(colloquial, usually with up) To connect to amplifiers.
(colloquial, usually with up) To excite.
(colloquial, usually with up) To intensify or increase.
amr
ams
amt
amt
noun
(historical) A county in Denmark.
Abbreviation of amount.
amu
amu
noun
Abbreviation of atomic mass unit.
amy
ana
ana
adv
(in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity.
In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension.
noun
(Internet, slang) Anorexia (used especially by the pro-ana movement).
A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table
Alternative form of anna: a former subdivision of the rupee.
anc
and
and
conj
(mathematics, logic) connecting two well-formed formulas to create a well formed formula that requires the new formula to only be true when each of the two are true.
(now US dialect) If; provided that.
(now colloquial or literary) Used to connect more than two elements together in a chain, sometimes to stress the number of elements.
(now regional or somewhat colloquial) Used to connect two verbs where the second is dependent on the first: ‘to’. Used especially after come, go and try.
(obsolete) As if, as though.
(obsolete) Yet; but.
Connecting two identical elements, with implications of continued or infinite repetition.
Introducing a clause or sentence which follows on in time or consequence from the first.
Introducing a parenthetical or explanatory clause.
Introducing a qualitative difference between things having the same name; "as well as other".
Introducing the continuation of narration from a previous understood point; also used alone as a question: ‘and so what?’.
Simply connecting two clauses or sentences.
Used simply to connect two noun phrases, adjectives or adverbs.
Used to combine numbers in addition; plus (with singular or plural verb).
Used to connect certain numbers: connecting units when they precede tens (not dated); connecting tens and units to hundreds, thousands etc. (now often omitted in US); to connect fractions to wholes.
noun
(UK dialectal) Breath.
(UK dialectal) Sea smoke; steam fog.
(music, often informal) In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat.
verb
(UK dialectal, intransitive) To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine.
ane
anf
ang
anh
ani
ani
noun
Any bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family.
plural of anus
anl
ann
ann
noun
(obsolete) An annate.
ans
ans
noun
Abbreviation of answer.
plural of an
ant
ant
noun
(Internet) A Web spider.
Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females.
verb
(ornithology) To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers.
anu
any
any
adv
To even the slightest extent, at all.
det
(chiefly in the negative) One at all; at least one; at least one kind of; some; a positive quantity of.
No matter what kind.
pron
Any thing(s) or person(s).
aoa
aob
aol
aop
aoq
aor
aos
aou
aow
apa
apa
noun
A title used for male clergy or saints in the Coptic Church.
apb
apc
ape
ape
adj
(slang) Wild; crazy.
noun
(derogatory) An uncivilized person.
A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail.
Any such primate other than a human.
One who apes; a foolish imitator.
verb
(intransitive) To behave like an ape.
(transitive) To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly.
apg
aph
api
apj
apl
apm
apo
apo
adj
(biochemistry, of a protein) In an inactive, unbound state
app
app
noun
(computing, mobile telephony) An application (program), especially a small one designed for a mobile device.
(education, informal) application (to a college etc.)
(informal) appetizer
(military) application (use, purpose; not a computer program)
(sports) an appearance in a game (e.g., a player with 10 apps in a season played 10 times)
apr
apr
name
Abbreviation of April.
aps
apt
apt
adj
(of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards.
Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn.
Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited.
noun
An apartment; a flat.
apu
apx
aql
ara
ara
noun
A traditional alcoholic beverage consumed in Bhutan, made from rice, maize, millet, or wheat, either fermented or distilled. The beverage is usually a clear, creamy, or white color.
The great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna).
The saw-edged perch, Niphon spinosus.
arb
arb
noun
(countable, finance, trading) One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur.
(countable, informal) An arboretum.
(finance, trading) The act of or potential for arbitrage.
verb
(finance, trading, transitive) To engage in arbitrage.
arc
arc
noun
(astronomy) That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon.
(basketball, slang) The three-point line.
(electrics) A flow of current across an insulating medium; especially a hot, luminous discharge between either two electrodes or as lightning.
(film) An arclight.
(geometry) A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve.
(mathematics) A continuous mapping from a real interval (typically [0, 1]) into a space.
A band contained within parallel curves, or something of that shape.
A curve, in general.
A story arc.
verb
(intransitive) To form an electrical arc.
(transitive) To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc.
