5 Letter 9 Letter 8 Letter Countdown Words Starting With A

AAH (6) AAL (3) AAS (3) ABA (5) [noun] A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair. | [noun] A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs. | [noun] An outer garment made of the above, very simple in form, worn by the Arabs of the desert. The illustration shows such an aba, made of two breadths of stuff sewed together to make an oblong about four by nine feet. | [noun] An altazimuth used for astronomy on either land or water. | [noun] The electric fish Gymnarchus niloticus (frankfish, freshwater rat-tail, African knifefish), found in swamps, lakes and rivers in Africa. ABO (5) [noun] An aborigine; aboriginal. ABS (5) [noun] Abdominal muscle. | [noun] An abscess caused by injecting an illegal drug, usually heroin. | [verb] To abseil. ABY (8) [verb] To pay the penalty for; to suffer for; to atone for. ACE (5) [noun] A single point or spot on a playing card or die. | [noun] A card or die face so marked. | [noun] The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games. | [noun] A person who is asexual. ACT (5) [noun] Something done, a deed. | [noun] Actuality. | [noun] Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work. ADD (5) [noun] An act or instance of adding. | [noun] An additional enemy that joins a fight after the primary target. | [verb] To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. ADO (4) [noun] Trouble; troublesome business; fuss, commotion ADS (4) [noun] Advertisement. | [noun] Advantage | [noun] (debating) advantage ADZ (13) [noun] A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood. | [verb] To shape a material using an adze. AFF (9) AFT (6) [noun] The stern portion of a vessel. | [adjective] Located at the back of a boat, ship, or airplane | [adverb] At, near, or towards the stern of a vessel (with the frame of reference within the vessel). | [noun] The part of the day from noon or lunchtime until sunset, evening, or suppertime or 6pm. AGA (4) [noun] An honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries. AGE (4) [noun] The whole duration of a being, whether animal, plant, or other kind, being alive. | [noun] The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive. | [noun] One of the stages of life. AGO (4) [adjective] Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away. | [adjective] Nearly gone; dead (used in Devonshire at the turn of the 19th century) | [adverb] Before AHA (6) [interjection] An exclamation of understanding, realization, invention, or recognition. | [interjection] An exclamation of surprise, exaltation, or contempt. AID (4) [noun] Help; assistance; succor, relief. | [noun] A helper; an assistant. | [noun] Something which helps; a material source of help. | [verb] To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist. AIL (3) [noun] An ailment; trouble; illness. | [verb] To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.) | [verb] To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled. | [adjective] Painful; troublesome. | [noun] The awn of barley or other types of corn. AIM (5) [noun] The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it. | [noun] The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected. | [noun] Intention or goal | [noun] Initialism of America Online. AIM; AOL Instant Messenger. AIN (3) [noun] A Scottish word for "one." | [noun] An eye, in Scottish dialect. AIR (3) [noun] The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly: | [noun] (usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but now considered to be surrounded by the near vacuum of outer space. | [noun] A breeze; a gentle wind. AIS (3) [noun] A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil. AIT (3) [noun] An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England. | [noun] An oat. ALA (3) [noun] A wing or winglike structure. | [noun] A winglike anatomical process or part, especially of bone. | [noun] The flattened border of some stems, fruits, and seeds, or one of the two side petals of certain flowers in the pea family. | [preposition] In the style or manner of. ALB (5) [noun] A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments. ALE (3) [noun] A beer made without hops. | [noun] A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized. | [noun] A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk. ALL (3) [noun] (with a possessive pronoun) Everything that one is capable of. | [noun] The totality of one's possessions. | [adjective] All gone; dead. ALP (5) [noun] A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe. ALS (3) [noun] The Indian mulberry, Morinda citrifolia, especially as used to make dye. | [adverb] (focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. | [adverb] To the same degree or extent; so, as. ALT (3) [noun] High pitch, of a voice or instrument; especially, the octave above the top line of the treble stave. | [noun] A state of excitement, a heightened emotional condition. | [noun] An alternate or secondary character. AMA (5) AMI (5) AMP (7) [noun] Short for ampere. | [noun] Short for amplifier. | [noun] Short for ampoule. AMU (5) [noun] A unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of an atom of the 12C isotope of carbon. ANA (3) [noun] A collection of things associated with a person or place, especially a personal collection of anecdotes or conversations at table | [adverb] (in prescriptions) Of each; an equal quantity. | [noun] Anorexia (used especially by the pro-ana movement). | [adverb] In a direction analogous to up, but along the additional axis added by the fourth dimension. | [noun] A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or 1/16 rupee. AND (4) [noun] In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | [conjunction] As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other. | [conjunction] (heading) Expressing a condition. | [noun] Breath. | [verb] To breathe; whisper; devise; imagine. ANE (3) [noun] A Scottish word for "one." | [noun] A hydrocarbon suffix used in chemistry to denote saturated compounds. ANI (3) [noun] A bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family. | [noun] The lower orifice of the alimentary canal, through which feces and flatus are ejected. ANT (3) [noun] Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females. | [noun] A Web spider. | [verb] To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers. ANY (6) [adverb] To even the slightest extent, at all. | [pronoun] Any thing(s) or person(s). APE (5) [noun] A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail. | [noun] Any such primate other than a human. | [noun] An uncivilised person. | [adjective] Wild; crazy. APT (5) [adjective] Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited. | [adjective] (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards. | [adjective] Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn. | [noun] An apartment; a flat. ARB (5) [noun] The act of or potential for arbitrage. | [noun] One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur. | [noun] An arboretum. ARC (5) [noun] That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon. | [noun] A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve. | [noun] A curve, in general. ARE (3) [noun] An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a. ARF (6) [interjection] Representing the sound of a dog's bark. ARK (7) [noun] A large box with a flat lid. | [noun] Noah's Ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge. | [noun] Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge ARM (5) [noun] The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand. | [noun] The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow. | [noun] A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal. | [adjective] Poor; lacking in riches or wealth. | [noun] (usually used in the plural) A weapon. ARS (3) [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter R. ART (3) [noun] The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium. | [noun] The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc. | [noun] Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus. ASH (6) [noun] The solid remains of a fire. | [noun] The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process. | [noun] Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash. | [noun] A shade tree of the genus Fraxinus. ASK (7) [noun] An act or instance of asking. | [noun] Something asked or asked for. | [noun] An asking price. | [noun] An eft; newt. ASP (5) [noun] A water snake. | [noun] A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis). | [noun] The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) | [noun] The aspen tree. ASS (3) [noun] Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden. | [noun] A stupid person. | [noun] Buttocks. ATE (3) [verb] To ingest; to be ingested. | [verb] To use up. | [verb] To cause (someone) to worry. ATT (3) AUK (7) [noun] Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. AVA (6) AVE (6) [noun] An Ave Maria. | [noun] A reverential salutation. | [noun] A broad street, especially one bordered by trees. AVO (6) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca. | [noun] The large, usually yellowish-green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree. | [noun] The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family. AWA (6) AWE (6) [noun] A feeling of fear and reverence. | [noun] A feeling of amazement. | [noun] Power to inspire awe. AWL (6) [noun] A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc. | [noun] Any of various hesperiid butterflies. AWN (6) [noun] The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. AXE (10) [noun] A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it. | [noun] An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle. | [noun] A dismissal or rejection. | [noun] The axle of a wheel. | [verb] To request (information, or an answer to a question). AYE (6) [adverb] Ever, always | [noun] An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative. | [interjection] Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. | [interjection] An attention grabber AYS (6) [noun] An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative. AZO (12) [adjective] Azote, nitrogen | [adjective] Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc. | [adjective] Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene etc.

AAHS (7) AALS (4) ABAS (6) ABBA (8) [noun] Father; religious superior; in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch; a title given to Jewish scholars in the Talmudic period. | [noun] A coarse, often striped, felted fabric from the Middle East, woven from goat or camel hair. | [noun] A loose-fitting sleeveless garment, made from aba or silk, worn by Arabs. ABBE (8) [noun] A French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey. | [noun] An honorific title for a member of the French clergy. ABED (7) [adverb] In bed, or on the bed; confined to bed. | [adverb] To childbed ABET (6) [noun] Fraud or cunning. | [noun] An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid. | [verb] To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. ABLE (6) [adjective] Easy to use. | [adjective] Suitable; competent. | [adjective] Liable to. | [verb] To make ready. | [noun] The letter "A" in Navy Phonetic Alphabet. ABLY (9) [adverb] In an able manner; with great ability. ABOS (6) [noun] An aborigine; aboriginal. ABRI (6) ABUT (6) [verb] To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) | [verb] To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to. | [verb] To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall. ABYE (9) [verb] To pay the penalty for; to suffer for; to atone for (archaic past tense: abode or abought). ABYS (9) ACED (7) [verb] (US) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly. | [verb] To win a point by an ace. | [verb] To make an ace (hole in one). ACES (6) [noun] A single point or spot on a playing card or die. | [noun] A card or die face so marked. | [noun] The ball marked with the number 1 in pool and related games. ACHE (9) [noun] Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. | [verb] To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. | [verb] To cause someone or something to suffer pain. | [noun] Parsley | [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter H. ACHY (12) [adjective] Suffering from aches, sore. ACID (7) [noun] A sour substance. | [noun] Any of several classes of compound having the following properties: | [noun] Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) ACME (8) [noun] The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination. | [noun] The crisis or height of a disease. | [noun] Mature age; full bloom of life. ACNE (6) [noun] A skin condition, usually of the face, that is common in adolescents. It is characterised by red pimples, and is caused by the inflammation of sebaceous glands through bacterial infection. | [noun] A pattern of blemishes in an area of skin resulting from the skin condition. ACRE (6) [noun] An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters. | [noun] Any of various similar units of area in other systems. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A wide expanse. ACTA (6) [noun] Plural of actum; records of the proceedings or transactions of a society or organization. ACTS (6) [noun] Something done, a deed. | [noun] Actuality. | [noun] Something done once and for all, as distinguished from a work. ACYL (9) [noun] Any of class of organic radicals, RCO-, formed by the removal of a hydroxyl group from a carboxylic acid. ADDS (6) [noun] An act or instance of adding. | [noun] An additional enemy that joins a fight after the primary target. | [verb] To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. ADIT (5) [noun] A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes. ADOS (5) [noun] Plural of ado, meaning fuss or trouble. | [noun] Unnecessary activity or ceremony. ADZE (14) [noun] A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood. | [verb] To shape a material using an adze. AEON (4) [noun] (preferred spelling, with æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead. | [noun] (Cosmology) Each universe in a series of universes, according to conformal cyclic cosmology. | [noun] Eternity. AERO (4) [noun] Aerodynamics. | [noun] An airplane or airship. | [noun] Aerospace. AERY (7) [noun] An eagle's nest, typically built high in a tree or on a cliff. | [noun] A high, secluded place or dwelling. AFAR (7) [adverb] At, to, or from a great distance; far away. AGAR (5) [noun] A gelatinous material obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive. | [noun] A culture medium based on this material. AGAS (5) [noun] An honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries. AGED (6) [verb] To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to. | [verb] To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt. | [verb] To categorize by age. AGEE (5) AGER (5) [noun] One who ages something. | [noun] A substance used to accelerate aging or maturation processes. AGES (5) [noun] The whole duration of a being, whether animal, plant, or other kind, being alive. | [noun] The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive. | [noun] One of the stages of life. AGHA (8) [noun] A commander or official of high rank in the Ottoman Empire or other Muslim countries. AGIN (5) [adverb] Another time; once more. | [adverb] Over and above a factor of one. | [adverb] Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. AGIO (5) [noun] The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio. AGLY (8) AGMA (7) [noun] The nasalized velar consonant found in such words as song or wink. | [noun] The symbol ŋ, used to represent that nasal velar consonant in IPA; eng. AGOG (6) [adjective] In eager desire, eager, astir. | [adjective] (chiefly of eyes) Wide open. | [adverb] In a state of high anticipation, excitement, or interest. AGON (5) [noun] A struggle or contest, especially in ancient Greek drama between the protagonist and antagonist. | [noun] In ancient Greece, a public competition or athletic contest. AGUE (5) [noun] An acute fever. | [noun] An intermittent fever, attended by alternate cold and hot fits. | [noun] The cold fit or rigor of the intermittent fever AHEM (9) [noun] A use of the interjection, ahem. | [interjection] The sound of a quiet cough or of clearing one's throat | [interjection] An exclamation or cough to get attention AHOY (10) [noun] An utterance of this interjection. | [verb] To hail with a cry of "ahoy". | [interjection] Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention. AIDE (5) [noun] An assistant. | [noun] An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp. AIDS (5) [noun] Help; assistance; succor, relief. | [noun] A helper; an assistant. | [noun] Something which helps; a material source of help. AILS (4) [noun] An ailment; trouble; illness. | [verb] To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.) | [verb] To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled. AIMS (6) [noun] The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it. | [noun] The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected. | [noun] Intention or goal AINS (4) [noun] Plural of ain, a Scottish word for "one." | [noun] Plural of ain, meaning one's own in Scottish English. AIRN (4) [noun] A direction of the Scottish word "airt," meaning direction or quarter. | [noun] A Scottish or dialectal term for a direction or point of the compass. AIRS (4) [noun] The substance constituting earth's atmosphere, particularly: | [noun] (usually with the) The apparently open space above the ground which this substance fills, formerly thought to be limited by the firmament but now considered to be surrounded by the near vacuum of outer space. | [noun] A breeze; a gentle wind. AIRT (4) [noun] A direction or point of the compass, especially in Scottish usage. | [verb] To guide or direct. AIRY (7) [adjective] Consisting of air. | [adjective] Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial. | [adjective] Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy. AITS (4) [noun] An island in a river, especially the River Thames in England. | [noun] An oat. AJAR (11) [verb] To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar. | [adjective] Slightly turned or opened. | [adverb] Slightly turned or opened. | [verb] To show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew. AJEE (11) [adverb] Awry or askew; in a wrong or improper manner. AKEE (8) [noun] A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan. | [noun] The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous. AKIN (8) [adjective] (of persons) Of the same kin; related by blood. | [adjective] (often followed by to) Allied by nature; similar; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. ALAE (4) [noun] Plural of ala, meaning wing-like structures or appendages in anatomy and biology. ALAN (4) ALAR (4) [adjective] Of or relating to the armpit; axillary. | [adjective] Having, resembling, or composed of wings or alae. ALAS (4) [interjection] Used to express sorrow, regret, compassion or grief. | [noun] A type of depression which occurs in Yakutia, formed by the subsidence of permafrost. ALBA (6) [noun] A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn. | [noun] A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba. | [noun] A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba. | [noun] A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs. ALBS (6) [noun] A long, white robe worn by priests and other ministers, underneath most of the other vestments. ALEC (6) [noun] An anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried. | [noun] A sauce made from alecs; alec sauce. ALEE (4) [adverb] On the lee side of a ship, to the leeward side (vs aweather) ALEF (7) ALES (4) [noun] A beer made without hops. | [noun] A beer produced by so-called warm fermentation and not pressurized. | [noun] A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk. ALFA (7) ALGA (5) [noun] Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic. ALIF (7) ALIT (4) ALKY (11) [noun] An alcoholic. ALLS (4) ALLY (7) [noun] A person, group, or state (etc) which is associated with another for a common cause; one united to another by treaty or common purpose; a confederate. | [noun] A person, group, concept (etc) which is associated with another as a helper; a supporter; an auxiliary. | [noun] Anything akin to something else by structure, etc. | [noun] A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings. ALMA (6) ALME (6) ALMS (6) [noun] Something given to the poor as charity, such as money, clothing or food. ALOE (4) [noun] (in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica. | [noun] A plant of the genus Aloe. | [noun] A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative. ALOW (7) [adverb] Low down. | [adverb] Towards the lower part of a vessel; towards the lower rigging or the decks. | [preposition] Below. | [adjective] Alight; ablaze ALPS (6) [noun] A very high mountain. Specifically, one of the Alps, the highest chain of mountains in Europe. ALSO (4) [adverb] (focus) In addition; besides; as well; further; too. | [adverb] To the same degree or extent; so, as. ALTO (4) [noun] A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody. | [noun] A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part. | [noun] An alto saxophone ALTS (4) [noun] An alternate or secondary character. | [noun] An alternate account. | [noun] An alternative investment or alternative fund. ALUM (6) [noun] An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O). | [noun] Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations. | [verb] To steep in, or otherwise impregnate with, a solution of alum; to treat with alum. | [noun] (shortening) A past attendee or graduate (of either gender) of a college, university or other educational institution. AMAH (9) [noun] In South Asia, a woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse. | [noun] In China and Southeast Asia, a female domestic helper. AMAS (6) AMBO (8) [noun] A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches. | [noun] A stationary podium used for readings and homilies. | [noun] An ambulance driver. AMEN (6) [noun] An instance of saying ‘amen’. | [noun] A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14) | [verb] To say amen. AMIA (6) AMID (7) [preposition] In the middle of; in the center of; surrounded by. AMIE (6) [noun] A female friend (French origin, used in English). AMIN (6) [noun] An organic compound derived from ammonia by replacing one or more hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon groups. AMIR (6) [noun] A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation. | [noun] A descendant of the prophet Muhammad. AMIS (6) [noun] Plural of ami, a friend (used in English, borrowed from French). | [noun] A type of West African musical instrument or drum. AMMO (8) [noun] Ammunition. | [verb] To load up on ammunition. AMOK (10) [adverb] In a violently raging or uncontrollable manner, typically used in the phrase "run amok." | [noun] A murderous frenzy, especially one attributed to a Malay warrior. AMPS (8) [noun] Short for ampere. | [noun] Short for amplifier. | [noun] Short for ampoule. AMUS (6) AMYL (9) [noun] Pentyl | [adjective] Of or pertaining to starch ANAL (4) [noun] Any of the anal scales of a reptile. | [noun] Anal sex. | [adjective] Of, related to, intended for or involving the anus. ANAS (4) [noun] Plural of ana, a collection of someone's memorable sayings or literary pieces. | [noun] A genus of dabbling ducks. ANDS (5) [noun] In rhythm, the second half of a divided beat. | [noun] Breath. | [noun] Sea smoke; steam fog. ANES (4) [noun] Plural of "ane," a hydrocarbon suffix used in chemistry, or plural of "an," a Scottish word for "one." ANEW (7) [adverb] Again, once more; afresh, in a new way, newly. ANGA (5) ANIL (4) [noun] A West Indian shrub from which indigo dye is obtained. | [noun] The indigo dye itself. ANIS (4) [noun] A bird of the genus Crotophaga in the cuckoo family. ANKH (11) [noun] A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept. | [noun] Tau cross ANNA (4) [noun] A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or 1/16 rupee. ANOA (4) [noun] Any of either Bubalus quarlesi or Bubalus depressicornis, being species of small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to a deer. ANON (4) [adverb] Straight away; at once. | [adverb] Soon; in a little while. | [adverb] At another time; then; again. | [noun] An anonymous person, especially an author. ANSA (4) [noun] A loop-shaped anatomical structure, such as a handle-like projection or curved part of an organ. ANTA (4) [noun] A pilaster or pier formed at the corner of a building or at the end of a wall. ANTE (4) [noun] A price or cost, as in up the ante. | [noun] In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards. | [verb] To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up. ANTI (4) [noun] A person opposed to a concept or principle. | [adjective] Opposed to something. | [adjective] That has a torsion angle between 90° and 180° ANTS (4) [noun] Any of various insects in the family Formicidae in the order Hymenoptera, typically living in large colonies composed almost entirely of flightless females. | [noun] A Web spider. | [verb] To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers. ANUS (4) [noun] The lower orifice of the alimentary canal, through which feces and flatus are ejected. APED (7) [verb] To behave like an ape. | [verb] To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly. APER (6) [noun] One who apes or mimics. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of "ape," meaning to imitate or mimic. APES (6) [noun] A primate of the clade Hominoidea, generally larger than monkeys and distinguished from them by having no tail. | [noun] Any such primate other than a human. | [noun] An uncivilised person. APEX (13) [noun] Conical priest cap | [noun] The highest or the greatest point of something. | [noun] The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc. APOD (7) APSE (6) [noun] A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar. | [noun] The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches. | [noun] A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept. | [noun] An aspen tree. AQUA (13) [noun] The compound water. | [noun] A shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise. | [adjective] Of a greenish-blue colour. ARAK (8) [noun] A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East | [noun] The toothbrush tree, Salvadora persica. ARBS (6) [noun] The act of or potential for arbitrage. | [noun] One who engages in arbitrage; an arbitrageur. | [noun] An arboretum. ARCH (9) [noun] An inverted U shape. | [noun] An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward. | [noun] An architectural element having the shape of an arch | [noun] A chief. ARCO (6) [adverb] A note in string instrument musical notation indicating that the bow is to be used in the usual way, usually following a passage that is played pizzicato. ARCS (6) [noun] That part of a circle which a heavenly body appears to pass through as it moves above and below the horizon. | [noun] A continuous part of the circumference of a circle (circular arc) or of another curve. | [noun] A curve, in general. AREA (4) [noun] A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units. | [noun] A particular geographic region. | [noun] Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent. ARES (4) [noun] An accepted (but deprecated and rarely used) SI unit of area equal to 100 square metres, or a former unit of approximately the same extent. Symbol: a. ARFS (7) [noun] Plural of arf, which is the sound a dog makes; barks. | [verb] Third person singular of arf, meaning to bark like a dog. ARIA (4) [noun] A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata. ARID (5) [adjective] Very dry. | [adjective] Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually. | [adjective] Devoid of value. ARIL (4) [noun] A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates. ARKS (8) [noun] A large box with a flat lid. | [noun] Noah's Ark: the ship built by Noah to save his family and a collection of animals from the deluge. | [noun] Something affording protection; safety, shelter, refuge ARMS (6) [noun] The portion of the upper human appendage, from the shoulder to the wrist and sometimes including the hand. | [noun] The extended portion of the upper limb, from the shoulder to the elbow. | [noun] A limb, or locomotive or prehensile organ, of an invertebrate animal. | [verb] To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. ARMY (9) [noun] A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations. | [noun] The governmental agency in charge of a state's army. | [noun] A large group of people working toward the same purpose. ARSE (4) [noun] The buttocks or more specifically, the anus. | [noun] A stupid, mean or despicable person. | [verb] To be silly, act stupid or mess around. ARTS (4) [noun] The conscious production or arrangement of sounds, colours, forms, movements, or other elements in a manner that affects the senses and emotions, usually specifically the production of the beautiful in a graphic or plastic medium. | [noun] The creative and emotional expression of mental imagery, such as visual, auditory, social, etc. | [noun] Skillful creative activity, usually with an aesthetic focus. ARTY (7) [adjective] Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown. ARUM (6) [noun] A flower or plant in the genus Arum ARVO (7) [noun] Afternoon. ARYL (7) [noun] Any univalent organic radical derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by removing a hydrogen atom. ASCI (6) [noun] A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores. ASEA (4) [adjective] On the sea; at sea. ASHY (10) [adjective] Having the color of ashes. | [adjective] Having dry or dead skin (therefore discolored). ASKS (8) [verb] To request (information, or an answer to a question). | [verb] To put forward (a question) to be answered. | [verb] To interrogate or enquire of (a person). ASPS (6) [noun] A water snake. | [noun] A venomous viper native to southwestern Europe (Vipera aspis). | [noun] The Egyptian cobra (Naja haje) ATAP (6) [noun] A palm tree native to Southeast Asia, or the leaf thatch made from this tree used for roofing. ATES (4) [verb] Third person singular simple present tense of "ate," meaning to consume food. | [noun] Plural of "ate," the Greek goddess of mischief and ruin. ATMA (6) [noun] The eternal self or soul in Hindu and yogic philosophy, believed to be the innermost essence of a person. ATOM (6) [noun] The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons. | [noun] (history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter. | [noun] The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something. ATOP (6) [adverb] On, to, or at the top. | [preposition] On the top of. | [preposition] On the top, with "of". AUKS (8) [noun] Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae. AULD (5) [adjective] Old AUNT (4) [noun] The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. | [noun] The female cousin of one’s parent. | [noun] A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin. AURA (4) [noun] Distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something. | [noun] An invisible force surrounding a living creature. | [noun] Perceptual disturbance experienced by some migraine sufferers before a migraine headache. AUTO (4) [noun] An automobile. | [noun] A setting for automatic operation. | [noun] An automatic gearbox / transmission. | [noun] An autorickshaw. AVER (7) [verb] To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner. | [verb] To prove or justify a plea. | [verb] To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify. | [noun] Possessions, property, belongings, wealth. | [noun] A work-horse, working ox, or other beast of burden. AVES (7) [noun] An Ave Maria. | [noun] A reverential salutation. AVID (8) [adjective] Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something AVOS (7) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Macanese pataca. | [noun] The large, usually yellowish-green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree. | [noun] The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family. AVOW (10) [noun] Avowal | [verb] To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly. | [verb] To bind or devote by a vow. AWAY (10) [verb] To depart; to go to another place. | [adjective] Not here, gone, absent, unavailable, traveling; on vacation. | [adjective] At a specified distance in space, time, or figuratively. AWED (8) [verb] To inspire fear and reverence in. | [verb] To control by inspiring dread. | [adjective] Filled with awe. AWEE (7) AWES (7) [verb] To inspire fear and reverence in. | [verb] To control by inspiring dread. AWLS (7) [noun] A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc. | [noun] Any of various hesperiid butterflies. AWNS (7) [noun] The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista. AWNY (10) AWOL (7) [noun] Absence without proper authority from the properly appointed place of duty, or from unit, organization, or other place of duty at which one is required to be at the time prescribed. | [noun] A person who holds AWOL status. | [noun] (generic) Somebody who is absent without permission. AWRY (10) [adjective] Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry. | [adjective] Wrong or distorted; perverse, amiss. | [adverb] Obliquely, crookedly; askew. AXAL (11) AXED (12) [verb] To request (information, or an answer to a question). | [verb] To put forward (a question) to be answered. | [verb] To interrogate or enquire of (a person). AXEL (11) [noun] A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air. AXES (11) [noun] A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it. | [noun] An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle. | [noun] A dismissal or rejection. | [verb] To request (information, or an answer to a question). | [noun] An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry). AXIL (11) [noun] The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. AXIS (11) [noun] An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry). | [noun] A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis) | [noun] The second cervical vertebra of the spine | [noun] Axis axis, a deer native to Asia. AXLE (11) [noun] Shoulder. | [noun] The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel. | [noun] A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree. AXON (11) [noun] A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse. AYAH (10) [noun] A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia. | [noun] A verse in the Quran. AYES (7) [noun] An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative. AYIN (7) [noun] The 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet. | [noun] An eye or spring of water in desert regions. AZAN (13) [noun] The call to prayer, which originally consisted of simply four takbirs followed by the statement لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله (أَشْهَدُ أَنْ). | [noun] A staining technique involving azocarmine and aniline dyes. AZON (13) [noun] A guided aerial bomb used during World War II that was controlled by radio signals.

AAHED (9) AALII (5) AARGH (9) [interjection] Expressing annoyance, dismay, embarrassment or frustration. ABACA (9) [noun] Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. | [noun] The fiber of this plant, used in rope. ABACI (9) ABACK (13) [adverb] Towards the back or rear; backwards. | [adverb] In the rear; a distance behind. | [adverb] By surprise; startled; dumbfounded. (see usage) | [noun] An abacus. ABAFT (10) [adverb] On the aft side; in the stern. | [adverb] Backwards. | [preposition] Behind; toward the stern relative to some other object or position; aft of. ABAKA (11) ABAMP (11) ABASE (7) [verb] To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. | [verb] To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop. | [verb] To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase. ABASH (10) [verb] To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. | [verb] To lose self-possession; to become ashamed. ABATE (7) [noun] Abatement. | [verb] (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease. | [verb] To become null and void. | [verb] To enter a tenement without permission after the owner has died and before the heir takes possession. | [noun] An Italian abbot, or other member of the clergy. ABBAS (9) ABBES (9) [noun] A French abbot, the (male) head of an abbey. | [noun] An honorific title for a member of the French clergy. ABBEY (12) [noun] The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess. | [noun] A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings. | [noun] The church of a monastery. ABBOT (9) [noun] The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. | [noun] The pastor and/or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter. | [noun] A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries. ABEAM (9) [adjective] Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft. | [adverb] On the beam; at a right angle to the centerline or keel of a vessel or aircraft; being at a bearing approximately 090 Degrees or 270 Degrees relative. | [adverb] Alongside or abreast; opposite the center of the side of the ship or aircraft. ABELE (7) [noun] The white poplar (Populus alba). ABETS (7) [noun] Fraud or cunning. | [noun] An act of abetting; of helping; of giving aid. | [verb] To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. ABHOR (10) [verb] To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. | [verb] To fill with horror or disgust. | [verb] To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject. ABIDE (8) [verb] To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere. | [verb] To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand. | [verb] To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for. ABLER (7) [adjective] Easy to use. | [adjective] Suitable; competent. | [adjective] Liable to. ABLES (7) ABMHO (12) ABODE (8) [verb] To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere. | [verb] To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand. | [verb] To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for. | [noun] An omen; a foretelling. ABOHM (12) ABOIL (7) ABOMA (9) ABOON (7) ABORT (7) [noun] A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. | [noun] The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. | [noun] An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission. | [verb] (now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. ABOUT (7) [adjective] Moving around; astir. | [adjective] In existence; being in evidence; apparent. | [adjective] Near; in the vicinity or neighbourhood. ABOVE (10) [noun] Heaven. | [noun] Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page. | [noun] Higher authority. ABRIS (7) ABUSE (7) [noun] Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. | [noun] Misuse; improper use; perversion. | [noun] A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception. | [verb] To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert ABUTS (7) [verb] To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) | [verb] To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to. | [verb] To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall. ABUZZ (25) [adjective] Characterized by a high level of activity or gossip; in a buzz, buzzing. ABYES (10) ABYSM (12) [noun] Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos. | [noun] An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole. ABYSS (10) [noun] Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. | [noun] (frequently figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. | [noun] Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound. ACARI (7) [noun] (acarology) Any member of the subclass Acari (aka Acarina): thus, a mite or a tick; specifically, any mite of the genus Acarus. ACERB (9) [adjective] Sour, bitter, and harsh to the taste, as unripe fruit. | [adjective] Sharp and harsh in expressing oneself. ACETA (7) [noun] Plural of acetum; vinegar or a sour liquid. | [noun] Solutions of medicinal substances in vinegar. ACHED (11) [verb] To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. | [verb] To cause someone or something to suffer pain. ACHES (10) [noun] Continued dull pain, as distinguished from sudden twinges, or spasmodic pain. | [verb] To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. | [verb] To cause someone or something to suffer pain. ACHOO (10) [interjection] An exclamation used to represent the sound of a sneeze. ACIDS (8) [noun] A sour substance. | [noun] Any of several classes of compound having the following properties: | [noun] Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) ACIDY (11) [adjective] Resembling or containing acid; sour or acidic in taste or nature. ACING (8) [verb] (US) To pass (a test, interviews etc.) perfectly. | [verb] To win a point by an ace. | [verb] To make an ace (hole in one). ACINI (7) [noun] One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. | [noun] A grape-stone. | [noun] One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. ACKEE (11) [noun] A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan. | [noun] The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous. ACMES (9) [noun] The top or highest point; pinnacle; culmination. | [noun] The crisis or height of a disease. | [noun] Mature age; full bloom of life. ACMIC (11) ACNED (8) ACNES (7) [noun] Plural of acne, a skin condition characterized by pimples and inflammation. ACOCK (13) [adjective] Tilted or turned to one side; awry. ACOLD (8) [adjective] Chilled or cold; affected by cold. | [adverb] In a cold manner; coldly. ACORN (7) [noun] The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. | [noun] A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. | [noun] See acorn-shell. ACRED (8) [adjective] Having acres; measured or valued in acres. ACRES (7) [noun] An English unit of land area (symbol: a. or ac.) originally denoting a day's plowing for a yoke of oxen, now standardized as 4,840 square yards or 4,046.86 square meters. | [noun] Any of various similar units of area in other systems. | [noun] (usually in the plural) A wide expanse. ACRID (8) [adjective] Sharp and harsh, or bitter and not to the taste. | [adjective] Causing heat and irritation. | [adjective] Caustic; bitter; bitterly irritating. ACTED (8) [verb] To do something. | [verb] To do (something); to perform. | [verb] To perform a theatrical role. ACTIN (7) [noun] A globular structural protein that polymerizes in a helical fashion to form an actin filament (or microfilament). | [noun] One of the six isoforms of actin. ACTOR (7) [noun] A person who performs, plays a part in a theatrical play or film. | [noun] One who acts; a doer. | [noun] One who takes part in a situation. ACUTE (7) [noun] A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia. | [noun] An accent or tone higher than others. | [noun] An acute accent (´). ACYLS (10) [noun] Plural of acyl, an organic chemical group derived from a carboxylic acid by removal of the hydroxyl group. ADAGE (7) [noun] An old saying which has obtained credit by long use | [noun] An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim ADAPT (8) [verb] To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit | [verb] To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust | [verb] To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character ADDAX (14) [noun] A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus), with long horns, that lives in the desert. ADDED (8) [verb] To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. | [verb] To sum up; to put together mentally. | [verb] To combine elements of (something) into one quantity. ADDER (7) [noun] Any snake. | [noun] A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling the viper; a viper. | [noun] Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers. ADDLE (7) [verb] (provincial) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. | [verb] (provincial) To thrive or grow; to ripen. | [noun] A foolish or dull-witted fellow. ADEEM (8) [verb] To revoke or take away a bequest or gift in a will, typically because the item no longer exists or has been disposed of by the testator. ADEPT (8) [noun] One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient | [adjective] Well skilled; completely versed; thoroughly proficient ADIEU (6) [noun] A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell. | [interjection] Said to wish a final farewell; goodbye. ADIOS (6) [interjection] (in Spanish contexts) goodbye ADITS (6) [noun] A horizontal or nearly horizontal passage from the surface into a mine, as contrasted with a shaft or vertical entry passage. An adit may be used for ventilation, haulage, drainage, or other purposes. ADMAN (8) [noun] A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements. ADMEN (8) [noun] A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements. ADMIT (8) [verb] To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration | [verb] To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise. | [verb] To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny ADMIX (15) [noun] The act of admixing. | [noun] The mixture that results from admixing, especially an alloy. | [verb] To mingle with something else; to mix. ADOBE (8) [noun] An unburnt brick dried in the sun. | [noun] The earth from which such bricks are made. | [noun] A house made of adobe brick. ADOBO (8) [noun] A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic. | [noun] A marinade. ADOPT (8) [verb] To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) | [verb] To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally. | [verb] To select and take or approve. ADORE (6) [verb] To worship. | [verb] To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection. | [verb] To be very fond of. ADORN (6) [noun] Adornment | [verb] To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate. | [adjective] Adorned; ornate ADOWN (9) [adverb] Down or in a downward direction; archaic or poetic form of "down." ADOZE (15) [adjective] In a light sleep or dozing state. ADULT (6) [noun] A fully grown human or animal. | [noun] A person who has reached the legal age of majority. | [verb] To (cause to) be or become an adult. ADUNC (8) [adjective] Hooked or curved inward; having a hooked shape. ADUST (6) [adjective] (usually postpositive, of a bodily humour) Abnormally dark or over-concentrated; associated with various states of discomfort or illness (specifically being too hot or dry). | [adjective] (by extension) Hot and dry; thirsty or parched. | [adjective] Burnt or having a scorched color. ADYTA (9) [noun] The innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given. | [noun] (by extension) A private chamber; a sanctum. ADZES (15) [noun] A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood. | [verb] To shape a material using an adze. AECIA (7) [noun] The plural of aecium, a fruiting structure in rust fungi that produces aecospores. AEDES (6) [noun] A genus of mosquitoes that includes species responsible for transmitting dengue fever and yellow fever. AEGIS (6) [noun] A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center. | [noun] Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship. AEONS (5) [noun] (preferred spelling, with æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead. | [noun] (Cosmology) Each universe in a series of universes, according to conformal cyclic cosmology. | [noun] Eternity. AERIE (5) [noun] A local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. | [noun] The nest of a bird of prey. | [noun] Any high and remote but commanding place. AFARS (8) [noun] Plural of afar, meaning at or to a distance; from a distance. | [noun] Members of a pastoral people of the Horn of Africa. AFFIX (18) [noun] That which is affixed; an appendage. | [noun] A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end. | [noun] (broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix etc. AFIRE (8) [adjective] On fire (often metaphorically). | [adverb] On fire (often metaphorically). AFOOT (8) [adjective] (predicative) That is on foot, in motion, in action, in progress. | [adverb] On foot. (means of locomotion, walking) | [adverb] On foot. (support of the body, standing) AFORE (8) [adverb] Before. | [adverb] In the fore part of a ship. | [preposition] Before; in advance of the time of. AFOUL (8) [adverb] (principally nautical) In a state of collision or entanglement. | [adverb] (with of) In a state of entanglement or conflict (with). AFRIT (8) [noun] (Islamic mythology) a kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an. AFTER (8) [adjective] Later; second (of two); next, following, subsequent | [adjective] (where the frame of reference is within the ship) At or towards the stern of a ship. | [adverb] Behind; later in time; following. AGAIN (6) [adverb] Another time; once more. | [adverb] Over and above a factor of one. | [adverb] Used metalinguistically, with the repetition being in the discussion, or in the linguistic or pragmatic context of the discussion, rather than in the subject of discussion. AGAMA (8) [noun] Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae of family Agamidae, especially in genera Acanthocercus, Agama, Dendragama, Laudakia, Phrynocephalus, Trapelus and Xenagama. AGAPE (8) [adjective] In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open. | [adjective] Wide open. | [adverb] In a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention. | [noun] The love of God for mankind, or the benevolent love of Christians for others. AGARS (6) [noun] Plural of agar, a gelatinous substance derived from seaweed used in laboratories and cooking as a gelling agent. | [noun] Plural of agar, a culture medium used in microbiology. AGATE (6) [noun] A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds. | [noun] The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5 1/2-point. | [noun] One fourteenth of an inch | [adverb] On the way; agoing. AGAVE (9) [noun] A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity. AGAZE (15) [verb] To gaze at; to look steadily at. AGENE (6) [noun] A chemical compound used in flour bleaching and bread improvement, now largely banned due to health concerns. AGENT (6) [noun] One who exerts power, or has the power to act | [noun] One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another | [noun] A person who looks for work for another person AGERS (6) [noun] Plural of ager, one who ages or something that causes aging. | [noun] Plural of ager, a person or thing that ages something else. AGGER (7) [noun] One who aggers; specifically, a person who operates an agger (a Roman battering ram or siege weapon). | [noun] In geology, a ridge or mound of material deposited by glacial action. AGGIE (7) [noun] A student of or graduate from an agricultural college. | [noun] A marble or small stone used in games. AGGRO (7) [noun] Aggravation; bother. | [noun] Aggressive behaviour; loud, intimidating behaviour that convincingly threatens violence without necessarily actually becoming violent. | [noun] A measure of how belligerent a player is – a high value may inspire either avoidance or preemptive hostile action from enemies. AGHAS (9) [noun] Plural of agha; a Turkish or Ottoman military commander or official of high rank. AGILE (6) [adjective] Having the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move | [adjective] Characterised by quick motion | [adjective] Of or relating to agile software development, a technique for iterative and incremental development of software involving collaboration between teams. AGING (7) [verb] To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to. | [verb] To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt. | [verb] To categorize by age. AGIOS (6) [noun] The premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio. AGISM (8) [noun] The treating of a person or people, especially youth or seniors, differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age. AGIST (6) [verb] To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same. | [verb] To charge lands etc. with any public burden. AGLEE (6) [adjective] Awry; askew; in a crooked or slanted position. AGLET (6) [noun] The cover at the tip of a shoelace, to prevent it from fraying. | [noun] A catkin. | [noun] A tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing hose or trousers to jacket or doublet) or sleeves to a bodice. AGLEY (9) [adjective] Wrong; askew. | [adverb] Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly. AGLOW (9) [adjective] (sometimes figurative) glowing; radiant AGMAS (8) [noun] The nasalized velar consonant found in such words as song or wink. | [noun] The symbol ŋ, used to represent that nasal velar consonant in IPA; eng. AGONE (6) [adjective] Ago; in the past (archaic or poetic form). AGONS (6) [noun] Plural of agon, meaning a struggle or contest, especially a debate or conflict in ancient Greek drama. | [noun] Plural of agon, referring to the central conflict or dramatic struggle in a literary work. AGONY (9) [noun] Extreme pain. | [noun] The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. | [noun] Violent contest or striving. AGORA (6) [noun] A place for gathering. | [noun] A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece. | [noun] Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel. AGREE (6) [verb] To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur. | [verb] To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to. | [verb] To yield assent to; to approve. AGRIA (6) AGUES (6) [verb] To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit. AHEAD (9) [adverb] In or to the front; in advance; onward. | [adverb] In the direction one is facing or moving. | [adverb] In or for the future. AHOLD (9) [verb] To grasp or hold onto something. | [noun] A grip or hold on something. AHULL (8) [adverb] On or toward the hull of a ship; in or toward the direction of the hull. AIDED (7) [verb] To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist. | [verb] To climb with the use of aids such as pitons. AIDER (6) [noun] One who aids or helps. | [verb] Third person singular present of "aid," meaning to help or assist. AIDES (6) [noun] An assistant. | [noun] An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp. AILED (6) [verb] To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.) | [verb] To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled. AIMED (8) [verb] To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it | [verb] To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive | [verb] To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object AIMER (7) [noun] One who aims; a person who takes aim. | [verb] Third person singular present of "aim" (archaic/dialectal form). AIOLI (5) [noun] A type of sauce, similar to mayonnaise, made from garlic, egg, lemon juice and olive oil. AIRED (6) [verb] To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it. | [verb] To let fresh air into a room or a building, to ventilate. | [verb] To discuss varying viewpoints on a given topic. AIRER (5) [noun] A framework upon which laundry is aired; a clotheshorse. AIRNS (5) [noun] Plural of airn, a Scottish word for direction or point of the compass. | [noun] Plural of airn, a Scots word for an eagle or bird of prey. AIRTH (8) [noun] A direction or point of the compass, specifically the cardinal direction between north and east; also used in Scottish English to mean direction or quarter. | [noun] The earth or ground. AIRTS (5) [noun] Directions or points of the compass, particularly in Scottish usage. | [noun] Plural of airt, meaning directions or quarters. AISLE (5) [noun] A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers. | [noun] A clear path through rows of seating. | [noun] A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale. AITCH (10) [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter H. AIVER (8) AJIVA (15) [noun] In Jainism, the term for non-living matter or substances that lack a soul, as opposed to jiva (living beings). AJUGA (13) [noun] Any plant in the genus Ajuga, especially the ornamental ground cover Ajuga reptans. AKEES (9) [noun] A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan. | [noun] The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous. AKELA (9) [noun] The leader of a pack of Cub Scouts. AKENE (9) [noun] A type of fruit or seed vessel, especially a dry, one-seeded fruit that does not open naturally at maturity. ALACK (11) [interjection] An expression of sorrow or mourning. ALAMO (7) ALAND (6) ALANE (5) [noun] A chemical compound, aluminum hydride (AlH₃), used as a reducing agent and rocket fuel. | [adjective] Solitary or alone (archaic/poetic usage). ALANG (6) ALANS (5) [noun] Plural of alan, a type of large hunting dog or mastiff, particularly those used in medieval times. | [noun] Members of a nomadic Iranian people who inhabited the Caucasus region. ALANT (5) ALARM (7) [noun] A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. | [noun] Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. | [noun] A sudden attack; disturbance. ALARY (8) [adjective] Relating to or resembling wings. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the axilla (armpit area). ALATE (5) [noun] A winged, reproductive form of several social insects. | [adjective] Having winglike extensions or parts; winged. | [adverb] Recently; lately; of late. ALBAS (7) [noun] A type of lyrical poetry, traditionally Provençal, about lovers who must part at dawn. | [noun] A white-flowered shrub rose of the hybrid Rosa × alba. | [noun] A flower of the hybrid Rosa × alba. ALBUM (9) [noun] A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs. | [noun] A collection, especially of literary items | [noun] A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks ALCID (8) [noun] A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins. ALDER (6) [noun] Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family. | [noun] An alderman or alderwoman. ALDOL (6) [noun] Any aldehyde or ketone having a hydroxy group in the beta- position ALECS (7) [noun] An anchovy or herring, especially pickled or dried. | [noun] A sauce made from alecs; alec sauce. ALEFS (8) ALEPH (10) [noun] The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀, Aramaic 𐡀, Syriac ܐ, Hebrew א and Arabic ا. ALERT (5) [noun] An alarm. | [noun] A notification of higher importance than an advisory. | [noun] A state of readiness for potential combat. | [verb] To give warning to. ALFAS (8) [noun] Plural of alfa, a type of grass (esparto) used for making paper and rope. ALGAE (6) [noun] Any of many aquatic photosynthetic organisms, including the seaweeds, whose size ranges from a single cell to giant kelps and whose biochemistry and forms are very diverse, some being eukaryotic. | [noun] Algal organisms viewed collectively or as a mass; algal growth. | [noun] A particular kind of algae. ALGAL (6) [noun] An alga. | [adjective] Pertaining to, or like, algae ALGAS (6) ALGID (7) ALGIN (6) ALGOR (6) ALGUM (8) ALIAS (5) [noun] Another name; an assumed name. | [noun] A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. | [noun] An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks. ALIBI (7) [noun] The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed | [verb] To provide an alibi for. | [verb] To provide an excuse for. ALIEN (5) [noun] Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin. | [noun] A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration. | [noun] A foreigner residing in a country. ALIFS (8) ALIGN (6) [verb] To form a line; to fall into line. | [verb] To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line. | [verb] To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size. ALIKE (9) [adjective] Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. | [adverb] In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally. ALINE (5) [verb] To form a line; to fall into line. | [verb] To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line. | [verb] To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size. | [adverb] In line ALIST (5) ALIVE (8) [adjective] Having life; living; not dead | [adjective] In a state of action; in force or operation; existent | [adjective] Busy with activity of many living beings; swarming; thronged; busy. ALIYA (8) ALKYD (13) [noun] A synthetic resin derived from a reaction between alcohol and certain acids, used as a base for many laminates, paints and coatings. ALKYL (12) [noun] Any of a series of univalent radicals of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons. ALLAY (8) [noun] Alleviation; abatement; check. | [noun] An alloy. | [verb] To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm. ALLEE (5) [noun] A tree-lined avenue, often particularly one that is part of a landscaped garden. ALLEY (8) [noun] A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings. | [noun] The area between the outfielders. | [noun] An establishment where bowling is played. | [noun] A glass marble or taw. ALLOD (6) [noun] Allodium ALLOT (5) [verb] To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot. | [verb] To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose. ALLOW (8) [verb] To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. | [verb] To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. | [verb] To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct. ALLOY (8) [noun] A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal. | [noun] A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value. | [noun] An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc. | [verb] To mix or combine; often used of metals. ALLYL (8) [noun] (especially in combination) The univalent radical, CH2=CH-CH2-, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard. ALMAH (10) ALMAS (7) ALMEH (10) ALMES (7) ALMUD (8) ALMUG (8) ALOES (5) [noun] (in the plural) The resins of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for their fragrant aroma, produced after infection by the fungus Phialophora parasitica. | [noun] A plant of the genus Aloe. | [noun] A strong, bitter drink made from the juice of such plants, used as a purgative. ALOFT (8) [adverb] At, to, or in the air or sky. | [adverb] Above, overhead, in a high place; up. | [adverb] In the top, at the masthead, or on the higher yards or rigging. ALOHA (8) [noun] Good wishes, love. | [noun] An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below). | [interjection] Expressing good wishes when greeting or parting from someone; hello; goodbye. ALOIN (5) ALONE (5) [adjective] By oneself, solitary. | [adjective] Apart from, or exclusive of, others. | [adjective] Considered separately. ALONG (6) [adverb] In company; together. | [adverb] Onward, forward, with progressive action. | [preposition] By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to. ALOOF (8) [adjective] Reserved and remote; either physically or emotionally distant; standoffish. | [adverb] At or from a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. | [adverb] Without sympathy; unfavorably. ALOUD (6) [adjective] Spoken out loud. | [adverb] With a loud voice, or great noise; loudly; audibly. | [adverb] Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly. ALPHA (10) [noun] The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A. | [noun] Latin alpha | [noun] The name of the symbols Α and α used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix. ALTAR (5) [noun] A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites. | [noun] A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary. | [noun] Anything that is worshipped or sacrificed to. ALTER (5) [verb] To change the form or structure of. | [verb] To become different. | [verb] To tailor clothes to make them fit. | [noun] (especially in the plural) An identity or headmate of a person with dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder). | [noun] A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites. ALTHO (8) ALTOS (5) [noun] A musical part or section higher than tenor and lower than soprano, formerly the part that performed a countermelody above the tenor or main melody. | [noun] A person or musical instrument that performs the alto part. | [noun] An alto saxophone ALULA (5) [noun] A small projection of three or four feathers on the first digit of the wing on some birds. | [noun] A flower, a species of Hawaiian lobelioid ALUMS (7) [noun] An astringent salt, usually occurring in the form of pale crystals, much used in the dyeing and tanning trade and in certain medicines, and now understood to be a double sulphate of potassium and aluminium (K2SO4·Al2(SO4)3·24H2O). | [noun] Any similar double sulphate in which either or both of the potassium and aluminium is wholly or partly replaced by other univalent or tervalent cations. | [noun] (shortening) A past attendee or graduate (of either gender) of a college, university or other educational institution. ALWAY (11) [adverb] At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning. | [adverb] Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally). | [adverb] In any event. AMAHS (10) [noun] In South Asia, a woman employed to look after children; (formerly) a wet nurse. | [noun] In China and Southeast Asia, a female domestic helper. AMAIN (7) AMASS (7) [noun] A large number of things collected or piled together. | [noun] The act of amassing. | [verb] To collect into a mass or heap. AMAZE (16) [noun] Amazement, astonishment. | [verb] To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex. | [verb] To undergo amazement; to be astounded. AMBER (9) [noun] Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale. | [noun] A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. | [noun] A yellow-orange colour. AMBIT (9) [noun] The sphere or area of control and influence of something. | [noun] A circuit, or a boundary around a property. | [noun] The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc. AMBLE (9) [noun] An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll. | [noun] An easy gait, especially that of a horse. | [verb] To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely. AMBOS (9) [noun] A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches. | [noun] A stationary podium used for readings and homilies. | [noun] An ambulance driver. AMBRY (12) [noun] A bookcase; a library or archive. | [noun] A storehouse, especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage. | [noun] A pantry, or place to store food. AMEBA (9) [noun] A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia. | [noun] The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers. | [noun] An asexual. AMEER (7) AMEND (8) [noun] (usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong; compensation. | [verb] To make better; improve. | [verb] To become better. AMENS (7) [noun] An instance of saying ‘amen’. | [noun] A title of Christ; the Faithful One (especially with reference to Revelation 3:14) | [verb] To say amen. AMENT (7) [noun] A catkin or amentum. | [noun] A congenital idiot. AMIAS (7) AMICE (9) [noun] A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy. AMICI (9) [noun] Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case. AMIDE (8) [noun] Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides | [noun] Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH- or R2N-) AMIDO (8) AMIDS (8) [preposition] In the middle of; surrounded by. | [preposition] During the course of. AMIES (7) [noun] Plural of amie, a female friend (from French). AMIGA (8) [noun] A female friend or female companion, particularly used in Spanish-speaking contexts but adopted into English informal usage. AMIGO (8) [noun] Friend | [noun] (chiefly California) Mexican | [noun] A native of the Philippines who was friendly toward the Spanish. AMINE (7) [noun] A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals. | [noun] Any organic compound containing an amine functional group. AMINO (7) [noun] The amine functional group. | [adjective] Relating to an amine. AMINS (7) [noun] Plural of amin, a type of organic compound containing nitrogen. | [noun] Plural of amin, an informal term for amphetamine. AMIRS (7) [noun] A prince, commander or other leader or ruler in an Islamic nation. | [noun] A descendant of the prophet Muhammad. AMISS (7) [noun] Fault; wrong; an evil act, a bad deed. | [adjective] Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect. | [adverb] Wrongly. AMITY (10) [noun] Friendship. The cooperative and supportive relationship between people, or animals. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem, affection, and respect along with a degree of rendering service to friends in times of need or crisis. | [noun] Mutual understanding and a peaceful relationship, especially between nations; peace; accord. AMMOS (9) [noun] Plural of ammo, informal short form for ammunition. | [noun] Plural of ammos, a type of sandal worn in ancient Greece. AMNIA (7) [noun] The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended. AMNIC (9) AMOKS (11) [noun] Plural of amok, a state of murderous frenzy. | [verb] Third person singular of amok, to run amok or behave wildly. AMOLE (7) [noun] Any of various parts of the Agave (or similar) plants, when used as soap | [noun] Other Mexican and North American plants used as soap AMONG (8) [preposition] Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. (See Usage Note at amidst.) | [preposition] Denotes a belonging of a person or a thing to a group. | [preposition] Denotes a sharing of a common feature in a group. AMORT (7) [adjective] Lifeless, spiritless, or dull in appearance or manner. AMOUR (7) [noun] Love, affection. | [noun] Courtship; flirtation. | [noun] A love affair. AMPLE (9) [adjective] Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended. | [adjective] Fully sufficient; abundant; plenty | [adjective] Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive AMPLY (12) [adverb] In an ample manner. AMPUL (9) [noun] A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection. | [noun] An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel. | [noun] A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil. AMUCK (13) [adverb] In a violently raging manner; in a state of frenzied attack or behavior. | [noun] A state of violent frenzy. AMUSE (7) [verb] To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions. | [verb] To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny. | [verb] To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude. AMYLS (10) [noun] Plural of amyl, a univalent radical derived from pentane, commonly used in chemistry and organic compounds. ANCON (7) [noun] The corner of a wall or rafter. | [noun] A console that appears to support a cornice. | [noun] The elbow. ANEAR (5) [preposition] Near or close to. | [verb] To approach or draw near to. ANELE (5) [verb] To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil. ANENT (5) [preposition] Concerning, with regard to, about, in respect to, as to, insofar as, inasmuch as., apropos | [preposition] In the opinion or judgment of. | [preposition] Against, in front of, fronting; before; opposite; over against, on the other side. ANGAS (6) ANGEL (6) [noun] An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes. | [noun] (Abrahamic tradition) One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues. | [noun] A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness. | [noun] A person who has Angelman syndrome. ANGER (6) [noun] A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm. | [noun] Pain or stinging. | [verb] To cause such a feeling of antagonism in. ANGLE (6) [noun] A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). | [noun] The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere. | [noun] A corner where two walls intersect. | [noun] A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. ANGRY (9) [adjective] Displaying or feeling anger. | [adjective] (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful. | [adjective] (said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing. ANGST (6) [noun] Emotional turmoil; painful sadness. | [noun] A feeling of acute but vague anxiety or apprehension often accompanied by depression, especially philosophical anxiety. | [verb] To suffer angst; to fret. ANILE (5) [adjective] Of, relating to, or resembling an old woman; showing the weakness or senility of old age. ANILS (5) [noun] Plural of anil, a West Indian shrub from which indigo dye is obtained. | [noun] The indigo dye itself extracted from the anil plant. ANIMA (7) [noun] The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus. | [noun] (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona. | [noun] (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person. ANIME (7) [noun] An artistic style originating in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries. | [noun] An animated work that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style. | [noun] An animated work, regardless of the country of origin. | [noun] The resin of the courbaril (Hymenaea courbaril), used in varnishes. ANIMI (7) [noun] Plural of animus; the rational mind or soul in philosophy, or a strong feeling of hostility or ill will. ANION (5) [noun] A negatively charged ion. ANISE (5) [noun] An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent. | [noun] (often qualified as "sweet anise" or "wild anise") Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare. ANKHS (12) [noun] A cross shaped like a T with a loop at the top, the Egyptian hieroglyph representing the Egyptian triliteral ꜥnḫ and often used as an amulet or charm for this concept. | [noun] Tau cross ANKLE (9) [noun] The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint. | [verb] To walk. | [verb] To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution. ANKUS (9) [noun] The hooked goad that is used in India to control elephants. ANLAS (5) ANNAL (5) [noun] The record of a single event or item. ANNAS (5) [noun] A unit of currency in former British India equal to 12 pies or 1/16 rupee. ANNEX (12) [noun] An addition, an extension. | [noun] An appendix to a book or document. | [noun] An addition or extension to a building. | [verb] To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate. ANNOY (8) [noun] A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes. | [noun] That which causes such a feeling. | [verb] To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. ANNUL (5) [verb] To formally revoke the validity of. | [verb] To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid. ANOAS (5) [noun] Any of either Bubalus quarlesi or Bubalus depressicornis, being species of small Indonesian water buffalo similar in appearance to a deer. ANODE (6) [noun] An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage. | [noun] (by extension) The electrode at which chemical oxidation of anions takes place, usually resulting in the erosion of metal from the electrode. | [noun] The electrode which collects electrons emitted by the cathode in a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube. ANOLE (5) [noun] Any of the Anolis genus of arboreal American lizards (such as the American chameleon) from the iguana family which feature a brightly colored dewlap and color-changing ability. ANOMY (10) [noun] Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values. ANSAE (5) [noun] Plural of ansa, a loop-shaped anatomical structure or archaeological artifact. ANTAE (5) [noun] Plural of anta, which are pilasters or square columns at the corners of a building or doorway in classical architecture. ANTAS (5) [noun] Plural of anta, which is a pilaster or pier formed at the corner of a wall in classical architecture. ANTED (6) [verb] To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up. | [verb] To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances. | [verb] To rub insects, especially ants, on one's body, perhaps to control parasites or clean feathers. ANTES (5) [noun] A price or cost, as in up the ante. | [noun] In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards. | [verb] To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up. ANTIC (7) [noun] A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle. | [noun] A caricature. | [noun] (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper. | [noun] A pose, often exaggerated, in anticipation of an action; for example, a brief squat before jumping ANTIS (5) [noun] A person opposed to a concept or principle. ANTRA (5) [noun] A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses. ANTRE (5) [noun] A cave or cavern. ANTSY (8) [adjective] Restless, apprehensive and fidgety ANVIL (8) [noun] A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped. | [noun] An incus bone in the middle ear. | [noun] A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails. AORTA (5) [noun] The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system. | [noun] The liveliest part of something. APACE (9) [adverb] Quickly, rapidly, with speed. APART (7) [adjective] (Used after a noun or in the predicate) Exceptional, distinct. | [adjective] Having been taken apart; disassembled, in pieces. | [adverb] Placed separately (in regard to space or time). APEAK (11) [adjective] On or at the peak; at the highest point or level. APEEK (11) APERS (7) [verb] Third person singular present of "ape," meaning to imitate or mimic someone or something, often in a mocking way. APERY (10) [noun] A place where apes are kept. | [noun] The practice of aping; an apish action. APHID (11) [noun] Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian. APHIS (10) [noun] An aphid. APIAN (7) [noun] (very rare) A bee. | [adjective] Relating to bees. APING (8) [verb] To behave like an ape. | [verb] To imitate or mimic, particularly to imitate poorly. | [noun] Foolish imitation or mimicry. APISH (10) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of an ape APNEA (7) [noun] The cessation of breathing. APODS (8) APORT (7) [adverb] On or toward the port (left side) of a ship. APPAL (9) [verb] To fill with horror; to dismay. | [verb] To make pale; to blanch. | [verb] To weaken; to reduce in strength APPEL (9) [noun] A stamp of the foot in fencing to signal readiness or to distract an opponent. APPLE (9) [noun] A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates. | [noun] Any of various tree-borne fruits or vegetables especially considered as resembling an apple; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of other specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc. | [noun] The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit. APPLY (12) [verb] To lay or place; to put (one thing to another) | [verb] To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case | [verb] To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative | [adjective] Resembling apples, apple-like. APRES (7) [preposition] After | [noun] Such activities or events that occur after skiing. APRON (7) [noun] An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion. | [noun] The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops. | [noun] A hard surface bordering a structure or area. APSES (7) [noun] A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar. | [noun] The bishop's seat or throne in ancient churches. | [noun] A reliquary, or case in which the relics of saints were kept. APSIS (7) [noun] A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse. | [noun] Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet or comet where it is closest or furthest from the sun; perihelion or aphelion; an apside APTER (7) [adjective] Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited. | [adjective] (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards. | [adjective] Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn. APTLY (10) [adverb] In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; appropriately AQUAE (14) [noun] Plural of aqua, meaning waters or bodies of water, used in Latin phrases and scientific nomenclature. AQUAS (14) [noun] Plural of aqua, referring to water or water-based solutions. | [noun] Plural of aqua, a light bluish-green color. ARAKS (9) ARBOR (7) [noun] A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation. | [noun] A grove of trees. | [noun] An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe. ARCED (8) [verb] To move following a curved path. | [verb] To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc. | [verb] To form an electrical arc. ARCUS (7) [noun] An arch or bow-shaped anatomical structure. | [noun] A curved line or arc in geometry. ARDEB (8) [noun] An Egyptian unit of dry measure, equal to about 5.6 bushels. ARDOR (6) [noun] Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion. | [noun] Spirit; enthusiasm; passion. | [noun] Intense heat. AREAE (5) [noun] Plural of area; multiple regions or surfaces. AREAL (5) [adjective] Relating to or denoting an area or surface. | [noun] A unit of metric land area equal to 100 square meters. AREAS (5) [noun] A measure of the extent of a surface; it is measured in square units. | [noun] A particular geographic region. | [noun] Any particular extent of surface, especially an empty or unused extent. ARECA (7) [noun] Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests. AREIC (7) [adjective] Relating to or denoting a region or drainage system that has no outlet to the sea and no permanent streams. ARENA (5) [noun] An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America). | [noun] The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts. | [noun] The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome. ARETE (5) [noun] (Classical philosophy) Virtue, excellence. | [noun] (Classical philosophy) The proper state or condition for a human. | [noun] A very thin ridge of rock. ARGAL (6) [noun] A crust of tartar formed during the fermentation of wine. | [adverb] Therefore; consequently (archaic). ARGIL (6) [noun] Potter's clay. ARGLE (6) ARGOL (6) [noun] Potassium tartrate ARGON (6) [noun] The chemical element (symbol Ar) with an atomic number of 18. The third most abundant gas in the Earth's atmosphere, it is a colourless, odourless, inert noble gas. | [noun] A single atom of this element. ARGOT (6) [noun] A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds. | [noun] The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers. ARGUE (6) [verb] To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply. | [verb] To debate, disagree or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints. | [verb] To have an argument, a quarrel. ARGUS (6) [noun] A watchful guardian. | [noun] An alert, observant person. | [noun] Either of two species of pheasant of Southeast Asia having large ocellated tails. ARHAT (8) [noun] One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint. | [noun] One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta. ARIAS (5) [noun] A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata. ARIEL (5) [noun] A kind of mountain gazelle, native to Arabia. ARILS (5) [noun] A tissue surrounding the seed in certain fruits such as pomegranates. ARISE (5) [verb] To come up from a lower to a higher position. | [verb] To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up. | [verb] To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself. ARLES (5) [noun] Earnest money or a deposit given as a pledge to secure a bargain or contract. ARMED (8) [verb] To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. | [verb] To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons. | [verb] To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate. | [adjective] (chiefly in combination) Having an arm or arms, often of a specified number or type. ARMER (7) [noun] One who arms or equips with weapons. | [noun] A person who makes or sells arms/weapons. ARMET (7) [noun] A close-fitting helmet with a visor and beaver, used in the 15th and 16th centuries. ARMOR (7) [noun] A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. | [noun] A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body. | [noun] Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft. AROID (6) [noun] Any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics. AROMA (7) [noun] A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one. AROSE (5) [verb] To come up from a lower to a higher position. | [verb] To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up. | [verb] To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself. ARPEN (7) ARRAS (5) [noun] A tapestry or wall hanging. ARRAY (8) [noun] Clothing and ornamentation. | [noun] A collection laid out to be viewed in full. | [noun] An orderly series, arrangement or sequence. ARRIS (5) [noun] A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces | [noun] A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two curved surfaces | [noun] A ridge formed on the surface of flaked stone that results from the intersection of two or more flake removals. The arris marks the location of flake scars on the dorsal surface of chipped stone. http//books.google.com/books?id=L6LAsLpx46IC&pg=PA252&lpg=PA252&dq=arris+lithic&source=web&ots=VMpCZX_xc-&sig=sW0DjBW6Lg_NdAGKi8ML875OcfI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA252,M1 | [noun] Buttocks, arse. ARROW (8) [noun] A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow. | [noun] A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. →). | [noun] A directed edge. ARSES (5) [noun] The buttocks or more specifically, the anus. | [noun] A stupid, mean or despicable person. | [verb] To be silly, act stupid or mess around. ARSIS (5) [noun] The stronger part of a musical measure: the part containing the beat. | [noun] The stronger part of a metrical foot: the part containing the long (heavy) syllable in quantitative meter, or the stressed syllable in a qualitative meter. | [noun] The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar, opposed to the thesis. ARSON (5) [noun] The crime of deliberately starting a fire with intent to cause damage. | [verb] To illegally set fire to; to burn down in a criminal manner ARTAL (5) [noun] A unit of weight used in some Muslim countries, typically equal to about 2.8 pounds or roughly 1.3 kilograms. ARTEL (5) [noun] A Russian or Soviet craftsmen's collective. ARTSY (8) [adjective] (sometimes derogatory) Inclined towards the arts; arty. ARUMS (7) [noun] A flower or plant in the genus Arum ARVAL (8) [adjective] Relating to plowed land or fields; of or pertaining to arable land. ARVOS (8) [noun] Afternoon. ARYLS (8) [noun] Plural of aryl; chemical groups derived from aromatic hydrocarbons by removal of one hydrogen atom. ASANA (5) [noun] A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga. | [noun] Any of certain trees of genus Pterocarpus | [noun] The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany. ASCOT (7) [noun] Ascot tie ASCUS (7) [noun] A sac-shaped cell present in ascomycete fungi; it is a reproductive cell in which meiosis and an additional cell division produce eight spores. ASDIC (8) [noun] A sonar system used to detect submarines, employing sound waves to locate objects underwater. ASHED (9) [verb] Past tense of ash, meaning to cover with ash or to reduce to ash. | [verb] To remove ash from something, such as a cigarette. ASHEN (8) [adjective] Made from the wood of the ash-tree. | [adjective] Of or resembling ashes. | [adjective] Ash-colored; pale; anemic, anaemic. | [verb] To turn into ash; make or become ashy ASHES (8) [noun] The solid remains of a fire. | [noun] The nonaqueous remains of a material subjected to any complete oxidation process. | [noun] Fine particles from a volcano, volcanic ash. ASIDE (6) [noun] An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity. | [noun] A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters. | [noun] A minor related mention, an afterthought. ASKED (10) [verb] To request (information, or an answer to a question). | [verb] To put forward (a question) to be answered. | [verb] To interrogate or enquire of (a person). ASKER (9) [noun] One who asks a question or makes a request. ASKEW (12) [adjective] Turned or twisted to one side. | [adjective] Untoward, unfavourable. | [adverb] Tilted to one side. ASKOI (9) [noun] Plural of askos, an ancient Greek jug or vessel with a spout, typically used for pouring liquids. ASKOS (9) [noun] An ancient Greek wineskin or liquid container made from a goat skin or leather. | [noun] In pottery, a type of ancient Greek vessel with a spout and loop handle used for pouring liquids. ASPEN (7) [adjective] Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree. | [adjective] Tremulous, trembling. | [adjective] Of a woman's tongue: wagging, gossiping. | [noun] The asp tree; a kind of poplar tree (genus Populus sect. Populus). A medium-size tree with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color. ASPER (7) [noun] A monetary unit formerly used in Turkey and some other Ottoman territories. | [adjective] Rough or harsh to the touch. ASPIC (9) [noun] A dish in which ingredients are set into a gelatine, jelly-like substance made from a meat stock or consommé. | [noun] An asp, a small venomous snake of Egypt. | [noun] A piece of ordnance carrying a 12-pound shot. ASPIS (7) [noun] A small round shield used by ancient Greek hoplites. | [noun] A venomous snake found in Africa and Asia. ASSAI (5) [adverb] A tempo direction equivalent to "very". ASSAY (8) [noun] Trial, attempt. | [noun] Examination and determination; test. | [noun] The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something. ASSES (5) [noun] Any of several species of horse-like animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden. | [noun] A stupid person. | [noun] Buttocks. | [noun] (unit of weight) A libra. ASSET (5) [noun] Something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered. | [noun] Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused. | [noun] An intelligence asset. ASTER (5) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers. | [noun] A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell. | [noun] A star. ASTIR (5) [adjective] In motion; characterized by motion. | [adjective] Out of bed; up and about. ASYLA (8) [noun] Plural of asylum, referring to places of refuge or institutions for the care of people with mental illness or other conditions. ATAPS (7) [noun] A type of palm leaf used for thatching roofs, particularly in Southeast Asia. ATAXY (15) [noun] Ataxia | [noun] Disorder; irregularity ATILT (5) [adjective] At an angle from the vertical or horizontal. | [adverb] At an angle from the vertical or horizontal; at the point of falling over. | [adverb] Tilting or as if tilting (charging with a lance, like a knight on horseback in a joust). ATLAS (5) [noun] A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text. | [noun] A bound collection of tables, illustrations etc. on any given subject. | [noun] (especially of the human body) A detailed visual conspectus of something of great and multi-faceted complexity, with its elements splayed so as to be presented in as discrete a manner as possible whilst retaining a realistic view of the whole. | [noun] A rich satin fabric. ATMAN (7) [noun] (Vedanta) The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman. ATMAS (7) [noun] Plural of atma, the individual soul or self in Hindu and yogic philosophy. ATOLL (5) [noun] A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls ATOMS (7) [noun] The smallest possible amount of matter which still retains its identity as a chemical element, now known to consist of a nucleus surrounded by electrons. | [noun] (history of science) A hypothetical particle posited by Greek philosophers as an ultimate and indivisible component of matter. | [noun] The smallest, indivisible constituent part or unit of something. ATOMY (10) [noun] A floating mote or speck of dust. | [noun] An indivisible particle. | [noun] A tiny being; a very small person. | [noun] A skeleton. | [adjective] Resembling a tiny particle; made up of tiny particles. ATONE (5) [verb] To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. | [verb] To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. | [verb] To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. ATONY (8) [noun] Lack of muscle tone or strength; absence of normal tension or responsiveness in a body part or organ. ATOPY (10) [noun] A genetic tendency to develop allergic diseases such as asthma, eczema, or hay fever. ATRIA (5) [noun] A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings. | [noun] A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels. | [noun] A cavity, entrance, or passage. ATRIP (7) [adjective] (nautical) With the anchor just clear of the bottom of the sea. | [adjective] In a state of readiness or preparation. ATTAR (5) [noun] An essential oil extracted from flowers. | [noun] A perfume made from this oil. ATTIC (7) [noun] The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation. AUDAD (7) AUDIO (6) [noun] A sound, or a sound signal | [adjective] Focused on audible sound, as opposed to sight. AUDIT (6) [noun] A judicial examination. | [noun] An examination in general. | [noun] An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures AUGER (6) [noun] A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet. | [noun] A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool). | [noun] A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts AUGHT (9) [pronoun] Anything whatsoever, any part. | [noun] Whit, the smallest part, iota. | [noun] Zero | [noun] Estimation. | [noun] Property; possession | [numeral] A numerical value equal to 8; the number occurring after seven and before nine. AUGUR (6) [noun] A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences. | [noun] An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events. | [verb] To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events. AULIC (7) [adjective] Relating to a royal court or palace; characteristic of a court. AUNTS (5) [noun] The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. | [noun] The female cousin of one’s parent. | [noun] A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin. AUNTY (8) [noun] The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. | [noun] The female cousin of one’s parent. | [noun] A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin. AURAE (5) [noun] Distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something. | [noun] An invisible force surrounding a living creature. | [noun] Perceptual disturbance experienced by some migraine sufferers before a migraine headache. AURAL (5) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the ear. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to sound. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to an aura. AURAR (5) [noun] A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of an Icelandic króna AURAS (5) [noun] Distinctive atmosphere or quality associated with something. | [noun] An invisible force surrounding a living creature. | [noun] Perceptual disturbance experienced by some migraine sufferers before a migraine headache. AUREI (5) [noun] A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii. AURES (5) [noun] Plural of "aura," which refers to distinctive atmospheres or qualities surrounding a person or thing. | [noun] Plural of "auris," a Latin term for ears used in anatomical contexts. AURIC (7) [adjective] Of or pertaining to trivalent gold. | [adjective] Of, or pertaining to the ear; aural | [adjective] Pertaining to an aura. AURIS (5) [noun] The ear, or an ear-shaped anatomical structure. AURUM (7) [noun] The Latin name for the element gold, atomic number 79. AUTOS (5) [noun] An automobile. | [noun] A setting for automatic operation. | [noun] An automatic gearbox / transmission. AUXIN (12) [noun] A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle. AVAIL (8) [noun] Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions). | [noun] Proceeds; profits from business transactions. | [noun] An advertising slot or package. AVANT (8) [noun] The front of an army; the vanguard. AVAST (8) [interjection] Hold fast!; desist!; stay!. | [interjection] (in imitation of pirates) listen!; pay attention! AVENS (8) [noun] A plant of the genus Geum, especially Geum urbanum, or herb bennet. | [noun] A plant of the genus Dryas. AVERS (8) [verb] To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner. | [verb] To prove or justify a plea. | [verb] To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify. AVERT (8) [verb] To turn aside or away. | [verb] To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of. | [verb] To turn away. AVGAS (9) [noun] Gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft. AVIAN (8) [noun] A bird. | [noun] A bird-like or flying creature. | [noun] (furry fandom) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics. AVION (8) AVISO (8) [noun] A notice or warning, especially one issued by a government or authority. | [noun] In maritime contexts, a fast sailing ship used for carrying dispatches or messages. AVOID (9) [verb] To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun | [verb] To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from | [verb] To try not to do something or to have something happen AVOWS (11) [verb] To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly. | [verb] To bind or devote by a vow. | [verb] To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry. AWAIT (8) [noun] A waiting for; ambush. | [noun] Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation. | [verb] To wait for. AWAKE (12) [adjective] Not asleep; conscious. | [adjective] (by extension) Alert, aware. | [verb] To become conscious after having slept. AWARD (9) [noun] A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. | [noun] The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. | [noun] A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit. AWARE (8) [adjective] Vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty. | [adjective] Conscious or having knowledge of something. AWASH (11) [adjective] Washed by the waves or tide (of a rock or strip of shore, or of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it); covered with water. | [adjective] (by extension) Covered, overspread (with or in something). AWFUL (11) [adjective] Very bad. | [adjective] Exceedingly great; usually applied intensively. | [adjective] Causing fear or horror; appalling, terrible. AWING (9) [adverb] On the wing; flying; fluttering. | [verb] To inspire fear and reverence in. | [verb] To control by inspiring dread. AWNED (9) [adjective] Having awns; furnished with awns (bristle-like appendages on grain or grass). AWOKE (12) [verb] To become conscious after having slept. | [verb] To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping. | [verb] To excite or to stir up something latent. AWOLS (8) [noun] Plural of AWOL; instances of absence without leave from military duty or obligation. AXELS (12) [noun] A jump that includes one (or more than one) complete turn and a half turn while in the air. AXIAL (12) [noun] A flight feather that appears between the primaries and secondaries on some birds. | [noun] A plane parallel to the surface of a tooth. | [adjective] Relating to, resembling, or situated on an axis AXILE (12) [adjective] Relating to or situated on an axis. AXILS (12) [noun] The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. AXING (13) [verb] To request (information, or an answer to a question). | [verb] To put forward (a question) to be answered. | [verb] To interrogate or enquire of (a person). AXIOM (14) [noun] A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved. | [noun] (proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context). | [noun] An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received. AXION (12) [noun] A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force. AXITE (12) AXLED (13) [adjective] Having an axle or axles; equipped with an axle. AXLES (12) [noun] Shoulder. | [noun] The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel. | [noun] A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree. AXMAN (14) [noun] A man who wields an axe. | [noun] A musician who plays a guitar or saxophone. AXMEN (14) [noun] A man who wields an axe. | [noun] A musician who plays a guitar or saxophone. AXONE (12) [noun] A variant spelling of axon, the long slender projection of a nerve cell that conducts electrical impulses away from the cell body. AXONS (12) [noun] A nerve fibre which is a long slender projection of a nerve cell, and which conducts nerve impulses away from the body of the cell to a synapse. AYAHS (11) [noun] A South Asian female servant, maid or nanny, historically, often one working for Europeans in South Asia. | [noun] A verse in the Quran. AYINS (8) [noun] The plural of ayin, the sixteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. AZANS (14) [noun] The call to prayer, which originally consisted of simply four takbirs followed by the statement لَا إِلٰهَ إِلَّا ٱلله (أَشْهَدُ أَنْ). AZIDE (15) [noun] The univalent N3 radical or functional group or any ester containing this group | [noun] The N3- anion or any salt containing this anion (^-N=\overset{+}N=N^-) AZIDO (15) [adjective] Relating to or containing the azide group, a chemical functional group consisting of three nitrogen atoms bonded together. AZINE (14) [noun] Any of a class of organic compounds, having the general formula R2C=NN=CR2, produced by the action of a carbonyl compound with hydrazine. AZLON (14) [noun] A synthetic fiber made from cellulose, used in textiles and clothing. AZOIC (16) [adjective] Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life | [adjective] Anterior to the existence of animal life | [adjective] Formed when there was no animal life on the globe AZOLE (14) [noun] A five-membered aromatic heterocyclic compound containing nitrogen atoms, used in various organic compounds and fungicides. AZONS (14) AZOTE (14) [noun] An archaic or poetic term for nitrogen. AZOTH (17) [noun] The mercury of the alchemists, regarded as the universal remedy or elixir of life. | [noun] An alchemical term for the first matter or prima materia used in creating the philosopher's stone. AZURE (14) [noun] A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines. | [noun] The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour. | [noun] The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.

