Foolish; absurd; ridiculous; inclined to incessant merriment or laughter.
abenezra
aberdeen
aberdeen
Proper noun
A port city in Scotland, on the North Sea.
A former county in northeastern Scotland; see
A in Florida
A village in the State of Georgia
A city in Idaho
A in Porter County, Indiana
A city in eastern Maryland, home of the Aberdeen Proving Grounds.
A city in Mississippi
A town in New South Wales
A town in North Carolina
A community in Nova Scotia
A village in Ohio
A community in Ontario
A town in Saskatchewan
A town in Eastern Cape, South Africa
A city in northeastern South Dakota, USA, and the county seat of Brown County.
A city in Washington
Noun
A wide evenly curved fishhook. 1976
abernant
aberrant
aberrant
adj
(botany, zoology) Deviating from the ordinary or natural type; exceptional; abnormal.
(sometimes figuratively) Straying from the right way; deviating from morality or truth.
Differing from the norm.
noun
(biology) A group, individual, or structure that deviates from the usual or natural type, especially with an atypical chromosome number.
A person or object that deviates from the rest of a group.
abhenrys
abhorson
abjuring
abjuring
verb
present participle of abjure
abnerval
abnerval
adj
(anatomy, of an electric current in a muscle, rare) Away from the nerve.
abneural
abneural
adj
Away from the neural (cerebrospinal) axis
abnormal
abnormal
adj
Not conforming to rule or system; deviating from the usual or normal type.
Of or pertaining to that which is irregular, in particular, behaviour that deviates from norms of social propriety or accepted standards of mental health.
noun
A person or object that is not normal.
aborning
aborning
adj
(chiefly Canada, US) While being born or produced.
adv
(chiefly Canada, US) That is in the process of being born; coming into existence; before coming to completion.
aborting
aborting
verb
present participle of abort
abortion
abortion
noun
(biology) Arrest of development of any organ, so that it remains an imperfect formation or is absorbed.
(figuratively) A misshapen person or thing; a monstrosity.
(figuratively) Failure or abandonment of a project, promise, goal etc.
(medicine) The expulsion from the womb of a foetus or embryo before it is fully developed, with loss of the foetus; either naturally as a spontaneous abortion (now usually called a miscarriage), or deliberately as an induced abortion.
(now rare) An aborted foetus; an abortus.
The cessation of an illness or disease at a very early stage.
abounder
abounder
noun
One who has plenty, one who abounds (in something).
abradant
abradant
adj
Tending to abrade; causing irritation; abrasive.
noun
A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.; an abrasive.
abrading
abrading
verb
present participle of abrade
abramson
abrasing
abrasing
verb
present participle of abrase
abrasion
abrasion
noun
(dentistry) The wearing away of the surface of the tooth by chewing.
(geology) The effect of mechanical erosion of rock, especially a river bed, by rock fragments scratching and scraping it.
(medicine) A superficial wound caused by scraping; an area of skin where the cells on the surface have been scraped or worn away.
(obsolete) The substance thus rubbed off; debris.
An abraded, scraped, or worn area.
The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction.
abrotine
abrotine
noun
A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained from abrotanum, C₂₁H₂₂N₂O.
absenter
absenter
adj
(rare) comparative form of absent: more absent
noun
One who stays away; one who absents herself or himself.
abshenry
acaridan
acaridan
noun
Synonym of acarid
acarines
acarines
noun
plural of acarine
accensor
accensor
noun
(Roman Catholicism) One of the functionaries who light and trim the tapers.
accentor
accentor
noun
(music, obsolete) One who sings the leading part; the director or leader.
(obsolete) The ovenbird, Seiurus aurocapilla.