(transitive, intransitive) To move following a curved path.
ard
ard
noun
A simple plough consisting of a spike dragged through the soil.
are
are
det
(UK, US) Misspelling of our.
noun
(rare) An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) metric unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a.
verb
(East Yorkshire, Midlands) present of be
first-person plural simple present of be
second-person plural simple present of be
second-person singular simple present of be
third-person plural simple present of be
arf
arf
intj
Representing the sound of a dog's bark.
arg
arg
intj
(informal) Expressing frustration or disappointment.
noun
(heraldry) Abbreviation of argent.
(programming, informal) An argument; a value passed as a parameter.
ari
ark
ark
noun
(Judaism) A decorated cabinet at the front of a synagogue, in which Torah scrolls are kept.
(Judaism) The Ark of the Covenant.
(Judaism, Christianity, Islam) Noah's Ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge.
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Poor; lacking in riches or wealth.
(UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) To be pitied; pitiful; wretched.
noun
(anatomy) The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow.
(baseball, slang) A pitcher
(figurative) Power; might; strength; support.
(genetics) One of the two parts of a chromosome.
(geography) A bay or inlet off a main body of water.
(in the plural) Heraldic bearings or insignia.
(in the plural, obsolete) War; hostilities; deeds or exploits of war.
(usually used in the plural) A weapon.
A branch of an organization.
A group of patients in a medical trial.
A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal.
A long, narrow, more or less rigid part of an object extending from the main part or centre of the object, such as the arm of an armchair, a crane, a pair of spectacles or a pair of compasses.
The part of a piece of clothing that covers the arm.
The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand.
verb
(intransitive) To take up weapons; to arm oneself.
(intransitive, of a tool, weapon, or system) To become prepared for action; to activate.
(obsolete) To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms.
(transitive) To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency.
(transitive) To fit (a magnet) with an armature.
(transitive) To prepare (a tool, weapon, or system) for action; to activate.
(transitive) To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons.
(transitive, figurative) To supply with the equipment, knowledge, authority, or other tools needed for a particular task; to furnish with capability; to equip.
(Britain, West Country, West Midlands, Yorkshire) Yes.
Used stereotypically in imitation of pirates.
noun
Abbreviation of arrival.
Abbreviation of arrondissement.
verb
(rare) To say “arr” like a pirate.
ars
ars
noun
plural of ar
art
art
noun
(countable) A field or category of art, such as painting, sculpture, music, ballet, or literature.
(countable) A nonscientific branch of learning; one of the liberal arts.
(countable) Skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation.
(countable) Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus.
(uncountable) Aesthetic value.
(uncountable) Artwork.
(uncountable) The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium.
(uncountable) The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc.
(uncountable) The study and the product of these processes.
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of be
aru
arv
arx
ary
ary
det
(UK, dialect) any
asa
asb
asc
asc
noun
(UK, law, in citation) Initialism of w:Act of Senedd Cymru; formerly called Acts of the National Assembly for Wales, and only used for Acts passed after the change of name.
ase
ase
noun
(religion) an essential energy in West African religions
asg
ash
ash
noun
(archaic, in the plural) Mortal remains in general.
(chemistry) The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process.
(countable, uncountable) A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus.
(figuratively) What remains after a catastrophe.
(in the plural) Human (or animal) remains after cremation.
(uncountable) The wood of this tree.
A gray colour, like that of ash.
Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash.
The solid remains of a fire.
The traditional name for the ae ligature (æ), as used in Old English.
verb
(chemistry) To reduce to a residue of ash. See ashing.
(intransitive) To hit the end off of a burning cigar or cigarette.
(obsolete, mostly used in the passive) To cover newly-sown fields of crops with ashes.
(transitive) To hit the end off (a burning cigar or cigarette).
asi
ask
ask
noun
(Internet) A message sent to a blog on social networking platform Tumblr, which can be publicly posted and replied to by the recipient.
(UK dialectal and Scotland) An eft; newt.
(UK dialectal) A lizard.
An act or instance of asking.
An asking price.
Something asked or asked for.
verb
(figuratively) To take (a person's situation) as an example.
(transitive or ditransitive) To request (information, or an answer to a question).
To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
To invite.
To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
To put forward (a question) to be answered.
To request or petition; usually with for.
To request permission to do something.
To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
asm
asn
aso
asp
asp
noun
(UK, law, in citation) Initialism of w:Act of the Scottish Parliament.
(archaic) A water snake.
(figurative) An evil person; a snake.
A type of European fish (Aspius aspius).
