(anatomy) A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or from the median line of the body
One who abducts; a kidnapper.
abscound
acapulco
acarpous
acarpous
adj
(botany) Not producing fruit; unfruitful; sterile.
acaulose
acaulose
adj
acaulous
acaulous
acaulous
adj
(botany) acaulescent
accouche
accouche
verb
(transitive) To aid in an accouchement.
accounts
accounts
noun
plural of account
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of account
accouple
accouple
verb
(transitive, obsolete, rare) To join; to couple.
accouter
accouter
verb
(transitive) To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service
accoutre
accoutre
verb
(Commonwealth) Alternative form of accouter
accustom
accustom
noun
(obsolete) Custom.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be wont.
(intransitive, obsolete) To cohabit.
(transitive, often passive or reflexive) To make familiar by use; to cause to accept; to habituate, familiarize, or inure. [+ to (object)]
accutron
achatour
achatour
noun
(historical) A purveyor of provisions; a provedore. [14th–18th c.]
achelous
achelous
Proper noun
a river in western Greece
Deity of water; later, patron deity of the Achelous River.
achesoun
achilous
achilous
adj
(botany, anatomy) without a lip.
acholous
acholous
adj
(medicine) Lacking bile.
achroous
achroous
adj
Colorless; achromatic.
achylous
achylous
adj
(physiology) Without chyle
achymous
achymous
adj
(physiology) Without chyme.
acoelous
acoelous
adj
(zoology) Without a coelom.
acolhuan
acolytus
aconitum
aconitum
noun
Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.
The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
acontium
acontium
noun
An Ancient Greek weapon similar to a javelin
One of a series of threads of a septum of some actinians
acontius
acounter
acousmas
acoustic
acoustic
adj
(architecture) (of building materials) Used for soundproofing or modifying sound.
(music) Naturally producing or produced by an instrument without electrical amplification or the need thereof.
(of a device or system) Utilizing sound energy in its operation.
(weaponry) (of an explosive mine or other weapon) Able to be set off by sound waves.
noun
(medicine) A medicine or other agent to assist hearing.
(usually in the plural) The properties or qualities of a room or building that determine how sound is transmitted in it.
Clipping of acoustic guitar.
actuator
actuator
noun
(computer hardware) The mechanism that moves the head assembly on a disk drive.
(electrical) A relay that controls the flow of electricity.
A usually electric device that causes a mechanical device (i.e., a mechanism) to be switched on or off. For example; an electric motor that opens and closes a valve.
Something that actuates something else.
acuation
acuation
noun
(rare) The act of sharpening.
acuerdos
adductor
adductor
noun
(anatomy) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor
aduncous
aduncous
adj
curved inwards; hooked
aeroduct
aeroduct
noun
A proposed form of ramjet that harnesses charged particles in the upper atmosphere
aglucone
aglucone
noun
The aglycone of a glucoside
alcinous
allocute
allocute
verb
(chiefly US, law) To make an allocution.
alopecus
amurcous
amurcous
adj
(archaic) Smelly; stinky.
ancohuma
anconeus
anconeus
noun
(anatomy) A muscle of the elbow and forearm.
announce
announce
verb
(transitive) to give public notice, especially for the first time; to make known
(transitive) to pronounce; to declare by judicial sentence
anopubic
anopubic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the anus and pubis.
anorchus
anticous
anticous
adj
(botany) Facing toward the axis of the flower, as in the introrse anthers of the water lily.
apocynum
araceous
araceous
adj
(botany) Of or relating to a family of plants, Araceae, of which the genus Arum is the type.
araucano
arhauaco
asuncion
auctions
auctions
noun
plural of auction
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of auction
auriculo
autacoid
autacoid
noun
(biochemistry) A hormone or similar compound that has a short-term, local effect
autocade
autocade
noun
motorcade
autocall
autocamp
autocamp
noun
A campground for tourists travelling by automobile.
verb
(intransitive) To stay at an autocamp.
autocarp
autocide
autocide
noun
(agriculture) Control of a pest through propagation of sterile males.
(bacteriology) A substance produced by a bacterium that is fatal to that bacterium.
(obsolete, rare) A suicidal person.
An act of killing someone with an automobile.
An act of suicide committed by crashing a car.
autocoid
autocoid
noun
Alternative form of autacoid
autocosm
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.
autoecic
automacy
automacy
noun
The quality, state, or condition of being automatic; automaticity.
autopsic
autopsic
adj
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of an autopsy
autoptic
autoptic
adj
Seen with one's own eyes; belonging to, or connected with, personal observation.
auxocyte
avouched
avouched
verb
simple past tense and past participle of avouch
avoucher
avoucher
noun
One who avouches.
avouches
avouches
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of avouch
ayacucho
azohumic
babouche
babouche
noun
A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel.
backouts
backouts
noun
plural of backout
baculoid
barbacou
barocius
barouche
barouche
noun
A four-wheeled horse-drawn carriage with collapsible half-hood, two double seats facing each other, and an outside seat for the driver.
beaucoup
beaucoup
adv
In abundance.
det
(US, informal) Much, many, a lot of.
beclouds
beclouds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becloud
belcourt
bescours
besmouch
bicolour
bicolour
adj
(British spelling) Having two colours
noun
(British spelling) A flag with such colours, consisting of two stripes that are either vertical or horizontal.
