Words Beginning With a

Words Beginning with a - list and definitions learning English

aalborg - a city and port in northern Jutland
Aap -
aardvark - nocturnal burrowing mammal of the grasslands of Africa that feeds on termites; sole extant representative of the order Tubulidentata
Aardvarks - nocturnal animal
aardwolf - striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on insects
aarhus - port city of Denmark in eastern Jutland
aaron - United States professional baseball player who hit more home runs than Babe Ruth (born in 1934)
aaronic - Alternative of Aaronical
aaronic -
Abaca - plant
Abacas - plant
Abaci - calculating machine
Aback - taken unawares
Abactor -
abacus - a calculator that performs arithmetic functions by manually sliding counters on rods or in grooves
Abacuses - calculating machine
abadan - a port city in southwestern Iran
abaft - at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an airplane
abalone - any of various large edible marine gastropods of the genus Haliotis having an ear-shaped shell with pearly interior
Abalones - shell
Abandon - careless disregard for consequences
abandoned - forsaken by owner or inhabitants
Abandonedly - helplessly
Abandoner - person who is rebellious
Abandoners - person who is rebellious
Abandoning - leave behind, relinquish
abandonment - withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility
Abandonments - forsaking
Abandons - careless disregard for consequences
abase - cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
Abased - deprive of self-esteem, confidence
abasement - depriving one of self-esteem
Abasements - disgrace
Abases - deprive of self-esteem, confidence
Abash - embarrass
abashed - Feeling embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed.
Abashes - embarrass
Abashing - embarrass
Abashment - embarrassment
Abashments - embarrassment
Abasing - deprive of self-esteem, confidence
abate - become less in amount or intensity
Abated - lessen, grow or cause to grow less
abatement - an interruption in the intensity or amount of something
Abatements - lessening
Abates - lessen, grow or cause to grow less
Abating - lessen, grow or cause to grow less
Abatjour -
Abattoir - killing place
Abattoirs - killing place
abaxial - facing away from the axis of an organ or organism
abaya - (Arabic) a loose black robe from head to toe; traditionally worn by Muslim women
Abba - clergyman
Abbas - clergyman
abbasid - Of or relating to the Abbasid caliphs
abbatial - of or having to do with or belonging to an abbey or abbot, or abbess
Abbe - priest
Abbes - priest
abbess - the superior of a group of nuns
abbess -
Abbesses - woman in religious order
abbey - a church associated with a monastery or convent
abbey -
abbey -
Abbeys - building that houses monks, nuns, or priests; church
abbot - the superior of an abbey of monks
Abbots - prior
Abbreviate - shorten
Abbreviated - shorten
Abbreviates - shorten
Abbreviating - shorten
abbreviation - a shortened form of a word or phrase
Abbreviations - something shortened
Abc -
Abdest -
abdicate - give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Abdicated - give up a right, position, or power
Abdicates - give up a right, position, or power
Abdicating - give up a right, position, or power
abdication - the act of abdicating
Abdications - relinquishment
Abdomen - the stomach and area directly below in an animate being
Abdomens - the stomach and area directly below in an animate being
abdominal - the muscles of the abdomen
Abdominals - intestinal muscle
abdominoplasty - cosmetic surgery of the abdomen to remove wrinkles and tighten the skin over the stomach
abdominous - having a large belly
abducens - a small motor nerve supplying the lateral rectus muscle of the eye
abduct - take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom
Abducted - taken away by force
abductee - An abducted person, in particular a person abducted by aliens.
Abducting - take by force and without permission
abduction - (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body
Abductions - taking away by force
abductor - a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line
Abducts - take by force and without permission
abeam - At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
abecedarian - alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers)
Abecedarians - beginner
Abed - inactive
abelia - any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico
abelian - Alternative of Abelonian.
abeokuta - A city in southwest Nigeria.
aberdeen - a city in northeastern Scotland on the North Sea
aberdonian - of or relating to Aberdeen
Aberrance - abnormality
Aberrances - abnormality
Aberrancies - abnormality
Aberrancy - abnormality
aberrant - markedly different from an accepted norm
Aberrants - deviation
Aberrate - move about aimlessly
Aberrated - move about aimlessly
Aberrates - move about aimlessly
Aberrating - move about aimlessly
aberration - an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image
Aberrational - deviating
Aberrations - state of abnormality
abertawe - Swansea
Aberystwyth -
Abessive -
Abet - assist, help in wrongdoing
Abetment - help
Abetments - help
Abets - assist, help in wrongdoing
Abetted - assist, help in wrongdoing
Abetting - assist, help in wrongdoing
Abettor - assistant
Abettors - assistant
abeyance - A state of temporary disuse or suspension.; A condition of being temporarily set aside or held in suspension.
Abeyances - being inactive or suspended
Abeyancies - abeyance
Abeyancy - abeyance
Abeyant - latent
abhor - find repugnant
Abhorred - regard with contempt or disgust
abhorrence - hate coupled with disgust
Abhorrences - disgust
abhorrent - offensive to the mind
Abhorring - regard with contempt or disgust
Abhors - regard with contempt or disgust
abide - put up with something or somebody unpleasant
Abided - submit to, put up with
Abider - advocate
Abiders - advocate
Abides - submit to, put up with
abiding - lasting a long time
abidjan - city recognized by the United States as the capital of the Ivory Coast; largest city of the Ivory Coast
Abie -
Abies -
abigail - A lady's waiting-maid.
Abigails - attendant to woman of royal household
Abilities - power to act, perform
ability - possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done
abiogenesis - a hypothetical organic phenomenon by which living organisms are created from nonliving matter
Abiogenetic - non-sexual
Abiogenic - emergent
abiotic - Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganicmatter.
abject - showing utter resignation or hopelessness
Abjection - want; extreme need, often financial
Abjections - want; extreme need, often financial
Abjectly - meekly
Abjectness - low spirits; despair
Abjectnesses - low spirits; despair
Abjuration - retraction
Abjurations - retraction
abjure - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
abjure - formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure
Abjured - give up
Abjures - give up
Abjuring - give up
abkhaz - of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language
abkhazia - an autonomous province of Georgia on the Black Sea; a strong independence movement has resulted in much instability
abkhazian - of or relating to Abkazia or its people or their language
Ablate - wear away
Ablated - wear away
Ablates - wear away
Ablating - wear away
ablation - surgical removal of a body part or tissue
Ablations - extraction
ablative - the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
ablaut - a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song)
ablaze - lighted up by or as by fire or flame
Able - capable of performing; having an innate capacity
able seaman - a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills
able-bodied - having a strong healthy body
abled - Having a range of physical powers as specified
Ablegate - head of catholic church
Ablegates - head of catholic church
ableism - discrimination in favor of the able-bodied
Abler - capable of performing; having an innate capacity
Ablest - capable of performing; having an innate capacity
abloom - bursting into flower
ablush - Blushing; ruddy.
ablution - the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels
Ablutionary - cleaning
Ablutions - washing
Ably - capably
abnaki - a member of the Algonquian people of Maine and southern Quebec
abnegate - deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
Abnegated - renounce
Abnegates - renounce
Abnegating - renounce
abnegation - renunciation of your own interests in favor of the interests of others
Abnegations - denial, renouncement of something
Abney level -
abnormal - not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm
Abnormalities - being different from standard or norm
abnormality - retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence
abnormally - in an abnormal manner
abnormity - Departure from the ordinary type; irregularity; monstrosity.
aboard - side by side
Abode - building or place where one resides
Abodes - building or place where one resides
abolish - do away with
Abolished - do away with or put an end to
Abolishes - do away with or put an end to
Abolishing - do away with or put an end to
Abolishment - abolition
Abolishments - abolition
abolition - the act of abolishing a system or practice or institution (especially abolishing slavery)
Abolitionism - political independence
Abolitionisms - political independence
abolitionist - a reformer who favors abolishing slavery
Abolitionists - person wanting something ended
Abolitions - formal act of putting an end to, annulling
abomasum - the fourth compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the one where digestion takes place
abominable - unequivocally detestable
abominably - in a terrible manner
abominate - To detest or loathe intensely.
Abominated - detest
Abominates - detest
Abominating - detest
abomination - hate coupled with disgust
Abominations - object of extreme dislike, hate
aboral - opposite to or away from the mouth
aboriginal - characteristic of or relating to people inhabiting a region from the beginning
aboriginality - The quality of being aboriginal
Aboriginals - person born in the country in which he/she dwells
Aborigine - first inhabitant
Aborigines - first inhabitant
aborning - That is in the process of being born; coming into existence; before coming to completion
abort - cease development, die, and be aborted
Aborted - stop or cancel something
Aborticide - expulsion of fetus
Aborticides - expulsion of fetus
abortifacient - a drug (or other chemical agent) that causes abortion
Aborting - stop or cancel something
abortion - failure of a plan
Abortion pill -
abortionist - a person (who should be a doctor) who terminates pregnancies
Abortions - expulsion of fetus
abortive - failing to accomplish an intended result
Aborts - stop or cancel something
abound - be in a state of movement or action
Abounded - exist in abundance
abounding - existing in abundance
Abounds - exist in abundance
about - used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
about-turn - A turn of 180 degrees, typically in a military formation
above - (in writing) at an earlier place
above board - Openly, without deceit.
above ground - Alternative spelling of aboveground
Aboveboard - candid
Aboves - the same; duplicate
Abracadabra - magic word
Abracadabras - magic word
abrade - rub hard or scrub
Abraded - scrape
Abrades - scrape
Abrading - scrape
abraham - The first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son.
abrasion - erosion by friction
Abrasions - scraped area
abrasive - causing abrasion
Abrasively -
Abrasives - strong disinfectant, solvent
Abraxas - magic words for entry
Abraxases - magic words for entry
abreact - discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization
abreaction - (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions
Abreactions - purging, purification
abreast - being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
abridge - reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
Abridged - shorten
abridgement - a shortened version of a written work
Abridgements - shortening, summary
Abridges - shorten
Abridging - shorten
Abridgment - condensation
Abridgments - condensation
abroad - far away from home or one's usual surroundings
abrogate - revoke formally
Abrogated - formally put an end to
Abrogates - formally put an end to
Abrogating - formally put an end to
abrogation - the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
Abrogations - cancellation
abrupt - marked by sudden changes in subject and sharp transitions
abruption - an instance of sudden interruption
abruptly - quickly and without warning
Abruptness - slant, tilt
Abruptnesses - slant, tilt
abruzzi - a mountainous region of central Italy on the Adriatic
Abs - antilock braking system
abscess - symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue
Abscessed - hurt physically
Abscesses - swelling
Abscind - separate, disconnect
Abscinded - separate, disconnect
Abscinding - separate, disconnect
Abscinds - separate, disconnect
abscise - remove or separate by abscission
abscissa - the value of a coordinate on the horizontal axis
abscission - the act of cutting something off
Abscissions - extraction
abscond - run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Absconded - left quickly
Absconder - person who escapes
Absconders - person who escapes
Absconding - run away, depart secretly
Abscondings - abandonment
Absconds - run away, depart secretly
abseil - descend by means of a rappel
Abseiler -
absence - the occurrence of an abrupt, transient loss or impairment of consciousness (which is not subsequently remembered), sometimes with light twitching, fluttering eyelids, etc.; common in petit mal epilepsy
Absences - state of not being present
absent - go away or leave
absent-minded - Absent in mind; abstracted; preoccupied.
Absented - leave, retreat
absentee - one that is absent or not in residence
absenteeism - habitual absence from work
Absenteeisms - state of not being present
Absentees - person who escapes
Absenting - leave, retreat
absently - in an absentminded or preoccupied manner
Absentminded - inattentive
Absents - leave, retreat
absinthe - aromatic herb of temperate Eurasia and North Africa having a bitter taste used in making the liqueur absinthe
absolute - Complete and total; without qualification or restriction.; Perfect or flawless.; Supreme in power or authority.
absolute - Complete and total; without qualification or restriction.; Perfect or flawless.; Supreme in power or authority.
absolutely - completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers
Absoluteness - completeness
Absolutenesses - completeness
Absolutes - greatest extent
absolution - the act of absolving or remitting; formal redemption as pronounced by a priest in the sacrament of penance
Absolutions - forgiveness
absolutism - the principle of complete and unrestricted power in government
Absolutisms - absolute control by government
absolutist - pertaining to the principle of totalitarianism
Absolutistic - absolute
Absolutists - domineering person
absolve - grant remission of a sin to
absolve -
Absolved - free from responsibility, duty
Absolves - free from responsibility, duty
Absolving - free from responsibility, duty
absonant - Discordant; contrary; - opposed to consonant.
absorb - consume all of one's attention or time
absorbable - capable of being absorbed or taken in through the pores of a surface
absorbance - (physics) a measure of the extent to which a substance transmits light or other electromagnetic radiation
Absorbed - being completely occupied mentally
absorbent - a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance
Absorber - protection
Absorbers - protection
absorbing - capable of arousing and holding the attention
Absorbs - physically take in a liquid
absorption - (chemistry) a process in which one substance permeates another; a fluid permeates or is dissolved by a liquid or solid
Absorptions - assimilation, incorporation
Absorptive - absorbent
absquatulate - run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Absquatulated - escape
Absquatulates - escape
Absquatulating - escape
abstain - choose not to consume
Abstained - hold back from doing
Abstainer - teetotaler
Abstainers - teetotaler
Abstaining - hold back from doing
Abstains - hold back from doing
abstemious - marked by temperance in indulgence
Abstemiously - abstinently
Abstemiousness - sobriety
abstention - the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
Abstentions - refraining
Abstentious - controlled, sober
Absterge - make undirty, uncluttered
Absterged - make undirty, uncluttered
Abstergent - strong disinfectant, solvent
Abstergents - strong disinfectant, solvent
Absterges - make undirty, uncluttered
Absterging - make undirty, uncluttered
Abstersion - elimination, removal
Abstersions - elimination, removal
abstinence - the trait of abstaining (especially from alcohol)
Abstinences - restraint from desires, especially physical desires
abstinent - self-restraining; not indulging an appetite especially for food or drink
abstract - not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature
abstracted - lost in thought; showing preoccupation
Abstractedly - without thinking
Abstracting - conceptual, theoretical
abstraction - preoccupation with something to the exclusion of all else
abstraction -
abstraction -
abstractionism - an abstract genre of art; artistic content depends on internal form rather than pictorial representation
Abstractions - state of being lost in thought
Abstractly - in theory
Abstracts - conceptual, theoretical
abstruse - difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
Abstruseness - puzzle, secret
Abstrusenesses - puzzle, secret
absurd - a situation in which life seems irrational and meaningless
absurdism - Absurdity, something that is absurd
absurdist - An advocate of absurdism, in particular a writer of absurd topics.
Absurdities - ridiculous situation or behavior
Absurdity - ridiculous situation or behavior
absurdly - in an absurd manner or to an absurd degree
Absurdness - shenanigans
Absurdnesses - shenanigans
abubble - In a state of excitement, agitated activity, or motion.
abuela - (in Spanish-speaking areas) a person's grandmother.
abuja - capital of Nigeria in the center of the country
abulia - a loss of will power
abuna - The Patriarch or head of the Abyssinian Church.
abundance - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
Abundances - great amount or supply
Abundancies - productivity
Abundancy - productivity
abundant - present in great quantity
abundantly - in an abundant manner
Abusage - abuse; wrong application
Abusages - abuse; wrong application
abuse - cruel or inhumane treatment
Abused - physically hurt or injure
abuser - someone who abuses
Abuses - wrong use
Abusing - physically hurt or injure
abusive - expressing offensive reproach
Abusiveness - misery, hardship
Abusivenesses - misery, hardship
Abut - touch or be next to something
abutilon - herbs or shrubs or small trees: flowering maple; Indian mallow
abutment - a masonry support that touches and directly receives thrust or pressure of an arch or bridge
Abutments - masonry mass
Abuts - touch or be next to something
Abuttal - outer limit
Abuttals - outer limit
Abutted - touch or be next to something
abutter - the owner of contiguous property
Abutting - touch or be next to something
abuzz - noisy like the sound of a bee
Abvolt -
abysm - a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
abysmal - resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
abysmally - in a terrible manner
Abysms - deep hole
abyss - a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
abyss -
abyssal - resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable
Abysses - something very deep, usually a feature of land
abyssinia - Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia
abyssinian - a small slender short-haired breed of African origin having brownish fur with a reddish undercoat
acacia - any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia
academe - the academic world
Academes - scholarly world
academia - the academic world
Academias - scholarly world
academic - an educator who works at a college or university
academical - Belonging to the school or philosophy of Plato; as, the Academic sect or philosophy.
academically - in regard to academic matters
academician - an educator who works at a college or university
Academicians - very smart person
academicism - orthodoxy of a scholastic variety
Academics - scholar or university/college teacher
Academies - school, especially for higher education
Academism - convention, custom
Academisms - convention, custom
academy - an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature
academy award - an annual award by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for achievements in motion picture production and performance
acadia - the French-speaking part of the Canadian Maritime Provinces
acadian - an early French settler in the Maritimes
acajou - The cashew tree; also, its fruit. See Cashew.
