(chiefly law) The act of abetting or assisting in a crime, wrongdoing etc.
Encouragement or assistance.
abutment
abutment
noun
(architecture) That element that shares a common boundary or surface with its neighbor.
(dentistry) The tooth that supports a denture or bridge.
(engineering) A construction that supports the ends of a bridge; a structure that anchors the cables on a suspension bridge.
(engineering) The part of a valley or canyon wall against which a dam is constructed.
(engineering, architecture) The solid portion of a structure that supports the lateral pressure of an arch or vault.
A fixed point or surface where resistance is obtained.
Something that abuts, or on which something abuts.
The point of junction between two things, in particular a support, that abuts.
The state of abutting.
aconitum
aconitum
noun
Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.
The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it.
acontium
acontium
noun
An Ancient Greek weapon similar to a javelin
One of a series of threads of a septum of some actinians
actinism
actinism
noun
(chemistry, physics) That property of electromagnetic radiation that leads to the production of photochemical effects
actinium
actinium
noun
A radioactive, metallic chemical element (symbol: Ac) with an atomic number of 89; found in uranium ores.
adamants
adamants
noun
plural of adamant
addiment
addiment
noun
(immunology, archaic) Synonym of complement
adhamant
adhamant
adj
(rare) Clinging, as by hooks.
adiantum
adiantum
noun
The maidenhair fern and related ferns (of the genus Adiantum)
adjument
adjument
noun
(obsolete) Help; support; that which or one who helps or supports.
agmatine
agmatine
noun
(biochemistry) The amine (4-aminobutyl)guanidine which is a decarboxylation product of arginine and an intermediate in polyamine biosynthesis
agminate
agminate
adj
(biology) Grouped together.
agrement
agrement
noun
Obsolete form of agreement.
ailments
ailments
noun
plural of ailment
ajutment
alamonti
aliments
aliments
noun
plural of aliment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aliment
alinotum
alnitham
altamont
altamont
Proper noun
A city in Illinois.
A city in Kansas.
A village in Missouri.
A village in New York.
A in Oregon.
A in Pennsylvania.
A town in South Dakota.
A town in Tennessee
A town in Utah.
alterman
amaethon
amanitas
amanitas
noun
plural of amanita
amanitin
amanitin
noun
(biochemistry) A deadly amatoxin found in Amanita phalloides (the death cap), the four destroying angels (Amanita bisporigera, Amanita ocreata, Amanita verna, and Amanita virosa), and some other amanitas.
amaranth
amaranth
noun
(chemistry) A red to purple azo dye used as a biological stain, and in some countries in cosmetics and as a food colouring.
(cooking) The seed of these plants, used as a cereal.
(dated, poetic) An imaginary flower that does not wither.
Any of various herbs of the genus Amaranthus.
The characteristic purplish-red colour of the flowers or leaves of these plants.
ambients
ambients
noun
plural of ambient
ambition
ambition
noun
(countable) An object of an ardent desire.
(obsolete) The act of going about to solicit or obtain an office, or any other object of desire; canvassing.
(uncountable) A personal quality similar to motivation, not necessarily tied to a single goal.
(uncountable, countable) Eager or inordinate desire for some object that confers distinction, as preferment, honor, superiority, political power, or fame; desire to distinguish one's self from other people.
A desire, as in (sense 1), for another person to achieve these things.
verb
To seek after ambitiously or eagerly; to covet.
ambonite
ambulant
ambulant
adj
Able to walk.
Designed for use by somebody with a disability that impairs, but does not prevent, walking.
noun
A patient who is able to walk.
amentias
amentias
noun
plural of amentia
amentula
amiantus
amiantus
noun
Alternative spelling of amianthus
aminated
aminated
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aminate
amintore
ammanati
ammanite
ammonate
ammonite
ammonite
noun
(paleontology) Any of an extinct group of cephalopods of the subclass Ammonoidea; a fossil shell of such an animal.
An explosive prepared from a mixture of TNT and ammonium nitrate; a form of amatol, popular in Eastern Europe and China.
amnestic
amnestic
adj
(medicine) Synonym of amnesic (adj).
noun
Synonym of amnesic (noun)
amniatic
amniotes
amniotes
noun
plural of amniote
amniotic
amniotic
adj
Pertaining to the amnion.
amniotin
amotions
amotions
noun
plural of amotion
amounted
amounted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of amount
amounter
amratian
amythaon
anamirta
anathema
anathema
noun
(by extension) Something which is vehemently disliked by somebody.
