DICTIONARY A
A - ACCO
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A - ABAY
ABB - ABF
ABG - ABN
ABO - ABRE
ABRI - ABY
AC - ACCO
A - ABAY
ABB - ABF
ABG - ABN
ABO - ABRE
ABRI - ABY
AC - ACCO
A - ABAY
• A
adj. 1. 1945 US sl. - reserved for the best; the best
adj. 2. 1997 US sl. - anal
n. 1. 20C W. Indies sl. - a general term of dislike
n. 2. 1920s US sl. - a Model-A Ford automobile
n. 3. 1967 US sl. - amphetamine
n. 4. 1977 US sl. - LSD
n. 5. 1988 US sl. - in a deck of playing cards: an ace
int. 1950s African-American sl. - absolutely! yes! certainly!
• A1
adj. 1837 colloq. - excellent, first-class, of the best; orig. used of ships, then of persons and things
n. 1. c1866 obs. - a title for the commander of 900 men
n. 2. M19 sl. - a first-class person; the best; the favourite
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
• A-1-1
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - excellent; first-rate
• A1 AND NO MISTAKE
phr. 1900 sl. - prime; first-class; of the best
• A1 COPPER-BOTTOMED
phr. 1876 sl. - prime; first-class; of the best
• A-1-ER
n. 1. L19 sl. - an exceptional person; an aristocrat
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
• A1 JOE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
• AA
n. 1430 obs. rare - a stream, a watercourse
• AACHIBOMBO
n. 1940s W. Indies - codfish fritter
• AAGEY-WALA
n. 20C Anglo-Indian - the penis
• AAI-AAI
n. 1960s S. Afr. sl. - methylated spirits or absolute alcohol, as drunk by alcoholics
• AALIE-LAMB
n. Bk1905 Sc. - a motherless lamb; a pet lamb
• A AND A
phr. 1966 US sl. - in the military: a leave for rest and recreation (Ass and Alcohol)
• A AND B
phr. 1920s US sl. - assault and battery
• A AND IZZARD
phr. 1835 Amer. dial. - the beginning and end, the epitome
• AAP
n. 1946 S. Afr. - a cannabis cigarette
• AAPA
n. 1998 S. Asian - an older sister; also used as a term of respect or familiarity to an older woman
• AARDVARK
n. 1. 1963 US sl., Vietnam war usage - a F-111 combat aircraft or any aircraft that is awkward-looking or difficult to fly
n. 2. 1968 Amer. sl. - a slow-witted person; a coarse or foolish person; an oaf; a fool, a simpleton
vb. 1990s US college sl. - to engage in sex
• AARDVARKING
n. 1990s US college sl. - sexual intercourse
• AARON
n. 1. 1565 rare - a person resembling the Jewish high priest Aaron, esp. a high priest, a leader
n. 2. 1607 sl. - a leader of the church
n. 3. 19C sl. - a cadger; a beggar
n. 4. Bk1909 sl. - a beggar mountain-guide
• THE AARON
n. 1. 17C sl. - a cadger; a beggar
n. 2. 17C sl. - a criminal, esp. a gang leader
• AARON'S BELLS
n. 1681 obs. - the testicles; sexual activity
• AARON'S ROD
n. 1. 1631 - a powerful force which devours or overwhelms everything around it
n. 2. 1891 sl. - the penis
• AARON'S SERPENT
n. 1732 rare - a powerful force which devours or overwhelms everything around it
• AASBED
n. 1950s W. Indies - a rough bed
• AATACLAPS
n. 1990s W. Indies sl. - a disaster, a calamity
• A.B.
n. 1. 1875 sl. - an able-bodied seaman
n. 2. 1930s drugs sl. - an abscess that develops after injecting with an unsterile needle or an unsterile water/narcotic solution
n. 3. 1980s sl. - fools as a group (Asshole Brigade)
n. 4. 1980s NZ sl. - the menstrual period
n. 5. 1990s Aust. prison sl. - Aryan Breed, the Australian version of the "Aryan Brotherhood"
n. 6. 1990s US prison sl. - Aryan Brotherhood, the White supremacist organization that unites many White convicts during (and after) their time in jail
• AB
n. 1. 1587 obs. rare - moisture within timber; sap
n. 2. 1862 US South - a Northern soldier in the US Civil War
n. 3. c1870 Aust. sl. - an Aborigine
n. 4. 1930s US sl. - an abscess, esp. as a result of injecting drugs
n. 5. 1956 colloq. - an abdominal muscle, usually in the context of a flat stomach
n. 6. 1990 US sl. - the Aryan Brotherhood, a White prison gang in the US
n. 7. 1996 NZ sl. - the bleed period of the menstrual cycle
n. 8. 2000s Aust. sl. - abalone
• ABA
n. 1985 US sl. - a traveller's cheque
• ABAA
adj. 1. L19 sl. - bad; vile
adj. 2. L19 sl. - silly
n. 1903 sl. - a non-unionist; a term of contempt
• ABAA COVE
n. Bk1890 sl. - a bad man
• ABAA MUFF
n. Bk1890 sl. - a silly person
• A-B-ABS
n. 1851 Sc. - alphabet; rudiments, beginning
• ABACCERING
n. 20C canalmen's usage - loafing
• ABACINATE
vb. 1855 rare - to blind by placing hot irons or metal plates, in front of the eyes
• ABACINATION
n. 1866 - blinding by means of red-hot irons held before the eyes
• ABACIST
n. 1387 - one who uses an abacus in casting accounts; an arithmetician, an accountant, a calculator
• ABACISTA
n. Bk1708 - a term used by ancient writers for an arithmetician
• ABACK
adv. 1. 1768 Sc. - since, ago
adv. 2. 1786 Sc. - aloof, away
adv. 3. 1786 Sc. - behind, in the rear
vb. 1735 Sc. obs. - to hold or keep back
• ABACK-O'-BEHIND
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - far away, remote
• ABACKWARD
adv. 1205 rare - backward
• ABACKWARDS
adv. a1477 obs. rare - in the opposite direction, so as to return to the place originally left
• ABACTER; ABACTOR
n. 1659 obs. - a dishonest drover or shepherd who connives at the stealing of cattle they are guarding; a stealer of cattle by herds or great numbers
• ABACTION
n. 1623 rare - a driving something away; a stealing of livestock, esp. cattle, by driving them away
• ABADA
n. 1541 Anglo-Indian obs. - a rhinoceros
• ABA-DABA
n. 1961 Amer. sl. - dessert
• ABADDON
n. 1. c1350 - the Devil
n. 2. 1583 - a bottomless pit; abyss of hell
n. 3. 1810 criminals' sl. - a treacherous thief; one who turns informer against his fellow-rogues
• ABAEILE
vb. a1000 obs. - to anger, to offend; to provoke
• AB AETERNO
adv. 1593 rare - from eternity; from the beginning of time; from the most remote antiquity
• ABAFELLED
adj. 17C obs. - treated scornfully or indignantly
• ABAFT
adv. c1275, chiefly nautical usage - of direction: to or towards the rear; backward
• ABAFT THE WHEEL-HOUSE
adj. 1900s sl. - crazy
phr. L19 US sl. - just below the small of the back; thus a euphemism for the buttocks
• ABAIL
vb. 1. 1450 obs. rare - to give bail for, to liberate on bail, or from bail; also, to pay bail to
vb. 2. 1513 obs. rare - to reach, to get to
• ABAISANCE
n. a1486 rare - the bending of the body as a mark of respect; a bow
• ABAIST
adj. a1000 - abashed; ashamed; discomfited; disconcerted
• ABAIT
vb. 1. 1303 obs.- to excite, to stimulate sexual appetite
vb. 2. a1470 obs. - to incite, to urge on, to provoke
vb. 3. 1485 obs. - to set on (a dog); to hound on; to bait
• ABALIENATE
vb. 1. 1554 rare - to remove; to estrange in feeling
vb. 2. 1585 obs. - to cause loss or aberration of intellect
vb. 3. 1646 obs. - to transfer or make over property to another
• ABALIENATION
n. 1. 1596 - removal or transference of feeling; estrangement
n. 2. 1615 obs. - loss or failure of the mental faculties
n. 3. 1656 rare - a transferring or making over property or rights to another
• ABALONEYITE
n. Bk1971 Boonville California jargon - a coast dweller, esp. of Albion, Mendocino County
• ABAN
vb. 1. a1000 obs. - to summon, esp. by proclamation; to call to arms
vb. 2. 1565 rare - to denounce, to curse, to anathematize
• ABAND
vb. 1. 1559 obs. - to banish, to exile
vb. 2. 1587 obs. - to abandon, to forsake
• ABANDANA
n. 1930 criminals' sl. obs. - a petty thief, esp. one who pickpockets bandannas
ABANDANAAD; ABANDANAD; ABANDANNAD
n. 1864 thieves' sl. - a handkerchief or bandanna thief; hence, a petty thief
• ABANDED
adj. 1941 Amer. dial. - abandoned
• ABANDERADO
n. 1598 rare - a standard-bearer; a servant who carries the ensign for his master
• ABANDOMINIUMS
n. Bk2006 Amer. sl. - abandoned apartments or houses where addicts use drugs
• ABANDON
adv. 1. a1250 obs. - under control or authority; at one's disposal
adv. 2. c1330 - at one's will or discretion; without interference or restraint; freely, recklessly; entirely, fully, without bounds
vb. 1. 1487 obs., chiefly Sc. - to bring under complete control or authority; to subject, to subdue
vb. 2. 1548 obs. - to banish; to expel, to cast out, to reject
vb. 3. 1582 obs. rare - to release, to set free, to liberate
• ABANDONATE
vb. 1561 obs. - to abandon
• ABANDONED HABITS
n. c1870 sl. - the riding dress of the up-market courtesans who frequented Rotten Row in London's Hyde Park
• ABANDONED WOMAN
n. 19C sl. - a woman who has been seduced, impregnated, and abandoned by a man
• ABANDONLY
adv. 1487 Sc. obs. - recklessly, impetuously, unguardedly
• ABANDONMENT
n. c1880 financiers' and brokers' usage - bankruptcy of a railway company
• ABANDONS
n. Bk1890 sl. - street prostitutes
• ABANDUM
n. 1729 obs. - in law: anything which is sequestered, proscribed, or abandoned
• ABANNATION
n. 1721 obs. rare - a banishment, usually for a year as a punishment for manslaughter
• ABANNITION
n. 1583 obs. rare - a banishment for one or two years for manslaughter
• ABAPTIST
n. 19C sl. - a thief
• ABAR
vb. a1504 obs. - to bar, to debar
• ABARCY
n. 1730 obs. rare - insatiableness
• ABARE
vb. a1000 obs. - to make bare, to uncover, to disclose
• ABARESKIN
adj. 1960s US homosexual sl. - embarrassing
• ABARSTIC
adj. 1623 obs. rare - insatiable
• ABASE
adv. a1450 obs. - down, low; back
• ABASER
n. 1650 - he who abases; one who degrades or debases
• ABASHANCE
n. c1430 obs. rare - abashment, dismay
• ABASHEDNESS
n. c1480 - abashment
• ABASHLESS
adj. 1868 rare, chiefly literary usage - unabashed, shameless
• ABASHMENT
n. c1430 - discomfiture, embarrassment
• ABASIT
adj. 1845 Sc.- abashed, confounded
• ABASSIAN
adj. 1601 rare - relating to Abyssinia, its inhabitants, or their language
n. 1613 - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia
• ABAST
n. Bk1852 - an illegitimate child or bastard
• ABASTARD
vb. 1573 obs. - to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate
• ABASTARDIZE
vb. 1580 rare - to render bastard, spurious, or degenerate; to debase, to deteriorate
• ABASTARDIZED
adj. 1653 obs. rare - degenerate, debased, spurious
• ABASURE
n. 1647 obs. - the quality of being abased; humiliation
• ABATAYL
vb. c1380 obs. rare - to embattle
• ABATAYLMENT
n. c1325 obs. rare - battlement
• ABATE
n. 1. 1486 obs. - diminution, reduction of a quality, etc.
n. 2. c1500 rare - loss of vigour; weakness, faintness
n. 3. 1646 - deduction, subtraction
n. 4. Bk1883 - an abbot or abbé
vb. 1. c1300 obs. - to put an end to a condition, state of affairs, etc.
vb. 2. a1387 obs. - to become lower, to bow; hence, to become humbled
vb. 3. c1390 obs. - to bring down physically, socially, or mentally; to humble, to abase
vb. 4. c1400 obs. - to remove or take away a part or portion of a whole; to deduct, to subtract
vb. 5. a1425 - to knock or tear down a structure; to destroy, to demolish, to raze to the ground
vb. 6. a1475 obs. - in falconry: of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to beat or flap the wings, to flutter
vb. 7. 1575 obs. - in falconry: to cause a hawk, etc. to become lean
vb. 8. 1598 rare - to except, to omit from consideration
• ABATED IN THE VITALS
adj. 1866 Eng. dial. - grown weak
• ABATEMENT
n. c1550 Sc. obs. - a recreation, relaxation
• ABATE ONE'S CHEER
vb. a1350 obs. - to become dispirited or downcast
• ABATE ONE'S COUNTENANCE
vb. a1350 obs. - to become dispirited or downcast
• ABATER
n. 1. 1583 - one who mitigates or moderates
n. 2. 1653 obs. rare - an abating, an abatement
n. 3. 1732 - one who abates, lessens, or lowers
• ABATIS
n. 1. 1758 military usage - a defensive barricade or entanglement constructed using sharpened stakes or felled trees positioned with their branches pointing towards the enemy to delay or repel attackers
n. 2. 1808 - a fence, hedge, or other barrier resembling a barricade as described in n.1.; an obstruction, a cause of entanglement or delay
• ABATON
n. 1829 - in Ancient Greece: a place to which access is restricted, esp. a sacred space or enclosure; a sanctuary
• ABATTLE
vb. 1. c1380 obs. rare - to fortify
vb. 2. c1400 obs. rare - to engage in battle
• ABATUDE
n. 1729 obs. rare - something which is or has been diminished
• ABAVE
vb. 1303 obs. - to put to confusion, to discomfit; also, to be confounded, disconcerted, or upset
• ABAW
vb. 1897 Sc. - to suffer for
• ABAWE
vb. a1400 obs. - to abash, daunt, astonish, lower
• ABAWED
adj. a1450 obs. - abashed; astonished; surprised; disconcerted; discomfited; upset
• ABAY
n. c1330 obs. - the barking or baying of hounds at a hunted animal, esp. when they have driven it into a position from which it is unable to flee further but must turn and face its pursuers
vb. c1400 obs. - of a dog: to bark or bay, esp. at prey it is pursuing or has caught
• ABAYLE
vb. 1430 obs. rare - to reach, to get to
adj. 1. 1945 US sl. - reserved for the best; the best
adj. 2. 1997 US sl. - anal
n. 1. 20C W. Indies sl. - a general term of dislike
n. 2. 1920s US sl. - a Model-A Ford automobile
n. 3. 1967 US sl. - amphetamine
n. 4. 1977 US sl. - LSD
n. 5. 1988 US sl. - in a deck of playing cards: an ace
int. 1950s African-American sl. - absolutely! yes! certainly!
