A bushy wormwood from Europe, sometimes used in the brewing of beer., southernwood, Artemisia abrotanum.
abruption
abruption
noun
(archaic) A sudden termination or interruption.
A sudden breaking off; a violent separation of bodies.
accounter
accounter
noun
A person providing an account of events.
A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
actuarian
actuarian
adj
Synonym of actuarial
noun
Synonym of actuary
adumbrant
adumbrant
adj
Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth.
adventure
adventure
noun
(obsolete) Chance of danger or loss.
(obsolete) Risk; danger; peril.
(obsolete) That which happens by chance; hazard; hap.
(uncountable) A feeling of desire for new and exciting things.
(video games) A text adventure or an adventure game.
A mercantile or speculative enterprise of hazard; a venture; a shipment by a merchant on his own account.
A remarkable occurrence; a striking event.
The encountering of risks; a bold undertaking, in which dangers are likely to be encountered, and the issue is staked upon unforeseen events; a daring feat.
verb
(archaic, intransitive) To try the chance; to take the risk.
(archaic, transitive) To risk or hazard; jeopard; venture.
(archaic, transitive) To venture upon; to run the risk of; to dare.
aeronauts
aeronauts
noun
plural of aeronaut
afterguns
afterturn
agincourt
alaternus
alaternus
noun
Alternative form of alatern
alburnett
alentours
aleuronat
aleuronat
noun
(archaic) flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetics
altenburg
amarantus
amarantus
noun
amaranth (rare, formal)
amounters
anatherum
anaunters
anestrous
anestrous
adj
not estrous
of, or pertaining to, anestrus
angostura
angostura
noun
A South American tree, with bark used in tradition medicine and as an ingredient in various bitters (but not Angostura bitters), Angostura trifoliata.
Angostura bitters
angustura
angustura
noun
Archaic form of angostura.
anoestrum
anoestrus
anoestrus
noun
Alternative spelling of anestrus
antecornu
antecourt
antefurca
antefurca
noun
(anatomy) A forked chitinous structure in the thorax of some insects
antemural
antemural
noun
An outwork of a strong, high wall, with turrets, in front gateway (as of an old castle), for defending the entrance.
anthrenus
anthurium
anthurium
noun
Any of several tropical American evergreen plants, of the genus Anthurium, grown for their ornamental leaves and spathes.
anticourt
anticourt
adj
Opposing a legal court.
Opposing a royal court.
antifraud
antifraud
adj
Acting against fraud.
antiquary
antiquary
adj
Relating to antiquity.
noun
A person who is knowledgeable of, or who collects antiques; an antiquarian.
An aficionado or student of antiquities, ancient artifacts, historic sites, ancient writings, or things of the past.
antiquers
antiquers
noun
plural of antiquer
antirumor
antirusts
antirusts
noun
plural of antirust
antiserum
antiserum
noun
(medicine) A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antibodies able to counter certain diseases or toxins.
antitrust
antitrust
adj
(law) Opposed to or against the establishment or existence of trusts (monopolies), usually referring to legislation.
antitumor
antitumor
adj
(oncology) Inhibiting the development of a tumor.
noun
Any substance that inhibits tumors.
antiulcer
antiulcer
adj
(medicine) Serving to prevent or counteract ulcers.
antiurban
antiurban
adj
(sociology) Showing a negative view of cities or city life
antivirus
antivirus
noun
(computing) A piece of software that is used to detect, delete and or neutralize computer-based viruses.
antocular
antthrush
antthrush
noun
Any of the tropical birds in the family Formicariidae, found in Central and South America.
aposaturn
arbuthnot
archcount
arcturian
arcuation
arcuation
noun
(botany) A method of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.
The act of bending or curving; the state of being bent; crookedness.
arduinite
areskutan
argenteum
argentous
argentous
adj
(chemistry) Of certain compounds, containing silver in a higher proportion than in argentic compounds.
Of, pertaining to, or containing silver.
argentums
argonauta
argonauts
argonauts
noun
plural of argonaut
argumenta
argumenta
noun
plural of argumentum
arguments
arguments
noun
plural of argument
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argument
arpenteur
arthurian
arthurian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the legend of Arthur, king of the Britons, and his court at Camelot.
arzrunite
arzrunite
noun
(mineralogy) A biaxial orthorhombic sulfate chloride mineral.
ashburton
ashburton
Proper noun
a small town on the edge of Dartmoor, Devon, England.
a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria.
a river in Western Australia, which flows into the Indian Ocean.
a large town in Canterbury, New Zealand.
a river (with two branches) in Canterbury which flows past the town to the Pacific Ocean.
a town in Natal, South Africa.
a neighbourhood in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
assurgent
assurgent
adj
(botany) Curving upward.
Rising or tending to rise.
noun
(heraldry) A man or beast rising out of the sea.
astronaut
astronaut
noun
(Hong Kong) A returnee who frequently flies back and forth between Hong Kong and their adopted home country.
A member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft that travels beyond Earth's atmosphere, or someone trained to serve that purpose.
An American space traveler, when contrasted against equivalent terms from other countries such as cosmonaut, taikonaut, spationaut, and vyomanaut.
augmenter
augmenter
noun
One who, or that which, augments or increases something.
augmentor
augmentor
noun
Alternative form of augmenter
aurantium
aureation
aureation
noun
(rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
austrians
authoring
authoring
noun
The process of creating the content of a document or other content item, i.e., writing or composition.