Acalephoid -
acanthocephala - phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms
acanthus - any plant of the genus Acanthus having large spiny leaves and spikes or white or purplish flowers; native to Mediterranean region but widely cultivated
acapulco - a port and fashionable resort city on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico; known for beaches and water sports (including cliff diving)
Acaracide -
acari - Of Acarus.
acaricide - a chemical agent used to kill mites
Acarid - small insect
Acarids - small insect
acarine - mite or tick
Acarpous - not fruitful
acatalectic - (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables
accede - yield to another's wish or opinion
Acceded - agree or consent
Accedence - belief in goodness of something
Accedences - belief in goodness of something
Accedes - agree or consent
Acceding - agree or consent
accelerando - a gradually increasing tempo of music
accelerant - A substance that accelerates the development of a fire; especially some petroleum product used to spread an act of arson
accelerate - cause to move faster
Accelerated - sped up
Accelerates - increase speed, timing
Accelerating - increase speed, timing
acceleration - the act of accelerating; increasing the speed
Accelerations - increasing speed, timing
accelerator - (chemistry) a substance that initiates or accelerates a chemical reaction without itself being affected
Accelerators - machine for giving charged particles high velocity
Accelerograph -
accelerometer - an instrument for measuring the acceleration of aircraft or rockets
accent - special importance or significance
accented - (used of syllables) bearing the principle stress, usually accompanied by a change in pitch
Accenting - importance, emphasis
accentor - small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia
Accents - importance, emphasis
accentuate - to stress, single out as important
Accentuated - focus attention on
Accentuates - focus attention on
Accentuating - focus attention on
accentuation - the act of giving special importance or significance to something
Accentuations - emphasis
accept - give an affirmative reply to; respond favorably to
Accept apology -
Acceptabilities - commonly held opinion of person's character
acceptability - satisfactoriness by virtue of conforming to approved standards
acceptable - meeting requirements
Acceptably - appropriately, suitably
acceptance - the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
Acceptances - agreement, taking
acceptant - accepting willingly
acceptation - the accepted meaning of a word
Acceptations - accepted meaning
accepted - generally approved or compelling recognition
Accepting - receive something given physically
acceptive - accepting willingly
acceptor - (chemistry) in the formation of a coordinate bond it is the compound to which electrons are donated
Acceptors - person who has faith in something
Accepts - receive something given physically
access - reach or gain access to
Accessed - creep in
Accesses - admission, means of entry, approach
accessibility - the quality of being at hand when needed
accessible - capable of being read with comprehension
Accessing - creep in
accession - something added to what you already have
accessioning - present participle of accession
Accessions - something that augments, adds to
accessorial - nonessential but helpful
accessories - Of Accessory.
accessorise - Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of accessorize.
accessorize - To furnish with accessories.
Accessorized - add ornament
Accessorizes - add ornament
accessorizing - present participle of accessorize
accessory - clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
accessway - A route providing access.
acciaccatura - an embellishing note usually written in smaller size
accidence - the part of grammar that deals with the inflections of words
Accidences - language rules
accident - anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause
accident-prone - having more than the average number of accidents
accidental - happening by chance or unexpectedly or unintentionally
Accidentalities - chance
Accidentality - chance
accidentally - without intention; in an unintentional manner
Accidentalness - chance
Accidents - unexpected, undesirable event; often physically injurious
accidie - Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessnessand apathy
accipiter - type genus of the family Accipitridae
accipitrine - of or relating to or belonging to the genus Accipiter (or to typical hawks)
acclaim - clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval
acclaimed - Greatly praised or lauded, revered, highly respected.
Acclaiming - expression of approval
Acclaims - expression of approval
acclamation - enthusiastic approval
Acclamations - enthusiastic expression of approval
Acclamatory - complimentary
acclimate - get used to a certain climate
Acclimated - make or become adjusted, adapted
Acclimates - make or become adjusted, adapted
Acclimating - make or become adjusted, adapted
Acclimation - adaptation
Acclimations - adaptation
Acclimatization - adaptation
acclimatize - get used to a certain climate
Acclimatized - adapt
Acclimatizes - adapt
Acclimatizing - adapt
Acclivities - incline
acclivity - an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
Acclivous - going up
accolade - a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction
Accolades - strong praise, recognition of achievement
accommodate - provide housing for
Accommodated - make room, lodging available
Accommodates - make room, lodging available
accommodating - helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation
Accommodatingly - helpfully
accommodation - making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances
Accommodations - place of residence, usually temporary
Accompanied - go or be with something
Accompanies - go or be with something
accompaniment - a musical part (vocal or instrumental) that supports or provides background for other musical parts
Accompaniments - necessary part or embellishment
accompanist - a person who provides musical accompaniment (usually on a piano)
Accompanists - person who can carry a tune
accompany - be present or associated with an event or entity
Accompanying - following
accomplice - a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
Accomplices - helper, especially in committing a crime
accomplish - to gain with effort
accomplishable - capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do
accomplished - highly skilled
Accomplishes - succeed in doing
Accomplishing - succeed in doing
accomplishment - an ability that has been acquired by training
Accomplishments - something successfully done, completed
accord - go together
accordance - the act of granting rights
Accordances - agreement
accordant - in keeping
Accorded - give approval, grant
according - (followed by `to') as reported or stated by
accordingly - (sentence connectors) because of the reason given
accordion - a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
Accordions - musical instrument
Accords - agreement, mutual understanding (often written)
accost - approach with an offer of sexual favors
Accosted - approach for conversation or solicitation
Accosting - approach for conversation or solicitation
Accosts - approach for conversation or solicitation
accouchement - the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child
Accouchements - birth
accoucheur - a physician specializing in obstetrics
Accoucheuse - childbirth assistant
Accoucheuses - childbirth assistant
account - an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered
account executive - someone in charge of a client's account for an advertising agency or brokerage or other service business
account rendered - a bill which has been sent but is not yet paid
accountability - responsibility to someone or for some activity
accountable - liable to account for one's actions
Accountableness - answerability, responsibility
accountancy - the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business
Accountant - person who maintains financial accounts of a business
Accountants - person who maintains financial accounts of a business
Accounted - believed
accounting - a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance
Accountings - keeping financial accounts
Accounts - written description of past events
accounts payable - a debtor's accounts of money he owes; normally arise from the purchase of products or services
Accouter - furnish
Accoutered - furnish
Accoutering - furnish
Accouterment - outfit
Accouterments - outfit
Accouters - furnish
accoutre - provide with military equipment
Accoutred - dress
accoutrement - clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of your main clothing
Accoutrements - furnishing(s)
Accoutres - dress
Accoutring - dress
accra - the capital and largest city of Ghana with a deep-water port
accredit - ascribe an achievement to
accreditation - the act of granting credit or recognition (especially with respect to educational institution that maintains suitable standards)
Accreditations - authorization
Accredited - officially recognized
Accrediting - attribute responsibility or achievement
Accredits - attribute responsibility or achievement
accretion - an increase by natural growth or addition
Accretions - gradual growth, addition
Accrual - growth
Accruals - growth
accrue - come into the possession of
Accrued - increase by addition or growth, often financial
Accruement - return
Accruements - return
Accrues - increase by addition or growth, often financial
Accruing - increase by addition or growth, often financial
acculturate - assimilate culturally
Acculturated - socialize
Acculturates - socialize
Acculturating - socialize
Acculturation - adjustment to culture
Acculturations - adjustment to culture
Accumbencies - lying down
Accumbency - lying down
accumbent - lying down; in a position of comfort or rest
accumulate - get or gather together
Accumulated - gather or amass something
Accumulates - gather or amass something
Accumulating - gather or amass something
accumulation - several things grouped together or considered as a whole
Accumulations - gathering or amassing
accumulative - increasing by successive addition
Accumulator - one who collects specimens
Accumulators - one who collects specimens
Accuracies - precision or correctness
accuracy - the quality of being near to the true value
accurate - (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct
accurately - with few mistakes
Accurateness - accuracy
Accuratenesses - accuracy
accurse - curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment
accursed - under a curse
Accurses - curse
Accursing - curse
accurst - under a curse
Accusable - blameworthy; found at fault
accusal - a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
accusation - a formal charge of wrongdoing brought against a person; the act of imputing blame or guilt
Accusations - charge of wrongdoing, fault
accusative - serving as or indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions and used for certain other purposes
Accusatorial - pertaining to an accusation
accusatory - containing or expressing accusation
accuse - blame for, make a claim of wrongdoing or misbehavior against
accused - a defendant in a criminal proceeding
accuser - someone who imputes guilt or blame
Accusers - person laying blame
Accuses - place blame for wrongdoing, fault
accusing - containing or expressing accusation
accustom - make psychologically or physically used (to something)
accustomed - commonly used or practiced; usual
Accustomedness - condition of something resulting from change
Accustoming - get used to
Accustoms - get used to
Ace - exhibiting expertise in some activity
acedia - apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Acedias - state of doing nothing
acellular - not made up of or divided into cells
acentric - not centered or having no center
acephalous - lacking a head or a clearly defined head
Acephalous -
acer - type genus of the Aceraceae; trees or shrubs having winged fruit
Acerate - pointed
acerb - sour or bitter in taste
Acerbate - exasperate
Acerbated - exasperate
Acerbates - exasperate
Acerbating - exasperate
acerbic - sour or bitter in taste
acerbic -
Acerbically - scornfully
Acerbities - bitterness of taste
Acerbity - bitterness of taste
Acerose - pointed
Acerous - pointed
Acervulus - pertaining to sand
Aces - great
acesulfame - Any of a class of synthetic noncaloric sweetenera, based on a oxathiazinone dioxide structure, somewhat similar to saccharin
acetabulum - the cup-shaped hollow in the hipbone into which the head of the femur fits to form a ball-and-socket joint
acetal - any organic compound formed by adding alcohol molecules to aldehyde molecules
acetaldehyde - a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs
acetamide - a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds
acetaminophen - an analgesic for mild pain but not for inflammation; also used as an antipyretic; (Datril, Tylenol, Panadol, Phenaphen, Tempra, and Anacin III are trademarks of brands of acetaminophen tablets)
acetanilide - a white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic
acetate - a fabric made from fibers of cellulose acetate
acetic - relating to or containing acetic acid
acetic acid - a colorless pungent liquid widely used in manufacturing plastics and pharmaceuticals
acetic anhydride - a compound that is needed in order to refine opium into heroin
acetonaemia - Alternative form of acetonemia.
acetone - the simplest ketone; a highly flammable liquid widely used as an organic solvent and as material for making plastics
acetonic - of or relating to acetone
acetonitrile - The simplest organic cyanide or nitrile, CH3CN
Acetose - bad-tasting; gone bad
acetous - tasting or smelling like vinega
acetyl - the organic group of acetic acid (CH3CO-)
acetylate - introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound)
acetylcholine - a neurotransmitter that is a derivative of choline; released at the ends of nerve fibers in the somatic and parasympathetic nervous systems
acetylcholinesterase - An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid.
acetylene - a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
acetylide - Any organic compound derived from acetylene or a terminal acetylene by replacing a hydrogen atom with a metal.
achaean - the ancient Greek inhabitants of Achaea
achar - A spicy and salty pickle in Indian cuisine.
acharnement - Savage fierceness; ferocity.
acharya - A spiritual teacher, guru
achates - Purchase; bargaining.
Ache - sore feeling; dull pain
Ached - feeling soreness or dull pain, often physical
achene - small dry indehiscent fruit with the seed distinct from the fruit wall
Achenes - seed of fruit, vegetable
acheron - (Greek mythology) a river in Hades across which the souls of the dead were carried by Charon
Aches - sore feeling; dull pain
Achier - painful
Achiest - painful
achievability - the state of being achievable
achievable - capable of existing or taking place or proving true; possible to do
achieve - to gain with effort
Achieved - bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal
achievement - the action of accomplishing something
Achievements - something completed successfully; goal reached
achiever - a person with a record of successes
Achievers - person who makes things happen
Achieves - bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal
Achieving - bring to successful conclusion; reach a goal
achillea - any of several plants of the genus Achillea native to Europe and having small white flowers in flat-topped flower heads
achilles - a mythical Greek hero of the Iliad; a foremost Greek warrior at the siege of Troy; when he was a baby his mother tried to make him immortal by bathing him in a magical river but the heel by which she held him remained vulnerable--his `Achilles' heel'
achilles heel - A vulnerability in an otherwise strong situation.
achimenes - any plant of the genus Achimenes having showy bell-shaped flowers that resemble gloxinias
aching - causing a dull and steady pain
achingly - In an aching manner; sorely.
Achings - sadness, time of sadness
achiote - The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking.
achiral - of or relating to or contained in or serving as an archive
achlorhydria - an abnormal deficiency or absence of free hydrochloric acid in the gastric juice; often associated with severe anemias and cancer of the stomach
acholi - A people in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.
achondrite - a stony meteor lacking chondrules
achondroplasia - An inherited skeletal disorder beginning before birth; cartilage is converted to bone resulting in dwarfism.
achromatic - having no hue
Achromatic lens -
Achromatize - whiten
Achromatized - whiten
Achromatizes - whiten
Achromatizing - whiten
Achromatopsia - inability to distinguish one or more colors
Achromatopsias - inability to distinguish one or more colors
achromic - having no color
Achromous - having no hue
achy - causing a dull and steady pain
Acicula - point
Aciculae - point
acicular - narrow and long and pointed; as pine leaves
Aciculate - pointed
Aciculated - pointed
acid - street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
acid drop - An old-fashioned sour boiled sweet.
acid rain - rain containing acids that form in the atmosphere when industrial gas emissions (especially sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides) combine with water
acid rock - a musical style that emerged in the 1960s; rock music inspired by or related to drug-induced experience
acid-fast - not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis)
acidic - being sour to the taste
Acidified - alienate
Acidifies - sour; change into coagulated substance
acidify - turn acidic
Acidifying - alienate
acidimetry - volumetric analysis using standard solutions of acids to measure the amount of a base present
Acidities - bitterness
acidity - the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth
acidly - Sourly; tartly
acidophil - an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment
acidophilic - especially of some bacteria; growing well in an acid medium
acidophilus - a bacterium that is used to make yogurt and to supplement probiotics
acidosis - abnormally high acidity (excess hydrogen-ion concentration) of the blood and other body tissues
Acids - bitter, sour in taste
acidulate - make sour or more sour
Acidulated - bad-tasting; gone bad
Acidulates - sour; change into coagulated substance
Acidulating - upset, alienate
acidulous - being sour to the taste
Aciniform - pertaining to grapes
acinus - one of the small drupes making up an aggregate or multiple fruit like a blackberry
Acker -
ackers - money
acknowledge - report the receipt of
acknowledged - generally accepted
Acknowledgedly -
acknowledgement - a statement acknowledging something or someone
Acknowledges - verbally recognize authority
Acknowledging - verbally recognize authority
Acknowledgment - act of recognizing authority or truth of something
Acknowledgments - act of recognizing authority or truth of something
aclinic line - an imaginary line paralleling the equator where a magnetic needle has no dip
Acme - pinnacle of achievement or physical object
Acmes - pinnacle of achievement or physical object
Acne - blemishes
Acnes - blemishes
acolyte - someone who assists a priest or minister in a liturgical service; a cleric ordained in the highest of the minor orders in the Roman Catholic Church but not in the Anglican Church or the Eastern Orthodox Churches
Acolytes - attendant, usually in a church
aconcagua - the highest mountain in the western hemisphere; located in the Andes in western Argentina (22,834 feet high)
aconite - any of various usually poisonous plants of the genus Aconitum having tuberous roots and palmately lobed leaves and blue or white flowers
aconitine - An intensely poisonous alkaloid, extracted from aconite
acorn - fruit of the oak tree: a smooth thin-walled nut in a woody cup-shaped base
acorn -
acorn barnacle - barnacle that attaches to rocks especially in intertidal zones
acoustic - of or relating to the science of acoustics
acoustic guitar - sound is not amplified by electrical means
acoustic impedance - opposition to the flow of sound through a surface; acoustic resistance is the real component of acoustic impedance and acoustic reactance is the imaginary component
acoustic shock - The symptoms that can be caused by unexpected loud sounds (acoustic incident) received on a telephone headset.
acoustician - a physicist who specializes in acoustics
Acoustics - sound quality
acquaint - make familiar or conversant with
acquaintance - personal knowledge or information about someone or something
Acquaintances - a person known informally
Acquainted - aware
Acquainting - inform oneself or another about something new
Acquaints - inform oneself or another about something new
acquiesce - to agree or express agreement
Acquiesced - agree with some reluctance
acquiescence - agreement with a statement or proposal to do something
Acquiescences - reluctant agreement
acquiescent - willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest
Acquiescently - happily
Acquiesces - agree with some reluctance
Acquiescing - agree with some reluctance
acquihire - To acquire a company to recruit its employees, rather than for its products or services.
Acquirable - available
acquire - come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
Acquired - gained by personal exertion
acquiree - Something that is to be acquired, especially a company that is the target of a takeover
acquirement - an ability that has been acquired by training
Acquirements - accomplishment
Acquirer - one who discovers a thing
Acquirers - one who discovers a thing
Acquires - obtain or receive
Acquiring - obtain or receive
acquisition - an ability that has been acquired by training
Acquisitions - obtaining or receiving
acquisitive - eager to acquire and possess things especially material possessions or ideas
acquisitiveness - strong desire to acquire and possess
acquit - pronounce not guilty of criminal charges
Acquits - announce removal of blame
acquittal - a judgment of not guilty
Acquittals - declaration removing blame
acquittance - a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
Acquittances - attention to, knowledge of something
Acquitted - announce removal of blame
Acquitting - announce removal of blame
Acre - piece of land, unit of area
acreage - an area of ground used for some particular purpose (such as building or farming)
Acreages - land
Acres - piece of land, unit of area
acrid - harsh or corrosive in tone
acrid - harsh or corrosive in tone
acridine - A tricyclic aromatic heterocycle, dibenzopyridine, obtained from coal tar; it is used in the manufacture of dyes and drugs
Acridities - sarcasm
Acridity - sarcasm
Acridly -
Acridness - bitterness
Acridnesses - bitterness
acrilan - acrylic resin used to make a strong soft crease-resistant fabric (trade name Acrilan)
Acrimonies - nasty behavior, speech
acrimonious - marked by strong resentment or cynicism
Acrimoniously - scornfully
Acrimoniousness - bitterness
acrimony - a rough and bitter manner
Acroamatic - mysterious, secret; supernatural
acrobat - an athlete who performs acts requiring skill and agility and coordination
acrobatic - vigorously active
acrobatics - the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
Acrobats - performer who does tricks, physical feats
acrocyanosis - cyanosis of the extremities; can occur when a spasm of the blood vessels is caused by exposure to cold or by strong emotion
acrolect - The variety of speech that is considered most suitable for formal occasions (typically using only standard forms); opposed to mesolect and basilect.
acromegaly - enlargement of bones of hands and feet and face; often accompanied by headache and muscle pain and emotional disturbances; caused by overproduction of growth hormone by the anterior pituitary gland (due to a tumor)
acronym - a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word
Acronyms - puzzle
acropetal - of leaves or flowers; developing or opening in succession from base to apex
acrophobia - Acrophobia is an extreme or irrational fear of heights.
acropolis - the citadel in ancient Greek towns
Acropolises - stronghold
Acros -
across - transversely
acrostic - a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across
Acrostics - puzzle
acrux - Abbreviation of Alpha Crucis. A star in the constellation Crux the Southern Cross
acrylamide - a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals
acrylate - a salt or ester of propenoic acid
acrylic - polymerized from acrylonitrile
acrylic acid - an unsaturated liquid carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of acrylic resins
Acrylics - tinted covering
acrylonitrile - a colorless liquid unsaturated nitrile made from propene
Act - something done
Act as middle -
Acta - notes of meeting
Acted - do something
actin - one of the proteins into which actomyosin can be split; can exist in either a globular or a fibrous form
acting - the performance of a part or role in a drama
Actings - substituting in a role
actinic - relating to or exhibiting actinism
actinide - any of a series of radioactive elements with atomic numbers 89 through 103
Actinism - picture of inside a body
Actinisms - picture of inside a body
actinium - a radioactive element of the actinide series; found in uranium ores
actinolite - a green mineral of the amphibole group; calcium magnesium iron silicate
Actinometer - photography device
Actinometers - photography device
actinomorphic - capable of division into symmetrical halves by any longitudinal plane passing through the axis
actinomycete - any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales
Action - something done
action figure - a doll representing a character known for vigorous activity, such as a soldier or superhero.
action group - A component of a naval task force.
action painting - a New York school of painting characterized by freely created abstractions; the first important school of American painting to develop independently of European styles
action plan - A planned series of actions, tasks or steps designed to achieve an objective or goal.
action potential - the local voltage change across the cell wall as a nerve impulse is transmitted
action research - Research involving social action.
action-packed - Full of action; dramatic and exciting.
actionable - affording grounds for legal action
Actioned - take place, happen
actioner - An action movie
Actioning - take place, happen
Actions - conduct
activate - put in motion or move to act
Activated - initiate something; start a function
activated carbon - powdered or granular carbon used for purifying by adsorption; given orally (as a slurry) it is an antidote for some kinds of poisons
Activates - initiate something; start a function
Activating - initiate something; start a function
activation - the activity of causing to have energy and be active
Activations - making conscious or alert
Activator - electrical device
Activators - electrical device
Active - having movement
active birth - childbirth during which the mother is encouraged to be an active participant
active citizen - a citizen who takes an active role in the community (as in crime prevention and neighborhood watch)
active duty - A state in which person in the military performs military duties on a full-time basis, as opposed to reserve, where one only occasionally performs military duties.
actively - in an active manner
Activeness - state of being active
Activenesses - state of being active
activewear - attire worn for sport or for casual wear
Activision -
activism - a policy of taking direct action to achieve a political or social goal
Activisms - action for change
activist - advocating or engaged in activism
Activists - special interest representative
Activities - state of being active
activity - an organic process that takes place in the body
activity -
Activize - energize
Activized - energize
Activizes - energize
Activizing - energize
actomyosin - a protein complex in muscle fibers; composed of myosin and actin; shortens when stimulated and causes muscle contractions
actor - a person who acts and gets things done
actorly - Pertaining or proper to an actor
Actors - person who performs, entertains by role-playing
actress - A female actor who performs in plays, movies, or television shows
Actresses - woman actor
actressy - Characteristic of an actress
Acts - something done
actual - being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something
Actualities - something that truly exists, is real
actuality - the state of actually existing objectively
Actualization - effect
Actualizations - effect
actualize - make real or concrete; give reality or substance to
Actualized - make real
Actualizes - make real
Actualizing - make real
actually - in actual fact
Actuals - genuine
actuarial - of or relating to the work of an actuary
Actuaries - person who inspects financial records
actuary - someone versed in the collection and interpretation of numerical data (especially someone who uses statistics to calculate insurance premiums)
actuate - give an incentive for action
Actuated - start a function or action, motivate
Actuates - start a function or action, motivate
Actuating - start a function or action, motivate
Actuation - drive, resolve
Actuations - drive, resolve
Acuate - knifelike, cutting
Acuities - ability to perceive, understand
acuity - sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart)
aculeate - having or resembling a stinger or barb
acumen - shrewdness shown by keen insight
Acumens - ability to understand and reason
Acuminate - pointed
Acuminated - pointed
Acuminates - pointed
Acuminating - pointed
Acumination - point
Acuminations - point
Acuminous - having a sharp end or part
acupressure - treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
acupuncture - Acupuncture (noun) is a traditional Chinese medical practice that involves inserting thin needles into specific points on the body to alleviate pain and treat various physical, mental, and emotional conditions.
acupuncturist - A healthcare professional who is qualified or professionally engaged in the practice of acupuncture.
acutance - Edge contrast in an image; a component of sharpness.
acute - extremely sharp or severe
acutely - in a keen or penetrating way
Acuteness - intensity
Acutenesses - intensity
Acyanotic -
acyclic - having an open chain structure
acyclovir - an oral antiviral drug (trade name Zovirax) used to treat genital herpes; does not cure the disease but relieves the symptoms
acyl - any group or radical of the form RCO- where R is an organic group
Ad - advertisement
ad hoc - for or concerned with one specific purpose
ad hocery - Use of ad hoc or improvised reasoning.
ad hominem - appealing to personal considerations (rather than to fact or reason)
ad interim - For an intervening time; temporarily
ad valorem - in proportion to the estimated value of the goods taxed
adage - A wise saying or proverb that has been passed down through time. It often offers a general truth or piece of advice about life.
Adages - saying or proverb
adagio - a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers
Adam-and-eve -
Adamancies - determination
Adamancy - determination
adamant - impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
Adamant -
adamantine - impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
adamantly - inflexibly; unshakably
adana - a city in southern Turkey on the Seyhan River
adapt - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
Adapt -
Adaptabilities - changeability
adaptability - the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances
adaptable - capable of adapting (of becoming or being made suitable) to a particular situation or use
adaptation - the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
Adaptations - act of adapting
Adapted - suitable
adapter - a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance
Adapters - fastening
Adapting - adjust to a different situation or condition
adaption - the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
Adaptions - adaptation
adaptive - having a capacity for adaptation
Adapts - adjust to a different situation or condition
adaxial - nearest to or facing toward the axis of an organ or organism
Adays - moment of truth
Add - simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation
add-on - a component that is added to something to improve it
Added - additional
addend - a number that is added to another number (the augend)
Addenda - something conjoined, added
addendum - textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
Addendums - something conjoined, added
Adder - snake
Adders - snake
addict - someone who is so ardently devoted to something that it resembles an addiction
addicted - compulsively or physiologically dependent on something habit-forming
Addictedness - reliance
Addictednesses - reliance
Addicting - usual, established
Addiction - a habit of activity, often injurious
Addictions - a habit of activity, often injurious
addictive - causing or characterized by addiction
Addicts - person who has compulsion toward
Adding - simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation
Addings - computation, account
Addis ababa -
Addison - A male given name transferred from the surname.
addition - something added to what you already have
additional - further or added
additionally - in addition, by way of addition; furthermore
Additions - process of conjoining, adding
additive - designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
Additives - added ingredient
Additory - accruing; growing in size or effect
addle - mix up or confuse
addled - confused and vague; used especially of thinking
Addlepated - giddy
Addles - confuse
Addling - confuse
addorsed - Set or turned back to back
address - put an address on (an envelope)
address book - A small book for keeping other people's addresses and phone numbers.
Addressability -
addressable - capable of being addressed
Addressed - write directions for delivery
addressee - one to whom something is addressed
Addressees - person who is resident of habitation
Addresses - place of residence or business where one can be contacted
Addressing - write directions for delivery
Addressings - posting
addressograph - a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing
Addrest - place of residence or business where one can be contacted
Adds - simple arithmetical process of increase; accumulation
adduce - advance evidence for
Adduced - affirm
Adduces - affirm
Adducing - affirm
adduction - (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body
adductor - a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line
addy - address (especially e-mail address)
adelaide - the state capital of South Australia
aden - an important port of Yemen; located on the Gulf of Aden; its strategic location has made it a major trading center of southern Arabia since ancient times
adenine - (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
adenocarcinoma - malignant tumor originating in glandular epithelium
Adenoid - smelling organ of animate being
adenoids - Relating to or resembling lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue.
adenoma - a benign epithelial tumor of glandular origin
Adenomatous -
adenosine - (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP
adenovirus - any of a group of viruses including those that in humans cause upper respiratory infections or infectious pinkeye
adenylate - The dissociated anion present in adenylic acid;' adenosine monophosphate.
adenylic acid - a nucleotide found in muscle cells and important in metabolism; reversibly convertible to ADP and ATP
adept - someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
Adeptly - tidily
Adeptness - ability
Adeptnesses - ability
Adepts - expert, skilled person, female or male
Adequacies - ability, competency in some
adequacy - the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
adequate - about average; acceptable
Adequately - sufficiently
Adequateness - fullness
Adequatenesses - fullness
Adequation -
adhere - stick to firmly
Adhered - stuck to
adherence - the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
Adherences - devotion
adherent - someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another
Adherents - supporter or follower
Adheres - conform to or follow rules exactly
Adhering - conform to or follow rules exactly
adhesion - the property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
Adhesions - holding fast
adhesive - a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together
Adhesiveness - cohesion
Adhesivenesses - cohesion
Adhesives - thick, gooey material that hardens
adhibit - To admit, as a person or thing; to take in.
adhocracy - an organization with little or no structure
adiabatic - occurring without loss or gain of heat
adiantum - cosmopolitan genus of ferns: maidenhair ferns; in some classification systems placed in family Polypodiaceae or Adiantaceae
adieu - a farewell remark
Adieus - parting remark or action
Adieux - parting remark or action
adios - a farewell remark
Adioses - have a nice trip
adipate - Any salt or ester of adipic acid
adipic acid - a carboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon
adipocere - A brown, fatty, waxy substance (fatty acids) that forms on dead animaltissues in response to hydrolysis
Adipocerous - fatty
adipocyte - a type of cell, present in adipose tissue, where fat is stored as a source of energy
adipose - composed of animal fat
adipose fin - A soft, fleshy fin found on the back of a fish behind the dorsal fin and just forward of the caudal fin.
Adiposities - heaviness
Adiposity - heaviness
adit - a nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine
Adits - access
adivasi - A member of a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups claimed to be the aboriginal population of India.
Adjacencies - community, surroundings
Adjacency - community, surroundings
adjacent - having a common boundary or edge; abutting; touching
adjective - of or relating to or functioning as an adjective
Adjectives - word that modifies a noun
adjoin - lie adjacent to another or share a boundary
Adjoined - be next to
adjoining - Of Adjoin
Adjoins - be next to
adjoint - An adjunct; a helper.
adjourn - break from a meeting or gathering
Adjourned - stop a proceeding
Adjourning - stop a proceeding
adjournment - the termination of a meeting
Adjournments - discontinuation or delay of a proceeding
Adjourns - stop a proceeding
adjudge - declare to be
Adjudged - judge
Adjudges - judge
Adjudging - judge
adjudicate - bring to an end; settle conclusively
Adjudicated - formally judge
Adjudicates - formally judge
Adjudicating - formally judge
adjudication - the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented
Adjudications - judgment
adjudicator - a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes
Adjudicators - person who settles dispute
adjunct - furnishing added support
adjunction - an act of joining or adjoining things
Adjunctive - indirect, secondary
Adjuncts - addition; help
Adjuration - promise
Adjurations - promise
adjure - ask for or request earnestly
Adjured - command
Adjures - command
Adjuring - command
adjust - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
Adjustabilities - ability to move
Adjustability - ability to move
adjustable - capable of being changed so as to match or fit
Adjusted - become or make prepared, adapted
Adjuster - pushbutton
Adjusters - pushbutton
Adjusting - become or make prepared, adapted
adjustment - the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)
Adjustments - adaptation
Adjusts - become or make prepared, adapted
adjutant - an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
Adjutants - assistant
adjuvant - furnishing added support
Adjuvants - something which incites activity
adlerian - Of or relating to Alfred Adler (1870��1937), Austrian medical doctor, psychotherapist, and founder of the school of individual psychology.
adman - someone whose business is advertising
admass - the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British)
Admeasure - allot
Admeasured - allot
admeasurement - Apportionment
Admeasurements - distribution
Admeasures - allot
Admeasuring - allot
admin - Administration, or administrative work
administer - work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
Administered - manage an organization or effort
Administering - manage an organization or effort
Administers - manage an organization or effort
Administrable - governable
Administrant - executive
Administrants - executive
administrate - work in an administrative capacity; supervise or be in charge of
Administrated - carry out
Administrates - carry out
Administrating - carry out
administration - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
Administrations - management of an organization or effort
administrative - of or relating to or responsible for administration
administrative assistant - a person employed by an individual or in an office to assist with correspondence, keep records, make appointments, and carry out similar tasks
administratively - by or for an administrator
Administrator - person who manages organization
Administrators - person who manages organization
administratrix - A female administrator.
admirable - deserving of the highest esteem or admiration
admirably - in an admirable manner
admiral - the supreme commander of a fleet; ranks above a vice admiral and below a fleet admiral
Admirals - highest us navy commander
admiralty - the department in charge of the navy (as in Great Britain)
admiration - A feeling of delighted approval and liking.
admiration -
Admirations - great respect
admire - feel admiration for
Admired - hold in high regard
admirer - someone who admires a young woman
Admirers - person who holds someone in high regard
Admires - hold in high regard
Admiring - hold in high regard
admiringly - In an admiring manner
Admissibilities - appropriateness
Admissibility - appropriateness
admissible - deserving to be admitted
admission - the fee charged for admission
Admissions - entering or allowing entry
admit - allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of
admit -
Admits - allow entry or use
admittance - the act of admitting someone to enter
Admittances - permission to enter
Admitted - allow entry or use
admittedly - as acknowledged
Admitting - allow entry or use
admix - mix or blend
Admixed - mix
Admixes - mix
Admixing - mix
Admixt - mix
admixture - an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base
Admixtures - blending
admonish - take to task
Admonished - warn, strongly criticize
Admonisher - honest critic or adviser
Admonishers - honest critic or adviser
Admonishes - warn, strongly criticize
Admonishing - cautionary
Admonishment - rebuke
Admonishments - rebuke
admonition - a firm rebuke
Admonitions - caution
Admonitor - mentor
Admonitors - mentor
admonitory - expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
adnate - of unlike parts or organs; growing closely attached
adnexa - accessory or adjoining anatomical parts or appendages to an organ (especially of the embryo)
adnominal - of or pertaining to an adnoun
Adnoun - word that modifies a noun
Adnouns - word that modifies a noun
ado - a rapid active commotion
adobe - sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates
Adobes - sun-dried brick
adobo - a dish of marinated vegetables and meat or fish; served with rice
adolescence - in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood
Adolescences - state of puberty, preadulthood
adolescent - displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
Adolescents - person in puberty, preadulthood
adonis - annual or perennial herbs
Adonises - good-looking person
adopt - put into dramatic form
Adopted - choose or take something as one's own
Adopting - choose or take something as one's own
adoption - the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source
Adoptions - choosing or taking something as one's own
adoptive - acquired as your own by free choice
adoptive parent - a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
Adopts - choose or take something as one's own
Ador -
adorable - lovable especially in a childlike or naive way
Adorable -
Adorableness - beauty
Adorablenesses - beauty
adoral - Located near the mouth
adoration - the act of admiring strongly
Adorations - intense love
adorbs - Adorable
adore - love intensely
Adored - love intensely
Adorer - believer
Adorers - believer
Adores - love intensely
Adoring - love intensely
Adoringly - tenderly
Adorn - decorate
Adorned - trimmed
Adorning - decorate
Adorningly -
adornment - a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness
Adornments - decorating, enhancing
Adorns - decorate
Adoxography -
adpressed - pressed close to or lying flat against something
Adre -
adrenal - either of a pair of complex endocrine glands situated near the kidney
adrenaline - a catecholamine secreted by the adrenal medulla in response to stress (trade name Adrenalin); stimulates autonomic nerve action
Adrenalines - state of excitement
adrenalized - simple past tense and past participle of adrenalize
adrenergic - relating to epinephrine (its release or action)
adriatic - an arm of the Mediterranean between Slovenia and Croatia and Montenegro and Albania on the east and Italy on the west
adrift - aimlessly drifting
adroit - quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
adroitly - with adroitness; in an adroit manner
adroitness - skillful performance or ability without difficulty
Adroitnesses - adeptness
Ads - advertisement
adscititious - added or derived from something outside; not inherent
adscititious -
Adscription - attribution
Adscriptions - attribution
adsorb - accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
adsorbate - capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid
adsorbent - a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance
adulate - To praise someone excessively or obsequiously.