• A1
adj. 1837 colloq. - excellent, first-class, of the best; orig. used of ships, then of persons and things
n. 1. c1866 obs. - a title for the commander of 900 men
n. 2. M19 sl. - a first-class person; the best; the favourite
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
• A-1-1
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - excellent; first-rate
• A1 AND NO MISTAKE
phr. 1900 sl. - prime; first-class; of the best
• A1 COPPER-BOTTOMED
phr. 1876 sl. - prime; first-class; of the best
• A-1-ER
n. 1. L19 sl. - an exceptional person; an aristocrat
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
• A1 JOE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
• AA
n. 1430 obs. rare - a stream, a watercourse
• AACHIBOMBO
n. 1940s W. Indies - codfish fritter
• AAGEY-WALA
n. 20C Anglo-Indian - the penis
• AAI-AAI
n. 1960s S. Afr. sl. - methylated spirits or absolute alcohol, as drunk by alcoholics
• AALIE-LAMB
n. Bk1905 Sc. - a motherless lamb; a pet lamb
• A AND A
phr. 1966 US sl. - in the military: a leave for rest and recreation (Ass and Alcohol)
• A AND B
phr. 1920s US sl. - assault and battery
• A AND IZZARD
phr. 1835 Amer. dial. - the beginning and end, the epitome
• AAP
n. 1946 S. Afr. - a cannabis cigarette
• AAPA
n. 1998 S. Asian - an older sister; also used as a term of respect or familiarity to an older woman
• AARDVARK
n. 1. 1963 US sl., Vietnam war usage - a F-111 combat aircraft or any aircraft that is awkward-looking or difficult to fly
n. 2. 1968 Amer. sl. - a slow-witted person; a coarse or foolish person; an oaf; a fool, a simpleton
vb. 1990s US college sl. - to engage in sex
• AARDVARKING
n. 1990s US college sl. - sexual intercourse
• AARON
n. 1. 1565 rare - a person resembling the Jewish high priest Aaron, esp. a high priest, a leader
n. 2. 1607 sl. - a leader of the church
n. 3. 19C sl. - a cadger; a beggar
n. 4. Bk1909 sl. - a beggar mountain-guide
• THE AARON
n. 1. 17C sl. - a cadger; a beggar
n. 2. 17C sl. - a criminal, esp. a gang leader
• AARON'S BELLS
n. 1681 obs. - the testicles; sexual activity
• AARON'S ROD
n. 1. 1631 - a powerful force which devours or overwhelms everything around it
n. 2. 1891 sl. - the penis
• AARON'S SERPENT
n. 1732 rare - a powerful force which devours or overwhelms everything around it
• AASBED
n. 1950s W. Indies - a rough bed
• AATACLAPS
n. 1990s W. Indies sl. - a disaster, a calamity
• A.B.
n. 1. 1875 sl. - an able-bodied seaman
n. 2. 1930s drugs sl. - an abscess that develops after injecting with an unsterile needle or an unsterile water/narcotic solution
n. 3. 1980s sl. - fools as a group (Asshole Brigade)
n. 4. 1980s NZ sl. - the menstrual period
n. 5. 1990s Aust. prison sl. - Aryan Breed, the Australian version of the "Aryan Brotherhood"
n. 6. 1990s US prison sl. - Aryan Brotherhood, the White supremacist organization that unites many White convicts during (and after) their time in jail
• AB
n. 1. 1587 obs. rare - moisture within timber; sap
n. 2. 1862 US South - a Northern soldier in the US Civil War
n. 3. c1870 Aust. sl. - an Aborigine
n. 4. 1930s US sl. - an abscess, esp. as a result of injecting drugs
n. 5. 1956 colloq. - an abdominal muscle, usually in the context of a flat stomach
n. 6. 1990 US sl. - the Aryan Brotherhood, a White prison gang in the US
n. 7. 1996 NZ sl. - the bleed period of the menstrual cycle
n. 8. 2000s Aust. sl. - abalone
• ABA
n. 1985 US sl. - a traveller's cheque
• ABAA
adj. 1. L19 sl. - bad; vile
adj. 2. L19 sl. - silly
n. 1903 sl. - a non-unionist; a term of contempt
• ABAA COVE
n. Bk1890 sl. - a bad man
• ABAA MUFF
n. Bk1890 sl. - a silly person
• A-B-ABS
n. 1851 Sc. - alphabet; rudiments, beginning
• ABACCERING
n. 20C canalmen's usage - loafing
• ABACINATE
vb. 1855 rare - to blind by placing hot irons or metal plates, in front of the eyes
• ABACINATION
n. 1866 - blinding by means of red-hot irons held before the eyes
• ABACIST
n. 1387 - one who uses an abacus in casting accounts; an arithmetician, an accountant, a calculator
• ABACISTA
n. Bk1708 - a term used by ancient writers for an arithmetician
• ABACK
adv. 1. 1768 Sc. - since, ago
adv. 2. 1786 Sc. - aloof, away
adv. 3. 1786 Sc. - behind, in the rear
vb. 1735 Sc. obs. - to hold or keep back
• ABACK-O'-BEHIND
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - far away, remote
• ABACKWARD
adv. 1205 rare - backward
• ABACKWARDS
adv. a1477 obs. rare - in the opposite direction, so as to return to the place originally left
• ABACTER; ABACTOR
n. 1659 obs. - a dishonest drover or shepherd who connives at the stealing of cattle they are guarding; a stealer of cattle by herds or great numbers
• ABACTION
n. 1623 rare - a driving something away; a stealing of livestock, esp. cattle, by driving them away
• ABADA
n. 1541 Anglo-Indian obs. - a rhinoceros
• ABA-DABA
n. 1961 Amer. sl. - dessert
• ABADDON
n. 1. c1350 - the Devil
n. 2. 1583 - a bottomless pit; abyss of hell
n. 3. 1810 criminals' sl. - a treacherous thief; one who turns informer against his fellow-rogues
• ABAEILE
vb. a1000 obs. - to anger, to offend; to provoke
• AB AETERNO
adv. 1593 rare - from eternity; from the beginning of time; from the most remote antiquity
• ABAFELLED
adj. 17C obs. - treated scornfully or indignantly
• ABAFT
adv. c1275, chiefly nautical usage - of direction: to or towards the rear; backward
• ABAFT THE WHEEL-HOUSE
adj. 1900s sl. - crazy
phr. L19 US sl. - just below the small of the back; thus a euphemism for the buttocks
• ABAIL
vb. 1. 1450 obs. rare - to give bail for, to liberate on bail, or from bail; also, to pay bail to
vb. 2. 1513 obs. rare - to reach, to get to
• ABAISANCE
n. a1486 rare - the bending of the body as a mark of respect; a bow
• ABAIST
adj. a1000 - abashed; ashamed; discomfited; disconcerted
• ABAIT
vb. 1. 1303 obs.- to excite, to stimulate sexual appetite
vb. 2. a1470 obs. - to incite, to urge on, to provoke
vb. 3. 1485 obs. - to set on (a dog); to hound on; to bait
• ABALIENATE
vb. 1. 1554 rare - to remove; to estrange in feeling
vb. 2. 1585 obs. - to cause loss or aberration of intellect
vb. 3. 1646 obs. - to transfer or make over property to another
• ABALIENATION
n. 1. 1596 - removal or transference of feeling; estrangement
n. 2. 1615 obs. - loss or failure of the mental faculties
n. 3. 1656 rare - a transferring or making over property or rights to another
• ABALONEYITE
n. Bk1971 Boonville California jargon - a coast dweller, esp. of Albion, Mendocino County
• ABAN
vb. 1. a1000 obs. - to summon, esp. by proclamation; to call to arms
vb. 2. 1565 rare - to denounce, to curse, to anathematize
• ABAND
vb. 1. 1559 obs. - to banish, to exile
vb. 2. 1587 obs. - to abandon, to forsake
• ABANDANA
n. 1930 criminals' sl. obs. - a petty thief, esp. one who pickpockets bandannas
ABANDANAAD; ABANDANAD; ABANDANNAD
n. 1864 thieves' sl. - a handkerchief or bandanna thief; hence, a petty thief
• ABANDED
adj. 1941 Amer. dial. - abandoned
• ABANDERADO
n. 1598 rare - a standard-bearer; a servant who carries the ensign for his master
• ABANDOMINIUMS
n. Bk2006 Amer. sl. - abandoned apartments or houses where addicts use drugs
• ABANDON
adv. 1. a1250 obs. - under control or authority; at one's disposal
adv. 2. c1330 - at one's will or discretion; without interference or restraint; freely, recklessly; entirely, fully, without bounds
vb. 1. 1487 obs., chiefly Sc. - to bring under complete control or authority; to subject, to subdue
vb. 2. 1548 obs. - to banish; to expel, to cast out, to reject
vb. 3. 1582 obs. rare - to release, to set free, to liberate
• ABANDONATE
vb. 1561 obs. - to abandon
• ABANDONED HABITS
n. c1870 sl. - the riding dress of the up-market courtesans who frequented Rotten Row in London's Hyde Park
• ABANDONED WOMAN
n. 19C sl. - a woman who has been seduced, impregnated, and abandoned by a man
• ABANDONLY
adv. 1487 Sc. obs. - recklessly, impetuously, unguardedly
• ABANDONMENT
n. c1880 financiers' and brokers' usage - bankruptcy of a railway company
• ABANDONS
n. Bk1890 sl. - street prostitutes
• ABANDUM
n. 1729 obs. - in law: anything which is sequestered, proscribed, or abandoned
• ABANNATION
n. 1721 obs. rare - a banishment, usually for a year as a punishment for manslaughter
• ABANNITION
n. 1583 obs. rare - a banishment for one or two years for manslaughter
• ABAPTIST
n. 19C sl. - a thief
• ABAR
vb. a1504 obs. - to bar, to debar
• ABARCY
n. 1730 obs. rare - insatiableness
• ABARE
vb. a1000 obs. - to make bare, to uncover, to disclose
• ABARESKIN
adj. 1960s US homosexual sl. - embarrassing
• ABARSTIC
adj. 1623 obs. rare - insatiable
• ABASE
adv. a1450 obs. - down, low; back
• ABASER
n. 1650 - he who abases; one who degrades or debases
• ABASHANCE
n. c1430 obs. rare - abashment, dismay
• ABASHEDNESS
n. c1480 - abashment
• ABASHLESS
adj. 1868 rare, chiefly literary usage - unabashed, shameless
• ABASHMENT
n. c1430 - discomfiture, embarrassment
• ABASIT
adj. 1845 Sc.- abashed, confounded
• ABASSIAN
adj. 1601 rare - relating to Abyssinia, its inhabitants, or their language
n. 1613 - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia
• ABAST
n. Bk1852 - an illegitimate child or bastard
• ABASTARD
vb. 1573 obs. - to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate
• ABASTARDIZE
vb. 1580 rare - to render bastard, spurious, or degenerate; to debase, to deteriorate
• ABASTARDIZED
adj. 1653 obs. rare - degenerate, debased, spurious
• ABASURE
n. 1647 obs. - the quality of being abased; humiliation
• ABATAYL
vb. c1380 obs. rare - to embattle
• ABATAYLMENT
n. c1325 obs. rare - battlement
• ABATE
n. 1. 1486 obs. - diminution, reduction of a quality, etc.
n. 2. c1500 rare - loss of vigour; weakness, faintness
n. 3. 1646 - deduction, subtraction
n. 4. Bk1883 - an abbot or abbé
vb. 1. c1300 obs. - to put an end to a condition, state of affairs, etc.
