(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of a.m. (“ante meridiem”) or am
(crosswords) across
article
Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope;
One certain or particular; any single.
One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group.
Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it.
The same; one.
Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc.
Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word.
character
The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.
intj
ah; er (sound of hesitation)
noun
The name of the Cyrillic script letter А / а.
The name of the Latin script letter A / a.
prep
(archaic or slang) Of.
(archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in.
(archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into.
(archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto.
(archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing.
(obsolete) To do with method; In, with.
(obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In.
To do with separation; In, into.
To do with status; In.
To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by.
pron
(obsolete outside England and Scotland dialects) He, or sometimes she, it.
symbol
Distance from leading edge to aerodynamic center.
allele (recessive)
specific absorption coefficient
specific rotation
verb
(archaic or slang) Have.
b
b
adj
Alternative form of b. (“born”)
character
The second letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
num
The ordinal number second, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
symbol
(astronomy) latitude in the galactic coordinate system
(computing) bit
(cricket) bye
(physics) barn
(size) big
c
c
adv
Alternative form of c.
character
The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.
noun
(music) The middle tone in either one of the sets of seven white keys on a keyboard or a set of seven strings on a stringed instrument.
num
The ordinal number third, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.
verb
(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of see; also C.
d
d
adj
(cricket) Abbreviation of declared.
adv
(Malaysia)(informal) Abbreviation of already. Used to form the perfect tenses. Used in text messages.
(crosswords) Abbreviation of down.
character
The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
num
The ordinal number fourth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
prefix
(stenoscript) the prefix dis- or des-
symbol
(dice games) Die or dice
(until February 1971) a British penny; an old penny (the modern decimal penny being abbreviated p).
penny, a measure of the size of nails
e
e
character
The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.
noun
The name of the Latin-script letter E/e.
num
The ordinal number fifth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.
f
f
character
The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
noun
(euphemistic) fuck
(printing, abbreviation) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
Alternative form of f.
num
The ordinal number sixth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
prep
(stenoscript) Abbreviation of for, prefix for-, suffix/sequence for(e).
symbol
(music) The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F♯) is a tone intermediate between F and G.
g
g
character
The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
noun
(physics) A unit of gravitational acceleration.
Abbreviation of gram.
Alternative letter-case form of G (grand thousand).
num
The ordinal number seventh, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
h
h
character
The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
intj
(chiefly Internet slang) Used as a filler response when one does not have a response to use. Almost always used by itself.
noun
(baseball, in statistics) Abbreviation of hit, the number of hits by a player
(computing) Abbreviation of hexadecimal (following a number)
(sciences) Abbreviation of hour (particularly when used as a (non-SI) unit of time alongside International System of Units (SI) units)
(slang) Abbreviation of heroin.
Abbreviation of home phone.
num
The ordinal number eighth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
verb
(stenoscript) Abbreviation of have and inflections having, had
i
i
character
The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.
noun
The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.
num
The ordinal number ninth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.
pron
Nonstandard spelling of I.
j
j
character
The tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.
noun
(mathematics) An alternative version of i, the positive square root of -1; used in the context of electronics.
(mathematics) The second unit vector, after i
(slang) A term for a marijuana cigarette ('joint').
suffix
(stenoscript) a suffix or final syllable /ʃən/ (-tion, -sion, etc.)
k
k
character
The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
The first letter of callsigns allocated to American broadcast television and radio stations west of the Mississippi river.
intj
(colloquial, text messaging, Internet slang) OK
noun
(colloquial) kilometre or kilometres.
(colloquial) thousand or thousands.
(computing) A kilobit (more formally kb), especially in measuring Internet connection.
(computing) A kilobyte (more formally KB or kB).
The SI measurement value of 1,000
num
The ordinal number eleventh, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
l
l
character
The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.
intj
(Internet slang) Clipping of lol.
noun
litre, liter
pound (sterling) (from Latin libra)
num
The ordinal number twelfth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.
m
m
adj
(grammar) Abbreviation of masculine.
character
The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.
noun
(music) Abbreviation of measure.
(obsolete) thousand
Abbreviation of meter.
Abbreviation of mile.
Abbreviation of million.
Abbreviation of minim (“unit of volume”).
Abbreviation of minute.
Abbreviation of month.
num
The ordinal number thirteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.
verb
(knitting) make
n
n
character
The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.
noun
(grammar) neuter gender
(grammar) noun
(organic chemistry) normal
Neutral
No
Shortening of and, used in set phrases like rock-n-roll.
north
num
The ordinal number fourteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.
o
o
adj
Over
character
Alternative form of ο, the fifteenth letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabets, called omicron and (astronomy) used as an abbreviation of omicron in star names.
The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
intj
Alternative form of oh
noun
(IRC, acronym of) Operator
(acronym of) Object, see SVO
A zero (used in reading out numbers).
The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.
num
The ordinal number fifteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
particle
(nonstandard) alternative form of O (vocative particle)
prep
Alternative form of of
p
p
adv
(Internet) Abbreviation of pretty (as an intensifier)
(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of p.m. (“post meridiem”) or pm
character
The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
noun
(UK) Abbreviation of penny; pence.
(physics) proton
(video compression) Abbreviation of progressive scan.
Abbreviation of pee.
Alternative form of p.; Abbreviation of page (plural pp)
num
The ordinal number sixteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
prep
(stenoscript) Abbreviation of up.
Abbreviation of per.
Abbreviation of post, meaning after
verb
(knitting) Abbreviation of purl.
q
q
character
The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
det
(medicine) Each, every (with a time interval).
noun
(sports) conditional qualification
question
num
The ordinal number seventeenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
r
r
character
The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
num
The ordinal number eighteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
verb
(abbreviation, slang, text messaging, Internet) are (in text messaging and internet conversations)
s
s
character
The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.
noun
(metrology) Abbreviation of scruple. (unit of mass in the apothecaries' system)
(physics) Abbreviation of strange quark.
Alternative form of s.
num
The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.
t
t
character
The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.
noun
(UK) Alternative letter-case form of T, tonne.
(historical) Abbreviation of tomin.
Abbreviation of time.
Alternative letter-case form of T, ton.
num
The ordinal number twentieth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.
u
u
adj
Abbreviation of underwater.
character
The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.
noun
A thing in the shape of the letter U
The name of the Latin-script letter U/u.
pron
(abbreviation, slang, text messaging, Internet) you (in text messaging and internet conversations)
v
v
adv
(informal, text messaging) Clipping of very.
character
The twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, called vee and written in the Latin script.
noun
a shape resembling the letter v
prep
(UK and Commonwealth except Canada, Ireland) Abbreviation of versus.
w
w
adj
(cricket) wide
white
character
The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.
noun
Abbreviation of win.
watt
west
witness
work
prep
(text messaging) Alternative form of w/
with a wing (on the Enneagram)
x
x
adj
Alternative letter-case form of X (“intersex or non-binary, in passports and identification documents”)
character
Forming gender-neutral or otherwise more inclusive versions of words, especially Spanish-derived words by replacing both the masculine -o and feminine -a.
conj
(fandom slang) Used between the names of two characters to denote a ship, particularly in anime, manga, and video games.
(music) Used in place of and in artist collaborations.
y
y
adv
(slang, text messaging, Internet slang, stenoscript) Abbreviation of why.
character
The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wy or wye and written in the Latin script.
noun
(UK, television) Abbreviation of youth., usually followed by an age appropriate for the content so marked.
(computing) Abbreviation of yes.
Abbreviation of year.
z
z
character
The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed or zee and written in the Latin script.