Adulated - flatter
Adulates - flatter
Adulating - flatter
adulation - servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise
Adulations - overenthusiastic praise
Adulator - sycophant
Adulators - sycophant
adulatory - obsequiously complimentary
adult - designed to arouse lust
adulterant - making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials
Adulterants - contaminant
adulterate - corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
Adulterated - debased or dirty
Adulterates - alter or debase, often for profit
Adulterating - alter or debase, often for profit
Adulteration - corruption
Adulterations - corruption
Adulterator - contaminant
Adulterators - contaminant
adulterer - someone who commits adultery or fornication
Adulterers - person who has many love affairs
adulteress - a woman adulterer
Adulteries - extramarital affair
adulterine - conceived in adultery
adulterous - characterized by adultery
adultery - extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
adultescent - An adult who continues to participate in and enjoy youth culture
adulthood - the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
Adulthoods - physical maturity and strength of adult male or female
adulting - adultery
adultness - The state or quality of being an adult
Adultnesses - age of maturity
Adults - a mature, fully grown person
Adumbral - dark, covered
adumbrate - describe roughly or briefly or give the main points or summary of
Adumbrated - foreshadow
Adumbrates - foreshadow
Adumbrating - foreshadow
Adumbration - evidence, clue
Adumbrations - evidence, clue
Adumbrative - characteristic, typical
adust - dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight
advaita - A contraction of "Advaita Vedanta", which denotes an orthodox philosophical school of Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism)
advance - move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
advanced - far along in time
advanced degree - A university degree, such as an MSc or PhD, awarded after a baccalaureate on completion of a further program of academic studies.
advancement - gradual improvement or growth or development
Advancements - promotion, progress
Advances - desirous pursuit of someone
Advancing - move something forward, often quickly
advantage - benefit resulting from some event or action
advantaged - simple past tense and past participle of advantage
advantageous - giving an advantage
Advantageously - most excellently
Advantages - benefit, favored position or circumstance
Advantaging - be of use; use
advection - (meteorology) the horizontal transfer of heat or other atmospheric properties
advent - arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)
adventist - a member of Christian denomination that expects the imminent advent of Christ
adventitia - an enveloping or covering membrane or layer of body tissue
adventitious - associated by chance and not an integral part
Advents - beginning or arrival of something anticipated
adventure - take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
Adventured - risked
adventurer - someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
Adventurers - person who takes risks
Adventures - risky or unexpected undertaking
adventuresome - willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
adventuress - a woman adventurer
Adventuring - take a chance
adventurism - recklessness in politics or foreign affairs
adventurous - willing to undertake or seeking out new and daring enterprises
Adventurousness - daring
adverb - a word that modifies something other than a noun
adverbial - a word or group of words function as an adverb
Adverbs - word modifying a verb
Adversaria - memorabilia notebook
adversarial - Characteristic of, or in the manner of, an adversary; combative, hostile, opposed
Adversaries - opponent
adversary - someone who offers opposition
adversative - expressing antithesis or opposition
adverse - in an opposing direction
adversely - in an adverse manner
Adversities - bad luck, situation
adversity - a state of misfortune or affliction
Advert - refer
Adverted - refer
Advertence - remark, citation
Advertences - remark, citation
Advertent - alert, watchful
Adverting - refer
advertise - call attention to
Advertised - announced
advertisement - a public promotion of some product or service
Advertisements - public notice of sale
advertiser - someone whose business is advertising
Advertisers - supporter
Advertises - publicize for the purpose of selling or causing one to want
advertising - A public promotion of some product or service.
Advertisings - public notice of sale; notices to increase consumer desire
advertorial - an advertisement that is written and presented in the style of an editorial or journalistic report
Advertorials - full-length television program existing solely to market a product
Adverts - refer
advice - a proposal for an appropriate course of action
Advices - recommendation
Advil -
Advisabilities - recommendability
advisability - the quality of being advisable
advisable - worthy of being recommended or suggested; prudent or wise
advise - inform (somebody) of something
advised - having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel
advisedly - with intention; in an intentional manner
advisement - careful consideration
Advisements - careful considering
adviser - an expert who gives advice
Advisers - person who recommends, teaches, or otherwise helps
Advises - offer recommendation
Advising - offer recommendation
Advisor - guide
Advisories - announcement
Advisors - person who recommends, teaches, or otherwise helps
advisory - giving advice
advocaat - A Dutch liqueur made of egg yolks, sugar and strong liquor, typically brandy.
Advocacies - support for an idea or cause
advocacy - active support of an idea or cause etc.; especially the act of pleading or arguing for something
advocate - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
Advocated - support idea or cause publicly
Advocates - person supporting an idea or cause publicly
Advocating - support idea or cause publicly
Advocator - spreader of misinformation
Advocators - spreader of misinformation
advowson - the right in English law of presenting a nominee to a vacant ecclesiastical benefice
adygea - A republic of Russia to the south-west of the country, with capital Maykop.
Adyta - place one goes for peace
adytum - The innermost sanctuary or shrine in ancient temples, whence oracles were given. Hence: A private chamber; a sanctum.
Adz - large cutting tool
Adze - shaping tool
Adzes - large cutting tool
aedile - A magistrate in ancient Rome, who had the superintendence of public buildings, highways, shows, etc.; hence, a municipal officer.
aegean - an arm of the Mediterranean between Greece and Turkey; a main trade route for the ancient civilizations of Crete and Greece and Rome and Persia
aegis - kindly endorsement and guidance
Aegises - protection
aegisthus - (Greek mythology) the seducer of Clytemnestra and murderer of Agamemnon who usurped the throne of Mycenae until Agamemnon's son Orestes returned home and killed him
aegrotat - A medical certificate that a student is ill.
aeneas - a mythical Greek warrior who was a leader on the Trojan side of the Trojan War; hero of the Aeneid
aeneid - an epic in Latin by Virgil; tells the adventures of Aeneas after the Trojan War; provides an illustrious historical background for the Roman Empire
aeolian - a member of one of four linguistic divisions of the prehistoric Greeks
aeolus - god of the winds in ancient mythology
aeon - (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe
aeonian - of or relating to a geological eon (longer than an era)
Aeons - extent of time
aepyornis - huge (to 9 ft.) extinct flightless bird of Madagascar
aerate - expose to fresh air
aerated - supplied with carbon dioxide
Aerates - give air
Aerating - give air
aerial - a pass to a receiver downfield from the passer
aerialist - an acrobat who performs in the air (as on a rope or trapeze)
Aerialists - person who guides aircraft, ship, or other vehicle
Aerials - football pass toward opponent's goal
Aerie - nest
Aerier - filmy
Aeries - nest
Aeriest - filmy
Aerified - free; make clean
Aerifies - free; make clean
Aeriform - vaporous
Aerify - free; make clean
Aerifying - free; make clean
aero - An aeroplane, airship or the like
aero engine - aircraft engine
aerobatics - the performance of stunts while in flight in an aircraft
aerobic - depending on free oxygen or air
aerobicized - toned by the use of aerobics
aerobics - exercise that increases the need for oxygen
aerobiology - The study of the dispersion of airborne biological materials, as pollen, spores, microorganisms, or viruses.
aerodrome - an airfield equipped with control tower and hangars as well as accommodations for passengers and cargo
Aerodromes - runway for aircraft
aerodynamic - designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
Aerodynamical -
aerodynamics - the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow
Aeroembolism - decompression sickness
Aeroembolisms - decompression sickness
aerofoil - a device that provides reactive force when in motion relative to the surrounding air; can lift or control a plane in flight
aerogel - A porous, ultralight solid-state substance, similar to gel, in which the liquid component is replaced with gas.
Aerogram - letter sent to foreign country
aerogramme - a letter sent by air mail
Aerogrammes - letter sent to foreign country
Aerograms - letter sent to foreign country
aerolite - a stony meteorite consisting of silicate minerals
Aerologies - weather science
aerology - meteorology of the total extent of the atmosphere; especially the upper layers
aeromagnetic - Of or pertaining to aeromagnetics
aeromedical - of or relating to aviation medicine
Aeromedicine - study of flight disorders
Aeromedicines - study of flight disorders
aeromodelling - The building and flying of model aircraft
aeronaut - someone who operates an aircraft
aeronautical - of or pertaining to aeronautics
Aeronautical engineering -
aeronautics - the theory and practice of navigation through air or space
Aeronauts - person who guides aircraft, ship, or other vehicle
aerophagy - the swallowing of air, especially in hysteria.
aerophone - A form of combined speaking and ear trumpet.
Aerophyte - plant getting nutrients from air
Aerophytes - plant getting nutrients from air
aeroplane - an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets
Aeroplanes - early aircraft
aerosol - a dispenser that holds a substance under pressure and that can release it as a fine spray (usually by means of a propellant gas)
aerosolize - disperse as an aerosol
Aerosols - fine mist
aerospace - the atmosphere and outer space considered as a whole
aerosphere - The atmosphere.
aerostat - A balloonist; an aeronaut.
Aerotrain - fast train
Aerotrains - fast train
aertex - a trademark for a loosely woven cotton fabric that is used to make shirts and underwear
Aery - filmy
aeschylus - Greek tragedian; the father of Greek tragic drama (525-456 BC)
aesculapian - of or belonging to Aesculapius or the healing art
Aesculus -
aesop - Greek author of fables (circa 620-560 BC)
Aesthesiometer -
aesthete - one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art and nature
Aesthetes - person having great sensitivity to beauty
aesthetic - (philosophy) a philosophical theory as to what is beautiful
aesthetically - in a tasteful way
aestheticism - A doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard.
Aestheticisms - judgment, propriety
aesthetics - (art) the branch of philosophy dealing with beauty and taste (emphasizing the evaluative criteria that are applied to art)
aestival - (rare) of or occurring in summer
aestivate - sleep during summer
aestivation - (zoology) cessation or slowing of activity during the summer; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals during a hot or dry period
aetiology - the cause of a disease
Afar - a great distance away
Afara - a great distance away
Afars - a great distance away
afebrile - having no fever
Affabilities - amiability
Affability - amiability
Affable - friendly
Affably - civilly
Affair - matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity
Affaire - illicit sexual relationship
Affaires - illicit sexual relationship
Affairs - matter or business to be taken care of; happening activity
Affect - influence, affect emotionally
Affectabilities - susceptibility
Affectability - susceptibility
Affectable - easily taught; gullible
affectation - a deliberate pretense or exaggerated display
Affectations - pretended behavior to make an impression
Affected - deeply moved or hurt emotionally
Affectedness - affectation
Affectednesses - affectation
Affecting - moving
Affectingly - completely, intensely
Affection - strong fondness
Affectional - emotional
Affectionate - having or showing fondness
Affectionately - with compassion
Affections - strong fondness
Affective - concerning feelings and intuition
Affectivities - emotional attachment
Affectivity - emotional attachment
Affects - influence, affect emotionally
Afferent - affecting animate nerve organs
Affiance - one's word that something will be done
Affianced - engaged
Affiances - one's word that something will be done
Affiancing - marriage
Affiant - witness
Affiants - witness
Affiche - large paper advertisement
Affiches - large paper advertisement
Affidavit - written legal declaration
Affidavits - written legal declaration
Affiliate - organization that is associated with another
Affiliated - associated
Affiliates - organization that is associated with another
Affiliating - organization that is associated with another
Affiliation - association with an organization
Affiliations - association with an organization
Affinities - liking or inclination toward something
affinity - the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule
Affirm - declare the truth of something
Affirmation - declaration of the truth of something
Affirmations - declaration of the truth of something
Affirmative - being agreeable or assenting
Affirmatively - willingly, assenting; pleasantly; in keeping
Affirmatives - gesture of the head
Affirmatory - being agreeable or assenting
Affirmed - declare the truth of something
Affirming - declare the truth of something
Affirms - declare the truth of something
Affix - attach or stick
Affixed - attach or stick
Affixes - attach or stick
Affixing - attach or stick
afflatus - A divine creative impulse or inspiration.
Afflatuses - idea, stimulus
Afflict - cause or become hurt
Afflicted - distressed
Afflicting - cause or become hurt
Affliction - hurt condition; something that causes hurt
Afflictions - hurt condition; something that causes hurt
Afflictive - painful
Afflicts - cause or become hurt
Affluence - wealth
Affluences - wealth
Affluent - wealthy
Affluential - person who makes things happen
Affluentials - person who makes things happen
Affluently - plentifully
Afford - able to have or do; within financial means
Affordable - inexpensive
Afforded - able to have or do; within financial means
Affording - able to have or do; within financial means
Affords - able to have or do; within financial means
Afforestation - forest management
Afforestations - forest management
Affranchise - set free
Affranchised - set free
Affranchises - set free
Affranchising - set free
Affray - fight
Affrays - fight
Affricate - sound unit of speech
Affricates - sound unit of speech
Affright - frighten
Affrighted - frighten
Affrighting - frighten
Affrights - frighten
Affront - an insult
Affronted - insult or involve in entanglement
Affronting - insult or involve in entanglement
Affronts - an insult
Afghan - coverlet
Afghans - coverlet
aficionado - a fan of bull fighting
Aficionados - fan
Afield - beyond
Afire - on fire
Aflame - on fire
Afloat - floating
Aflutter - alarmed, apprehensive
Afoot - traveling by foot
Afore - earlier
Aforementioned - earlier, above
Aforesaid - said earlier
Aforethought - engaged; destined
Aforetime - earlier
Afoul - wrongly; defectively
Afp -
Afraid - fearful
Afresh - new or repeated
African elephant -
Afrikander -
Afro - frizzy hairstyle
Afros - frizzy hairstyle
Aft - rearward
After - following in position or time
After dark -
After this -
Afterbirth - amniotic sac
Afterbirths - amniotic sac
Aftereffect - consequence, effect
Aftereffects - repercussion
Afterglow - gloss, shine
Afterglows - gloss, shine
Afterimage - ability to perceive with eyes
Afterimages - ability to perceive with eyes
Afterlife - life after death
Afterlives - life after death
Aftermath - situation following an event, occurrence
Aftermaths - situation following an event, occurrence
Aftermost - final; newest
Afternoon - period after 12 noon and before sunset
Afternoons - period after 12 noon and before sunset
Afterpiece - ending of an event
Afterpieces - ending of an event
Aftershock - earthquake
Aftershocks - earthquake
Aftertaste - flavor of some quality
Aftertastes - flavor of some quality
Afterthought - idea that occurs after it is timely
Afterthoughts - idea that occurs after it is timely
Aftertime - time to come
Aftertimes - time to come
Afterward - following
Afterwards - following
Afterword - matter at end of document
Afterwords - matter at end of document
Afterworld - place where god lives; wonderful feeling
Afterworlds - place where god lives; wonderful feeling
Ag - chief legal officer
Again - another time; repeated
Against - opposite to
Agamic - non-sexual
Agamist -
Agamogenetic - non-sexual
Agamous - non-sexual
Agapae - sympathy
Agapai - sympathy
Agape - amazed
Agate - printing font
Agates - printing font
Age - period of animate existence
Aged - old
Agedness - age
Agednesses - age
Agee - bent, angled
Ageing - become older
Ageism - age-based discrimination
Ageisms - age-based discrimination
Ageless - enduring
Agencies - organization, often business-related
Agency - organization, often business-related
Agenda - list of things to do
Agenda item -
Agendas - list of things to do
Agendum - list of things to do
Agendums - written description; diagram
Agent - person representing an organization or person in business
Agents - person representing an organization or person in business
Ages - period of animate existence
Aggie - concerning farming, land
Agglomerate - bunch
Agglomerated - congregate
Agglomerates - bunch
Agglomerating - congregate
Agglomeration - collection
Agglomerations - collection
Agglutinant - adhesive
Agglutinate - unite
Agglutinated - unite
Agglutinates - unite
Agglutinating - unite
Agglutination - merger, joining
Agglutinations - merger, joining
Agglutinative - gummy, adhesive
Agglutinin - antitoxin
Agglutinins - antitoxin
Agglutinogen - antitoxin
Agglutinogens - antitoxin
Aggradation -
aggrandize - To make something seem greater or more important than it really is.