vb. 2. a1387 obs. - to become lower, to bow; hence, to become humbled
vb. 3. c1390 obs. - to bring down physically, socially, or mentally; to humble, to abase
vb. 4. c1400 obs. - to remove or take away a part or portion of a whole; to deduct, to subtract
vb. 5. a1425 - to knock or tear down a structure; to destroy, to demolish, to raze to the ground
vb. 6. a1475 obs. - in falconry: of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to beat or flap the wings, to flutter
vb. 7. 1575 obs. - in falconry: to cause a hawk, etc. to become lean
vb. 8. 1598 rare - to except, to omit from consideration
• ABATED IN THE VITALS
adj. 1866 Eng. dial. - grown weak
• ABATEMENT
n. c1550 Sc. obs. - a recreation, relaxation
• ABATE ONE'S CHEER
vb. a1350 obs. - to become dispirited or downcast
• ABATE ONE'S COUNTENANCE
vb. a1350 obs. - to become dispirited or downcast
• ABATER
n. 1. 1583 - one who mitigates or moderates
n. 2. 1653 obs. rare - an abating, an abatement
n. 3. 1732 - one who abates, lessens, or lowers
• ABATIS
n. 1. 1758 military usage - a defensive barricade or entanglement constructed using sharpened stakes or felled trees positioned with their branches pointing towards the enemy to delay or repel attackers
n. 2. 1808 - a fence, hedge, or other barrier resembling a barricade as described in n.1.; an obstruction, a cause of entanglement or delay
• ABATON
n. 1829 - in Ancient Greece: a place to which access is restricted, esp. a sacred space or enclosure; a sanctuary
• ABATTLE
vb. 1. c1380 obs. rare - to fortify
vb. 2. c1400 obs. rare - to engage in battle
• ABATUDE
n. 1729 obs. rare - something which is or has been diminished
• ABAVE
vb. 1303 obs. - to put to confusion, to discomfit; also, to be confounded, disconcerted, or upset
• ABAW
vb. 1897 Sc. - to suffer for
• ABAWE
vb. a1400 obs. - to abash, daunt, astonish, lower
• ABAWED
adj. a1450 obs. - abashed; astonished; surprised; disconcerted; discomfited; upset
• ABAY
n. c1330 obs. - the barking or baying of hounds at a hunted animal, esp. when they have driven it into a position from which it is unable to flee further but must turn and face its pursuers
vb. c1400 obs. - of a dog: to bark or bay, esp. at prey it is pursuing or has caught
• ABAYLE
vb. 1430 obs. rare - to reach, to get to
ABB - ABF
• ABB
adj. 1991 US sl. - abnormal
n. Bk1994 surfing sl. - an abnormal person; a weirdo
• ABBA
adj. Bk1921 sl. - vile; silly
n. 1. 1382 - a religious superior; father; the title of bishops, patriarchs, and heads of monasteries in some Eastern churches
n. 2. Bk1921 sl. - a non-unionist
n. 3. 1955 Anglo-Indian - one's father; a father; often used as a form of address
vb. Bk1913 S. Afr. - to carry on the back as a mother does her child
• ABBACEE
n. 1922 Sc. - alphabet
• ABBACY
n. 1469 Sc. obs. - an abbey
• ABBA-DABBA
adj. 1975 US sl. - dark-skinned, esp. Arabic
n. 1961 US sl. - chatter, gossip
• ABBADISSE
n. c855 obs. - an abbess
• ABBA FATHER
n. 1611 - a bishop in the Syriac and Coptic Churches
• ABBAS
n. 1550 - a religious or spiritual leader; an abbot
• ABBASE
n. 1297 obs. - an abbess
• ABBAT
n. c1130 obs. - the chief ruler of an abbey
• ABBATE
n. 1750 - an Italian abbot; also, a priest or clergyman in minor orders; esp. one without an assigned ecclesiastical duty, formerly often acting as a professor, private tutor, etc.; also as a title
• ABBATESSE; ABBATISSE; ABBODESSE; ABBODISSE; ABBOTESS
n. c855 obs. - an abbess
• ABBATIAL
adj. 1445 - belonging to an abbey, abbot, or abbess
• ABBATICAL
adj. 1655 - belonging to an abbey, abbot, or abbess
• ABBATIS
n. Bk1775 - a steward of the stables, a groom
• ABBÉ
n. 1530 - in French contexts: an abbot; also, a priest or clergyman in minor orders
• ABBED
adj. 2002 UK sl. - having well-defined abdominal muscles
• ABBESS
n. 1. 1297 - the female superior of a nunnery or convent of women, having the same authority over nuns that an abbot has over monks
n. 2. 1594 colloq. - a woman in charge of a brothel; a bawd; a madame; a procuress
• ABBEVILLIAN
n. 1863 obs. - a native or inhabitant of Abbeville, a commune in the Somme department of northern France
• ABBEY
n. 1950 US sl. - a swindler who impersonates a priest
• ABBEY CLOGS
n. M19 UK criminals' sl. - chains or fetters worn by a criminal
• ABBEY COUNTER
n. 1823 rare - a medal presented to a pilgrim on visiting a shrine
• ABBEY-CROAKER
n. M19 UK criminals' sl. - the chaplain of Newgate
• ABBEY LABOURER
n. 1655 obs. - an industrious monk, as opposed to an 'abbey-lubber'
• ABBEY LAIRD
n. 1700 obs., chiefly Sc. - a jocular name for a bankrupt; a debtor who took sanctuary from his creditors in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, a privilege abolished in 1880
• ABBEY-LOON
n. 1509 sl. - an idler; a vagabond; orig. a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house
• ABBEY-LUBBER
n. 1. 1509 - an idler, a vagabond; orig. (prior to the Reformation), a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house
n. 2. c1750 nautical sl. - a lazy, thriftless person
• ABBEY-LUBBER-LIKE
adj. 1570 obs. - lazy, thriftless, ne'er-do-well
• ABBEY MAN
n. 1483 - a member of a monastery; a monk
• ABBEY-MONGER
n. 1679 derogatory - a person owing the property of a former abbey, after the dissolution of the monasteries
• ABBEY-STEAD
n. 1620 rare - the site or grounds of an abbey or former abbey
• ABBIE
n. 20C US sl. & colloq. - a nickname for a Jewish male
• ABBLE
adj. 1880 Sc. - weakly
• ABBOD
n. c880 obs. - an abbot
• ABBOT
n. 1. c1123 - the head or superior of an abbey - after the dissolution of the monasteries, sometimes applied to the layman to whom the revenues of an abbacy were impropriated
n. 2. 1591 sl. - a bawd's man; a brothel-keepers' husband or lover; a ponce
n. 3. 1734 now hist. - in Italy: a high-ranking magistrate of a city or republic; spec., esp. in the Republic of Genoa: the chief magistrate
n. 4. 1835 UK criminals' sl. - a prison warden
n. 5. 20C US drugs sl. - Nembutal™, a barbiturate
• ABBOTESS
n. a1000 - an abbess
• ABBOT ON THE CROSS
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. - a pimp or brothel owner who runs a brothel for the purpose of robbery or extortion more than for prostitution
n. 2. 19C Brit. sl. - the bully of a brothel; one employed by a brothel as a bodyguard for prostitutes; a brothel 'bouncer'
• ABBOTT
n. 1971 US sl. - a capsule of pentobarbital sodium, a central nervous system depressant
• ABBOTT'S LODGE
n. M19 sl. - the King's Bench prison
• ABBOTT'S PARK
n. M19 sl. - the King's Bench prison
• ABBOTT'S PRIORY
n. c1820 sl. - the King's Bench Prison
• ABBOTT'S TEETH
n. 19C - the spikes that topped the prison wall at the King's Bench prison
• ABBOZZO
n. 1. 1846 obs. rare - an outline or draft of a speech or piece of writing
n. 2. 1849 - a preliminary sketch for a painting or other work of art; a rough drawing; a cartoon
• ABBREVIARIST
n. 1679 obs. rare - one who makes an epitome or compendium
• ABBREVIATE
adj. c1425 - shortened, contracted
n. 1. 1531 chiefly Sc. - an abstract, an abridgement, a summary
n. 2. 1607 - an abbreviation of a word, phrase, or name
• ABBREVIATED PIECE OF NOTHING
n. 20C Amer. sl. - a worthless or insignificant person or thing
• ABBREVIATELY
adv. 1599 - in an abbreviated manner or form; shortly, briefly, concisely
• ABBREVIATOR
n. 1529 - one who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens; one who summarizes; also, a person given to the use of abbreviations
• ABBREVIATORY
adj. 1765 rare - tending to abbreviate or shorten
• ABBREVIATURE
n. 1. 1614 obs. - an abbreviated or shortened state, condition, or form; shortness
n. 2. c1630 - an abbreviated or contracted form of a word or phrase; a contraction, an abbreviation
n. 3. 1650 - an abbreviated or abridged copy
n. 4. 1659 obs. - the process of abbreviating; abbreviation, shortening
• ABBREVY
vb. 1483 obs. rare - to abbreviate, to abridge
• A-B-BUFF
n. 1882 Sc. - the alphabet
• ABBY
n. 20C colloq. - an Abyssinian cat
• ABBY SINGER
n. 1990 US sl. - in television and film-making: the next-to-last shot of the day
• A.B.C.
n. 1. L17 sl. - the vagina
n. 2. 1962 sl.. orig. African-American - one's best and most trustworthy friend
• ABC
adj. 2004 US childish sl. - of a piece of chewing gum: already been chewed
n. 1. c1325 - the alphabet
n. 2. 1920s Irish sl. - scorch marks on one's legs
n. 3. 1940s African-American sl. - a liquor store (American Business College)
n. 4. 1968 Aust. sl. - an Australian-born Chinese
n. 5. 1984 US sl. - an American-born Chinese
n. 6. 1988 US sl. - in poker: the ace, two, and three
vb. 1611 obs. - to say the alphabet or letters of the alphabet
• THE ABC
n. Bk1909 sl. - the female pudendum
• ABC AD
n. 1973 US sl. - a newspaper advertisement listing shows in alphabetical order
• ABCAP
vb. M19 UK criminals' sl. - to get, to obtain
• ABC BOY
n. 1545 - 'a pupil of the very first beginning'
• ABC CLASS
n. 1804 - the entry grade in a primary school
• ABCDARIAN
n. 1. 1603 - one occupied in learning the alphabet
n. 2. 1691 - one engaged in teaching the alphabet and merest rudiments of instruction
• ABCDARY
n. 1607 - one learning or teaching the alphabet
• ABC GUM
n. Amer. sl. - gum that has already been chewed
• AB CHASER
n. Bk1971 Boonville California jargon - a resident of the coastal area
• ABCING YOU
phr. 1947 US sl. - used as a farewell
• ABC'S
n. 1949 US sl. - underwear
• ABD
n. 1954 Amer. - a student who has completed all the work required for the award of a doctorate, except for the dissertation (all but dissertation)
• ABDABS
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage - 'afters'; the second course, if any
• THE ABDABS
n. 1. 1940s sl. - empty chatter, nonsense
n. 2. 1946 UK sl. - a condition of anxiety; uneasiness, nervousness; also, but rarely, delirium tremens or a state of enraged frustration
• ABDAR
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian - a teetotaller
• ABDELI
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian - a hypocrite, a canting preacher; a fastidious or false zealot
• ABDERIAN
adj. 18C - given to incessant or continued laughter; inclined to foolish or excessive merriment; foolish, silly
• ABDERITE
n. Bk1827 - a stupid, narrow-minded person; the inhabitants of Abders, a maritime town in Thrace, were anciently proverbial for their stupidity; a scoffer
• ABDICABLE
adj. 1879 rare - capable of being abdicated or renounced
• ABDICANT
n. 1836 - one who abdicates; a person who renounces a position, office, etc.