(ecclesiastical) Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority to unending punishment.
(ecclesiastical, historical) A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, often accompanied by excommunication; something denounced as accursed.
(literary) An imprecation; a curse; a malediction.
anatheme
anatomic
anatomic
adj
Of or pertaining to anatomy and dissection, or to individual structures of the anatomy.
anemotis
angstrom
angstrom
noun
(physics) A unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ meters (that is, one ten-billionth of a meter), approximately the size of an atom, and denoted by the symbol Å, used especially to measure the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation or distances between atoms.
animated
animated
adj
Composed of inanimate objects or drawings that appear to move through the use of computer graphics or stop-action filming.
Endowed with life.
Full of life or spirit; lively; vigorous; spritely.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of animate
animater
animater
noun
Alternative form of animator
animates
animates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of animate
animator
animator
noun
One who animates something; one who brings something to life or the appearance of life.
One who creates an animation or cartoon; a cartoonist.
animetta
animists
animists
noun
plural of animist
annamite
ansermet
antemask
anteroom
anteroom
noun
A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.
antethem
anthelme
anthemas
anthemed
anthemed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of anthem
anthemia
anthemia
noun
plural of anthemion
anthemis
anthemis
noun
camomile, in genus Anthemis.
antiatom
antiatom
noun
(particle physics) Any atom composed of antiparticles. An antimatter atom.
antibalm
antietam
antifame
antifame
adj
Opposing fame.
antifoam
antifoam
noun
Any chemical agent that inhibits the formation of foam.
antimale
antimale
adj
Averse to, or acting against, males.
antimark
antimask
antimask
adj
Opposing masks.
noun
Obsolete form of antimasque.
antimere
antimere
noun
(biology) One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants.
antimony
antimony
noun
A chemical element (symbol Sb, from Latin stibium) with an atomic number of 51: a lustrous gray metalloid.
The alloy stibnite.
antinome
antinome
noun
(archaic, rare) Synonym of antinomy
antinomy
antinomy
noun
(archaic) A contradiction within a law, or between different laws; also, a contradiction between authorities.
(by extension) Any contradiction or paradox.
(specifically, epistemology, logic) In the thought of the German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804): an apparent contradiction between valid conclusions; a paradox.
antiquum
antismog
antismog
adj
That counters the effects of smog.
That reduce the production of pollutants that cause smog.
antismut
antismut
adj
(informal) Opposed to obscenity or pornography.
antonyms
antonyms
noun
plural of antonym
antonymy
antonymy
noun
(semantics) The semantic relation between antonyms; the quality of being antonymous.
aramanta
aramenta
araminta
argentum
argument
argument
noun
(also astronomy) A quantity on which the calculation of another quantity depends.
(by extension, humorous or euphemistic) Any dispute, altercation, or collision.
(countable) A process of reasoning; argumentation.
(countable) A verbal dispute; a quarrel.
(countable) An abstract or summary of the content of a literary work such as a book, a poem or a major section such as a chapter, included in the work before the content itself; (figuratively) the contents themselves.
(countable, also figuratively) A fact or statement used to support a proposition; a reason.
(countable, linguistics) Any of the phrases that bears a syntactic connection to the verb of a clause.
(logic, philosophy) A series of propositions organized so that the final proposition is a conclusion which is intended to follow logically from the preceding propositions, which function as premises.
(uncountable, archaic) Evidence, proof; (countable) an item of such evidence or proof.
A matter in question; a business in hand.
A parameter at a function call; an actual parameter, as opposed to a formal parameter.
A value, or a reference to a value, passed to a function.
The independent variable of a function.
The phase of a complex number.
The subject matter of an artistic representation, discourse, or writing; a theme or topic.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To adduce evidence, to provide proof.
(intransitive, obsolete, now nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) To put forward as an argument; to argue.
armament
armament
noun
(military, naval) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
A body of forces equipped for war.
Any equipment for resistance.
