(politics, philosophy) In political philosophy, the negation of rule by "regency", or hierarchical "government". The absence of a "ruling class". A society with the absence of imposition or coercion; one of voluntary order.
acrasy
acrasy
noun
(rare) Disorderly behavior; lack of self-control; intemperance.
acrisy
acrisy
noun
(obsolete, medicine) An inability to judge the outcome of a disease
acrity
acrity
noun
(obsolete) sharpness; keenness
actory
actory
adj
Like, characteristic, or typical of an actor
aerify
aerify
verb
(transitive) To mix with air.
(transitive) To vaporize.
aerily
aerily
adv
In an aerial manner
atmospherically (all senses)
affray
affray
noun
(obsolete) Terror.
A tumultuous assault or quarrel.
The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack.
The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others.
verb
(archaic, transitive) To frighten; to scare; to frighten away.
(archaic, transitive) To startle from quiet; to alarm.
agyria
agyria
noun
The smooth appearance of the brain in cases of lissencephaly.
airify
airify
verb
Alternative form of aerify
airily
airily
adv
In an airy manner.
lightly
airway
airway
noun
(anatomy) The trachea.
(aviation) A flight path used by aeroplanes.
albury
almery
almury
almyra
alydar
amaryl
ambary
ambary
noun
A valuable East Indian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth.
ambery
ambery
adj
Like or resembling amber.
noun
Obsolete form of ambry.
ambury
ambury
noun
Alternative form of anbury
amiray
amobyr
amobyr
noun
Alternative form of amober
ampery
ampery
adj
(UK dialectal) Covered with pimples.
(UK dialectal) Weak; unhealthy; beginning to decay.
amyrin
amyrin
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric triterpenoids found in some vegetable oils and resins
amyris
amyrol
anadyr
anadyr
Proper noun
The capital of Chukotka autonomous okrug, extreme north-eastern Russia
anarya
anbury
anbury
noun
(archaic) A wen or spongy wart on the legs or flanks of a horse.
A disease in turnips, produced by one of the slime-fungi, and usually the result of improper cultivation.
andrey
andrsy
andryc
anergy
anergy
noun
(immunology) Lack of immunity to an antigen.
(pathology) Deficiency of energy.
(physics) Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work.
anerly
angary
angary
noun
The right of one belligerent (government) in a conflict to seize, use or destroy the property of another belligerent or neutral state, or the private citizens thereof, provided compensation is paid.
annary
apiary
apiary
noun
A place where bees and their hives are kept.
arayne
arblay
arbory
arbyrd
arcady
arcady
adj
Alternative form of arcadey
archly
archly
adv
In an arch manner; slyly.
ardrey
ardyce
ardyth
aready
argify
argosy
argosy
noun
A merchant flotilla, fleet.
A merchant ship.
An abundant supply, boatload.
argufy
argufy
verb
(intransitive, colloquial, archaic) To be of importance or relevance; to make a difference, to be of use.
(intransitive, colloquial, regional) To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree.
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To be evidence of (something).
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To persuade (someone) through argument.
(transitive, colloquial, archaic) To weary (someone) with arguing.
(transitive, colloquial, regional) To dispute (a point, fact, etc.), to argue about (something).
(transitive, intransitive, colloquial, archaic) To reason (something) out, to fully consider, think through.
argyle
argyle
noun
a pattern of diamond-shaped areas on a solid background; used especially of knitwear
a sock having this pattern
argyll
argyll
noun
Alternative form of argyle
argyra
aridly
aridly
adv
In an arid manner.
arlyne
armary
armory
armory
noun
US standard spelling of armoury.
aroxyl
aroynt
aroynt
verb
Alternative form of aroint
arrays
arrays
noun
plural of array
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of array
arrowy
arrowy
adj
Consisting of arrows.
Formed or moving like, or in any respect resembling, an arrow; for example swift or slender or straight
arroya
arroyo
arroyo
noun
A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain).
Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally).
arseny
artery
artery
noun
(anatomy) Any of the muscular- and elastic-walled blood vessels forming part of the circulation system by which blood is conveyed away from the heart regardless of its oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery.
(transport) A major transit corridor in a system of roads, rivers, or railway lines.
Hyponyms: alloartery, arteriole, endartery, microartery; see also Thesaurus:artery
artily
artily
adv
(rare) In an arty fashion.
aryans
asbury
ashery
ashery
noun
A depository for ashes.
A place where potash or pearl-ash is made.
assary
astray
astray
adv
In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction.
atresy
atrypa
attery
attery
adj
(dialectal or archaic) Pernicious
(dialectal or archaic) Poisonous; venomous
(of a wound or sore, dialectal or archaic) Purulent; containing pus or matter
(of mood or disposition, dialectal or archaic) Bad-tempered; spiteful; quarrelsome; peevish; angry; hot-headed
(of weather, dialectal or archaic) Cold; bleak; grim
noun
(of weather, dialectal or archaic) Cold, bleak weather.
aubrey
aubrey
Proper noun
An English patronymic surname.
name from the same source, or transferred from the surname.
name of American usage since the 1970s.
audrey
audrye
augury
augury
noun
(by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy.
A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come.
aumbry
aumery
aumery
noun
(obsolete) An ambry or closet.
aurify
aurify
verb
(rare, transitive, intransitive) To turn into gold.
autrey
averyl
aviary
aviary
noun
A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse.
avowry
avowry
noun
(ecclesiastical) Advowson, the right to appoint to a benefice or office.
(historical) A form of medieval patronage in which colonial tenants, often from criminal backgrounds, were guaranteed protection by an English lord in exchange for the payment of a tax.
(law) The act of avowing and justifying in one's own right the distraining of goods.
(obsolete) A protector, especially a patron saint.
(obsolete) Avowal (open affirmation or admission).
avoyer
avoyer
noun
(obsolete or historical) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
aweary
aweary
adj
(poetic) Weary, tired.
aworry
aylmar
aylmer
aymara
aymoro
babery
babery
noun
(obsolete) Finery of a kind to please a child.
bacury
baeyer
bajury
bakery
bakery
noun
(uncountable, US) Baked goods.
A shop in which bread (and often other baked goods such as cakes) is baked and/or sold.
The trade of a baker.
bantry
barany
barbey
barboy
barboy
noun
A young man who works in a bar, serving alcohol etc.
barely
barely
adv
(archaic) merely.
(degree) Almost not at all.
(degree) By a small margin.
barfly
barfly
noun
(slang, derogatory) a person who spends much time in a bar or similar drinking establishment
(slang, derogatory) a promiscuous person, especially a woman, who frequents bars hoping to find sexual partners
barkey
barley
barley
noun
(Singapore) seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)
A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
barney
barney
adj
(obsolete, UK, slang) insane crazy, loony.
noun
(UK, Australia, slang) A minor physical fight.
(UK, Australia, slang) A noisy argument.
(US dialect, Boston) A student at Harvard University.
(US, pejorative slang) A police officer, usually one perceived as inferior or overzealous.
(film, television) Synonym of blimp (“soundproof cover for a video camera”)
(obsolete, Harvard University slang) A poor recitation.
(obsolete, UK, slang) A hoax, a humbug, something that is not genuine, a rigged or unfair sporting contest.
(obsolete, UK, slang) A lark, a romp, some fun.
verb
(UK, Australia) To argue, to quarrel.
(obsolete, Harvard University slang) To recite badly; to fail.
barony
barony
noun
(Scotland) Any large manor or estate, regardless of its owner's rank.
(historical, Ireland) Synonym of hundred, an English administrative division originally reckoned as comprising 100 hides and in various numbers composing counties.
(law) The legal tenure of a baron's land; military tenure.
(obsolete) The baronage: the body of barons in a realm.