• ABDICATE
vb. 1. 1532 obs. - to proclaim or declare to be no longer one's own; to disown, to cast off; to disown or disinherit a child
vb. 2. 1941 homosexual sl. - to leave a public lavatory in which one is soliciting to avoid interrogation by its attendant or a police officer
• ABDICATED
adj. 1940s homosexual sl. - ordered out of the public lavatory where one is looking for sex
• ABDICATOR
n. 1. 1593 obs. - a person who advocates, instigates, or participates in the abdication of another from a position or office
n. 2. 1689 - a person who renounces a position, office, responsibility, etc.; esp. a monarch who renounces the throne
• ABDIEL
n. Bk1903 - a faithful follower of a cause
• ABDITE
adj. 1635 obs. rare - hidden away; put out of the way
• ABDITIVE
adj. 1. 1727 obs. rare - hidden
adj. 2. 1755 - having the power or quality of hiding or concealing
• ABDITORY
n. 1658 - a hidden or withdrawn place; a concealed repository
• ABDOMEN
n. 1676 obs. rare - fat deposited round the belly; the fleshy parts of the belly or paunch
• ABDOMINOUS
adj. 1640 - having a paunch or big belly; corpulent
• ABDUCE
vb. 1537 arch. - to lead or draw away by act or persuasion; to abduct
• ABDUCTEE
n. 1. 1832 - a person who has been abducted
n. 2. 1974 - someone supposedly abducted by aliens
• ABDUCTOR
n. 1809 - a person who abducts or illegally leads away
• ABDUL
n. 1. c1890 sl. - a Turk; Turks collectively
n. 2. 1910s sl., derogatory - an Afghan
n. 3. 1915 Aust. sl. - a nickname for a Turkish soldier, esp. during WWI
n. 4. 1916 US sl., derogatory - an Arab
• ABDULLAH
n. 1. 1915 Aust. sl. - a nickname for a Turkish soldier, esp. during WWI
n. 2. 1910s sl., derogatory - an Afghan
• ABDULLAH-WITH-THE-CONDIES
n. Bk1919 Aust. services' sl. - an Egyptian menial employed by 'Cairenes'
• ABE
n. 1. 19C Amer. dial., usually derogatory - a Jew
n. 2. 1900s Aust. criminals' sl. - the last of anything; the only example
n. 3. 1930s Amer. sl. - a five-dollar bill
n. 4. 1950s US drugs sl. - $5 worth of drugs
n. 5. 1966 Amer. dial. - a coin or currency note bearing the likeness of Abraham Lincoln
n. 6. Bk1971 Boonville California jargon - an irritable or low woman
• ABEAR
n. c1315 obs. rare - bearing, gesture, action, behaviour
vb. 1. c885 - to endure, to suffer, to tolerate
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - to bear, to carry; to raise up
vb. 3. 1596 obs. rare - to comport or demean oneself
• ABEARANCE
n. 1552 rare - behaviour, conduct
• ABEARING
n. 1454 obs. - the act of comporting or behaving oneself; behaviour, conduct
• ABEAT
adv. 1857 chiefly poetic usage - so as to beat, in a state of beating; especially said with reference to the heart
vb. a1000 obs. - to beat, to strike
• ABECEDARIAN
adj. 1. 1633 rare - characteristic of a person who is learning the alphabet, or who is engaged in elementary education
adj. 2. 1646 - pert. to the alphabet; arranged in alphabetical order
n. 1. 1603 - one occupied in learning the alphabet
n. 2. 1623 - one engaged in teaching the alphabet and merest rudiments of instruction
• ABECEDARY
adj. 1. 1580 - according to the alphabet; arranged in alphabetical order
adj. 2. 1589 rare - engaged with or needing to learn the alphabet; illiterate
n. 1. 1432-50 - a table or book containing the alphabet; a primer; the first rudiments of anything
n. 2. 1596 obs. - one learning or teaching the alphabet
n. 3. 1596 - the alphabet, esp. as written down in order
• ABECHE
vb. 1393 obs. rare - to feed
• ABECHED
adj. 1393 obs. rare - fed, satisfied
• ABED
adj. c1475 - confined to bed by illness; laid up
adv. c1000 - in bed
• ABEDE
n. c885 obs. - to announce, to deliver (a message)
• ABEDGE
vb. c1225 - to abide; to suffer
• ABEERE
adv. a1450 obs. - on, upon, or to a bier
• ABEFOIR
adv. 1609 Sc. - of before, of former times
• A-BEFORE
adv. 1431 Sc. - of before, of former times
• ABEIGH
adv. c1707 Sc. rare - at a shy distance, aloof
• ABEL AND CAIN
n. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. - rain
• ABELDE
vb. c1300 obs. rare - to wax bold, to become bolder
• ABELGHE
vb. a1000 obs. - to anger, to enrage; to offend
• ABE LINCOLN
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - a $5 bill
• ABE LINCOLN WAR
n. 1943 Amer. arch. or obs. - the Civil War
• ABELUNGU
n. 1836 now often derogatory or ironic - White people collectively
• ABEL-WACKIT
n. 1834 Amer. dial. - a light blow
• ABEQUITATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to ride away
• ABER
adj. 1. 1899 Sc. - eager, greedy
adj. 2. 1908 Sc. - sharp-sighted; keenly observant; watchful
vb. 1. 1916 Sc. - to stir up and make bright, as a fire
vb. 2. 1931 Sc. - to sharpen, as a knife
• ABERCROMBIE
n. 1. Bk1942 US sl. - one who strives at creating the impression of knowing all; a conceited person
n. 2. 2004 US sl. - a person devoted to prep-school fashions and style
• ABERDEEN CUTLET
n. 1890 sl. - a dried haddock
• ABERDEENS
n. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. - beans
• ABERDONIAN
adj. 1615 - pert. to Aberdeen; in later use with reference to the supposed parsimoniousness of people from Aberdeen
n. c1650 - a native of Aberdeen
• ABERE-MURDER
n. 1647 - plain or downright murder, as distinguished from manslaughter
• ABERGAVENNY
n. 19C Brit. rhyming sl. - a penny
• ABERGLAUBE
n. 1873 - belief beyond what is certain and verifiable
• ABERGOINS
n. Bk1850 Amer. - a corruption of ‘aborigines’ said to be common in the West among the illiterate, and which is used jocularly for Indians
• ABERNESS
n. 1922 Sc. - eagerness
• ABER NIT!
int. 1896 Amer. sl. - never! not!
• ABERR
vb. 1536 rare - to wander off, to go astray, to diverge from a recognized path
• ABERRANCE
n. 1665 - the act of straying or diverging from a recognized course; vagary
• ABERRANCY
n. 1646 - departure from the standard of usage, propriety, reason, truth, etc.
• ABERRANT
adj. 1. c1536 - deviating widely from the ordinary or natural type, exceptional, irregular, abnormal
adj. 2. 1778 - wandering away or straying from a defined path; hence, diverging or deviating from any moral standard
• ABERRATE
vb. 1749 rare - to diverge or deviate from the straight path
• ABERRATING
adj. 1790 - going astray, diverging
• ABERRATION
n. 1. 1594 - a wandering from the path of rectitude, or standard of morality; moral irregularity
n. 2. 1610-3 - a deviation or divergence from a direct, prescribed, or ordinary course of action
n. 3. 1615 - a wandering away; a straying; a deviation or divergence from the straight or recognized path
• ABERRATIONAL
adj. 1837 - pert. to aberration; eccentric, irrational, or unsound
• ABERSAY
n. 1877 Sc. obs. - the alphabet, A B C
• ABERUNCATE
vb. 1731 rare - to pull up by the roots; to remove utterly
• ABE'S CABE
n. 1930s Amer. sl. - a $5 bill
• ABESHE
vb. 1393 obs. rare - to feed
• ABESSED
adj. 1707 obs. - humbled, abased, cast down, debased. dejected
• ABET
n. 1. c1315 obs. - fraud, cunning, trickery, wiles
n. 2. c1330 obs. - the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed
vb. 1617 obs. - to bet, to wager
• ABETMENT
n. 1. a1325 - the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed
n. 2. 1533 - encouragement, instigation; assistance, aid, support
n. 3. 1586 obs. rare - deception, trickery
n. 4. 1615 obs. - a bet, betting, a wager
• ABETTAL
n. 1834 rare - the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed
• ABETTANCE
n. 1781 - the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed
• ABETTATOR
n. Bk1717 obs. - he that encourages
• ABETTER
n. 1457 - one who abets; an instigator, supporter, or promoter, usually of an offense, or of the offender
• ABETTES
n. Bk1852 - abbots
• ABETTOR
n. 1. 1387 - one who abets, instigates, or encourages to the committing of any offense
n. 2. 1569 - one who encourages, countenances, or supports another in any proceeding; one who supports or advocates an opinion or principle; a supporter, adherent, or advocate
• AB EXTRA
adv. 1610 - from without; from the outside
• ABEY
vb. 1. 1073 obs. - to bend, to bow, to make obedient
vb. 2. c1300 obs. - to bend, to bow; to submit, to yield, to render obedience
vb. 3. 1866 - to put in abeyance; to suspend; to put aside
• ABEYANCE
n. 1593 - temporary inactivity or disuse; suspension; latent condition
• ABEYANT
adj. 1822 - that is in a state of abeyance or suspension; dormant; latent
• A.B.F.
n. 1910s sl. - the last drink of a session (Absolutely Bloody Final)
• ABFAB
adj. 1950s sl., orig. Aust. teen usage - absolutely fabulous; first-rate, very attractive
adj. 1991 US sl. - abnormal
n. Bk1994 surfing sl. - an abnormal person; a weirdo
• ABBA
adj. Bk1921 sl. - vile; silly
n. 1. 1382 - a religious superior; father; the title of bishops, patriarchs, and heads of monasteries in some Eastern churches
n. 2. Bk1921 sl. - a non-unionist
n. 3. 1955 Anglo-Indian - one's father; a father; often used as a form of address
vb. Bk1913 S. Afr. - to carry on the back as a mother does her child
• ABBACEE
n. 1922 Sc. - alphabet
• ABBACY
n. 1469 Sc. obs. - an abbey
• ABBA-DABBA
adj. 1975 US sl. - dark-skinned, esp. Arabic
n. 1961 US sl. - chatter, gossip
• ABBADISSE
n. c855 obs. - an abbess
• ABBA FATHER
n. 1611 - a bishop in the Syriac and Coptic Churches
• ABBAS
n. 1550 - a religious or spiritual leader; an abbot
• ABBASE
n. 1297 obs. - an abbess
• ABBAT
n. c1130 obs. - the chief ruler of an abbey
• ABBATE
n. 1750 - an Italian abbot; also, a priest or clergyman in minor orders; esp. one without an assigned ecclesiastical duty, formerly often acting as a professor, private tutor, etc.; also as a title
• ABBATESSE; ABBATISSE; ABBODESSE; ABBODISSE; ABBOTESS
n. c855 obs. - an abbess
• ABBATIAL
adj. 1445 - belonging to an abbey, abbot, or abbess
• ABBATICAL
adj. 1655 - belonging to an abbey, abbot, or abbess
• ABBATIS
n. Bk1775 - a steward of the stables, a groom
• ABBÉ
n. 1530 - in French contexts: an abbot; also, a priest or clergyman in minor orders
• ABBED
adj. 2002 UK sl. - having well-defined abdominal muscles
• ABBESS
n. 1. 1297 - the female superior of a nunnery or convent of women, having the same authority over nuns that an abbot has over monks
n. 2. 1594 colloq. - a woman in charge of a brothel; a bawd; a madame; a procuress
• ABBEVILLIAN
n. 1863 obs. - a native or inhabitant of Abbeville, a commune in the Somme department of northern France
• ABBEY
n. 1950 US sl. - a swindler who impersonates a priest
• ABBEY CLOGS
n. M19 UK criminals' sl. - chains or fetters worn by a criminal
• ABBEY COUNTER
n. 1823 rare - a medal presented to a pilgrim on visiting a shrine
• ABBEY-CROAKER
n. M19 UK criminals' sl. - the chaplain of Newgate
• ABBEY LABOURER
n. 1655 obs. - an industrious monk, as opposed to an 'abbey-lubber'
• ABBEY LAIRD
n. 1700 obs., chiefly Sc. - a jocular name for a bankrupt; a debtor who took sanctuary from his creditors in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, a privilege abolished in 1880
• ABBEY-LOON
n. 1509 sl. - an idler; a vagabond; orig. a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house
• ABBEY-LUBBER
n. 1. 1509 - an idler, a vagabond; orig. (prior to the Reformation), a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house
n. 2. c1750 nautical sl. - a lazy, thriftless person
• ABBEY-LUBBER-LIKE
adj. 1570 obs. - lazy, thriftless, ne'er-do-well
• ABBEY MAN
n. 1483 - a member of a monastery; a monk
• ABBEY-MONGER
n. 1679 derogatory - a person owing the property of a former abbey, after the dissolution of the monasteries
• ABBEY-STEAD
n. 1620 rare - the site or grounds of an abbey or former abbey
• ABBIE
n. 20C US sl. & colloq. - a nickname for a Jewish male
• ABBLE
adj. 1880 Sc. - weakly
• ABBOD
n. c880 obs. - an abbot
• ABBOT
n. 1. c1123 - the head or superior of an abbey - after the dissolution of the monasteries, sometimes applied to the layman to whom the revenues of an abbacy were impropriated
n. 2. 1591 sl. - a bawd's man; a brothel-keepers' husband or lover; a ponce
n. 3. 1734 now hist. - in Italy: a high-ranking magistrate of a city or republic; spec., esp. in the Republic of Genoa: the chief magistrate
n. 4. 1835 UK criminals' sl. - a prison warden
n. 5. 20C US drugs sl. - Nembutal™, a barbiturate
• ABBOTESS
n. a1000 - an abbess
• ABBOT ON THE CROSS
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. - a pimp or brothel owner who runs a brothel for the purpose of robbery or extortion more than for prostitution
n. 2. 19C Brit. sl. - the bully of a brothel; one employed by a brothel as a bodyguard for prostitutes; a brothel 'bouncer'
• ABBOTT
n. 1971 US sl. - a capsule of pentobarbital sodium, a central nervous system depressant
• ABBOTT'S LODGE
n. M19 sl. - the King's Bench prison
• ABBOTT'S PARK
n. M19 sl. - the King's Bench prison
• ABBOTT'S PRIORY
n. c1820 sl. - the King's Bench Prison
• ABBOTT'S TEETH
n. 19C - the spikes that topped the prison wall at the King's Bench prison
• ABBOZZO
n. 1. 1846 obs. rare - an outline or draft of a speech or piece of writing
n. 2. 1849 - a preliminary sketch for a painting or other work of art; a rough drawing; a cartoon
• ABBREVIARIST
n. 1679 obs. rare - one who makes an epitome or compendium
• ABBREVIATE
adj. c1425 - shortened, contracted
n. 1. 1531 chiefly Sc. - an abstract, an abridgement, a summary
n. 2. 1607 - an abbreviation of a word, phrase, or name
• ABBREVIATED PIECE OF NOTHING
n. 20C Amer. sl. - a worthless or insignificant person or thing
• ABBREVIATELY
adv. 1599 - in an abbreviated manner or form; shortly, briefly, concisely
• ABBREVIATOR
n. 1529 - one who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens; one who summarizes; also, a person given to the use of abbreviations
• ABBREVIATORY
adj. 1765 rare - tending to abbreviate or shorten
• ABBREVIATURE
n. 1. 1614 obs. - an abbreviated or shortened state, condition, or form; shortness
n. 2. c1630 - an abbreviated or contracted form of a word or phrase; a contraction, an abbreviation
n. 3. 1650 - an abbreviated or abridged copy
n. 4. 1659 obs. - the process of abbreviating; abbreviation, shortening
• ABBREVY
vb. 1483 obs. rare - to abbreviate, to abridge
• A-B-BUFF
n. 1882 Sc. - the alphabet
• ABBY
n. 20C colloq. - an Abyssinian cat
• ABBY SINGER
n. 1990 US sl. - in television and film-making: the next-to-last shot of the day
• A.B.C.
n. 1. L17 sl. - the vagina
n. 2. 1962 sl.. orig. African-American - one's best and most trustworthy friend
• ABC
adj. 2004 US childish sl. - of a piece of chewing gum: already been chewed
n. 1. c1325 - the alphabet
n. 2. 1920s Irish sl. - scorch marks on one's legs
n. 3. 1940s African-American sl. - a liquor store (American Business College)
n. 4. 1968 Aust. sl. - an Australian-born Chinese
n. 5. 1984 US sl. - an American-born Chinese
n. 6. 1988 US sl. - in poker: the ace, two, and three
vb. 1611 obs. - to say the alphabet or letters of the alphabet
• THE ABC
n. Bk1909 sl. - the female pudendum
• ABC AD
n. 1973 US sl. - a newspaper advertisement listing shows in alphabetical order
• ABCAP
vb. M19 UK criminals' sl. - to get, to obtain
• ABC BOY
n. 1545 - 'a pupil of the very first beginning'
• ABC CLASS
n. 1804 - the entry grade in a primary school
• ABCDARIAN
n. 1. 1603 - one occupied in learning the alphabet
n. 2. 1691 - one engaged in teaching the alphabet and merest rudiments of instruction
• ABCDARY
n. 1607 - one learning or teaching the alphabet
• ABC GUM
n. Amer. sl. - gum that has already been chewed
• AB CHASER
n. Bk1971 Boonville California jargon - a resident of the coastal area
• ABCING YOU
phr. 1947 US sl. - used as a farewell
• ABC'S
n. 1949 US sl. - underwear
• ABD
n. 1954 Amer. - a student who has completed all the work required for the award of a doctorate, except for the dissertation (all but dissertation)
• ABDABS
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage - 'afters'; the second course, if any
• THE ABDABS
n. 1. 1940s sl. - empty chatter, nonsense
n. 2. 1946 UK sl. - a condition of anxiety; uneasiness, nervousness; also, but rarely, delirium tremens or a state of enraged frustration
• ABDAR
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian - a teetotaller
• ABDELI
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian - a hypocrite, a canting preacher; a fastidious or false zealot
• ABDERIAN
adj. 18C - given to incessant or continued laughter; inclined to foolish or excessive merriment; foolish, silly
• ABDERITE
n. Bk1827 - a stupid, narrow-minded person; the inhabitants of Abders, a maritime town in Thrace, were anciently proverbial for their stupidity; a scoffer
• ABDICABLE
adj. 1879 rare - capable of being abdicated or renounced
• ABDICANT
n. 1836 - one who abdicates; a person who renounces a position, office, etc.
