(Western United States) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters.
(chemistry) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue.
alkide
alkide
noun
(organic chemistry) Any simple binary alkyl organometallic compound
alkies
alkies
noun
plural of alkie
plural of alky
alkine
alkine
noun
Synonym of alkylamine
allain
allice
allice
noun
A fish, the allis shad (Alosa alosa).
allied
allied
adj
Joined as allies.
Related.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of ally
allier
allies
allies
noun
plural of ally
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ally
allina
allium
allium
noun
Any of many bulbous plants of the genus Allium, including onions and garlic.
allyic
almain
almain
noun
Alternative form of Almain (“type of dance”)
almice
almida
almira
almira
Proper noun
name, in use mainly in the 18th and 19th century.
almire
almita
almoin
alnein
alnico
alnico
noun
An alloy of aluminium, nickel and cobalt, sometimes alloyed with smaller amounts of iron, copper, titanium and used primarily in the manufacture of magnets.
alnuin
alnuin
noun
(organic chemistry) The active principle of Alnus rubra.
alodia
alodie
alogia
alogia
noun
A general lack of additional, unprompted content in normal speech, a common symptom of schizophrenia.
aloins
aloins
noun
plural of aloin
aloise
alphin
alphin
noun
Alternative form of alfin
alpian
alpieu
alpine
alpine
adj
(skiing) Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing.
Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timberline.
noun
(botany) An w:alpine plant, any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in a rock garden.
alpist
alrich
alrick
alsike
alsike
noun
Trifolium hybridum, a species of clover with pinkish or white flowers.
alsine
altaic
altaic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to a hypothetical grouping of languages that includes the Turkic, Mongolic, and Tungusic and less often the Japanese and Korean languages. The most familiar modern languages of this group include Turkish, Mongolian and, more controversially, Japanese and Korean.
altaid
altair
altica
altify
aluino
alulim
alumic
alumic
adj
(rare, inorganic chemistry) aluminic
alumin
alumni
alumni
noun
(often proscribed) An individual alumnus or alumna.
plural of alumnus
alvina
alvine
alvine
adj
Of or pertaining to the belly or intestines.
alvino
alvira
alviso
alviss
alvita
alvite
alvite
noun
(mineralogy) A silicate of hafnium, thorium and zirconium
alvito
alwise
alwise
adv
(archaic) In every way; always.
alwite
alwite
Adjective
Composed entirely of polished steel plates without fabric or other such covering, white.
Noun
Polished plate armour worn uncovered by cloth.
alwitt
alypin
alypin
noun
The local anesthetic benzoyltetramethyl-diaminoethyl-dimethyl-carbinol hydrochloride.
alysia
amabil
amalia
amalic
amalie
amelia
amelia
noun
(pathology) The congenital absence of one or more limbs.
amelie
amical
amical
adj
(now rare) Friendly, amicable.
amidol
amidol
noun
The hydrochloride of the amino-phenol 2,4-diaminophenol, used as a photographic developer.
amiles
amiral
amling
amouli
amylic
amylic
adj
(chemistry) Pertaining to, or derived from, amyl
amylin
amylin
noun
(biochemistry) A pancreatic polypeptide hormone that is secreted with insulin by the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans, that is a major component of the amyloid deposits found outside beta cells in those affected with type 2 diabetes, and that inhibits the glucose synthesis stimulated by insulin in skeletal muscles.
(biochemistry) The dextrin of starch.
ancile
ancile
noun
(historical, Roman antiquity) The sacred shield of the Ancient Romans, said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
angeli
angild
angili
angilo
anglia
anglic
anglic
Adjective
Anglian
anglim
aniela
anilao
anilau
anilic
anilic
adj
Relating to aniline or to anil
anilid
anilid
noun
Alternative form of aniliid
anilin
anilin
noun
Archaic form of aniline.
anilla
animal
animal
adj
(slang, Ireland) Excellent
Of or relating to animals.
Pertaining to the spirit or soul; relating to sensation or innervation.
