(archaic, British slang) An informer; a criminal who informs on other criminals to the authorities.
abadejo
abandon
abandon
noun
(obsolete) abandonment; relinquishment.
A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences.
verb
(transitive) To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue.
(transitive) To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions.
(transitive) To leave behind; to desert, as in a ship, a position, or a person, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility.
(transitive) To no longer exercise a right, title, or interest, especially with no interest of reclaiming it again; to yield; to relinquish.
(transitive) To surrender to the insurer (an insured item), so as to claim a total loss.
(transitive, obsolete) To cast out; to banish; to expel; to reject.
(transitive, obsolete) To subdue; to take control of.
abdomen
abdomen
noun
(anatomy) The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions.
(anatomy) The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
(obsolete) The fat surrounding the belly.
(zoology, entomology) The posterior section of the body, behind the thorax, in insects, crustaceans, and other Arthropoda.
aboding
aboding
noun
(obsolete) A foreboding.
verb
present participle of abode
abogado
abogado
noun
Counsel; advisor; councilor; barrister.
aborted
aborted
adj
(biology) Rendered abortive or sterile; undeveloped.
Brought forth prematurely.
Checked in normal development at an early stage.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of abort
abounds
abounds
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of abound
abscond
abscond
verb
(intransitive) To flee, often secretly; to steal away.
(intransitive) To hide, to be in hiding or concealment.
(intransitive, of bee colonies) To abandon a hive.
(law) To hide, conceal, or absent oneself clandestinely, with the intent to avoid legal process
(obsolete, transitive) To conceal; to take away.
(transitive, uncommon) To evade, to hide or flee from.
acaroid
acaroid
adj
(biology, zoology) Shaped like or resembling a mite.
accords
accords
noun
plural of accord
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of accord
accoyed
accoyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of accoy
acerdol
acerdol
noun
(chemistry) calcium permanganate
acidoid
acidoid
adj
Potentially acidic
noun
A potential acid
acnodal
acnodal
adj
Pertaining to acnodes
acnodes
acnodes
noun
plural of acnode
acorned
acorned
adj
(rare) Fed or filled with acorns.
Furnished or loaded with acorns
acrodus
acuerdo
adagios
adagios
noun
plural of adagio
adamson
adaptor
adaptor
noun
Alternative form of adapter
addiego
addison
addison
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname.
name popular in the 2000s, following Alison and Madison.
A place name, including:
a town in Vermont, USA, named after the poet Joseph Addison.
adebayo
adelops
adelpho
adenoid
adenoid
adj
Of or pertaining to the adenoids.
Of or relating to lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue.
Relating to, affected with, or associated with abnormally enlarged adenoids.
noun
(anatomy, usually in the plural) Such a mass when not abnormally enlarged, covered by ciliated epithelium and located in the roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the back of the throat behind the uvula.
(medicine) an abnormally enlarged mass of lymphatic tissue at the back of the pharynx, often obstructing the nasal and ear passages and hindering speaking and breathing in young children.
adenoma
adenoma
noun
(pathology) A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland.
adenose
adenose
adj
(medicine, rare) Related to glands.
adenous
adenous
adj
(medicine) Like a gland; full of glands.
adfroze
adinole
adipoid
adipoma
adipoma
noun
(medicine, archaic) A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor.
adipose
adipose
adj
Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty.
Slightly overweight; chubby.
noun
Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body.
adipous
adipous
adj
(anatomy, archaic) Of or relating to adipose, the fatty tissue.
adjoins
adjoins
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjoin
adjoint
adjoint
adj
(geometry, of one curve to another curve) Having a relationship of the nature of an adjoint (adjoint curve); sharing multiple points with.
(mathematics) Used in certain contexts, in each case involving a pair of transformations, one of which is, or is analogous to, conjugation (either inner automorphism or complex conjugation).
(mathematics, category theory, of a functor) That is related to another functor by an adjunction.
noun
(geometry, algebraic geometry) A curve A such that any point of a given curve C of multiplicity r has multiplicity at least r–1 on A. Sometimes the multiple points of C are required to be ordinary, and if this condition is not satisfied the term sub-adjoint is used.
(mathematics) The transpose of the cofactor matrix of a given square matrix.
(mathematics, category theory) A functor related to another functor by an adjunction.
(mathematics, linear algebra, of a matrix) Transpose conjugate.
(mathematics, mathematical analysis, of an operator) Hermitian conjugate.
An assistant mayor of a French commune.
An assistant to someone who holds a position in the military or civil service.
adjourn
adjourn
verb
(intransitive) To end or suspend an event.
(intransitive, formal, uncommon) To move as a group from one place to another.
(transitive) To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely.
adjoust
adjuror
adjuror
noun
Alternative spelling of adjurer
adjutor
adjutor
noun
An adjutant; a helper or assistant;
adnopoz
adnouns
adnouns
noun
plural of adnoun
adolphe
adolpho
adonais
adonean
adonean
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Adonis.
adoniad
adonian
adonias
adonica
adonist
adonist
noun
One who maintains that the vowel points of the Tetragrammaton translated "Jehovah" are the vowel points that belong to the word Adonai.
adonite
adonize
adonize
verb
Alternative form of adonise
adopted
adopted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adopt
adoptee
adoptee
noun
A person who was adopted as a child.