• ABDICATE
vb. 1. 1532 obs. - to proclaim or declare to be no longer one's own; to disown, to cast off; to disown or disinherit a child
vb. 2. 1941 homosexual sl. - to leave a public lavatory in which one is soliciting to avoid interrogation by its attendant or a police officer
• ABDICATED
adj. 1940s homosexual sl. - ordered out of the public lavatory where one is looking for sex
• ABDICATOR
n. 1. 1593 obs. - a person who advocates, instigates, or participates in the abdication of another from a position or office
n. 2. 1689 - a person who renounces a position, office, responsibility, etc.; esp. a monarch who renounces the throne
• ABDIEL
n. Bk1903 - a faithful follower of a cause
• ABDITE
adj. 1635 obs. rare - hidden away; put out of the way
• ABDITIVE
adj. 1. 1727 obs. rare - hidden
adj. 2. 1755 - having the power or quality of hiding or concealing
• ABDITORY
n. 1658 - a hidden or withdrawn place; a concealed repository
• ABDOMEN
n. 1676 obs. rare - fat deposited round the belly; the fleshy parts of the belly or paunch
• ABDOMINOUS
adj. 1640 - having a paunch or big belly; corpulent
• ABDUCE
vb. 1537 arch. - to lead or draw away by act or persuasion; to abduct
• ABDUCTEE
n. 1. 1832 - a person who has been abducted
n. 2. 1974 - someone supposedly abducted by aliens
• ABDUCTOR
n. 1809 - a person who abducts or illegally leads away
• ABDUL
n. 1. c1890 sl. - a Turk; Turks collectively
n. 2. 1910s sl., derogatory - an Afghan
n. 3. 1915 Aust. sl. - a nickname for a Turkish soldier, esp. during WWI
n. 4. 1916 US sl., derogatory - an Arab
• ABDULLAH
n. 1. 1915 Aust. sl. - a nickname for a Turkish soldier, esp. during WWI
n. 2. 1910s sl., derogatory - an Afghan
• ABDULLAH-WITH-THE-CONDIES
n. Bk1919 Aust. services' sl. - an Egyptian menial employed by 'Cairenes'
• ABE
n. 1. 19C Amer. dial., usually derogatory - a Jew
n. 2. 1900s Aust. criminals' sl. - the last of anything; the only example
n. 3. 1930s Amer. sl. - a five-dollar bill
n. 4. 1950s US drugs sl. - $5 worth of drugs
n. 5. 1966 Amer. dial. - a coin or currency note bearing the likeness of Abraham Lincoln
n. 6. Bk1971 Boonville California jargon - an irritable or low woman
• ABEAR
n. c1315 obs. rare - bearing, gesture, action, behaviour
vb. 1. c885 - to endure, to suffer, to tolerate
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - to bear, to carry; to raise up
vb. 3. 1596 obs. rare - to comport or demean oneself
• ABEARANCE
n. 1552 rare - behaviour, conduct
• ABEARING
n. 1454 obs. - the act of comporting or behaving oneself; behaviour, conduct
• ABEAT
adv. 1857 chiefly poetic usage - so as to beat, in a state of beating; especially said with reference to the heart
vb. a1000 obs. - to beat, to strike
• ABECEDARIAN
adj. 1. 1633 rare - characteristic of a person who is learning the alphabet, or who is engaged in elementary education
adj. 2. 1646 - pert. to the alphabet; arranged in alphabetical order
n. 1. 1603 - one occupied in learning the alphabet
n. 2. 1623 - one engaged in teaching the alphabet and merest rudiments of instruction
• ABECEDARY
adj. 1. 1580 - according to the alphabet; arranged in alphabetical order
adj. 2. 1589 rare - engaged with or needing to learn the alphabet; illiterate
n. 1. 1432-50 - a table or book containing the alphabet; a primer; the first rudiments of anything
n. 2. 1596 obs. - one learning or teaching the alphabet
n. 3. 1596 - the alphabet, esp. as written down in order
• ABECHE
vb. 1393 obs. rare - to feed
• ABECHED
adj. 1393 obs. rare - fed, satisfied
• ABED
adj. c1475 - confined to bed by illness; laid up
adv. c1000 - in bed
• ABEDE
n. c885 obs. - to announce, to deliver (a message)
• ABEDGE
vb. c1225 - to abide; to suffer
• ABEERE
adv. a1450 obs. - on, upon, or to a bier
• ABEFOIR
adv. 1609 Sc. - of before, of former times
• A-BEFORE
adv. 1431 Sc. - of before, of former times
• ABEIGH
adv. c1707 Sc. rare - at a shy distance, aloof
• ABEL AND CAIN
n. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. - rain
• ABELDE
vb. c1300 obs. rare - to wax bold, to become bolder
• ABELGHE
vb. a1000 obs. - to anger, to enrage; to offend
• ABE LINCOLN
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - a $5 bill
• ABE LINCOLN WAR
n. 1943 Amer. arch. or obs. - the Civil War
• ABELUNGU
n. 1836 now often derogatory or ironic - White people collectively
• ABEL-WACKIT
n. 1834 Amer. dial. - a light blow
• ABEQUITATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to ride away
• ABER
adj. 1. 1899 Sc. - eager, greedy
adj. 2. 1908 Sc. - sharp-sighted; keenly observant; watchful
vb. 1. 1916 Sc. - to stir up and make bright, as a fire
vb. 2. 1931 Sc. - to sharpen, as a knife
• ABERCROMBIE
n. 1. Bk1942 US sl. - one who strives at creating the impression of knowing all; a conceited person
n. 2. 2004 US sl. - a person devoted to prep-school fashions and style
• ABERDEEN CUTLET
n. 1890 sl. - a dried haddock
• ABERDEENS
n. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. - beans
• ABERDONIAN
adj. 1615 - pert. to Aberdeen; in later use with reference to the supposed parsimoniousness of people from Aberdeen
n. c1650 - a native of Aberdeen
• ABERE-MURDER
n. 1647 - plain or downright murder, as distinguished from manslaughter
• ABERGAVENNY
n. 19C Brit. rhyming sl. - a penny
• ABERGLAUBE
n. 1873 - belief beyond what is certain and verifiable
• ABERGOINS
n. Bk1850 Amer. - a corruption of ‘aborigines’ said to be common in the West among the illiterate, and which is used jocularly for Indians
• ABERNESS
n. 1922 Sc. - eagerness
• ABER NIT!
int. 1896 Amer. sl. - never! not!
• ABERR
vb. 1536 rare - to wander off, to go astray, to diverge from a recognized path
• ABERRANCE
n. 1665 - the act of straying or diverging from a recognized course; vagary
• ABERRANCY
n. 1646 - departure from the standard of usage, propriety, reason, truth, etc.
• ABERRANT
adj. 1. c1536 - deviating widely from the ordinary or natural type, exceptional, irregular, abnormal
adj. 2. 1778 - wandering away or straying from a defined path; hence, diverging or deviating from any moral standard
• ABERRATE
vb. 1749 rare - to diverge or deviate from the straight path
• ABERRATING
adj. 1790 - going astray, diverging
• ABERRATION
n. 1. 1594 - a wandering from the path of rectitude, or standard of morality; moral irregularity
n. 2. 1610-3 - a deviation or divergence from a direct, prescribed, or ordinary course of action
n. 3. 1615 - a wandering away; a straying; a deviation or divergence from the straight or recognized path
• ABERRATIONAL
adj. 1837 - pert. to aberration; eccentric, irrational, or unsound
• ABERSAY
n. 1877 Sc. obs. - the alphabet, A B C
• ABERUNCATE
vb. 1731 rare - to pull up by the roots; to remove utterly
• ABE'S CABE
n. 1930s Amer. sl. - a $5 bill
• ABESHE
vb. 1393 obs. rare - to feed
• ABESSED
adj. 1707 obs. - humbled, abased, cast down, debased. dejected
• ABET
n. 1. c1315 obs. - fraud, cunning, trickery, wiles
n. 2. c1330 obs. - the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed
vb. 1617 obs. - to bet, to wager
• ABETMENT
n. 1. a1325 - the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed
n. 2. 1533 - encouragement, instigation; assistance, aid, support
n. 3. 1586 obs. rare - deception, trickery
n. 4. 1615 obs. - a bet, betting, a wager
• ABETTAL
n. 1834 rare - the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed
• ABETTANCE
n. 1781 - the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed
• ABETTATOR
n. Bk1717 obs. - he that encourages
• ABETTER
n. 1457 - one who abets; an instigator, supporter, or promoter, usually of an offense, or of the offender
• ABETTES
n. Bk1852 - abbots
• ABETTOR
n. 1. 1387 - one who abets, instigates, or encourages to the committing of any offense
n. 2. 1569 - one who encourages, countenances, or supports another in any proceeding; one who supports or advocates an opinion or principle; a supporter, adherent, or advocate
• AB EXTRA
adv. 1610 - from without; from the outside
• ABEY
vb. 1. 1073 obs. - to bend, to bow, to make obedient
vb. 2. c1300 obs. - to bend, to bow; to submit, to yield, to render obedience
vb. 3. 1866 - to put in abeyance; to suspend; to put aside
• ABEYANCE
n. 1593 - temporary inactivity or disuse; suspension; latent condition
• ABEYANT
adj. 1822 - that is in a state of abeyance or suspension; dormant; latent
• A.B.F.
n. 1910s sl. - the last drink of a session (Absolutely Bloody Final)
• ABFAB
adj. 1950s sl., orig. Aust. teen usage - absolutely fabulous; first-rate, very attractive
ABG - ABN
• ABGREGATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to disperse, as it were to lead out of the flock; to lead away
• ABGREGATION
n. 1731 obs. rare - a separation from the flock
• A.B.H.
n. 2000s sl. - a beating up (Actual Bodily Harm)
• ABHOMINAL
adj. 1477 obs. - unworthy of a man; inhuman, abominable, detestable
• ABHOMINALTY
n. 1483 obs. rare - an abominable or inhuman deed
• ABHORFUL
adj. 1565 obs. - repugnant, hateful
• ABHORFULNESS
n. 1556 obs. - abhorrence, disgust
• ABHORMENT
n. 1576 rare - the action of abhorring; detestation
• ABHORRANT
n. Bk1880 - a person who abhors
• ABHORRATION
n. 1628 - extreme loathing or disgust; an object of disgust; an abomination
• ABHORRENCE FROM FLORENCE
n. Bk1945 jive sl. - a jerk
• ABHORRENCY
n. 1. 1592 obs. - a deviation or divergence
n. 2. 1605 obs. - the state of being abhorrent, or of holding a thing in hatred and disgust; extreme repugnance or dislike
n. 3. 1729 obs. - a thing abhorrent to one
• ABHORRER
n. 1538 - one who abhors or hates
• ABHORRIBLE
adj. 1602 - to be abhorred, detestable, abominable
• ABHORRITION
n. 1649 obs. rare - the act of abhorring, abhorrence
• ABIDABLE
adj. 1611 rare - capable of being borne or endured
• ABIDAL
n. 1850 obs. rare - the act of abiding; abode, stay, residence
• ABIDANCE
n. 1607 - abiding; dwelling, stay; continuance
• ABIDE
n. 1. c1330 obs. - delay, tarrying
n. 2. 1615 chiefly Sc. usage - stay, abiding; a period of residence
vb. 1. a1000 rare - to wait for, to await; to remain ready for, to watch for, to expect
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - to stop; to come to a halt
vb. 3. a1402 obs. - to linger over a task
• ABIDER
n. 1. 1435 obs. rare - a person who is steadfast, or who perseveres
n. 2. 1440 rare - a person who stays in a place; a dweller; a resident
n. 3. 1499 obs. - a person who waits, awaits, or tarries
n. 4. a1586 obs. - a person who stands firm, or who sustains or withstands an attack
n. 5. 1611 - one who dwells; a dweller; a resident; an inhabitant
• ABIDINGLY
adv. 1530 obs. rare - assiduously, patiently
• ABIE
n. 1. 1914 Amer. dial., usually derogatory - a Jew
n. 2. 1938 US sl. - a radio personality or entertainer who is a sure money maker
n. 3. 1940s African-American sl. - a tailor
n. 4. 1968 Amer. dial. - a stingy person
• ABIE KABIBBLE
n. 1. 1910s US sl. - a Jew
n. 2. 1932 Amer. dial. - an unassimilated Jewish immigrant
• ABIEL
adv. 1820 Sc. - in shelter
• ABIE LINCOLN
adj. 1988 UK rhyming sl. for 'stinking' - disgusting, contemptible
• ABIES
prep. 1. 1825 Sc. - in comparison with
prep. 2. 1928 Sc. - except
prep. 3. 1930 Sc. - in addition to, besides
• ABIGAIL
adj. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - old, ugly, unattractive
n. 1. 1616 arch. & hist. - a waiting woman; a lady's maid; a female servant or attendant
n. 2. 1906 Aust. sl. - a waitress
n. 3. 1972 homosexual sl. - an aging, conservative homosexual; a staid, traditional, middle-aged homosexual man
n. 4. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - an abortion
• ABIGATE
vb. 1657 obs. rare - to drive away
• ABIGEUS
n. Bk1775 - a thief who has stolen cattle; an abactor
• ABIGEVUS
n. Bk1726 - a thief who has stolen many cattle
• ABILIMENT
n. 1589 obs. - clothing appropriate for someone's job, status, etc.
