A valuable East Indian fiber plant (Hibiscus cannabinus), or its fiber, used throughout India for making ropes, cordage, and a coarse canvas and sackcloth.
ambeer
ambeer
noun
(chiefly Southern US) The juice from chewing tobacco.
amberg
ambers
ambers
noun
plural of amber
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of amber
ambert
ambery
ambery
adj
Like or resembling amber.
noun
Obsolete form of ambry.
ambier
ambler
ambler
noun
A slow-moving, comfortable horse or mule.
Someone who walks at a leisurely pace; one who ambles.
ambros
ambury
ambury
noun
Alternative form of anbury
ameers
ameers
noun
plural of ameer
amerce
amerce
verb
(transitive) To impose a fine on; to fine.
(transitive) To punish; to make an exaction.
amersp
amgarn
amhara
amhran
amiral
amiray
amiret
amober
amober
noun
(historical, law) In Wales, a maiden-fee paid to a lord on the marriage of a maiden in his manor.
amobyr
amobyr
noun
Alternative form of amober
amoral
amoral
adj
(of acts) Neither moral nor immoral.
(of people) Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.
amores
amoret
amoret
noun
(obsolete) A love knot, love token, or love song.
(obsolete) A petty love affair.
(obsolete) An amorous girl or woman; a wanton.
amorph
amorph
noun
(genetics) a mutation that causes a complete loss of gene function.
(genetics) a null mutation.
amorua
amours
amours
noun
plural of amour
amparo
amparo
noun
(law, in some Hispanic jurisdictions, such as Mexico) A writ or an appeal demanding or seeking the protection of constitutional rights similar to a habeas corpus acting as a remedy for the violation of a person's constitutional rights thereby invalidating any laws preventing said person from exercising them.
ampere
ampere
noun
A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A
ampery
ampery
adj
(UK dialectal) Covered with pimples.
(UK dialectal) Weak; unhealthy; beginning to decay.
ampler
ampler
adj
comparative form of ample: more ample
amraam
amrita
amrita
noun
(Hinduism) The water of life; the drink of the Hindu gods.
amtorg
amtrac
amtrac
noun
(military) An amphibious vehicle of a class introduced in World War II.
amtrak
amurca
amurca
noun
The sediment in olive oil.
amurru
amuser
amuser
noun
(historical, early 19ᵗʰ century) One of a class of rogues who carry snuff or dust in their pockets, which they throw into the eyes of people so as to enable their accomplices to rob them while pretending to help them.
(obsolete) One who diverts attention, usually to distract or bewilder, often for fraudulent purposes; hence a cheat, deceiver or thief.
Someone who amuses.
amyrin
amyrin
noun
(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric triterpenoids found in some vegetable oils and resins
amyris
amyrol
anadyr
anadyr
Proper noun
The capital of Chukotka autonomous okrug, extreme north-eastern Russia
anarch
anarch
noun
The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt.
anarya
anbury
anbury
noun
(archaic) A wen or spongy wart on the legs or flanks of a horse.
A disease in turnips, produced by one of the slime-fungi, and usually the result of improper cultivation.
anchor
anchor
noun
(Internet) A marked point in a document that can be the target of a hyperlink.
(US) A screw anchor.
(archery) A point that is touched by the draw hand or string when the bow is fully drawn and ready to shoot.
(architecture) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together.
(architecture) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; part of the ornaments of certain mouldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.
(athletics) The final runner in a relay race.
(cartomancy) The thirty-fifth Lenormand card.
(climbing) A device for attaching a climber at the top of a climb, such as a chain or ring or a natural feature.
(economics) A superstore or other facility that serves as a focus to bring customers into an area.
(figurative) That which gives stability or security.
(heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
(nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.
(nautical) An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).
(nautical) The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)
(obsolete) An anchorite or anchoress.
(slang) The brake of a vehicle.
(soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.
(television) An anchorman or anchorwoman.
Alternative form of anker
Any instrument serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, such as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a device to hold the end of a bridge cable etc.; or a device used in metalworking to hold the core of a mould in place.
One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges.
One of the calcareous spinules of certain holothurians, as in species of Synapta.
verb
To be stuck; to be unable to move away from a position.
To cast anchor; to come to anchor.
To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.
To perform as an anchorman or anchorwoman.
To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.
To stop; to fix or rest.
ancier
ancora
ancram
anders
andert
andhra
andhra
Proper noun
A state in India between 1953 and 1956, formed from Madras Presidency. It was later merged with Telangana and formed Andhra Pradesh.
andira
andras
andrea
andree
andrei
andrej
andrel
andres
andrew
andrew
Proper noun
The first Apostle in the New Testament.
A village in Alberta, Canada
A city in Iowa
An unincorporated community in West Virginia
andrey
andria
andric
andris
androl
andron
andron
noun
(architecture, historical) In Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, the apartment reserved for males, in the lower part of the house.
andros
andros
Proper noun
An island of the Cyclades, Greece.
An island in the Bahamas.
androw
andrsy
andrus
andryc
andvar
anears
anears
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anear
anergy
anergy
noun
(immunology) Lack of immunity to an antigen.
(pathology) Deficiency of energy.