Any bird of the Eurasian genus Prunella, such as the dunnock.
accruing
accruing
noun
An amount that is accrued.
verb
present participle of accrue
accutron
acentric
acentric
adj
Not centered; without a centre
noun
A segment of a chromosome that lacks a centromere
acherman
achernar
achorion
ackerman
ackerman
Proper noun
a town in Mississippi, USA
acneform
acneform
adj
(pathology, especially of a rash) Resembling acne
acopyrin
acounter
acranial
acranial
adj
Without a skull.
acrasins
acrasins
noun
plural of acrasin
acridane
acridane
noun
Alternative form of acridan
acridian
acridian
adj
Relating to insects of the family Acrididae
noun
Any of the family Acrididae of grasshoppers, crickets, locusts etc.
acridine
acridine
noun
(countable, organic chemistry) Any of many derivatives of this compound
(uncountable, organic chemistry) A tricyclic aromatic heterocycle, dibenzopyridine, obtained from coal tar; it is used in the manufacture of dyes and drugs
acridone
acridone
noun
(organic chemistry) An tricyclic heterocyclic ketone derived from acridine; any derivative of this compound
acrimony
acrimony
noun
A sharp and bitter hatred.
acrodont
acrodont
adj
Having teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge.
noun
One of a group of lizards having the teeth immovably united to the top of the alveolar ridge
acrogens
acrogens
noun
plural of acrogen
acrolein
acrolein
noun
(organic chemistry) A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH₂=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.
acromion
acromion
noun
(anatomy) The outermost point of the shoulder blade.
acronomy
acronych
acronyms
acronyms
noun
plural of acronym
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of acronym
actioner
actioner
noun
(informal) An action movie.
adenauer
adendric
adendric
adj
Not dendric.
adermine
adfrozen
adherant
adherend
adherend
noun
That which adheres to something else by adhesion.
adherent
adherent
adj
(botany) Attaching or pressing against a different organ.
Adhesive, sticking to something.
Having the quality of clinging or sticking fast to something.
noun
A person who has membership in some group, association or religion.
adhering
adhering
verb
present participle of adhere
adjoiner
adjourns
adjourns
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adjourn
adjuring
adjuring
noun
adjuration
verb
present participle of adjure
adlerian
adlerian
Adjective
Of or relating to (1870–1937), Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology.
admiring
admiring
adj
Feeling or showing admiration.
noun
admiration
verb
present participle of admire
adnerval
adneural
adneural
adj
(anatomy) Near a nerve
adnumber
adoniram
adorners
adorners
noun
plural of adorner
adorning
adorning
noun
(archaic) An adornment.
verb
present participle of adorn
adrenals
adrenals
noun
plural of adrenal
adrenine
adriaens
adrianna
adrianna
Proper noun
name, a variant of Adriana.
adrianne
adrienne
advancer
advancer
noun
(bridge) The overcaller's partner, especially one who bids following the overcall.
A second branch of a buck's antler.
One who advances or puts forward.
adventry
aegerian
aegirine
aegirine
noun
(mineralogy) A mineral with monoclinic crystals with the chemical formula NaFe³⁺(Si₂O₆) belonging to the pyroxene group.
aequorin
aequorin
noun
(biochemistry) A photoprotein, isolated from luminescent jellyfish and other marine organisms, composed of two distinct units: the apoprotein apoaequorin and the prosthetic group coelenterazine.
aerarian
aerarian
noun
An aerarius; the lowest class of citizen in Ancient Rome.
aerating
aerating
verb
present participle of aerate
aeration
aeration
noun
By extension, a process in which other gases (such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen or argon) are circulated through or mixed with a substance (usually liquid), sometimes with the consequence of increasing the transfer of air into the same liquid at the surface due to the induced circulation.
The process by which air is circulated through or mixed with a substance such as soil or a liquid.
aeriness
aerobian
aerobian
adj
(archaic) aerobic
aerobion
aerodone
aerodone
noun
(dated) glider (aircraft)
aerodyne
aerodyne
noun
(aviation) A heavier-than-air aircraft, deriving its lift from motion.
aerogene
aeronaut
aeronaut
noun
A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.
aeronomy
aeronomy
noun
A branch of science that deals with the upper atmosphere of the Earth and the other planets with reference to their chemical composition, physical properties, relative motion, and responses to radiation from space.
afferent
afferent
adj
Carrying towards.
noun
An afferent structure or connection
affronts
affronts
noun
plural of affront
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of affront
affronty
affronty
Adjective
Facing the observer.
afrasian
afrasian
Adjective
Afro-Asiatic
Noun
A person who comes from a region where Afro-Asiatic languages are spoken
africana
africans
afterend
aftertan
agaricin
agaricin
noun
(organic chemistry) an organic tricarboxylic acid (fatty acid) found in fungi
aginners
aginners
noun
plural of aginner
agonizer
agonizer
noun
One who agonizes.
agrarian
agrarian
adj
(botany) wild; said of plants growing in a cultivated field.
Agricultural or rural.
Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and cultivation of land.
noun
A person who advocates the political interests of working farmers
agreeing
agreeing
noun
An agreement.
verb
present participle of agree
agremens
agrement
agrement
noun
Obsolete form of agreement.
agrimony
agrimony
noun
Any of several perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Agrimonia, that have spikes of yellow flowers.
Any of several unrelated plants of a similar appearance.
agrinion
agrinion
Proper noun
A city in Greece located in the Aitolia-Akarnania prefecture.
agrionia
agrionid
agripina
agrising
agrising
verb
present participle of agrise
agronome
agronome
noun
An agronomist.
agronomy
agronomy
noun
The science of utilizing plants, animals and soils for food, fuel, feed, and fiber and more. To do this effectively and sustainably, agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, animal sciences and soil science.
agrypnia
agrypnia
noun
(psychiatry, pathology) Persistent loss of sleep; insomnia; sleeplessness.
ahankara
ahankara
noun
Alternative form of ahamkara
ailerons
ailerons
noun
plural of aileron
airborne
airborne
adj
Fitted to an aircraft.
In flight.
In or carried by the air.
Transported by air in an aircraft.
noun
Military infantry intended to be transported by air and delivered to the battlefield by parachute or helicopter.
airbound
airbound
adj
Of a pump etc.: containing too much air, such that the flow is impeded.
airiness
airiness
noun
The quality of being airy.
The quality of being light in quality or manner.
insubstantiality
airliner
airliner
noun
A passenger-carrying aircraft, especially one of a fleet operated by an airline.
airlines
airlines
noun
plural of airline
airplane
airplane
noun
(US, Canada, Philippines) Alternative form of aeroplane
airthing
airwoman
airwoman
noun
A woman who flies in an aircraft; a female aviator.
airwomen
airwomen
noun
plural of airwoman
akehorne
akkerman
alanreed
alarming
alarming
adj
causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening
verb
present participle of alarm
albarran
alberene
alberoni
albertin
alberton
alberton
Proper noun
A town in Montana
A township in Ontario
A town in Prince Edward Island, Canada
A town in Gauteng Province, South Africa
A town in Victoria, Australia
albronze
alburnum
alburnum
noun
sapwood; the soft, newer wood in the trunk of a tree found between the bark and the hardened heartwood.
alcandre
alcargen
alderman
alderman
noun
(UK, historical, obsolete slang) A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.
(US, slang) A potbelly, paunch.
A long pipe for smoking.
A member of a municipal legislative body in a city or town.
aldermen
aldermen
noun
plural of alderman
alderney
alderson
alderson
Proper noun
A town in Oklahoma.
A town in West Virginia.
alerting
alerting
verb
present participle of alert
aleurone
aleurone
noun
(biochemistry) The protein content of the embryo, endosperm, or perisperm of cereals, in the form of minute particles.
The outer layer (and its major cell type and its specialized protein) of the endosperm.
aleurons
aleurons
noun
plural of aleuron
alexandr
algerian
algerine
algerine
noun
A type of loosely woven cloth in stripes of bright colors, used for scarves, shawls and similar.