AAHING (10) AALIIS (6) AARRGH (10) ABACAS (10) [noun] Musa textilis, a species of banana tree native to the Philippines grown for its textile, rope- and papermaking fibre. | [noun] The fiber of this plant, used in rope. ABACUS (10) [noun] A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing. | [noun] A device used for performing arithmetical calculations; a table on which loose counters are placed, or (more commonly) an instrument with beads sliding on rods, or counters in grooves, with one row of beads or counters representing units, the next tens, etc. | [noun] The uppermost portion of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave, in some cases a flat oblong or square slab, in others more decorated. ABAKAS (12) ABAMPS (12) ABASED (9) [verb] To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. | [verb] To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop. | [verb] To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase. ABASER (8) ABASES (8) [verb] To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. | [verb] To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop. | [verb] To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase. ABASIA (8) ABATED (9) [verb] (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease. | [verb] To become null and void. | [verb] To nullify; make void. ABATER (8) ABATES (8) [noun] Abatement. | [verb] (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease. | [verb] To become null and void. ABATIS (8) [noun] A means of defense formed by felled trees, or sometimes by bent trees, the ends of whose branches are sharpened and directed outwards, or against the enemy, and more recently fortified with barbed wire. | [noun] In the middle ages, an officer of the stables who had the care of measuring out the provender; an avenor. | [noun] In fortification, a barricade made of felled trees denuded of their smaller branches, with the butt-ends of the trunks embedded in the earth or secured by pickets, and the sharpened ends of the branches directed upward and outward toward an advancing enemy, for the purpose of obstructing his progress. In field-fortifications the abatis is usually constructed in front of the ditch. See fortification. ABATOR (8) ABBACY (15) [noun] The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess. ABBESS (10) [noun] A female superior or governess of a nunnery, or convent of nuns, having the same authority over the nuns which the abbots have over the monks. | [noun] (British slang) A woman who runs a brothel; a woman employed by a prostitute to find clients. ABBEYS (13) [noun] The office or dominion of an abbot or abbess. | [noun] A monastery or society of people, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy, which is headed by an abbot or abbess; also, the monastic building or buildings. | [noun] The church of a monastery. ABBOTS (10) [noun] The superior or head of an abbey or monastery. | [noun] The pastor and/or administrator of an order, including minor and major orders starting with the minor order of porter. | [noun] A layman who received the abbey's revenues, after the closing of the monasteries. ABDUCE (11) ABDUCT (11) [verb] To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. | [verb] To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body. ABELES (8) [noun] The white poplar (Populus alba). ABELIA (8) [noun] Any of the various honeysuckles of the genus Abelia. ABHORS (11) [verb] To regard with horror or detestation; to shrink back with shuddering from; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. | [verb] To fill with horror or disgust. | [verb] To turn aside or avoid; to keep away from; to reject. ABIDED (10) [verb] To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere. | [verb] To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand. | [verb] To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for. ABIDER (9) ABIDES (9) [verb] To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere. | [verb] To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand. | [verb] To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for. ABJECT (17) [noun] A person in the lowest and most despicable condition; a castaway; outcast. | [adjective] Sunk to or existing in a low condition, state, or position. | [adjective] Cast down in spirit or hope; degraded; servile; grovelling; despicable; lacking courage; offered in a humble and often ingratiating spirit. | [verb] To cast off or out; to reject. ABJURE (15) [verb] To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. | [verb] To cause one to renounce or recant. | [verb] To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. ABLATE (8) [verb] To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization. | [verb] To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature. ABLAUT (8) [noun] The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get and got; sing and song; hang and hung, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel. | [verb] (of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel. | [verb] To cause to change a vowel. ABLAZE (17) [adjective] Burning fiercely; in a blaze; on fire. | [adjective] Radiant with bright light and color. | [adjective] In a state of glowing excitement or ardent desire. ABLEST (8) [adjective] Easy to use. | [adjective] Suitable; competent. | [adjective] Liable to. ABLINS (8) ABLOOM (10) [adjective] Blooming; covered in flowers. | [adjective] Having something growing or grown. | [adjective] Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor; exhibiting youth-like beauty. ABLUSH (11) [adjective] Blushing; ruddy. | [adverb] Blushing; ruddy. ABMHOS (13) ABOARD (9) [adverb] On board; into or within a ship or boat; hence, into or within a railway car. | [adverb] On or onto a horse, a camel, etc. | [adverb] On base. ABODED (10) ABODES (9) [noun] Act of waiting; delay. | [noun] Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn. | [noun] A residence, dwelling or habitation. ABOHMS (13) ABOLLA (8) ABOMAS (10) ABORAL (8) [adjective] Situated opposite to, or away from, the mouth. ABORTS (8) [noun] A miscarriage; an untimely birth; an abortion. | [noun] The product of a miscarriage; an aborted offspring; an abortion. | [noun] An early termination of a mission, action, or procedure in relation to missiles or spacecraft; the craft making such a mission. ABOUND (9) [verb] To be full to overflowing. | [verb] To be wealthy. | [verb] To be highly productive. ABOVES (11) ABRADE (9) [verb] To rub or wear off; erode. | [verb] To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate. | [verb] To irritate by rubbing; chafe. | [verb] To wrench (something) out. ABROAD (9) [noun] Countries or lands abroad. | [adverb] Beyond the bounds of a country; in foreign countries. | [adverb] At large; widely; broadly; over a wide space. ABRUPT (10) [noun] Something which is abrupt; an abyss. | [verb] To tear off or asunder. | [verb] To interrupt suddenly. ABSEIL (8) [noun] A descent in mountaineering using a rope looped at the top and a friction device. | [verb] To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body; to rappel. ABSENT (8) [noun] (with definite article) Something absent, especially absent people collectively; those who were or are not there. | [noun] An absentee; a person who is not there. | [adjective] Being away from a place; withdrawn from a place; not present; missing. | [verb] To keep (oneself) away. ABSORB (10) [verb] To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. | [verb] To engulf, as in water; to swallow up. | [verb] To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. ABSURD (9) [noun] An absurdity. | [noun] (often preceded by the) The opposition between the human search for meaning in life and the inability to find any; the state or condition in which man exists in an irrational universe and his life has no meaning outside of his existence. | [adjective] Contrary to reason or propriety; obviously and flatly opposed to manifest truth; inconsistent with the plain dictates of common sense; logically contradictory; nonsensical; ridiculous; silly. ABULIA (8) [noun] Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. ABULIC (10) [adjective] Lacking willpower or the ability to make decisions; characterized by aboulia or absence of will. ABUSED (9) [verb] To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert | [verb] To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly. | [verb] To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage. ABUSER (8) [noun] One who abuses someone or something. | [noun] One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use. ABUSES (8) [noun] Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. | [noun] Misuse; improper use; perversion. | [noun] A delusion; an imposture; misrepresentation; deception. ABVOLT (11) [noun] A unit of electrical potential difference equal to one billionth of a volt, used in the centimeter-gram-second system of units. ABWATT (11) [noun] A unit of electrical power equal to one billionth of a watt, used in measuring very small amounts of power. ABYING (12) ABYSMS (13) [noun] Hell; the infernal pit; the great deep; the primal chaos. | [noun] An abyss; a gulf, a chasm, a very deep hole. ACACIA (10) [noun] A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. | [noun] The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia. | [noun] A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia. | [noun] (history) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals. ACAJOU (15) [noun] The cashew tree. | [noun] A cashew nut. | [noun] The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae. ACARID (9) [noun] A member of the family Acaridae, which includes mites and ticks. | [noun] Any mite or tick belonging to the order Acarina. ACARUS (8) [noun] A mite, especially one of a family of parasitic mites that infest the skin or burrow into it. | [noun] Any of various small arachnids belonging to the order Acari. ACCEDE (11) [verb] To approach; to arrive, to come forward. | [verb] To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. | [verb] To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. ACCENT (10) [noun] A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it. | [noun] Emphasis or importance in general. | [noun] A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked. | [verb] To express the accent of vocally; to utter with accent. ACCEPT (12) [verb] To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval. | [verb] To admit to a place or a group. | [verb] To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in. ACCESS (10) [noun] A way or means of approaching or entering; an entrance; a passage. | [noun] The act of approaching or entering; an advance. | [noun] The right or ability of approaching or entering; admittance; admission; accessibility. ACCORD (11) [noun] Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action. | [noun] A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord. | [noun] Agreement or harmony of things in general. ACCOST (10) [noun] Address; greeting. | [noun] An attack. | [verb] To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. ACCRUE (10) [noun] Something that accrues; advantage accruing | [verb] To increase, to rise | [verb] To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent. ACCUSE (10) [noun] Accusation. | [verb] To find fault with, blame, censure | [verb] (followed by "of") to charge with having committed a crime or offence ACEDIA (9) [noun] Spiritual or mental sloth. | [noun] Apathy; a lack of care or interest; indifference. | [noun] Boredom. ACETAL (8) [noun] Any diether of a geminal diol, R2C(OR')2 (where R' is not H). ACETIC (10) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or producing vinegar | [adjective] Of or pertaining to acetic acid or its derivatives ACETIN (8) [noun] A colorless liquid compound derived from acetic acid, used as a solvent and in organic synthesis. ACETUM (10) [noun] Vinegar or a sour liquid, especially vinegar used in medicine or cooking. ACETYL (11) [noun] The univalent radical CH3CO- derived from acetic acid. ACHENE (11) [noun] A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup. ACHIER (11) [adjective] Suffering from aches, sore. ACHING (12) [verb] To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed. | [verb] To cause someone or something to suffer pain. | [noun] The feeling of an ache; a dull pain. ACIDIC (11) [adjective] Having a pH less than 7, or being sour, or having the strength to neutralize alkalis, or turning a litmus paper red. | [adjective] Containing a high percentage of silica; opposed to basic. | [adjective] Of or relating to acid; having the character of an acid. ACIDLY (12) [adverb] Sourly; tartly ACINAR (8) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or located in an acinus. ACINIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or resembling an acinus (a small sac or cavity in a gland or plant structure). | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the berry-like fruit of plants in the bramble family. ACINUS (8) [noun] One of the small grains or drupelets which make up some kinds of fruit, as the blackberry, raspberry, etc. | [noun] A grape-stone. | [noun] One of the granular masses which constitute a racemose or compound gland, as the pancreas; also, one of the saccular recesses in the lobules of a racemose gland. ACKEES (12) [noun] A tropical evergreen tree, Blighia sapida, related to the lychee and longan. | [noun] The fruit of the tree, of which only the arils are edible, the remainder being poisonous. ACNODE (9) [noun] An isolated point on a curve that is not connected to any other part of the curve. ACORNS (8) [noun] The fruit of the oak, being an oval nut growing in a woody cup or cupule. | [noun] A cone-shaped piece of wood on the point of the spindle above the vane, on the mast-head. | [noun] See acorn-shell. ACQUIT (17) [verb] To declare or find innocent or not guilty. | [verb] To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil. | [verb] Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge. ACROSS (8) [noun] (crosswords, often in combination) A word that runs horizontally in the completed puzzle grid or its associated clue. | [adverb] From one side to the other. | [adverb] On the other side. ACTING (9) [verb] To do something. | [verb] To do (something); to perform. | [verb] To perform a theatrical role. ACTINS (8) [noun] Plural of actin, a globular protein that forms thin filaments in muscle cells and is involved in cell movement and structure. ACTION (8) [noun] Something done so as to accomplish a purpose. | [noun] A way of motion or functioning. | [noun] Fast-paced activity. ACTIVE (11) [noun] A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting. | [noun] Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering). | [adjective] Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting;—opposed to passive, that receives. ACTORS (8) [noun] A person who performs, plays a part in a theatrical play or film. | [noun] One who acts; a doer. | [noun] One who takes part in a situation. ACTUAL (8) [noun] An actual, real one; notably: | [adjective] Relating to a person's acts or deeds; active, practical | [adjective] Existing in reality, not just potentially; really acted or acting; occurring in fact. ACUATE (8) [verb] To sharpen or make acute; to point or taper. | [adjective] Sharpened; pointed; made acute. ACUITY (11) [noun] Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc. ACULEI (8) [noun] Plural of aculeus; needle-like structures or prickles found on plants or animals. | [noun] In zoology, sharp spines or pointed appendages. ACUMEN (10) [noun] Quickness of perception or discernment; penetration of mind; the faculty of nice discrimination. | [noun] A sharp, tapering point extending from a plant. | [noun] A bony, often sharp, protuberance, especially that of the ischium. ACUTER (8) [adjective] More acute; having a sharper point, angle, or severity. | [adjective] More intense or severe in degree or effect. ACUTES (8) [noun] A person who has the acute form of a disorder, such as schizophrenia. | [noun] An accent or tone higher than others. | [noun] An acute accent (´). ADAGES (8) [noun] An old saying which has obtained credit by long use | [noun] An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim ADAGIO (8) [noun] A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully. | [noun] A passage having this mark. | [noun] A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts. ADAPTS (9) [verb] To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit | [verb] To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust | [verb] To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character ADDEND (9) [noun] Any one of two or more numbers or other terms that are to be added together. | [noun] A moiety added to another molecule. | [verb] To furnish with an addendum. ADDERS (8) [noun] Any snake. | [noun] A name loosely applied to various snakes more or less resembling the viper; a viper. | [noun] Someone who or something which performs arithmetic addition; a machine for adding numbers. ADDICT (10) [noun] A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug | [noun] An adherent or fan (of something) | [verb] To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision. ADDING (9) [verb] To join or unite (e.g. one thing to another, or as several particulars) so as to increase the number, augment the quantity or enlarge the magnitude, or so as to form into one aggregate. | [verb] To sum up; to put together mentally. | [verb] To combine elements of (something) into one quantity. ADDLED (9) [verb] (provincial) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. | [verb] (provincial) To thrive or grow; to ripen. | [verb] To make addle; to grow addle; to muddle ADDLES (8) [verb] (provincial) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. | [verb] (provincial) To thrive or grow; to ripen. | [noun] A foolish or dull-witted fellow. ADDUCE (10) [verb] To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. ADDUCT (10) [noun] The product of an addition reaction. | [verb] To draw towards a center or a middle line. ADEEMS (9) [verb] To revoke or take away a bequest or gift made in a will. | [verb] To fail to give what was promised or expected. ADENYL (10) [noun] A chemical group or radical derived from adenine, consisting of an adenine base bonded to a ribose sugar, found in adenosine and related nucleotides. ADEPTS (9) [noun] One fully skilled or well versed in anything; a proficient ADHERE (10) [verb] To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united. | [verb] To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc. | [verb] To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. ADIEUS (7) [noun] A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell. ADIEUX (14) [noun] A farewell, a goodbye; especially a fond farewell, or a lasting or permanent farewell. ADIPIC (11) [adjective] Of or relating to adipic acid, a dicarboxylic acid used in the manufacture of nylon and other synthetic polymers. ADJOIN (14) [verb] To be in contact or connection with. | [verb] To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element). ADJURE (14) [verb] To issue a formal command. | [verb] To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge solemnly. ADJUST (14) [verb] To modify. | [verb] To improve or rectify. | [verb] To settle an insurance claim. ADMASS (9) [noun] That part of society that is influenced by mass media advertising. ADMIRE (9) [verb] To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at. | [verb] To regard with wonder and delight. | [verb] To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence. ADMITS (9) [verb] To allow to enter; to grant entrance (to), whether into a place, into the mind, or into consideration | [verb] To allow (someone) to enter a profession or to enjoy a privilege; to recognize as qualified for a franchise. | [verb] To concede as true; to acknowledge or assent to, as an allegation which it is impossible to deny ADMIXT (16) [verb] Past tense and past participle of admix; to mix with something else. ADNATE (7) [adjective] Linked or fused to a structure of a type different from itself; for example, attachment of a stamen to a petal is adnate, while attachment of a stamen to another stamen is connate. | [adjective] Growing with one side adherent to a stem; applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals. in fish, having the eyes fused and unable to rotate independently ADNEXA (14) [noun] The appendages of an organ, such as the fallopian tubes of the uterus. ADNOUN (7) ADOBES (9) [noun] An unburnt brick dried in the sun. | [noun] The earth from which such bricks are made. | [noun] A house made of adobe brick. ADOBOS (9) [noun] A Philippine dish in which pork or chicken is slowly cooked in a sauce including soy sauce, vinegar, and crushed garlic. | [noun] A marinade. ADONIS (7) [noun] A handsome young man. | [noun] A type of butterfly or plant of the genus Adonis. ADOPTS (9) [verb] To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) | [verb] To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally. | [verb] To select and take or approve. ADORED (8) [verb] To worship. | [verb] To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection. | [verb] To be very fond of. ADORER (7) [noun] One who adores; a person who worships or loves deeply. | [noun] In some contexts, a title or form of address for a revered person. ADORES (7) [verb] To worship. | [verb] To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection. | [verb] To be very fond of. ADORNS (7) [verb] To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate. ADRIFT (10) [adjective] Floating at random. | [adjective] (of a seaman) Absent from his watch. | [adjective] (often with of) Behind one's opponents, or below a required threshold in terms of score, number or position. ADROIT (7) [adjective] Deft, dexterous, or skillful. ADSORB (9) [verb] To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption ADULTS (7) [noun] A fully grown human or animal. | [noun] A person who has reached the legal age of majority. ADVECT (12) [verb] To transport (something) by advection. ADVENT (10) [noun] Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears ADVERB (12) [noun] (grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses. | [verb] To make into or become an adverb. ADVERT (10) [noun] An advertisement, an ad. | [verb] To take notice, to pay attention (to). | [verb] To turn attention to, to take notice of (something). ADVICE (12) [noun] An opinion offered in an effort to be helpful. | [noun] Deliberate consideration; knowledge. | [noun] (commonly in plural) Information or news given; intelligence ADVISE (10) [verb] To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed. | [verb] To recommend; to offer as advice. | [verb] To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with of before the thing communicated. ADYTUM (12) [noun] The innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given. | [noun] (by extension) A private chamber; a sanctum. ADZUKI (20) [noun] Either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean. AECIAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or produced by an aecium, a cup-shaped fruiting structure found in rust fungi. AECIUM (10) [noun] A cup-shaped structure in rust fungi that produces spores, found on the upper surface of infected plant leaves. AEDILE (7) [noun] An elected official who was responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, regulation of festivals, supervision of markets and the supply of grain and water. AEDINE (7) AENEUS (6) AEONIC (8) [adjective] Relating to or lasting for an aeon; eternal or immeasurably long in duration. AERATE (6) [verb] To supply with oxygen or air. AERIAL (6) [noun] A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc. | [noun] A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground. | [noun] Aerial photography. AERIED (7) [verb] Past tense of "aery," meaning to nest or build an aerie (eagle's nest). | [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of an aerie; located high up. AERIER (6) [adjective] More airy; having more air or resembling air more closely. | [adjective] More eerie; more strange or frightening. AERIES (6) [noun] A local chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. | [noun] The nest of a bird of prey. | [noun] Any high and remote but commanding place. AERIFY (12) [verb] To expose to air or make porous by introducing air into soil or a substance. AERILY (9) [adverb] In an aery or eagle's nest manner; at a great height. | [adverb] In an airy or light manner. AEROBE (8) [noun] Any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive. AERUGO (7) [noun] A greenish or brownish patina that forms on the surface of copper or bronze when exposed to air or moisture; verdigris. AETHER (9) [noun] The substance formerly supposed to fill the upper regions of the atmosphere above the clouds, in particular as a medium breathed by deities. | [noun] Often as aether and more fully as luminiferous aether: a substance once thought to fill all unoccupied space that allowed electromagnetic waves to pass through it and interact with matter, without exerting any resistance to matter or energy; its existence was disproved by the 1887 Michelson–Morley experiment and the theory of relativity propounded by Albert Einstein (1879–1955). | [noun] The atmosphere or space as a medium for broadcasting radio and television signals; also, a notional space through which Internet and other digital communications take place; cyberspace. AFEARD (10) [adjective] Afraid AFFAIR (12) [noun] (often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public. | [noun] Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely. | [noun] An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle. AFFECT (14) [verb] To influence or alter. | [verb] To move to emotion. | [verb] Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). | [verb] To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. | [noun] One's mood or inclination; mental state. AFFINE (12) [noun] (genealogy) A relative by marriage, an in-law. | [verb] To refine. | [adjective] Assigning finite values to finite quantities. AFFIRM (14) [verb] To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively. | [verb] To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true. | [verb] To support or encourage. AFFLUX (19) [noun] An upward rush of fluid. | [noun] The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction. AFFORD (13) [verb] To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious;—with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. | [verb] To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury. | [verb] To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue. AFFRAY (15) [noun] The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack. | [noun] A tumultuous assault or quarrel. | [noun] The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. AFGHAN (13) [noun] A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted. | [noun] A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut. AFIELD (10) [adverb] Away (from the home or starting point, physical or conceptual); usually preceded by far (or farther, further). | [adverb] On the field. | [adverb] Out in the open. AFLAME (11) [adjective] In flames, on fire, flaming, with flames coming from it | [adjective] Showing anger or contempt AFLOAT (9) [adverb] Floating | [adverb] Covered with water bearing floating articles; flooded. | [adverb] Out at sea. AFRAID (10) [adjective] (usually used predicatively, not attributively, be afraid) Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear. | [adjective] Regretful, sorry. | [adjective] (used with for) Worried about, feeling concern for, fearing for (someone or something). AFREET (9) [noun] (Islamic mythology) a kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an. AFRESH (12) [adverb] Anew; again; once more AFRITS (9) [noun] (Islamic mythology) a kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an. AFTERS (9) [noun] Dessert | [noun] The festivities held after a wedding meal. | [noun] Fighting or arguing off the ball or when play has stopped AFTOSA (9) AGAMAS (9) [noun] Any of the various small, long-tailed lizards of the subfamily Agaminae of family Agamidae, especially in genera Acanthocercus, Agama, Dendragama, Laudakia, Phrynocephalus, Trapelus and Xenagama. AGAMIC (11) [adjective] Occurring without the union of male and female gametes; asexual AGAPAE (9) [noun] Plural of agape, referring to Christian love or brotherly love, or plural of agape referring to a type of mollusk shell. AGAPAI (9) AGARIC (9) [noun] Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath. | [noun] A dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine (now Fomitopsis officinalis, formerly Fomes officinalis, Polyporus officinalis). AGATES (7) [noun] A semi-pellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds. | [noun] The size of type between pearl and nonpareil, standardized as 5 1/2-point. | [noun] One fourteenth of an inch AGAVES (10) [noun] A plant of the genus Agave, which includes the maguey or century plant (Agave americana), which produces a gigantic flower stem at maturity. AGEDLY (11) [adverb] In a manner characteristic of old age; in an aged way. AGEING (8) [verb] To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to. | [verb] To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt. | [verb] To categorize by age. AGEISM (9) [noun] The treating of a person or people, especially youth or seniors, differently from others based on assumptions or stereotypes relating to their age. AGEIST (7) [noun] A person who behaves in an ageist manner. | [adjective] Unfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age. AGENCY (12) [noun] The capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power. | [noun] The capacity of individuals to act independently and to make their own free choices. | [noun] A medium through which power is exerted or an end is achieved. AGENDA (8) [noun] A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to. | [noun] A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting). | [noun] A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner. AGENES (7) AGENTS (7) [noun] One who exerts power, or has the power to act | [noun] One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by authority from him/her; someone entrusted to do the business of another | [noun] A person who looks for work for another person AGGERS (8) AGGIES (8) [noun] Students or graduates of Texas A&M University. | [noun] Plural of aggie, a type of playing marble made of agate or ceramic material. AGGROS (8) [verb] Third person singular present of "aggro," meaning to annoy, provoke, or irritate someone. AGHAST (10) [adjective] Terrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror. AGINGS (8) [noun] The plural of aging; the process of growing older or the period during which something matures. | [noun] In wine or spirits production, the processes of maturing beverages in storage. AGISMS (9) [noun] Plural of agism; discrimination or prejudice based on age. | [noun] Plural of agism; prejudiced attitudes or beliefs about people based on their age. AGISTS (7) [verb] To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same. | [verb] To charge lands etc. with any public burden. AGLARE (7) [adjective] In a glaring state; glowing or shining brightly. | [adverb] In a glaring manner; so as to glare. AGLEAM (9) [adjective] Glowing with subdued light. AGLETS (7) [noun] The cover at the tip of a shoelace, to prevent it from fraying. | [noun] A catkin. | [noun] A tip, originally of metal and often decorative, on a ribbon or cord that makes lacing two parts of a garment or garments together easier, as in corset lacings, "points" (lacing hose or trousers to jacket or doublet) or sleeves to a bodice. AGNAIL (7) [noun] A corn or sore on the toe or finger. | [noun] Torn skin near a toenail or fingernail. AGNATE (7) [noun] A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family. | [noun] Any paternal male relative. | [adjective] Related to someone by male connections or on the paternal side of the family. AGNIZE (16) [verb] To recognise; to acknowledge. AGONAL (7) [adjective] Relating to or resembling agony or the final struggle before death. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to an agon (a struggle or contest in ancient Greek drama). AGONES (7) [noun] Plural of agone, an archaic or dialectal word meaning "ago" or past events. | [noun] Plural of agon, meaning contests or struggles, particularly in ancient Greek drama. AGONIC (9) [adjective] Having no magnetic declination; relating to a line on Earth's surface where magnetic north and true north coincide. AGORAE (7) [noun] A place for gathering. | [noun] A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece. AGORAS (7) [noun] A place for gathering. | [noun] A marketplace, especially in Classical Greece. AGOROT (7) [noun] Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel. AGOUTI (7) [noun] A rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, of the family Dasyprocta. | [noun] A fur containing a pattern of pigmentation in which individual hairs have several bands of light and dark pigment with black tips; any of several genes responsible for this pigmentation. AGOUTY (10) AGRAFE (10) [noun] A clasp or buckle used to fasten garments or armor. | [noun] In architecture, an ornamental clasp or fastening device. AGREED (8) [verb] To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur. | [verb] To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to. | [verb] To yield assent to; to approve. AGREES (7) [verb] To harmonize in opinion, statement, or action; to be in unison or concord; to be or become united or consistent; to concur. | [verb] To yield assent; to accede;—followed by to. | [verb] To yield assent to; to approve. AGRIAS (7) [noun] Plural of agria, a tropical American tree (Spondias mombin) that produces edible yellow fruit, also known as hog plum. | [noun] A skin disease characterized by pustules or sores. AGUISH (10) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of an ague; feverish or shivering. | [adjective] Inclined to cause ague or fever. AHCHOO (14) [interjection] A representation of the sound of a sneeze. AHIMSA (11) [noun] A doctrine of non-violence, concerned with the sacredness of all living things and an effort to avoid causing harm to them. AHOLDS (10) [verb] Third person singular present tense of "ahold," meaning to grasp or obtain a hold of something. AHORSE (9) [adverb] On or mounted upon a horse. AIDERS (7) [noun] People who help or assist others. | [noun] Plural of aider, one who aids. AIDFUL (10) AIDING (8) [verb] To provide support to; to further the progress of; to help; to assist. | [verb] To climb with the use of aids such as pitons. | [noun] The act of one who aids or assists. AIDMAN (9) [noun] A medical corpsman or soldier trained to provide first aid and emergency medical treatment on the battlefield. AIDMEN (9) [noun] Plural of aidman; military medical personnel who provide first aid on the battlefield. AIGLET (7) [noun] A metal or plastic tip on the end of a shoelace or cord. AIGRET (7) [noun] A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a head ornament. | [noun] A spray of gems or jewels worn as a brooch or ornament. AIKIDO (11) [noun] A Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throws. | [noun] A school of the martial art. AILING (7) [verb] To cause to suffer; to trouble, afflict. (Now chiefly in interrogative or indefinite constructions.) | [verb] To be ill; to suffer; to be troubled. | [noun] An ailment. AIMERS (8) [noun] Plural of aimer, one who aims. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of aim (archaic/dialectal usage). AIMFUL (11) AIMING (9) [verb] To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it | [verb] To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive | [verb] To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object AIOLIS (6) [noun] A type of sauce, similar to mayonnaise, made from garlic, egg, lemon juice and olive oil. AIRBUS (8) [noun] A subsonic jet airliner, especially a wide-bodied one. AIRERS (6) [noun] A framework upon which laundry is aired; a clotheshorse. AIREST (6) [adjective] Superlative form of airy; most airy or most resembling air. | [adjective] Most resembling or characteristic of air; lightest in quality or substance. AIRIER (6) [adjective] Consisting of air. | [adjective] Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial. | [adjective] Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy. AIRILY (9) [adverb] In an airy manner. | [adverb] Lightly AIRING (7) [verb] To bring (something) into contact with the air, so as to freshen or dry it. | [verb] To let fresh air into a room or a building, to ventilate. | [verb] To discuss varying viewpoints on a given topic. AIRMAN (8) [noun] A pilot of an aircraft. | [noun] A member of an air force. | [noun] A person of a rank in the U.S. Air Force above airman basic and below airman first class. AIRMEN (8) [noun] A pilot of an aircraft. | [noun] A member of an air force. | [noun] A person of a rank in the U.S. Air Force above airman basic and below airman first class. AIRTED (7) AIRTHS (9) AIRWAY (12) [noun] The trachea. | [noun] A flight path used by aeroplanes. AISLED (7) [adjective] Having an aisle or aisles; arranged with aisles. AISLES (6) [noun] A wing of a building, notably in a church separated from the nave proper by piers. | [noun] A clear path through rows of seating. | [noun] A clear corridor in a supermarket with shelves on both sides containing goods for sale. AIVERS (9) AJIVAS (16) [noun] Plural of ajiva, a term from Jainism referring to non-living matter or substance that lacks consciousness, as distinguished from jiva (living souls). AJOWAN (16) [noun] A plant in the family Apiaceae (Trachyspermum ammi), and its seed, which is used (especially in South Asian cooking) for its thyme-like flavor. AJUGAS (14) [noun] Any plant in the genus Ajuga, especially the ornamental ground cover Ajuga reptans. AKELAS (10) [noun] The leader of a pack of Cub Scouts. AKENES (10) [noun] Plural of akene, a type of simple dry fruit that does not open to release its seed, similar to an achene. AKIMBO (14) [adjective] With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. | [adverb] Into, in, or of the position where the arms are akimbo. ALAMOS (8) ALANDS (7) ALANIN (6) ALANTS (6) ALANYL (9) [noun] A chemical radical or group derived from the amino acid alanine, used in biochemistry and organic chemistry. ALARMS (8) [noun] A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy. | [noun] Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. | [noun] A sudden attack; disturbance. ALARUM (8) [noun] A danger signal or warning. | [noun] A call to arms. | [verb] To sound alarums, to sound an alarm. ALASKA (10) ALATED (7) ALATES (6) [noun] Winged insects, particularly termites or ants that have developed wings for reproduction. | [verb] Third person singular of "alate," meaning to provide with wings or to develop wings. ALBATA (8) [noun] An alloy of copper, nickel, and zinc, used as a substitute for silver. ALBEDO (9) [noun] The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage. | [noun] The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith. | [noun] One of the four major stages of the magnum opus, involving purification of the prima materia. ALBEIT (8) [conjunction] Although, despite (it) being. ALBINO (8) [noun] A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism. | [adjective] Congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); born with albinism. ALBITE (8) [noun] A plagioclase feldspar, the first member of the Albite-Anorthite solid solution series. ALBUMS (10) [noun] A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs. | [noun] A collection, especially of literary items | [noun] A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks ALCADE (9) ALCAIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or denoting a metrical pattern used in classical poetry, consisting of four lines with a specific arrangement of long and short syllables. ALCIDS (9) [noun] A bird of the family Alcidae, including auks, auklets, razorbills, dovekies, guillemots, and puffins. ALCOVE (11) [noun] A small recessed area set off from a larger room. | [noun] A shady retreat. ALDERS (7) [noun] Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Alnus, belonging to the birch family. | [noun] An alderman or alderwoman. ALDOLS (7) ALDOSE (7) ALDRIN (7) [noun] An insecticide and persistent organic pollutant containing a naphthalene-derived compound. ALEGAR (7) ALEPHS (11) [noun] The first letter of the Proto-Canaanite alphabet, and its descendants in descended Semitic scripts, such as Phoenician 𐤀, Aramaic 𐡀, Syriac ܐ, Hebrew א and Arabic ا. ALERTS (6) [noun] An alarm. | [noun] A notification of higher importance than an advisory. | [noun] A state of readiness for potential combat. ALEVIN (9) [noun] Newly hatched fish, especially salmon. ALEXIA (13) [noun] Word blindness, the inability, due to a cerebral disorder, to comprehend or understand writing. ALEXIN (13) ALFAKI (13) ALGINS (7) ALGOID (8) ALGORS (7) ALGUMS (9) ALIBIS (8) [noun] The plea or mode of defense under which a person on trial for a crime proves or attempts to prove being in another place when the alleged act was committed | [verb] To provide an alibi for. | [verb] To provide an excuse for. ALIBLE (8) ALIDAD (8) ALIENS (6) [noun] Any life form of extraterrestrial or extradimensional origin. | [noun] A person, animal, plant, or other thing which is from outside the family, group, organization, or territory under consideration. | [noun] A foreigner residing in a country. ALIGHT (10) [verb] (with from) To get off or exit a vehicle or animal; to descend; to dismount. | [verb] (with on or at) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop. | [verb] (followed by upon) To find by accident; to come upon. | [verb] To make light or less heavy; lighten; alleviate. | [verb] To light; light up; illuminate. | [adjective] Lit, on fire, switched on. ALIGNS (7) [verb] To form a line; to fall into line. | [verb] To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line. | [verb] To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size. ALINED (7) ALINER (6) ALINES (6) ALIPED (9) ALIYAH (12) [noun] The calling up of someone to the bimah for the reading of the Torah. | [noun] The immigration of Jews to Israel. | [noun] One of the major waves of immigration of Jews to Israel. ALIYAS (9) ALIYOS (9) ALIYOT (9) ALKALI (10) [noun] One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. | [noun] (Western United States) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters. ALKANE (10) [noun] Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (e.g., methane, ethane, etc.). ALKENE (10) [noun] An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds ALKIES (10) [noun] An alcoholic. ALKINE (10) ALKOXY (20) ALKYDS (14) [noun] A synthetic resin derived from a reaction between alcohol and certain acids, used as a base for many laminates, paints and coatings. ALKYLS (13) ALKYNE (13) [noun] A hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond. ALLAYS (9) [verb] To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm. | [verb] To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate. | [verb] To subside, abate, become peaceful. ALLEES (6) [noun] A tree-lined avenue, often particularly one that is part of a landscaped garden. ALLEGE (7) [verb] To state under oath, to plead. | [verb] To cite or quote an author or his work for or against. | [verb] To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc. | [verb] To lighten, diminish. ALLELE (6) [noun] One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome. ALLEYS (9) [noun] A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings. | [noun] The area between the outfielders. | [noun] An establishment where bowling is played. ALLIED (7) [adjective] Joined as allies. | [adjective] Related. | [verb] To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy. ALLIES (6) [noun] A narrow street or passageway, especially one through the middle of a block giving access to the rear of lots or buildings. | [noun] The area between the outfielders. | [noun] An establishment where bowling is played. ALLIUM (8) [noun] Any of many bulbous plants of the genus Allium, related to onions and garlic. ALLODS (7) [noun] Allodium ALLOTS (6) [verb] To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot. | [verb] To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose. ALLOWS (9) [verb] To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. | [verb] To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. | [verb] To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct. ALLOYS (9) [noun] A metal that is a combination of two or more elements, at least one of which is a metal. | [noun] A metal of lesser value, mixed with a metal of greater value. | [noun] An admixture; something added which stains, taints etc. ALLUDE (7) [verb] To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion. ALLURE (6) [noun] The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction. | [noun] Gait; bearing | [verb] To entice; to attract. ALLYLS (9) ALMAHS (11) ALMEHS (11) ALMNER (8) ALMOND (9) [noun] A type of tree nut. | [noun] A small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus dulcis, that produces predominantly sweet almonds. | [noun] Other plants that produce almond-like nuts: ALMOST (8) [noun] Something or someone that doesn't quite make it. | [adverb] Very close to, not quite. ALMUCE (10) ALMUDE (9) ALMUDS (9) ALMUGS (9) ALNICO (8) ALODIA (7) ALOHAS (9) [noun] Good wishes, love. | [noun] An utterance of aloha (see Interjection, below). ALOINS (6) ALPACA (10) [noun] A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña. | [noun] Wool from the alpaca. ALPHAS (11) [noun] The name of the first letter of the Greek alphabet (Α, α), followed by beta. In the Latin alphabet it is the predecessor to A. | [noun] Latin alpha | [noun] The name of the symbols Α and α used in science and mathematics, often interchangeable with the symbols when used as a prefix. ALPHYL (14) ALPINE (8) [noun] Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in a rock garden | [adjective] Of, relating to, or inhabiting mountains, especially above the timber line | [adjective] Of or relating to slalom and downhill skiing. (Compare Nordic.) ALSIKE (10) [noun] Trifolium hybridum, a species of clover with pinkish or white flowers. ALTARS (6) [noun] A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites. | [noun] A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary. | [noun] Anything that is worshipped or sacrificed to. ALTERS (6) [noun] A table or similar flat-topped structure used for religious rites. | [noun] A raised area around an altar in a church; the sanctuary. | [noun] Anything that is worshipped or sacrificed to. ALTHEA (9) ALUDEL (7) [noun] A pear-shaped pot with an opening at each end, formerly used, especially by alchemists, for sublimation. ALULAE (6) [noun] A small projection of three or four feathers on the first digit of the wing on some birds. ALULAR (6) ALUMIN (8) ALUMNA (8) [noun] A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college). | [noun] A female graduate. ALUMNI (8) [noun] An individual alumnus or alumna. | [noun] A male pupil or student. | [noun] A male graduate. ALVINE (9) ALWAYS (12) [adverb] At all times; throughout all time; since the beginning. | [adverb] Constantly during a certain period, or regularly at stated intervals (opposed to sometimes or occasionally). | [adverb] In any event. AMADOU (9) [noun] A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi, formerly used as a styptic and as tinder. AMARNA (8) AMATOL (8) [noun] A high explosive consisting of a mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene. Compare sodatol AMAZED (18) [verb] To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex. | [verb] To undergo amazement; to be astounded. | [verb] To stupefy; to knock unconscious. AMAZES (17) [verb] To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex. | [verb] To undergo amazement; to be astounded. | [verb] To stupefy; to knock unconscious. AMAZON (17) [noun] A tall, strong, athletic woman. AMBAGE (11) AMBARI (10) AMBARY (13) AMBEER (10) AMBERS (10) [noun] Ambergris, the waxy product of the sperm whale. | [noun] A hard, generally yellow to brown translucent fossil resin, used for jewellery. One variety, blue amber, appears blue rather than yellow under direct sunlight. | [noun] A yellow-orange colour. AMBERY (13) AMBITS (10) [noun] The sphere or area of control and influence of something. | [noun] A circuit, or a boundary around a property. | [noun] The extent of actions, thoughts, or the meaning of words, etc. AMBLED (11) [verb] To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely. | [verb] Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other. AMBLER (10) AMBLES (10) [noun] An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll. | [noun] An easy gait, especially that of a horse. | [verb] To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely. AMBUSH (13) [noun] The act of concealing oneself and lying in wait to attack by surprise. | [noun] An attack launched from a concealed position. | [noun] The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; those who lie in wait. AMEBAE (10) [noun] A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia. | [noun] The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers. | [noun] An asexual. AMEBAN (10) AMEBAS (10) [noun] A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia. | [noun] The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers. | [noun] An asexual. AMEBIC (12) AMEERS (8) AMENDS (9) [noun] (usually in the plural) An act of righting a wrong; compensation. | [verb] To make better; improve. | [verb] To become better. AMENTS (8) [noun] A catkin or amentum. | [noun] A congenital idiot. AMERCE (10) [verb] To impose a fine on; to fine. | [verb] To punish; to make an exaction. AMICES (10) [noun] A hood, or cape with a hood, made of or lined with grey fur, formerly worn by the clergy. AMICUS (10) [noun] Someone not a party to a case who submits a brief and/or presents oral argument in that case. AMIDES (9) [noun] Any derivative of an oxoacid in which the hydroxyl group has been replaced with an amino or substituted amino group; especially such derivatives of a carboxylic acid, the carboxamides or acid amides | [noun] Any ionic derivative of ammonia in which a hydrogen atom has been replaced with a metal cation (R-NH- or R2N-) AMIDIC (11) AMIDIN (9) AMIDOL (9) AMIDST (9) [preposition] In the midst or middle of; surrounded or encompassed by; among. AMIGAS (9) [noun] Plural of amiga; female friends (Spanish word used in English contexts). AMIGOS (9) [noun] Friend | [noun] (chiefly California) Mexican | [noun] A native of the Philippines who was friendly toward the Spanish. AMINES (8) [noun] A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals. | [noun] Any organic compound containing an amine functional group. AMINIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or containing an amine group; of or pertaining to amines in chemistry. AMMINE (10) [noun] A coordination compound formed by the combination of ammonia with a metal salt or other compound. AMMINO (10) AMMONO (10) AMNION (8) [noun] The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended. AMOEBA (10) [noun] A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia. | [noun] The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers. | [noun] An asexual. AMOLES (8) [noun] Any of various parts of the Agave (or similar) plants, when used as soap | [noun] Other Mexican and North American plants used as soap AMORAL (8) [adjective] (of acts) Neither moral nor immoral. | [adjective] (of people) Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality. AMOUNT (8) [noun] The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English). | [noun] A quantity or volume. | [noun] (sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set. AMOURS (8) [noun] Love, affection. | [noun] Courtship; flirtation. | [noun] A love affair. AMPERE (10) [noun] A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A AMPLER (10) [adjective] Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended. | [adjective] Fully sufficient; abundant; plenty | [adjective] Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive AMPULE (10) [noun] A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection. AMPULS (10) [noun] A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection. | [noun] An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel. | [noun] A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil. AMRITA (8) [noun] In Hindu and Buddhist mythology, the drink of the gods that confers immortality. | [noun] Nectar or elixir in general. AMTRAC (10) [noun] An amphibious vehicle of a class introduced in World War II. AMUCKS (14) [noun] Plural of amuck, meaning a state of violent frenzy or uncontrolled behavior. | [verb] Third person singular of amuck, meaning to rush about in a violent or murderous frenzy. AMULET (8) [noun] A kind of protective charm or ornament, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences or evil spirits. AMUSED (9) [verb] To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions. | [verb] To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny. | [verb] To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude. AMUSER (8) [noun] One who amuses; a person or thing that provides entertainment or causes laughter. AMUSES (8) [verb] To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions. | [verb] To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny. | [verb] To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude. AMUSIA (8) [noun] A neurological condition characterized by the inability to perceive, appreciate, or produce music. AMYLIC (13) [adjective] Relating to or derived from starch; of or containing amyl compounds. AMYLUM (13) [noun] Starch, especially when used in medicine or as a thickening agent. ANABAS (8) [noun] A freshwater fish of Southeast Asia that can breathe air and travel short distances over land. ANADEM (9) [noun] A wreath or garland, especially one worn on the head as a crown or decoration. ANALLY (9) [adverb] In a manner relating to or involving the anus. | [adverb] In a way that is obsessively detailed or meticulous about procedure and rules. ANALOG (7) [noun] Something that bears an analogy to something else | [noun] An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin | [noun] A structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element ANANKE (10) [noun] In Greek mythology, the goddess of necessity and inevitability; also used to denote an inescapable force or necessity. ANARCH (11) [noun] The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. ANATTO (6) [noun] A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree. | [noun] The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking. | [noun] An orange-red dye obtained from this seed. ANCHOR (11) [noun] A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement. | [noun] An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501). | [noun] The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.) | [verb] To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point. | [noun] A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity. ANCONE (8) [noun] A projecting corner stone or bracket used in architecture to support a cornice or vault. ANEARS (6) [verb] To approach or draw near to; to come close to. ANELED (7) [verb] To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil. ANELES (6) [verb] To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil. ANEMIA (8) [noun] A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue. | [noun] A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom. | [noun] (obsolete) Ischemia. ANEMIC (10) [noun] An individual who has anemia. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia. | [adjective] (by extension) Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness. ANENST (6) [preposition] Against; opposite to; facing. ANERGY (10) [noun] Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work. | [noun] Deficiency of energy. | [noun] Lack of immunity to an antigen. ANGARY (10) [noun] The right of one belligerent (government) in a conflict to seize, use or destroy the property of another belligerent or neutral state, or the private citizens thereof, provided compensation is paid. ANGELS (7) [noun] An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes. | [noun] (Abrahamic tradition) One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues. | [noun] A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness. ANGERS (7) [noun] A strong feeling of displeasure, hostility or antagonism towards someone or something, usually combined with an urge to harm. | [noun] Pain or stinging. | [verb] To cause such a feeling of antagonism in. ANGINA (7) [noun] An inflammatory infection of the throat, particularly quinsy. | [noun] Short for angina pectoris. | [noun] A chest pain or shortness of breath occurring with lesser degrees of arterial blockage. ANGLED (8) [verb] (often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle. | [verb] To change direction rapidly. | [verb] To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint. ANGLER (7) [noun] A person who fishes with a hook and line. | [noun] An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius. | [noun] Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive. ANGLES (7) [noun] A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). | [noun] The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere. | [noun] A corner where two walls intersect. ANGORA (7) [noun] An angora cat. | [noun] A goat of a domesticated breed that produces mohair. | [noun] A rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus) ANGSTS (7) [noun] Plural of angst; feelings of anxiety, apprehension, or existential dread. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of angst; to feel or express angst. ANILIN (6) [noun] An oily liquid organic compound, C6H5NH2, derived from benzene and used in manufacturing dyes, drugs, and other organic compounds; also called phenylamine. ANIMAL (8) [noun] In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants). | [noun] In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human. | [noun] In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.). | [adjective] Of or relating to animals. ANIMAS (8) [noun] The soul or animating principle of a living thing, especially as contrasted with the animus. | [noun] (Jungian psychology) The inner self (not the external persona) of a person that is in touch with the unconscious as opposed to the persona. | [noun] (Jungian psychology) The unconscious feminine aspect of a person. ANIMES (8) [noun] Plural of anime; Japanese animated films or television series, typically characterized by colorful graphics and often featuring science fiction or fantasy themes. ANIMIS (8) [noun] Plural of animus; the rational soul or life principle in ancient philosophy. | [noun] Hostile feelings or animosity toward someone. ANIMUS (8) [noun] The basic impulses and instincts which govern one's actions. | [noun] A feeling of enmity, animosity or ill will. | [noun] The masculine aspect of the feminine psyche or personality. ANIONS (6) [noun] A negatively charged ion. ANISES (6) [noun] An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent. | [noun] (often qualified as "sweet anise" or "wild anise") Fennel, Foeniculum vulgare. ANISIC (8) [adjective] Of or relating to anise, a plant whose seeds are used for flavoring. | [adjective] Containing or derived from anisic acid, an organic compound. ANKLED (11) [verb] To walk. | [verb] To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution. | [adjective] (in combination) Having some specific type of ankle. ANKLES (10) [noun] The skeletal joint which connects the foot with the leg; the uppermost portion of the foot and lowermost portion of the leg, which contain this skeletal joint. | [verb] To walk. | [verb] To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution. ANKLET (10) [noun] A piece of jewelry/jewellery, resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle. | [noun] An ankle sock. ANKUSH (13) [noun] A pointed stick or rod used to guide and control an elephant. ANLACE (8) [noun] A medieval dagger or short sword worn at the belt. ANLAGE (7) [noun] A primordium, the initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a body part develops. | [noun] An allele, a specific version of a gene (as used by Gregor Mendel). | [noun] Temperament, the predominant personality type. ANNALS (6) [noun] The record of a single event or item. | [noun] A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened. | [noun] Historical records; chronicles; history. ANNEAL (6) [noun] An act of annealing. | [verb] To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen. | [verb] To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress. ANNEXE (13) [noun] An addition, an extension. | [noun] An appendix to a book or document. | [noun] An addition or extension to a building. ANNOYS (9) [noun] A feeling of discomfort or vexation caused by what one dislikes. | [noun] That which causes such a feeling. | [verb] To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. ANNUAL (6) [noun] An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication. | [noun] An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare biennial, perennial. | [noun] A medical checkup taking place once a year. ANNULI (6) [noun] A ring- or donut-shaped area or structure. | [noun] The region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii. | [noun] Any topological space homeomorphic to the region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radius. ANNULS (6) [verb] To formally revoke the validity of. | [verb] To dissolve (a marital union) on the grounds that it is not valid. ANODAL (7) [adjective] Of or relating to an anode, the positive electrode in an electrical device. ANODES (7) [noun] An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage. | [noun] (by extension) The electrode at which chemical oxidation of anions takes place, usually resulting in the erosion of metal from the electrode. | [noun] The electrode which collects electrons emitted by the cathode in a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube. ANODIC (9) [adjective] Relating to or functioning as an anode, the positive electrode in an electrical device or electrochemical cell. ANOINT (6) [verb] To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. | [verb] To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration. | [verb] To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor. ANOLES (6) [noun] Any of the Anolis genus of arboreal American lizards (such as the American chameleon) from the iguana family which feature a brightly colored dewlap and color-changing ability. ANOMIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by anomie, a state of normlessness or social instability. | [adjective] Relating to anomia, a condition of being unable to name objects. ANOMIE (8) [noun] Alienation or social instability caused by erosion of standards and values. ANONYM (11) [noun] An anonymous person. | [noun] An assumed or false name; a pseudonym. | [noun] A mere name; a name resting upon no diagnosis or other recognized basis. ANOPIA (8) [noun] A condition of partial or complete loss of vision in one or both eyes. ANORAK (10) [noun] A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater. | [noun] A geek or nerd, possibly originally either a train spotter or a fan of off-shore pirate radio. ANOXIA (13) [noun] A condition in which a tissue or environment is severely or totally deprived of oxygen, severe hypoxia. ANOXIC (15) [adjective] Characterized by or relating to a severe deficiency of oxygen in body tissues or the environment. ANSATE (6) [adjective] Having a handle or loop-shaped projection, especially describing an architectural feature or design element such as an ansate cross. ANSWER (9) [noun] A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question. | [noun] A solution to a problem. | [noun] A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints. | [verb] To make a reply or response to. ANTEED (7) [verb] Past tense of "ante," meaning to put up a stake or payment, especially in poker or other games. ANTHEM (11) [noun] Antiphon. | [noun] A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric. | [noun] A hymn of praise or loyalty. ANTHER (9) [noun] The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower. ANTIAR (6) ANTICK (12) [adjective] Grotesque or bizarre in appearance or behavior; fantastical or absurd. | [noun] A grotesque figure or clown; a performer of antics. ANTICS (8) [noun] A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle. | [noun] A caricature. | [noun] (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper. ANTING (7) [noun] The practice of some birds of rubbing live ants or occasionally other items into the feathers, possibly as a means of controlling parasites. ANTLER (6) [noun] A branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs. They are grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.) ANTRAL (6) [adjective] Relating to or affecting an antrum, a cavity or chamber in the body, particularly in the stomach or sinuses. ANTRES (6) [noun] Plural of antre, meaning caves or caverns. ANTRUM (8) [noun] A bodily cavity, especially one having bony walls, especially one in the sinuses. ANURAL (6) [adjective] Lacking a tail or taillike appendage. | [adjective] Of or relating to frogs and toads, which lack tails in their adult form. ANURAN (6) [noun] (batrachology) Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad. | [adjective] (batrachology) Of or relating to the order Anura. ANURIA (6) [noun] A condition in which the kidneys do not produce urine. ANURIC (8) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by anuria, a medical condition in which the kidneys fail to produce urine. ANUSES (6) [noun] The lower orifice of the alimentary canal, through which feces and flatus are ejected. ANVILS (9) [noun] A heavy iron block used in the blacksmithing trade as a surface upon which metal can be struck and shaped. | [noun] An incus bone in the middle ear. | [noun] A stone or other hard surface used by a bird for breaking the shells of snails. ANYHOW (15) [adverb] (manner) In any way or manner whatever. | [adverb] In any case. Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. ANYONE (9) [pronoun] Any person; anybody. ANYWAY (15) [adverb] Regardless; anyhow. | [adverb] Used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement. See anyhow and at least. | [adverb] Used to indicate a change of subject. AORIST (6) [noun] (grammar) A grammatical category of verbs that is often a perfective past: that is, it expresses perfective aspect (also known as aorist aspect) and past tense. The nearest equivalent in English is the simple past. | [noun] (grammar) This grammatical category in a particular language, for instance, Albanian and Ancient and Modern Greek. | [noun] (grammar) A particular verb in the aorist. AORTAE (6) [noun] Plural of aorta, the main artery carrying blood from the heart. AORTAL (6) [adjective] Relating to or affecting the aorta, the main artery carrying blood from the heart. AORTAS (6) [noun] The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system. | [noun] The liveliest part of something. AORTIC (8) [adjective] Of or pertaining to the aorta or the aortic valve. AOUDAD (8) [noun] The Barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia. APACHE (13) [noun] Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache. | [noun] A person belonging to an Apache people. | [noun] A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. APATHY (14) [noun] Lack of emotion or motivation; lack of interest or enthusiasm towards something; disinterest (in something). APERCU (10) [noun] A clever insight. | [noun] A summary or outline; words that summarize. APEXES (15) [noun] Conical priest cap | [noun] The highest or the greatest point of something. | [noun] The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc. APHIDS (12) [noun] Sapsucking pest insect of the superfamily Aphidoidea; an aphidian. APHTHA (14) [noun] Candidiasis, oral thrush, thrush (fungal infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth caused by any species of yeast from the genus Candida) | [noun] An oral ulcer, disregarding the cause. | [noun] Foot-and-mouth disease APIARY (11) [noun] A place where bees and their hives are kept. APICAL (10) [noun] A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue. | [adjective] Of or connected with the apex. | [adjective] (of a meristem) Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue. APICES (10) [noun] Conical priest cap | [noun] The highest or the greatest point of something. | [noun] The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc. APIECE (10) [adverb] Each by itself; for or to each one APLITE (8) [noun] A fine-grained igneous rock composed chiefly of quartz and feldspar, typically occurring as veins in granite. APLOMB (12) [noun] Self-confidence; poise; composure. | [noun] The apparent elegance and precision exhibited by a confident, accomplished dancer. | [noun] The perpendicular; perpendicularity. APNEAL (8) APNEAS (8) [noun] Plural of apnea; temporary cessations of breathing, especially during sleep. APNEIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by apnea, a temporary cessation of breathing during sleep or other conditions. APNOEA (8) [noun] A temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep. APODAL (9) [adjective] Without feet or fins; lacking limbs or appendages. APOGEE (9) [noun] The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is furthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter. | [noun] (more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite. | [noun] (possibly obsolete outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is furthest from the Earth. APOLLO (8) [noun] A very handsome young man. | [noun] Any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo). APOLOG (9) APPALL (10) [verb] To fill with horror; to dismay. | [verb] To make pale; to blanch. | [verb] To weaken; to reduce in strength APPALS (10) [verb] To fill with horror; to dismay. | [verb] To make pale; to blanch. | [verb] To weaken; to reduce in strength APPEAL (10) [noun] An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review. | [noun] The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. | [noun] The right of appeal. APPEAR (10) [verb] To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. | [verb] To come before the public. | [verb] To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried. APPELS (10) [noun] Plural of appel, a stamping movement in fencing where a fencer taps their foot on the ground. | [verb] Third person singular of appel, to make a stamping movement in fencing. APPEND (11) [noun] An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file. | [verb] To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended | [verb] To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex APPLES (10) [noun] A common, round fruit produced by the tree Malus domestica, cultivated in temperate climates. | [noun] Any of various tree-borne fruits or vegetables especially considered as resembling an apple; also (with qualifying words) used to form the names of other specific fruits such as custard apple, rose apple, thorn apple etc. | [noun] The fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, eaten by Adam and Eve according to post-Biblical Christian tradition; the forbidden fruit. | [noun] (Australian rhyming slang) Nice, fine. APPOSE (10) [verb] To interrogate; to question. | [verb] To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose. | [verb] To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). APRONS (8) [noun] An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion. | [noun] The short cassock ordinarily worn by English bishops. | [noun] A hard surface bordering a structure or area. APTEST (8) [adjective] Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited. | [adjective] (of persons or things) Having a habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; disposed towards. | [adjective] Ready; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn. ARABIC (10) [adjective] Relating to Arabia, the Arabic language, or Arab people. | [noun] The Semitic language spoken in Arab countries. ARABLE (8) [adjective] (of land) Able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths). | [adjective] (NGO jargon, of land) Under cultivation (within any quinquennial period) for the production of crops sown and harvested within the same agricultural year (contrasted with permanently-cropped lands such as orchards). ARAMID (9) [noun] Any of a class of strong, heat-resistant synthetic fibres, used in aerospace and military applications. ARBORS (8) [noun] A shady sitting place or pergola usually in a park or garden, surrounded by climbing shrubs, vines or other vegetation. | [noun] A grove of trees. | [noun] An axis or shaft supporting a rotating part on a lathe. ARBOUR (8) [noun] A shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation. | [noun] A shady walk. ARBUTE (8) [noun] A Mediterranean evergreen shrub or small tree bearing strawberry-like fruits. ARCADE (9) [noun] A row of arches. | [noun] A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides. | [noun] An establishment that runs coin-operated games. ARCANA (8) [noun] Specialized knowledge that is mysterious to the uninitiated. | [noun] A mystery or deep secret. | [noun] An elixir or secret remedy. ARCANE (8) [adjective] Understood by only a few. | [adjective] (by extension) Obscure, mysterious. | [adjective] Requiring secret or mysterious knowledge to understand. ARCHED (12) [verb] To form into an arch shape | [verb] To cover with an arch or arches. | [adjective] Curved. ARCHER (11) [noun] One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow. | [noun] The bishop in chess. | [adjective] Knowing, clever, mischievous. ARCHES (11) [noun] An inverted U shape. | [noun] An arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward. | [noun] An architectural element having the shape of an arch ARCHIL (11) [noun] Orchil, a violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, etc. | [noun] The plant from which the dye is obtained. ARCHLY (14) [adverb] In a manner that is playfully mischievous, teasing, or knowing; with a sly or ironic quality. ARCHON (11) [noun] A chief magistrate of ancient Athens. | [noun] A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings. | [noun] A ruler, head of state or other leader. ARCING (9) [verb] To move following a curved path. | [verb] To shape into an arc; to hold in the form of an arc. | [verb] To form an electrical arc. ARCKED (13) ARCTIC (10) [noun] A warm waterproof overshoe. | [noun] Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis. | [adjective] (now only in compounds) Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star. ARDEBS (9) [noun] A unit of dry measure used in Egypt and other Middle Eastern countries, equal to about 5.6 bushels or roughly 198 liters. ARDENT (7) [adjective] Full of ardor; fervent, passionate. | [adjective] Burning; glowing; shining. ARDORS (7) [noun] Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion. | [noun] Spirit; enthusiasm; passion. | [noun] Intense heat. ARDOUR (7) [noun] Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion. | [noun] Spirit; enthusiasm; passion. | [noun] Intense heat. ARECAS (8) [noun] Any member of the genus Areca of about fifty species of single-stemmed palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests. ARENAS (6) [noun] An enclosed area, often outdoor, for the presentation of sporting events (sports arena) or other spectacular events; earthen area, often oval, specifically for rodeos (North America) or circular area for bullfights (especially Hispanic America). | [noun] The building housing such an area; specifically, a very large, often round building, often topped with a dome, designated for indoor sporting or other major events, such as concerts. | [noun] The sand-covered centre of an amphitheatre where contests were held in Ancient Rome. AREOLA (6) [noun] The colored circle around a nipple, more exactly known as areola mammae. | [noun] Any small circular area that is different from its immediate environment, such as the colored ring around the pupil of the eye (iris) or an inflamed region surrounding a pimple. | [noun] Any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue. AREOLE (6) [noun] The smallest enclosures created by the veins of a leaf. | [noun] Bump on a cactus out of which grow clusters of spines. ARETES (6) [noun] A very thin ridge of rock. ARGALA (7) [noun] A Sanskrit term for an astrology concept, or a bolting or fastening device. | [noun] In Hindu architecture, a projection or corbel used as a decorative or structural element. ARGALI (7) [noun] Ovis ammon, the largest wild sheep, which roams the highlands of Central Asia. ARGALS (7) [noun] Pellets of dried animal dung, especially from goats or sheep, used as fuel in areas with little wood. ARGENT (7) [noun] The metal silver. | [noun] The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms. | [noun] Whiteness; anything that is white. ARGILS (7) [noun] Plural of argil, a type of clay or pottery material used in ceramics and earthenware production. ARGLED (8) [verb] Past tense of "argle," meaning to argue or dispute, particularly in a petty or prolonged manner. ARGLES (7) ARGOLS (7) [noun] Crude tartar deposits that form on the sides of wine casks during fermentation. ARGONS (7) [noun] Plural of argon, a colorless, odorless noble gas that is inert and used in lighting and welding. ARGOSY (10) [noun] A merchant ship. | [noun] A merchant flotilla, fleet. | [noun] An abundant supply, boatload. ARGOTS (7) [noun] A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps and vagabonds. | [noun] The specialized informal vocabulary and terminology used between people with special skill in a field, such as between doctors, mathematicians or hackers. ARGUED (8) [verb] To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply. | [verb] To debate, disagree or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints. | [verb] To have an argument, a quarrel. ARGUER (7) [noun] One who argues; a person who engages in argument or debate. ARGUES (7) [verb] To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply. | [verb] To debate, disagree or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints. | [verb] To have an argument, a quarrel. ARGUFY (13) [verb] To argue without any aim; to dispute; to disagree. | [verb] To weary with arguing. | [verb] To be evidence of something; to be of importance or relevance. ARGYLE (10) [noun] A pattern of diamond-shaped areas on a solid background; used especially of knitwear | [noun] A sock having this pattern ARGYLL (10) [noun] A pattern of diamond shapes with contrasting colors, typically used on socks and sweaters. | [noun] A county in Scotland. ARHATS (9) [noun] One who has attained enlightenment; a Buddhist saint. | [noun] One of the stages of the ascetic's spiritual evolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed; arhanta. ARIDER (7) ARIDLY (10) [adverb] In a dry or arid manner; in a way that is dull, uninteresting, or lacking moisture or emotion. ARIELS (6) [noun] A kind of mountain gazelle, native to Arabia. ARIGHT (10) [adverb] Rightly, correctly; in the right way or form. | [adverb] To or on the right-hand side. | [verb] To make right; put right; arrange or treat properly. ARILED (7) [adjective] Having an aril; equipped with an aril (a seed covering or appendage). ARIOSE (6) [adjective] Having a melody or tune; characterized by or resembling an aria. ARIOSI (6) [adjective] Characterized by or having the style of an aria; melodious or songlike. | [noun] Plural of arioso, a musical passage performed in the style of an aria. ARIOSO (6) [noun] A musical style, in opera and oratorio, that is more melodic than recitative, but less so than aria ARISEN (6) [verb] To come up from a lower to a higher position. | [verb] To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up. | [verb] To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself. ARISES (6) [verb] To come up from a lower to a higher position. | [verb] To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up. | [verb] To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself. | [noun] Arse ARISTA (6) [noun] A bristle-like appendage or extension on the grain of grasses and cereals, such as barley or wheat. | [noun] In botany, a slender bristle-like projection from a plant structure. ARISTO (6) [noun] An aristocrat | [noun] A wealthy man, especially married, who has sexual affairs with much younger women and spends money on them ARKOSE (10) [noun] A sedimentary rock consisting of small fragments of feldspar and quartz similar to a coarse sand. ARMADA (9) [noun] A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada. | [noun] Any large army or fleet of military vessels. | [noun] A large flock of anything. ARMERS (8) [noun] Plural of armer; those who arm or equip with weapons. | [noun] Plural of arm; limbs of the body, or devices that extend from a central point. ARMETS (8) [noun] Plural of armet, a type of close helmet worn by soldiers in the 15th and 16th centuries. ARMFUL (11) [noun] The amount an arm or arms can hold. ARMIES (8) [noun] A large, highly organized military force, concerned mainly with ground (rather than air or naval) operations. | [noun] The governmental agency in charge of a state's army. | [noun] A large group of people working toward the same purpose. ARMING (9) [verb] To take by the arm; to take up in one's arms. | [verb] To supply with armour or (later especially) weapons. | [verb] To prepare a tool or a weapon for action; to activate. ARMLET (8) [noun] A band that is worn on the arm that for ornamental or identification purposes. | [noun] A small arm. ARMORS (8) [noun] A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. | [noun] A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body. | [noun] Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft. ARMORY (11) [noun] Heraldry | [noun] A place where arms are kept, an arsenal. | [noun] A collection of weapons and materiel. ARMOUR (8) [noun] A protective layer over a body, vehicle, or other object intended to deflect or diffuse damaging forces. | [noun] A natural form of this kind of protection on an animal's body. | [noun] Metal plate, protecting a ship, military vehicle, or aircraft. ARMPIT (10) [noun] The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder. | [noun] Somewhere or something considered unpleasant or undesirable. ARMURE (8) ARNICA (8) [noun] Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana. AROIDS (7) [noun] Any plant of the family Araceae, found chiefly in the tropics. AROINT (6) [verb] To drive away or begone; a command to depart (archaic). AROMAS (8) [noun] A smell; especially a pleasant spicy or fragrant one. AROUND (7) [adjective] (with the verb "to be") Present in the vicinity. | [adjective] (with the verb "to be") Alive; existing. | [adverb] So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof. AROUSE (6) [verb] To stimulate feelings. | [verb] To sexually stimulate. | [verb] To wake from sleep or stupor. AROYNT (9) [verb] To drive away or begone; an archaic command to depart or go away. ARPENS (8) [noun] A unit of land area formerly used in France and French-speaking regions, equal to approximately one acre. ARPENT (8) [noun] A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures. | [noun] A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures. ARRACK (12) [noun] A clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Middle East | [noun] The toothbrush tree, Salvadora persica. ARRANT (6) [adjective] Utter; complete (with a negative sense). | [adjective] Straying from the proper course or standard, or outside established limits. | [adjective] Wandering; roving around. ARRAYS (9) [noun] Clothing and ornamentation. | [noun] A collection laid out to be viewed in full. | [noun] An orderly series, arrangement or sequence. ARREAR (6) [noun] Work to be done, obligation. | [noun] Unpaid debt. | [noun] That which is in the rear or behind. ARREST (6) [noun] A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something. | [noun] The condition of being stopped, standstill. | [noun] The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc. ARRIVE (9) [verb] To reach; to get to a certain place. | [verb] To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed. | [verb] To come; said of time. ARROBA (8) [noun] A unit of weight used in Spanish-speaking countries, equal to approximately 25 pounds. | [noun] The @ symbol used in email addresses. ARROWS (9) [noun] A projectile consisting of a shaft, a point and a tail with stabilizing fins that is shot from a bow. | [noun] A sign or symbol used to indicate a direction (e.g. →). | [noun] A directed edge. ARROWY (12) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of an arrow; moving swiftly and directly like an arrow. ARROYO (9) [noun] A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain). | [noun] Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally). ARSENO (6) ARSHIN (9) [noun] A unit of length used in Russia and some other countries, equal to about 28 inches or 71 centimeters. ARSINE (6) [noun] A compound of arsenic and hydrogen, AsH3, a colorless and exceedingly poisonous gas, having an odor like garlic. | [noun] Any organic derivative of this compound, or of diarsane, triarsane etc. ARSINO (6) ARSONS (6) [noun] Plural of arson; instances of the crime of deliberately setting fire to property. ARTELS (6) [noun] A Russian or Soviet craftsmen's collective. ARTERY (9) [noun] An efferent blood vessel from the heart, conveying blood away from the heart regardless of oxygenation status; see pulmonary artery. | [noun] A major transit corridor. ARTFUL (9) [adjective] Cunning; tending toward indirect dealings; crafty. | [adjective] Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. | [adjective] Artificial; imitative. ARTIER (6) [adjective] Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown. ARTILY (9) [adverb] In an arty or artistic manner; with artistic pretension or affectation. ARTIST (6) [noun] A person who creates art. | [noun] A person who is skilled at some activity. | [noun] A recording artist. ASANAS (6) [noun] A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga. | [noun] Any of certain trees of genus Pterocarpus | [noun] The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany. ASARUM (8) [noun] A genus of climbing or low-growing plants of the birthwort family, native to Asia and North America, having heart-shaped leaves and small flowers. ASCEND (9) [verb] To move upward, to fly, to soar. | [verb] To slope in an upward direction. | [verb] To go up. ASCENT (8) [noun] The act of ascending; a motion upwards. | [noun] The way or means by which one ascends. | [noun] An eminence, hill, or high place. ASCOTS (8) [noun] Ascot tie ASDICS (9) ASHCAN (11) [noun] A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere. A dustbin. | [noun] A kind of large firecracker. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the Ashcan School of American art. ASHIER (9) [adjective] More ashy in appearance or consistency; containing more ash or having a grayish color resembling ash. ASHING (10) [verb] The act of reducing something to ashes by burning. | [verb] Coating or covering with ash. ASHLAR (9) [noun] A large cuboid stone; masonry making use of such stone blocks. | [noun] A hurling stone used in warfare. ASHLER (9) [noun] A squared stone used in building or masonry work. | [noun] Masonry made of squared stones. ASHMAN (11) [noun] A person whose job is to collect and remove ashes, especially from fireplaces or furnaces. ASHMEN (11) [noun] Plural of ashman, a person whose job is to collect and remove ashes. ASHORE (9) [adverb] On the land as opposed to onboard. | [adverb] On, or towards the shore. ASHRAM (11) [noun] A secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus, or the population of such a hermitage. ASIDES (7) [noun] An incidental remark made quietly so as to be heard by the person to whom it is said and not by any others in the vicinity. | [noun] A brief comment by a character addressing the audience, unheard by other characters. | [noun] A minor related mention, an afterthought. ASKANT (10) [adjective] Aslant, or sloping. | [adverb] Aslant, or askance, or sideways ASKERS (10) [noun] Plural of asker; people who ask questions or make requests. ASKING (11) [verb] To request (information, or an answer to a question). | [verb] To put forward (a question) to be answered. | [verb] To interrogate or enquire of (a person). ASLANT (6) [adjective] Slanting | [adverb] At a slant | [preposition] Diagonally over or across ASLEEP (8) [adjective] In a state of sleep; also, broadly, resting. | [adjective] Inattentive. | [adjective] (of a body part) Having a numb or prickling sensation accompanied by a degree of unresponsiveness. ASLOPE (8) [adjective] Slanted or sloping | [adverb] Slanted or sloping ASPECT (10) [noun] Any specific feature, part, or element of something. | [noun] The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective. | [noun] The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view. ASPENS (8) [noun] The asp tree; a kind of poplar tree (genus Populus sect. Populus). A medium-size tree with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color. | [noun] The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft. ASPERS (8) [noun] Plural of asper, a monetary unit formerly used in Ottoman Turkey and other countries. | [noun] Rough or uneven surfaces; plural of asperity in some contexts. ASPICS (10) [noun] Savory jellies made from meat or fish stock, used as a coating or glaze for cold dishes. | [noun] Plural of aspic. ASPIRE (8) [verb] To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something. | [verb] To go as high as, to reach the top of (something). | [verb] To move upward; to be very tall. ASPISH (11) ASRAMA (8) [noun] One of the four stages of life in Hinduism, comprising studenthood, householdership, forest retirement, and renunciation. ASSAIL (6) [verb] To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively). ASSAIS (6) ASSAYS (9) [noun] Trial, attempt. | [noun] Examination and determination; test. | [noun] The qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of something. ASSENT (6) [noun] Agreement; act of agreeing | [verb] To agree; to give approval. | [verb] To admit a thing as true. ASSERT (6) [noun] An assertion; a section of source code which tests whether an expected condition is true. | [verb] To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively. | [verb] To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of. ASSESS (6) [verb] To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate | [verb] To impose or charge, especially as punishment for an infraction. | [verb] To calculate and demand (the tax money due) from a person or entity. ASSETS (6) [noun] Something or someone of any value; any portion of one's property or effects so considered. | [noun] Any component, model, process or framework of value that can be leveraged or reused. | [noun] An intelligence asset. ASSIGN (7) [noun] An assignee. | [noun] A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. | [noun] An assignment or appointment. ASSIST (6) [noun] A helpful action or an act of giving. | [noun] The act of helping another player score points or goals | [verb] To help. ASSIZE (15) [noun] A session or inquiry made before a court or jury. | [noun] The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors. | [noun] An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business. ASSOIL (6) [verb] To absolve or free from guilt or blame. | [verb] To soil or make dirty. ASSORT (6) [verb] To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class. | [verb] To be of a kind with. | [verb] To be associated with; to consort with. ASSUME (8) [verb] To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof | [verb] To take on a position, duty or form | [verb] To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate ASSURE (6) [verb] To make sure and secure. | [verb] (followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something). | [verb] To guarantee, promise (to do something). ASTERN (6) [adjective] Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead. | [adverb] Behind (a vessel); in the rear. | [adverb] In the direction of the stern; backward (motion); to the rear. ASTERS (6) [noun] Any of several plants of the genus Aster; one of its flowers. | [noun] A star-shaped structure formed during the mitosis of a cell. | [noun] A star. ASTHMA (11) [noun] A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing. ASTONY (9) ASTRAL (6) [adjective] Relating to or resembling the stars; starry. | [adjective] Relating to an aster. | [adjective] (theosophy) Relating to a supposed supersensible substance taking the form of an aura discernible by certain gifted individuals. ASTRAY (9) [adverb] In a wrong or unknown and wrongly-motivated direction. ASTUTE (6) [adjective] Quickly and critically discerning. | [adjective] Shrewd or crafty. ASWARM (11) [adjective] Filled or overrun (with moving objects or beings). ASWIRL (9) [adverb] Swirling; in a swirl; full of or surrounded by something swirling. ASWOON (9) [adjective] In a swoon; fainting or swooning. ASYLUM (11) [noun] A place of safety. | [noun] The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place. | [noun] A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill. ATABAL (8) [noun] A large drum used in Turkish and Arabic music, typically played with the hands. ATAMAN (8) [noun] A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves. ATAVIC (11) ATAXIA (13) [noun] Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability. | [noun] The condition of a polymer in which the orientation of the subunits is random | [noun] Disorder; irregularity. ATAXIC (15) [adjective] Relating to or affected by ataxia, a neurological condition characterized by lack of muscle coordination and balance. ATELIC (8) [adjective] (of an action or verb) lacking a natural endpoint or goal; not oriented toward a completion point. ATLATL (6) [noun] A spearthrower consisting of a wooden stick with a thong or perpendicularly protruding hook on the rear end that grips a grove or socket on the butt of its accompanying spear (or dart), intended to steady the spear immediately prior to throwing, to increase its potential range when thrown, and to increase its force of penetration of the target. ATMANS (8) [noun] (Vedanta) The true self of an individual beyond identification with worldly phenomena, the essence of an individual, an infinitesimal part of Brahman. ATOLLS (6) [noun] A type of island consisting of a ribbon reef that nearly or entirely surrounds a lagoon and supports, in most cases, one to many islets on the reef platform. Atolls have a unique geology, so not all islands with a reef and a lagoon are atolls ATOMIC (10) [noun] An atomic operation. | [adjective] Of or relating to atoms; composed of atoms; monatomic. | [adjective] Employing or relating to nuclear energy or processes. ATONAL (6) [adjective] Lacking a tonal center or key. | [adjective] Not tonal, lacking tones. ATONED (7) [verb] To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. | [verb] To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. | [verb] To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. ATONER (6) [noun] One who atones; a person who makes amends or reparation for wrongdoing. ATONES (6) [verb] To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. | [verb] To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. | [verb] To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. ATONIC (8) [adjective] (of a sound or syllable) unstressed | [adjective] Not having tone (pitch) | [adjective] Lacking muscle tone. ATOPIC (10) [adjective] Pertaining to or suffering from atopy. ATRIAL (6) [adjective] Relating to or affecting the atrium or atria of the heart or ear. | [noun] A person who works in an atrium or open central court of a building. ATRIUM (8) [noun] A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings. | [noun] A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels. | [noun] A cavity, entrance, or passage. ATTACH (11) [verb] To fasten, to join to (literally and figuratively). | [verb] To adhere; to be attached. | [verb] To come into legal operation in connection with anything; to vest. ATTACK (12) [noun] An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy. | [noun] An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault. | [noun] A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle. ATTAIN (6) [verb] To gain (an object or desired result). | [verb] To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.). | [verb] To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc. ATTARS (6) [noun] An essential oil extracted from flowers. | [noun] A perfume made from this oil. ATTEND (7) [verb] To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed. | [verb] To listen (to, unto). | [verb] To turn one's consideration (to); to deal with (a task, problem, concern etc.), to look after. | [verb] To set on fire; kindle. ATTENT (6) ATTEST (6) [verb] To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine. | [verb] To certify by signature or oath. | [verb] To certify in an official capacity. ATTICS (8) [noun] The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation. ATTIRE (6) [noun] (clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes. | [noun] The single horn of a deer or stag. | [verb] To clothe or adorn. ATTORN (6) [verb] To transfer one's obligations from a person to another person. | [verb] To consent to the transfer of one's obligations as tenant under a lease to a new landlord. | [verb] To acknowledge the jurisdiction of (a particular court) over one's dispute. ATTUNE (6) [verb] To bring into musical accord. | [verb] To tune (an instrument). | [verb] To bring into harmony or accord. ATWAIN (9) [adverb] In two; into two parts. | [adjective] Separated into two parts; divided. ATWEEN (9) [preposition] Between; in the space separating two things or people. ATYPIC (13) AUBADE (9) [noun] A song or poem greeting or evoking the dawn. | [noun] A morning love song; a song of lovers parting in the morning. AUBURN (8) [noun] A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour. | [adjective] Of a reddish-brown colour. AUCUBA (10) [noun] Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba. AUDADS (8) AUDIAL (7) [adjective] Of or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing. AUDILE (7) [noun] A person whose mental imagery consists of sounds. | [adjective] Pertaining to hearing. AUDING (8) [verb] The present participle of "audi," meaning to listen or hear; used in some contexts related to audio or auditory processes. AUDIOS (7) [noun] Plural of audio; recordings or broadcasts of sound. | [noun] Audio equipment or systems. AUDITS (7) [noun] A judicial examination. | [noun] An examination in general. | [noun] An independent review and examination of records and activities to assess the adequacy of system controls, to ensure compliance with established policies and operational procedures, and to recommend necessary changes in controls, policies, or procedures AUGEND (8) [noun] A quantity to which another is added. AUGERS (7) [noun] A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet. | [noun] A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool). | [noun] A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts AUGHTS (10) [noun] The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero; the oughts, the noughties. AUGITE (7) [noun] A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt. AUGURS (7) [noun] A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences. | [noun] An official who interpreted omens before the start of public events. | [verb] To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events. AUGURY (10) [noun] A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals. | [noun] (by extension) An omen or prediction; a foreboding; a prophecy. | [noun] An event that is experienced as indicating important things to come. AUGUST (7) [adjective] Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable. | [adjective] Of noble birth. | [verb] To make ripe; ripen. | [noun] A kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface. AUKLET (10) [noun] Any of several small seabirds in the genera Aethia, Cerorhinca and Ptychoramphus of the auk family Alcidae. AULDER (7) AUNTIE (6) [noun] The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. | [noun] The female cousin of one’s parent. | [noun] A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin. AUNTLY (9) AURATE (6) [adjective] Made of or containing gold, or having the color of gold. AUREUS (6) [noun] A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii. AURIST (6) [noun] A physician who specializes in treating diseases of the ear. AURORA (6) [noun] An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively. AUROUS (6) [adjective] Containing or relating to gold, especially gold in the +1 oxidation state. AURUMS (8) [noun] Plural of aurum, the Latin name for the chemical element gold. AUSPEX (15) [noun] A Roman official who interpreted omens from the flight of birds and other signs to determine the will of the gods. | [noun] Any person who observes or interprets signs or omens. AUSUBO (8) AUTEUR (6) [noun] A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of his works. AUTHOR (9) [noun] The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition. | [noun] Someone who writes books for a living. | [noun] One's authority for something: an informant. AUTISM (8) [noun] A pervasive neurological disorder that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication, language development, eye contact, and sensory experiences. | [noun] (now medically obsolete) A diagnosis involving a pathological tendency to engage in self-centered fantasy thinking, historically considered a symptom of insanity and/or schizophrenia. | [noun] (4chan) Abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism. AUTOED (7) AUTUMN (8) [noun] Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere. | [noun] (by extension) The time period when someone or something is past its prime. | [noun] A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing. AUXINS (13) [noun] A class of plant growth substance (often called phytohormones or plant hormones) which play an essential role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in the plant life cycle. AVAILS (9) [noun] Effect in achieving a goal or aim; purpose, use (now usually in negative constructions). | [noun] Proceeds; profits from business transactions. | [noun] An advertising slot or package. AVATAR (9) [noun] The incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu. | [noun] The physical embodiment of an idea or concept; a personification. | [noun] A digital representation of a person or being; often, it can take on any of various forms, as a participant chooses. e.g. 3D, animated, photo, sketch of a person or a person's alter ego, sometimes used in a virtual world or virtual chat room. AVAUNT (9) [noun] A vaunt; a boast. | [verb] To advance; to move forward; to elevate. | [verb] To depart; to move away. AVENGE (10) [noun] An act of vengeance; a revenge. | [verb] To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. | [verb] To take vengeance. AVENUE (9) [noun] A broad street, especially one bordered by trees. | [noun] A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit. | [noun] The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered. AVERSE (9) [verb] To turn away. | [adjective] Having a repugnance or opposition of mind. | [adjective] Turned away or backward. AVERTS (9) [verb] To turn aside or away. | [verb] To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of. | [verb] To turn away. AVIANS (9) [noun] A bird. | [noun] A bird-like or flying creature. | [noun] (furry fandom) Someone who roleplays or describes themselves as being a bird or bird-like animal character with human characteristics. AVIARY (12) [noun] A house, enclosure, large cage, or other place for keeping birds confined; a birdhouse. AVIATE (9) [verb] To operate an aircraft. AVIDIN (10) [noun] A tetrameric protein produced in the oviducts of birds, reptiles and amphibians and deposited in the whites of their eggs. AVIDLY (13) [adverb] In an avid manner; greedily; eagerly. AVIONS (9) [noun] Plural of avion, a French word for airplane that is used in English in certain contexts, particularly in aviation and historical discussions. | [noun] Aircraft or planes collectively. AVISOS (9) AVOCET (11) [noun] Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet. AVOIDS (10) [verb] To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun | [verb] To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from | [verb] To try not to do something or to have something happen AVOSET (9) [noun] A wading bird with a slender upturned bill, found in warm regions. AVOUCH (14) [noun] Evidence; declaration | [verb] To declare freely and openly; to assert. | [verb] To acknowledge deliberately; to admit; to confess; to sanction. AVOWAL (12) [noun] A declaration or assertion of something; an open acknowledgment or admission. AVOWED (13) [verb] To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly. | [verb] To bind or devote by a vow. | [verb] To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry. AVOWER (12) [noun] One who avows; a person who makes a solemn declaration or assertion. AVULSE (9) [verb] To tear off forcibly. AWAITS (9) [noun] A waiting for; ambush. | [noun] Watching, watchfulness, suspicious observation. | [verb] To wait for. AWAKED (14) [verb] Past tense of awake; to wake up or become conscious. | [verb] To rouse from sleep or inactivity. AWAKEN (13) [verb] To become conscious after having slept. | [verb] To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping. | [verb] To excite or to stir up something latent. AWAKES (13) [verb] To become conscious after having slept. | [verb] To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping. | [verb] To excite or to stir up something latent. AWARDS (10) [noun] A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted. | [noun] The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. | [noun] A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit. AWEARY (12) [adjective] Weary, tired. AWEIGH (13) [adjective] Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; said of the anchor. AWEING (10) [verb] Present participle of "awe," meaning to inspire wonder, astonishment, or reverence in someone. AWHILE (12) [adverb] For some time; for a short time. | [adverb] (Pennsylvania Dutch English, US) In the meantime; during an implicit ongoing process. AWHIRL (12) [adjective] Whirling. AWLESS (9) [adjective] Lacking awe or inspiring no awe; not awesome. | [adjective] Proceeding without awe or reverence. AWMOUS (11) AWNING (10) [noun] A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind. | [noun] That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin. AWOKEN (13) [verb] To become conscious after having slept. | [verb] To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping. | [verb] To excite or to stir up something latent. AXEMAN (15) [noun] A man who wields an axe. | [noun] A musician who plays a guitar or saxophone. AXEMEN (15) [noun] A man who wields an axe. | [noun] A musician who plays a guitar or saxophone. AXENIC (15) [adjective] Containing only a single species of microorganism. For example, an "axenic culture" is a pure grown sample of the organism in question. | [adjective] Isolated from organisms of any other species. AXILLA (13) [noun] The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. | [noun] The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder. AXIOMS (15) [noun] A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved. | [noun] (proof theory) A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context). | [noun] An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received. AXIONS (13) [noun] A hypothetical subatomic particle postulated to resolve certain symmetry problems concerning the strong nuclear force. AXISED (14) AXISES (13) [noun] Plural of axis, referring to multiple lines around which objects rotate or multiple reference lines in geometric systems. AXITES (13) AXLIKE (17) [adjective] Resembling or shaped like an ax. AXONAL (13) [adjective] Relating to or affecting an axon, the long projection of a nerve cell that transmits electrical signals. AXONES (13) [noun] Plural of axon, the long slender projection of a nerve cell that conducts electrical impulses away from the cell body. AXONIC (15) [adjective] Of or relating to an axon, the long projection of a nerve cell that transmits electrical signals. AXSEED (14) AZALEA (15) [noun] A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea. AZIDES (16) [noun] The univalent N3 radical or functional group or any ester containing this group | [noun] The N3- anion or any salt containing this anion (^-N=\overset{+}N=N^-) AZINES (15) [noun] Any of a class of organic compounds, having the general formula R2C=NN=CR2, produced by the action of a carbonyl compound with hydrazine. AZLONS (15) [noun] Synthetic fibers made from regenerated cellulose or protein, used in textiles. AZOLES (15) [noun] Plural of azole, a class of five-membered aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing nitrogen atoms, used in pharmaceuticals and fungicides. AZONAL (15) [adjective] Of a soil, remaining immature and mainly composed of the parent material, as for example where sloping land causes fine-grained material to slide away. AZONIC (17) [adjective] Not restricted to or characteristic of any particular zone; not showing the typical characteristics of a specific geographical zone. AZOTED (16) [adjective] Containing nitrogen or combined with nitrogen. AZOTES (15) [noun] Plural of azote, an archaic term for nitrogen. | [verb] Third person singular of azote, meaning to treat or combine with nitrogen. AZOTHS (18) [noun] Plural of azoth, the alchemical term for mercury or the universal solvent sought by alchemists. | [noun] In occult philosophy, a vital life force or spiritual energy. AZOTIC (17) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing nitrogen. AZURES (15) [noun] A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines. | [noun] The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour. | [noun] The unclouded sky; the blue vault above. AZYGOS (19) [adjective] Not paired or unpaired, especially referring to anatomical structures that occur singly rather than in pairs.

