(mineralogy) A gray, water-soluble mineral, potassium aluminium sulphate; the natural source of alum, KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆.
aneuria
aneuric
aneurin
aneurin
noun
Archaic form of aneurine.
anguier
anguine
anguine
adj
Pertaining to snakes or serpents
antique
antique
adj
(bookbinding) Embossed without gilt.
(obsolete) Synonym of antic, specifically:
(typography) Designating a style of type.
Belonging to former times, not modern, out of date, old-fashioned.
Fantastic, odd, wild, antic.
Having existed in ancient times, descended from antiquity; used especially in reference to Greece and Rome.
noun
(figuratively, mildly derogatory) An old person.
(in the singular) The style or manner of ancient times, used especially of Greek and Roman art.
(obsolete) A man of ancient times.
(typography) A style of type of thick and bold face in which all lines are of equal or nearly equal thickness.
A performer in an antic; or in general, a burlesque performer, a buffoon.
An object of ancient times.
An old object perceived as having value because of its aesthetic or historical significance.
Grotesque entertainment; an antic.
verb
(intransitive) To search or shop for antiques.
(transitive) To make (an object) appear to be an antique in some way.
(transitive, bookbinding) To emboss without gilding.
aubaine
aubaine
noun
(historical, law) The inheritance of goods from a foreigner who died in a country where he was not naturalised.
audient
audient
adj
Listening, paying attention.
noun
(obsolete) A hearer; a member of an audience
(obsolete, specifically) A catechumen (“convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism”) in the early Christian Church.
aunties
aunties
noun
plural of auntie
plural of aunty
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of auntie
austine
azuline
azuline
noun
A striking blue dye derived from carbolic acid or rosolic acid.
azurine
azurine
adj
Sky-blue; azure.
noun
A type of rudd or redeye, the blue roach of Europe (Scardinius erythrophthalmus, syn. Leuciscus caeruleus), so called from its color.
banlieu
beaufin
beaufin
noun
Alternative form of biffin
beauing
bedouin
bedouin
noun
A member of nomadic Arab tribes dwelling in the desert.
beduins
beguine
beguine
noun
A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance.
betulin
betulin
noun
(biochemistry) A naturally-abundant triterpene, commonly isolated from the bark of birch trees, that can be converted to betulinic acid
bitumen
bitumen
noun
(Australia, colloquial) Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads.
(Canada) Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil.
(by extension) Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas.
A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch.
verb
To cover or fill with bitumen.
bluefin
bluefin
noun
bluefin tuna, any of a number of types of tuna characterised by their blue fins.
blueing
blueing
noun
An indigo material used as a laundry aid to counteract yellowing
bluntie
brucine
brucine
noun
(organic chemistry) An alkaloid related to strychnine, found in several plant species, notably Strychnos nux-vomica (nux vomica).
bulbine
bundeli
bundies
bunnies
bunnies
noun
plural of bunny
buntine
buntine
noun
bunting; woollen cloth for flags
burdine
burnies
burnies
noun
plural of burnie
cauline
cauline
adj
(botany) Growing immediately on a caulis, the main stem of a plant; of or pertaining to a caulis.
chequin
chequin
noun
Archaic form of zecchino (“old gold coin of Italy”).
cinques
cinques
noun
(campanology) bell changes rung on eleven bells
plural of cinque
clueing
clupein
clupein
noun
(organic chemistry) A protamine found in herring.
clupien
coenuri
coenuri
noun
plural of coenurus
counite
counite
verb
(transitive) To bring together; to unite.
cuinage
cuinage
noun
(obsolete, UK) The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of Cornwall.
cuisine
cuisine
noun
(countable, dated) A kitchen or cooking department.
(countable, uncountable) A characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
(uncountable) Synonym of culinary art: The art of preparing food, generally.
cuissen
cuisten
cummine
cundite
cundite
noun
Obsolete spelling of conduit
cunenei
cuprein
curnies
curtein
curtein
noun
Alternative form of curtana
cutline
cutline
noun
(journalism, broadcasting) A caption under a photograph, or more narrowly just the explanatory text block under a photograph, excluding the title.
(journalism, broadcasting) In production, a hypothetical line that separates items that will be executed and publicized, versus items that will be cut.