(physics) Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work.
anerly
angara
angara
Proper noun
A river in Russia.
angary
angary
noun
The right of one belligerent (government) in a conflict to seize, use or destroy the property of another belligerent or neutral state, or the private citizens thereof, provided compensation is paid.
angers
angers
noun
plural of anger
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of anger
angier
angkor
angkor
Proper noun
A region of Cambodia that served as the seat of the Khmer Empire, which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries.
angler
angler
noun
(archaic, UK, thieves' cant) A thief who uses a hooked stick to steal goods out of shop-windows, grates, etc.
A person who fishes with a hook and line.
An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius.
Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive.
angora
angora
noun
(uncountable) The fabric made from the hair of angora rabbits or angora goats.
(uncountable) The hair of angora rabbits or angora goats, used to make textiles.
An angora cat.
a goat of a domesticated breed that produces mohair.
a rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus)
anitra
ankara
annary
annora
anogra
anomer
anomer
noun
(organic chemistry) Any diastereoisomer of a sugar or derivative differing in configuration only at C-1 of an aldose or C-2 of a ketose.
anorak
anorak
noun
(Britain, slang) A person with an unusual or obsessive interest in a niche subject.
A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater.
anorth
anoura
anoure
anshar
anshar
Proper noun
A sky god
answer
answer
noun
(law) A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints.
A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question.
A solution to a problem.
verb
(law) To file a document in response to a complaint.
(obsolete) To atone for; to be punished for.
(obsolete) To be or act as an equivalent to, or as adequate or sufficient for; to serve for; to repay.
(obsolete) To render account to or for.
(transitive) To speak in defence against; to reply to in defence.
(transitive, intransitive) To make a reply or response to.
(transitive, intransitive) To respond to a call by someone at a door or telephone, or other similar piece of equipment.
(transitive, intransitive) To suit a need or purpose satisfactorily.
To be accountable or responsible; to make amends.
To be opposite, or to act in opposition.
To be or act in compliance with, in fulfillment or satisfaction of, as an order, obligation, or demand.
To be or act in conformity, or by way of accommodation, correspondence, relation, or proportion; to conform; to correspond; to suit; usually with to.
To correspond to; to be in harmony with; to be in agreement with.
To respond to satisfactorily; to meet successfully by way of explanation, argument, or justification; to refute.
antara
anteri
anther
anther
noun
(botany) The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower.
antiar
antiar
noun
A poison obtained from the upas tree.
The upas tree itself.
antjar
antler
antler
noun
A branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs. They are grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.)
antral
antral
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to an antrum
antres
antres
noun
plural of antre
antrim
antrim
Proper noun
A county in the north-east of Northern Ireland, also known as County Antrim.
A town in Northern Ireland that is the administrative centre of County Antrim.
antrin
antrin
adj
(Scotland) Strange, rare, unusual.
antrum
antrum
noun
(biology) A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses.
anurag
anurag
Proper noun
name used by many people in or from India.
anural
anural
adj
Lacking a tail
Relating to the anurans
anuran
anuran
adj
(batrachology) Of or relating to the order Anura.
noun
(batrachology) Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad.
anuria
anuria
noun
(medicine) A condition in which the kidneys do not produce urine.
anuric
anuric
adj
(urology) Of, pertaining to, causing or afflicted with anuria.
anvers
aogiri
aomori
aomori
Proper noun
Aomori Prefecture in Tohoku area (Northern-East area) of Japan.
A city in Aomori prefecture, Japan, the capital of Aomori prefecture.
aorist
aorist
adj
(grammar) Of or pertaining to a verb in the aorist aspect.
noun
(grammar) A particular verb in the aorist.
(grammar) A verb paradigm found in certain languages, usually an unmarked form or one that expresses the perfective or aorist aspect.
aornis
aornum
aortae
aortae
noun
plural of aorta
aortal
aortal
adj
(anatomy) Of or relating to the aorta.
aortas
aortic
aortic
adj
Of or pertaining to the aorta or the aortic valve.
aparai
aparri
aperch
aperch
adv
Upon a perch.
apercu
apercu
noun
Alternative spelling of aperçu
aperea
aperea
noun
Cavia aperea, the Brazilian guinea pig.
apiary
apiary
noun
A place where bees and their hives are kept.
apolar
apolar
adj
(chemistry, physics) Having no dipole
(geometry) Orthogonal under the polar pairing between the symmetric algebra of a vector space and its dual.
Having no polarity
aporia
aporia
noun
(philosophy, post-structuralism) An insoluble contradiction in a text's meaning; a logical impasse suggested by a text or speaker.
(rhetoric) An expression of deliberation with oneself regarding uncertainty or doubt as to how to proceed.
appair
appair
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To become impaired; to grow worse.
(transitive, obsolete) To make worse; to injure or damage.
appear
appear
verb
(intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
(intransitive) To come before the public.
(intransitive) To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible.
(intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
(intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
(transitive) To bring into view.
appere
appert
apport
apport
noun
(parapsychology) An object that appears from an unknown source.
(parapsychology) The supposed paranormal transference of an object from one place to another, or the appearance of an object from an unknown source, often associated with poltergeist activity and séances.
verb
(parapsychology) To cause an apport on an object, to make a thing appear from nowhere.
approx
approx
adj
Alternative spelling of approx.
aprile
aprons
aprons
noun
plural of apron
aprowl
aprowl
adj
Prowling.
aptera
araban
araban
noun
(biochemistry) A polysaccharide composed of arabinose residues