AARRGHH (14) ABALONE (9) [noun] An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. | [noun] The meat of the aforementioned mollusc. ABANDON (10) [verb] To give up or relinquish control of, to surrender or to give oneself over, or to yield to one's emotions. | [verb] To desist in doing, practicing, following, holding, or adhering to; to turn away from; to permit to lapse; to renounce; to discontinue. | [verb] To leave behind; to desert as in a ship or a position, typically in response to overwhelming odds or impending dangers; to forsake, in spite of a duty or responsibility. | [noun] A yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint, with loss of appreciation of consequences. ABASERS (9) ABASHED (13) [verb] To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. | [verb] To lose self-possession; to become ashamed. | [adjective] Embarrassed, disconcerted, or ashamed. ABASHES (12) [verb] To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit. | [verb] To lose self-possession; to become ashamed. ABASIAS (9) ABASING (10) [verb] To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. | [verb] To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop. | [verb] To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase. ABATERS (9) ABATING (10) [verb] (obsolete outside law) To put an end to; to cause to cease. | [verb] To become null and void. | [verb] To nullify; make void. ABATORS (9) ABATTIS (9) ABAXIAL (16) [adjective] Of a side that is facing away from the axis or central line, such as the underside of a leaf; or the back of an animal. | [adjective] Not in the axis. Applied to an embryo placed out of the axis of the seed. ABAXILE (16) ABBOTCY (16) ABDOMEN (12) [noun] The fat surrounding the belly. | [noun] The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis, not including the back; or in some lower vertebrates, the portion between the cardiac and caudal regions. | [noun] The cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains the viscera; often restricted in humans to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity. ABDUCED (13) ABDUCES (12) ABDUCTS (12) [verb] To take away by force; to carry away (a human being) wrongfully and usually with violence or deception; to kidnap. | [verb] To draw away, as a limb or other part, from the median axis of the body. ABELIAN (9) [adjective] Having a commutative defining operation. ABELIAS (9) [noun] Any of the various honeysuckles of the genus Abelia. ABETTAL (9) ABETTED (10) [verb] To urge on, stimulate (a person to do) something desirable. | [verb] To incite; to assist or encourage by aid or countenance in crime. | [verb] To support, countenance, maintain, uphold, or aid (any good cause, opinion, or action); to maintain. ABETTER (9) [noun] One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. | [noun] A supporter or advocate. ABETTOR (9) [noun] One that abets an offender; one that incites; instigates; encourages. | [noun] A supporter or advocate. ABEYANT (12) ABFARAD (13) ABHENRY (15) ABIDERS (10) ABIDING (11) [verb] To endure without yielding; to withstand; await defiantly; to encounter; to persevere. | [verb] To bear patiently; to tolerate; to put up with; stand. | [verb] To pay for; to stand the consequences of; to answer for; to suffer for; to atone for. | [noun] The action of one who abides; the state of an abider. ABIGAIL (10) [noun] A lady's maid. ABILITY (12) [noun] Suitableness. | [noun] The quality or state of being able; capacity to do or of doing something; having the necessary power. | [noun] The legal wherewithal to act. ABIOSES (9) ABIOSIS (9) ABIOTIC (11) [noun] Any such material | [adjective] Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter. | [adjective] Tending to inhibit or destroy life; antibiotic; incompatible with life. ABJURED (17) [verb] To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. | [verb] To cause one to renounce or recant. | [verb] To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. ABJURER (16) ABJURES (16) [verb] To renounce upon oath; to forswear; to disavow. | [verb] To cause one to renounce or recant. | [verb] To reject with solemnity; to abandon forever; to repudiate; to disclaim. ABLATED (10) [verb] To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization. | [verb] To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature. ABLATES (9) [verb] To remove or decrease something by cutting, erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization. | [verb] To undergo ablation; to become melted or evaporated and removed at a high temperature. ABLAUTS (9) [noun] The substitution of one root vowel for another, thus indicating a corresponding modification of use or meaning; vowel permutation; as, get and got; sing and song; hang and hung, distinct from the phonetic influence of a succeeding vowel. | [verb] (of a vowel-containing linguistic component) To undergo a change of vowel. | [verb] To cause to change a vowel. ABLINGS (10) ABLUENT (9) ABLUTED (10) ABODING (11) ABOLISH (12) [verb] To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice. | [verb] To put an end to or destroy, as a physical object; to wipe out. ABOLLAE (9) ABOMASA (11) [noun] The fourth or digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum. ABOMASI (11) ABORTED (10) [verb] (now rare outside medicine) To miscarry; to bring forth (non-living) offspring prematurely. | [verb] To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term. | [verb] To end prematurely; to stop in the preliminary stages; to turn back. ABORTER (9) ABOUGHT (13) ABOULIA (9) [noun] Absence of willpower or decisiveness, especially as a symptom of mental illness. ABOULIC (11) ABOUNDS (10) [verb] To be full to overflowing. | [verb] To be wealthy. | [verb] To be highly productive. ABRADED (11) [verb] To rub or wear off; erode. | [verb] To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate. | [verb] To irritate by rubbing; chafe. ABRADER (10) ABRADES (10) [verb] To rub or wear off; erode. | [verb] To wear down or exhaust, as a person; irritate. | [verb] To irritate by rubbing; chafe. ABREACT (11) [verb] To eliminate previously repressed emotions by reliving past experiences. ABREAST (9) [adjective] Side by side, facing forward. | [adjective] Alongside; parallel to. | [adjective] Informed, well-informed, familiar, acquainted. ABRIDGE (11) [verb] To deprive; to cut off. | [verb] To debar from. | [verb] To make shorter; to shorten in duration or extent. ABROACH (14) ABROSIA (9) ABSCESS (11) [noun] A cavity caused by tissue destruction, usually because of infection, filled with pus and surrounded by inflamed tissue. | [verb] To form a pus-filled, cavity typically from an infection. ABSCISE (11) [verb] To cut off. | [verb] To separate by means of abscission; to shed or drop off. ABSCOND (12) [verb] To flee, often secretly; to steal away, particularly to avoid arrest or prosecution. | [verb] To withdraw from. | [verb] To evade, to hide or flee from. ABSEILS (9) [noun] A descent in mountaineering using a rope looped at the top and a friction device. | [verb] To descend a steep or vertical drop using a rope with a mechanical friction device or (classic abseil) by wrapping the rope around the body; to rappel. ABSENCE (11) [noun] A state of being away or withdrawn from a place or from companionship; the period of being away. | [noun] Failure to be present where one is expected, wanted, or needed; nonattendance; deficiency. | [noun] Lack; deficiency; nonexistence. ABSENTS (9) [verb] To keep (oneself) away. | [verb] To keep (someone) away. | [verb] Stay away; withdraw. ABSINTH (12) [noun] The herb absinthium Artemisia absinthium (grande wormwood); essence of wormwood. | [noun] Bitterness; sorrow. | [noun] A distilled, highly alcoholic, anise-flavored liquor originally made from grande wormwood, anise, and other herbs. ABSOLVE (12) [verb] To set free, release or discharge (from obligations, debts, responsibility etc.). | [verb] To resolve; to explain; to solve. | [verb] To pronounce free from or give absolution for a penalty, blame, or guilt. ABSORBS (11) [verb] To include so that it no longer has separate existence; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to incorporate; to assimilate; to take in and use up. | [verb] To engulf, as in water; to swallow up. | [verb] To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe, like a sponge or as the lacteals of the body; to chemically take in. ABSTAIN (9) [verb] Keep or withhold oneself. | [verb] Refrain from (something or doing something); keep from doing, especially an indulgence. | [verb] Fast (not eat for a period). ABSURDS (10) [noun] Plural of absurd; things that are absurd or ridiculous. | [verb] Third person singular of the verb "to absurd," meaning to make or treat as absurd (rare usage). ABUBBLE (13) [adjective] In a state of excitement, agitated activity, or motion. | [adjective] Bubbling. | [adverb] Bubbling over with excitement. ABULIAS (9) [noun] Plural of abulia, a loss of willpower or inability to make decisions; a pathological absence of will or motivation. ABUSERS (9) [noun] One who abuses someone or something. | [noun] One who uses in an illegal or wrongful use. ABUSING (10) [verb] To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to misuse; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert | [verb] To injure; to maltreat; to hurt; to treat with cruelty, especially repeatedly. | [verb] To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage. ABUSIVE (12) [adjective] Prone to treat someone badly by coarse, insulting words or other maltreatment; vituperative; reproachful; scurrilous. | [adjective] Tending to deceive; fraudulent. | [adjective] Tending to misuse; practising or containing abuse. ABUTTAL (9) [noun] The act of bordering on or being adjacent to something. | [noun] In surveying or property law, the boundary line or the land that abuts another property. ABUTTED (10) [verb] To touch by means of a mutual border, edge or end; to border on; to lie adjacent (to); to be contiguous (said of an area of land) | [verb] To border upon; be next to; abut on; be adjacent to. | [verb] To lean against on one end; to end on, of a part of a building or wall. ABUTTER (9) [noun] One who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate. ABVOLTS (12) [noun] Units of electrical potential difference in the centimeter-gram-second system of units, equal to one hundred-millionth of a volt. ABWATTS (12) ABYSMAL (14) [adjective] Pertaining to, or resembling an abyss. | [adjective] Extremely bad; terrible. ABYSSAL (12) [adjective] Belonging to, or resembling, an abyss; unfathomable. | [adjective] Of or belonging to the ocean depths, especially below 2000 metres (6500 ft): abyssal zone. | [adjective] Pertaining to or occurring at excessive depths in the earth's crust; plutonic. ABYSSES (12) [noun] Hell; the bottomless pit; primeval chaos; a confined subterranean ocean. | [noun] (frequently figurative) A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable; any void space. | [noun] Anything infinite, immeasurable, or profound. ACACIAS (11) [noun] A shrub or tree of the tribe Acacieae. | [noun] The thickened or dried juice of several species in Acacieae, in particular Vachellia nilotica (syn. Acacia nilotica), the Egyptian acacia. | [noun] A false acacia; robinia tree, Robinia pseudoacacia. ACADEME (12) [noun] The name of the garden in Athens where the academics met. | [noun] An academy; a place of learning. | [noun] The scholarly life, environment, or community. ACADEMY (15) [noun] (usually capitalized) The garden where Plato taught. | [noun] (usually capitalized) Plato's philosophical system based on skepticism; Plato's followers. | [noun] An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school. ACAJOUS (16) [noun] The cashew tree. | [noun] A cashew nut. | [noun] The wood from the mahogany tree or other trees from the family Meliaceae. ACALEPH (14) [noun] A jellyfish or similar gelatinous marine animal; any of various free-swimming marine organisms including jellyfish and comb jellies. ACANTHI (12) [noun] Plural of acanthus, a genus of plants with spiny leaves, or architectural ornaments resembling these leaves. ACAPNIA (11) [noun] A deficiency of carbon dioxide in the blood, typically resulting from hyperventilation. ACARIDS (10) [noun] Small arachnids of the family Acaridae, including mites and ticks. ACARINE (9) [noun] A mite. | [adjective] Of or caused by acari or mites. ACAROID (10) [adjective] Shaped like or resembling a mite. ACAUDAL (10) [adjective] Without a tail or tail-like appendage. ACCEDED (13) [verb] To approach; to arrive, to come forward. | [verb] To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. | [verb] To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. ACCEDER (12) [verb] To agree or give consent to something. | [verb] To approach or gain access to. ACCEDES (12) [verb] To approach; to arrive, to come forward. | [verb] To give one's adhesion; to join up with (a group, etc.); to become part of. | [verb] To agree or assent to a proposal or a view; to give way. ACCENTS (11) [noun] A higher-pitched or stronger articulation of a particular syllable of a word or phrase in order to distinguish it from the others or to emphasize it. | [noun] Emphasis or importance in general. | [noun] A mark or character used in writing, in order to indicate the place of the spoken accent, or to indicate the nature or quality of the vowel marked. ACCEPTS (13) [verb] To receive, especially with a consent, with favour, or with approval. | [verb] To admit to a place or a group. | [verb] To regard as proper, usual, true, or to believe in. ACCIDIA (12) [noun] Spiritual sloth or apathy, especially as one of the seven deadly sins; a state of listlessness and dissatisfaction. ACCIDIE (12) [noun] Sloth, slothfulness, especially as inducing general listlessness and apathy. ACCLAIM (13) [verb] To shout; to call out. | [verb] To express great approval (for). | [verb] To salute or praise with great approval; to compliment; to applaud; to welcome enthusiastically. | [noun] An acclamation; a shout of applause. ACCORDS (12) [noun] Agreement or concurrence of opinion, will, or action. | [noun] A harmony in sound, pitch and tone; concord. | [noun] Agreement or harmony of things in general. ACCOSTS (11) [noun] Address; greeting. | [noun] An attack. | [verb] To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request. ACCOUNT (11) [noun] A registry of pecuniary transactions; a written or printed statement of business dealings or debts and credits, and also of other things subjected to a reckoning or review. | [noun] A sum of money deposited at a bank and subject to withdrawal. | [noun] A statement in general of reasons, causes, grounds, etc., explanatory of some event; a reason of an action to be done. | [verb] To provide explanation. ACCRETE (11) [verb] To grow together, combine; to fuse. | [verb] To adhere; to grow or to be added to gradually. | [verb] To make adhere; to add; to make larger or more, as by growing. ACCRUAL (11) [noun] An increase; something that accumulates, especially an amount of money that periodically accumulates for a specific purpose | [noun] From the creditor's viewpoint, a charge incurred in one accounting period that has not been, but is to be, paid by the end of it. ACCRUED (12) [verb] To increase, to rise | [verb] To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent. | [verb] To be incurred as a result of the passage of time. ACCRUES (11) [noun] Something that accrues; advantage accruing | [verb] To increase, to rise | [verb] To reach or come to by way of increase; to arise or spring up because of growth or result, especially as the produce of money lent. ACCURST (11) [verb] To devote to destruction; to imprecate misery or evil upon; to curse; to execrate; to anathematize. | [adjective] (prenominal) Hateful; detestable, loathsome. | [adjective] Doomed to destruction or misery; cursed; anathematized. ACCUSAL (11) [noun] Accusation ACCUSED (12) [verb] To find fault with, blame, censure | [verb] (followed by "of") to charge with having committed a crime or offence | [verb] To make an accusation against someone ACCUSER (11) [noun] One who accuses; one who brings a charge of crime or fault. ACCUSES (11) [verb] To find fault with, blame, censure | [verb] (followed by "of") to charge with having committed a crime or offence | [verb] To make an accusation against someone ACEDIAS (10) [noun] Plural of acedia, a state of spiritual sloth or apathy, particularly in religious contexts. | [noun] Plural of acedia, a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction. ACEQUIA (18) [noun] An irrigation ditch or canal, especially one used in the southwestern United States and Spanish-speaking regions. ACERATE (9) [adjective] Shaped like a needle or needle-pointed; having a sharp, slender form. | [verb] To make needle-shaped or to sharpen to a point. ACERBER (11) [adjective] More acerb; more sour, harsh, or bitter in taste, manner, or tone. ACERBIC (13) [adjective] Tasting sour or bitter. | [adjective] Sharp, harsh, biting. ACEROLA (9) [noun] A tropical fruit-bearing shrub native to Central and South America, valued for its exceptionally high vitamin C content. | [noun] The tart red fruit of this plant, often used in juices and supplements. ACEROSE (9) [adjective] Having a needle-like or needle-shaped form; resembling chaff or having a bristly appearance. ACEROUS (9) [adjective] Without antennae or antenna-like appendages; lacking horns or tentacles. ACETALS (9) [noun] Any diether of a geminal diol, R2C(OR')2 (where R' is not H). ACETATE (9) [noun] Any salt or ester of acetic acid. | [noun] Cellulose acetate. | [noun] A transparent sheet used for overlays. ACETIFY (15) [verb] To convert into vinegar or acetic acid. ACETINS (9) [noun] Plural of actin, a globular protein that forms the thin filaments of muscle fibers and is involved in cell motility. ACETONE (9) [noun] A colourless, volatile, flammable liquid ketone, (CH3)2CO, used as a solvent. ACETOSE (9) [adjective] Containing or resembling vinegar; sour or acetous in nature. ACETOUS (9) [adjective] Having a sour taste; sour; acid. | [adjective] Causing, or connected with, acetification ACETYLS (12) [noun] Plural of acetyl, a chemical radical or group (CH₃CO-) derived from acetic acid, commonly found in organic compounds and biochemistry. ACHENES (12) [noun] A small, dry, indehiscent fruit, containing a single seed, as in the buttercup. ACHIEST (12) [adjective] Suffering from aches, sore. ACHIEVE (15) [verb] To succeed in something, now especially in academic performance. | [verb] To carry out successfully; to accomplish. | [verb] To conclude, finish, especially successfully. ACHIOTE (12) [noun] A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree. | [noun] The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking. | [noun] An orange-red dye obtained from this seed. ACHOLIA (12) [noun] A medical condition characterized by the absence or deficiency of bile secretion. ACICULA (11) [noun] A slender, needle-like structure or bristle found in plants or animals. | [noun] In botany, a small needle-like leaf or spine. ACIDIFY (16) [verb] To make something (more) acidic or sour; to convert into an acid. | [verb] To neutralize alkalis, as to acidify sugar | [verb] To sour, to embitter. ACIDITY (13) [noun] The quality or state of being acid | [noun] Sourness; tartness; sharpness to the taste | [noun] Excessive acid quality, as in gastric secretions. ACIFORM (14) [adjective] Shaped like a needle or needle-pointed; having the form of an acus or needle. ACINOSE (9) [adjective] Having the form of berries or berry-like structures; characterized by small rounded protuberances. ACINOUS (9) [adjective] Resembling or containing grapes; having a clustered or berry-like form. ACLINIC (11) [adjective] Relating to or denoting a magnetic needle that hangs horizontally, found at the magnetic equator where the Earth's magnetic field is horizontal. | [adjective] (of a surface or line) Not inclined; horizontal or level. ACMATIC (13) ACNODES (10) [noun] Plural of acnode, a type of singular point on a curve where the curve does not actually pass through the point but approaches it. | [noun] In mathematics, isolated points on algebraic curves where the curve touches itself without crossing. ACOLYTE (12) [noun] One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic Church, being ordained to carry the wine, water and lights at Mass. | [noun] An altar server. | [noun] An attendant, assistant or follower. ACONITE (9) [noun] The herb wolfsbane, or monkshood; any plant of the genus Aconitum, all the species of which are poisonous. | [noun] An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally. ACQUEST (18) [verb] To acquire or obtain, especially through one's own effort or action. ACQUIRE (18) [verb] To get. | [verb] To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own | [verb] To contract. ACQUITS (18) [verb] To declare or find innocent or not guilty. | [verb] To discharge (for example, a claim or debt); to clear off, to pay off; to fulfil. | [verb] Followed by of (and formerly by from): to discharge, release, or set free from a burden, duty, liability, or obligation, or from an accusation or charge. ACRASIA (9) [noun] Lack of self-control; excess; intemperance ACRASIN (9) [noun] A chemical substance secreted by cells that attracts other cells, especially in slime molds during aggregation. ACREAGE (10) [noun] Size, as measured in acres. | [noun] An area of land measured in acres. ACRIDER (10) ACRIDLY (13) [adverb] In a manner that is bitter, harsh, or caustic in taste, smell, or tone. ACROBAT (11) [noun] An athlete who performs acts requiring skill, agility and coordination. ACROGEN (10) [noun] A plant that grows from the apex or tip, such as a fern or moss, with new growth continuously added at the top while the base decays. | [noun] In taxonomy, an organism that exhibits acrogeny or apical growth. ACROMIA (11) ACRONIC (11) [adjective] Rising at the same time as the sun, or of a star that rises just before sunrise. | [adjective] (in astronomy) Describing a celestial body that becomes visible in the east just before sunrise. ACRONYM (14) [noun] An abbreviation formed by the initial letters of other words, sometimes exclusively such abbreviations when pronounced as a word (as "laser") rather than as individual letters (initialisms such as "TNT"). | [noun] An abbreviation formed by the beginning letters or syllables of other words (as "Benelux"). | [verb] To form into an acronym. ACROTIC (11) [adjective] Relating to or affecting the extremities of the body, such as the fingers and toes. | [adjective] (in medicine) Characterized by gangrene or necrosis of the extremities. ACRYLIC (14) [noun] An acrylic resin. | [noun] A paint containing an acrylic resin. | [noun] A painting executed using such a paint. ACTABLE (11) [adjective] Able to be acted, as by an actor. ACTINAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or denoting the oral surface of a radially symmetrical animal, such as a starfish or sea anemone. ACTINGS (10) [noun] Plural of acting; instances or performances of performing in plays or films. | [noun] Temporary or provisional performances of a role or duty. ACTINIA (9) [noun] A sea anemone, especially of the genus Actinia. | [noun] The disk-like structure at the base of a sea anemone. ACTINIC (11) [adjective] Of or relating to actinism. | [adjective] Composed of actin. | [adjective] Related to or caused by light or radiation. In medicine, actinic keratoses usually occur in sundamaged skin and exhibit hyperkeratosis. ACTINON (9) [noun] A radioactive isotope of the element radon, or a radioactive decay product in the actinium series. ACTIONS (9) [noun] Something done so as to accomplish a purpose. | [noun] A way of motion or functioning. | [noun] Fast-paced activity. ACTIVES (12) [noun] A person or thing that is acting or capable of acting. | [noun] Any component that is not passive. See Passivity (engineering). ACTRESS (9) [noun] A female who performs on the stage or in films. | [noun] A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense). ACTUARY (12) [noun] Registrar, clerk. | [noun] A professional who calculates financial values associated with uncertain events subject to risk, such as insurance premiums or pension contributions. ACTUATE (9) [verb] To activate, or to put into motion; to animate. | [verb] To incite to action; to motivate. ACULEUS (9) [noun] A sharp needle-like structure, such as a sting or prickle found on plants and animals. ACUMENS (11) [noun] Plural of acumen; keen insight, shrewdness, or discernment in understanding and dealing with things. ACUTELY (12) [adverb] In an acute manner ACUTEST (9) [adjective] Brief, quick, short. | [adjective] High or shrill. | [adjective] Intense, sensitive, sharp. ACYCLIC (16) [adjective] Not cyclic; having an open chain structure. | [adjective] (of a graph) Containing no cycles. | [adjective] Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle. ACYLATE (12) [verb] To add one or more acyl groups to a compound. ACYLOIN (12) [noun] An organic compound formed by the reduction of an ester or acyl compound, typically containing a hydroxyl group adjacent to a carbonyl group. ADAGIAL (9) [adjective] In the manner of an adagio; at a slow tempo. | [adverb] In a slow, leisurely manner, as in music. ADAGIOS (9) [noun] A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully. | [noun] A passage having this mark. | [noun] A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts. ADAMANT (10) [noun] An imaginary rock or mineral of impenetrable hardness; a name given to the diamond and other substances of extreme hardness. | [noun] An embodiment of impregnable hardness. | [noun] A lodestone. ADAPTED (11) [verb] To make suitable; to make to correspond; to fit or suit | [verb] To fit by alteration; to modify or remodel for a different purpose; to adjust | [verb] To make by altering or fitting something else; to produce by change of form or character ADAPTER (10) [noun] One who is capable of adapting to differing situations. | [noun] One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play. | [noun] A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible. ADAPTOR (10) [noun] One who is capable of adapting to differing situations. | [noun] One who adapts a thing, e.g. a play. | [noun] A device or application used to achieve operative compatibility between devices that otherwise are incompatible. ADAXIAL (15) [adjective] On the side that is towards the axis or central line, usually on the upper side. | [adjective] (developmental biology) adjacent to the axis, or in vertebrates the notochord. ADDABLE (11) [adjective] Capable of being added or combined with something else. ADDAXES (16) [noun] A large African antelope (Addax nasomaculatus), with long horns, that lives in the desert. ADDEDLY (13) ADDENDA (10) [noun] Something to be added; especially text added as an appendix or supplement to a document. | [noun] A postscript. | [noun] The height by which the tooth of a gear projects beyond (outside for external, or inside for internal) the standard pitch circle or pitch line. ADDENDS (10) [noun] Any one of two or more numbers or other terms that are to be added together. | [noun] A moiety added to another molecule. | [verb] To furnish with an addendum. ADDIBLE (11) [adjective] Capable of being added; able to be combined or included with something else. ADDICTS (11) [noun] A person who is addicted, especially to a harmful drug | [noun] An adherent or fan (of something) | [verb] To deliver (someone or something) following a judicial decision. ADDLING (10) [noun] (provincial) Earnings. | [verb] (provincial) To earn, earn by labor; earn money or one's living. | [verb] (provincial) To thrive or grow; to ripen. ADDRESS (9) [noun] Direction. | [noun] Preparation. | [verb] To prepare oneself. ADDREST (9) [verb] Archaic past tense and past participle of "address," meaning to direct speech or attention to, or to deal with a matter. ADDUCED (12) [verb] To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. ADDUCER (11) [noun] One who adduces; a person who brings forward or cites as evidence. ADDUCES (11) [verb] To bring forward or offer, as an argument, passage, or consideration which bears on a statement or case; to cite; to allege. ADDUCTS (11) [noun] The product of an addition reaction. | [verb] To draw towards a center or a middle line. ADEEMED (11) [verb] Past tense of "adeem," meaning to revoke or withdraw a specific bequest in a will by disposing of the bequeathed property during the testator's lifetime. | [verb] To take away or remove. ADENINE (8) [noun] A base, C5H5N5, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA. ADENOID (9) [noun] One of two folds of lymphatic tissue covered by ciliated epithelium. They are found in the roof and posterior wall of the nasopharynx at the back of the throat behind the uvula. They may obstruct normal breathing and make speech difficult when swollen, a condition often called adenitis. | [adjective] Of or relating to lymphatic glands or lymphoid tissue; lymphoid. ADENOMA (10) [noun] A benign tumour of the epithelium arising from or resembling a gland. ADENYLS (11) [noun] Plural of adenyl, a chemical radical or group derived from adenine that is part of nucleotides and nucleic acids. ADEPTER (10) ADEPTLY (13) [adverb] In a skillful or expert manner; with proficiency and ease. ADHERED (12) [verb] To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united. | [verb] To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc. | [verb] To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. ADHERER (11) [noun] One who adheres; a follower or supporter of a person, cause, or belief. ADHERES (11) [verb] To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united. | [verb] To be attached or devoted by personal union, in belief, on principle, etc. | [verb] To be consistent or coherent; to be in accordance; to agree. ADHIBIT (13) [verb] To allow in; to admit. | [verb] To apply or administer (something, such as a remedy). | [verb] To affix. ADIPOSE (10) [noun] Animal fat stored in the tissue of the body. | [adjective] Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty. | [adjective] Slightly overweight; chubby. ADIPOUS (10) [adjective] Containing or composed of fat; fatty or greasy. ADJOINS (15) [verb] To be in contact or connection with. | [verb] To extend an algebraic object (e.g. a field, a ring etc.) by adding to it (an element not belonging to it) and all finite power series of (the element). ADJOINT (15) [noun] The transpose of the cofactor matrix of a given square matrix. | [noun] (of a matrix) Transpose conjugate. | [noun] (of an operator) Hermitian conjugate. ADJOURN (15) [verb] To postpone. | [verb] To defer; to put off temporarily or indefinitely. | [verb] To end or suspend an event. ADJUDGE (17) [verb] To declare to be. | [verb] To deem or determine to be. | [verb] To award judicially; to assign. ADJUNCT (17) [noun] An appendage; something attached to something else in a subordinate capacity. | [noun] A person associated with another, usually in a subordinate position; a colleague. | [noun] An unmalted grain or grain product that supplements the main mash ingredient. ADJURED (16) [verb] To issue a formal command. | [verb] To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge solemnly. ADJURER (15) [noun] One who adjures; a person who administers an oath or solemnly charges another. ADJURES (15) [verb] To issue a formal command. | [verb] To earnestly appeal to or advise; to charge solemnly. ADJUROR (15) [noun] A person sworn in as a juror; one who takes an oath to serve on a jury. ADJUSTS (15) [verb] To modify. | [verb] To improve or rectify. | [verb] To settle an insurance claim. ADMIRAL (10) [noun] A naval officer of the highest rank; the commander of a country's naval forces. | [noun] A naval officer of high rank, immediately below Admiral of the Fleet; the commander of a fleet or squadron. | [noun] A flag officer in the United States Navy or Coast Guard of a grade superior to vice admiral and junior to admiral of the fleet (when that grade is used). An admiral is equal in grade or rank to a four-star general. ADMIRED (11) [verb] To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at. | [verb] To regard with wonder and delight. | [verb] To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence. ADMIRER (10) [noun] One who admires. ADMIRES (10) [verb] To be amazed at; to view with surprise; to marvel at. | [verb] To regard with wonder and delight. | [verb] To look upon with an elevated feeling of pleasure, as something which calls out approbation, esteem, love or reverence. ADMIXED (18) [verb] To mingle with something else; to mix. ADMIXES (17) [noun] The act of admixing. | [noun] The mixture that results from admixing, especially an alloy. | [verb] To mingle with something else; to mix. ADNEXAL (15) [adjective] Relating to or denoting an appendage or structure attached to or adjacent to a main body part, especially in anatomy referring to structures near the uterus such as the fallopian tubes and ovaries. ADNOUNS (8) [noun] Nouns or noun phrases that function as modifiers to other nouns, placed directly before them without prepositions (also called attributive nouns). | [noun] In traditional grammar, words that are attached to nouns to modify them. ADOPTED (11) [verb] To take by choice into relationship (a child, heir, friend, citizen, etc.) | [verb] To take or receive as one's own what is not so naturally. | [verb] To select and take or approve. ADOPTEE (10) [noun] A person who has been legally adopted by parents other than their biological parents. ADOPTER (10) [noun] One who adopts ADORERS (8) [noun] People who regard with deep love, respect, or devotion. | [noun] People who worship or honor someone or something. ADORING (9) [verb] To worship. | [verb] To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection. | [verb] To be very fond of. ADORNED (9) [verb] To make more beautiful and attractive; to decorate. | [adjective] Having been decorated or embellished through applied items or alterations (adornments). ADORNER (8) [noun] One who adorns or decorates something. ADRENAL (8) [noun] An adrenal gland. | [adjective] Pertaining to the adrenal glands or their secretions. | [adjective] Near the kidneys. ADSORBS (10) [verb] To accumulate on a surface, by adsorption ADULATE (8) [verb] To flatter effusively. ADULTLY (11) [adverb] In a manner befitting or characteristic of an adult; with maturity or grown-up behavior. ADVANCE (13) [noun] A forward move; improvement or progression. | [noun] An amount of money or credit, especially given as a loan, or paid before it is due; an advancement. | [noun] An addition to the price; rise in price or value. ADVECTS (13) [verb] To transport (something) by advection. ADVENTS (11) [noun] Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears ADVERBS (13) [noun] (grammar) A word that modifies a verb, adjective, other adverbs, or various other types of words, phrases, or clauses. | [verb] To make into or become an adverb. ADVERSE (11) [adjective] Unfavorable; antagonistic in purpose or effect; hostile; actively opposing one's interests or wishes; contrary to one's welfare; acting against; working in an opposing direction. | [adjective] Opposed; contrary; opposing one's interests or desire. | [adjective] Opposite; confronting. ADVERTS (11) [noun] An advertisement, an ad. | [verb] To take notice, to pay attention (to). | [verb] To turn attention to, to take notice of (something). ADVICES (13) [noun] An opinion offered in an effort to be helpful. | [noun] Deliberate consideration; knowledge. | [noun] (commonly in plural) Information or news given; intelligence ADVISED (12) [verb] To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed. | [verb] To recommend; to offer as advice. | [verb] To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with of before the thing communicated. ADVISEE (11) [noun] A person who receives advice from an adviser or advisor. ADVISER (11) [noun] One who advises ADVISES (11) [verb] To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed. | [verb] To recommend; to offer as advice. | [verb] To give information or notice to; to inform or counsel; — with of before the thing communicated. ADVISOR (11) [noun] One who offers advice. ADZUKIS (21) [noun] Either the plant or the seed of the azuki bean. AECIDIA (10) [noun] Plural of aecium; cup-shaped structures in rust fungi that produce spores. AEDILES (8) [noun] An elected official who was responsible for the maintenance of public buildings, regulation of festivals, supervision of markets and the supply of grain and water. AEGISES (8) [noun] A mythological shield associated with the Greek deities Zeus and Athena (and their Roman counterparts Jupiter and Minerva) shown as a short cloak made of goatskin worn on the shoulders, more as an emblem of power and protection than a military shield. The aegis of Athena or Minerva is usually shown with a border of snakes and with the head of Medusa in the center. | [noun] Usually as under the aegis: guidance, protection; endorsement, sponsorship. AENEOUS (7) [adjective] Having a bronze-green or brassy color; resembling brass in appearance. AEOLIAN (7) [noun] A lightweight fabric with a ribbed surface, generally made by combining silk and cotton, or silk and worsted warp and weft. | [adjective] Of, or relating to the wind. | [adjective] Carried, deposited or eroded by the wind. AEONIAN (7) [adjective] Lasting for an aeon or eternity; eternal or everlasting. AERATED (8) [verb] To supply with oxygen or air. | [adjective] Supplied or infused with air or oxygen. | [adjective] Annoyed or agitated. AERATES (7) [verb] To supply with oxygen or air. AERATOR (7) [noun] A device that introduces air into a liquid or soil, or a faucet attachment that mixes air with water to reduce splashing. | [noun] A machine or tool used to aerate lawns or soil by creating holes or breaking up compacted earth. AERIALS (7) [noun] A rod, wire, or other structure for receiving or transmitting radio, television signals etc. | [noun] A move, as in dancing or skateboarding, involving one or both feet leaving the ground. | [noun] Aerial photography. AERIEST (7) [adjective] Superlative form of aery, meaning resembling or characteristic of an aerie (eagle's nest) or situated at a great height. | [adjective] Most airy; having the most air or being most insubstantial. AEROBES (9) [noun] Any organism (but especially a bacterium) that can tolerate the presence of oxygen, or that needs oxygen to survive. AEROBIA (9) [noun] Plural of aerobium; organisms that require oxygen to survive. AEROBIC (11) [adjective] Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria. | [adjective] Of exercise, performed while maintaining a sufficient supply of oxygen to meet bodily energy needs. | [adjective] Of or relating to aerobics. AEROGEL (8) [noun] A porous, ultralight solid-state substance, similar to gel, in which the liquid component is replaced with gas. AEROSAT (7) AEROSOL (7) [noun] A mixture of fine solid particles or liquid droplets suspended in a gaseous medium. | [noun] An aerosol can. | [noun] The payload (e.g. insecticide, paint, oil, cosmetics) and propellant contained by an aerosol can. AERUGOS (8) [noun] Plural of aerugo, a greenish patina that forms on copper or bronze; verdigris. AETHERS (10) [noun] Plural of aether, a hypothetical invisible substance once thought to fill all space and be the medium through which light travels. | [noun] In chemistry and medicine, volatile organic compounds used as solvents or anesthetics. AFEARED (11) [verb] To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify. | [adjective] Afraid. AFFABLE (15) [adjective] Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable. | [adjective] Mild; benign. AFFABLY (18) [adverb] In a friendly and pleasant manner; with good humor and approachability. AFFAIRE (13) [noun] (often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public. | [noun] Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely. | [noun] An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle. AFFAIRS (13) [noun] (often in the plural) Something which is done or is to be done; business of any kind, commercial, professional, or public. | [noun] Any proceeding or action which it is wished to refer to or characterize vaguely. | [noun] An action or engagement not of sufficient magnitude to be called a battle. AFFECTS (15) [verb] To influence or alter. | [verb] To move to emotion. | [verb] Of an illness or condition, to infect or harm (a part of the body). AFFIANT (13) [noun] The individual witness whose statement is contained in an affidavit or sworn deposition. AFFICHE (18) [noun] A large poster or public notice, especially one used for advertising. AFFINAL (13) [adjective] Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law. AFFINED (14) [verb] To refine. AFFINES (13) [noun] (genealogy) A relative by marriage, an in-law. AFFIRMS (15) [verb] To agree, verify or concur; to answer positively. | [verb] To assert positively; to tell with confidence; to aver; to maintain as true. | [verb] To support or encourage. AFFIXAL (20) [adjective] Relating to or functioning as an affix (a word element attached to a root word to modify its meaning). AFFIXED (21) [verb] To attach. | [verb] To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to. | [verb] To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon. AFFIXER (20) [noun] One who affixes; something that attaches or fastens. | [noun] In linguistics, a morpheme that is attached to a root or stem to modify its meaning. AFFIXES (20) [noun] That which is affixed; an appendage. | [noun] A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end. | [noun] (broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix etc. AFFLICT (15) [verb] To cause (someone) pain, suffering or distress. | [verb] To strike or cast down; to overthrow. | [verb] To make low or humble. AFFORDS (14) [verb] To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious;—with an auxiliary, as can, could, might, etc.; to be able or rich enough. | [verb] To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting, expending, with profit, or without loss or too great injury. | [verb] To give forth; to supply, yield, or produce as the natural result, fruit, or issue. AFFRAYS (16) [noun] The act of suddenly disturbing anyone; an assault or attack. | [noun] A tumultuous assault or quarrel. | [noun] The fighting of two or more persons, in a public place, to the terror of others. AFFRONT (13) [noun] An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult. | [noun] A hostile encounter or meeting. | [verb] To insult intentionally, especially openly. AFGHANI (14) [noun] The monetary currency of Afghanistan, divided into 100 pul AFGHANS (14) [noun] A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted. | [noun] A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut. AFREETS (10) [noun] (Islamic mythology) a kind of djinn mentioned in the Qur'an. AFTMOST (12) AFTOSAS (10) [noun] Plural of aftosa, a viral disease affecting livestock, characterized by blisters in the mouth and on the hooves; also known as foot-and-mouth disease. AGAINST (8) [preposition] In a contrary direction to. | [preposition] In physical opposition to; in collision with. | [preposition] In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by. AGAMETE (10) [noun] An organism or cell that reproduces asexually without the formation of gametes. AGAMOUS (10) [adjective] Reproducing without sexual union; asexual. | [adjective] Having no visible reproductive organs or sexual characteristics. AGAPEIC (12) AGARICS (10) [noun] Any of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath. | [noun] A dried fruiting body of a fungus formerly used in medicine (now Fomitopsis officinalis, formerly Fomes officinalis, Polyporus officinalis). AGAROSE (8) [noun] A polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis. AGATIZE (17) [verb] To convert into or become agate, a type of microcrystalline quartz rock, through natural geological processes. AGATOID (9) [adjective] Resembling or containing agate; having the characteristics or appearance of agate. AGEINGS (9) [noun] The plural of ageing, referring to the process of growing old or the period during which something ages. | [noun] In wine or spirits production, the process of maturing beverages in storage. AGEISMS (10) [noun] Plural of ageism; discriminatory practices or attitudes based on a person's age. AGEISTS (8) [noun] A person who behaves in an ageist manner. AGELESS (8) [adjective] (relative to past) Having existed for so great a period of time that its longevity cannot be expressed. | [adjective] (relative to future) Continuing infinitely or indefinitely. | [adjective] Always appearing youthful; never seeming to age. AGELONG (9) [adjective] Lasting throughout all time; eternal AGENDAS (9) [noun] A temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to. | [noun] A list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting). | [noun] A notebook used to organize and maintain such plans or lists, an agenda book, an agenda planner. AGENDUM (11) [noun] A singular form of agenda; a single item to be considered or discussed at a meeting. AGENIZE (17) [verb] To treat or combine with agenize (a chemical used in flour bleaching and maturing). AGENTRY (11) [noun] The office, duties, or business of an agent. | [noun] The state of being an agent or acting as an intermediary. AGGADIC (12) [adjective] Relating to aggada, a body of rabbinical literature consisting of interpretations, stories, and ethical teachings in the Talmud and Midrash. AGGRADE (10) [verb] To build up or increase the level of a surface, especially through the accumulation of sediment or other material. | [verb] To raise the grade or level of land through deposited material. AGGRESS (9) [noun] Aggression. | [verb] To set upon; to attack. | [verb] (construed with on) To commit the first act of hostility or offense against; to begin a quarrel or controversy with someone; to make an attack against someone. AGILELY (11) [adverb] In a quick, nimble, and coordinated manner. | [adverb] With the ability to move quickly and easily. AGILITY (11) [noun] The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion | [noun] A faculty of being agile in body, mind, or figuratively. AGINNER (8) AGISTED (9) [verb] To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same. | [verb] To charge lands etc. with any public burden. AGITATE (8) [verb] To disturb or excite; to perturb or stir up (a person). | [verb] To cause to move with a violent, irregular action; to shake. | [verb] To set in motion; to actuate. AGITATO (8) [noun] A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a restless agitated style. | [noun] A passage having this mark. | [adjective] Describing a passage having this mark. AGLYCON (13) [noun] The non-sugar component of a glycoside that remains after the sugar portion is removed by hydrolysis. AGNAILS (8) [noun] A corn or sore on the toe or finger. | [noun] Torn skin near a toenail or fingernail. AGNATES (8) [noun] A relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family. | [noun] Any paternal male relative. AGNATIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or descended from the same father or male ancestor; of or pertaining to agnation. AGNIZED (18) [verb] To recognise; to acknowledge. AGNIZES (17) [verb] To recognise; to acknowledge. AGNOMEN (10) [noun] An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen. AGNOSIA (8) [noun] The inability to recognize objects by use of the senses. AGONIES (8) [noun] Extreme pain. | [noun] The sufferings of Jesus Christ in the garden of Gethsemane. | [noun] Violent contest or striving. AGONISE (8) [verb] To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. | [verb] To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically. AGONIST (8) [noun] Someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist. | [noun] The muscle that contracts while the other relaxes. | [noun] A molecule that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction. AGONIZE (17) [verb] To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish. | [verb] To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately, whether mentally or physically. AGOROTH (11) [noun] Since 1960, a monetary unit and coin of Israel, the 100th part of a shekel / sheqel. AGOUTIS (8) [noun] A rodent similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, of the family Dasyprocta. | [noun] A fur containing a pattern of pigmentation in which individual hairs have several bands of light and dark pigment with black tips; any of several genes responsible for this pigmentation. AGRAFES (11) [noun] Plural of agrafe, a clasp or brooch, typically ornamental and used to fasten garments or hold things together. AGRAFFE (14) [noun] A clasp or buckle used to fasten things together, especially an ornamental clasp for a garment or a metal loop used in construction. | [noun] In music, a sign or bracket used to connect multiple staves. AGRAPHA (13) [noun] Sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels, or passages of Scripture whose source is unknown or disputed. AGRAVIC (13) AGROUND (9) [adjective] (of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom. | [adjective] (by extension) at a loss, ruined, with no way out | [adverb] (of a normally floating craft) Resting on the bottom. AHIMSAS (12) [noun] Plural of ahimsa, the Hindu and Buddhist principle of nonviolence and abstinence from harming any living creature. AIBLINS (9) [adverb] Perhaps; possibly; maybe (Scottish dialectal word). AIDLESS (8) AIGLETS (8) [noun] A metal or plastic tip at the end of a shoelace or cord. | [noun] In heraldry, a small tag or point at the end of a line. AIGRETS (8) [noun] A plume or tuft of feathers worn as a head ornament. | [noun] A spray of gems or jewels arranged to resemble feathers. AIKIDOS (12) [noun] Plural of aikido, a Japanese martial art emphasizing defensive techniques and the use of an opponent's momentum against them. AILERON (7) [noun] The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns. | [noun] A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church. AILMENT (9) [noun] Something which ails one; a disease; sickness. AIMLESS (9) [adjective] Without aim, purpose, or direction. AINSELL (7) AIRBOAT (9) [noun] A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water. AIRCREW (12) [noun] A group of two or more trained individuals, formed as a team that operates an aircraft. AIRDATE (8) [noun] The date on which a television or radio program is broadcast. AIRDROP (10) [noun] The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight. | [verb] To delivery goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight. AIRFARE (10) [noun] The cost or expense of an airplane ticket or trip. AIRFLOW (13) [noun] Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoil. AIRFOIL (10) [noun] A structure shaped to produce lift when moving in air. | [noun] A wing of an aircraft. AIRGLOW (11) [noun] A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere, now rarely observed by earthbound humans without the assistance of instruments. AIRHEAD (11) [noun] A horizontal channel providing ventilation in a mine. | [noun] An area of hostile territory that has been seized for use as an airbase to ensure the further safe landing of troops and materiel. | [noun] (by extension) A (usually temporary) landing area for aircraft for supplying a non-military operation. | [noun] (originally United States) A foolish, silly, or unintelligent person. AIRHOLE (10) [noun] A hole provided for ventilation or breathing. | [noun] A hole in ice through which air escapes. | [noun] An air pocket. AIRIEST (7) [adjective] Consisting of air. | [adjective] Relating or belonging to air; high in air; aerial. | [adjective] Open to a free current of air; exposed to the air; breezy. AIRINGS (8) [noun] An exposure to warm or fresh air. | [noun] The broadcast of a television or radio show. | [noun] A public expression of an opinion or discussion of a subject. AIRLESS (7) [adjective] Lacking or being without air. | [adjective] Lacking air circulation. | [adjective] With air that is stale. AIRLIFT (10) [noun] The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency. | [noun] Such a flight. | [noun] A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed. AIRLIKE (11) AIRLINE (7) [noun] A company that flies airplanes to transport people and goods. AIRMAIL (9) [noun] The system of conveying mail using aircraft. | [noun] The items of mail so carried. | [verb] To send mail by air. AIRPARK (13) [noun] A small airport designed for light aircraft. | [noun] A recreational area with facilities for aircraft owners and pilots. AIRPLAY (12) [noun] The playing of a particular song, band or genre on the radio, or the frequency with which it is played. AIRPORT (9) [noun] An airfield (an area designated for the takeoff and landing of aircraft), including one or more runways and (for commercial airports) one or more passenger terminals. AIRPOST (9) [noun] A system or service for transporting mail by aircraft. | [noun] Mail that is transported by aircraft. AIRSHED (11) [noun] An area of land that shares the same air mass and atmospheric conditions, analogous to a watershed for air pollution and air quality management. AIRSHIP (12) [noun] A lighter-than-air aircraft that can be propelled forward through the air as well as steered. | [noun] Any aircraft. | [noun] The highest ranking officials of the RAF, viewed as arrogant and distant. AIRSICK (13) [adjective] Nauseous due to the effects of motion of an airplane; suffering from motion sickness caused by air travel. AIRTHED (11) AIRTIME (9) [noun] The duration during which a radio or television program (or part of one) is transmitted. | [noun] The chargeable use of a mobile phone, either in minutes or in units dependent on the use or traffic. | [noun] The period during which a person riding a rollercoaster or similar ride experiences a feeling of weightlessness. AIRTING (8) AIRWARD (11) AIRWAVE (13) AIRWAYS (13) [noun] The trachea. | [noun] A flight path used by aeroplanes. AIRWISE (10) AITCHES (12) [noun] The name of the Latin-script letter H. AJOWANS (17) [noun] The plural of ajowan, a plant native to India whose seeds are used as a spice, also known as bishop's weed or carom seeds. AKVAVIT (17) [noun] A Scandinavian liquor that is about 40% alcohol by volume; distilled from potato or grain mash and flavored with caraway seeds, anise, fennel, dill and other spices and herbs, depending on variety. ALAMEDA (10) [noun] A tree-lined avenue in Spain or Portugal. ALAMODE (10) [adjective] In a fashionable or stylish manner; according to the prevailing fashion. | [noun] A thin silk fabric with a wavy pattern. ALANINE (7) [noun] A nonessential amino acid 2-aminopropanoic acid found in most animal proteins | [noun] A specific residue, molecule, or isomer of this amino acid ALANINS (7) [noun] Plural of alanine, an amino acid found in proteins. ALANYLS (10) ALARMED (10) [verb] To call to arms for defense | [verb] To give (someone) notice of approaching danger | [verb] To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert. ALARUMS (9) [noun] A danger signal or warning. | [noun] A call to arms. | [verb] To sound alarums, to sound an alarm. ALASKAS (11) ALASTOR (7) ALATION (7) ALBATAS (9) ALBEDOS (10) [noun] The fraction of incident light or radiation reflected by a surface or body, commonly expressed as a percentage. | [noun] The whitish inner portion of the rind of citrus fruits that is a source of pectin, commonly referred to as the pith. | [noun] One of the four major stages of the magnum opus, involving purification of the prima materia. ALBINAL (9) ALBINIC (11) ALBINOS (9) [noun] A person or animal congenitally lacking melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); one born with albinism. ALBITES (9) [noun] Plural of albite, a common feldspar mineral that is a sodium aluminum silicate, typically white or colorless and found in igneous rocks. ALBITIC (11) [adjective] Relating to or containing albite, a type of feldspar mineral. ALBIZIA (18) [noun] A plant of the genus Albizia; a siris or silk tree. ALBUMEN (11) [noun] The white part of an egg; being mostly the protein albumin and water. ALBUMIN (11) [noun] Any of a class of monomeric proteins that are soluble in water, and are coagulated by heat; they occur in egg white, milk etc; they function as carrier protein for steroids, fatty acids, and thyroid hormones and play a role in stabilizing extracellular fluid volume. ALCADES (10) ALCAICS (11) ALCAIDE (10) ALCALDE (10) [noun] In Spain or Latin America, a municipal magistrate who has both judicial and administrative functions. ALCAYDE (13) [noun] The commander or governor of a castle or fortress in Spain or Spanish America. ALCAZAR (18) [noun] Any Moorish fortress in Spain. ALCHEMY (17) [noun] The ancient search for a universal panacea, and of the philosopher's stone, that eventually developed into chemistry. | [noun] The causing of any sort of mysterious sudden transmutation. | [noun] Any elaborate transformation process or algorithm. ALCHYMY (20) ALCOHOL (12) [noun] Any of a class of organic compounds (such as ethanol) containing a hydroxyl functional group (-OH). | [noun] Ethanol. | [noun] Beverages containing ethanol, collectively. ALCOVED (13) ALCOVES (12) [noun] A small recessed area set off from a larger room. | [noun] A shady retreat. ALDOSES (8) ALDRINS (8) ALEGARS (8) ALEMBIC (13) [noun] An early chemical apparatus, consisting of two retorts connected by a tube, used to purify substances by distillation ALENCON (9) ALERTED (8) [verb] To give warning to. | [adjective] Having been made alert; having been made attentive, alarmed or warned of something coming soon. ALERTER (7) [noun] One who or that which alerts. ALERTLY (10) ALEURON (7) [noun] The protein content of the embryo, endosperm, or perisperm of cereals, in the form of minute particles. | [noun] The outer layer (and its major cell type and its specialized protein) of the endosperm. ALEVINS (10) [noun] Newly hatched fish, especially salmon. ALEWIFE (13) [noun] A woman who keeps an alehouse. | [noun] A migrating North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus. | [noun] Any of several species similar in appearance. ALEXIAS (14) ALEXINE (14) ALEXINS (14) ALFAKIS (14) ALFALFA (13) [noun] A plant, principally of Medicago sativa, grown as a pasture crop. | [noun] A type or breed of this plant. ALFAQUI (19) [noun] A Muslim legal expert or teacher of Islamic law in North Africa and Spain. ALFORJA (17) ALGEBRA (10) [noun] A system for computation using letters or other symbols to represent numbers, with rules for manipulating these symbols. | [noun] The surgical treatment of a dislocated or fractured bone. Also : a dislocation or fracture. | [noun] The study of algebraic structures. ALIASES (7) [noun] Another name; an assumed name. | [noun] A second or further writ which is issued after a first writ has expired without effect. | [noun] An abbreviation that replaces a string of commands and thereby reduces typing when performing routine actions or tasks. ALIBIED (10) [verb] To provide an alibi for. | [verb] To provide an excuse for. ALIBIES (9) ALIDADE (9) [noun] A sighting device used for measuring angles. ALIDADS (9) ALIENED (8) ALIENEE (7) [noun] The person to whom a property is alienated. ALIENER (7) ALIENLY (10) [adverb] In a manner that is foreign, strange, or from another place; in an alien way. ALIENOR (7) [noun] A person who alienates a property. ALIFORM (12) [adjective] Shaped like a wing | [adjective] (of a building) Having wings ALIGHTS (11) [verb] (with from) To get off or exit a vehicle or animal; to descend; to dismount. | [verb] (with on or at) To descend and settle, lodge, rest, or stop. | [verb] (followed by upon) To find by accident; to come upon. ALIGNED (9) [verb] To form a line; to fall into line. | [verb] To adjust or form to a line; to range or form in line; to bring into line. | [verb] To store (data) in a way that is consistent with the memory architecture, i.e. by beginning each item at an offset equal to some multiple of the word size. ALIGNER (8) ALIMENT (9) [noun] Food. | [noun] Nourishment, sustenance. | [noun] An allowance for maintenance; alimony. ALIMONY (12) [noun] A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person. | [noun] The means to support life. ALINERS (7) ALINING (8) ALIPEDS (10) ALIQUOT (16) [noun] A portion of a total amount of a solution or suspension. | [verb] To separate a volume of solution or suspension into aliquots. | [adjective] Contained in the whole an integral number of times, a factor or divisor. ALIUNDE (8) ALIYAHS (13) ALKALIC (13) [adjective] (of a rock) Containing a relatively high proportion of alkali; alkaline. ALKALIN (11) ALKALIS (11) [noun] One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, soda ash, caustic soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue. | [noun] (Western United States) Soluble mineral matter, other than common salt, contained in soils of natural waters. ALKANES (11) [noun] Any acyclic saturated hydrocarbon (e.g., methane, ethane, etc.). ALKANET (11) [noun] Alkanna tinctoria, a plant whose root is used as a red dye. | [noun] The dyeing matter extracted from the plant, giving a deep red colour. | [noun] Other plants of the genus Alkanna. ALKENES (11) [noun] An unsaturated, aliphatic hydrocarbon with one or more carbon–carbon double bonds ALKINES (11) ALKYLIC (16) ALKYNES (14) [noun] A hydrocarbon containing at least one carbon–carbon triple bond. ALLAYED (11) [verb] To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm. | [verb] To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate. | [verb] To subside, abate, become peaceful. ALLAYER (10) ALLEGED (9) [verb] To state under oath, to plead. | [verb] To cite or quote an author or his work for or against. | [verb] To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc. ALLEGER (8) ALLEGES (8) [verb] To state under oath, to plead. | [verb] To cite or quote an author or his work for or against. | [verb] To adduce (something) as a reason, excuse, support etc. ALLEGRO (8) [noun] A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a quick, lively tempo, faster than allegretto but slower than presto | [noun] In more traditional use, an expressive marking indicating lively or happily, not necessarily quick or fast. | [noun] A passage having this mark ALLELES (7) [noun] One of a number of alternative forms of the same gene occupying a given position, or locus, on a chromosome. ALLELIC (9) ALLERGY (11) [noun] A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma. | [noun] Any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance. | [noun] Altered susceptibility to a first treatment as exhibited in reaction to a subsequent one. ALLHEAL (10) [noun] Any of several plants supposed to have broad healing powers. ALLICIN (9) [noun] An organic compound, diallyl thiosulfinate, obtained from garlic, with a variety of medicinal and antibacterial properties. ALLIUMS (9) [noun] Any of many bulbous plants of the genus Allium, related to onions and garlic. ALLOBAR (9) ALLODIA (8) [noun] Freehold land or property ALLONGE (8) [noun] A slip of paper attached to a negotiable instrument to hold endorsements should the document itself be unable to hold any more. | [noun] A thrust or pass; a lunge. | [verb] To thrust with a sword; to lunge. ALLONYM (12) ALLOVER (10) [adjective] Over the whole area or extent ALLOWED (11) [verb] To grant, give, admit, accord, afford, or yield; to let one have. | [verb] To acknowledge; to accept as true; to concede; to accede to an opinion. | [verb] To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition; especially to abate or deduct. ALLOXAN (14) [noun] An oxidation product of uric acid, 2,4,5,6(1H,3H)-pyrimidinetetrone, capable of inducing diabetes by destroying pancreatic tissue ALLOYED (11) [adjective] Mixed. ALLSEED (8) [noun] Any of several unrelated plants that produce many seeds, such as ALLUDED (9) [verb] To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion. ALLUDES (8) [verb] To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion. ALLURED (8) [verb] To entice; to attract. ALLURER (7) ALLURES (7) [verb] To entice; to attract. ALLUVIA (10) ALLYING (11) [verb] To unite, or form a connection between, as between families by marriage, or between princes and states by treaty, league, or confederacy. | [verb] To connect or form a relation between by similitude, resemblance, friendship, or love. ALLYLIC (12) ALMANAC (11) [noun] A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information. | [noun] A handbook, typically published annually, containing information on a particular subject | [noun] A GPS signal consisting of coarse orbit and status information for each satellite in the constellation. ALMEMAR (11) ALMNERS (9) ALMONDS (10) [noun] A type of tree nut. | [noun] A small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus dulcis, that produces predominantly sweet almonds. | [noun] Other plants that produce almond-like nuts: ALMONER (9) [noun] One who distributes alms, especially the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses | [noun] One who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop | [noun] A title given to a royal officer charged with the duty of distributing alms or bounty on behalf of a monarch ALMONRY (12) [noun] A building in which alms were distributed. ALMSMAN (11) ALMSMEN (11) ALMUCES (11) ALMUDES (10) ALODIAL (8) ALODIUM (10) ALOETIC (9) ALOOFLY (13) ALPACAS (11) [noun] A sheep-like animal of the Andes, Vicugna pacos, in the camel family, closely related to the llama, guanaco, and vicuña. | [noun] Wool from the alpaca. ALPHORN (12) [noun] A long, curved, wooden horn used by mountain-dwelling herders in the Alps, originally to call cattle but now only as musical instrument in classical and folk tunes. ALPHYLS (15) ALPINES (9) [noun] Any of several plants, native to mountain habitats, often grown in a rock garden ALREADY (11) [adverb] Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. | [adverb] So soon. | [adverb] An intensifier used to emphasize impatience or express exasperation. ALRIGHT (11) [adjective] Good; in acceptable, if not excellent condition. | [adjective] In good health, unharmed. | [interjection] Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance; OK. ALSIKES (11) [noun] Trifolium hybridum, a species of clover with pinkish or white flowers. ALTERED (8) [verb] To change the form or structure of. | [verb] To become different. | [verb] To tailor clothes to make them fit. ALTERER (7) ALTHAEA (10) ALTHEAS (10) ALTHORN (10) [noun] An alto or tenor saxhorn ALTOIST (7) [noun] A person playing alto saxophone or some other alto instrument. ALUDELS (8) [noun] A pear-shaped pot with an opening at each end, formerly used, especially by alchemists, for sublimation. ALUMINA (9) [noun] Aluminum oxide, especially when used in mining, material sciences or ceramics. ALUMINE (9) ALUMINS (9) ALUMNAE (9) [noun] A female pupil or student (especially of a university or college). | [noun] A female graduate. ALUMNUS (9) [noun] A male pupil or student. | [noun] A male graduate. | [noun] A student of any gender. ALUNITE (7) ALVEOLI (10) [noun] A small cavity or pit. | [noun] An anatomical structure that has the form of a hollow cavity, as: ALYSSUM (12) [noun] Any of several plants, of the genus Alyssum, mostly of Eurasian origin, that have racemes of white or yellow flowers. AMADOUS (10) AMALGAM (12) [noun] An alloy containing mercury. | [noun] A combination of different things. | [noun] One of the ingredients in an alloy. AMANITA (9) AMASSED (10) [verb] To collect into a mass or heap. | [verb] To gather a great quantity of; to accumulate. | [adjective] Having been gathered or assembled in a large group. AMASSER (9) AMASSES (9) [verb] To collect into a mass or heap. | [verb] To gather a great quantity of; to accumulate. AMATEUR (9) [noun] A lover of something. | [noun] A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally. | [noun] Someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful. AMATIVE (12) AMATOLS (9) AMATORY (12) [adjective] Of or relating to love, especially sexual love. AMAZING (19) [verb] To fill with wonder and surprise; to astonish, astound, surprise or perplex. | [verb] To undergo amazement; to be astounded. | [verb] To stupefy; to knock unconscious. AMAZONS (18) [noun] A tall, strong, athletic woman. AMBAGES (12) AMBARIS (11) AMBEERS (11) AMBIENT (11) [noun] Something that surrounds; encompassing material, substance or shape. | [noun] The atmosphere; the surrounding air or sky; atmospheric components collectively such as air, clouds, water vapour, hail, etc. | [noun] A type of modern music that creates a relaxing and peaceful atmosphere. AMBLERS (11) AMBLING (12) [verb] To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely. | [verb] Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other. | [noun] The act of one who ambles. AMBOINA (11) AMBONES (11) [noun] A raised platform in an early Christian church, as well as in the Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, and Eastern Catholic churches. | [noun] A stationary podium used for readings and homilies. AMBOYNA (14) [noun] A south-east Asian tree, Pterocarpus indicus. | [noun] The reddish, mottled or striped wood of this tree, used in cabinet-making. AMBRIES (11) [noun] A bookcase; a library or archive. | [noun] A storehouse, especially a niche or recess in a wall used for storage. | [noun] A pantry, or place to store food. AMBROID (12) AMBSACE (13) AMEBEAN (11) AMEBOID (12) [adjective] Resembling, or characteristic of an amoeba AMENDED (11) [verb] To make better; improve. | [verb] To become better. | [verb] To heal (someone sick); to cure (a disease etc.). AMENDER (10) AMENITY (12) [noun] Pleasantness. | [noun] A thing or circumstance that is welcome and makes life a little easier or more pleasant. | [noun] Convenience. AMENTIA (9) [noun] Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped. AMERCED (12) [verb] To impose a fine on; to fine. | [verb] To punish; to make an exaction. AMERCER (11) AMERCES (11) [verb] To impose a fine on; to fine. | [verb] To punish; to make an exaction. AMESACE (11) AMIABLE (11) [adjective] Friendly; kind; sweet; gracious | [adjective] Of a pleasant and likeable nature; kind-hearted; easy to like AMIABLY (14) [adverb] In an amiable manner; in a friendly or pleasant manner. AMIDASE (10) AMIDINE (10) AMIDINS (10) AMIDOLS (10) AMIDONE (10) AMINITY (12) AMIRATE (9) AMITIES (9) [noun] Plural of amity; friendly relations or peaceful associations between people or nations. AMMETER (11) [noun] A device that measures the magnitude of an electric current, especially one calibrated in amperes. AMMINES (11) [noun] Organic compounds formed by the reaction of ammonia with aldehydes or ketones, containing a C=N double bond. | [noun] Plural of ammine, a coordination complex formed when ammonia ligands bond to a metal ion. AMMONAL (11) [noun] An explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and TNT, used in mining and construction. AMMONIA (11) [noun] A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste. | [noun] A solution of this compound in water used domestically as a cleaning fluid. AMMONIC (13) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing ammonia. AMNESIA (9) [noun] Loss of memory; forgetfulness. | [noun] Forgetfulness. AMNESIC (11) [noun] A person suffering from amnesia | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or suffering from amnesia AMNESTY (12) [noun] Forgetfulness; cessation of remembrance of wrong; oblivion. | [noun] An act of the sovereign power granting oblivion, or a general pardon, for a past offense, as to subjects concerned in an insurrection. | [verb] To grant a pardon (to a group) AMNIONS (9) [noun] The innermost membrane of the fetal membranes of reptiles, birds, and mammals; the sac in which the embryo is suspended. AMNIOTE (9) [noun] Any of the Amniota group of vertebrates having an amnion during the development of the embryo; mammals, birds and reptiles. AMOEBAE (11) [noun] A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia. | [noun] The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers. | [noun] An asexual. AMOEBAN (11) AMOEBAS (11) [noun] A member of the genus Amoeba of unicellular protozoa that moves by means of temporary projections called pseudopodia. | [noun] The graph of the real part of the logarithms of a polynomial equation in complex numbers. | [noun] An asexual. AMOEBIC (13) [adjective] Relating to or caused by amoebas, single-celled organisms. | [adjective] Resembling an amoeba in shape or movement. AMONGST (10) [preposition] Denotes a mingling or intermixing with distinct or separable objects. See usage note at amidst. AMORINI (9) [noun] Plural of amorino, a representation of a cupid or cherub in art, particularly in Renaissance and Baroque works. AMORINO (9) [noun] A representation of a naked male child, often depicted as a cherub or cupid in art and decoration. AMORIST (9) [noun] Someone who is in love. | [noun] Someone who writes about love. AMOROSO (9) [noun] A male lover. | [adjective] Tender; loving AMOROUS (9) [adjective] Inclined or having a propensity to love, or to sexual enjoyment. | [adjective] Indicating love or sexual desire. | [adjective] Of or relating to, or produced by, love. AMOSITE (9) [noun] A variety of grunerite asbestos, once used in insulation. AMOTION (9) [noun] The act of removing or taking away, especially the removal of a person from office or position. AMOUNTS (9) [noun] The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English). | [noun] A quantity or volume. | [noun] (sometimes proscribed) The number (the sum) of elements in a set. AMPERES (11) [noun] A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A AMPHORA (14) [noun] A two-handled jar with a narrow neck that was used in ancient times to store or carry wine or oil. | [noun] One of various units for measuring liquid or volume during the Roman Empire, measuring between 18.5 and 39 litres depending on the variant. | [noun] Ancient unit of volume, for the measurement of the internal capacity of a ship. AMPLEST (11) [adjective] Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended. | [adjective] Fully sufficient; abundant; plenty | [adjective] Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive AMPLIFY (17) [verb] To render larger, more extended, or more intense. | [verb] To enlarge by addition or commenting; to treat copiously by adding particulars, illustrations, etc.; to expand. | [verb] To increase the amplitude of something, especially of an electric current. AMPOULE (11) [noun] A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection. AMPULES (11) [noun] A small hermetically sealed vial, often used to contain a sterile solution suitable for injection. AMPULLA (11) [noun] An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel. | [noun] A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil. | [noun] The dilated end of a duct. AMPUTEE (11) [noun] A person who has had one or more limbs removed. AMREETA (9) AMRITAS (9) [noun] Plural of amrita, a Sanskrit term for the nectar of immortality in Hindu and Buddhist mythology, or a sweet drink offered in religious ceremonies. AMTRACK (15) AMTRACS (11) [noun] An amphibious vehicle of a class introduced in World War II. AMULETS (9) [noun] A kind of protective charm or ornament, often bearing magical symbols, worn for protection against ill will, negative influences or evil spirits. AMUSERS (9) [noun] People or things that amuse; those who provide entertainment or amusement. AMUSIAS (9) [noun] Plural of amusia; a medical condition characterized by the inability to perceive or produce music, or loss of musical ability. AMUSING (10) [verb] To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions. | [verb] To cause laughter or amusement; to be funny. | [verb] To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude. AMUSIVE (12) [adjective] Amusing or entertaining in a mildly playful way. AMYLASE (12) [noun] Any of a class of digestive enzymes, present in saliva, that break down complex carbohydrates such as starch into simpler sugars such as glucose. AMYLENE (12) [noun] Any of several isomeric hydrocarbons of the alkene series with five carbon atoms, used as a solvent and in organic synthesis. AMYLOID (13) [noun] A waxy compound of protein and polysaccharides that is found deposited in tissues in amyloidosis. | [noun] Any of various starchlike substances. | [adjective] Containing or resembling starch. AMYLOSE (12) [noun] The soluble form of starch (the insoluble form being amylopectin) that is a linear polymer of glucose. AMYLUMS (14) [noun] Plural of amylum, a starch or starchy substance, especially that obtained from plants. ANADEMS (10) ANAEMIA (9) [noun] A medical condition in which the capacity of the blood to transport oxygen to the tissues is reduced, either because of too few red blood cells, or because of too little hemoglobin, resulting in pallor and fatigue. | [noun] A disease or condition that has anemia as a symptom. | [noun] (obsolete) Ischemia. ANAEMIC (11) [noun] An individual who has anemia. | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or suffering from anemia. | [adjective] (by extension) Weak; listless; lacking power, vigor, vitality, or colorfulness. ANAGOGE (9) [noun] A spiritual or mystical interpretation of words or texts, especially biblical passages, that seeks to reveal hidden spiritual truths. | [noun] In literature and rhetoric, an elevated or sublime interpretation that transcends the literal or moral sense. ANAGOGY (12) [noun] A spiritual or mystical interpretation of words or texts, especially Biblical passages, seeking a higher or divine meaning. | [noun] The highest level of allegorical interpretation in medieval exegesis. ANAGRAM (10) [noun] (of words) A word or phrase that is created by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. | [verb] To form anagrams. ANALGIA (8) [noun] Loss of the sense of pain while retaining consciousness. ANALITY (10) [noun] The quality or state of being anal, particularly in psychological contexts referring to excessive orderliness, parsimony, or obstinacy associated with fixation at the anal stage of psychosexual development. ANALOGS (8) [noun] Something that bears an analogy to something else | [noun] An organ or structure that is similar in function to one in another kind of organism but is of dissimilar evolutionary origin | [noun] A structural derivative of a parent compound that often differs from it by a single element ANALOGY (11) [noun] A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation. | [noun] The proportion or the equality of ratios. | [noun] (grammar) The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes. ANALYSE (10) [verb] To subject to analysis. | [verb] To resolve (anything complex) into its elements. | [verb] To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately. ANALYST (10) [noun] Someone who analyzes. | [noun] A mathematician who studies real analysis. | [noun] A systems analyst. ANALYZE (19) [verb] To subject to analysis. | [verb] To resolve (anything complex) into its elements. | [verb] To separate into the constituent parts, for the purpose of an examination of each separately. ANANKES (11) [noun] Plural of anank, representing an inevitable necessity or fate in Greek philosophy. | [noun] Plural of ananke, the personification of necessity or fate in ancient Greek mythology. ANAPEST (9) [noun] In qualitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two unstressed and one stressed (e.g., the word "interrupt"). | [noun] In quantitative metre, a metrical foot consisting of three syllables, two short and one long (e.g., the word "velveteen"). | [noun] A fragment, phrase or line of poetry or verse using this meter, e.g. ANAPHOR (12) [noun] An expression referring to another expression. In stricter uses, an expression referring to something earlier in the discourse or, even more strictly, only reflexive and reciprocal pronouns. ANARCHS (12) [noun] The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. ANARCHY (15) [noun] The state of a society being without authorities or an authoritative governing body. | [noun] Anarchism; the political theory that a community is best organized by the voluntary cooperation of individuals, rather than by a government, which is regarded as being coercive by nature. | [noun] A chaotic and confusing absence of any form of political authority or government. ANATASE (7) [noun] A mineral form of titanium dioxide that occurs naturally and is used in pigments and other industrial applications. ANATOMY (12) [noun] The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy. | [noun] The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. | [noun] A treatise or book on anatomy. ANATTOS (7) [noun] A tropical tree or the reddish-yellow condiment made from its seeds, used for coloring and flavoring food. ANCHORS (12) [noun] A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement. | [noun] An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501). | [noun] The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.) ANCHOVY (18) [noun] Any small saltwater fish of the Engraulidae family, consisting of 160 species in 16 genera, of which the genus Engraulis is widely sold as food. ANCHUSA (12) [noun] Any plant of the genus Anchusa (within family Boraginaceae) of rough and hairy Old World herbs with one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers. ANCIENT (9) [noun] A person who is very old. | [noun] A person who lived in ancient times. | [noun] One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery. | [noun] A flag, banner, standard or ensign. ANCILLA (9) [noun] A maidservant or female slave in ancient Rome. | [noun] Something that is subordinate or subsidiary to something else. ANCONAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or near the elbow or the olecranon process of the ulna bone. ANCONES (9) [noun] The corner of a wall or rafter. | [noun] A console that appears to support a cornice. | [noun] The elbow. ANCRESS (9) [noun] A female anchorite; a woman who has withdrawn from the world for religious reasons and lives in seclusion. ANDANTE (8) [noun] A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato. | [noun] A passage having this mark. | [adjective] Describing a passage having this mark. ANDIRON (8) [noun] A utensil for supporting wood when burning in a fireplace, one being placed on each side ANDROID (9) [noun] A robot that is designed to look and act like a human being (not necessarily male) | [adjective] Possessing human qualities. | [adjective] (in pelvimetry) Of the pelvis, having a narrow anterior segment and a heart-shaped brim, typically found in the male. ANEARED (8) [verb] Past tense of "anear," meaning to draw near to or approach. ANELING (8) [verb] To anoint; to give extreme unction with oil. ANEMIAS (9) [noun] Plural of anemia; conditions characterized by a deficiency of red blood cells or hemoglobin in the blood, resulting in reduced oxygen-carrying capacity and symptoms such as fatigue and weakness. ANEMONE (9) [noun] Any plant of the genus Anemone, of the Ranunculaceae (or buttercup) family, such as the windflower. | [noun] A sea anemone. ANERGIA (8) [noun] Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work. | [noun] Deficiency of energy. | [noun] Lack of immunity to an antigen. ANERGIC (10) [adjective] Lacking the ability to produce an immune response to a specific antigen; characterized by anergy. ANEROID (8) [noun] An aneroid barometer | [adjective] Not using or containing fluid ANESTRI (7) ANETHOL (10) [noun] A colorless aromatic compound found in anise and fennel seeds, used in flavorings and perfumes. ANEURIN (7) [noun] Vitamin B1, also known as thiamine, essential for carbohydrate metabolism and nerve function. ANGAKOK (16) [noun] An Inuit shaman or medicine man who is believed to have supernatural powers. ANGARIA (8) [noun] The compulsory requisitioning of private property or services by a government, especially for military purposes. | [noun] In historical contexts, forced labor or service imposed on subjects or conquered peoples. ANGELED (9) ANGELIC (10) [adjective] Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel. | [adjective] Very sweet-natured or well-behaved. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to angelic acid. ANGELUS (8) [noun] A prayer commemorating the Incarnation, traditionally recited in the morning, at noon, and in the evening. | [noun] The bell rung to announce the time for saying the Angelus prayer. ANGERED (9) [verb] To cause such a feeling of antagonism in. | [verb] To become angry. | [adjective] Having been made angry. ANGERLY (11) ANGINAL (8) [adjective] Relating to or affected by angina, a medical condition characterized by chest pain or discomfort due to inadequate blood flow to the heart. ANGINAS (8) [noun] An inflammatory infection of the throat, particularly quinsy. | [noun] Short for angina pectoris. | [noun] A chest pain or shortness of breath occurring with lesser degrees of arterial blockage. ANGIOMA (10) [noun] A benign tumor made up of small blood vessels or lymph vessels. ANGLERS (8) [noun] A person who fishes with a hook and line. | [noun] An angler fish, Lophius piscatorius. | [noun] Someone who tries to work an angle; a person who schemes or has an ulterior motive. ANGLICE (10) [adverb] In English; in the English manner or language (used to indicate an English equivalent or translation of a foreign term). ANGLING (9) [verb] (often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle. | [verb] To change direction rapidly. | [verb] To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint. ANGORAS (8) [noun] An angora cat. | [noun] A goat of a domesticated breed that produces mohair. | [noun] A rabbit belonging to the Angora rabbit breed, one of the oldest domestic breeds of rabbits in the world, raised chiefly in Europe for its silky and long hair (a subspecies of the European rabbit, Oryctolagus cuniculus) ANGRIER (8) [adjective] Displaying or feeling anger. | [adjective] (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful. | [adjective] (said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing. ANGRILY (11) [adverb] In an angry manner; under the influence of anger. ANGUINE (8) [adjective] Pertaining to snakes or serpents | [adjective] Snakelike. ANGUISH (11) [noun] Extreme pain, either of body or mind; excruciating distress. | [verb] To suffer pain. | [verb] To cause to suffer pain. ANGULAR (8) [noun] A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, and fishes. | [adjective] Relating or pertaining to an angle or angles. | [adjective] Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner ANHINGA (11) [noun] A fish-eating bird (Anhinga anhinga) of North America with a thin, pointed bill and a long, thin neck. | [noun] One who darts, or who throws darts; that which darts. | [noun] Any member of the family Anhingidae, waterbirds with long necks. ANILINE (7) [noun] The simplest aromatic amine, C6H5NH2, synthesized by the reduction of nitrobenzene; it is a colourless oily basic poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals. ANILINS (7) [noun] Plural of anilin; organic compounds derived from benzene, used in dyes and other chemical products. | [noun] A dark oily liquid obtained from coal tar, used as a dye precursor and in the manufacture of various chemicals. ANILITY (10) [noun] The state or quality of being anile; senility or the characteristics of old age, especially feebleness or childishness in an elderly person. ANIMALS (9) [noun] In scientific usage, a multicellular organism that is usually mobile, whose cells are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing it from plants and fungi) and which derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms (distinguishing it from plants). | [noun] In non-scientific usage, any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human. | [noun] In non-scientific usage, any land-living vertebrate (i.e. not fishes, insects, etc.). ANIMATE (9) [verb] To impart motion or the appearance of motion to. | [verb] To give spirit or vigour to; to stimulate or enliven; to inspirit. | [adjective] That which lives. ANIMATO (9) [adjective] In a lively or spirited manner, used as a musical direction. | [adverb] With animation or liveliness. ANIMISM (11) [noun] A belief that spirits inhabit some or all classes of natural objects or phenomena. | [noun] A belief that an immaterial force animates the universe. | [noun] A doctrine that animal life is produced by an immaterial spirit. ANIMIST (9) [noun] A person who believes that natural objects, phenomena, and the universe itself possess a spiritual essence or soul. | [noun] A follower of animism, a religious or philosophical belief system that attributes consciousness or divinity to nature and natural phenomena. ANIONIC (9) [adjective] Of, relating to, or containing anions (negatively charged ions). ANISEED (8) [noun] The seed-like fruit of the anise, used in baking and in the flavouring of liqueurs such as ouzo. ANISOLE (7) [noun] A colorless liquid organic compound derived from benzene, used as a solvent and in the manufacture of perfumes and dyes. ANKLETS (11) [noun] A piece of jewelry/jewellery, resembling a bracelet but worn around the ankle. | [noun] An ankle sock. ANKLING (12) [verb] To walk. | [verb] To cyclically angle the foot at the ankle while pedaling, to maximize the amount of work applied to the pedal during each revolution. ANKUSES (11) [noun] The hooked goad that is used in India to control elephants. ANLACES (9) [noun] Ornamental bands or loops worn around the neck or shoulders in medieval times. | [noun] Plural of anlace, a short medieval dagger or knife. ANLAGEN (8) [noun] A primordium, the initial clustering of embryonic cells from which a body part develops. | [noun] An allele, a specific version of a gene (as used by Gregor Mendel). | [noun] Temperament, the predominant personality type. ANLAGES (8) [noun] Plural of anlage; the first recognizable indication of an organ or structure during embryonic development. | [noun] A foundation or basis for something. ANLASES (7) [noun] Plural of anlas, a type of medieval dagger or short sword worn as a decorative weapon by women of high social status. ANNATES (7) [noun] The first year's profits of a Catholic benefice, as traditionally paid directly to the Pope. | [noun] The half-year's stipend payable for the vacant half-year after the death of a parish minister, to which his family or nearest of kin have right under an act of 1672. ANNATTO (7) [noun] A tropical American evergreen shrub, Bixa orellana; the lipstick tree; the fruit of the tree. | [noun] The seed of this tree used as a colouring or in Latin American cooking. | [noun] An orange-red dye obtained from this seed. ANNEALS (7) [noun] An act of annealing. | [verb] To subject to great heat and then (often slow) cooling, and sometimes reheating and further cooling, for the purpose of rendering less brittle; to temper; to toughen. | [verb] To cool glass slowly, to minimize internal stress. ANNELID (8) [noun] Any of various wormlike animals, of the phylum Annelida, having a segmented body; they include the earthworm and the leech | [adjective] Of, or relating to these creatures ANNEXED (15) [verb] To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate. | [verb] To attach or connect, as a consequence, condition, etc. | [verb] To join; to be united. ANNEXES (14) [noun] An addition, an extension. | [noun] An appendix to a book or document. | [noun] An addition or extension to a building. | [verb] To add something to another thing, especially territory; to incorporate. ANNOYED (11) [verb] To disturb or irritate, especially by continued or repeated acts; to bother with unpleasant deeds. | [verb] To do something to upset or anger someone; to be troublesome. | [verb] To molest; to harm; to injure. ANNOYER (10) [noun] One who annoys; a person or thing that causes irritation or annoyance. ANNUALS (7) [noun] An annual publication; a book, periodical, journal, report, comic book, yearbook, etc., which is published serially once a year, which may or may not be in addition to regular weekly or monthly publication. | [noun] An annual plant; a plant with a life span of just one growing season; a plant which naturally germinates, flowers and dies in one year. Compare biennial, perennial. | [noun] A medical checkup taking place once a year. ANNUITY (10) [noun] A right to receive amounts of money regularly over a certain fixed period, in perpetuity, or, especially, over the remaining life or lives of one or more beneficiaries. ANNULAR (7) [adjective] Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; ring-shaped; in the shape of an annulus. | [adjective] Banded or marked with circles. ANNULET (7) [noun] A small ring. | [noun] A ring-shaped molding at the top of a column | [noun] A small circle borne as a charge in coats of arms. ANNULUS (7) [noun] A ring- or donut-shaped area or structure. | [noun] The region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radii. | [noun] Any topological space homeomorphic to the region in a plane between two concentric circles of different radius. ANODIZE (17) [verb] To coat the surface of a metal electrolytically with an oxide, either as protection or decoration ANODYNE (11) [noun] Any medicine or other agent that relieves pain | [noun] A source of relaxation or comfort | [adjective] (pharmaceutical effect) capable of soothing or eliminating pain ANOINTS (7) [verb] To smear or rub over with oil or an unctuous substance; also, to spread over, as oil. | [verb] To apply oil to or to pour oil upon, etc., as a sacred rite, especially for consecration. | [verb] To choose or nominate somebody for a leading or otherwise important position, especially formally or officially, or as an intended successor. ANOLYTE (10) [noun] The liquid produced at the anode during electrolysis. ANOMALY (12) [noun] A deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier. | [noun] Something or someone that is strange or unusual. | [noun] Any event or measurement that is out of the ordinary regardless of whether it is exceptional or not. ANOMIES (9) [noun] Plural of anomy; social instability resulting from a breakdown of standards and values. | [noun] Plural of anomie; a state of normlessness or lack of social or moral standards. ANONYMS (12) [noun] An anonymous person. | [noun] An assumed or false name; a pseudonym. | [noun] A mere name; a name resting upon no diagnosis or other recognized basis. ANOPIAS (9) [noun] Plural of anopia, a medical condition involving loss of vision in a portion of the visual field. ANOPSIA (9) [noun] A visual defect involving loss of vision in part of the visual field. ANORAKS (11) [noun] A heavy weatherproof jacket with an attached hood; a parka or windcheater. | [noun] A geek or nerd, possibly originally either a train spotter or a fan of off-shore pirate radio. ANOREXY (17) ANOSMIA (9) [noun] Inability to smell; the inability to perceive odors. ANOSMIC (11) [adjective] Unable to smell; lacking the sense of smell. ANOTHER (10) [pronoun] An additional one of the same kind. | [pronoun] One that is different from the current one. | [pronoun] One of a group of things of the same kind. ANOXIAS (14) [noun] Plural of anoxia, a condition of oxygen deficiency in the body or tissues. ANSATED (8) [adjective] Having a handle or loop-shaped projection, as in the Egyptian ankh symbol. ANSWERS (10) [noun] A response or reply; something said or done in reaction to a statement or question. | [noun] A solution to a problem. | [noun] A document filed in response to a complaint, responding to each point raised in the complaint and raising counterpoints. ANTACID (10) [noun] An agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity, especially in the stomach. | [adjective] Counteracting or neutralizing acidity, especially in the stomach. ANTBEAR (9) [noun] Aardvark (Orycteropus afer) | [noun] Giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) ANTEFIX (17) [noun] An ornamental block or tile fixed to the eaves of a roof to conceal the ends of tiles or rafters. ANTEING (8) [verb] To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up. | [verb] To make an investment in money, effort, or time before knowing one's chances. ANTENNA (7) [noun] A feeler organ on the head of an insect, crab, or other animal. | [noun] An apparatus to receive or transmit electromagnetic waves and convert respectively to or from an electrical signal. | [noun] The faculty of intuitive astuteness. ANTHEMS (12) [noun] Antiphon. | [noun] A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric. | [noun] A hymn of praise or loyalty. ANTHERS (10) [noun] The pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower. ANTHILL (10) [noun] A cone-shaped formation constructed from sediment and other available materials by ants or termites. The colony nests underneath this cone. ANTHOID (11) ANTHRAX (17) [noun] An acute infectious disease of herbivores, especially sheep and cattle, caused by Bacillus anthracis. | [noun] The human disease that can occur in humans through contact with infected herbivores, tissue from infected animals, or high concentrations of anthrax spores, but is not usually spread between humans, with symptoms including lesions on the skin or in the lungs, often fatal. ANTIAIR (7) ANTIARS (7) [noun] Plural of antiar, a Javanese tree (Antiaris toxicaria) that produces a poisonous sap used for arrows. ANTIBUG (10) ANTICAR (9) ANTICKS (13) [noun] Playful or silly behavior; pranks or ludicrous acts. | [noun] Grotesque or fanciful designs, especially in art or architecture. ANTICLY (12) ANTIFAT (10) ANTIFLU (10) ANTIFUR (10) ANTIGAY (11) [adjective] Against or opposed to gay people, or to rights for gay people. ANTIGEN (8) [noun] A substance that induces an immune response, usually foreign. ANTIGUN (8) [adjective] Opposed to the use or ownership of guns ANTIJAM (16) ANTILOG (8) [noun] An antilogarithm. ANTIMAN (9) ANTINGS (8) [noun] The behavior of birds rubbing ants on their feathers, believed to help with feather maintenance and parasite control. | [verb] Present participle of "ant," the act of engaging in this behavior. ANTIPOT (9) ANTIQUE (16) [noun] A grotesque representation of a figure; a gargoyle. | [noun] A caricature. | [noun] (often in plural) A ludicrous gesture or act; ridiculous behaviour; caper. ANTIRED (8) ANTISAG (8) ANTISEX (14) ANTITAX (14) ANTIWAR (10) [adjective] Opposed to war, or to a specific war ANTLERS (7) [noun] A branching and bony structure on the head of deer, moose and elk, normally in pairs. They are grown and shed each year. (Compare with horn, which is generally not shed.) ANTLIKE (11) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of an ant; having qualities similar to those of an ant. ANTLION (7) [noun] Any of various nocturnal insects from the family Myrmeleontidae whose adults resemble damselflies and whose larvae bury themselves under a cone-shaped pit in sand to trap insects such as ants. ANTONYM (12) [noun] A word which has the opposite meaning of another word. ANTRUMS (9) [noun] Plural of antrum; cavities or chambers within the body, particularly in bones such as the maxilla or mastoid bone. ANTSIER (7) [adjective] Restless, apprehensive and fidgety ANURANS (7) [noun] (batrachology) Any amphibian of the order Anura; a frog, a toad. ANURIAS (7) [noun] Plural of anuria, a medical condition characterized by the absence or severe reduction of urine production. ANUROUS (7) [adjective] Lacking a tail or taillike appendage, especially of certain amphibians and fish. ANVILED (11) ANXIETY (17) [noun] An unpleasant state of mental uneasiness, nervousness, apprehension and obsession or concern about some uncertain event. | [noun] An uneasy or distressing desire (for something). | [noun] A state of restlessness and agitation, often accompanied by a distressing sense of oppression or tightness in the stomach. ANXIOUS (14) [adjective] Nervous and worried. | [adjective] Having a feeling of anxiety or disquietude; extremely concerned, especially about something that will happen in the future or that is unknown. | [adjective] (of things) Accompanied with, or causing, anxiety; worrying. ANYBODY (16) [pronoun] Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person. | [pronoun] A person of some consideration or standing. ANYMORE (12) [adverb] (in negative or interrogative constructions) From a given time onwards; longer, again. | [adverb] (in positive constructions) Now, from now on. ANYTIME (12) [adjective] Suitable for any time; not associated with any particular time. | [adverb] At any time | [interjection] "you're welcome" in response to "thank you" or "thanks." ANYWAYS (16) [adverb] In any way. | [adverb] Anyway, anyhow, in any case. ANYWISE (13) [adverb] In any case. AORISTS (7) [noun] (grammar) A grammatical category of verbs that is often a perfective past: that is, it expresses perfective aspect (also known as aorist aspect) and past tense. The nearest equivalent in English is the simple past. | [noun] (grammar) This grammatical category in a particular language, for instance, Albanian and Ancient and Modern Greek. | [noun] (grammar) A particular verb in the aorist. AOUDADS (9) [noun] The Barbary sheep, Ammotragus lervia. APACHES (14) [noun] Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache. | [noun] A person belonging to an Apache people. | [noun] A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. APAGOGE (11) [noun] A method of argument that refutes a proposition by showing that its logical consequence is absurd or contradictory. | [noun] Reduction to absurdity as a form of proof in logic and rhetoric. APANAGE (10) [noun] A grant (especially by a sovereign) of land (or other source of revenue) as a birthright. | [noun] A perquisite that is appropriate to one's position. | [verb] To confer an apanage upon. APAREJO (16) [noun] A pack saddle or the gear used to pack animals, particularly in Spanish-speaking regions. APATITE (9) [noun] A calcium fluoride phosphate of variable composition, sometimes used in the manufacture of fertilizer. APELIKE (13) [adjective] Resembling or characteristic of an ape in appearance or behavior. APERCUS (11) [noun] A clever insight. | [noun] A summary or outline; words that summarize. APERIES (9) [noun] A place where apes are kept. | [noun] The practice of aping; an apish action. APETALY (12) [noun] The condition of having no petals, or a flower that lacks petals. APHAGIA (13) [noun] Loss of the ability to swallow, typically due to disease or injury of the esophagus or throat muscles. APHASIA (12) [noun] A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia. APHASIC (14) [adjective] Relating to or affected by aphasia, a language disorder that impairs the ability to speak or understand speech. APHELIA (12) [noun] The point in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, etc., where it is farthest from the Sun. APHESES (12) [noun] Plural of aphesis, the loss or omission of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word. APHESIS (12) [noun] The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word. APHETIC (14) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by aphesis, the loss of an unstressed vowel at the beginning of a word. APHIDES (13) [noun] An aphid. APHONIA (12) [noun] Loss of voice; the inability to speak. APHONIC (14) [adjective] Of, relating to, or exhibiting aphonia; unable to speak. APHOTIC (14) [adjective] Relating to or denoting the region of the ocean or a lake below the depth to which light can penetrate, typically below about 1000 meters. APHTHAE (15) [noun] Candidiasis, oral thrush, thrush (fungal infection of the mucous membranes of the mouth caused by any species of yeast from the genus Candida) | [noun] An oral ulcer, disregarding the cause. | [noun] Foot-and-mouth disease APHYLLY (18) [noun] The condition or state of being without leaves. APICALS (11) [adjective] Relating to or located at the apex or tip of something. | [noun] Plural of apical; consonant sounds produced with the tip of the tongue. APICULI (11) [noun] Plural of apiculus, a small pointed projection or appendage at the apex of an organ in plants. | [noun] In zoology, small pointed structures or processes found on organisms. APISHLY (15) [adjective] In a manner resembling or characteristic of an ape; foolishly or clumsily. APLASIA (9) [noun] A condition marked by the incomplete development, or entire absence, of an organ or tissue. APLENTY (12) [adjective] In a generous or overlarge quantity. | [adverb] Enough or more than enough. APLITES (9) [noun] Fine-grained igneous rocks composed chiefly of quartz and feldspar, typically found as veins or small intrusions in granite. APLITIC (11) [adjective] Of or relating to aplite, a fine-grained granitic rock composed mainly of quartz and feldspar. APLOMBS (13) [noun] Plural of aplomb; instances of self-assured confidence and composure. | [noun] Vertical lines or measurements in surveying and construction. APNOEAL (9) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by apnea, a temporary cessation of breathing during sleep or other conditions. APNOEAS (9) [noun] Plural of apnoea; temporary cessation of breathing, especially during sleep. APNOEIC (11) [adjective] Relating to or characterized by apnea, a temporary cessation of breathing during sleep or other conditions. APOCARP (13) APOCOPE (13) [noun] (narrow sense) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any consonants that follow it. | [noun] The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word. APODOUS (10) [adjective] Apodal APOGAMY (15) [noun] A type of asexual reproduction in plants where an embryo develops without fertilization, bypassing the normal sexual process. APOGEAL (10) [adjective] Relating to or occurring at the apogee; at the highest point or farthest distance from Earth in an orbit. APOGEAN (10) [adjective] Relating to or occurring at the apogee; at the highest point or climax. APOGEES (10) [noun] The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is furthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an Earth orbiter. | [noun] (more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet: the apoapsis of any satellite. | [noun] (possibly obsolete outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is furthest from the Earth. APOGEIC (12) APOLLOS (9) [noun] A very handsome young man. | [noun] Any of several papilionid butterflies of the genus Parnassius, especially Parnassius apollo of Eurasia (also known as the mountain apollo). APOLOGS (10) APOLOGY (13) [noun] An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance of apologizing (saying that one is sorry). | [noun] A formal justification, defence. | [noun] Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift. APOLUNE (9) [noun] The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the Moon is at its maximum. APOMICT (13) [noun] Any apomictic plant or organism. APOSTIL (9) [noun] A marginal note or annotation added to a document. | [noun] An official certification or legalization of a document, typically consisting of a seal or signature added by an authorized official. APOSTLE (9) [noun] A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle). | [noun] A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief. | [noun] A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | [noun] A letter dismissory. APOTHEM (14) [noun] The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle. | [noun] The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special case of the above). APPALLS (11) [verb] To fill with horror; to dismay. | [verb] To make pale; to blanch. | [verb] To weaken; to reduce in strength APPARAT (11) [noun] The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure. APPAREL (11) [noun] Clothing. | [noun] Aspect, guise, form. | [noun] A small ornamental piece of embroidery worn on albs and some other ecclesiastical vestments. APPEALS (11) [noun] An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for re-examination or review. | [noun] The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected. | [noun] The right of appeal. APPEARS (11) [verb] To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible. | [verb] To come before the public. | [verb] To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried. APPEASE (11) [verb] To make quiet; to calm; to reduce to a state of peace; to dispel (anger or hatred). | [verb] To come to terms with; to adapt to the demands of. APPENDS (12) [noun] An instance of writing more data to the end of an existing file. | [verb] To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended | [verb] To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex APPLAUD (12) [noun] Applause; applauding. | [noun] Plaudit. | [verb] To express approval (of something) by clapping the hands. APPLIED (12) [adjective] Put into practical use. | [adjective] Of a branch of science, serving another branch of science or engineering. | [verb] To lay or place; to put (one thing to another) APPLIER (11) [noun] One who applies; a person that applies something. APPLIES (11) [verb] To lay or place; to put (one thing to another) | [verb] To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case | [verb] To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative APPOINT (11) [verb] To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement. | [verb] To name (someone to a post or role). | [verb] To furnish or equip (a place) completely; to provide with all the equipment or furnishings necessary; to fit out. APPOSED (12) [verb] To interrogate; to question. | [verb] To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose. | [verb] To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). APPOSER (11) [noun] One who appose or places side by side. | [noun] One who makes an appositive statement. APPOSES (11) [verb] To interrogate; to question. | [verb] To place next or to or near to; to juxtapose. | [verb] To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another). APPRISE (11) [verb] To notify, or to make aware; to inform. APPRIZE (20) [verb] To determine the value or worth of something, particularly as a person appointed for this purpose. | [verb] To consider comprehensively. | [verb] To judge the performance of someone, especially a worker. APPROVE (14) [verb] To sanction officially; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. | [verb] To regard as good; to commend; to be pleased with; to think well of. | [verb] To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically. | [verb] (English law) To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor. APPULSE (11) [noun] The close approach of one celestial body to another, as seen from Earth. | [noun] The act of applying or touching. APRAXIA (16) [noun] Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment; specifically, a disorder of motor planning. APRAXIC (18) [adjective] Relating to or affected by apraxia, a neurological condition characterized by loss of ability to execute learned purposeful movements despite having the desire and physical ability to perform them. APRICOT (11) [noun] A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside. | [noun] The apricot tree, Prunus armeniaca | [noun] A pale yellow-orange colour, like that of an apricot fruit. APRONED (10) [adjective] Wearing an apron. APROPOS (11) [adjective] Of an appropriate or pertinent nature. | [adjective] By the way, incidental | [adverb] By the way. APROTIC (11) [adjective] (of a solvent) not containing an ionizable hydrogen atom and therefore unable to donate a proton. APSIDAL (10) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an apse | [adjective] Of or pertaining to the apsides APSIDES (10) [noun] Apsis | [noun] A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church; an apse. | [noun] Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet or comet where it is closest or furthest from the sun; perihelion or aphelion; an apside APTERAL (9) [adjective] (of a building, especially a Greek temple) without wings or side aisles; having no columns along the sides. APTERIA (9) [noun] Featherless areas of skin on a bird's body between the feather tracts. | [noun] Plural of apteron, spaces on an ancient Greek building between the ends of the side walls and the corners of the front and back porches. APTERYX (19) [noun] A flightless bird native to New Zealand, also known as a kiwi. APTNESS (9) [noun] Suitability; the quality of being apt or suitable | [noun] Disposition of the mind; propensity | [noun] Speed or readiness in learning; docility APYRASE (12) [noun] An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of adenosine triphosphate and other nucleotides. AQUARIA (16) [noun] A tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals. | [noun] A public place where live fish and other aquatic animals are exhibited. AQUATIC (18) [noun] Any aquatic plant. | [adjective] Relating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water. AQUAVIT (19) [noun] A Scandinavian liquor that is about 40% alcohol by volume; distilled from potato or grain mash and flavored with caraway seeds, anise, fennel, dill and other spices and herbs, depending on variety. AQUEOUS (16) [adjective] Consisting mostly of water. AQUIFER (19) [noun] An underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel AQUIVER (19) [adjective] In a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering. ARABESK (13) [noun] An ornamental design of intertwined flowing lines, typically featuring arabesques or scrollwork; an elaborate or fanciful ornamentation. | [noun] A ballet position or movement in which one leg is extended behind the body while the other supports the dancer's weight. ARABICA (11) [noun] A species of coffee plant, Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia | [noun] The bean of this plant | [noun] Coffee made from these coffee beans ARABIZE (18) [verb] To make Arab in character, language, or culture. | [verb] To adopt Arab customs, language, or identity. ARABLES (9) [adjective] Suitable for or used for growing crops; capable of being plowed and used for cultivation. | [noun] Land that is suitable for growing crops. ARAMIDS (10) [noun] Any of a class of strong, heat-resistant synthetic fibres, used in aerospace and military applications. ARANEID (8) [noun] A spider; now specifically a member of the family Araneidae; an orb weaver. ARAROBA (9) [noun] A Brazilian tree that produces a powder used as a remedy for skin diseases, particularly ringworm. ARBITER (9) [noun] A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator. | [noun] (with of) A person or object having the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited. | [noun] A component in circuitry that allocates scarce resources. ARBORED (10) [adjective] Covered with trees or having a tree-like structure; furnished or shaded with trees. ARBORES (9) [noun] Plural of arbor; a shaded garden shelter formed by trees or climbing plants, or a rotating shaft in machinery. ARBOURS (9) [noun] A shady sitting place, usually in a park or garden, and usually surrounded by climbing shrubs or vines and other vegetation. | [noun] A shady walk. ARBUTES (9) [noun] Plural of arbute, an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Arbutus, bearing white flowers and red berries. | [noun] The berries of this plant. ARBUTUS (9) [noun] A flowering plant in the genus Arbutus: the strawberry tree. | [noun] Epigaea repens, the mayflower, the trailing arbutus. | [noun] Arbute; the wood of the strawberry tree. ARCADED (11) [adjective] Having or formed with an arcade or series of arches. | [verb] Past tense of arcade, meaning to furnish with an arcade or to play arcade games. ARCADES (10) [noun] A row of arches. | [noun] A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides. | [noun] An establishment that runs coin-operated games. ARCADIA (10) [noun] A region in ancient Greece, traditionally associated with pastoral simplicity and contentment. | [noun] Any idealized pastoral landscape or setting that represents an idyllic, rustic paradise. ARCANUM (11) [noun] A mystery or deep secret. | [noun] An elixir or secret remedy. ARCHAIC (14) [noun] (usually capitalized) A general term for the prehistoric period intermediate between the earliest period (‘Paleo-Indian’, ‘Paleo-American’, ‘American‐paleolithic’, &c.) of human presence in the Western Hemisphere, and the most recent prehistoric period (‘Woodland’, etc.). | [noun] (paleoanthropology) (A member of) an archaic variety of Homo sapiens. | [adjective] Of or characterized by antiquity; old-fashioned, quaint, antiquated. ARCHERS (12) [noun] One who shoots an arrow from a bow or a bolt from a crossbow. | [noun] The bishop in chess. ARCHERY (15) [noun] The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow. | [noun] A group of archers. ARCHILS (12) [noun] Orchil, a violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verde Islands, etc. | [noun] The plant from which the dye is obtained. ARCHINE (12) [noun] A unit of length used in Russia and some other countries, equal to approximately 28 inches or 71 centimeters. ARCHING (13) [verb] To form into an arch shape | [verb] To cover with an arch or arches. | [noun] The arched part of a structure. ARCHIVE (15) [noun] A place for storing earlier, and often historical, material. An archive usually contains documents (letters, records, newspapers, etc.) or other types of media kept for historical interest. | [noun] The material so kept, considered as a whole (compare archives). | [noun] Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time. ARCHONS (12) [noun] A chief magistrate of ancient Athens. | [noun] A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings. | [noun] A ruler, head of state or other leader. ARCHWAY (18) [noun] A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry. | [noun] A doorway with a semilunar-shaped top. ARCKING (14) ARCSINE (9) [noun] Any of several single-valued or multivalued functions that are inverses of the sine function. Symbol: arcsin, sin-1 ARCTICS (11) [noun] A warm waterproof overshoe. | [noun] Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis. ARCUATE (9) [adjective] Curved into the shape of a bow ARCUSES (9) [noun] Plural of arcus, a anatomical term for an arch-like structure in the body, particularly in vertebrae or arteries. ARDENCY (13) [noun] Intense passion, enthusiasm, or fervor; the quality of being ardent. ARDOURS (8) [noun] Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion. | [noun] Spirit; enthusiasm; passion. | [noun] Intense heat. ARDUOUS (8) [adjective] Needing or using up much energy; testing powers of endurance. | [adjective] Burning; ardent | [adjective] Difficult or exhausting to traverse. AREALLY (10) [adverb] In a manner relating to or affecting an area or surface. AREAWAY (13) [noun] An outdoor passage offering access to a basement. ARENITE (7) [noun] A type of sandstone composed of sand-sized grains with little or no cementing material. ARENOSE (7) [adjective] Containing or resembling sand; sandy in nature or composition. ARENOUS (7) [adjective] Containing or resembling sand; sandy. AREOLAE (7) [noun] The colored circle around a nipple, more exactly known as areola mammae. | [noun] Any small circular area that is different from its immediate environment, such as the colored ring around the pupil of the eye (iris) or an inflamed region surrounding a pimple. | [noun] Any of the small spaces throughout areolar connective tissue. AREOLAR (7) [adjective] Relating to or resembling small spaces or cavities, particularly the areola (the pigmented area around a nipple) or small circular areas in anatomical structures. AREOLAS (7) [noun] The plural of areola, which is the colored ring of tissue surrounding the nipple of the breast or mammary gland. AREOLES (7) [noun] Small circular or oval areas on a cactus surface from which spines or flowers arise. | [noun] In botany, small spaces or gaps in plant tissue or between veins on a leaf. ARGALAS (8) ARGALIS (8) [noun] A large wild sheep native to Central Asia, characterized by massive curved horns. ARGENTS (8) [noun] Plural of argent, meaning silver or money, especially silver coins. | [noun] In heraldry, the color white or silver used in coats of arms. ARGLING (9) ARGOTIC (10) ARGUERS (8) [noun] People who engage in arguments or disputes. | [noun] People who present reasons or evidence to support a position. ARGUING (9) [verb] To show grounds for concluding (that); to indicate, imply. | [verb] To debate, disagree or discuss opposing or differing viewpoints. | [verb] To have an argument, a quarrel. ARGUSES (8) [noun] A watchful guardian. | [noun] An alert, observant person. | [noun] Either of two species of pheasant of Southeast Asia having large ocellated tails. ARGYLES (11) [noun] A pattern of diamond-shaped areas on a solid background; used especially of knitwear | [noun] A sock having this pattern ARGYLLS (11) [noun] Plural of argyll, a diamond-shaped pattern typically found on socks and sweaters, often in tartan colors. | [noun] Socks or sweaters featuring an argyll pattern. ARIDEST (8) [adjective] Superlative form of arid; extremely dry or having very little rainfall. | [adjective] Lacking interest or liveliness; dull and tedious. ARIDITY (11) [noun] The quality or state of being extremely dry; lack of moisture or rainfall. ARIETTA (7) [noun] A short, simple melody or tune, especially one sung by a single voice in an opera or vocal composition. ARIETTE (7) [noun] A short, simple melody or tune, especially a song with a single melodic line. | [noun] In opera, a short aria or song. ARIOSOS (7) [noun] A musical style, in opera and oratorio, that is more melodic than recitative, but less so than aria ARISING (8) [verb] To come up from a lower to a higher position. | [verb] To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up. | [verb] To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself. ARISTAE (7) [noun] Plural of arista; a bristle-like extension on grain or grass, particularly on the husks of cereal plants. ARISTAS (7) [noun] Plural of arista, a bristle-like extension or awn found on grass flowers and grains. ARISTOS (7) [noun] An aristocrat | [noun] A wealthy man, especially married, who has sexual affairs with much younger women and spends money on them ARKOSES (11) [noun] Plural of arkose, a type of coarse sedimentary rock composed mainly of feldspar and quartz grains derived from the weathering of granite. ARKOSIC (13) [adjective] Relating to or composed of arkose, a type of sandstone containing feldspar. ARMADAS (10) [noun] A fleet of warships, especially with reference to the Spanish Armada. | [noun] Any large army or fleet of military vessels. | [noun] A large flock of anything. ARMBAND (12) [noun] A band worn around the arm, usually to symbolize protest or mourning. | [noun] A band worn around the arm of the captain of a team. | [noun] An inflatable band worn round the arms to keep afloat in water ARMFULS (12) [noun] The amount an arm or arms can hold. ARMHOLE (12) [noun] A human armpit. | [noun] Similar structures in other animals. | [noun] A hole for an arm in a piece of clothing. ARMIGER (10) [noun] A person entitled to bear a coat of arms. | [noun] A squire carrying the armour of a knight. ARMILLA (9) [noun] A bracelet or armlet, especially one worn as an ornament or badge of rank in ancient times. | [noun] In astronomy, an instrument consisting of rings used to measure celestial coordinates. ARMINGS (10) [noun] The plural of arming, referring to the provision of weapons or military equipment. | [verb] Third person singular present tense of "arm," meaning to equip with weapons or prepare for conflict. ARMLESS (9) [adjective] Without arms or lacking arms. | [adjective] Helpless or defenseless. ARMLETS (9) [noun] A band that is worn on the arm that for ornamental or identification purposes. | [noun] A small arm. ARMLIKE (13) [adjective] Resembling or having the characteristics of an arm; shaped like an arm. ARMLOAD (10) [noun] A quantity of things approaching the maximum that could be held or carried with one arm. ARMLOCK (15) [noun] A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile | [noun] Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts | [noun] (by extension) Power to control or heavily influence something or someone. ARMOIRE (9) [noun] A type of cupboard, cabinet, or wardrobe - originally used for storing weapons. ARMORED (10) [verb] To equip something with armor or a protective coating or hardening. | [verb] To provide something with an analogous form of protection. | [adjective] Clad or equipped with arms or armor. ARMORER (9) [noun] A manufacturer of weapons, especially of guns | [noun] A military specialist in charge of the upkeep of small arms etc | [noun] Someone who makes or repairs armor ARMOURS (9) [verb] To equip something with armour or a protective coating or hardening. | [verb] To provide something with an analogous form of protection. ARMOURY (12) [noun] Heraldry | [noun] A place where arms are kept, an arsenal. | [noun] A collection of weapons and materiel. ARMPITS (11) [noun] The cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder. | [noun] Somewhere or something considered unpleasant or undesirable. ARMREST (9) [noun] Part