(British spelling) A flower, cat etc., that has two colours.
bivouacs
bivouacs
noun
plural of bivouac
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bivouac
blackout
blackout
noun
(attributive) The blocking out of as much light as possible.
(historical) The mandatory blocking of all light emanating from buildings, as well as outdoor and street lighting as a measure against aerial bombing or naval attack, as imposed during, e.g., World War II.
A large-scale power failure, and resulting loss of electricity to consumers.
A temporary loss of consciousness.
A temporary loss of memory.
An instance of censorship, especially a temporary one.
verb
(nonstandard) Alternative form of black out
blockout
blockout
noun
(construction) A void that is deliberately not filled with concrete, so that it can be used to insert something else such as pipework.
bluecoat
bluecoat
noun
(Britain) A traditional dress code at certain prestigious British schools
(US history) A soldier or officer in the Union army during the American Civil War
(dated) A policeman
boiguacu
boracium
boracium
noun
(obsolete) An old name for the chemical element boron.
boracous
bordulac
botocudo
botocudo
Noun
One of a tribe of South American Indians of eastern Brazil.
bouchard
bouchees
bouchier
bouchons
boudicca
bouncers
bouncers
noun
plural of bouncer
bouncier
bouncier
adj
comparative form of bouncy: more bouncy
bouncily
bouncily
adv
In a bouncy manner.
bouncing
bouncing
adj
(obsolete, informal) Excessively big; whopping.
Healthy; vigorous.
noun
The act of something that bounces.
verb
present participle of bounce
brochure
brochure
noun
A booklet of printed informational matter, like a pamphlet, often for promotional purposes.
bronchus
bronchus
noun
Either of two airways, which are primary branches of the trachea, leading directly into the lungs.
bruceton
bucchero
bucchero
noun
A type of dark grey Etruscan terracotta pottery.
buckaroo
buckaroo
noun
(slang) A dollar; a buck.
A cowboy; specifically, a working cowboy who generally does not partake in rodeos.
A reckless, headstrong person.
A style of cowboy boot with a high and uniquely tapered heel.
One who sports a distinctive buckaroo style of cowboy clothing, boots, and heritage.
buckayro
buckayro
noun
Obsolete form of buckaroo.
buckeroo
buckeroo
noun
Alternative spelling of buckaroo
buckhorn
buckhorn
noun
A horn of a buck.
The royal fern, Osmunda regalis.
buckshot
buckshot
noun
(chiefly US) Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. [from 18th c.]
bucolics
bucolics
noun
plural of bucolic
bucolion
bucorvus
bucovina
budorcas
buffcoat
bullocks
bullocks
intj
(slang, euphemistic) Expression of frustration.
noun
(slang, euphemistic) Testicles.
plural of bullock
bullocky
bullocky
noun
(Australia and New Zealand colloquial, now historical) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks.
bumclock
bunceton
buncoing
buncoing
verb
present participle of bunco
buncombe
buncombe
noun
(archaic) Alternative spelling of bunkum
bundocks
buoyance
buoyance
noun
The state or quality of being buoyant
buoyancy
buoyancy
noun
(by extension) Resilience or cheerfulness.
(physics) The upward force on a body immersed or partly immersed in a fluid.
The ability of an object to stay afloat in a fluid.
burdocks
burdocks
noun
plural of burdock
butanoic
butanoic
adj
(organic chemistry) Of or pertaining to butanoic acid or its derivatives
buttocks
buttocks
noun
plural of buttock.
cabassou
cabassou
noun
(obsolete) The southern naked-tailed armadillo, a type of large armadillo native to South America, with five toes and enormous claws (Cabassous unicinctus).
cabecudo
cacafugo
cachibou
cachibou
noun
The tree Bursera simaruba.
cachucho
cadiueio
caducous
caducous
adj
(biology) Of a part of an organism, disappearing in the normal course of development.
(botany) Tending to fall early.
caesious
caesious
adj
Having a blue color very low in chroma.
callosum
callosum
noun
(anatomy) corpus callosum
calluori
calsouns
calutron
calutron
noun
(physics) A form of mass spectrometer used to separate the isotopes of uranium.
camauros
cambouis
cameroun
cameroun
Proper noun
A former French and British territory in Central Africa, occupying the area of the modern-day country of Cameroon.
camoudie
candours
candours
noun
plural of candour
canorous
canorous
adj
resonant
capitoul
capitoul
noun
(historical) The former chief magistrates of the city of Toulouse, France.
captious
captious
adj
(obsolete) That captures; especially, (of an argument, words etc.) designed to capture or entrap in misleading arguments; sophistical.
Having a disposition to find fault unreasonably or to raise petty objections; cavilling, nitpicky.
caquetio
carcajou
carcajou
noun
Synonym of wolverine (a solitary, fierce member of the weasel family)
carhouse
carhouse
noun
(Southern US, dated) A garage attached to a house.