(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).
abrotanum
abrotanum
noun
A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer., southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
abruption
abruption
noun
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
absoluter
absoluter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absolute: more absolute
aburabozu
accounter
accounter
noun
A person providing an account of events.
A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
accourage
accourage
Verb
To encourage.
accouters
accouters
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accouter
accoutred
accoutred
adj
Provided with vital supplies for a precise aim, more specifically for the armed forces.
Supplied with essential equipments for a certain intention, particularly military.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accoutre
accoutres
accoutres
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accoutre
accusator
accusator
noun
(archaic) A male accuser;
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
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
achromous
achromous
adj
colorless; achromatic
acoumeter
acoumeter
noun
(physics) An instrument for measuring the acuteness of the sense of hearing.
acoumetry
acoumetry
noun
The measuring of the power or extent of hearing.
acrologue
actuators
actuators
noun
plural of actuator
acuductor
acusector
acutiator
adductors
adductors
noun
plural of adductor
adjournal
adjournal
noun
adjournment; postponement
adjourned
adjourned
adj
(of a meeting, event or trial) Having been adjourned; suspended or paused.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjourn
adjustors
adjustors
noun
plural of adjustor
adjutator
adjutator
noun
(archaic) Alternative spelling of agitator
adulators
adulators
noun
plural of adulator
adulatory
adulatory
adj
Exhibiting adulation; overly flattering.
aequoreal
aequoreal
adj
(archaic, rare, poetic) marine; oceanic
aequorins
aequorins
noun
plural of aequorin
aerobious
aerobious
adj
(obsolete) aerobic
aerocurve
aerocurve
noun
(aviation, historical) A kind of early aeroplane with curved surfaces.
aeroducts
aeroducts
noun
plural of aeroduct
aeronauts
aeronauts
noun
plural of aeronaut
aeropause
aeropause
noun
The region of the atmosphere above which it is not possible for aircraft to fly
aeropulse
aeropulse
noun
pulsejet
affabrous
affabrous
adj
(rare, poetic) Executed in a workmanlike manner; ingeniously made.
agincourt
agueproof
agueproof
adj
Resistant to the ague.
ailuropus
alacrious
alacrious
adj
Lively and joyfully involved.
alburnous
alburnous
adj
Of or pertaining to alburnum.
alentours
aleurodes
aleuronat
aleuronat
noun
(archaic) flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetics
aleurones
aleurones
noun
plural of aleurone
aleuronic
aleuronic
adj
Of or pertaining to aleurone.
aliferous
aliferous
adj
Having wings; winged
aligerous
aligerous
adj
winged
allocatur
allocatur
noun
(law) The allowance of a proceeding, writ, order, etc., by a court, judge, or judicial officer.
alloxuric
alluminor
alluminor
noun
(obsolete) An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner.
alumbrado
alumroots
alumroots
noun
plural of alumroot
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
ambulator
ambulator
noun
A walker; one who walks.
amoreuxia
amorously
amorously
adv
In an amorous or loving manner.
amorphous
amorphous
adj
(by extension) Being without definite character or nature.
(by extension) Lacking organization or unity.
(physics) In the non-crystalline solid state of a typically crystalline solid.
(set theory, of a set) Infinite and not the disjoint union of two infinite subsets.
Lacking a definite form or clear shape.
amounters
amourette
amourette
noun
A cupid.
A petty love affair.
The love grass, or quaking grass.
amphitruo
amphorous
amputator
amputator
noun
The person who performs, or thing that causes, an amputation.
anandrous
anandrous
adj
(botany) Lacking stamens; devoid of male parts in plants
androclus
androgeus
anestrous
anestrous
adj
not estrous
of, or pertaining to, anestrus
angostura
angostura
noun
A South American tree, with bark used in tradition medicine and as an ingredient in various bitters (but not Angostura bitters), Angostura trifoliata.
Angostura bitters
anguiform
anguiform
adj
Shaped like a snake.
angurboda
anhydrous
anhydrous
adj
(chemistry) Having no water of crystallization.
Having little or no water.
announcer
announcer
noun
One who makes announcements.
radio announcer
anoestrum
anoestrus
anoestrus
noun
Alternative spelling of anestrus
anomalure
anomalure
noun
A rodent of any species of the family Anomaluridae, having membranes between their front and hind legs like those of a flying squirrel (Sciuridae), found in central Africa
anomouran
anomurous
anorchous
antecornu
antecourt
anticourt
anticourt
adj
Opposing a legal court.
Opposing a royal court.
antirumor
antitumor
antitumor
adj
(oncology) Inhibiting the development of a tumor.
noun
Any substance that inhibits tumors.
antocular
apivorous
apivorous
adj
That feeds on bees
aposaturn
aproctous
aproctous
adj
(zoology) Without an anal orifice.
arboreous
arboreous
adj
(obsolete) Growing on trees.
(obsolete, anatomy) Having a tree-like, branching structure.
(of a plant) Having the characteristics of a tree.
arboretum
arboretum
noun
A place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
arbovirus
arbovirus
noun
(pathology, virology) Any virus that is transmitted by an arthropod.
arbuthnot
archcount
archhouse
archrogue
archrogue
noun
An infamous or particularly egregious rogue.
The chief of a band of thieves or gypsies.
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.
arduously
arduously
adv
in an arduous manner
areithous
arenulous
arenulous
adj
(obsolete) Full of fine sand.
(obsolete) Resembling sand.
areopagus
areopagus
Noun
The supreme judicial and legislative council of ancient Athens
argentous
argentous
adj
(chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a higher proportion than in argentic compounds.
Of, pertaining to, or containing silver.
argillous
argillous
adj
clayey; argillaceous
argonauta
argonauts
argonauts
noun
plural of argonaut
armourers
armourers
noun
plural of armourer
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.
aromatous
aromatous
adj
(obsolete) aromatic
arousable
arousable
adj
That can be aroused
arquifoux
arquifoux
noun
Alternative form of alquifou
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.
arrowbush
arroyuelo
arsenious
arsenious
adj
(chemistry) Of or containing arsenic with a valence of 3.
arterious
arterious
adj
(archaic) arterial
artukovic
ashburton
ashburton
Proper noun
a small town on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England.
a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
a river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
a large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
a river (with two branches) in Canterbury which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
a town in Natal, South Africa.
a neighbourhood in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
aspermous
aspermous
adj
(botany) Lacking seeds.
astronaut
astronaut
noun
(Hong Kong) A returnee who frequently flies back and forth between Hong Kong and their adopted home country.
A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.
astroturf
astroturf
noun
Alternative spelling of AstroTurf
verb
Alternative spelling of Astroturf
athermous
athermous
adj
Alternative form of athermanous
atrichous
atrichous
adj
Without flagella.
atrochous
atrocious
atrocious
adj
Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
Offensive or heinous.
Very bad; abominable, disgusting.
atrophous
auctorial
auctorial
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an author.
audiogram
audiogram
noun
A graphical representation of the hearing ability of a person
auditoria
augmentor
augmentor
noun
Alternative form of augmenter
aumoniere
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
aureously
auriphone
auriscope
auriscope
noun
An instrument for examining the condition of the ear.
auriscopy
auriscopy
noun
(medicine) Examination of the ear using an auriscope.
auroauric
aurochses
aurophore
aurorally
aurorally
adv
In the dawn.
With an aurora.
ausformed
ausformed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ausform
authoress
authoress
noun
(dated) A female author.
authorial
authorial
adj
Of, coming from, or typical of an author (especially of books)
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
authorise
authorise
verb
Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of authorize.