Aggrandized - cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
Aggrandizement - exaltation
Aggrandizements - exaltation
Aggrandizes - cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
Aggrandizing - cause something to seem or be greater, bigger
Aggravate - annoy
Aggravated - annoy
Aggravates - annoy
Aggravating - annoy
Aggravation - annoyance
Aggravations - annoyance
Aggravations -
Aggregate - forming a collection from separate parts
Aggregated - combine into a collection
Aggregates - collection
Aggregating - combine into a collection
Aggregation - collection
Aggregations - collection
aggress - take the initiative and go on the offensive
Aggressed - attack
Aggresses - attack
Aggressing - attack
Aggression - attack, often military
Aggressions - attack, often military
Aggressive - belligerent, hostile
Aggressiveness - aggression
Aggressor - attacker
Aggressors - attacker
Aggrieve - wrong
Aggrieved - very distressed
Aggrieves - wrong
Aggrieving - wrong
Aggro - disturbance caused by a minor legal offense
Aggros - disturbance caused by a minor legal offense
Aghast - horrified; very surprised
Agile - physically or mentally nimble, deft
Agilely - gently, effortlessly
Agileness - agility
Agilenesses - agility
Agilities - physical or mental nimbleness, deftness
Agility - physical or mental nimbleness, deftness
Agin - antagonistic
Agin -
Aging - becoming older
Agings - becoming older
Agiotage -
Agita - anxiety
Agitable - very nervous
Agitas - anxiety
Agitate - shake physically
Agitated - disturbed
Agitatedly - frenziedly
Agitates - shake physically
Agitating - shake physically
Agitation - shaking, mixing
Agitations - shaking, mixing
Agitative - vexing
Agitator - person who disturbs, causes trouble
Agitators - person who disturbs, causes trouble
Agitprop - information that is designed to mislead or persuade
Agitprops - information that is designed to mislead or persuade
Agleam - bright, glistening
Aglow - illuminated
Agname - title given to something, someone
Agnames - title given to something, someone
Agnate - kindred
Agnates - member of a family
Agnomen - nickname
Agnomina - nickname
Agnostic - person unsure that god exists
Agnosticism - refusal to believe
Agnosticisms - refusal to believe
Agnostics - person unsure that god exists
Ago - in the past
agog - highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, etc.
Agonies - suffering, pain
agonistic - striving to overcome in argument
Agonistics -
Agonize - suffer or cause another to suffer
Agonized - suffer or cause another to suffer
Agonizes - suffer or cause another to suffer
Agonizing - difficult and painful, suffering
Agonizingly - painfully
Agony - suffering, pain
Agora - collection of stores in one place
Agorae - collection of stores in one place
agoraphobia - a morbid fear of open spaces (as fear of being caught alone in some public place)
Agoras - collection of stores in one place
Agorot - collection of stores in one place
Agoroth - collection of stores in one place
Agouara -
Agrarian - concerning land, farming
Agree - be in unison, assent with another
Agreeabilities - amiability
Agreeability - amiability
Agreeable - pleasing
Agreeableness - amiability
Agreeablenesses - amiability
Agreeably - willingly, assenting; pleasantly; in keeping
Agreed - be in unison, assent with another
Agreeing - be agreeable or suitable
Agreement - concurrence
Agreements - concurrence
Agrees - be in unison, assent with another
Agrestal - organic, unrefined
Agrestic - peaceful, especially referring to the countryside
Agricultural - concerning farming, land
Agriculturalist - person who produces crops, raises animals
Agriculture - farming, crop production
Agricultures - farming, crop production
Agriculturist - farmer
Agriculturists - farmer
Agrologies - development of land for growing
Agrology - development of land for growing
Agronomic - country, not urban
Agronomical - concerning farming, land
Agronomics - development of land for growing
Agronomies - development of land for growing
Agronomist - farmer
Agronomists - farmer
Agronomy - development of land for growing
Aground - on the bottom of
Ags - chief legal officer
Ague - shivering
Agues - shivering
Ah - emphatic exclamation
Aha - understanding
Ahead - in front or advance of
Ahem - emphatic exclamation
Ahoy - yelled statement
Ahs - emphatic exclamation
Ahsan -
Ai - machine intelligence
Aid - help, support
Aide - assistant
Aided - help, support
Aider - generosity
Aiders - advocate
Aides - person who helps
Aiding - help, support
Aids - immunological disorder
Aigrette - topknot on head of animal
Aigrettes - topknot on head of animal
Aiguille - top of something
Aiguilles - top of something
Aikido - far eastern discipline or sport
Ail - hurt
Ailed - hurt
Aileron - organ, device of flight
Ailerons - organ, device of flight
Ailing - not feeling well
Ailment - mild sickness
Ailments - mild sickness
Ails - hurt
ailurophobia - a morbid fear of cats
Aim - goal
Aimed - proposed
Aiming - point or direct at a goal
Aimless - having no goal
Aimlessly - incidentally
Aims - goal
Air - gases forming the atmosphere
Air defense -
Air taxi -
Airborne - in the air, winged
Airbrush -
Airbrushing - the act of applying paint
Airbus - vehicle propelled by ejection of pressurized gas or liquid
Airbuses - vehicle propelled by ejection of pressurized gas or liquid
Aircraft - airplane
Airdrome - center for transportation by air
Airdromes - center for transportation by air
Airdrop - transport
Airdropped - transport
Airdropping - transport
Airdrops - transport
Aired - exposed to the air
Airfield - airplane landing area
Airfields - airplane landing area
Airflow - light wind
Airflows - light wind
Airfoil - organ, device of flight
Airfoils - organ, device of flight
Airgraph - letter sent to foreign country
Airgraphs - letter sent to foreign country
Airhead - dullard
Airheaded - out to lunch
Airheads - dullard
Airier - open to the atmosphere
Airiest - open to the atmosphere
Airily - gently, effortlessly
Airiness - the state of being light
Airinesses - the state of being light
Airing - put into the atmosphere; freshen
Airings - expedition
Airless - without fresh air
Airlift - transit
Airlifted - transit
Airlifting - transit
Airlifts - transit
Airline - air carrier
Airliner - airplane
Airliners - airplane
Airlines - air carrier
Airmail - rapid mail delivery system
Airmails - rapid mail delivery system
Airplane - vehicle that transports cargo or passengers through the air
Airplanes - vehicle that transports cargo or passengers through the air
Airport - center for transportation by air
Airports - center for transportation by air
Airs - affectation; pretended behavior
Airship - aircraft
Airships - aircraft
Airshow -
Airsickness - sickness in motor vehicle
Airsicknesses - sickness in motor vehicle
Airstream - wheeled vehicle for living
Airstreams - wheeled vehicle for living
Airstrip - airplane landing area
Airstrips - airplane landing area
Airtight - sealed
Airway - ventilating pipe
Airways - ventilating pipe
Airy - open to the atmosphere
Ais - machine intelligence
Aisle - passageway dividing something
Aisles - passageway dividing something
Ait - small island
Aits - small island
Ajar - slightly open
Aka - as known or named at another time or place
Akas - pretend name for author
Akela -
akimbo - (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body
Akin - related or connected
Akita - dog
Akitas - dog
Ala - emphatic exclamation
Alabaster - smooth and white
Alabastrine - smooth and white
Alack -
Alacrities - liveliness; promptness
Alacritous - fast, quick
alacrity - liveliness and eagerness
Alain -
Alameda - promenade
Alamedas - promenade
Alana -
Alar - feathered
Alarm - feeling of sudden fear
Alarmable - very nervous
Alarmed - frightened
Alarming - causing fear
Alarmingly - precariously
Alarmist - person who spreads alarm
Alarmists - person who spreads alarm
Alarms - feeling of sudden fear
Alarum - alarm
Alarums - alarm
Alary - feathered
Alas - unfortunately
Alaska - u.s. state
Alaskas - u.s. state
Alate - with wings
Alb - gown
Albatross - burden
Albatrosses - burden
Albeit - although
Alber -
Albescent -
Albino - having light-colored hair
Albinos - light
Albs - gown
Album - blank book for collecting; holder
Albums - blank book for collecting; holder
Alcaide -
Alcazar - royal or enormous home
Alcazars - royal or enormous home
Alchemical - concerned with atom and molecule change
Alchemies - medieval science
Alchemist - wizard
Alchemistic - secret, concealed
Alchemists - wizard
Alchemy - medieval science
Alcohol - intoxicating, flammable liquid
Alcohol-dependent -
Alcoholic - intoxicating
Alcoholics - intoxicating
Alcoholism - alcohol abuse
Alcoholisms - alcohol abuse
Alcohols - intoxicating, flammable liquid
Alcove - nook, secluded spot
Alcoves - nook, secluded spot
Ale - intoxicating, fermented beverage
Aleatory - not planned
Alee - ahead, beyond
Alehouse - business establishment that primarily serves liquor
Alehouses - business establishment that primarily serves liquor
Alembic - holder for physical object
Alembicated - extremely sophisticated and picky
Alembics - holder for physical object
Alert - attentive, lively
Alerted - warn
Alerting - attentive, lively
Alertly - cleverly
Alertness - watchfulness
Alertnesses - watchfulness
Alerts - warning
Ales - intoxicating, fermented beverage
Alevins -
Alfreds -
Alfresco - external
Algae - rootless, leafless plants living in water
Algebra - arithmetic
Algebraic - concerning manipulation of numbers
Algebras - arithmetic
Algefacient -
Algid - cold
Algidities - frigid conditions
Algidity - frigid conditions
Algonquins -
Algor - frigid conditions
Algorithm - treasure; invention
Algorithmic - concerning manipulation of numbers
Algorithms - treasure; invention
Algors - frigid conditions
Alhenna -
Alias - otherwise known as
Aliases - false name
Alibi - defense against charges of wrongdoing; evidence of absence
Alibied - legitimize, substantiate
Alibiing - legitimize, substantiate
Alibis - defense against charges of wrongdoing; evidence of absence
Alien - foreign
Alienate - cause unfriendliness, hostility
Alienated - estranged
Alienates - cause unfriendliness, hostility
Alienating - cause unfriendliness, hostility
Alienation - unfriendliness
Alienations - unfriendliness
Aliened - abandon, surrender
Aliening - abandon, surrender
Aliens - foreign being
Alight - land
Alighted - land
Alighting - land
Alights - land
Align - line up, arrange next to
Aligned - line up, arrange next to
Aligning - line up, arrange next to
Alignment - lining up
Alignments - lining up
Aligns - line up, arrange next to
Alike - similar
Alikeness - likeness
Alikenesses - likeness
Aliment - food
Alimental - healthy
Alimentary - digestive
Alimentation - nourishment
Alimentations - nourishment
Alimentative - healthful
Aliments - food
Alimonies - money paid in support of a former spouse
Alimony - money paid in support of a former spouse
Aliquant -
Alit - land
Alive - being animately existent
Aliveness - knowledge
Alivenesses - knowledge
Alkalescent - being basic, not acid (chemically)
Alkali - soluble base; opposite of an acid
Alkalies - soluble base; opposite of an acid
Alkaline - being basic, not acid (chemically)
Alkaline earth -
Alkalis - soluble base; opposite of an acid
Alkies - intoxicating, flammable liquid
Alky - intoxicating, flammable liquid
All - whole quantity
All over -
Allantoin -
Allay - reduce something, usually a pain or a problem
Allayed - reduce something, usually a pain or a problem
Allaying - reduce something, usually a pain or a problem
Allayment - remedy, aid; relaxation
Allayments - remedy, aid; relaxation
Allays - reduce something, usually a pain or a problem
Allegation - assertion placing blame
Allegations - assertion placing blame
Allege - assert; claim
Alleged - asserted, often doubtful
Allegedly - by allegation
Alleges - assert; claim
Allegiance - loyalty
Allegiances - loyalty
Allegiant - faithful
Alleging - assert; claim
Allegorical - symbolic
Allegories - indirect representation, storytelling
Allegorist - recounter of stories
Allegorists - recounter of stories
Allegorize - compare
Allegorized - compare
Allegorizes - compare
Allegorizing - compare
Allegory - indirect representation, storytelling
Alleluia - religious song
Alleluias - religious song
Allergen - irritant
Allergens - irritant
Allergic - having a reaction to food, material, etc.
Allergies - reaction to certain food, material, etc.
Allergy - reaction to certain food, material, etc.
Alleviate - relieve; lessen
Alleviated - relieve; lessen
Alleviates - relieve; lessen
Alleviating - relieve; lessen
alleviation - The act of making something less severe, serious, or painful.
Alleviations - relief
Alleviative - healing, restorative
Alleviator - mitigator
Alleviators - mitigator
Alley - narrow passage
Alleys - narrow passage
Alleyway - path for travel
Alleyways - path for travel
Alliance - friendly association, agreement
Alliances - friendly association, agreement
Allied - friendly; united
Allies - something united with another, especially by treaty
Alligation -
Alliteration - duplication; doing again
Alliterations - duplication; doing again
Alliterative - wordy, tedious
Alliterator -
Allness - wholeness, whole
Allnesses - wholeness, whole
Allocate - assign; divide among
Allocated - assign; divide among
Allocates - assign; divide among
Allocating - assign; divide among
Allocation - distribution
Allocations - distribution
Allocution - formal speech or address
Allocutions - formal speech or address
Allogamous -
Allograft -
Allomerism -
Allonym - pretend name for author
Allonyms - pretend name for author
Allot - assign; give portion
Allotment - portion assigned or given
Allotments - portion assigned or given
Allotrope - gemstone
Allotropes - gemstone
Allots - assign; give portion
Allotted - assign; give portion
Allotting - assign; give portion
Allover - ever-present
Allovers - anxious state
Allow - admit; acknowledge
Allowable - permissible
Allowably - in accordance with the law
Allowance - amount of money or other supply
Allowances - amount of money or other supply
Alloway -
Allowed - admit; acknowledge
Allowing - admit; acknowledge
Allows - admit; acknowledge
Alloy - mixture, usually of two metals
Alloyed - impure
Alloying - mixture, usually of two metals
Alloys - mixture, usually of two metals
Alls - whole quantity
Allude - hint at
Alluded - hint at
Alludes - hint at
Alluding - hint at
Allure - appeal
Allured - appeal
Allurement - lure
Allurements - lure
Allurer - seducer
Allurers - seducer
Allures - appeal
Alluring - attractive
Alluringly - in an attractive or pleasing manner
Allusion - indirect reference; hint
Allusions - indirect reference; hint
Allusive - suggestive
Alluvia - liquid emitted
Alluvial - earthly
Alluvion - flood
Alluvions - flood
Alluvium - liquid emitted
Alluviums - liquid emitted
Ally - something united with another, especially by treaty
Allying - similar
Almanac - document containing information for a year
Almanacs - document containing information for a year
Almighty - having complete power, control
Almost - nearly, very nearly
Alms - handout
Almsgiver - donor
Almsgivers - donor
Almsgiving - humanitarianism
Almsgivings - humanitarianism
Almsman - beggar
Almsmen - beggar
Almswoman - beggar
Almswomen - beggar
Aloft - high up
Aloha - greeting
Alohas - greeting
Alone - separate; apart
Aloneness - state of being alone
Alonenesses - state of being alone
Along - ahead
Alongside - close, near side of
Aloof - remote
Aloofness - detachment
Aloofnesses - detachment
Alopecia - male hair loss
Alopecias - male hair loss
Alors -
Aloud - in a spoken voice, usually not softly
Alp - mountain
Alpenstock - stick that aids a walker
Alpenstocks - stick that aids a walker
Alpha - beginning
Alphabet - letters of a writing system
Alphabetical - in ascending order of a writing system
Alphabetize - place in order of a writing system
Alphabetized - place in order of a writing system
Alphabetizes - place in order of a writing system
Alphabetizing - place in order of a writing system
Alphabets - letters of a writing system
Alphas - beginning
Alphonse -
Alpine - mountaintop; high altitude
Alpines - evergreen
Alpinism - mountain climbing
Alpinisms - mountain climbing
Alpinist - mountain climber
Alpinists - mountain climber
Alps - mountain
Alr -
Already - before expected time
Already -
Also - in addition to
Alt - keyboard button with specific function
Altai -
Altar - church table, pedestal
Altar boy -
Altars - church table, pedestal
Alter - change
Alterable - changeable
Alterant - limiter
Alterants - limiter
Alteration - change
Alterations - change
Altercate - verbally fight
Altercated - verbally fight
Altercates - verbally fight
Altercating - verbally fight
Altercation - fight, often verbal
Altercations - fight, often verbal
Altered - changed
Alterer - limiter
Alterers - limiter
Altering - change
Alterities - conflict, disagreement
Alterity - conflict, disagreement
Alternate - substitute
Alternated - take turns, change back and forth
Alternately - alternatively
Alternates - substitute
Alternating - take turns, change back and forth
Alternation - repeated rotation
Alternations - repeated rotation
Alternative - other, alternate
Alternatively - preferably; instead
Alternatives - possible choice
Alternator - engine converting energy
Alternators - engine converting energy
Alters - change
Although - even though
Alti -
Altisonant -
Altitude - height in the sky
Altitudes - height in the sky
Altitudinous - high in stature, length
Alto - low
Altogether - as a whole
Altogethers - the state of having no clothes on
Altos - high male voice
altruism - Disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.
