(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.
airampo
airampo
noun
The erect prickly pear Opuntia stricta.
airsome
airsome
adj
Characterised or marked by air, especially bracingly cold air; windy; stormy
alamort
alamort
adj
(obsolete) Half-dead; in a depressed condition; dejected.
adv
(obsolete) to the death; mortally
aliform
aliform
adj
(of a building) Having wings
Shaped like a wing
almemor
almemor
noun
Alternative form of almemar
almoner
almoner
noun
A hospital official responsible for patient welfare and after-care.
a title given to a royal officer charged with the duty of distributing alms or bounty on behalf of a monarch
one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop
one who distributes alms, especially the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses
almonry
almonry
noun
(historical) A building in which alms were distributed.
amanori
amanori
noun
Porphyra seaweed used as food in Japan; laver.
amaroid
amaroid
noun
(obsolete) Any bitter substance extracted from a plant (other than an alkaloid or glycoside).
amatory
amatory
adj
Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
ambroid
ambrose
ambrose
noun
A sweet-scented herb; ambrosia (Dysphania botrys).
ambrosi
amchoor
amerigo
amicron
amintor
amorado
amoraic
amoraim
amoreta
amorete
amorgos
amorgos
Proper noun
A Greek island in the east of the Cyclades
A town, the capital of the island of that name.
amorini
amorini
noun
plural of amorino
amorino
amorino
noun
(art) A cupid (a putto, commonly with bow and arrow, representing love).
amorism
amorist
amorist
noun
Someone who is in love.
Someone who writes about love.
amorita
amorite
amorosa
amorosa
noun
(archaic) A wanton woman; a courtesan.
amoroso
amoroso
adj
(music) tender; loving
noun
A male lover.
amorous
amorous
adj
(dated) Affected with love; in love; enamored.
Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment.
Indicating love or sexual desire.
Of or relating to, or produced by, love.
amorpha
amorpha
noun
Any species of the genus Amorpha of leguminous shrubs.
amorphi
amorphi
noun
plural of amorphus
amorphy
amorphy
noun
(obsolete) shapelessness
amouret
amphora
amphora
noun
(botany) A lower valve of a fruit that opens transversely.
(chiefly historical) A large vessel, especially a thin-necked clay vat used in ancient Greece and Rome for storing and transporting wine and oil.
(historical) A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 80 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 26 L although differing slightly over time.
(historical) A Roman unit of ship capacity, similar to tonnage.
amphore
amroati
amyntor
amyroot
anadrom
anadrom
noun
(zoology) Any anadromous fish, a fish that lives in the sea and goes up rivers to breed in fresh water.
anmoore
anomura
anormal
anormal
adj
(obsolete) Not according to rule; abnormal.
anymore
anymore
adv
(especially US) Alternative form of any more.
aortism
arcform
ardmore
armando
armbone
armbone
noun
(anatomy) A bone in the arm, specifically, the humerus.
armhole
armhole
noun
(anatomy, now rare Midlands dialect) A human armpit.
(anatomy, rare and obsolete) Similar structures in other animals.
(fashion) A hole for an arm in a piece of clothing.
armhoop
armload
armload
noun
As much as can be carried with one, or a pair, of arms
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.
armoire
armoire
noun
A type of cupboard, cabinet, or wardrobe - originally used for storing weapons.
armored
armored
adj
Clad or equipped with arms or armor.
Covered with armor, as a ship or the face of a fortification; armor-plated.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of armor
armorel
armorer
armorer
noun
(historical) Someone who makes or repairs armor.
A manufacturer of weapons, especially of guns.
A military specialist in charge of the upkeep of small arms etc.
armoric
armoric
Adjective
Relating to Armorica; Armorican.
Proper noun
The language spoken by the Gauls of Armorica, the ancestor of Breton.
armours
armours
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of armour
armoury
armoury
noun
A collection of weapons and materiel.
A place where arms are kept, an arsenal.
A place where arms are made.
Heraldry
The manufacture of armour and arms; arming, armouring.
arolium
arolium
noun
(entomology) A median lobe into which the pretarsus expands, in an insect's leg.
aromata
aromata
noun
(rare) plural of aroma
artemon
artemon
noun
(historical) A square foresail on a Roman oared ship.
ashmore
atomerg
atomerg
noun
(physics, historical) An indivisible unit of energy, according to a theory of matter put forward by Earle K. Plyler in the 1930s.
ausform
ausform
verb
(transitive) To plastically deform (steel) as part of a certain process in order to improve its strength.
avogram
axiform
bagroom
bagroom
noun
A room for storing bags.
bagworm
bagworm
noun
(proscribed) The Eastern tent caterpillar.
A member of the family Psychidae of the Lepidoptera.
Fall webworm.
bamford
barmote
barmote
noun
A court held in Derbyshire, England, for deciding controversies between miners.
barosma
barroom
barroom
noun
(Canada, US) A room where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter.
beardom
beardom
noun
The state of being a bear (in homosexual subculture).
The state, essence, or quality of being a bear (the mammal).
bergamo
bomarea
bombard
bombard
noun
(music) A bombardon.
(obsolete) a bassoon-like medieval instrument
(obsolete) a large liquor container made of leather, in the form of a jug or a bottle.
(poetic, rare) A bombardment.
a medieval primitive cannon, used chiefly in sieges for throwing heavy stone balls.
verb
(figuratively) To attack something or someone by directing objects at them.
(figuratively) To continuously send or direct (at someone)
(physics) To direct at a substance an intense stream of high-energy particles, usually sub-atomic or made of at most a few atoms.