Raw, base, unhindered by social codes.
noun
(figuratively) A person who behaves wildly; a bestial, brutal, brutish, cruel, or inhuman person.
(informal) A person of a particular type.
(loosely) Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
(loosely, colloquial) Any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.).
(sciences) A eukaryote of the clade Animalia; a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants).
Matter, thing.
anisal
anisil
anisol
anisol
noun
Alternative form of anisole
anisyl
anisyl
noun
(organic chemistry) noun Any of three isomeric univalent radicals, o-, m-, or p-methoxyphenyl, CH₃O-C₆H₄-, derived from anisole. adj. bearing one of these radicals.
anjali
ankoli
annuli
anolis
antlia
antlia
noun
(zoology) The spiral tubular proboscis of lepidopterous insects.
antlid
anvils
anvils
noun
plural of anvil
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anvil
apalit
apical
apical
adj
(botany, of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue.
(phonetics, phonology, of a sound) Produced with the tip of the tongue.
Of or connected with the apex.
noun
(phonetics) A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.
apiole
apiole
noun
(organic chemistry) A phenylpropene found in the essential oil (apiol) of parsley
aplite
aplite
noun
(geology) A fine-grained granitic rock composed mostly of quartz and feldspars.
aprile
apulia
aquila
aquilo
aralia
aralia
noun
Spikenard and any of many related ornamental and food plants, of the genus Aralia, from Asia and the Americas
aralie
archil
archil
noun
(obsolete) Orchil, a violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, etc.
(obsolete) The lichen from which the dye is obtained.
arelia
argali
argali
noun
Ovis ammon, the largest wild sheep, which roams the highlands of Central Asia.
argile
argils
argils
noun
plural of argil
aridly
aridly
adv
In an arid manner.
ariela
ariels
ariels
noun
plural of ariel
ariled
ariled
adj
Alternative form of arilled (“having an aril”)
arilli
arilli
noun
plural of arillus
ariole
arlina
arline
arline
Proper noun
name, an older variant of Arlene.
arling
arliss
armill
armill
noun
(historical, astronomy) An ancient astronomical instrument, having either one ring placed in the plane of the equator for determining the time of the equinoxes (an equinoctial armil) or two or more rings, one in the plane of the meridian, for observing the solstices (a solstitial armil).
(obsolete) Any bracelet or armlet.
A bracelet used in royal coronations, especially that of the monarch of the United Kingdom (symbolically known as a "bracelet of wisdom and sincerity")
A silken stole worn around the neck by royalty.
arolia
arolia
noun
plural of arolium
artily
artily
adv
(rare) In an arty fashion.
ascill
aselli
ashily
ashily
adv
In an ashy way.
ashlie
ashlin
asilid
asilid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Asilidae of robber flies.
asilus
askile
askile
adv
(obsolete) Askant.
asmile
assail
assail
verb
(transitive) To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively).
assoil
assoil
verb
(Christianity) To absolve or release (someone) from excommunication or some other religious offence.
(archaic or obsolete) Followed by from or of: to release or set free (someone) from a liability, an obligation, etc.; to discharge.
(rare) To discharge (a liability, an obligation, etc.).
(rare) To get rid of, put off, or remove (something).
(transitive, archaic or obsolete) To make (something) dirty or soiled; to soil; to stain; to sully.
To absolve or release (someone) from blame or sin; to forgive, to pardon.
To atone or expiate for (something).
To clear up or resolve (a difficulty, doubt, problem, etc.); to absolve, to solve.
To refute (an argument, an objection, etc.).
aswail
aswail
noun
(dated) The sloth bear (Melursus ursinus), an India bear.
aswirl
aswirl
adv
Swirling; in a swirl; full of or surrounded by something swirling.
atalie
atelic
atelic
adj
(linguistics) Presenting an action or event as being incomplete.
atloid
atloid
adj
Synonym of atlantooccipital
atrail
atrial
atrial
adj
Of or pertaining to an atrium, especially the atrium of the heart.
attila
attila
noun
A short, fringed cape worn as part of traditional Hungarian costume.
Any of the tropical flycatchers of the genus Attila.