(historical) The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met.
(poetic) An academy; a place of learning.
(poetic) The scholarly life, environment, or community.
A senior member of the staff at an institution of higher learning; pedant.
academy
academy
noun
(UK, education) A school directly funded by central government, independent of local control.
(classical studies, usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers.
(classical studies, usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught.
(obsolete) The knowledge disseminated in an Academy.
(with the, without reference to any specific academy) Academia.
A body of established opinion in a particular field, regarded as authoritative.
A school or place of training in which some special art is taught.
A society of learned people united for the advancement of the arts and sciences, and literature, or some particular art or science.
An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
acclaim
acclaim
noun
(obsolete) A claim.
(poetic) An acclamation; a shout of applause.
verb
(Canada, politics) To elect (a politician, etc.) to an office automatically because no other candidates run; elect by acclamation.
(archaic, transitive) To shout; to call out.
(transitive) To declare by acclamations.
(transitive) To express great approval (for).
(transitive, obsolete) To claim.
(transitive, rare) To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically.
accomac
accomac
Proper noun
a community in Pennsylvania, USA.
a town in Virginia, USA
accompt
accompt
noun
(archaic) Account.
verb
(archaic) To account.
acemila
acetiam
achroma
achymia
aciform
aciform
adj
Shaped like a needle.
aclemon
acmatic
acmatic
adj
(rare) relating to the acme of something, highest.
acnemia
acoasma
acoasma
noun
Alternative form of acousma
acomous
acosmic
acosmic
adj
Relating to acosmism
acouasm
acouasm
noun
(pathology) The perception of ringing, buzzing or hissing sounds that are not really there.
acousma
acousma
noun
(pathology) Auditory hallucination
acreman
acreman
noun
A leader of a plowing team in medieval England.
acremen
acremen
noun
plural of acreman
acrnema
acroama
acroama
noun
esoteric teaching that was not to be written down
rhetorical declamation
acromia
acromia
noun
plural of acromion
acronym
acronym
noun
(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux").
(linguistics) An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT").
verb
To form into an acronym.
acumble
acumens
acumens
noun
plural of acumen
acustom
alchemy
alchemy
noun
(computing, slang, countable) Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm.
(countable) The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation.
(uncountable) The premodern and early modern study of physical changes, particularly in Europe, Arabia, and China and chiefly in pursuit of an elixir of immortality, a universal panacea, and/or a philosopher's stone able to transmute base metals into gold, eventually developing into chemistry.
alchimy
alchimy
noun
Obsolete form of alchemy.
alchymy
alchymy
noun
Alternative spelling of alchemy
alcmaon
alcmena
alcmene
alcmene
Proper noun
Descendent of Perseus and Andromeda, the wife of Amphitryon, and mother, by Zeus, of Heracles/Hercules.
Short for a main belt asteroid.
alembic
alembic
noun
An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation.
algomic
almacen
almanac
almanac
noun
(astronomy, navigation) A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.
A GPS signal consisting of coarse orbit and status information for each satellite in the constellation.
A handbook, typically published annually, containing information on a particular subject
almeric
almuces
almuces
noun
plural of almuce
ambatch
ambatch
noun
(countable) A raft made from bundles of the stems of this plant.
A large shrub or small tree found in and around water in the African tropics, Aeschynomene elaphroxylon, formerly used to make rafts due to its extremely lightweight wood.
ambolic
ambreic
ambrica
ambsace
ambsace
noun
(archaic) Bad luck, worthlessness.
(archaic) Two ones; the lowest throw at dice; a pair of aces.
amchoor
amerced
amerced
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amerce
amercer
amercer
noun
One who amerces.
amerces
amerces
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amerce
america
amesace
amharic
amicous
amicron
amictus
amlacra
ammonic
ammonic
adj
(anatomy) Relating to the cornu ammonis.
(inorganic chemistry) Relating to ammonia.
amnesic
amnesic
adj
Of, pertaining to, affected by, or causing amnesia.
noun
(dated) A person with amnesia.
A medication with amnesic effects.
amoebic
amoebic
adj
(biology, pathology) Relating to, or caused by an amoeba.
amoraic
amplect
amplect
verb
(formal) To embrace
ampyces
ampycus
amschel
amtrack
amtracs
amtracs
noun
plural of amtrac
amuchco
amyclas
amyctic
amyelic
anaemic
anaemic
adj
(British spelling) Alternative spelling of anemic
anosmic
anosmic
adj
(pathology) Having anosmia; lacking a sense of smell.
(zoology) Lacking olfactory organs; anosmatic.
noun
(pathology) A person with anosmia; a person lacking a sense of smell.
anticum
aphemic
aphemic
adj
(speech pathology) Of, relating to, or afflicted with aphemia.
apomict
apomict
noun
(botany, zoology) Any apomictic plant or organism.
aramaic
aramaic
Proper noun
A subfamily of languages in the Northwest Semitic language group including (but not limited to):
The language of the Aramaeans from the tenth century BC: often called Old Aramaic.