A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis).
The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje).
The aspen tree.
asr
asr
noun
(Islam) The afternoon Islamic prayer.
ass
ass
adj
(vulgar, slang) Of low quality; bad.
noun
(printing, slang, obsolete) A compositor.
(slang, vulgar) A stupid person.
(vulgar, slang, countable and uncountable) The anus.
(vulgar, slang, countable and uncountable) The buttocks.
(vulgar, slang, metonymically, objectifying, countable) A person; the self; (reflexively) oneself or one's person, chiefly their body. By extension, one's personal safety, or figuratively one's job, prospects, etc.
(vulgar, slang, objectifying, uncountable) Sex; a person to have sex with; with vulgar emphasis on their corporeality (their body) over their personhood.
(vulgar, slang, uncountable) Used in similes to express something bad or unpleasant.
Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
particle
Synonym of -ass (“used to intensify an adjective”)
ast
ast
verb
Pronunciation spelling of asked, simple past tense and past participle of ask
asu
asv
asw
asz
ata
atb
atb
Noun
active time battle (gaming)
atc
ate
ate
noun
(Philippines) A respectful title or form of address for an older woman.
(Philippines) An elder sister
verb
(colloquial, nonstandard) past participle of eat
simple past tense of eat
atf
atf
Proper noun
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (
Noun
Automatic Transmission Fluid
advanced tactical fighter
Auxiliary Tugboat Fleet - a naval fleet tugboat, a fleet tug that can keep up with a fleet on operations
As Trustee For
ath
ati
atk
atm
atm
phrase
(Internet slang, text messaging) Alternative letter-case form of ATM.
atn
ato
atp
atp
prep_phrase
(Internet slang, text messaging) Initialism of at this point; also ATP.
atr
ats
ats
noun
plural of at
att
att
noun
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lao kip.
prep
Obsolete spelling of at
atv
aua
aua
noun
(New Zealand) Aldrichetta forsteri, a mullet of the family Mugilidae.
auc
aud
aud
noun
(slang) Clipping of audience.
auf
auf
noun
(obsolete) A changeling or elf child; a child left by fairies.
(obsolete) A deformed or foolish child; a simpleton; an oaf.
aug
aug
adj
(music) Clipping of augmented.
noun
(science fiction) Clipping of augmentation.
auh
aui
auk
auk
noun
Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.
aul
aul
noun
A village encampment in the Caucasus, Central Asia or the Southern Urals.
Obsolete spelling of awl.
aum
aum
noun
(UK, archaic) A unit of hock equal to approximately 30 gallons.
aun
aup
aus
aux
aux
adj
Abbreviation of auxiliary.
ava
avc
avd
ave
ave
noun
A reverential salutation.
An Ave Maria.
avg
avi
avi
noun
(Internet slang, informal) An avatar displayed by a user's profile on a social networking site.
avm
avn
avn
Proper noun
Adult Video News, an American magazine of the pornographic industry.
avo
avo
noun
(informal, Australia, South Africa) Clipping of avocado.
A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca.
awa
awb
awd
awe
awe
noun
(archaic) Power to inspire awe.
A feeling of amazement.
A feeling of fear and reverence.
verb
(transitive) To control by inspiring dread.
(transitive) To inspire fear and reverence in.
awg
awk
awk
adj
(US slang, of a situation) Awkward; uncomfortable.
(obsolete) Odd; out of order; perverse.
(obsolete) Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) Clumsy in performance or manners; not dexterous; awkward.
adv
(obsolete) Perversely; in the wrong way.
name
(computing) A Unix scripting language or the command line interface itself.
awl
awl
noun
(entomology) Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.
awm
awm
noun
(obsolete) A unit of measurement for forty gallons of wine.
awn
awn
noun
The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.
awu
axa
axe
axe
noun
(archaic) The axle of a wheel.
(figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback.
(finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
(informal) A dismissal or rejection.
(slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
verb
(now obsolete outside dialects, especially African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of ask
(transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.
(transitive, figurative) To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
To furnish with an axle.
aye
aye
adv
(archaic) ever, always
intj
(MLE, MTE, regional African-American Vernacular) an attention grabber
(New Zealand) Alternative spelling of ay (question tag)
(nautical) a word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back.
yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question.
noun
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative.
ayh
aym
ayn
ayn
noun
(linguistics) Synonym of ayin, the various letters representing the consonant /ʕ/ in Semitic languages.