• ABILIMENTS
n. 1422 obs. - warlike munitions and accoutrements, things made able for war
• ABILITATE
vb. 1627 rare - to give ability or fitness; to enable
• ABILITATION
n. 1647 rare - a rendering fit or able, a communication of ability
• ABILITY
n. 1. c1380 obs. - suitableness, fitness, aptitude
n. 2. 1473 obs. - bodily power, strength
n. 3. c1503 obs. - personal wealth, means; pecuniary power
n. 4. 1505 obs. - sexual potency
• ABILTY
n. 1768 Sc. obs. - ability
• ABIME
n. a1300 obs. - an abyss
• AB INITIO
adj. 1836 - initial, primary, elementary
adv. 1600 - from the beginning
• AB INTRA
adv. 1642 rare - from within; from the inside
• ABISELFA
n. 1840 Amer. dial. - the letter "a" (a-by-itself-a)
• ABISHAG
n. a1821 thieves' sl. - the bastard child of a woman who has been seduced and abandoned by a married man
• ABITE
vb. 1. c1000 obs. - to bite, to nip, to taste; also, of the wind: to tear something to pieces
vb. 2. a1000 - to consume or partake of food; to taste
• ABITION
n. 1. a1500 obs rare - a division of opinion; a disagreement
n. 2. 1656 obs. rare - a going away or dying
• ABJECT
adj. 1. a1425 obs. rare - cast off, rejected; cast out, expelled
adj. 2. c1430 - of low repute; despicable, wretched; self-abasing, servile, obsequious
adj. 3. c1450 rare - cast down; brought low; downtrodden, desperate
adj. 4. c1450 obs. - of goods or commodities: of poor quality or little value; inferior, base
n. 1528 - one cast off; a castaway; an outcast; a base, contemptible, despicable, or degraded person; a person of the lowest social condition; a social pariah, a humble servant; a servile person; one who, whatever his rank, is morally vile to an extent which might have been expected to exist only in miserable outcasts
• ABJECTATE
vb. 1. c1475 obs. - to cast off, to throw off or away, to cast out, to exclude, to reject
vb. 2. 1731 obs. - to cast or throw down; hence, to lower, to degrade, to abase, to debase
• ABJECTED
adj. 1633 obs. - cast off, rejected, cast down, dispirited
n. 1555 rare - an outcast; an exile
• ABJECTEDNESS
n. 1660 obs. - downcast condition; abasement
• ABJECTION
n. 1. 1447 obs. - that which is cast off or away; refuse, scum, dregs
n. 2. c1525 obs. - the act of casting down; abasement, humiliation, degradation
n. 3. 1529 rare - the act of casting out or away; rejection
• ABJECTIVE
adj. 1865 obs. rare - tending to lower or demoralize
• ABJUDGE
vb. 1654 obs. - to take a thing away from a person by judgement
• ABJUDICATE
vb. 1. 1602 rare - to pass judgement against; to reject or disallow; to prohibit
vb. 2. 1666 - to take a thing away from a person by judgement
• ABJUDICATION
n. 1623 rare - an act of taking away by judicial decision; also, the act of passing judgement against a person or thing
• ABJUGATE
vb. 1731 rare - to unyoke, to uncouple; to free
• ABJUNCT
adj. 1610 obs. rare - disjoined, disconnected, severed
• ABJUNCTIVE
adj. 1832 obs. rare - of a disconnected or isolated character; exceptional
• ABJURATION
n. 1. a1325 - an oath before a justice or coroner undertaking to leave the country for ever, made by a criminal in order to escape punishment, after taking sanctuary in a church, etc.
n. 2. a1439 - renunciation on oath; forswearing, esp. of heretical opinions
• ABJURE
vb. 1. 1430 - to renounce on oath, to forswear; to withdraw, retract, or recant a heresy or other opinion or position formerly held
vb. 2. a1475 - to reject or repudiate on oath; to renounce or disavow a thing
vb. 3. a1475 - to swear to leave a place for ever
vb. 4. 1603 obs. rare - to cause to leave one's country for ever, to banish
• ABJUREMENT
n. 1594 - abjuration, renunciation
• ABJURER
n. 1583 - one who abjures or forswears; one who solemnly renounces, repudiates, or gives up
• ABKAR
n. Bk1898 - in India; a maker or retailer of spirituous drinks
• ABLACH
n. 1. 1725 Sc. - a mangled carcass
n. 2. 1788 Sc. - a person of untidy habits and clumsy, ungainly demeanour; a pitiless person; a useless person
n. 3. 1790 Sc. obs. - a contemptible person; a dwarf
n. 4. 1825 Sc. - a particle, a bit, a fragment
n. 5. 1852 Sc. - an insignificant, worthless person; an incapable person
n. 6. 1875 Sc. - a body not necessarily dead but maimed or reduced to a pitiable condition
• ABLACK
n. 1852 Sc. - an insignificant, worthless person; an incapable person
• ABLACTATE
vb. 1754 obs. rare - to wean from the breast
• ABLACTATION
n. a1500 - the weaning of a child, or other young mammal from the mother
• ABLACTED
adj. 1623 obs. rare - that has been weaned
• ABLANDISHMENT
n. 1728 obs. rare - blandishment
• ABLAQUEATE
vb. c1420 rare - to loosen or remove the soil round the roots of trees, so as to let their fibres spread out; a term of Roman husbandry
• ABLAQUEATION
n. c1420 rare - the breaking up or removal of the soil around the roots of trees; the laying bare of roots
• ABLAST
vb. a1000 obs. rare - to blow upon or at
• ABLATE
vb. a1475 rare - to take away, to remove
• ABLATION
n. c1440 - the act or process of carrying away or removing; removal
• ABLATITIOUS
adj. 1647 rare - having the quality or character of a withdrawal or deduction
• ABLATIVE
adj. a1500 rare - pert. to taking away or removing
• ABLAZE
adj. 1. a1676 - that is on fire; burning vigorously
adj. 2. 1819 - highly excited or charged with emotion; passionately enthusiastic or vehement
adv. 1. 1393 - in a flame, in a flame
adv. 2. c1840 - in the full glow of excitement
adv. 3. 1851 - in flashing or brilliant colours; gleaming
• ABLE
adj. 1. a1382 obs. - suitable, fit, or appropriate for some purpose; suited, adapted, fitted
adj. 2. c1384 obs. - of a person: susceptible to persuasion; compliant, obedient; accommodating, gracious
adj. 3. a1398 Sc. obs. - liable, apt, likely to do something
adj. 4. 1495 obs. - legally capable or qualified
adj. 5. a1500 obs. rare - seemly, proper
adj. 6. 1741 obs. rare - of a thing: easy to handle or u se; manageable, convenient
adj. 7. 1516 Sc. & Eng. dial. - well-to-do, rich, influential, powerful
adj. 8. 1766 Sc. - substantial
adj. 9. 1931 Sc. - shrewd, clever in looking after one's own interests
adj. 10. 1980 Can. - strong, capable, courageous
adv. a1525 Sc. rare - possibly, perhaps
vb. 1. a1400 obs. - to fit, to adapt; to prepare, to make ready
vb. 2. 1449 obs. - to fit out or equip a person; to dress
vb. 3. 1409 obs. - to empower legally; to make legally valid or effective
vb. 4. 1489 obs. - to warrant, to vouch for; to aver, to confirm
• ABLE AND CABLE
phr. 1950s African-American sl. - ready and willing
• ABLECTICK
adj. 1656 obs. rare - set our or prepared for sale
n. 1623 obs. rare - anything set out or prepared for sale
• ABLED
adj. 1576 obs. - capable; vigorous, thriving
• ABLE DEALER
n. Bk1910 Ireland - a schemer
• ABLEEGED
adj. 1879 Sc. - obliged
• ABLEEZE
adv. 1819 Sc. - blazing
• ABLE GABLE
n. Bk1942 US sl. - an admirable or handsome male
• ABLEGATE
vb. 1621 obs. rare - to send abroad or to a distance; to banish
• ABLEGATION
n. 1615 rare - dispatch, expulsion, banishment; dismissal
• ABLE GRABLE
n. 1. Bk1942 US sl. - a sexually attractive girl; an admirable female
n. 2. 1946 US sl. - an accomplished performer
• ABLELESS
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - incompetent, careless, listless, awkward
• ABLEMENT
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bodily strength
• ABLEMOST
adj. 1614 obs. rare - ablest, most able
• ABLEND
vb. c1000 obs. - to dazzle, to take away the sight temporarily; to blind the moral vision
• ABLENESS
n. 1. c1390 obs. - the quality of being able; ability
n. 2. a1425 obs. - merit, worthiness
• ABLEPSY
n. 1616 obs. rare, literary usage - blindness, physical or mental
• ABLES
adv. 1673 Sc. & Eng. dial. rare - perhaps, possibly
• ABLE SEAMAN
n. 1661 - a sailor capable of performing all duties
• ABLESOME
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - wealthy, well-to-do
• ABLESSE
n. 1598 obs. rare - ableness
• ABLE SUGAR
adj. 20C US military sl. - crazy or out of order; haywire
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE
adj. 1932 Aust. sl. - morally reprehensible, despicable
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE BELLY
phr. 1920s sl., orig. Aust. - used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE'S BELLY WITH A TOP HAT (ON)
phr. 1959 sl., orig. Aust. - used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE'S BELLY WITH STILTS ON
phr. 1920s sl., orig. Aust. - used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics
• ABLE TO EAT A CORN ON THE COB THROUGH A KNOT HOLE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A CORN ON THE COB THROUGH A PALING FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A CORN ON THE COB THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A CORN ON THE COB THROUGH WIRE NETTING
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH A KNOT HOLE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH A PALING FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH WIRE NETTING
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A KNOT HOLE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A PALING FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH WIRE NETTING
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A SLICE OF WATERMELON THROUGH A KNOT HOLE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A SLICE OF WATERMELON THROUGH A PALING FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A SLICE OF WATERMELON THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A SLICE OF WATERMELON THROUGH WIRE NETTING
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO KICK THE EYE OUT OF A MOSQUITO
adj. L19 sl., orig. US - of a person: supremely competent
• ABLE TO SET UP AN' EAT A FEW PORRIDGES
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - convalescent, or in good health
• ABLE WHACKETS
n. 1785 nautical sl. - a popular sailor's game with cards, wherein the loser is beaten over the palms of the hands with a handkerchief twisted like a rope
• ABLICH
n. 1790 Sc. - an insignificant, worthless person; an incapable person
• ABLIGATE
vb. 1615 obs. - to bind or tie up
• ABLIGATION
n. 1836 obs. - a tying up or securing something
• ABLIGURIE
n. 1623 obs. rare - prodigal expense on meat and drink
• ABLIGURITION
n. 1724 obs. rare - prodigal expense on meat and drink
• ABLIND
vb. c1175 obs. - to grow blind
• ABLING
n. c1450 rare - the act of preparing, fitting, or empowering
• ABLINGS; ABLINS
adv. 1597-1605 - in a manner that is able to be; possibly, perhaps
• ABLISH
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - somewhat able
• ABLOCATE
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to let out to hire
• ABLOCATION
n. 1663 obs. rare - a letting out or hiring out for money
• ABLOOM
adj. 1729 - covered with flowers; that is in bloom
adv. 1855 rare - in or into bloom
• ABLOW
adj. 1. 1838 chiefly poetic usage - blooming, full of flowers
adj. 2. 1905 rare, chiefly poetic usage - of the wind: blowing
adv. 1829 Sc. - below, beneath, lower down
prep. 1. 1864 Sc. - under, below
prep. 2. 1885 Sc. - on the lower side or part of; lower down in
vb. 1. c1000 obs. - to blow or breathe up or into
vb. 2. c1000 obs. - to puff up, to swell
• ABLOY
adj. c1400 obs. rare - overjoyed; carried away with joy
• ABLUDE
vb. 1610 rare - to be unlike, to differ, to be out of keeping
• A-BLUSH
adv. 1852 - blushing, ruddy
• ABLUTE
vb. 1703 colloq. - to wash oneself or a part of the body
• ABLUTED
adj. 1650 - washed away, washed clean; also, worn away by washing
• ABLUTION
n. 1. 1664 - the act of washing clean; the washing or cleansing of one's person
n. 2. 1671 obs. - a lotion
• ABLUTIONARY
adj. 1761 - pert. to washing the body, or parts of it
• ABLUTIONS
n. 1955 military sl. - a building or room containing washing facilities and toilets
• ABLUVION
n. 1805 US obs. - that which is washed away
• ABNEGATE
vb. 1. 1543 - to deny oneself anything; to renounce or surrender a right or privilege
vb. 2. 1616 - to renounce or abjure; to deny
• ABNEGATION
n. 1. 1554 obs. - denial, negation; refusal, formal rejection
n. 2. 1639 - denial of anything to oneself; self-denial; renunciation of rights, things esteemed, etc.
