(countable) A skill or competence in doing; mental power; talent; aptitude.
(now limited to Scotland dialects) Physical power.
(obsolete) Suitableness.
(uncountable) A unique power of the mind; a faculty.
(uncountable) The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power.
The legal wherewithal to act.
abilyne
achylia
achylia
noun
(pathology) The lack or reduced production of gastric juices in any part of the digestive tract.
acridly
acridly
adv
In a harsh or corrosive manner.
acridyl
acridyl
noun
Alternative form of acridinyl
acrinyl
acrinyl
noun
(organic chemistry) The univalent radical p-hydroxybenzyl
acrylic
acrylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Derived from acrylic acid or acrylonitrile.
Containing an acrylic resin.
noun
(organic chemistry) An acrylic resin.
(painting) A paint containing an acrylic resin.
A liquid coating system based on an acrylic resin.
A painting executed using such a paint.
A thick sheet of plastic.
acyclic
acyclic
adj
(botany) Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.
(chemistry) Not cyclic; having an open chain structure.
(graph theory, of a graph) Containing no cycles.
acyloin
acyloin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any α-hydroxy ketone.
agilely
agilely
adv
In an agile manner; with agility.
agility
agility
noun
(countable) A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively.
(uncountable) The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion
ailsyte
ainsley
airplay
airplay
noun
The playing of a particular song, band or genre on the radio, or the frequency with which it is played.
alchimy
alchimy
noun
Obsolete form of alchemy.
aleydis
aliency
alienly
alienly
adv
In an alien manner.
alimony
alimony
noun
(law) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
The means to support life.
aliyahs
aliyoth
alkylic
alkylic
adj
Relating to, or composed of alkyl chains; aliphatic
allying
allying
verb
present participle of ally
allylic
allylic
adj
(organic chemistry) Containing an allyl group, an alkene hydrocarbon group with the formula H₂C=CH-CH₂-
aloysia
alypine
amiably
amiably
adv
In an amiable manner; in a friendly or pleasant manner.
amplify
amplify
verb
(transitive) To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current.
(transitive) To render larger, more extended, or more intense.
(transitive, rhetorical) To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand.
(translation studies) To add content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
amyelia
amyelia
noun
(pathology) The congenital lack of a spinal cord
amyelic
amyloid
amyloid
adj
(mycology) Applied to a mushroom that turns blue-black upon application of Melzer's reagent
Containing or resembling starch.
noun
A waxy compound of protein and polysaccharides that is found deposited in tissues in amyloidosis.
Any of various starchlike substances.
anality
anality
noun
(psychoanalysis) The state of being anal.
anglify
anglify
Verb
To convert into English; to anglicise.
angrily
angrily
adv
In an angry manner; under the influence of anger.
anility
anility
noun
The condition of being anile.
anisoyl
anisoyl
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of three isomeric univalent radicals derived from anisic acid
anticly
anticly
adv
In an odd or grotesque manner.
apilary
apishly
apishly
adv
In an apish manner; in the manner of an ape.
aplysia
aplysia
noun
Any sea slug of the genus Aplysia.
arylide
ataiyal
audibly
audibly
adv
In context of possibility of being heard; in an audible manner.
awingly
axially
axially
adv
In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line.
baggily
baggily
adv
In a loose baggy manner
baileys
baileys
noun
plural of bailey
bairnly
bairnly
adj
(Scotland, rare) Bairnlike; childish.
balkily
balkily
adv
In a balky manner.
balmily
balmily
adv
In a balmy manner.
bardily
bawdily
bawdily
adv
In a bawdy manner; lewdly or obscenely with humorous intent.
baylike
baylike
adj
Resembling or characteristic of a bay (body of water mostly surrounded by land).
beadily
beadily
adv
(usually of a look) in an avaricious or penetrating manner.
beamily
beamily
adv
In a beaming manner.
bebilya
beefily
beefily
adv
In a beefy manner.
beerily
beerily
adv
(informal) in a beery manner; while smelling of, or under the influence of, beer
belying
belying
verb
present participle of belie
beylics
beylics
noun
plural of beylic
beyliks
beyliks
noun
plural of beylik
biallyl
bicetyl
bicycle
bicycle
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A motorbike.
(climbing) A stabilizing technique in which one foot is pushed down while the other is pulled up.
(vulgar slang, usually in compounds specifying a context) A slut; a promiscuous woman.
A traveling block used on a cable in skidding logs.
A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the other, a steering handle, and a saddle seat or seats and is usually propelled by the action of a rider’s feet upon pedals.
The best possible hand in lowball.
verb
(television, historical, transitive) To physically ship (a recorded programme) to another broadcasting entity.