Altruisms - unselfish concern
Altruist - humanitarian
Altruistic - unselfish
Altruistically - with an open heart
Altruists - humanitarian
Alts - keyboard button with specific function
Alum - graduate
Aluminum - container, usually metallic
Aluminums - container, usually metallic
Alumna - graduate
Alumnae - graduate
Alumni - graduate
Alumnus - graduate
Alums - graduate
Alveolate - pertaining to honey
Alveoli - lover
Alveolus - lover
Alway - yes
Always - forever; continually
Am - exist
Amain - at a tremendous rate
Amalgam - mixture
amalgamate - to bring or combine together or with something else
amalgamate - to bring or combine together or with something else
Amalgamated - blend
Amalgamates - blend
Amalgamating - blend
Amalgamation - mixture
Amalgamations - mixture
Amalgams - mixture
Amanuenses - assistant
Amanuensis - assistant
Amaranthine - endless
Amass - gather, accumulate
Amassed - gather, accumulate
Amasses - gather, accumulate
Amassing - gather, accumulate
Amassment - accumulation
Amassments - accumulation
Amateur - casual participant
Amateurish - unprofessional
Amateurishness - clumsiness; inelegance
Amateurs - casual participant
Amative - affectionate
Amativeness - desire
Amativenesses - desire
Amatory - affectionate, desirous
Amaurotic - sightless
Amaze - surprise
Amazed - surprise
Amazement - state of surprise
Amazements - state of surprise
Amazes - surprise
Amazing - astonishing
Amazingly - oddly
Amazon - mean lady
Amazons - mean lady
Ambagious - going around, indirect
Ambaries - plant
Ambary - plant
Ambassador - representative to a foreign country
Ambassadors - representative to a foreign country
Amber - gold-colored
Ambers - gold-colored
Ambiance - environment
Ambiances - environment
Ambiant -
Ambidexterities - insincerity
Ambidexterity - insincerity
Ambidextrous - insincere
Ambience - environment
Ambiences - environment
Ambient - flowing
Ambients - atmosphere, setting
Ambiguities - uncertainty of meaning
Ambiguities -
Ambiguity - uncertainty of meaning
Ambiguous - having more than one meaning
Ambiguous statement -
Ambiguously - inarticulately
Ambiguousness - vagueness
Ambiguousnesses - vagueness
Ambit - extent
Ambition - strong desire for success
Ambitions - strong desire for success
Ambitious - desiring success
Ambitiousness - ambition
Ambitiousnesses - ambition
Ambits - extent
ambivalence - The state of having mixed or contradictory feelings about something or someone.; Uncertainty or indecision about something.
Ambivalences - equivocation
Ambivalent - conflicting
amble - walk leisurely
Ambled - walk casually
Ambler - person traveling on foot
Amblers - person traveling on foot
Ambles - walk casually
Ambling - walk casually
Ambo - reading desk
Ambos - reading desk
Ambries - depository
Ambrosia - food of the gods
ambrosial - extremely pleasing to the taste; sweet and fragrant
Ambrosias - food of the gods
Ambry - depository
Ambulance - emergency vehicle
Ambulances - emergency vehicle
Ambulant - roaming
Ambulate - walk about
Ambulated - walk about
Ambulates - walk about
Ambulating - walk about
Ambulation - movement, action
Ambulations - movement, action
Ambulator - person who walks
Ambulators - person who walks
Ambulatory - changing position; able to move under own power
Ambuscade - ambush
Ambuscaded - ambush
Ambuscades - ambush
Ambuscading - ambush
Ambush - lying in wait; concealed position
Ambushed - lie in wait; attack
Ambushes - lying in wait; concealed position
Ambushing - lying in wait; concealed position
Ambushment - lying in wait; concealed position
Ambushments - lying in wait; concealed position
Ameba - minute organism
Amebae - minute organism
Amebas - minute organism
Ameer -
Ameliorate - make, become better
Ameliorated - make, become better
Ameliorates - make, become better
Ameliorating - make, become better
amelioration - the act of relieving ills and changing for the better
Ameliorations - improvement
Ameliorative - healing
Amen - so be it
Amenabilities - complaisance
Amenability - complaisance
Amenable - willing, cooperative
Amenableness - complaisance
Amenablenesses - complaisance
Amend - improve, correct
Amendable - controllable
Amendatory - corrective
Amended - improve, correct
Amending - improve, correct
Amendment - correction, improvement
Amendments - correction, improvement
Amends - compensation
Amened - so be it
Amening - so be it
Amenities - comforts
Amenity - pleasant thing
Amens - so be it
Amentia - mental handicap
Amentias - mental handicap
Amerce - penalize
Amerced - penalize
Amercement - fine
Amercements - fine
Amerces - penalize
Amercing - penalize
Amethyst - blue and red colors mixed together
Amethysts - blue and red colors mixed together
Amiabilities - pleasant and friendly
Amiability - pleasant and friendly
Amiable - friendly, agreeable
Amiableness - amiability
Amiablenesses - amiability
Amiably - in a welcome manner
Amicabilities - companionship
Amicability - companionship
Amicable - friendly, especially regarding an agreement
Amicableness - friendship
Amicablenesses - friendship
Amicably - willingly, assenting; pleasantly; in keeping
Amice - gown
Amices - gown
Amid - middle
Amidst - middle from two points
Amiga - person's friend
Amigas - person's friend
Amigo - friend
Amigos - friend
Amir - prince
Amirs - prince
Amiss - wrong; defective
Amities - friendship
Amitosis - formation of cells by dividing
Amity - friendship
Ammo - facts, news
Ammonia - pungent gas, liquid
Ammonias - pungent gas, liquid
Ammonium alum -
Ammophilous - pertaining to sand
Ammos - facts, news
Ammunition - projectiles for weaponry
Ammunitions - projectiles for weaponry
Amnesia - memory loss
Amnesiac - forgetful
Amnesias - memory loss
Amnesic - unaware, ignorant
Amnestic - forgetful
Amnestied - forgive
Amnesties - pardon, often by government
Amnesty - pardon, often by government
Amnestying - forgive
Amnia - amniotic sac
Amnion - amniotic sac
Amnions - amniotic sac
Amoeba - protozoa
Amoebae - protozoa
Amoebas - protozoa
Amoebic - basic, natural
Amok - broken; crazy
Among - in the middle of; between
Amongst - middle
Amoral - immoral, uncontrolled
Amorist - gallant
Amorists - gallant
Amoroso - financial provider
amorous - inclined toward or displaying love
Amorousness - love
Amorousnesses - love
Amorphous - without definite shape, character
Amortization - fee; installment of fee
Amortizations - fee; installment of fee
Amotivation - a lack of motivation or inability to find any reason to engage in an activity
Amount - quantity
Amounted - equal, add up to
Amounting - quantity
Amounts - quantity
Amour - romance
Amours - romance
Amoxicillin - medicine
Amoxicillins - medicine
Amp - speaker
Amphetamine - hard drug
Amphetamines - hard drug
Amphibian - cold-blooded vertebrate
Amphibians - cold-blooded vertebrate
Amphibious - occurring in water
Amphibological - hard to understand
Amphibologies - equivocation
Amphibology - equivocation
Amphigories - jargon
Amphigory - jargon
Amphitheater - arena
Amphitheaters - arena
Amphitheatre - building or enclosure for entertainment or sports
Amphitheatres - building or enclosure for entertainment or sports
Amphora - large jug
Amphorae - large jug
Amphoras - large jug
Ampicillin - medicine
Ampicillins - medicine
Ample - more than necessary, sufficient
Ampleness - great amount or supply
Amplenesses - great amount or supply
Ampler - more than necessary, sufficient
Amplest - more than necessary, sufficient
Amplification - increase in size or effect
Amplifications - increase in size or effect
Amplified - increase in size or effect
Amplifier - speaker
Amplifiers - speaker
Amplifies - increase in size or effect
Amplify - increase in size or effect
Amplifying - increase in size or effect
Amplitude - bulk
Amplitudes - bulk
Amply - fully, sufficiently
Ampoule - container
Ampoules - container
Amps - speaker
Ampul - container
Ampulla - small container for liquid
Ampullae - small container for liquid
Ampuls - container
Amputate - remove a limb
Amputated - remove a limb
Amputates - remove a limb
Amputating - remove a limb
Amrita - sweet drink
Amritas - sweet drink
Amuck - crazily
Amucks - crazily
Amulet - charm
Amulets - charm
Amur -
Amuse - entertain; make laugh
Amused - pleasantly occupied
Amusement - entertaining, making someone laugh
Amusements - entertaining, making someone laugh
Amuses - entertain; make laugh
Amusing - entertaining, funny
Amusingly - comically
Amylene -
Ana - a body of the most important, influential or superior works in music, literature, or art
Anabases - advancement, gain
Anabasis - advancement, gain
Anabolism - absorption
Anabolisms - absorption
anachronism - A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.; An act of attributing a custom, event, or object to a period to which it does not belong.
Anachronisms - error in time placement
Anachronistic - no longer in use, in vogue
Anachronous - old-fashioned
Anacreontic - affectionate
Anadem - band
Anadems - band
Anaesthesia - induced sleep; induced absence of feeling
Anaesthesias - induced sleep; induced absence of feeling
Anaesthetic - sleep-inducing or numbing drug
Anaesthetics - sleep-inducing or numbing drug
Anagogic - occult
Anagram - puzzle
Anagrams - puzzle
Anal - excessively orderly
Analects - a body of the most important, influential or superior works in music, literature, or art
Analeptic - healing
Analeptics - stimulant
Analgesia - dullness
Analgesias - dullness
Analgesic - pain remover
Analgesics - pain remover
Analog - one of a pair; partner
Analogies - agreement, similarity
Analogize - compare
Analogized - compare
Analogizes - compare
Analogizing - compare
Analogous - agreeing, similar
Analogously - relatively
Analogousness - correspondence in appearance; something that corresponds
Analogousnesses - correspondence in appearance; something that corresponds
Analogs - one of a pair; partner
Analogue - parallel
Analogues - parallel
Analogy - agreement, similarity
Analyses - examination and determination
Analysis - examination and determination
Analyst - person who examines and determines; psychoanalyst
Analysts - person who examines and determines; psychoanalyst
Analytic - logical
Analytical - examining
Analytically - tentatively
Analytics - science of logical analysis
Analyze - examine and determine
Analyzed - examine and determine
Analyzer - research worker
Analyzers - research worker
Analyzes - examine and determine
Analyzing - examine and determine
Anamneses - ability to hold in the mind
Anamnesis - ability to hold in the mind
Anamnestic - remembered
Anamorphic - crooked
Anamorphoses - distortion, mutilation
Anamorphosis - distortion, mutilation
Anapestic - with rhythm and beauty; related to poetic composition
Anaphora - turn of expression
Anaphoras - turn of expression
Anaplasties - plastic surgery
Anaplasty - plastic surgery
Anarch - rebel
Anarchic - instigative, angering
Anarchical - rebellious
Anarchies - lawlessness; absence of government
Anarchism - uprising, disorder
Anarchisms - uprising, disorder
Anarchist - person who opposes the idea of government and laws
Anarchistic - reckless, ungoverned
Anarchists - person who opposes the idea of government and laws
Anarchs - rebel
Anarchy - lawlessness; absence of government
Anas - a body of the most important, influential or superior works in music, literature, or art
Anastomotic - joining
anathema - Something or someone intensely disliked or abhorred.; A formal curse or ban.
Anathemas - something hated
Anathematize - curse
Anathematized - curse
Anathematizes - curse
Anathematizing - curse
Anatomic - fundamental
Anatomical - basic, natural
Anatomies - study of animal, plant structure
Anatomization - cutting up, particularly of a dead body
Anatomizations - cutting up, particularly of a dead body
Anatomize - analyze
Anatomized - analyze
Anatomizes - analyze
Anatomizing - analyze
Anatomy - study of animal, plant structure
Ancestor - predecessor in family
Ancestors - predecessor in family
Ancestral - related to previous family or family trait
Ancestries - family predecessors; family history
Ancestry - family predecessors; family history
Anchor - something used to hold another thing securely
Anchorage - mooring
Anchorages - mooring
Anchored - hold, be held securely
Anchoring - hold, be held securely
Anchorite - man who devotes life to contemplation of god
Anchorites - man who devotes life to contemplation of god
Anchorman -
Anchorpeople - person who informs
Anchorperson - person who informs
Anchorpersons - person who informs
Anchors - something used to hold another thing securely
Ancient - old, often very old
Anciently - in ancient times
Ancientness - oldness
Ancientnesses - oldness
Ancients - person born in the country in which he/she dwells
Ancilla - employee
Ancillaries - subsidiary
Ancillary - extra; supplementary
Ancillas - employee
Ancon - angular part of arm; angularly shaped item
Ancones - angular part of arm; angularly shaped item
And - in addition to; plus
Anderton -
Andiron - metal fireplace support
Andirons - metal fireplace support
Andizhan -
Androgynous - having male and female traits
Android - like a man
Androids - robot
Androsterone -
Ands - in addition to; plus
Anecdotal - informal
Anecdote - interesting or amusing story
Anecdotes - interesting or amusing story
Anecdotic - explanatory
Anecdotist - anecdote teller
Anecdotists - anecdote teller
Anemia - blood deficiency
Anemias - blood deficiency
Anemic - feeble
Anemograph - wind measuring device
Anemographs - wind measuring device
Anemometer - meteorological station
Anemometers - meteorological station
Anemone - growth
Anemones - growth
Anencephalic - idiotic
Anent - concerning
Anesthesia - sleep
Anesthesias - induced sleep; induced absence of feeling
Anesthetic - sleep-inducer
Anesthetics - sleep-inducing or numbing drug
Anesthetize - deaden
Anesthetized - numb
Anesthetizes - deaden
Anesthetizing - deaden
Anew - fresh; again
anfractuous - full of twists and turns
Angaries - governments right to acquire private property for public use
Angary - governments right to acquire private property for public use
Angel - attendant of god
Angeled - support
Angelic - sweet, kind, and usually beautiful
Angelical - innocent
Angeliferous - Resembling or having the qualities of an angel; angelic
Angeling - support
Angels - attendant of god
Angelus - set of bells
Angeluses - set of bells
Anger - state of being mad, annoyed
Angered - maddened
Angering - make someone mad; become mad
Angers - state of being mad, annoyed
Angina - disease of the heart
Anginas - disease of the heart
Angioma - blemish one is born with
Angiomas - blemish one is born with
Angiomata - blemish one is born with
Angle - shape formed by two lines meeting at a point
Angled - fish
Angles - shape formed by two lines meeting at a point
Angling - fish
Anglings - the chase
Angried - Someone who is troubled or upset as a result of being angry
Angrier - being mad, often extremely mad
Angries - person causing problem
Angriest - being mad, often extremely mad
Angrily - with anger
Angry - being mad, often extremely mad
Angst - feeling of anxiety
Angsting - Someone who is worrying or agonizing over something is “angsting.”