To continuously attack something with bombs, artillery shells or other missiles or projectiles.
bombora
bombora
noun
(Australia) A shallow isolated piece of reef located a distance offshore.
boorman
bordman
bordman
noun
(historical) A bordar; a tenant in bordage.
bortman
brohman
bromals
bromals
noun
plural of bromal
bromate
bromate
noun
(inorganic chemistry) the anion BrO₃⁻¹, derived from bromic acid; any salt containing this anion
verb
To treat with bromic acid or a bromate
bromian
bromian
adj
(mineralogy) Describing minerals that contain bromine
browman
browman
noun
(mining, historical) The worker in charge of the cages at the pithead.
camargo
camaron
camaron
noun
Alternative form of cammaron
camauro
camauro
noun
A cap, of crimson velvet, trimmed with ermine, worn by the pope.
cameron
cameron
Proper noun
and a highland Scottish clan name
name derived from the surname.
name derived from the surname, used since the 1970s also in the spellings Camryn and Kamryn.
A in Arizona
An unincorporated community in Illinois
An unincorporated community in Iowa
A in Louisiana
A rural municipality in Manitoba, Canada
A city in Missouri
An unincorporated community in Montana
A town in New York
A town in North Carolina
An unincorporated community in Ohio
A town in Oklahoma
A town in South Carolina
A city in Texas
A city in West Virginia
A village and a town in Wisconsin
camfort
camorra
camphor
camphor
noun
(organic chemistry) A white transparent waxy crystalline isoprenoid ketone, 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one, with a strong pungent odour, used in pharmacy.
carmelo
caromed
caromed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of carom
caromel
caromel
noun
Archaic form of caramel.
caroome
caroome
noun
(obsolete) A licence once issued to grant the right to keep a cart (in the City of London)
carroms
carroms
noun
plural of carrom
cascrom
cascrom
noun
(Scotland, Highlands) A type of foot plough with a crooked spade component, used in the Scottish Highlands.
charmco
chromas
chromas
noun
plural of chroma
clamors
clamors
noun
plural of clamor
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of clamor
clamour
clamour
noun
British spelling and Canadian spelling spelling of clamor
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.
(transitive, obsolete) To salute loudly.
(transitive, obsolete) To stun with noise.
Britain and Canada spelling of clamor
cloamer
coimbra
colmars
comaker
comaker
noun
(finance) A person who endorses a promissory note.
comarca
comarca
noun
A traditional region or local administrative division found in parts of Spain, Portugal, Panama, Nicaragua, and Brazil.
comarum
commark
compare
compare
noun
(countable, programming) An instruction or command that compares two values or states.
(uncountable) Comparison.
(uncountable, obsolete) Illustration by comparison; simile.
verb
(intransitive) To be similar (often used in the negative).
(obsolete) To get; to obtain.
(transitive) To assess the similarities and differences between two or more things ["to compare X with Y"]. Having made the comparison of X with Y, one might have found it similar to Y or different from Y.
(transitive) To declare two things to be similar in some respect ["to compare X to Y"].
(transitive, grammar) To form the three degrees of comparison of (an adjective).
compart
compart
verb
(transitive) To arrange or lay out according to a plan, with due distribution and disposition of parts.
(transitive) To divide into smaller parts; to divide into compartments.
(transitive, obsolete) To divide and share with others.
compear
compear
verb
(law, Scotland) To appear before a judge in court personally or by attorney.
(obsolete) To appear before.
comrade
comrade
noun
(communism) A fellow socialist, communist or other similarly politically aligned person.
(communism) A non-hierarchical title, functionally similar to "Mr.", "Mrs.", "Miss", "Ms." etc, in a communist or socialist state.
A companion in battle; fellow soldier.
A mate, companion, or associate.
verb
(transitive) To associate with in a friendly way.
comrado
comrado
noun
Obsolete form of comrade.
coremia
coremia
noun
plural of coremium
cormack
corumba
coumara
cowgram
crambos
crampon
crampon
noun
(botany) An aerial rootlet for support in climbing, as of ivy.
(heraldry) A heraldic figure in the form of a bar bent at the ends into the form of a hook.
An attachment to a shoe or boot that provides traction by means of spikes. Used for climbing or walking on slippery surfaces, especially ice.
verb
To walk or climb using crampons.
craniom
cremona
cremona
Proper noun
Province of Lombardy, Italy.
Town and capital of Cremona.
A village in Alberta, Canada
Noun
A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona in Italy.
crimora
cromona
croomia
cropman
czardom
czardom
noun
Alternative spelling of tsardom
dambrod
dameron
damodar
dayroom
dayroom
noun
A common room in a barracks or dormitory where the inhabitants can mingle and socialize.
diadrom
diadrom
noun
(obsolete) A complete course or vibration, as of a pendulum.
diorama
diorama
noun
A three-dimensional display of a scenery, often having a painted background in front of which models are arranged, e.g. in a museum where stuffed animals are presented against a painted landscape.
doarium
doorman
doorman
noun
A person who holds open the door at the entryway (entrance) to a building, summons taxicabs, and provides an element of security; in apartment buildings, he also accepts deliveries and may perform certain concierge type services.
doormat
doormat
noun
(figuratively, derogatory) Someone who is overly submissive to others' wishes.
A coarse mat at the entrance to a house, upon which one wipes one's shoes.
dorfman
dormant
dormant
adj
(architecture) Leaning.
(heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.
Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
noun
(architecture) A crossbeam or joist.
dorsman
doryman
drobman
dropman
dumarao
dworman
earldom
earldom
noun
The rank of being an earl.
The territory controlled by an earl.
earworm
earworm
noun
(archaic) An earwig (“insect of the order Dermaptera”).
(originally US) Short for corn earworm (“larva of the moths Helicoverpa zea (syn. Heliothis zea) and Helicoverpa armigera, which are agricultural pests”).
A tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking about, especially if unwanted.