• ABNEGATIVE
adj. 1778 rare - denying; renouncing; negative
• ABNEGATOR
n. 1605 - a person who abnegates, denies, or renounces something
• ABNODATE
vb. 1656 obs. rare - to prune trees, etc.
• ABNODATION
n. 1658 obs. rare - the act of cutting away knots from trees; a gardening term
• ABNORMALIST
n. 1888 rare - a person concerned with or interested in unusual or abnormal things
• ABNORMALITY
n. c1880 sl. - a person of crooked ways, an informer, a deformed or humpbacked person
• ABNORMALIZE
vb. 1849 - to make abnormal
• ABNORMETH
n. c1880 sl. - a person of crooked ways, an informer, a deformed or humpbacked person
• ABNORMOUS
adj. 1710 rare - irregular, misshapen
• ABNOXIOUS
adj. 1. 1680 obs. - hurtful, injurious
adj. 2. 1682 - offensive, objectionable, odious, highly disagreeable or unpleasant
• ABNUTIVE
adj. a1682 obs. rare - negative; implying denial or refusal
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to disperse, as it were to lead out of the flock; to lead away
• ABGREGATION
n. 1731 obs. rare - a separation from the flock
• A.B.H.
n. 2000s sl. - a beating up (Actual Bodily Harm)
• ABHOMINAL
adj. 1477 obs. - unworthy of a man; inhuman, abominable, detestable
• ABHOMINALTY
n. 1483 obs. rare - an abominable or inhuman deed
• ABHORFUL
adj. 1565 obs. - repugnant, hateful
• ABHORFULNESS
n. 1556 obs. - abhorrence, disgust
• ABHORMENT
n. 1576 rare - the action of abhorring; detestation
• ABHORRANT
n. Bk1880 - a person who abhors
• ABHORRATION
n. 1628 - extreme loathing or disgust; an object of disgust; an abomination
• ABHORRENCE FROM FLORENCE
n. Bk1945 jive sl. - a jerk
• ABHORRENCY
n. 1. 1592 obs. - a deviation or divergence
n. 2. 1605 obs. - the state of being abhorrent, or of holding a thing in hatred and disgust; extreme repugnance or dislike
n. 3. 1729 obs. - a thing abhorrent to one
• ABHORRER
n. 1538 - one who abhors or hates
• ABHORRIBLE
adj. 1602 - to be abhorred, detestable, abominable
• ABHORRITION
n. 1649 obs. rare - the act of abhorring, abhorrence
• ABIDABLE
adj. 1611 rare - capable of being borne or endured
• ABIDAL
n. 1850 obs. rare - the act of abiding; abode, stay, residence
• ABIDANCE
n. 1607 - abiding; dwelling, stay; continuance
• ABIDE
n. 1. c1330 obs. - delay, tarrying
n. 2. 1615 chiefly Sc. usage - stay, abiding; a period of residence
vb. 1. a1000 rare - to wait for, to await; to remain ready for, to watch for, to expect
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - to stop; to come to a halt
vb. 3. a1402 obs. - to linger over a task
• ABIDER
n. 1. 1435 obs. rare - a person who is steadfast, or who perseveres
n. 2. 1440 rare - a person who stays in a place; a dweller; a resident
n. 3. 1499 obs. - a person who waits, awaits, or tarries
n. 4. a1586 obs. - a person who stands firm, or who sustains or withstands an attack
n. 5. 1611 - one who dwells; a dweller; a resident; an inhabitant
• ABIDINGLY
adv. 1530 obs. rare - assiduously, patiently
• ABIE
n. 1. 1914 Amer. dial., usually derogatory - a Jew
n. 2. 1938 US sl. - a radio personality or entertainer who is a sure money maker
n. 3. 1940s African-American sl. - a tailor
n. 4. 1968 Amer. dial. - a stingy person
• ABIE KABIBBLE
n. 1. 1910s US sl. - a Jew
n. 2. 1932 Amer. dial. - an unassimilated Jewish immigrant
• ABIEL
adv. 1820 Sc. - in shelter
• ABIE LINCOLN
adj. 1988 UK rhyming sl. for 'stinking' - disgusting, contemptible
• ABIES
prep. 1. 1825 Sc. - in comparison with
prep. 2. 1928 Sc. - except
prep. 3. 1930 Sc. - in addition to, besides
• ABIGAIL
adj. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - old, ugly, unattractive
n. 1. 1616 arch. & hist. - a waiting woman; a lady's maid; a female servant or attendant
n. 2. 1906 Aust. sl. - a waitress
n. 3. 1972 homosexual sl. - an aging, conservative homosexual; a staid, traditional, middle-aged homosexual man
n. 4. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - an abortion
• ABIGATE
vb. 1657 obs. rare - to drive away
• ABIGEUS
n. Bk1775 - a thief who has stolen cattle; an abactor
• ABIGEVUS
n. Bk1726 - a thief who has stolen many cattle
• ABILIMENT
n. 1589 obs. - clothing appropriate for someone's job, status, etc.
• ABILIMENTS
n. 1422 obs. - warlike munitions and accoutrements, things made able for war
• ABILITATE
vb. 1627 rare - to give ability or fitness; to enable
• ABILITATION
n. 1647 rare - a rendering fit or able, a communication of ability
• ABILITY
n. 1. c1380 obs. - suitableness, fitness, aptitude
n. 2. 1473 obs. - bodily power, strength
n. 3. c1503 obs. - personal wealth, means; pecuniary power
n. 4. 1505 obs. - sexual potency
• ABILTY
n. 1768 Sc. obs. - ability
• ABIME
n. a1300 obs. - an abyss
• AB INITIO
adj. 1836 - initial, primary, elementary
adv. 1600 - from the beginning
• AB INTRA
adv. 1642 rare - from within; from the inside
• ABISELFA
n. 1840 Amer. dial. - the letter "a" (a-by-itself-a)
• ABISHAG
n. a1821 thieves' sl. - the bastard child of a woman who has been seduced and abandoned by a married man
• ABITE
vb. 1. c1000 obs. - to bite, to nip, to taste; also, of the wind: to tear something to pieces
vb. 2. a1000 - to consume or partake of food; to taste
• ABITION
n. 1. a1500 obs rare - a division of opinion; a disagreement
n. 2. 1656 obs. rare - a going away or dying
• ABJECT
adj. 1. a1425 obs. rare - cast off, rejected; cast out, expelled
adj. 2. c1430 - of low repute; despicable, wretched; self-abasing, servile, obsequious
adj. 3. c1450 rare - cast down; brought low; downtrodden, desperate
adj. 4. c1450 obs. - of goods or commodities: of poor quality or little value; inferior, base
n. 1528 - one cast off; a castaway; an outcast; a base, contemptible, despicable, or degraded person; a person of the lowest social condition; a social pariah, a humble servant; a servile person; one who, whatever his rank, is morally vile to an extent which might have been expected to exist only in miserable outcasts
• ABJECTATE
vb. 1. c1475 obs. - to cast off, to throw off or away, to cast out, to exclude, to reject
vb. 2. 1731 obs. - to cast or throw down; hence, to lower, to degrade, to abase, to debase
• ABJECTED
adj. 1633 obs. - cast off, rejected, cast down, dispirited
n. 1555 rare - an outcast; an exile
• ABJECTEDNESS
n. 1660 obs. - downcast condition; abasement
• ABJECTION
n. 1. 1447 obs. - that which is cast off or away; refuse, scum, dregs
n. 2. c1525 obs. - the act of casting down; abasement, humiliation, degradation
n. 3. 1529 rare - the act of casting out or away; rejection
• ABJECTIVE
adj. 1865 obs. rare - tending to lower or demoralize
• ABJUDGE
vb. 1654 obs. - to take a thing away from a person by judgement
• ABJUDICATE
vb. 1. 1602 rare - to pass judgement against; to reject or disallow; to prohibit
vb. 2. 1666 - to take a thing away from a person by judgement
• ABJUDICATION
n. 1623 rare - an act of taking away by judicial decision; also, the act of passing judgement against a person or thing
• ABJUGATE
vb. 1731 rare - to unyoke, to uncouple; to free
• ABJUNCT
adj. 1610 obs. rare - disjoined, disconnected, severed
• ABJUNCTIVE
adj. 1832 obs. rare - of a disconnected or isolated character; exceptional
• ABJURATION
n. 1. a1325 - an oath before a justice or coroner undertaking to leave the country for ever, made by a criminal in order to escape punishment, after taking sanctuary in a church, etc.
n. 2. a1439 - renunciation on oath; forswearing, esp. of heretical opinions
• ABJURE
vb. 1. 1430 - to renounce on oath, to forswear; to withdraw, retract, or recant a heresy or other opinion or position formerly held
vb. 2. a1475 - to reject or repudiate on oath; to renounce or disavow a thing
vb. 3. a1475 - to swear to leave a place for ever
vb. 4. 1603 obs. rare - to cause to leave one's country for ever, to banish
• ABJUREMENT
n. 1594 - abjuration, renunciation
• ABJURER
n. 1583 - one who abjures or forswears; one who solemnly renounces, repudiates, or gives up
• ABKAR
n. Bk1898 - in India; a maker or retailer of spirituous drinks
• ABLACH
n. 1. 1725 Sc. - a mangled carcass
n. 2. 1788 Sc. - a person of untidy habits and clumsy, ungainly demeanour; a pitiless person; a useless person
n. 3. 1790 Sc. obs. - a contemptible person; a dwarf
n. 4. 1825 Sc. - a particle, a bit, a fragment
n. 5. 1852 Sc. - an insignificant, worthless person; an incapable person
n. 6. 1875 Sc. - a body not necessarily dead but maimed or reduced to a pitiable condition
• ABLACK
n. 1852 Sc. - an insignificant, worthless person; an incapable person
• ABLACTATE
vb. 1754 obs. rare - to wean from the breast
• ABLACTATION
n. a1500 - the weaning of a child, or other young mammal from the mother
• ABLACTED
adj. 1623 obs. rare - that has been weaned
• ABLANDISHMENT
n. 1728 obs. rare - blandishment
• ABLAQUEATE
vb. c1420 rare - to loosen or remove the soil round the roots of trees, so as to let their fibres spread out; a term of Roman husbandry
• ABLAQUEATION
n. c1420 rare - the breaking up or removal of the soil around the roots of trees; the laying bare of roots
• ABLAST
vb. a1000 obs. rare - to blow upon or at
• ABLATE
vb. a1475 rare - to take away, to remove
• ABLATION
n. c1440 - the act or process of carrying away or removing; removal
• ABLATITIOUS
adj. 1647 rare - having the quality or character of a withdrawal or deduction
• ABLATIVE
adj. a1500 rare - pert. to taking away or removing
• ABLAZE
adj. 1. a1676 - that is on fire; burning vigorously
adj. 2. 1819 - highly excited or charged with emotion; passionately enthusiastic or vehement
adv. 1. 1393 - in a flame, in a flame
adv. 2. c1840 - in the full glow of excitement
adv. 3. 1851 - in flashing or brilliant colours; gleaming
• ABLE
adj. 1. a1382 obs. - suitable, fit, or appropriate for some purpose; suited, adapted, fitted
adj. 2. c1384 obs. - of a person: susceptible to persuasion; compliant, obedient; accommodating, gracious
adj. 3. a1398 Sc. obs. - liable, apt, likely to do something
adj. 4. 1495 obs. - legally capable or qualified
adj. 5. a1500 obs. rare - seemly, proper
adj. 6. 1741 obs. rare - of a thing: easy to handle or u se; manageable, convenient
adj. 7. 1516 Sc. & Eng. dial. - well-to-do, rich, influential, powerful
adj. 8. 1766 Sc. - substantial
adj. 9. 1931 Sc. - shrewd, clever in looking after one's own interests
adj. 10. 1980 Can. - strong, capable, courageous
adv. a1525 Sc. rare - possibly, perhaps
vb. 1. a1400 obs. - to fit, to adapt; to prepare, to make ready
vb. 2. 1449 obs. - to fit out or equip a person; to dress
vb. 3. 1409 obs. - to empower legally; to make legally valid or effective
vb. 4. 1489 obs. - to warrant, to vouch for; to aver, to confirm
• ABLE AND CABLE
phr. 1950s African-American sl. - ready and willing
• ABLECTICK
adj. 1656 obs. rare - set our or prepared for sale
n. 1623 obs. rare - anything set out or prepared for sale
• ABLED
adj. 1576 obs. - capable; vigorous, thriving
• ABLE DEALER
n. Bk1910 Ireland - a schemer
• ABLEEGED
adj. 1879 Sc. - obliged
• ABLEEZE
adv. 1819 Sc. - blazing
• ABLE GABLE
n. Bk1942 US sl. - an admirable or handsome male
• ABLEGATE
vb. 1621 obs. rare - to send abroad or to a distance; to banish
• ABLEGATION
n. 1615 rare - dispatch, expulsion, banishment; dismissal
• ABLE GRABLE
n. 1. Bk1942 US sl. - a sexually attractive girl; an admirable female
n. 2. 1946 US sl. - an accomplished performer
• ABLELESS
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - incompetent, careless, listless, awkward
• ABLEMENT
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bodily strength
• ABLEMOST
adj. 1614 obs. rare - ablest, most able
• ABLEND
vb. c1000 obs. - to dazzle, to take away the sight temporarily; to blind the moral vision
• ABLENESS
n. 1. c1390 obs. - the quality of being able; ability
n. 2. a1425 obs. - merit, worthiness
• ABLEPSY
n. 1616 obs. rare, literary usage - blindness, physical or mental
• ABLES
adv. 1673 Sc. & Eng. dial. rare - perhaps, possibly
• ABLE SEAMAN
n. 1661 - a sailor capable of performing all duties
• ABLESOME
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - wealthy, well-to-do
• ABLESSE
n. 1598 obs. rare - ableness
• ABLE SUGAR
adj. 20C US military sl. - crazy or out of order; haywire
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE
adj. 1932 Aust. sl. - morally reprehensible, despicable
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE BELLY
