chains.
Wearing nothing on the feet.
adv
(CB radio slang) Transmitting without the use of an amplifier.
She likes to go barefoot in the summertime.
baritone
baritone
noun
(linguistics) Alternative form of barytone.
A person, instrument, or group that performs in the range between tenor and bass
The male voice between tenor and bass
The musical range between tenor and bass
a brass instrument similar to the euphonium, but with a cylindrical bore instead of a conical one; a baritone saxhorn
barometz
barometz
noun
(mythology) A purported zoophyte, half-animal and half-plant, said to grow in the form of a sheep.
The golden chicken fern or woolly fern (Cibotium barometz), the rhizomes of which are covered in furry brown hair; the legend (sense 1) is supposed to have arisen because, when inverted, the rhizomes with stalks growing out of them resemble lambs.
baronets
baronets
noun
plural of baronet
barostat
barostat
noun
A device used to maintain a constant (atmospheric) pressure
barotaxy
barrator
barrator
noun
(archaic) A quarrelsome person, one who fights, a bully.
(maritime, admiralty law) A ship's master who commits gross fraud or barratry.
(obsolete) One who buys or sells political or ecclesiastic offices.
A judge who accepts bribes.
One who is guilty of barratry, vexing others with frequent and often groundless lawsuits; a brangler and pettifogger.
barretor
barretor
noun
Alternative form of barrator
barryton
barstool
barstool
noun
Alternative form of bar stool
bartelso
barthold
bartonia
bartosch
barytone
barytone
adj
(linguistics) Not having an accent on the last syllable.
(linguistics) Of or pertaining to a word not having an accent on the last syllable.
Archaic form of baritone.
noun
(linguistics) A word that is accented on the penultimate syllable.
(linguistics) A word that is not accented on the ultimate syllable.
barytons
barytons
noun
plural of baryton
bathorse
bathorse
noun
A horse which carries an officer's baggage during a campaign. Also spelt bat-horse and bat horse.
bathrobe
bathrobe
noun
A robe usually made of terrycloth intended to be worn when one is still damp from bathing or when there is no immediate need to dress fully.
bathroom
bathroom
noun
(chiefly US, South Africa, Canada, euphemistic) A lavatory: a room containing a toilet and (typically but not necessarily) a bathtub.
A room containing a shower and/or bathtub, and (typically but not necessarily) a toilet.
bathroot
bathwort
batoneer
batoneer
noun
One who uses a baton, specifically a conductor.
bearcoot
bearfoot
bearwort
bearwort
noun
A perennial alpine plant, Meum athamanticum.
beaufort
bedoctor
bedoctor
verb
(transitive) To address as 'doctor'.
(transitive) To care for in the manner of a doctor.
(transitive) To confer a doctoral degree upon.
bedworth
beetroot
beetroot
noun
(UK, New Zealand, Australia) A normally deep-red-coloured root vegetable usually cooked or pickled before eating; Synonym of beet.
(usually uncountable) The edible part of the root of a beet plant, raw or prepared.
verb
(intransitive, informal) To turn a bright red or purple colour.
belcourt
bellport
bellwort
bellwort
noun
Any of several perennial plants, of the genus Uvularia, that have yellow, bell-shaped flowers.
Any of various plants in the Campanulaceae family.
berakoth
berakoth
noun
plural of berakah
bergamot
bergamot
noun
A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair.
A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
A variety of pear.
A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
The fruit from the bergamot tree
berryton
berteroa
berthold
berthold
Proper noun
A city in North Dakota.
berthoud
bertolde
besotter
bestower
bestower
noun
One who bestows.
bestrode
bestrode
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bestride
bestrown
bestrown
verb
(archaic) past participle of bestrew
bestrows
bestrows
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bestrow
betailor
betatron
betatron
noun
(physics) A form of cyclotron used to accelerate electrons to high speed.
bethorns
bethroot
bethroot
noun
Alternative form of birthroot
betorcin
betroths
betroths
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of betroth
betrough
bevatron
bevatron
noun
A particle accelerator of the 1950s, capable of imparting energies of billions of electron volts.