Baronship, the rank or position of a baron.
barsky
barway
barway
noun
A passage into a field or yard, closed by bars that can be lifted out of the posts.
baryes
baryes
noun
plural of barye
baryon
baryon
noun
(physics) A heavy subatomic particle created by the binding of quarks by gluons; a hadron containing three quarks. Baryons have half-odd integral spin and are thus fermions. This category includes the common proton and neutron of the atomic nucleus.
baryta
baryta
noun
Any of several compounds of barium, especially barium sulphate and barium hydroxide.
baryte
baryte
noun
Alternative form of barite
batory
bavary
bawdry
bawdry
noun
Illicit intercourse; fornication.
Obscenity; filthy, unchaste language.
The practice of procuring women for the gratification of lust.
bayard
bayard
adj
coloured bay, reddish brown, notably said of equines
noun
(archaic) A stupid, clownish fellow.
(humorous) Any horse
A bay horse
bayern
baylor
beardy
beardy
adj
Bearded.
Manly, masculine.
noun
A bearded collie.
A bearded dragon.
A bearded person; used to identify members of a group or class who can be identified by the wearing of beards.
A bearded reedling.
Any of several kinds of fish; a loach.
begary
begray
bepray
betray
betray
verb
(transitive) To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
(transitive) To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
(transitive) To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
(transitive) To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
(transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
(transitive) To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
bewary
bewray
bewray
verb
(obsolete) To soil or befoul; to beray.
(transitive) To expose or rat out (someone).
(transitive) To reveal or disclose and show the presence or true character of, especially if unintentionally or incidentally, or else if perfidiously, prejudicially, or to one's discredit.
(transitive) To reveal, divulge, or make (something) known; disclose.
(transitive, archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of.
(transitive, obsolete) To expose (a deception).
(transitive, obsolete) To expose to harm.
binary
binary
adj
(arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
(comparable) Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.
(computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
(logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.
(mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
noun
(astronomy) Synonym of binary star.
(computing) Synonym of binary file; a file consisting of data other than human-readable text.
(mathematics, computing, uncountable) The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
A state in which only two values are possible, in which something must have one value or the other.
blarny
blarny
noun
Alternative form of blarney
bleary
bleary
adj
Tired, having senses dulled by exhaustion.
boardy
boardy
adj
(of a fabric) Having the texture of a hard board; inflexible and stiff.
boyard
boyard
noun
Alternative form of boyar
boyars
boyars
noun
plural of boyar
bracey
bracky
bracky
adj
(archaic) brackish
bradly
bradly
Proper noun
a rare spelling variant of Bradley.
braggy
braggy
adj
Prone to brag.
bragly
brainy
brainy
adj
(informal) Very intellectually capable.
brandy
brandy
noun
(countable) A glass of brandy.
(countable) Any variety of brandy.
(uncountable) An alcoholic liquor distilled from wine or fermented fruit juice.
verb
(transitive) To preserve, flavour, or mix with brandy.
branky
branky
adj
(Scotland, dialect) showy
branny
branny
adj
Full of or resembling bran.
brashy
brashy
adj
brash, stormy
brittle, crumbly
brassy
brassy
adj
(informal) Impudent; impudently bold.
Harsh in tone.
Resembling brass.
Unfeeling; pitiless.
noun
Alternative form of brassie (“type of golf club”)
Kyphosus vaigiensis, a fish found in southeast Asia.
bratty
bratty
adj
Characteristic of a brat; unruly and impolite.
brawly
brawly
adj
Having or characterised by brawls.
adv
(Scotland) Finely, handsomely.
brawny
brawny
adj
Calloused; hardened.
Characterized by brawn; muscular, thewy; strong.
brayed
brayed
verb
past participle of bray
brayer
brayer
noun
(printing) A hand printing tool, in the US often a roller, used to spread a thin even layer of ink. Early brayers, consisting of a vertical cylinder with a single handle, were designed to break up thick inks before spreading.