Anguish - severe upset or pain
Anguished - unhappy, depressed
Anguishes - severe upset or pain
Anguishing - tormenting
Angular - bent
Anhedonia - depression
Anhedonias - depression
Anhydrous - without water
Anile - sick, weak
Anilities - old age
Anility - old age
Anima - spirit
animadversion - harsh criticism or disapproval
Animadversions - blame
Animadvert - comment, remark
Animadverted - comment, remark
Animadverting - comment, remark
Animadverts - comment, remark
Animal - beastlike; carnal
Animalcula - protozoa
Animalcule - protozoa
Animalcules - protozoa
Animalculum - protozoa
Animalism - physicality
Animalisms - physicality
Animalistic - physical, erotic
Animalities - physicality
Animality - physicality
Animalize - corrupt
Animalized - corrupt
Animalizes - corrupt
Animalizing - corrupt
Animals - animate being; mammal
Animas - spirit
Animate - alive
Animated - lively
Animatedly - actively; intently
Animateness - being
Animatenesses - being
Animates - alive
Animating - stimulating
Animation - liveliness; activity
Animations - liveliness; activity
Animator - artist
Animators - artist
Animosities - extreme dislike, hatred
Animosity - extreme dislike, hatred
Animus - hostility
Animuses - hostility
Aniseikonia -
Anisole -
Ankle - joint between leg and foot
Anklebone - joint between leg and foot
Anklebones - joint between leg and foot
Ankled - stroll along
Ankles - joint between leg and foot
Anklet - precious stones, metals worn as decoration
Anklets - precious stones, metals worn as decoration
Ankling - stroll along
Anlace - arm, armament
Anlaces - arm, armament
Annal - record of experiences
Annalist - reporter
Annalists - reporter
Annals - chronicles
Anneal - strengthen
Annealed - strengthen
Annealing - strengthen
Anneals - strengthen
Annex - something added; extension
Annexation - adding, joining
Annexational -
Annexations - adding, joining
Annexed - join or add
Annexes - something added; extension
Annexing - something added; extension
Annihilate - destroy completely
Annihilated - destroy completely
Annihilates - destroy completely
Annihilating - destroy completely
Annihilation - utter destruction.
Annihilations - utter destruction.
Annihilative - disastrous, devastating
Annihilator - a destructive agent
Annihilators - a destructive agent
Annihilatory - eating up
Anniversaries - yearly observance, celebration
Anniversary - yearly observance, celebration
Annotate - write explanatory notes
Annotated - write explanatory notes
Annotates - write explanatory notes
Annotating - write explanatory notes
Annotation - explanatory note
Annotations - explanatory note
Annotative - explanatory
Annotator - translator
Annotators - translator
Announce - make a proclamation
Announced - made widely known
Announcement - proclamation, declaration
Announcements - proclamation, declaration
Announcer - media commentator
Announcers - media commentator
Announces - make a proclamation
Announcing - make a proclamation
Annoy - irritate, upset
Annoyance - feeling of being irritated
Annoyances - feeling of being irritated
Annoyed - upset
Annoyer - domineering person
Annoyers - domineering person
Annoying - causing irritation
Annoyingly - cruelly
Annoys - irritate, upset
Annuaire -
Annual - occurring, done yearly
Annually - occurring, done yearly
Annuals - occurring, done yearly
Annuities - fee; installment of fee
Annuity - fee; installment of fee
Annul - void an agreement
Annular - round
Annulate - round
Annulated - round
Annulled - void an agreement
Annulling - void an agreement
Annulment - voiding an agreement
Annulments - voiding an agreement
Annuls - void an agreement
Annunciate - announce
Annunciated - announce
Annunciates - announce
Annunciating - announce
Annunciation - announcement
Annunciations - announcement
Anodic - photoelectric
Anodize - coat with metallic material
Anodized - coat with metallic material
Anodizes - coat with metallic material
Anodizing - coat with metallic material
anodyne - a medicine used to relieve pain
Anodynes - painkiller
Anodynes -
Anoint - bless, usually with oil or water
Anointed - bless, usually with oil or water
Anointing - baptism
Anointings - baptism
Anoints - bless, usually with oil or water
Anomalies - deviation from normal, usual
Anomalistic - abnormal
Anomalopteryx -
Anomalous - deviating from normal, usual
anomaly - deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
Anomic - recluse
Anon - later
Anonym - pretend name for author
Anonymities - obscurity
Anonymity - obscurity
Anonymous - unknown, usually by choice
Anonymousness - obscurity
Anonymousnesses - obscurity
Anonyms - pretend name for author
Anorak - personal outerwear
Anoraks - personal outerwear
Anorectic - thin
Anorexia - gauntness
Anorexias - gauntness
Anorexic - starving
Another - other person
Anouk -
Answer - reply; reaction
Answer for -
Answerabilities - accountability, blame
Answerability - accountability, blame
Answerable - responsible
Answered - reply, react
Answering - reply, react
Answers - reply; reaction
Ant - bug
Antacid - being basic, not acid (chemically)
Antacids - soluble base; opposite of an acid
antagonism - a state of deep-seated ill-will
Antagonisms - causing problem; opposition
Antagonist - person causing problem
Antagonistic - opposing
Antagonists - person causing problem
Antagonization - destruction of affections
Antagonizations - destruction of affections
Antagonize - cause problem; oppose
Antagonized - cause problem; oppose
Antagonizes - cause problem; oppose
Antagonizing - cause problem; oppose
Antarctic - extremely cold
Antarctic circle -
Antas -
Ante - wager
Anteater - nocturnal animal
Anteaters - nocturnal animal
Antebellum - before the war
Antecede - go ahead of
Anteceded - go ahead of
Antecedence - precedence
Antecedences - precedence
Antecedent - prior
Antecedently - early
Antecedents - predecessor(s) in family
Antecedes - go ahead of
Anteceding - go ahead of
Antecessor - something that precedes another
Antecessors - something that precedes another
Antechamber - entrance hall
Antechambers - entrance hall
Anted - having received pay
Antedate - occur or cause to occur earlier
Antedated - occur or cause to occur earlier
Antedates - occur or cause to occur earlier
Antedating - occur or cause to occur earlier
antediluvian - of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
Antediluvians - person who is old-fashioned, conventional
Anteed - gamble
Anteing - gamble
Antelope - fabric
Antelopes - fabric
Antenna - appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics
Antennae - appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics
Antennas - appendages for sensing, usually on insects or electronics
Antepast - appetizer
Antepasts - appetizer
Anteposition - highest in rank; first in order
Antepositions - highest in rank; first in order
Anterior - beginning, prior
Anteriorities - executive office
Anteriority - executive office
Anteriorly - earlier
Anteroom - small room for arrivals
Anterooms - small room for arrivals
Antes - wager
Anthem - song
Anthems - song
Anther -
Anthers -
Antheses - blooming
Anthesis - blooming
Anthill - heap, hill
Anthills - heap, hill
Anthologies - literary collection
Anthologize - assemble, accumulate
Anthologized - miscellaneous, various
Anthologizes - assemble, accumulate
Anthologizing - assemble, accumulate
Anthology - literary collection
Anthracite - bitumen
Anthracites - bitumen
Anthracosis - pneumoconiosis or anthracosis
Anthropogenies - study of evolution
Anthropogeny - study of evolution
Anthropography - study of evolution
Anthropoid - ape
Anthropoids - ape
Anthropological - manlike
Anthropologies - study of humans and their culture
Anthropology - study of humans and their culture
Anthropomorphic - manlike
anthropomorphism - the representation of objects (especially a god) as having human form or traits
Anthropophagi - beast, beastlike human
Anthropophagite - beast, beastlike human
Anthropophagous - man-eating
Anthropophagus - beast, beastlike human
Anti - bad, contradictory
Anti-utopia -
Antiaging -
Antibacterial - completely clean, uncontaminated; decontaminating
Antibiotic - medicine
Antibiotics - medicine
Antibodies - antitoxin
Antibody - antitoxin
Antic - funny act
Antichrist - the devil
Antichrists - the devil
Anticipant - expectant
Anticipate - expect; predict
Anticipated - expected
Anticipates - expect; predict
Anticipating - expect; predict
Anticipation - expectation
Anticipations - expectation
Anticipative - expectant
Anticipatorily - anxiously
Anticipatory - expectant
Anticipatory -
Anticlimactic - weak, useless
Anticlimax - ineffective conclusion
Anticlimaxes - ineffective conclusion
Anticoherer -
Antics - funny act
Antidotal - healing, restorative
antidote - a remedy that stops or controls the effects of a poison
Antidotes - counteracting agent
Antidumping -
Antiestablishment -
Antifeminist - woman-hater
Antifeminists - woman-hater
Antigen - blood group antigen
Antigens - blood group antigen
Antihero - evil person
Antiheroes - evil person
Antihistamines -
Antilabor -
Antilock -
Antilogies - something completely unlike
Antilogy - something completely unlike
antimacassar - a piece of ornamented cloth that protects the back of a chair from hair oils
Antinomies - obstruction, antagonism
Antinomy - obstruction, antagonism
Antiodontalgic - medicine to kill pain
Antiodontalgic -
Antiodontalgics - medicine to kill pain
Antipasti - appetizer
Antipasto - appetizer
Antipastos - appetizer
Antipathetic - opposed
Antipathies - strong dislike, disgust
antipathy - a feeling of intense dislike
Antiperspirant - something that freshens
Antiperspirants - something that freshens
Antiphon - answer
Antiphons - answer
Antipodal - opposed
Antipode - A direct or extreme opposite.
Antipodean - opposite
Antipodes - opposite
Antipole - something completely unlike
Antipoles - something completely unlike
Antiquarian - old, ancient
Antiquarianism - study of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
Antiquarianisms - study of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
Antiquarians - one who collects specimens
Antiquaries - one who collects specimens
Antiquary - one who collects specimens
Antiquate - become obsolete
Antiquated - obsolete
Antiquates - become obsolete
Antiquating - become obsolete
Antique - old
Antiqued - mask; misrepresent
Antiqueness - oldness
Antiquenesses - oldness
Antiques - old object, often of great value
Antiquing - mask; misrepresent
Antiquities - old object
Antiquity - old object
Antis - person with whom one competes
Antisepsis - cleansing
Antiseptic - completely clean, uncontaminated; decontaminating
Antisepticize - sterilize
Antisepticized - sterilize
Antisepticizes - sterilize
Antisepticizing - sterilize
Antiseptics - completely clean, uncontaminated; decontaminating
Antisera - antitoxin
Antiserum - antitoxin
Antiserums - antitoxin
Antisocial - nonparticipating; avoiding company
Antistrophe - turn of expression
Antistrophes - turn of expression
Antitheses - exact opposite
Antithesis - exact opposite
Antithetic - antagonistic
antithetical - refers to being directly opposed or contrasted; mutually incompatible. It describes a relationship where two concepts, ideas, or elements are diametrically opposed or fundamentally in conflict with each other.
Antithetically - in another way; otherwise
Antitoxin - agent for negating the effect of an infection or poison
Antitoxins - agent for negating the effect of an infection or poison
Antivenin - counteracting agent
Antivenins - counteracting agent
Antler - deciduous horn
Antlers - deciduous horn
Antonym - word with opposite meaning to another word
Antonymic - opposite
Antonymous - opposite
Antonyms - word with opposite meaning to another word
Antra - cavity
Antre - cave
Antres - cave
Antrorse - from a lower to higher position
Antrum - cavity
Ants - bug
Antsier - fidgety
Antsiest - fidgety
Antsiness - constant motion; discontent
Antsinesses - constant motion; discontent
Antsy - fidgety
Anuran - amphibian
Anurans - amphibian
Anvil - ironsmith
Anvils - ironsmith
Anxieties - worry, tension
Anxiety - worry, tension
Anxious - worried, tense
Anxiously - tensely
Anxiousness - anxiety
Anxiousnesses - anxiety
Any - one, some; unspecified, indiscriminate
Anybodies - one, some unspecified person or people
Anybody - one, some unspecified person or people
Anyhow - by any means
Anyone - one, some unspecified person
Anyones - one, some unspecified person
Anyplace - unspecified area
Anything - unspecified object or event
Anythings - unspecified object or event
Anytime - unspecified moment, period
Anyway - by any means
Anywhere - unspecified area
Anywheres - unspecified area
Anywise - by some means
Aosta -
Apace - quickly
Apart - separate
Apartheid - racial segregation
Apartheids - racial segregation
Apartment - set of rooms for rent
Apartments - set of rooms for rent
Apathetic - uncaring, disinterested
Apathies - uncaring attitude, lack of interest
Apathy - uncaring attitude, lack of interest
Apb -
Ape - mimic
Aped - mimic
Apehood -
Aper - crazy
Apercu - survey
Apercus - survey
Aperient - tending to eliminate
Aperients - cathartic
Aperies - mime
Aperiodic -
Aperitif - liquor
Aperitifs - liquor
Aperitive - appetizing
Aperitives - cathartic
Apers - someone who copies
Aperture - hole
Apertures - hole
Apery - mime
Apes - mimic
Apex - top, high point
Apexes - top, high point
Aphasiac - unable to speak
Aphasic - unable to speak
Aphid - bug
Aphids - bug
Aphonia - fear of performing onstage
Aphonias - fear of performing onstage
Aphonic - voiceless
Aphorism - saying expressing a belief, often true
Aphorisms - saying expressing a belief, often true
Aphoristic - pithy
Aphotic - lack of light
Aphrodisia - strong desire
aphrodisiac - A substance that increases sexual desire, sexual attraction, sexual pleasure, or sexual behavior.