The process of building up military capacity.
armenite
armenite
noun
(mineralogy) An orthorhombic-pyramidal mineral containing aluminum, barium, calcium, hydrogen, oxygen, and silicon.
armgaunt
armgaunt
adj
(nonce word, archaic) Of uncertain meaning; perhaps describing gaunt or slender limbs.
arnement
assument
assument
noun
(obsolete) A patch; an addition; a piece put on.
atacaman
atacaman
Adjective
Of, from, or pertaining to Atacama.
Noun
Someone from Atacama.
atheneum
atrament
atrament
noun
black ink
blacking
atymnius
augments
augments
noun
plural of augment
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of augment
autompne
autonomy
autonomy
noun
(Christianity, uncountable) The status of a church whose highest-ranking bishop is appointed by the patriarch of the mother church, but which is self-governing in all other respects. Compare autocephaly.
(government, countable) A self-governing country or region.
(mechanics, uncountable) The capacity of a system to make a decision about its actions without the involvement of another system or operator.
(philosophy, uncountable) The capacity to make an informed, uncoerced decision.
(uncountable) The right or condition of self-government; freedom to act or function independently.
autumnal
autumnal
adj
Of or relating to autumn.
Past the middle of life; in the third stage.
averment
averment
noun
A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged.
The act of averring, or that which is averred; positive assertion.
verification; establishment by evidence.
bailment
bailment
noun
(law) The handing over of control over, or possession of, personal property by one person, the bailor, to another, the bailee, for a specific purpose upon which the parties have agreed.
(obsolete) Bail.
basement
basement
noun
(geology) A mass of igneous or metamorphic rock forming the foundation over which a platform of sedimentary rocks is laid.
(sports, informal) Last place in a sports conference standings.
A floor of a building below ground level.
bashment
bashment
noun
(slang, countable, especially Jamaican) A party or rave.
(slang, uncountable, music, especially Jamaican) Dancehall music.
batement
batement
noun
abatement; diminution
batwoman
batwoman
noun
(UK, military) A female batman (servant)
batwomen
batwomen
noun
plural of batwoman
beastman
beastman
noun
(fantasy) An intelligent man-sized beast with varying characteristics.
beaumont
beaumont
Proper noun
An English habitational surname from any of several places in France.
A city in Texas, USA
bellmont
belmonte
bemantle
betjeman
biamonte
biliment
biliment
noun
(obsolete) A woman's ornament; habiliment.
bitumens
bitumens
noun
plural of bitumen
blastman
bluemont
boatsman
boatsman
noun
A boatman.
boatsmen
boatsmen
noun
plural of boatsman
bodement
bodement
noun
(obsolete) An omen; a prognostic.
bodiment
boomtown
boomtown
noun
Alternative form of boom town
boothman
boothman
noun
(archaic or chiefly dialectal) A corn merchant, especially one in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
(rare) One who mans a booth, such as at a fair or (historically) a Thing.
A projectionist at a movie theater.
bramante
bronteum
brottman
bsindmgt
bultmann
bunemost
bunkmate
bunkmate
noun
Especially, one who shares a bunk bed.
One who sleeps in the same area as another person.
bushment
bushment
noun
(obsolete) A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed.
(obsolete) An ambush.
(obsolete) The troops concealed in an ambush.
buttyman
buttyman
noun
(mining) Synonym of butty (“miner who works under contract”)
calamint
calamint
noun
Any species of aromatic garden herb of the genus Calamintha, now often included in Clinopodium.
camatina
camptown
camptown
noun
A South Korean town whose livelihood relies on a United States Forces Korea military base. Camptowns are associated especially with prostitution.
camstane
camstone
camstone
noun
A kind of clay used to whiten doorsteps, etc.
carmenta
casement
casement
noun
(military) Occasionally seen as a usage error due to the similarity of the words: A casemate.
A window having such sashes; a casement window.ᵂᵖ
A window sash that is hinged on the side.
cashment
catmints
catmints
noun
plural of catmint
catonism
cattyman
cemental
cemental
adj
Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth.
cemented
cemented
adv
Bonded by cement or a similar substance.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cement
cementer
cementer
noun
(figurative) That which confirms or unites.
A person who applies cement.
A substance that cements.
cementon
cementum
cementum
noun
(anatomy, dentistry) A bony substance that covers the root of a tooth; cement.