(software) In software testing, a hypothetical line that separates tests that will be performed from tests that may not be performed due to lack of time.
(squash) A line on the front wall, above which the ball must hit for a serve
(surveying, travel) A linear cleared area through undeveloped land.
detinue
detinue
noun
(law) A legal action to reclaim goods wrongfully detained.
A person or thing detained; a detainee.
deucing
diluent
diluent
adj
Diluting; making thinner or weaker by admixture, especially of water.
noun
(analytical chemistry) A solvent or other liquid preparation used to dilute a sample prior to testing.
(medicine) An agent used for effecting dilution of the blood; a weak drink.
That which dilutes.
diminue
disjune
distune
distune
verb
(transitive) To put (something) out of tune.
(transitive, figurative) To cause (something) not to be in harmony or to be poorly adjusted.
doucine
doucine
noun
(architecture) A cyma or ogee.
dourine
dourine
noun
covering sickness
dueling
dueling
noun
The act of taking part in a duel.
verb
present participle of duel
dulcine
dunedin
dunedin
Proper noun
A city in the South Island of New Zealand
Edinburgh
dungier
dungier
adj
comparative form of dungy: more dungy
dunites
dunites
noun
plural of dunite
dunnite
eburine
echinus
echinus
noun
(architecture) The egg-and-anchor or egg-and-dart moulding, because often identified with the Roman Doric capital.
(architecture) The quarter-round moulding (ovolo) of the Roman Doric style.
(architecture) The rounded moulding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve.
educing
educing
verb
present participle of educe
eioneus
eluding
eluding
verb
present participle of elude
elusion
elusion
noun
The act of eluding.
eluting
eluting
verb
present participle of elute
elution
elution
noun
(analytical chemistry) The process of removing materials that are absorbed with a solvent.
elyutin
emanium
emulsin
emulsin
noun
(dated, biochemistry) A mixture of enzymes, extracted from bitter almonds, once used to hydrolyze glucosides.
enduing
enduing
verb
present participle of endue
enhuile
enkimdu
ennuied
enquire
enquire
verb
(intransitive) To make an enquiry.
(transitive, archaic) To ask about (something).
enquiry
enquiry
noun
(Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A question.
Search for truth, information or knowledge.
enrique
ensuing
ensuing
adj
Refers to the actions, consequences, and repercussions which result from some prior stimulus or event.
verb
present participle of ensue
ensuite
ensuite
adj
(of a bathroom etc.) Connected to a bedroom.
(of a bedroom etc.) Connected to a ensuite bathroom.
As part of a series.
noun
A private bathroom connected to a bedroom, as in an apartment or hotel room.
enuring
enuring
verb
present participle of enure
envious
envious
adj
(obsolete) Malignant; mischievous; spiteful.
(obsolete, poetic) Inspiring envy.
Excessively careful; cautious.
Feeling or exhibiting envy; jealously desiring the excellence or good fortune of another; maliciously grudging
equanil
equilin
equilin
noun
The estrogen 3-hydroxyestra-1,3,5,7-tetraen-17-one, found in horse urine.
equinal
equinal
adj
(obsolete) equine
equines
equines
noun
plural of equine
equinia
equinia
noun
(medicine, archaic) glanders
equinox
equinox
noun
(also figuratively) The circumstance of a twenty-four hour time period having the day and night of equal length.
(astronomy) A celestial equator (“great circle on the celestial sphere, coincident with the plane of the Earth's equator (the equatorial plane)”); also, the Earth's equator.
(astronomy) One of the two points in space where the apparent path of the Sun intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth.
(rare) A gale (“very strong wind”) once thought to occur more frequently around the time of an equinox (sense 1), now known to be a misconception; an equinoctial gale.