Aphrodisiacal - desirous
Aphrodisiacal -
Aphrodisiacs - seductive; inducing sex
Aphrodisias - strong desire
Apiaries - bee home
Apiarist - caretaker for bees
Apiarists - caretaker for bees
Apiary - bee home
Apical - knifelike, cutting
Apices - top, high point
Apiculturist - caretaker for bees
Apiculturists - caretaker for bees
Apiece - each
Aping - mimicry
Apish - affected
Apitpat -
Aplenty - abundant, profuse
Aplomb - assurance
Aplombs - assurance
Apnea - interruption of activity
Apneas - interruption of activity
Apocalypse - mass destruction
Apocalypses - mass destruction
Apocalyptic - fateful
Apocalyptical - prophetical
Apocarpous -
Apocatastisis -
Apocryphal - questionable; fake
Apocryphalist -
Apocryphally -
Apodictic - unerring, dependable
Apogee - pinnacle
Apogees - pinnacle
Apollo - good-looking person
Apollos - good-looking person
Apologetic - expressing remorse, regret
Apologetically - meekly
Apologetics - justification
Apologia - justification
Apologias - justification
Apologies - offering of remorse, regret
Apologist - person who helps another
Apologists - person who helps another
Apologize - express remorse, regret
Apologized - express remorse, regret
Apologizes - express remorse, regret
Apologizing - express remorse, regret
Apologue - legend
Apologues - legend
Apology - offering of remorse, regret
Apophthegm - saying
Apophthegms - saying
apoplectic - pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy
apoplectic - pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy
Apoplexies - loss of consciousness fromblockage in vein or artery
Apoplexy - loss of consciousness fromblockage in vein or artery
Aporetic - appearing confused or curious
Aposiopeses - turn of expression
aposiopesis - breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)
Apostasies - defection
Apostasy - defection
apostate - a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
Apostates - traitor
Apostatize - defect
Apostatized - defect
Apostatizes - defect
Apostatizing - defect
Apostle - preacher; supporter
Apostles - preacher; supporter
Apostolate -
Apostolic - religious, concerning a god-centered philosophy
Apostrophe - word association
Apostrophes - word association
Apostrophize - give a long lecture
Apostrophized - give a long lecture
Apostrophizes - give a long lecture
Apostrophizing - give a long lecture
Apothecaries - pharmacist
Apothecary - pharmacist
apothegm - a short pithy instructive saying
Apothegmatic - understood; aphoristic
Apothegms - adage
Apotheoses - glorification
Apotheosis - glorification
Apotheosize - exalt
Apotheosized - exalt
Apotheosizes - exalt
Apotheosizing - exalt
Appal - horrify
Appall - horrify
Appalled - horrify
Appalling - horrifying
Appallingly - awfully
Appalls - horrify
Appals - horrify
Appanage - endowment
Appanages - endowment
Apparatchik - card-carrying communist
Apparatchiki - card-carrying communist
Apparatchiks - card-carrying communist
Apparatus - equipment with a purpose
Apparatuses -
Apparel - clothing; covering
Appareled - outfitted
Appareling - the act of clothing
Apparelled - cover with apparel
Apparelling - cover with apparel
Apparels - clothing; covering
Apparent - seeming, not proven real
Apparently - seemingly
Apparition - ghost
Apparitional - ghostly
Apparitions - ghost
Appeal - request for help
Appealable - litigable
Appealed - request
Appealer - requester
Appealers - requester
Appealing - attractive
Appealingly - in an attractive or pleasing manner
Appeals - request for help
Appear - come into sight
Appear bareheaded -
Appearance - coming into sight
Appearances - coming into sight
Appeared - came into view
Appearing - come into sight
Appears - come into sight
Appease - satisfy, pacify
Appeased - satisfy, pacify
Appeasement - satisfaction; pacification
Appeasements - satisfaction; pacification
Appeaser - person who settles problem
Appeasers - person who settles problem
Appeases - satisfy, pacify
Appeasing - satisfy, pacify
Appellant - requester
Appellants - requester
Appellation - name
Appellations - name
Appellative - name
Appellatives - name
Append - add, join
Appendage - limb; accessory
Appendages - limb; accessory
Appended - add, join
Appendices - added material at end of document
Appending - add, join
Appendix - added material at end of document
Appendixes - added material at end of document
Appends - add, join
Apperceive - understand information
Apperceived - understand information
Apperceives - understand information
Apperceiving - understand information
Apperception - intelligence
Apperceptions - intelligence
Apperceptive - conscious
Appercipient - observable
Appertain - belong, be connected
Appertained - belong, be connected
Appertaining - belong, be connected
Appertains - belong, be connected
Appetence - desire
Appetences - desire
Appetencies - desire
Appetency - desire
Appetent - enthusiastic
Appetite - desire for food, worldly goods
Appetites - desire for food, worldly goods
Appetition - strong desire
Appetitions - strong desire
Appetizer - snack before meal
Appetizers - snack before meal
Appetizing - tasting very good
Applaud - clap for; express approval
Applauded - clap for; express approval
Applauding - clap for; express approval
Applauds - clap for; express approval
Applause - clapping; expression of approval
Applauses - clapping; expression of approval
Apple - emerald in color
Apples - celestial body orbiting a star
Applesauce - baloney
Applesauces - baloney
Appliance - machine, usually with domestic purpose
Appliances - machine, usually with domestic purpose
Applicabilities - relevance
Applicability - relevance
Applicable - appropriate
Applicant - person trying for position
Applicants - person trying for position
Application - use
Applications - use
Applicative - important, relevant
Applicatory - appropriate; to the purpose
Applied - used
Applies - put substance on another
Applique - netted material
Appliques - netted material
Apply - put substance on another
Applying - put into use
Appoint - assign responsibility; decide
Appointed - named
Appointee - nominee
Appointees - nominee
Appointing - assign responsibility; decide
Appointive - electing
Appointment - arrangement for meeting; prearranged meeting
Appointments - arrangement for meeting; prearranged meeting
Appoints - assign responsibility; decide
Apportion - divide into shares
Apportioned - divide into shares
Apportioning - divide into shares
Apportionment - allotment
Apportionments - allotment
Apportions - divide into shares
Appose - place side by side
Apposed - place side by side
Apposes - place side by side
Apposing - place side by side
Apposite - pertinent
Appositeness - relevance
Appositenesses - relevance
Apposition - convergence, intersection
Appositions - convergence, intersection
Appraisal - judgment, estimation
Appraisals - judgment, estimation
Appraise - judge, estimate
Appraised - judge, estimate
Appraisement - estimate
Appraisements - estimate
Appraiser - person who arbitrates
Appraisers - person who arbitrates
Appraises - judge, estimate
Appraising - judge, estimate
Appreciable - easily noticed; considerable
Appreciably - significantly
Appreciate - be grateful, thankful
Appreciated - be grateful, thankful
Appreciates - be grateful, thankful
Appreciating - be grateful, thankful
Appreciation - thankfulness
Appreciations - thankfulness
Appreciative - thankful
Appreciatively - tenderly
Appreciator - authority
Appreciators - authority
Apprehend - catch and arrest
Apprehended - catch and arrest
Apprehending - catch and arrest
Apprehends - catch and arrest
Apprehensible - understandable
Apprehension - anxiety, fear
Apprehensions - anxiety, fear
apprehensive - mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc
Apprehensively - agitatedly
Apprentice - novice/learner of a trade
Apprenticed - obligated
Apprentices - novice/learner of a trade
Apprenticeship - education
Apprenticeships - education
Apprenticing - acquire information
Appressed - condensed
Apprise - tell
Apprised - tell
Apprised of -
Apprises - tell
Apprising - tell
Apprize - value highly
Apprized - cognizant, conversant
Apprizes - value highly
Apprizing - value highly
Approach - way, means of arriving
Approachable - accessible
Approached - come nearer
Approaches - way, means of arriving
Approaching - nearing
Approbate - permit
Approbated - permit
Approbates - permit
Approbating - permit
Approbation - praise
Approbations - praise
Approbative - complimentary
Approbatory - complimentary
Appropinquities - nearness to something
Appropinquity - nearness to something
Appropriate - suitable
Appropriated - set aside; allocate
Appropriately - suitably
Appropriateness - appropriate conduct
Appropriates - suitable
Appropriating - set aside; allocate
Appropriation - allocation, setting aside
Appropriations - allocation, setting aside
Appropriator - one who discovers a thing
Appropriators - one who discovers a thing
Approval - authorization
Approvals - authorization
Approve - agree something is good
Approved - certified
Approves - agree something is good
Approving - agree something is good
Approvingly - genially, in a kindly manner
Approximal - close by physically
Approximate - almost accurate, exact
Approximated - almost accurate, exact
Approximately - nearly
Approximates - almost accurate, exact
Approximating - almost accurate, exact
Approximation - closeness
Approximations - closeness
Approximative - similar
Appulse - collision, force
Appulses - collision, force
appurtenance - a supplementary component that improves capability
Appurtenances - accessory
Appurtenant - suitable
Apricot - combination of red and yellow
Apricots - combination of red and yellow
Apriorism - hypothesis, argument
Apriorisms - hypothesis, argument
Apriorities - logic, interpretation
Apriority - logic, interpretation
Apron - protection
Aprons - protection
Apropos - relevant, suitable
Apse - niche, corner
Apses - niche, corner
Apt - suitable
Apter - suitable
Aptest - suitable
Aptitude - inclination
Aptitudes - inclination
Aptly - relevantly, suitably
Aptness - talent
Aptnesses - talent
Aqua - fluid
Aquaculture - growing plants in liquid
Aquacultures - growing plants in liquid
Aquae - fluid
Aquamarine - emerald in color
Aquamarines - aqua
Aquaria - fish tank
Aquarium - fish tank
Aquariums - fish tank
Aquarobic - exercise regime designed to increase heart and lung activity while toning muscles
Aquarobics - exercise regime designed to increase heart and lung activity while toning muscles
Aquas - fluid
Aquatic - occurring in water
Aquatics - water sport
Aqueduct - canal
Aqueducts - canal
Aqueous - fluid, flowing, melting
Aquifer - level of water
Aquifers - level of water
Aquiline - hooked
Aquiver - tremulous
Arabesque - particular type of embellishment
Arabesques - particular type of embellishment
Arabic - number
Arable - farmable
Arachnid - spider
Arachnids - spider
Aramus pictus -
Arawak -
Arb - protective frame for car
Arbalest - arm, armament
Arbalests - arm, armament
Arbil -
Arbiter - person who settles dispute
Arbiters - person who settles dispute
Arbitrage - trading of stock by computer
Arbitrages - trading of stock by computer
Arbitrament - law judgment
Arbitraments - law judgment
Arbitrarily - without delay
Arbitrariness - unreason
Arbitrarinesses - unreason
Arbitrary - whimsical, chance
Arbitrate - achieve settlement
Arbitrated - achieve settlement
Arbitrates - achieve settlement
Arbitrating - achieve settlement
Arbitration - settlement of dispute
Arbitrations - settlement of dispute
Arbitrator - settler of a dispute
Arbitrators - settler of a dispute
Arbor - point around which something revolves
Arbor day -
Arboraceous - covered with woods or trees
Arboreal - relating to a tree
Arbored -
Arboreous - forested
Arbores - point around which something revolves
Arboresque -
Arboreta - hothouse
Arboretum - hothouse
Arboretums - hothouse
Arboricultural - concerning farming, land
Arboriculture - forest management
Arboricultures - forest management
Arbors - point around which something revolves
Arbs - protective frame for car
Arc - curve
Arcade - covered way
Arcades - covered way
Arcadia - land, feeling of great pleasure; absence of evil
Arcadian - pastoral
Arcadias - land, feeling of great pleasure; absence of evil
Arcane - hidden, secret
Arced - bent
Arch - principal, superior
Archaeologies - study of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
Archaeologist - student of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
Archaeologists - student of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
Archaeology - study of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
Archaic - very old
Archaicism - oldness
Archaicisms - oldness
Archaism - something saved from the past
Archaisms - something saved from the past
Archaize - become obsolete
Archaized - become obsolete
Archaizes - become obsolete
Archaizing - become obsolete
Archangel - satan
Archangelic - sweet, kind, and usually beautiful
Archangels - satan
Archbishop - person in charge of church
Archbishops - person in charge of church
Archdeacon - person in charge of church
Archdeacons - person in charge of church
Archdiocese - congregation of a church
Archdioceses - congregation of a church
Archduchess - member of royal or important family
Archduchesses - member of royal or important family
Archduke - member of royal or important family
Archdukes - member of royal or important family
Arched - vaulted
Archenemies - enemy
archenemy - A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind.
Archer - principal, superior
Archeries - arm, armament
Archers - clergyman
Archery - arm, armament
Arches - curve, curved structure
Archest - principal, superior
Archetypal - most typical
Archetype - typical example
Archetypes - typical example
Archetypical - typical
Archfiend - fiend
Archfiends - fiend
Archfoe - enemy
Archfoes - enemy
Arching - curve
Archings - rounded part of thing, usually body part
Archipelago - land surrounded by body of water
Archipelagoes - land surrounded by body of water
Archipelagos - land surrounded by body of water
Architect - person who designs buildings
Architectonic - structural
Architectonics - design of buildings
Architects - person who designs buildings
Architectural - structural
Architecture - design of buildings
Architectures - design of buildings
Archival - recorded as actually having happened
Archive - collection, usually of records
Archives - place where records are stored
Archivist - annalist
Archivists - annalist
Archness - irreverence
Archnesses - irreverence
Archpriest - archbishop
Archpriests - archbishop
Archway - curved opening
Archways - curved opening
Arciform - bent
Arcing - curve
Arcked - curve
Arcking - curve
Arcs - curve
Arctic - very cold
Arctics - polar region
Arcuate - bent
Arcuated - bent
Ardencies - adoration; very strong liking
Ardency - adoration; very strong liking
Ardent - very enthusiastic
Ardently - anxiously
Ardor - enthusiasm
Ardors - enthusiasm
Arduous - difficult, hard to endure
Arduously - hard
Arduousness - problem; situation requiring great effort
Arduousnesses - problem; situation requiring great effort
Are - exist
Area - extent, scope of a surface
Areal - regional
Areas - extent, scope of a surface
Areflexia -
Arena - building or enclosure for entertainment or sports
Arenaceous - consisting of fine, loose grains
Arenas - building or enclosure for entertainment or sports
arenicolous - growing or living or burrowing in sand
Arenose - consisting of fine, loose grains
Areola - ring over head
Areolae - ring over head
Areolas - ring over head
Arete - ridge
Aretes - ridge
Arf - yelp
Arfs - yelp
Argent - shining
Argil - clay for making pottery
Argils - clay for making pottery
Argosies - fleet
Argosy - fleet
Argot - jargon
Argots - jargon
Arguable - tenable
Argue - verbally fight
Argued - verbally fight
Argues - verbally fight
Argufied - disagree over minor issues
Argufies - disagree over minor issues
Argufy - disagree over minor issues
Argufying - disagree over minor issues
Arguing - verbally fight
Argument - verbal fight
Argumentation - presentation of argument
Argumentations - presentation of argument
Argumentative - wanting to quarrel
Arguments - verbal fight
Argute - clever, intelligent
Aria - operatic solo
Arias - operatic solo
Aricine -
Arid - dry
Aridities - want; extreme need, often financial
Aridity - want; extreme need, often financial
Aridness - desolateness
Aridnesses - desolateness
Ariel - fairy
Ariels - fairy
Aril - covering
Arils - covering
Ariose - pertaining to melody
Arioso - pertaining to melody
Arise - come into being; proceed
Arisen - come into being; proceed
Arises - come into being; proceed
Arising - emergent
Aristate - with stiff hairs
Aristo -
Aristocracies - privileged class, government
Aristocracy - privileged class, government
Aristocrat - privileged person
Aristocratic - privileged, elegant
Aristocrats - privileged person
Arithmetic - mathematics
Arithmetical - concerning manipulation of numbers
Arithmetics - mathematics
Ark - boat
Arks - boat
Arm - limb, appendage
Armada - group of ships or aircraft
Armadas - group of ships or aircraft
Armadillo - primitive animal
Armadillos - primitive animal
Armament - weapon
Armamentaria - arsenal
armamentarium - the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine
Armaments - weapon
Armband - twisted item
Armbands - twisted item
Armchair - easy chair
Armchairs - easy chair
Armed - with weapon
Armes -
Armies - military force, usually for land
Arming - equip with weapon or power
Armistice - peace-establishing agreement
Armistices - peace-establishing agreement
Armlet - wrist jewelry
Armlets - wrist jewelry
Armoire - large cabinet
Armoires - large cabinet
Armor - protective covering, often made of metal
Armored - heavily clad
Armories - military building, usually for storing weapons
Armors - protective covering, often made of metal
Armory - military building, usually for storing weapons
Armpit - underarm
Armpits - underarm
Armpits -
Arms - weaponry
Army - military force, usually for land
Arng -
Aroma - distinctive smell
Aromas - distinctive smell
Aromatic - distinctive smelling
Aromatics - concoction prepared for mental or physical effect
Aromatize - give aroma
Aromatized - give aroma
Aromatizes - give aroma
Aromatizing - give aroma
Arose - come into being; proceed
Around - situated on sides, circumference, or in general area
Arousal - idea, stimulus
Arousals - idea, stimulus
Arouse - excite, entice
Aroused - excite, entice
Arouses - excite, entice
Arousing - excite, entice
Arpeggio - flourish
Arpeggios - flourish
Arraign - accuse
Arraigned - accuse
Arraigning - accuse
Arraignment - accusation
Arraignments - accusation
Arraigns - accuse
Arrange - put in an order
Arranged - put in an order
Arrangement - an understanding
Arrangements - plans
Arranger - planner
Arrangers - planner
Arranges - put in an order
Arranging - put in an order
arrant - without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
Arras - curtain
Arrases - curtain
Array - collection, considerable group
Arrayal - display
Arrayals - display
Arrayed - arrange in collection or order
Arraying - collection, considerable group
Arrays - collection, considerable group
Arrear - debt
Arrearage - debt
Arrearages - debt
Arrears - debt
Arrect - attentive, observant
Arrest - taking into custody
Arrestation - confinement, imprisonment
Arrestations - confinement, imprisonment
Arrested - taken into custody
Arresting - noticeable
Arrestive - conspicuous, evident
Arrests - taking into custody
Arride - delight
Arrided - delight
Arrides - delight
Arriding - delight
Arrival - coming to a destination
Arrivals - coming to a destination
Arrive - come to a destination
Arrived - come to a destination
Arrivederci - goodbye
Arriver - something that makes it to a destination
Arrivers - something that makes it to a destination
Arrives - come to a destination
Arriving - come to a destination
arriviste - a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class
Arrivistes - newly rich
Arrogance - exaggerated self-opinion
Arrogances - exaggerated self-opinion
Arrogant - having exaggerated self-opinion
Arrogantly - proudly
arrogate - make undue claims to having
Arrogated - claim without justification
Arrogates - claim without justification
Arrogating - claim without justification
Arrogation - usurpation
Arrogations - usurpation
Arron -
Arrondissement -
Arrow - pointed weapon or symbol
Arrowlike - having a sharp end or part
Arrows - pointed weapon or symbol
Arroyo - watercourse
Arroyos - watercourse
Arsenal - storage of weapons
Arsenals - storage of weapons
Arsenic acid -
Arson - intentional burning
Arsonist - one who sets fires illegally
Arsonists - one who sets fires illegally
Arsons - intentional burning
Art - skill, creativity
Art tatum -
Arteries - channel
Arteriole - blood flow pathway
Arterioles - blood flow pathway
Artery - channel
Artful - skillful; cunning
Artfully - astutely
Artfulness - cunning
Artfulnesses - cunning
Arthritic - crippled
Arthropod - bug
Arthropods - bug
Article - item, object
Articled - obligated
Articles - item, object
Articulacies - eloquence
Articulacy - eloquence
Articulate - clearly, coherently spoken
Articulated - say clearly, coherently
Articulately - audibly
Articulateness - eloquence
Articulates - say clearly, coherently
Articulating - say clearly, coherently
Articulation - clear, coherent speech
Articulations - clear, coherent speech
Artier - pretended expertise in art; affected interest
Artiest - pretended expertise in art; affected interest
Artifact - result or goods created
Artifacts - result or goods created