(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
acetify
acetify
verb
(intransitive) To turn acid
(transitive) To convert into acid or vinegar.
achylia
achylia
noun
(pathology) The lack or reduced production of gastric juices in any part of the digestive tract.
achymia
acidify
acidify
verb
(figurative) To sour; to embitter.
To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid.
To neutralize alkalis.
acidity
acidity
noun
(figurative) A caustic, sour, biting, or bitter quality.
(pathology) Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions.
Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste.
The quality or state of being acid.
acinary
acinary
adj
Alternative form of acinar
aciurgy
aciurgy
noun
Operative surgery.
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.
acyesis
acyesis
noun
(medicine) The inability to conceive; sterility.
(medicine) The state of not being pregnant.
acyetic
acyloin
acyloin
noun
(organic chemistry) Any α-hydroxy ketone.
acystia
adicity
adicity
noun
(chemistry, obsolete) Valence.
admitty
affying
affying
verb
present participle of affy
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
agyieus
ahypnia
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.
airways
airways
noun
plural of airway
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
amarity
ambitty
ambitty
adj
(glassmaking) Of glass: covered with stony speckles, symptoms of incipient devitrification.
amenity
amenity
noun
(cartography) a unit pertaining to the infrastructure of a community, such as a public toilet, a postbox, a library, etc.
A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant.
Convenience.
Pleasantness.
amiably
amiably
adv
In an amiable manner; in a friendly or pleasant manner.
amidoxy
aminity
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.
amyctic
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
annuity
annuity
noun
(insurance, pensions) A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries.
anticly
anticly
adv
In an odd or grotesque manner.
antigay
antigay
adj
Alternative spelling of anti-gay.
anxiety
anxiety
noun
(pathology) A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach.
An uneasy or distressing desire (for something).
An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event.
anychia
anytime
anytime
adj
Suitable for any time; not associated with any particular time.
adv
At any time
intj
"you're welcome" in response to "thank you" or "thanks."
anywise
anywise
adv
In any case.
aphyric
aphyric
adj
(geology) Not porphyritic; having few or no phenocrysts.
apilary
apishly
apishly
adv
In an apish manner; in the manner of an ape.
aplysia
aplysia
noun
Any sea slug of the genus Aplysia.
apyonin
aqueity
aqueity
noun
(obsolete) The quality of being watery.
arbitry
argyria
argyria
noun
(dermatology) A condition caused by excessive exposure to chemical compounds of the element silver, or to silver dust, the most dramatic symptom of which being that the skin turns purple or purple-grey.
argyric
argyric
adj
(pathology) Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with argyria.
aridity
aridity
noun
A long-term lack of rainfall or moisture.
arrigny
arrimby
arryish
arylide
assyria
assyria
Proper noun
A Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state from the mid–23rd century BC to 608 BC centred on the Upper Tigris river, in northern Mesopotamia (present day northern Iraq), that came to rule regional empires a number of times through history.
ataiyal
athymia
athymia
noun
(medicine) The absence of emotion; morbid impassivity.
(medicine) The absence of the thymus gland or the suppression of its secretion.
athymic
athymic
adj
That lacks a thymus gland
athyria
athyrid
athyris
atomity
aubigny
audibly
audibly
adv
In context of possibility of being heard; in an audible manner.
aureity
aureity
noun
The particular property peculiar to gold; goldenness.
auspicy
avidity
avidity
noun
(biochemistry) The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins.
Eagerness; intenseness of desire.
Greediness; strong appetite.
awingly
axially
axially
adv
In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line.
ayubite
ayuthia
ayyubid
azymite
azymite
noun
(Eastern Orthodoxy, historical, derogatory) One who administers the Eucharist with unleavened bread, in particular a member of the Latin Church or Roman Catholic Church.
babying
babying
noun
The act of coddling or pampering somebody.
verb
present participle of baby
babyish
babyish
adj
For a young man, he has the most babyish voice I've heard.
Like or suitable for a baby or a young child; childish
babyism
babyism
noun
A babyish manner of acting or speaking.
The state of being a baby.
babysit
babysit
verb
(transitive, informal) To watch or attend anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; to have to help or coax too much.
(transitive, intransitive) To watch or tend someone else's child for a period of time, often for money.
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
barytic
barytic
adj
Containing barium
Of or pertaining to baryta
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).
bayside
bayside
adj
Located along a bay
bayview
beadily
beadily
adv
(usually of a look) in an avaricious or penetrating manner.
beamily
beamily
adv
In a beaming manner.
beatify
beatify
verb
(transitive) To make blissful.
(transitive) To pronounce or regard as happy, or supremely blessed, or as conferring happiness.
(transitive, Roman Catholicism) To carry out the third of four steps in canonization, making someone a blessed.
bebilya
bedirty
bedirty
verb
(archaic) to dirty, soil; make dirty.
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
berycid
berycid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Berycidae, the squirrelfish.
beylics
beylics
noun
plural of beylic
beyliks
beyliks
noun
plural of beylik
beyship
beyship
noun
The role or status of a bey.
bhayani
bhotiya
biallyl
biarchy
biarchy
noun
An alliance of two countries.
Synonym of diarchy: rule by two people.
bibbery
bibbery
noun
(obsolete) Drinking, especially of alcohol.
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)
Characteristic qualities of a bigot: (especially religious, anti-religious or racial) intolerant prejudice, opinionatedness, or fanaticism; fanatic intolerance.
bigotty
bikeway
bikeway
noun
A bicycle lane or path.
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
bimasty
bindery
bindery
noun
A workshop or factory where books are bound.
bingeys
biodyne
biogeny
biogeny
noun
biogenesis
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.
bionomy
bionomy
noun
physiology.
biotaxy
biotaxy
noun
(biology, dated) The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
biotomy
biotomy
noun
(dated) The study of animal and plant structure by dissection.