The language of the administration in the Assyrian, Babylonian and Persian empires from the seventh to fourth centuries BC: often called Imperial Aramaic or Official Aramaic.
The language of portions of the Hebrew Bible, mainly the books of Ezra and Daniel: often called Biblical Aramaic.
The language of Jesus of Nazareth: a form of Galilean Aramaic.
The language of Jewish targums, Midrash and the Talmuds.
The liturgical language of various Christian churches: often called Syriac.
The liturgical language of the Mandaeans: usually called Mandaic.
Adjective
Referring to the Aramaic language, alphabet, culture or poetry.
arcanum
arcanum
noun
A mystery or deep secret.
An elixir or secret remedy.
arcform
arctium
armenic
armlock
armlock
noun
(figuratively, by extension) Power to control or heavily influence something or someone.
A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts.
verb
(transitive) To hold in an armlock.
armoric
armoric
Adjective
Relating to Armorica; Armorican.
Proper noun
The language spoken by the Gauls of Armorica, the ancestor of Breton.
armrack
armrack
noun
A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.
armscye
armscye
noun
An opening in a garment for the attachment of a sleeve; an armhole.
ascyrum
athymic
athymic
adj
That lacks a thymus gland
atomics
atomics
noun
The study of physics at an atomic level.
plural of atomic
azimech
azulmic
bachman
baculum
baculum
noun
A bone found in the penis of some mammals.
A small rod-like structure found in spores and pollen.
balmunc
bambuco
bambuco
noun
(music) A traditional music genre from Colombia, formed in the 19th and 20th centuries as a blend of Basque folk music and the European waltz.
bascomb
bathmic
bathmic
adj
Relating to bathmism.
beacham
becalms
becalms
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of becalm
becharm
becharm
verb
(transitive, archaic) To charm; fascinate; hold by a charm or spell.
beckman
becolme
becomed
becomed
adj
(obsolete) proper; decorous
verb
(archaic, nonstandard, poetic) simple past tense and past participle of become
becomes
becomes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of become
becomma
becramp
becrime
beecham
bemercy
bemercy
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To treat with mercy; show mercy to; milse.
bemocks
bemocks
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bemock
bigamic
bochism
bombace
bombace
noun
(obsolete) cotton; padding
brahmic
brahmic
Adjective
Related or belonging to a certain family of abugidas used to write many languages of South and Southeast Asia, descended from the
brecham
buchman
buckism
bucklum
buckman
buckram
buckram
noun
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
verb
(transitive) To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
bulimic
bulimic
adj
Of, or relating to, bulimia nervosa.
Suffering from bulimia nervosa.
noun
A person suffering from bulimia nervosa.
bumicky
bummack
bummock
bummock
noun
(Scotland, obsolete) A brewing of ale.
A submerged, downward-projecting piece of ice.
caaming
cabimas
cabomba
cacimbo
caconym
caconym
noun
An incorrect name for something, especially in taxonomic classification.
cacumen
cacumen
noun
(obsolete, physics) The smallest possible piece of matter, making up part of an atom.
cadamba
cadmann
cadmarr
cadmean
cadmean
Adjective
Of or relating to a mythical prince of Thebes, said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet.
cadmide
cadmium
cadmium
noun
A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal. # (countable) A single atom of this element.
caedmon
caeomas
caesium
caesium
noun
The chemical element (symbol Cs) with an atomic number of 55. It is a soft, gold-colored, highly reactive alkali metal.
cageman
cageman
noun
(Hong Kong) One who lives in a cage home.
caimans
caimans
noun
plural of caiman
caimito
caimito
noun
Synonym of star apple, a tropical tree and its fruit
cainism
calamar
calamar
noun
(dated) A squid.
calamus
calamus
noun
(Christianity, historical) Synonym of fistula (“tube for sucking Eucharist wine”)
(ornithology) A quill; the hard, horny, hollow, and more or less transparent part of the stem or scape of a feather.
A fish of genus Calamus in family Sparidae; certain porgies.
A palm in genus Calamus, of rattan palms.
The sweet flag, Acorus calamus.
calcium
calcium
noun
The chemical element (Symbol Ca), with an atomic number 20. It is a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks.
calcomp
calemes
calmant
calmant
noun
A calming drug; a sedative.
calmato
calmest
calmest
adj
superlative form of calm: most calm
verb
(archaic) second-person singular simple present form of calm
calmier
calming
calming
verb
present participle of calm
calomba
calombo
calomel
calomel
noun
(inorganic chemistry) mercurous chloride Hg₂Cl₂, formerly used as a laxative and disinfectant and to treat syphilis
calumba
calumba
noun
(medicine, archaic) A bitter root of a plant (Jateorhiza palmata), indigenous to Mozambique, and used as a tonic and antiseptic.
calumet
calumet
noun
A clay tobacco-pipe used by American Indians, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
calumny
calumny
noun
(countable) A false accusation or charge brought to tarnish another's reputation or standing.
(uncountable) Falsifications or misrepresentations intended to disparage or discredit another.
verb
(transitive, formal) To make false accusations or levy false charges against a person with the intent to tarnish that person's reputation or standing; to calumniate.