of the seat of a chair that is designed to support the arm. ARMSFUL (12) [noun] Plural of armful; the quantity that can be held in one's arms. ARMURES (9) [noun] Plural of armure, a type of fabric with a small woven pattern or texture, or protective coverings made of metal or other materials. ARNATTO (7) [noun] A tropical American tree or its seeds, used to produce a red or orange dye and food coloring. | [noun] The dye or coloring extracted from annatto seeds. ARNICAS (9) [noun] Any of several plants, of the genus Arnica, considered to have medicinal properties, especially Arnica montana. ARNOTTO (7) [noun] A tropical American tree (Bixa orellana) that produces seeds used to make a reddish-yellow dye and food coloring, also called annatto. AROINTS (7) [verb] Third person singular simple present indicative form of "aroint," meaning to drive away or begone (archaic command). AROUSAL (7) [noun] The act of arousing or the state of being aroused. | [noun] Sexual arousal. | [noun] A physiological and psychological state of being awake or reactive to stimuli, including elevated heart rate and blood pressure and a condition of sensory alertness, mobility and readiness to respond. AROUSED (8) [verb] To stimulate feelings. | [verb] To sexually stimulate. | [verb] To wake from sleep or stupor. AROUSER (7) [noun] One who arouses or awakens. | [noun] Something that arouses or stimulates. AROUSES (7) [verb] To stimulate feelings. | [verb] To sexually stimulate. | [verb] To wake from sleep or stupor. AROYNTS (10) ARPENTS (9) [noun] A pre-metric French unit of length, having various official measures. | [noun] A pre-metric French unit of area, having various official measures. ARRACKS (13) [noun] A strong alcoholic drink distilled from molasses or grain, popular in Middle Eastern and Asian countries. ARRAIGN (8) [noun] Arraignment. | [verb] To officially charge someone in a court of law. | [verb] To call to account, or accuse, before the bar of reason, taste, or any other tribunal. ARRANGE (8) [verb] To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement. | [verb] To plan; to prepare in advance. | [verb] To prepare and adapt an already-written composition for presentation in other than its original form. ARRASED (8) [adjective] Decorated or hung with tapestry or arras (a type of wall hanging). ARRAYAL (10) ARRAYED (11) [verb] To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire. | [verb] To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal. | [verb] To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time. ARRAYER (10) [noun] One who arrays; a person who arranges or displays things in order. ARREARS (7) [noun] Work to be done, obligation. | [noun] Unpaid debt. | [noun] That which is in the rear or behind. ARRESTS (7) [noun] A check, stop, an act or instance of arresting something. | [noun] The condition of being stopped, standstill. | [noun] The process of arresting a criminal, suspect etc. ARRISES (7) [noun] A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces | [noun] A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two curved surfaces | [noun] A ridge formed on the surface of flaked stone that results from the intersection of two or more flake removals. The arris marks the location of flake scars on the dorsal surface of chipped stone. http//books.google.com/books?id=L6LAsLpx46IC&pg=PA252&lpg=PA252&dq=arris+lithic&source=web&ots=VMpCZX_xc-&sig=sW0DjBW6Lg_NdAGKi8ML875OcfI&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result#PPA252,M1 ARRIVAL (10) [noun] The act of arriving or something that has arrived. | [noun] The attainment of an objective, especially as a result of effort. | [noun] A person who has arrived. ARRIVED (11) [verb] To reach; to get to a certain place. | [verb] To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed. | [verb] To come; said of time. ARRIVER (10) [noun] One who arrives. | [noun] A newcomer or newly arrived person. ARRIVES (10) [verb] To reach; to get to a certain place. | [verb] To obtain a level of success or fame; to succeed. | [verb] To come; said of time. ARROBAS (9) [noun] A unit of weight used in Spanish-speaking countries, equal to approximately 25 pounds or 11.5 kilograms. | [noun] The @ symbol, used in email addresses and computer communication. ARROWED (11) [verb] To move swiftly and directly (like an arrow) | [verb] To let fly swiftly and directly | [verb] (of a sugar cane plant) To develop an inflorescence. ARROYOS (10) [noun] A dry creek or streambed, a gulch which temporarily or seasonally fills and flows (after sufficient rain). | [noun] Any watercourse; any rivulet (whether it flows year-round or only seasonally). ARSENAL (7) [noun] A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury. | [noun] A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses. | [noun] A store or supply of anything. ARSENIC (9) [noun] A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol As) with an atomic number of 33. | [noun] A single atom of this element. | [noun] Arsenic trioxide. ARSHINS (10) [noun] A Russian unit of length equal to approximately 28 inches or 71 centimeters. ARSINES (7) [noun] Plural of arsine, a colorless, highly toxic gas composed of arsenic and hydrogen, used in semiconductor manufacturing. ARTICLE (9) [noun] A piece of nonfictional writing such as a story, report, opinion piece, or entry in a newspaper, magazine, journal, dictionary, encyclopedia, etc. | [noun] An object, a member of a group or class. | [noun] (grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto). ARTIEST (7) [adjective] Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown. ARTISAN (7) [noun] A skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft. | [noun] A person who displays great dexterity. | [adjective] Artisanal ARTISTE (7) [noun] A public performer, especially of song or dance. | [noun] Any person with artistic skill, such as a hairdresser or a cook. ARTISTS (7) [noun] A person who creates art. | [noun] A person who is skilled at some activity. | [noun] A recording artist. ARTLESS (7) [adjective] Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit. | [adjective] Free of artificiality; natural. | [adjective] Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant. ARTSIER (7) [adjective] (sometimes derogatory) Inclined towards the arts; arty. ARTWORK (14) [noun] A painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art | [noun] Artistic work. | [noun] (reprographics) The graphical elements to be included in a reproduced work. ARUGOLA (8) [noun] A leafy green vegetable with a peppery flavor, commonly used in salads. ARUGULA (8) [noun] One of three yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herbs of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads. Has a distinct, peppery flavor: ARUSPEX (16) [noun] A Roman priest who practiced divination by inspecting the entrails of sacrificial animals. | [noun] A soothsayer or diviner. ASARUMS (9) [noun] Plural of asarum, a genus of plants in the birthwort family, commonly known as wild ginger. ASCARID (10) [noun] Any phasmid nematode of the family Ascarididae (Ascaridae) ASCARIS (9) [noun] A parasitic roundworm that infects the intestines of humans and other animals. ASCENDS (10) [verb] To move upward, to fly, to soar. | [verb] To slope in an upward direction. | [verb] To go up. ASCENTS (9) [noun] The act of ascending; a motion upwards. | [noun] The way or means by which one ascends. | [noun] An eminence, hill, or high place. ASCESES (9) [noun] Plural of ascesis, meaning the practice of self-denial or ascetic discipline, particularly in religious or spiritual contexts. ASCESIS (9) [noun] (Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism. | [noun] (specifically) The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God. ASCETIC (11) [noun] One who is devoted to the practice of self-denial, either through seclusion or stringent abstinence. | [adjective] Of or relating to ascetics | [adjective] Characterized by rigorous self-denial or self-discipline; austere; abstinent; involving a withholding of physical pleasure. ASCIDIA (10) [noun] A barrel-shaped marine animal that is a member of the tunicate group, typically found attached to rocks or seaweed in ocean waters. ASCITES (9) [noun] An accumulation of fluid in the peritoneal cavity, frequently symptomatic of liver disease. ASCITIC (11) [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or suffering from ascites ASCRIBE (11) [verb] To attribute a cause or characteristic to someone or something. | [verb] To attribute a book, painting or any work of art or literature to a writer or creator. | [verb] (with to) To believe in or agree with; subscribe. ASEPSES (9) [noun] Plural of asepsis, the state of being free from pathogenic microorganisms or the practice of maintaining such conditions. ASEPSIS (9) [noun] The state of being free from sepsis. | [noun] The process of removing pathogenic organisms or protecting against such organisms. ASEPTIC (11) [adjective] Free of disease-causing microbes. | [adjective] Used to protect against infection by disease-causing microbes. | [adjective] (food industry) pasteurised. ASEXUAL (14) [noun] A species which reproduces by asexual rather than sexual reproduction, or a member of such a species. | [noun] A person who does not experience sexual attraction; a person who lacks interest in or desire for sex. | [noun] Something which does not have a sex, or a word which refers to such a thing. ASHAMED (13) [verb] To feel shame; to be ashamed. | [verb] To make ashamed; to shame. | [adjective] Feeling shame or guilt. ASHCANS (12) [noun] A container for ashes, used in times past for accumulating ashes generated from wood and coal fires, for eventual disposal elsewhere. A dustbin. | [noun] A kind of large firecracker. ASHFALL (13) ASHIEST (10) [adjective] Containing the most ash or resembling ash in appearance or texture. | [adjective] Superlative form of ashy, meaning very pale or grayish in color. ASHLARS (10) [noun] A large cuboid stone; masonry making use of such stone blocks. | [noun] A hurling stone used in warfare. ASHLERS (10) [noun] Squared stones used in masonry, typically dressed ashlar blocks fitted together in regular courses for building walls. ASHLESS (10) [adjective] Containing no ash or having had ash removed from it. ASHRAMS (12) [noun] A secluded religious hermitage inhabited by gurus, or the population of such a hermitage. ASHTRAY (13) [noun] A receptacle for ash and butts from cigarettes and cigars. ASININE (7) [adjective] Very foolish; failing to exercise intelligence or judgement or rationality | [adjective] Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of donkeys ASKANCE (13) [verb] To look at (someone or something) with a sideways glance. | [verb] To turn (one's eye or gaze) to the side. | [adjective] Turned to the side, especially of the eyes. ASKESES (11) [noun] Plural of askesis, meaning severe self-discipline or ascetic practice, often associated with training or spiritual rigor. ASKESIS (11) [noun] (Rigorous) self-discipline, particularly as a religious observance; asceticism. | [noun] (specifically) The praxis or "exercise" of asceticism and self-denial of impulses or passions for the sake of piety, theosis, and connection with God. ASKINGS (12) [noun] Plural of asking; requests or questions made of someone. | [noun] The act of requesting or questioning; inquiries. ASOCIAL (9) [adjective] Not social | [adjective] Not sociable | [adjective] (sometimes proscribed) antisocial ASPECTS (11) [noun] Any specific feature, part, or element of something. | [noun] The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective. | [noun] The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view. ASPERSE (9) [verb] To sprinkle or scatter (liquid or dust). | [verb] To falsely or maliciously charge another; to slander. ASPHALT (12) [noun] A sticky, black and highly viscous liquid or semi-solid, composed almost entirely of bitumen, that is present in most crude petroleums and in some natural deposits. | [noun] Asphalt concrete, a hard ground covering used for roads and walkways. | [verb] To pave with asphalt. ASPHYXY (25) ASPIRED (10) [verb] To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something. | [verb] To go as high as, to reach the top of (something). | [verb] To move upward; to be very tall. ASPIRER (9) [noun] One who aspires; a person who has ambitions or desires to achieve something. ASPIRES (9) [verb] To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something. | [verb] To go as high as, to reach the top of (something). | [verb] To move upward; to be very tall. ASPIRIN (9) [noun] An analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid | [noun] A tablet containing this substance ASPISES (9) ASQUINT (16) [adjective] Looking sideways, as though warily. | [adverb] With narrowed eyes. ASRAMAS (9) [noun] The four stages of life in Hinduism (student, householder, forest dweller, and renunciate). | [noun] Plural of ashrama, referring to the Hindu concept of life stages or the monasteries/hermitages associated with them. ASSAGAI (8) [noun] A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa. | [noun] The tree species Curtisia dentata, the wood of which is traditionally used to make assegais. | [verb] To spear with an assegai. ASSAILS (7) [verb] To attack with harsh words or violent force (also figuratively). ASSAULT (7) [noun] A violent onset or attack with physical means, for example blows, weapons, etc. | [noun] A violent onset or attack with moral weapons, for example words, arguments, appeals, and the like | [noun] An attempt to commit battery: a violent attempt, or willful effort with force or violence, to do hurt to another, but without necessarily touching his person, as by lifting a fist in a threatening manner, or by striking at him and missing him. ASSAYED (11) [verb] To attempt (something). | [verb] To try, attempt (to do something). | [verb] To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.). ASSAYER (10) [noun] A person who analyzes the purity or composition of metals or ores. | [noun] A person who tests or evaluates something. ASSEGAI (8) [noun] A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa. | [noun] The tree species Curtisia dentata, the wood of which is traditionally used to make assegais. | [verb] To spear with an assegai. ASSENTS (7) [noun] Agreement; act of agreeing | [verb] To agree; to give approval. | [verb] To admit a thing as true. ASSERTS (7) [verb] To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively. | [verb] To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of. | [verb] To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to ASSHOLE (10) [noun] The anus. | [noun] A jerk; an inappropriately or objectionably mean, inconsiderate, contemptible, obnoxious, intrusive, stupid, and/or rude person. | [noun] An unpleasant or uninviting place. | [noun] A receptacle under a fire grate for collecting ashes. ASSIGNS (8) [noun] An assignee. | [noun] A thing relating or belonging to something else; an appurtenance. | [noun] An assignment or appointment. ASSISTS (7) [noun] A helpful action or an act of giving. | [noun] The act of helping another player score points or goals | [verb] To help. ASSIZES (16) [noun] A session or inquiry made before a court or jury. | [noun] The verdict reached or pronouncement given by a panel of jurors. | [noun] An assembly of knights and other substantial men, with a bailiff or justice, in a certain place and at a certain time, for public business. ASSLIKE (11) ASSOILS (7) [verb] To absolve or free from guilt or blame. | [verb] To atone or make amends for. ASSORTS (7) [verb] To sort or arrange according to characteristic or class. | [verb] To be of a kind with. | [verb] To be associated with; to consort with. ASSUAGE (8) [verb] To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.). | [verb] To pacify or soothe (someone). | [verb] To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate. ASSUMED (10) [verb] To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof | [verb] To take on a position, duty or form | [verb] To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate ASSUMER (9) [noun] One who assumes; a person who takes something for granted or adopts a belief without proof. ASSUMES (9) [verb] To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof | [verb] To take on a position, duty or form | [verb] To adopt a feigned quality or manner; to claim without right; to arrogate ASSURED (8) [verb] To make sure and secure. | [verb] (followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something). | [verb] To guarantee, promise (to do something). ASSURER (7) [noun] One who assures; a person who provides assurance or insurance. | [verb] One who assures (third person singular present tense of assure). ASSURES (7) [verb] To make sure and secure. | [verb] (followed by that or of) To give (someone) confidence in the trustworthiness of (something). | [verb] To guarantee, promise (to do something). ASSUROR (7) ASSWAGE (11) [verb] To calm or pacify; to ease or mitigate (pain, anger, or distress). | [verb] To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst). ASTASIA (7) [noun] Loss of the ability to stand or walk, despite having normal muscle function; a neurological condition characterized by inability to maintain an upright posture. ASTATIC (9) [adjective] Not static or stable; unsteady, unstable. | [adjective] Losing polarity, as a magnetic needle. | [adjective] Of or pertaining to astasia. ASTERIA (7) ASTHENY (13) ASTHMAS (12) [noun] Plural of asthma, a chronic respiratory condition characterized by airway inflammation and difficulty breathing. ASTILBE (9) [noun] A species, subspecies, cultivar, or specimen of the genus Astilbe. ASTOUND (8) [verb] To astonish, bewilder or dazzle. | [adjective] Stunned; astounded; astonished. ASTRALS (7) [noun] Plural of astral, relating to or consisting of stars. | [noun] In theosophy and occultism, spiritual or non-physical bodies or entities. ASTRICT (9) [verb] To bind or constrict tightly. | [verb] To restrict or confine strictly. ASTRIDE (8) [adverb] With one’s legs on either side. | [preposition] With one’s legs on either side of. ASTYLAR (10) [adjective] Lacking columns or pilasters ASUNDER (8) [adverb] Into separate parts or pieces. ASYLUMS (12) [noun] A place of safety. | [noun] The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place. | [noun] A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill. ATABALS (9) [noun] Plural of atabal, a type of drum used in medieval Spain and North Africa. ATACTIC (11) [adjective] Of or pertaining to ataxia. | [adjective] Describing any regular polymer or other macromolecule in which the orientation of the subunits is random. ATAGHAN (11) [noun] A long curved Turkish dagger or saber. ATALAYA (10) [noun] A watchtower or lookout point, especially one used in Spanish-speaking regions for surveillance or observation. ATAMANS (9) [noun] A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves. ATARAXY (17) [noun] Freedom from mental disturbance; imperturbability, dogged indifference. ATAVISM (12) [noun] The reappearance of an ancestral characteristic in an organism after several generations of absence. | [noun] The recurrence or reversion to a past behaviour, method, characteristic or style after a long period of absence. | [noun] Reversion to past primitive behavior, especially violence. ATAVIST (10) [noun] A person who exhibits atavism, showing characteristics or behaviors of remote ancestors. | [noun] An organism that displays atavistic traits or ancestral features. ATAXIAS (14) [noun] Plural of ataxia; neurological conditions characterized by loss of coordination and control of voluntary movements. ATAXICS (16) [noun] Plural of ataxic; people who suffer from ataxia, a neurological condition characterized by lack of coordination and control of voluntary movements. ATAXIES (14) [noun] Plural of ataxia, a neurological disorder characterized by loss of muscle coordination and control. ATELIER (7) [noun] A workshop or studio, especially for an artist, designer or fashion house. ATEMOYA (12) [noun] A tropical fruit that is a hybrid between a sugar apple and a cherimoya, having a bumpy exterior and creamy white flesh. ATHEISM (12) [noun] (narrowly) Belief that no deities exist (sometimes including rejection of other religious beliefs). | [noun] (broadly) Rejection of belief that any deities exist (with or without a belief that no deities exist). | [noun] (very broadly) Absence of belief that any deities exist (including absence of the concept of deities). ATHEIST (10) [noun] A person who does not believe in deities. | [noun] A person who does not believe in a particular deity (or any deity in a particular pantheon), notwithstanding that they may believe in another deity. | [adjective] Of or relating to atheists or atheism; atheistic. ATHIRST (10) [adjective] Thirsty. | [adjective] Eager or extremely desirous (for something). ATHLETE (10) [noun] A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking. | [noun] A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson. | [noun] An exceptionally physically fit person. ATHODYD (15) [noun] A type of jet engine that operates without moving parts, using the forward motion of an aircraft to compress incoming air for combustion. ATHWART (13) [adverb] From side to side; across. | [adverb] Across the path (of something). | [adverb] Wrongly; perplexingly. ATINGLE (8) [adjective] Tingling or experiencing a prickling sensation. ATLASES (7) [noun] A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text. | [noun] A bound collection of tables, illustrations etc. on any given subject. | [noun] (especially of the human body) A detailed visual conspectus of something of great and multi-faceted complexity, with its elements splayed so as to be presented in as discrete a manner as possible whilst retaining a realistic view of the whole. ATLATLS (7) [noun] A spearthrower consisting of a wooden stick with a thong or perpendicularly protruding hook on the rear end that grips a grove or socket on the butt of its accompanying spear (or dart), intended to steady the spear immediately prior to throwing, to increase its potential range when thrown, and to increase its force of penetration of the target. ATOMICS (11) [noun] The branch of physics dealing with atoms and atomic energy. | [noun] Plural of atomic, referring to things related to atoms or atomic weapons. ATOMIES (9) [noun] A floating mote or speck of dust. | [noun] An indivisible particle. | [noun] A tiny being; a very small person. ATOMISE (9) [verb] To separate or reduce into atoms | [verb] To make into a fine spray | [verb] To fragment, break into small pieces or concepts ATOMISM (11) [noun] The ancient Greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles. | [noun] The doctrine that society arises from individuals and that larger structures are unimportant. ATOMIST (9) [noun] A person who believes in or advocates atomism, the philosophical doctrine that all matter consists of atoms. | [noun] A person who supports the use of atomic energy or weapons. ATOMIZE (18) [verb] To separate or reduce into atoms | [verb] To make into a fine spray | [verb] To fragment, break into small pieces or concepts ATONERS (7) [noun] Plural of atoner; those who make amends or reparation for wrongdoing. | [noun] Those who reconcile or make atonement for sins or offenses. ATONICS (9) ATONIES (7) [noun] Plural of atony; a condition of abnormal muscle weakness or lack of muscle tone, or lack of vigor or vitality. ATONING (8) [verb] To make reparation, compensation, amends or satisfaction for an offence, crime, mistake or deficiency. | [verb] To bring at one or at concordance; to reconcile; to suffer appeasement. | [verb] To agree or accord; to be in accordance or harmony. ATOPIES (9) [noun] Plural of atopy; a genetic tendency to develop allergic diseases such as asthma, eczema, or allergic rhinitis. ATRESIA (7) [noun] A condition in which a body orifice or passage in the body is abnormally closed or absent. ATRIUMS (9) [noun] A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings. | [noun] A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels. | [noun] A cavity, entrance, or passage. ATROPHY (15) [noun] A reduction in the functionality of an organ caused by disease, injury or lack of use. | [verb] To wither or waste away. | [verb] To cause to waste away or become abortive; to starve or weaken. ATROPIN (9) [noun] An alkaloid drug derived from belladonna plants, used to dilate the pupil of the eye and treat certain medical conditions. | [noun] A chemical compound used as an antidote to nerve gas and organophosphate poisoning. ATTABOY (12) [noun] A cry of "attaboy"; an accolade. | [interjection] Used to show encouragement or approval to a boy, man, or male animal. ATTACHE (12) [noun] A diplomatic officer, usually one who plays a specific role. ATTACKS (13) [noun] An attempt to cause damage, injury to, or death of opponent or enemy. | [noun] An attempt to detract from the worth or credibility of, a person, position, idea, object, or thing, by physical, verbal, emotional, or other assault. | [noun] A time in which one attacks; the offence of a battle. ATTAINS (7) [verb] To gain (an object or desired result). | [verb] To reach or come to, by progression or motion; to arrive at (a place, time, state, etc.). | [verb] To come or arrive, by motion, growth, bodily exertion, or efforts toward a place, object, state, etc. ATTAINT (7) [noun] A blow or strike, especially in jousting. | [noun] A wound on the leg of a horse caused by a blow | [noun] The giving of a false verdict by a jury; the conviction of such a jury, and the reversal of the verdict ATTEMPT (11) [noun] The action of trying at something. | [noun] An assault or attack, especially an assassination attempt. | [verb] To try. ATTENDS (8) [verb] To set on fire; kindle. | [verb] To take or catch fire. | [verb] To listen to (something or someone); to pay attention to; regard; heed. ATTESTS (7) [verb] To affirm to be correct, true, or genuine. | [verb] To certify by signature or oath. | [verb] To certify in an official capacity. ATTIRED (8) [verb] To clothe or adorn. | [adjective] Said of the horns of a stag when they are of a different tincture to its head. ATTIRES (7) [noun] (clothing) One's dress; what one wears; one's clothes. | [noun] The single horn of a deer or stag. | [verb] To clothe or adorn. ATTORNS (7) [verb] To transfer one's obligations from a person to another person. | [verb] To consent to the transfer of one's obligations as tenant under a lease to a new landlord. | [verb] To acknowledge the jurisdiction of (a particular court) over one's dispute. ATTRACT (9) [verb] To pull toward without touching. | [verb] To arouse interest. | [verb] To draw by moral, emotional or sexual influence; to engage or fix, as the mind, attention, etc.; to invite or allure. ATTRITE (7) [verb] To wear away or reduce by friction or attrition. | [adjective] Worn away; reduced by friction or use. ATTUNED (8) [verb] To bring into musical accord. | [verb] To tune (an instrument). | [verb] To bring into harmony or accord. ATTUNES (7) [verb] To bring into musical accord. | [verb] To tune (an instrument). | [verb] To bring into harmony or accord. AUBADES (10) [noun] A song or poem greeting or evoking the dawn. | [noun] A morning love song; a song of lovers parting in the morning. AUBERGE (10) [noun] An inn or hostel. AUBURNS (9) [noun] Plural of auburn, a reddish-brown color. | [noun] People or things having auburn coloring. AUCTION (9) [noun] A public event where goods or property are sold to the highest bidder. | [noun] The first stage of a deal, in which players bid to determine the final contract. | [verb] To sell at an auction. AUCUBAS (11) [noun] Any of several decorative evergreen shrubs of the genus Aucuba. AUDIBLE (10) [noun] The act of or an instance of changing the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one. | [verb] To change the play at the line of scrimmage by yelling out a new one. | [adjective] Able to be heard. AUDIBLY (13) [adverb] In context of possibility of being heard; in an audible manner. AUDIENT (8) AUDILES (8) [noun] People who learn best through hearing and listening, as opposed to visual or kinesthetic learners. AUDINGS (9) AUDITED (9) [verb] To examine and adjust (e.g. an account). | [verb] To conduct an independent review and examination of system records and activities in order to test the adequacy and effectiveness of data security and data integrity procedures, to ensure compliance with established policy and operational procedures, and to recommend any necessary changes | [verb] To counsel spiritually. AUDITOR (8) [noun] One who audits bookkeeping accounts. | [noun] In many jurisdictions, an elected or appointed public official in charge of the public accounts; a comptroller. | [noun] One who audits an academic course; who attends the lectures but does not earn academic credit. AUGENDS (9) [noun] A quantity to which another is added. AUGITES (8) [noun] Plural of augite, a dark silicate mineral commonly found in igneous rocks. AUGITIC (10) [adjective] Relating to or containing augite, a dark silicate mineral commonly found in igneous rocks. AUGMENT (10) [noun] (grammar) In some Indo-European languages, a prefix e- (a- in Sanskrit) indicating a past tense of a verb. | [noun] (grammar) In some Bantu languages, an additional vowel prepended to the noun prefix. | [noun] An increase. AUGURAL (8) [adjective] Prophetic AUGURED (9) [verb] To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events. | [verb] To anticipate, to foretell, or to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable issue. AUGURER (8) [noun] One who augurs; a person who practices augury or makes predictions. | [noun] One who foretells or portends something. AUKLETS (11) [noun] Any of several small seabirds in the genera Aethia, Cerorhinca and Ptychoramphus of the auk family Alcidae. AULDEST (8) AUNTIES (7) [noun] The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent. | [noun] The female cousin of one’s parent. | [noun] A woman of an older generation than oneself, especially a friend of one's parents, by means of fictive kin. AURALLY (10) [adverb] In a manner relating to the ear or the sense of hearing. AURATED (8) [adjective] Containing gold or made of gold; having the color or appearance of gold. AUREATE (7) [adjective] Golden in color or shine. | [adjective] Of language: characterized by the use of (excessively) ornamental or grandiose terms, often of Latin or French origin. AUREOLA (7) [noun] Radiance of luminous cloud that surrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage. AUREOLE (7) [noun] A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint. | [noun] (by extension) Any luminous or colored ring that encircles something. | [noun] A corona. AURICLE (9) [noun] The outer ear or pinna. | [noun] An ear-shaped appendage of the left or right atrium of the heart. | [noun] An atrium, the smaller of the two types of chamber in the heart. AURISTS (7) [noun] Plural of aurist; specialists in treating diseases of the ear. AUROCHS (12) [noun] An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle. | [noun] The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus). AURORAE (7) [noun] An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively. AURORAL (7) [adjective] Relating to or resembling the aurora borealis or aurora australis. AURORAS (7) [noun] An atmospheric phenomenon created by charged particles from the sun striking the upper atmosphere, creating coloured lights in the sky. It is usually named australis or borealis based on whether it is in the Southern or Northern Hemisphere respectively. AUSFORM (12) [verb] To shape metal by heating and then working it while hot, or to forge and form metal through a combination of heat and mechanical deformation. AUSPICE (11) [noun] (chiefly in the plural) Patronage or protection. | [noun] An omen or a sign. | [noun] Divination from the actions of birds. AUSTERE (7) [adjective] Grim or severe in manner or appearance | [adjective] Lacking decoration; trivial; not extravagant or gaudy AUSTRAL (7) [adjective] Of, relating to, or coming from the south. | [noun] A former currency of Argentina. AUSUBOS (9) AUTARKY (14) [noun] National economic self-sufficiency. | [noun] The state of personal self-sufficiency. | [noun] An enclosed ecosystem. AUTEURS (7) [noun] A creative artist, especially a film director, seen as having a specific, recognisable artistic vision, and who is seen as the single or preeminent ‘author’ of his works. AUTHORS (10) [noun] The originator or creator of a work, especially of a literary composition. | [noun] Someone who writes books for a living. | [noun] One's authority for something: an informant. AUTISMS (9) [noun] Plural of autism, referring to multiple instances or cases of the autism spectrum disorder. AUTOBUS (9) [noun] A bus or omnibus; a large motor vehicle for carrying passengers. AUTOING (8) AUTOMAN (9) AUTOMEN (9) AUTOPSY (12) [noun] A dissection performed on a cadaver to find possible cause(s) of death. | [noun] An after-the-fact examination, especially of the causes of a failure. | [noun] (rare) An eyewitness observation, the presentation of an event as witnessed. AUTUMNS (9) [noun] Traditionally the third of the four seasons, when deciduous trees lose their leaves; typically regarded as being from September 24 to December 22 in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, and the months of March, April and May in the Southern Hemisphere. | [noun] (by extension) The time period when someone or something is past its prime. | [noun] A person with relatively dark hair and a warm skin tone, seen as best suited to certain colours in clothing. AUXESES (14) [noun] Plural of auxesis, a rhetorical device involving amplification or exaggeration for emphasis or effect. AUXESIS (14) [noun] A rhetorical device involving a gradual increase in the force or importance of successive words or clauses. | [noun] In biology, an increase in size of an organism or part without cell division. AUXETIC (16) [adjective] Describing a material that expands laterally when stretched and contracts laterally when compressed, having a negative Poisson's ratio. AUXINIC (16) AVAILED (11) [verb] To turn to the advantage of. | [verb] To be of service to. | [verb] To promote; to assist. AVARICE (12) [noun] Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth | [noun] Inordinate desire for some supposed good. AVATARS (10) [noun] The incarnation of a deity, particularly Vishnu. | [noun] The physical embodiment of an idea or concept; a personification. | [noun] A digital representation of a person or being; often, it can take on any of various forms, as a participant chooses. e.g. 3D, animated, photo, sketch of a person or a person's alter ego, sometimes used in a virtual world or virtual chat room. AVELLAN (10) AVENGED (12) [verb] To take vengeance (for); to exact satisfaction for by punishing the injuring party; to vindicate by inflicting pain or evil on a wrongdoer. | [verb] To take vengeance. | [verb] To treat revengefully; to wreak vengeance on. AVENGER (11) [noun] One who avenges or vindicates | [noun] One who takes vengeance. AVENGES (11) [noun] An act of vengeance; a revenge. AVENSES (10) AVENUES (10) [noun] A broad street, especially one bordered by trees. | [noun] A way or opening for entrance into a place; a passage by which a place may be reached; a way of approach or of exit. | [noun] The principal walk or approach to a house which is withdrawn from the road, especially, such approach bordered on each side by trees; any broad passageway thus bordered. AVERAGE (11) [noun] The arithmetic mean. | [noun] Any measure of central tendency, especially any mean, the median, or the mode. | [noun] (marine) Financial loss due to damage to transported goods; compensation for damage or loss. | [noun] The service that a tenant owed his lord, to be done by the animals of the tenant, such as the transportation of wheat, turf, etc. AVERRED (11) [verb] To assert the truth of, to affirm with confidence; to declare in a positive manner. | [verb] To prove or justify a plea. | [verb] To avouch, prove, or verify; to offer to verify. AVERTED (11) [verb] To turn aside or away. | [verb] To ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of. | [verb] To turn away. AVGASES (11) AVIATED (11) [verb] To operate an aircraft. AVIATES (10) [verb] To operate an aircraft. AVIATOR (10) [noun] An aircraft pilot. The use of the word may imply claims of superior airmanship, as in navy aviator vs. air force pilot. | [noun] An experimenter in aviation. | [noun] A flying machine. AVIDINS (11) [noun] Proteins found in egg white that bind tightly to biotin, used in biochemical research and diagnostic assays. AVIDITY (14) [noun] Greediness; strong appetite. | [noun] Eagerness; intenseness of desire. | [noun] The measure of the synergism of the strength of individual interactions between proteins. AVIONIC (12) [adjective] Of or relating to aviation electronics and systems used in aircraft. AVOCADO (13) [noun] The large, usually yellowish-green or black, pulpy fruit of the avocado tree. | [noun] The avocado tree, Persea americana, of the laurel family. | [noun] A dark chartreuse colour, like the colour of the skin of an avocado. AVOCETS (12) [noun] Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet. AVODIRE (11) [noun] A tropical West African timber tree with pale yellowish wood, used for furniture and veneer. AVOIDED (12) [verb] To try not to meet or communicate with (a person); to shun | [verb] To keep away from; to keep clear of; to stay away from | [verb] To try not to do something or to have something happen AVOIDER (11) [noun] A person who avoids something or someone. AVOSETS (10) [noun] Plural of avoset, a wading bird with a long, slender, upturned bill. AVOWALS (13) [noun] Plural of avowal; explicit declarations or assertions of something, typically made earnestly or solemnly. AVOWERS (13) [noun] Plural of avower; people who avow or openly declare something. | [verb] Third person singular present of avow; declares or asserts openly. AVOWING (14) [verb] To declare openly and boldly, as something believed to be right; to own, acknowledge or confess frankly. | [verb] To bind or devote by a vow. | [verb] To acknowledge and justify, as an act done. See avowry. AVULSED (11) [verb] To tear off forcibly. | [adjective] (of a piece of flesh or body part) Having been torn off, as in an avulsion. | [adjective] (of a wound) Having been caused by a piece of flesh or body part being torn off, as in an avulsion. AVULSES (10) [verb] To tear off forcibly. AWAITED (11) [verb] To wait for. | [verb] To expect. | [verb] To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for. AWAITER (10) [noun] One who awaits or waits for something or someone. AWAKENS (14) [verb] To cause to become awake. | [verb] To stop sleeping; awake. | [verb] To bring into action (something previously dormant); to stimulate. AWAKING (15) [verb] To become conscious after having slept. | [verb] To cause (somebody) to stop sleeping. | [verb] To excite or to stir up something latent. AWARDED (12) [verb] To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge | [verb] To determine; to make or grant an award. | [verb] To give (an award). AWARDEE (11) [noun] The recipient of an award or special honor. AWARDER (11) [noun] One who awards; a person or entity that grants or bestows awards, prizes, or honors. AWELESS (10) [adjective] Lacking awe; not inspiring awe or wonder. | [adjective] Not feeling or showing awe. AWESOME (12) [noun] Short for awesomeness: the quality, state, or essence of being awesome. | [adjective] Causing awe or terror; inspiring wonder or excitement. | [adjective] Excellent, exciting, remarkable. AWFULLY (16) [adverb] Badly, terribly. | [adverb] Very; exceedingly; extremely; excessively. | [adverb] In a manner inspiring awe. AWKWARD (18) [noun] Someone or something that is awkward. | [adjective] Lacking dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments. | [adjective] Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. AWLWORT (13) [noun] A small aquatic plant of the genus Subularia, having narrow awl-shaped leaves and found in shallow water or wet ground. AWNINGS (11) [noun] A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind. | [noun] That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin. AWNLESS (10) [adjective] Having no awns (bristle-like appendages on grain or grass). AXIALLY (17) [adverb] In a manner relating to or along an axis. | [adverb] In a direction parallel to the main axis of something. AXILLAE (14) [noun] The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. | [noun] The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder. AXILLAR (14) [adjective] Relating to or located in the axilla (armpit region). AXILLAS (14) [noun] Plural of axilla; the armpits or the angle between a leaf or branch and the stem. AXOLOTL (14) [noun] A critically endangered salamander found in the elevated lakes of Mexico, Ambystoma mexicanum. AXONEME (16) [noun] A bundle of nine microtubules forming the internal scaffolding of a cilium, with two extra central microtubules connecting the others if the cilium is motile AXSEEDS (15) AZALEAS (16) [noun] A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea. AZIMUTH (21) [noun] An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object. | [noun] The quadrant of an azimuth circle. AZOTISE (16) [verb] To combine with nitrogen or treat with nitrogen compounds; to nitrogenate. AZOTIZE (25) [verb] To combine or treat with nitrogen or a nitrogen compound. AZURITE (16) [noun] A blue vitreous mineral; a basic copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu2+3(CO3)2(OH)2. AZYGOUS (20) [adjective] Odd; not one of a pair; single