(linguistics) Synonym of ghayn, the letter Ғ, representing the consonant /ʁ/ or /ɣ/, particularly in Kazakh.
ayo
ayo
intj
(African-American Vernacular, slang) A greeting.
noun
(West African English) A strategy game.
ayr
ayr
noun
(Isle of Man) father
Alternative spelling of air (especially when referring to the form of music).
ays
ays
noun
plural of ay
ayu
ayu
noun
A sweetfish, an amphidromous fish of East Asia, the only member of its genus and family, Plecoglossus altivelis, named and prized for its sweet-tasting flesh. It is a game fish and is also subject to extensive aquaculture.
azo
azo
adj
(organic chemistry) Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene etc.
Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
azote, nitrogen
baa
baa
intj
(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry of a sheep.
noun
(onomatopoeia) The characteristic cry or bleating of a sheep.
The letter ب in the Arabic script.
verb
To make the characteristic cry of a sheep.
bab
bab
noun
(UK, informal) Baby
(fishing, East Anglia) A bait for eels, consisting of a bundle of live worms.
verb
(intransitive, fishing, East Anglia) To fish for eels using a bab.
bac
bac
noun
A broad, flat-bottomed ferryboat, usually worked by a rope.
A vat or cistern.
Clipping of baccalaureate.
bad
bad
adj
(US, slang) Overly promiscuous, licentious.
(chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
(informal) Bold and daring.
(of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
(of breath) Malodorous; foul.
(of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
(often childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
(originally African-American Vernacular, slang, of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.
(slang) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
(sometimes childish) Evil; wicked.
False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
Faulty; not functional.
Not appropriate, of manners etc.
Not suitable or fitting.
Of poor physical appearance.
Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
Unfavorable; negative; not good.
Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
adv
(now colloquial) Badly.
intj
Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet.
noun
(countable, uncountable, economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.
(slang, with possessive determiner) Error; mistake.
Something that is bad; a harm or evil.
verb
(Britain, dialect, transitive) To shell (a walnut).
(archaic) alternative past of bid. See bade.
bae
bae
noun
(slang) Darling (term of endearment).
Asian pear.
verb
(intransitive) To make the sound of a wild animal, to bay.
bag
bag
noun
(LGBT, slang, US, derogatory) A fellow gay man.
(MLE, slang) £1000, a grand.
(UK) A unit of measure of cement equal to 94 pounds.
(baseball) First, second, or third base.
(baseball) The cloth-covered pillow used for first, second, and third base.
(chiefly in the plural) A dark circle under the eye, caused by lack of sleep, drug addiction etc.
(colloquial) One's preference.
(derogatory) An ugly woman.
(informal) A large number or amount.
(mathematics) A collection of objects, disregarding order, but (unlike a set) in which elements may be repeated.
(now historical) A pouch tied behind a man's head to hold the back-hair of a wig; a bag wig.
(preceded by "the") A breathalyzer, so named because it formerly had a plastic bag over the end to measure a set amount of breath.
(slang) A small envelope that contains drugs, especially narcotics.
(slang, vulgar) A scrotum.
A container made of leather, plastic, or other material, usually with a handle or handles, in which you carry personal items, or clothes or other things that you need for travelling. Includes shopping bags, schoolbags, suitcases, and handbags.
A sac in animal bodies, containing some fluid or other substance.
A soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. and open at the top, used to hold food, commodities, and other goods.
The quantity of game bagged in a hunt.
verb
(Australia, slang) To criticise sarcastically.
(informal) To catch or kill, especially when fishing or hunting.
(nautical, intransitive) To drop away from the correct course.
(obsolete, intransitive) To become pregnant.
(obsolete, intransitive) To swell with arrogance.
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) swell or hang down like a full bag.
(slang) To arrest.
(slang) To steal.
(slang, African American Vernacular) To laugh uncontrollably.
(slang, African-American Vernacular) To take a woman away with one as a romantic or sexual interest.
(transitive) To furnish or load with a bag.
(transitive) To put into a bag.
(transitive, medicine) To fit with a bag to collect urine.
(transitive, medicine) To provide with artificial ventilation via a bag valve mask (BVM) resuscitator.
To forget, ignore, or get rid of.
To gain possession of something, or to make first claim on something.
To hang like an empty bag.
bah
bah
intj
(sometimes humorous) Expressing contempt, disgust, or bad temper.
noun
Alternative spelling of baa (the cry of a sheep or goat).