A person providing an accounting of expenditure or other actions.
acentrous
acentrous
adj
(ichthyology) lacking vertebral centra
adjourned
adjourned
adj
(of a meeting, event or trial) Having been adjourned; suspended or paused.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adjourn
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.
aequorins
aequorins
noun
plural of aequorin
aeronauts
aeronauts
noun
plural of aeronaut
afterguns
afterturn
ahungered
ahungered
adj
pinched with hunger; very hungry
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
aleurones
aleurones
noun
plural of aleurone
aleuronic
aleuronic
adj
Of or pertaining to aleurone.
allurance
allurance
noun
(archaic) allurement
almuredin
altenburg
amounters
anacruses
anacruses
noun
plural of anacrusis
anatherum
anaunters
androgeus
anestrous
anestrous
adj
not estrous
of, or pertaining to, anestrus
aneurisms
aneurisms
noun
plural of aneurism
aneurysms
aneurysms
noun
plural of aneurysm
angraecum
announcer
announcer
noun
One who makes announcements.
radio announcer
annueller
anoestrum
anoestrus
anoestrus
noun
Alternative spelling of anestrus
anomalure
anomalure
noun
A rodent of any species of the family Anomaluridae, having membranes between their front and hind legs like those of a flying squirrel (Sciuridae), found in central Africa
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
antiquers
antiquers
noun
plural of antiquer
antiserum
antiserum
noun
(medicine) A serum prepared from human or animal sources containing antibodies able to counter certain diseases or toxins.
antiulcer
antiulcer
adj
(medicine) Serving to prevent or counteract ulcers.
aquagreen
arduinite
arenulous
arenulous
adj
(obsolete) Full of fine sand.
(obsolete) Resembling sand.
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
argumenta
argumenta
noun
plural of argumentum
arguments
arguments
noun
plural of argument
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of argument
arpenteur
arrhenius
arsenious
arsenious
adj
(chemistry) Of or containing arsenic with a valence of 3.
arzrunite
arzrunite
noun
(mineralogy) A biaxial orthorhombic sulfate chloride mineral.
ascenseur
assurance
assurance
noun
(insurance) Insurance; a contract for the payment of a sum on occasion of a certain event, as loss or death. Assurance is used in relation to life contingencies, and insurance in relation to other contingencies. It is called temporary assurance, in the time within which the contingent event must happen is limited.
(law) Any written or other legal evidence of the conveyance of property; a conveyance; a deed.
(obsolete) Betrothal; affiance.
(theology) Subjective certainty of one's salvation.
Excessive boldness; impudence; audacity
Firmness of mind; undoubting steadiness; intrepidity; courage; confidence; self-reliance.
The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; something designed to give confidence.
The state of being assured; total confidence or trust; a lack of doubt; certainty.
assurgent
assurgent
adj
(botany) Curving upward.
Rising or tending to rise.
noun
(heraldry) A man or beast rising out of the sea.
aubergine
aubergine
noun
(Britain) An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant.
(Britain) The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable.
(color) A dark purple colour; eggplant.
audiencer
augmenter
augmenter
noun
One who, or that which, augments or increases something.
augmentor
augmentor
noun
Alternative form of augmenter
aumoniere
aurangzeb
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.
aureoline
aureoling
auriphone
aurungzeb
auslander
autourine
aventurin
avirulent
avirulent
Adjective
Not virulent.
avourneen
avourneen
Noun
darling, sweetheart
axoneuron
azorubine
azorubine
noun
(organic chemistry) a red azo dye used as a food colouring, mostly in baked goods
azureness
azureness
noun
The quality of being azure in colour.
babungera
banqueter
banqueter
noun
A guest at a banquet.
barnumize
barnumize
verb
Alternative form of Barnumize
bearhound
bearhound
noun
A dog for baiting or hunting bears.
becursing
becursing
verb
present participle of becurse
befortune
befortune
verb
(poetic, dated, transitive) To befall.
befrounce
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.
belinurus
beneurous
beraunite
beraunite
Noun
A monoclinic-prismatic mineral containing hydrogen, iron, oxygen, and phosphorus.
bermudian
bermudian
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Bermuda, or the Bermudian people.
Personal legal status equivalent to citizenship for the country of Bermuda.
Noun
A person from Bermuda or of Bermudian descent.
bernoulli
bethunder
bicornute
bicornute
adj
Synonym of bicornuate
binuclear
binuclear
adj
having two nuclei; binucleate
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.
blennuria
bluenoser
bluenoser
Noun
A person from Nova Scotia, 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.
blundered
blundered
verb
simple past tense and past participle of blunder
blunderer
blunderer
noun
One who blunders.
bonsecour
boulanger
boulanger
noun
(Guyana) eggplant; aubergine
bourgeons
bourgeons
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bourgeon
bourgogne
bournless
bournless
adj
(obsolete) Without a bourn or limit.
branguses
brauneria
braunfels
braunites
braunites
noun
plural of braunite
breadnuts
breadnuts
noun
plural of breadnut
brodequin
brodequin
noun
(obsolete) A buskin or half-boot.
brucetown
brummagen
brumstane
brumstone
brundidge
brunellia
brunettes
brunettes
noun
plural of brunette
brunhilde
brunizems
brunneous
brunneous
adj
(zoology) Of a dark brown colour.
bruskness
bruskness
noun
The state of being brusk
bruteness
bruteness
noun
The state or quality of being brute.
buccaneer
buccaneer
noun
(nautical) Any of a group of seamen who cruised on their own account on the Spanish Main and in the Pacific in the 17th century, who were similar to pirates but did not prey on ships of their own nation.
A pirate.
verb
To engage in piracy against any but one's own nation's ships.
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.
buffering
buffering
verb
present participle of buffer
buggering
buggering
noun
An act of buggery.
verb
present participle of bugger
buhrstone
buhrstone
noun
Alternative spelling of burrstone
bumpering
bumpering
verb
present participle of bumper
bundaberg
bundesrat
bundesrat
Proper noun
federal council of Germany
bungmaker
bunkerage
bunkerage
noun
(nautical) Oil or coal used for the engine of a vessel
(nautical) The act of bunkering (loading a vessel with oil or coal)
bunkering
bunkering
noun
(chiefly Nigeria) The illicit removal of oil from a pipeline or other distribution system.
(nautical) The taking on board of bunker fuel.
verb
present participle of bunker
bunkerman
bunkerman
noun
(historical) A man in charge of an industrial coal storage bunker.
bunkermen
bunkermen
noun
plural of bunkerman
burdalone
burdeners
burdeners
noun
plural of burdener
burdening
burdening
verb
present participle of burden
burdenous
burdenous
adj
(obsolete) Heavy; oppressive.
burgensic
burgeoned
burgeoned
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burgeon
burgonets
burgonets
noun
plural of burgonet
burliness
burliness
noun
The characteristic of being burly.
burnetize
burniebee
burnished
burnished
adj
(figurative) Blazing, bright.
Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of burnish
burnisher
burnisher
noun
A tool used to burnish, for making smooth and shiny by rubbing.
burnishes
burnishes
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of burnish
burnoosed
burnoosed
adj
Dressed in a burnoose.
burnooses
burnooses
noun
plural of burnoose
burnoused
burnouses
burnouses
noun
plural of burnous
burnsides
burnsides
noun
plural of burnside
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.