One of the two occasions in the year when the length of the day and night are equal, which occurs when the apparent path of the Sun (the ecliptic) intersects with the equatorial plane of the Earth; this happens on a day between March 19 and 21 (spring in the Northern Hemisphere, and autumn in the Southern Hemisphere), and on another day between September 21 and 24 (autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring in the Southern Hemisphere); hence, the exact time when the intersection occurs.
equinus
equinus
noun
(medicine) Synonym of talipes equinus
equison
equison
noun
(archaic) groom, ostler, equerry, jockey
erginus
erineum
esculin
esculin
noun
(organic chemistry) A coumarin glucoside which exists in horse chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum), California buckeye (Aesculus californica), prickly box (Bursaria spinosa) and in daphnin (the dark green resin of Daphne mezereum).
esurine
esurine
adj
Eating; corroding.
eucaine
eucaine
noun
(pharmacology) A derivative of cocaine used as a local anesthetic in veterinary medicine.
euconic
eugenia
eugenia
noun
(botany) Any member of the genus Eugenia of myrtaceous plants.
eugenic
eugenic
adj
(genetics) Relating or adapting to production of good offspring.
Of or relating to eugenics.
eugenie
eugenio
eugonic
eugonic
adj
(biology, of bacterial growth) rapid and luxuriant
eulytin
eumenid
eumenid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the vespid subfamily Eumeninae, the potter wasps.
eunicid
eunicid
noun
(zoology) Any polychaete worm of the family Eunicidae.
(zoology, more broadly) Any polychaete worm of the order Eunicida.
eunomia
eupione
eupione
noun
(organic chemistry) A clear oily liquid obtained by the destructive distillation of various vegetable and animal substances; specifically, an oil consisting largely of the higher hydrocarbons of the paraffin series.
eupneic
eupneic
adj
Characterized by eupnea; possessing healthy breathing.
eurobin
exuding
exuding
noun
The process by which something exudes.
verb
present participle of exude
faneuil
feuding
feuding
noun
Participation in feuds.
verb
present participle of feud
frulein
fuegian
fuegian
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Tierra del Fuego.
Noun
A native of Tierra del Fuego.
fueling
fueling
noun
The act or process by which something is fueled.
verb
(American spelling) (Canadian spelling, common) present participle of fuel
fugient
fugient
adj
(rare or obsolete) Fleeing.
fuirena
fulmine
fulmine
verb
(archaic) To thunder or lightning.
(archaic, figurative) To utter with authority or vehemence; fulminate.
fungite
fungite
noun
(paleontology) A fossil coral resembling Fungia.
funicle
funicle
noun
(botany) The stalk or stem of an ovule or seed.
(entomology) Intermediate segments of the antenna of chalcid wasps adjoining the pedicel basally and the clava distally.
funkier
funkier
adj
comparative form of funky: more funky
funnier
funnier
adj
comparative form of funny: more funny
funnies
funnies
noun
(comics) The section of a newspaper containing comic strips.
plural of funny
geminus
gentium
genuine
genuine
adj
Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated
glucine
glucine
noun
(mineralogy) A monoclinic mineral containing beryllium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and phosphorus.
glueing
glueing
verb
present participle of glue; alternative spelling of gluing
grunzie
guanine
guanine
noun
(chemistry) A substance first obtained from guano; it is a nucleic base and pairs with cytosine in DNA and RNA (by means of three hydrogen bonds).
guanize
guienne
guienne
Proper noun
Aquitaine.
guillen
guinean
guineas
guineas
noun
plural of guinea
gunfire
gunfire
noun
(army slang) Tea, a cup of tea, especially one served early in the morning before first parade.
(chiefly military) The use of gunpowder-type weapons, mainly cannon, as opposed to swords or bayonets.
(military) The time of firing of the morning gun or the evening gun.
Shots from a gun or guns, typically creating loud report.
guniter
gunline
gunline
noun
A line or cable that can be shot across a gap.
Alternative form of gun line
gunnies
gunnies
noun
plural of gunny
gustine
gustine
Proper noun
A city in California.
A town in Texas.
guyline
guyline
noun
A rope or cable (a line) used to restrain the motion of something. As a cable used to prevent a mast from falling over.
hautein
hautein
Adjective
haughty; proud
high; said of the voice or flight of birds
heidrun
heinous
heinous
adj
Totally reprehensible.
heurlin
hunkies
hunkies
noun
plural of hunkie
plural of hunky
hunlike
hussein
idumean
idumean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to ancient Idumea or Edom, a historical region south of Judea and the Dead Sea, mentioned in the Bible.