The result of this process; a writing or composition.
verb
present participle of author
autourine
aventurin
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
bankrupts
bankrupts
noun
plural of bankrupt
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bankrupt
banqueter
banqueter
noun
A guest at a banquet.
befortune
befortune
verb
(poetic, dated, transitive) To befall.
begruntle
begruntle
verb
(transitive) To make or render uneasy; disconcert.
begrutten
begrutten
adj
(dialectal, Scotland) Showing the effects of much weeping; marred or swollen in the face through continued weeping.
beraunite
beraunite
Noun
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
bethunder
bicornute
bicornute
adj
Synonym of bicornuate
binturong
binturong
noun
A large species of civet, Arctictis binturong, of southern Asia.
bitternut
bitternut
noun
Its fruit, a bitter nut sometimes used as feed for livestock.
The bitternut hickory, Carya cordiformis, a common hickory tree native to the eastern United States and southeast Canada.
blueprint
blueprint
noun
(architecture, engineering, by extension) A detailed technical drawing (now often in some electronically storable and transmissible form).
(informal, by extension) Any detailed plan, whether literal or figurative.
A print produced with this process.
A type of paper-based reproduction process producing white-on-blue images, used primarily for technical and architecture's drawings, now largely replaced by other technologies.
verb
To make a blueprint for.
To make a detailed operational plan for.
bondurant
bowstrung
bowstrung
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bowstring
braunites
braunites
noun
plural of braunite
breadnuts
breadnuts
noun
plural of breadnut
broughton
brownouts
brownouts
noun
plural of brownout
brucetown
bruington
brumstane
brumstone
brunettes
brunettes
noun
plural of brunette
brunistic
brustling
brustling
verb
present participle of brustle
bruteness
bruteness
noun
The state or quality of being brute.
bryanthus
bucentaur
bucentaur
noun
A Venetian barge modelled on the state barge (called Bucentaur) used annually on Ascension Day in the ancient ceremony of the marriage of the state with the Adriatic.
A supposed mythical monster, half ox, half man.
buckthorn
buckthorn
noun
Hippophae (family Elaeagnaceae), the sea buckthorn.
also genus Frangula, especially Frangula alnus, the alder buckthorn.
especially genus Rhamnus,
especially the common buckthorn or purging buckthorn; Rhamnus cathartica.
buhrstone
buhrstone
noun
Alternative spelling of burrstone
bundesrat
bundesrat
Proper noun
federal council of Germany
burgonets
burgonets
noun
plural of burgonet
burnetize
burntcorn
burntness
burntness
noun
The state or quality of being burnt.
burntweed
burratine
burrstone
burrstone
noun
A tough, silicified limestone formerly used to make millstones. It is typified by the presence of multiple cavities that originally housed fossilized shells.
burstones
burstones
noun
plural of burstone
burthened
burthened
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burthen
burtonize
butterine
butterine
noun
An imitation butter prepared from animal fat with other ingredients.
buttering
buttering
noun
(cooking) The application of butter (“n.”) to something.
(skiing, snowboarding) The action of a rider having to butter in an acrobatic maneuver.
Hyponyms: nosebuttering, tailbuttering
The action of turning with only the tips (tail or nose) of skis or snowboards
verb
present participle of butter
butterman
butterman
noun
(dated) A man who makes or sells butter.
butternut
butternut
noun
(informal outside South Africa) Butternut squash.
A North American walnut tree, Juglans cinerea.
A dye made from the fruit of this walnut tree.
The nut of this walnut tree.
The souari nut.
The wood or bark of this walnut tree.
buttonbur
buttoners
buttoners
noun
plural of buttoner
calenture
calenture
noun
A delirium occurring from such symptoms, in which a stricken sailor pictures the sea as grassy meadows and wishes to dive overboard into them.
A heat stroke or fever, often suffered in the tropics.
calutrons
calutrons
noun
plural of calutron
cantharus
cantharus
noun
A fountain or basin in the courtyard of an ancient church for worshippers to wash before entering.
A large drinking cup with two handles.
cantorous
capturing
capturing
verb
present participle of capture
carburant
cartonful
cartonful
noun
As much as a carton will hold.
cauterant
cauterant
noun
Any cauterizing substance.
cautioner
cautioner
noun
(Scotland) A surety.
A person who cautions.
cautionry
cautionry
noun
(Scotland, law) suretyship
ceintures
ceintures
noun
plural of ceinture
centaurea
centaurea
noun
Alternative spelling of centaury
centauric
centaurid
centaurus
centrotus
centrutra
centumvir
centumvir
noun
(historical, Ancient Rome) One of a court of about 100 judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the Empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.
centurial
centurial
adj
Of or pertaining to a century.
centuried
centuried
adj
(rare, chiefly literary) Having existed for centuries; ancient.
centuries
centuries
noun
plural of century
centurion
centurion
noun
(US) A pilot in the United States Navy who has performed 100 night landings on an aircraft carrier.
(cricket) A player who scores a century.
(historical) An officer of the ancient Roman army, in command of a century of soldiers.
centurist
centurist
noun
A centuriator.
ceraunite
cerniture
cestrinus
chaunters
chaunters
noun
plural of chaunter
choudrant
chuntered
chuntered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of chunter
churchton
cinctured
cinctured
adj
Having a cincture.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cincture
cinctures
cinctures
noun
plural of cincture
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cincture