An adopted son or daughter.
Synonym of adopter
adopter
adopter
noun
one who adopts
adorant
adorant
adj
(poetic) Adoring.
adorers
adorers
noun
plural of adorer
adoring
adoring
adj
Showing adoration or admiration.
noun
adoration
verb
present participle of adore
adorned
adorned
adj
Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of adorn
adorner
adorner
noun
One who places adornments; one who adorns.
adornos
adorsed
adossed
adossee
adoulie
adoxies
adriano
adrowse
adrowse
adj
drowsy
adsorbs
adsorbs
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adsorb
advisor
advisor
noun
(xiangqi) A xiangqi piece, that is moved one point diagonally and confined within the palace.
One who offers advice.
advowee
advowee
noun
One who has an advowson.
advowry
advowry
noun
Alternative form of avowry
advoyer
advoyer
noun
Obsolete form of avoyer.
adzooks
adzooks
intj
(archaic) Alternative form of gadzooks
afdecho
affords
affords
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of afford
afounde
agamoid
agaroid
agatoid
agonied
agonied
adj
Feeling or undergoing agony; agonized.
aground
aground
adj
(by extension) at a loss, ruined, with no way out
(nautical, of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom.
aguador
ahmadou
aikidos
aikidos
noun
plural of aikido
airdock
airdock
noun
(US) A very large hangar for the storage of airships.
airdrop
airdrop
noun
(cryptocurrencies) The distribution of free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency.
The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
verb
To delivery goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight.
ajodhya
akhoond
akhoond
noun
Alternative spelling of akhund
alamode
alamode
noun
A lustrous silk fabric used for headscarves.
albedos
albedos
noun
plural of albedo
alconde
alcoved
alcoved
adj
(sometimes in combination) Having (a specified type or number of) alcoves
aldehol
alditol
alditol
noun
(organic chemistry) Any of a class of acyclic polyols formally derived from an aldose by reduction of the carbonyl functional group.
aldoses
aldoses
noun
plural of aldose
alduino
alfredo
alfredo
noun
(cooking) Alternative spelling of Alfredo
algodon
alkoxid
allgood
allgood
adj
Alternative form of all-good
allodge
allodge
verb
(obsolete) To lodge; to stay temporarily.
allodia
allodia
noun
plural of allodium
alloted
allowed
allowed
adj
(now rare) Acknowledged; admitted to be true.
(now rare) Allotted.
Permitted, authorized.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of allow
alloyed
alloyed
adj
mixed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alloy
almohad
almohad
Adjective
Relating to a Berber caliphate in 12th century Morocco
almonds
almonds
noun
plural of almond
almondy
almondy
adj
Redolent of almonds.
aloadae
aloddia
alodial
alodial
adj
Alternative form of allodial
alodian
alodies
alodium
alodium
noun
Alternative form of allodium
aloidae
altdorf
amadous
amaroid
amaroid
noun
(obsolete) Any bitter substance extracted from a plant (other than an alkaloid or glycoside).
ambroid
ameboid
ameboid
adj
(US) Alternative spelling of amoeboid
amidols
amidols
noun
plural of amidol
amidone
amidone
noun
Synonym of methadone
amidoxy
aminoid
amoebid
amoebid
noun
(zoology) Any member of the family Amoebidae of certain amoebas.
amorado
amyloid
amyloid
adj
(mycology) Applied to a mushroom that turns blue-black upon application of Melzer's reagent
Containing or resembling starch.
noun
A waxy compound of protein and polysaccharides that is found deposited in tissues in amyloidosis.
Any of various starchlike substances.
anadrom
anadrom
noun
(zoology) Any anadromous fish, a fish that lives in the sea and goes up rivers to breed in fresh water.
anconad
anconad
adj
(anatomy) Located towards the elbow.
andarko
andiron
andiron
noun
(usually in the plural) A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side
andoche
andonis
andorra
andorre
andover
andover
Proper noun
A town in Hampshire, southern UK.
android
android
adj
(anatomy, in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male.
Possessing human qualities.
noun
A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily a male one).
aneroid
aneroid
adj
Not using or containing fluid
noun
An aneroid barometer.
angioid
angioid
adj
Resembling a blood vessel
angloid
angloid
noun
(slang, derogatory) An English person or person of English ancestry.
anisado
annoyed
annoyed
adj
Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of annoy
anodine
anodize
anodize
verb
to coat the surface of a metal electrolytically with an oxide, either as protection or decoration
anodyne
anodyne
adj
(by extension) noncontentious, blandly agreeable, unlikely to cause offence or debate
(figuratively) soothing or relaxing
(pharmacology) capable of soothing or eliminating pain
noun
(figuratively) a source of relaxation or comfort
(pharmacology) any medicine or other agent that relieves pain
antedon
anthoid
anthoid
adj
Resembling a flower.
noun
(botany) A flower or, more commonly, a floret that has the simplest, most basic type of structure.
anthood
anthood
noun
The state or essence of being an ant.
antigod
antigod
noun
(mythology) A preternatural being opposed to the gods.
anybody
anybody
pron
(informal) A person of some consideration or standing.
Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.