(transitive, intransitive) To travel or exercise using a bicycle.
bicyclo
bicyclo
noun
(organic chemistry, in combination) A radical having two rings (either fused, or having a common bridgehead atom)
bifidly
bifidly
adv
In a bifid manner.
bilayer
bilayer
noun
Any structure consisting of two layers of molecules
biliary
biliary
adj
Of or pertaining to bile or the bile duct
billety
billety
adj
Alternative form of billetty
billowy
billowy
adj
Swelling or swollen into large waves; full of billows or surges; resembling billows.
billyer
biology
biology
noun
The living organisms of a particular region.
The structure, function, and behavior of an organism or type of organism.
The study of all life or living matter.
bitolyl
bivinyl
blainey
blickey
blickey
noun
(dialectal, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, dated) A canister or dinner pail usually of tin.
blighty
blighty
noun
Alternative form of Blighty
blindly
blindly
adv
In a blind manner; without sight; sightlessly.
Without consideration or question.
boilery
boilery
noun
A place and apparatus for boiling, as for evaporating brine in the manufacture of salt.
bonnily
bonnily
adv
(Scotland) attractively; in a pleasant or pretty manner
boobily
boozily
boozily
adv
In a boozy way.
bossily
bossily
adv
In a bossy manner.
boulimy
boylike
boylike
adj
Resembling a boy.
brickly
brickly
adj
(dialect) fragile; brittle
bridely
bridely
adj
Of or pertaining to a bride; nuptial.
briefly
briefly
adv
(duration) For a brief period.
(manner) In a brief manner, summarily.
To be brief, in short.
brimley
briskly
briskly
adv
Fast, quickly, swiftly.
bristly
bristly
adj
Covered with bristles.
Easily antagonized; irascible; prone to bristling.
brittly
brittly
adv
Alternative form of brittlely
brulyie
buirdly
buirdly
adj
(Scotland) Sturdy, well-built; solid, stocky.
bulkily
bulkily
adv
in a bulky manner
bumpily
bumpily
adv
In a bumpy manner.
burlily
burlily
adv
In a burly manner.
bushily
bushily
adv
In a bushy manner.
butylic
butylic
noun
(organic chemistry) Synonym of butyl
byfield
byhalia
bylined
bylined
adj
Having a byline.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of byline
byliner
byliner
noun
A journalist who writes bylines.
bylines
bylines
noun
plural of byline
byrling
byrling
verb
present participle of byrl
cadgily
cadgily
adv
In a cadgy manner.
cahilly
calcify
calcify
verb
(intransitive) To become hard and stony by impregnation with calcium salts.
(transitive) To make something hard and stony by impregnating with calcium salts.
calvity
calvity
noun
(uncountable) Baldness.
An area of skin that has become bald.
calycli
campily
campily
adv
In a campy manner.
cannily
cannily
adv
in a canny manner
cantily
cantily
adv
In a canty manner.
carilyn
cattily
cattily
adv
In a catty manner.
ceciley
cetylic
cetylic
adj
(obsolete, organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from spermaceti
charily
charily
adv
In a chary manner.
chiefly
chiefly
adj
of or relating to a chief
adv
(focus) Especially or primarily; above all.
(focus) Mainly or principally; almost entirely.
chifley
childly
childly
adj
Of or pertaining to a young child; childlike
chimbly
chimbly
noun
Alternative form of chimbley
chimley
chimley
noun
(UK, dialect, New England, archaic) Alternative form of chimney
chipley
chylify
chylify
verb
(biochemistry, intransitive) To be converted into chyle.
(biochemistry, transitive) To make chyle of.
chyloid
chyloid
adj
Synonym of chyliform
ciliary
ciliary
adj
(biology, relational) Of, pertaining to or involving cilia.
Of or pertaining to the ciliary body.
Of or pertaining to the eyelashes.
Of or pertaining to the eyelid.
cityful
cityful
noun
Enough to fill a city.
civilly
civilly
adv
in a civil manner; politely.
clarify
clarify
verb
(ergative) To grow clear or bright; to clear up.
(ergative) To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.
(obsolete) To glorify.
(of liquids, such as wine or syrup) To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter.
To make clear or easily understood; to explain in order to remove doubt or obscurity.
clarity
clarity
noun
The ability to be easily understood.
The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity.
clayier
clayier
adj
comparative form of clayey: more clayey
claying
claying
verb
present participle of clay
clayish
clayish
adj
Containing clay.
Resembling clay.
clerisy
clerisy
noun
An elite group of intellectuals; learned people, the literati.
The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity.