(law, obsolete) One who steals and drives away cattle or beasts by herds or droves; a cattle rustler.
abaters
abaters
noun
plural of abater
abators
abators
noun
plural of abator
abature
abature
noun
(usually in the plural) Grass and sprigs beaten or trampled down by a stag passing through them.
abetter
abetter
noun
Alternative form of abettor
abettor
abettor
noun
A supporter or advocate.
One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages.
abiuret
abiuret
adj
Not giving the biuret reaction; showing that it does not contain biuret.
ablator
ablator
noun
A material that ablates, vaporizes, wears away, burns off, erodes, or abrades.
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
aborter
aborter
noun
(derogatory) One who has an abortion.
(rare) One who performs an abortion.
One who or that which aborts.
abortin
abortin
noun
An extract manufactured from the bacterium Brucella abortus, and is used to study contagious abortions in cattle.
abortus
abortus
noun
An aborted fetus, especially one aborted in early pregnancy.
An abortion.
abreact
abreact
verb
(transitive, psychoanalysis) To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences.
abreast
abreast
adj
(nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; over against; on a line with the vessel's beam.
Side by side, facing forward.
Up to a certain level or line; equally advanced
adv
(Scotland) Breast high (of an advancing wave).
(figurative) Alongside; parallel to.
(nautical) Side by side; also, opposite; on a line with the vessel's beam.
(obsolete) At the same time; simultaneously.
Followed by of or with: up to a certain level or line; equally advanced.
Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted.
Side by side and facing forward.
prep
Abreast of; alongside.
abricot
abrotin
absorpt
absorpt
adj
absorbed
verb
(archaic) past participle of absorb
abstort
abtruse
aburton
aburton
adv
(nautical) With the length athwartship.
abutter
abutter
noun
One who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate.
acatery
accourt
accourt
verb
(obsolete) To treat courteously; to court.
accrete
accrete
adj
(botany) Grown together
Characterized by accretion; made up
verb
(intransitive) To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually.
(intransitive) To grow together, combine; to fuse.
(transitive) To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing.
accurst
accurst
adj
Archaic spelling of accursed.
verb
past participle of accurse
acerata
acerata
Adjective
Sharp? Sharpened?
acerate
acerate
adj
Acerose; needle-shaped; long and pointed
noun
(chemistry) A combination of aceric acid with a salifiable base.
acetars
acetary
acetary
noun
An acid pulp in certain fruits, such as the pear.
acratia
acratia
noun
(medicine) Feebleness; impotence or lack of strength due to lack of tone.
acritan
acritan
noun
(obsolete) Any animal that is a member of the Acrita
acritol
acrobat
acrobat
noun
An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination, often as part of a circus performance.
verb
(figurative) To move like an acrobat (with agility, balance, long leaps, etc.).
To practise acrobatics.
acroter
acroter
Noun
An acroterium.
acrotic
acrotic
adj
(medicine) Pertaining to or affecting the surface.
actress
actress
noun
(now rare) A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).
A female who performs on the stage or in films.
actuary
actuary
noun
(dated) Registrar, clerk. [16th-19th c.]
A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions.
acworth
adapter
adapter
noun
A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible.
One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play.
One who is capable of adapting to differing situations.
Specifically, a device that allows one format of plug to be used with a different format of socket.
Specifically, a device that permits two, three, or more plugs to be used at a single electrical power point.
Specifically, an AC adapter: a device that reduces voltage and converts AC to DC to allow a battery-powered device to use mains power.
adaptor
adaptor
noun
Alternative form of adapter
adcraft
additur
additur
noun
(law) The augmentation by a judge of damages awarded by a jury.
addrest
addrest
verb
(obsolete) simple past tense and past participle of address
adepter
adepter
adj
(archaic) comparative form of adept: more adept
adjutor
adjutor
noun
An adjutant; a helper or assistant;
adopter
adopter
noun
one who adopts
adorant
adorant
adj
(poetic) Adoring.
adreamt
adreamt
adj
(obsolete) Alternative form of adreamed
adulter
adulter
noun
An adulterer, especially a male one.
verb
To commit adultery.
To pollute something; to adulterate.
adurent
adverts
adverts
noun
plural of advert
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of advert
aelbert
aerated
aerated
adj
(UK, informal) Annoyed or agitated.
Supplied or infused with air or oxygen.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of aerate
aerates
aerates
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of aerate
aerator
aerator
noun
A device used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water.
A device which mixes air with a substance, particularly soil or a liquid.
A fumigator used to bleach grain, destroying fungi and insects.
aeriest
aeriest
adj
superlative form of aery: most aery
aerojet
aeronat
aeronat
noun
(archaic) A dirigible balloon.
aerosat
aerotow
aesture
aethers
aethers
noun
plural of aether
affront
affront
noun
(obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.
An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
verb
(obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.
To insult intentionally, especially openly.
To meet defiantly; to confront.
afreets
afreets
noun
plural of afreet
afright
afright
adj
Alternative form of affright
aftergo
aftward
aftward
adv
(nautical) Toward the stern.
agarita
agarita
noun
(US, dialectal) A rounded evergreen barberry, Mahonia trifoliolata, native to the United States and Mexico, or its berry.
agentry
agentry
noun
The position of being an agent.
aggrate
aggrate
verb
(obsolete) To gratify, cause pleasure to.
agister
agistor
agistor
noun
(historical) an officer of the king's forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker.
One who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
agoroth
agoroth
noun
plural of agora
agretha
agritos
agrotis
aguroth
agyrate
ahrendt
aigrets
aigrets
noun
plural of aigret
ailbert
airboat
airboat
noun
A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water.
airdate
airdate
noun
The date on which a television or radio program is broadcast.
airiest
airiest
adj
superlative form of airy: most airy
airlift
airlift
noun
(archaeology) A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.
Such a flight.
The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency.
verb
(transitive) To transport (troops etc) in an airlift.
airplot
airport
airport
noun
An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals.
airpost
airpost
noun
Synonym of airmail
airthed
airtime
airtime
noun
(by extension) The duration spent talking during a conversation.
The chargeable use of a mobile phone, either in minutes or in units dependent on the use or traffic.
The duration during which a radio or television program (or part of one) is transmitted.
The period during which a person riding a rollercoaster or similar ride experiences a feeling of weightlessness.
airting
airting
verb
present participle of airt
ajitter
akerite
akerite
noun
(mineralogy) Various varieties of calcialkalic microsyenite and micromonzonite.
akroter
alamort
alamort
adj
(obsolete) Half-dead; in a depressed condition; dejected.
adv
(obsolete) to the death; mortally
alaster
alastor
alastor
noun
An avenging spirit or deity.
alatern
alatern
noun
An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus; Italian buckthorn).
alberta
alberta
Proper noun
name, a feminine form of Albert.
alberti
alberto
alerted
alerted
adj
Having been made alert; having been made attentive, alarmed or warned of something coming soon.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alert
alerter
alerter
adj
comparative form of alert: more alert
noun
One who or that which alerts.
alertly
alertly
adv
In an alert manner; with alertness.
aletris
algarot
algarot
noun
A pale white emetic powder formerly used in alchemy, consisting of a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony.
alister
allardt
allport
alorton
alright
alright
adj
(often proscribed) Alternative form of all right; satisfactory; okay; in acceptable order.
adv
(often proscribed) Alternative form of all right.
intj
(UK, informal) A generic greeting; hello; how are you.
(informal) Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK.
altared
altared
adj
Furnished with an altar.
altdorf
altered
altered
adj
(of an animal, usually a pet) Neutered; having had testicles or uterus and ovaries removed to prevent procreation.
Having been changed from an original form.
noun
A kind of car in drag racing, usually with a partial body situated behind the exposed engine.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of alter
alterer
alterer
noun
One who alters.
alterne
alterum
althorn
althorn
noun
(music) An alto or tenor saxhorn
altrose
altrose
noun
(biochemistry) An aldohexose epimeric with mannose
alturas
alverta
amarant
amarant
noun
Obsolete form of amaranth.
amarity
amateur
amateur
adj
Created, done, or populated by amateurs or non-professionals.
Non-professional.
Showing a lack of professionalism, experience or talent.
noun
(now rare) A lover of something.
A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, science, or art (such as music or painting), especially one who cultivates any study, interest, taste, or attachment without engaging in it professionally.
Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.
amatory
amatory
adj
Of or relating to love, especially sexual love.
ambrite
ambrite
noun
A form of resinite found in New Zealand coal seams.
ametria
ametria
noun
(pathology) The congenital absence of the uterus
amherst
amherst
Proper noun
A in Colorado
A town in Maine
A town in Massachusetts.
A village in Nebraska
A town in New Hampshire
A town and suburb in New York
A town in Nova Scotia
A city in Ohio
A township municipality in Quebec
A city in Texas
A town in Victoria, Australia
A town in Virginia
A village in Wisconsin
amintor
amirate
amirate
noun
Alternative spelling of emirate
ammeter
ammeter
noun
A device that measures the magnitude of an electric current, especially one calibrated in amperes.
amoreta
amorete
amorist
amorist
noun
Someone who is in love.
Someone who writes about love.
amorita
amorite
amouret
amreeta
amreeta
noun
Alternative spelling of amrita
amritas
amroati
amtrack
amtracs
amtracs
noun
plural of amtrac
amutter
amutter
adj
muttering
amyntor
amyroot
ananter
anareta
anatira
anatron
anatron
noun
(obsolete) native carbonate of soda; natron
(obsolete) saltpetre
(obsolete) sandiver
andrite
anestri
anestri
noun
plural of anestrus
anfract
angrist
angrite
angrite
noun
An achondrite consisting mostly of augite with some olivine and troilite