phr. 1920s sl., orig. Aust. - used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE'S BELLY WITH A TOP HAT (ON)
phr. 1959 sl., orig. Aust. - used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics
• ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE'S BELLY WITH STILTS ON
phr. 1920s sl., orig. Aust. - used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics
• ABLE TO EAT A CORN ON THE COB THROUGH A KNOT HOLE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A CORN ON THE COB THROUGH A PALING FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A CORN ON THE COB THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A CORN ON THE COB THROUGH WIRE NETTING
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH A KNOT HOLE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH A PALING FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH WIRE NETTING
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A KNOT HOLE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A PALING FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH WIRE NETTING
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A SLICE OF WATERMELON THROUGH A KNOT HOLE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A SLICE OF WATERMELON THROUGH A PALING FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A SLICE OF WATERMELON THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO EAT A SLICE OF WATERMELON THROUGH WIRE NETTING
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
• ABLE TO KICK THE EYE OUT OF A MOSQUITO
adj. L19 sl., orig. US - of a person: supremely competent
• ABLE TO SET UP AN' EAT A FEW PORRIDGES
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - convalescent, or in good health
• ABLE WHACKETS
n. 1785 nautical sl. - a popular sailor's game with cards, wherein the loser is beaten over the palms of the hands with a handkerchief twisted like a rope
• ABLICH
n. 1790 Sc. - an insignificant, worthless person; an incapable person
• ABLIGATE
vb. 1615 obs. - to bind or tie up
• ABLIGATION
n. 1836 obs. - a tying up or securing something
• ABLIGURIE
n. 1623 obs. rare - prodigal expense on meat and drink
• ABLIGURITION
n. 1724 obs. rare - prodigal expense on meat and drink
• ABLIND
vb. c1175 obs. - to grow blind
• ABLING
n. c1450 rare - the act of preparing, fitting, or empowering
• ABLINGS; ABLINS
adv. 1597-1605 - in a manner that is able to be; possibly, perhaps
• ABLISH
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - somewhat able
• ABLOCATE
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to let out to hire
• ABLOCATION
n. 1663 obs. rare - a letting out or hiring out for money
• ABLOOM
adj. 1729 - covered with flowers; that is in bloom
adv. 1855 rare - in or into bloom
• ABLOW
adj. 1. 1838 chiefly poetic usage - blooming, full of flowers
adj. 2. 1905 rare, chiefly poetic usage - of the wind: blowing
adv. 1829 Sc. - below, beneath, lower down
prep. 1. 1864 Sc. - under, below
prep. 2. 1885 Sc. - on the lower side or part of; lower down in
vb. 1. c1000 obs. - to blow or breathe up or into
vb. 2. c1000 obs. - to puff up, to swell
• ABLOY
adj. c1400 obs. rare - overjoyed; carried away with joy
• ABLUDE
vb. 1610 rare - to be unlike, to differ, to be out of keeping
• A-BLUSH
adv. 1852 - blushing, ruddy
• ABLUTE
vb. 1703 colloq. - to wash oneself or a part of the body
• ABLUTED
adj. 1650 - washed away, washed clean; also, worn away by washing
• ABLUTION
n. 1. 1664 - the act of washing clean; the washing or cleansing of one's person
n. 2. 1671 obs. - a lotion
• ABLUTIONARY
adj. 1761 - pert. to washing the body, or parts of it
• ABLUTIONS
n. 1955 military sl. - a building or room containing washing facilities and toilets
• ABLUVION
n. 1805 US obs. - that which is washed away
• ABNEGATE
vb. 1. 1543 - to deny oneself anything; to renounce or surrender a right or privilege
vb. 2. 1616 - to renounce or abjure; to deny
• ABNEGATION
n. 1. 1554 obs. - denial, negation; refusal, formal rejection
n. 2. 1639 - denial of anything to oneself; self-denial; renunciation of rights, things esteemed, etc.
• ABNEGATIVE
adj. 1778 rare - denying; renouncing; negative
• ABNEGATOR
n. 1605 - a person who abnegates, denies, or renounces something
• ABNODATE
vb. 1656 obs. rare - to prune trees, etc.
• ABNODATION
n. 1658 obs. rare - the act of cutting away knots from trees; a gardening term
• ABNORMALIST
n. 1888 rare - a person concerned with or interested in unusual or abnormal things
• ABNORMALITY
n. c1880 sl. - a person of crooked ways, an informer, a deformed or humpbacked person
• ABNORMALIZE
vb. 1849 - to make abnormal
• ABNORMETH
n. c1880 sl. - a person of crooked ways, an informer, a deformed or humpbacked person
• ABNORMOUS
adj. 1710 rare - irregular, misshapen
• ABNOXIOUS
adj. 1. 1680 obs. - hurtful, injurious
adj. 2. 1682 - offensive, objectionable, odious, highly disagreeable or unpleasant
• ABNUTIVE
adj. a1682 obs. rare - negative; implying denial or refusal
ABO - ABRE
• ABO
adj. 1. 1911 Aust. sl., now derogatory - Australian Aboriginal; pert. to Australian Aboriginals
adj. 2. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - old
n. 1. 1906 Aust. sl., now mainly derogatory - an Australian Aboriginal
n. 2. 1910s Aust. sl. - an expert on Aborigine and bush customs and folktales
• ABOARD
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - drunk
adv. 1. 1833 sl. - in one's stomach, esp. of drink
adv. 2. 1939 Amer. sl. - in baseball: on base
adv. 3. 1957 US sl. - present, part of an enterprise
vb. 1. 1458 rare - to approach; to draw near to; to enter, to set foot on; to land on, to board
vb. 2. 1611 rare - to address; to accost
• ABOAST
vb. 1377 obs. rare - to address boastfully or haughtily
• ABOB
vb. c1330 obs. rare - to astonish, to confound, to mystify
• ABODANCE
n. c1630 obs. rare - a foretelling, prefiguring, portending, omen
• ABODE
n. 1. a1250 obs. - the act of waiting; delay
n. 2. c1384 obs. - a temporary remaining; a stay
n. 3. c1600 obs. - an announcement, prediction, prognostication
vb. 1. 1573 obs. - to presage, prognosticate, be ominous of
vb. 2. 1659 obs. - to be ominous
• ABODEMENT
n. 1. 1565 rare - a foreboding, presage, or omen
n. 2. 1592 rare - habitual residence in a place; also, a place of residence, an abode
• ABODING
n. 1579 rare - a foreboding, presage, presentiment
• ABOGADO
n. Bk1827 Spanish American - a counsellor at law
• ABOIL
adj. 1846 - boiling, seething
adv. 1774 - in a boiling state
• ABOK
n. Bk1824 Sc. - a talkative or impudent child
• ABOLETE
adj. c1525 obs. rare - obsolete, out of use
• ABOLIAR
n. 1904 Aust. sl. - an expert on Aborigine and bush customs and folktales
• ABOLITE
adj. c1525 obs. rare - obsolete, out of use
• ABOLITION
n. 1606 obs. - a putting out of memory; a final overlooking or condoning; an amnesty
• ABOLITIONAL
adj. 1836 rare - relating to the abolition of the slave trade or slavery
• ABOLITIONARY
adj. 1823 - concerned with the abolition of destruction of something; advocating the abolition of the slave trade or slavery
• ABOLITIONIST
n. 1791 - an advocate of the abolition of the slave trade and the emancipation of African slaves in the United States
• ABOLITIONIZE
vb. 1836 US rare - to imbue with the principles of abolitionism; to make a person or community opposed to slavery
• ABOLITION WAR
n. 1943 Amer. sl. - the Civil War
• A-BOMB
n. 1. 1945 Amer. sl. - an alcoholic mixed drink
n. 2. 1951 Amer. sl. - in drag racing: a converted Model-A Ford capable of exceptionally rapid acceleration
n. 3. 1969 US sl. - marijuana combined in a cigarette with cocaine, heroin, or opium
n. 4. Amer. sl. - an atomic bomb
n. 5. 1990s drugs sl. - PCP mixed with formaldehyde
• A-BOMBED
adj. 1975 US sl. - under the influence of amphetamines
• A-BOMB JUICE
n. 1940s US sl. - moonshine; inferior or strong liquor
• ABOMINABLE OF MONKS
n. a1450 obs. rare - a crowd of monks
• ABOMINATE
adj. 1531 obs. - held in abomination; detested; beastly, inhuman
n. 1691 - a detested person
• ABOMINATION
n. 1. a1398 obs. - physical revulsion; nausea
n. 2. 1604 obs. rare - an unpleasant or disgusting amount, as of money, etc.
• ABOMINATIONLY
adv. 1592 rare - abominably, hatefully
• ABOMINATOR
n. 1671 - one who abominates or thoroughly detests; an abhorrer or extreme hater
• ABOMINE
vb. c1500 obs. - to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe
• A-BONE
n. 1951 US sl. - a Model A Ford car
vb. 1656 obs. - ( as 'abone') to make good or seasonable; to ripen
• ABONNÉ
n. 1858 - a person who subscribes to a periodical; a season-ticket holder at the theatre
• ABOON
adv. 1875 Eng. dial. - above
• ABORCEMENT
n. 1540 obs. - abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage
• ABORD
n. 1. 1607 obs. - the act of approaching; approach, manner of approach
n. 2. 1670 rare - way of approach
vb. 1. 1509 obs. - to approach, to come close to; to enter, to land on, to gain a footing upon
vb. 2. 1611 obs. or arch. - to accost
• ABORDAGE
n. c1550 obs. rare - an attack upon a ship, in which it is boarded
• ABORDER
vb. 1566 obs. rare - to be neighbouring or contiguous, to border
• ABORDERING
adj. 1566 obs. rare - bordering, neighbouring, contiguous
• ABORIGEN; ABORIGIN
n. 1587 rare - an aboriginal or native inhabitant
• ABORIGINAL
adj. Bk1902 colloq. - of drinks: unmixed with water
• ABORIGINALLY
adv. 1695 - from the very beginning; from the origin of a people or culture; in the earliest times or conditions known to history
• ABORIGINARY
adj. 1. 1653 obs. rare - original; first or earliest as recorded by history
adj. 2. 1993 rare - existing from the very beginning of time
n. 1868 obs. rare, poetic usage - an aboriginal inhabitant
• AB ORIGINE
adv. 1537 - from the beginning, from the creation of the world
• ABORIGINES
n. a1661 obs. - the plants or animals indigenous to place; flora or fauna
• ABORNING
adj. 1943 chiefly US - that is in the process of being born or created
• ABORSEMENT
n. 1540 obs. - abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage
• ABORSIVE
adj. 1639 obs. rare - abortive from the first; checked before even a beginning had been made
• ABORT
n. 1. a1425 obs. - abortion; miscarriage
n. 2. 1578 obs. - the imperfect offspring of an untimely birth
n. 3. 1954 - a mission, procedure, or enterprise that is abandoned or curtailed before it has achieved its intended effect
n. 4. 1978 US military sl. - a foul-up; a mess; snafu
vb. 1972 US homosexual sl. - to defecate immediately after anal intercourse
• ABORTEE
n. 1912 - a woman who undergoes an induced abortion
• ABORTION
n. 1. 1834 sl. - an all-purpose derogatory term for a person, object, or enterprise
n. 2. 1943 US sl. - something of very poor quality; a messy failure; a misfortune; an ugly person or thing
n. 3. 1949 Amer. sl. - a hateful or ludicrous undertaking or enterprise; fiasco
• ABORTION EXPRESS
n. 1940 Aust. sl. - a train that ran from Darwin to Birdum
• ABORTIVATE
adj. c1630 obs. rare - imperfect, defective
vb. c1630 obs. rare - to render abortive; to render ineffectual or fruitless
• ABORTIVE
adj. a1450 - born prematurely; being the product of a miscarriage; stillborn
n. 1. a1382 obs. - a stillborn child or animal
n. 2. 1395 obs. rare - spontaneous or induced abortion of a fetus
n. 3. 1589 obs. - the fruitless or unsuccessful outcome of an endeavour; an unfulfilled object or aim
vb. 1. 1615 obs. - to cause abortion; to make ineffectual of fruitless
vb. 2. a1670 obs. - to miscarry; to prove abortive
• ABORTIVELY
adv. 1552 obs. - by a miscarriage or untimely birth; prematurely
• ABORTMENT
n. 1. 1577 obs. rare - the emptying of the contents of the stomach, as by vomiting
n. 2. 1595 obs. - spontaneous abortion; miscarriage
n. 3. 1614 obs. - the product of an abortion or premature birth
• ABORTORIUM
n. 1933 - a hospital, clinic, in which abortions are performed
• ABORTUARY
n. 1983 anti-abortion campaigners usage, derogatory - a clinic in which abortions are performed
• ABORTUS
n. 1764 obs. - abortion, miscarriage
• ABO'S HANDBAG
n. 2000s Aust. sl. - any form of boxed rather than bottled wine
• ABOULZIEMENT
n. 1787 Sc. obs. - dress, clothing; generally plural
• ABOULZIEMENTS
n. 1787 Sc. - accoutrements, arms
• ABOUND
adj. c1400 rare - overflowing; plentiful; abundant
vb. 1. a1382 arch. - to be rich or wealthy, to prosper; to have a plentiful supply or stock of something
vb. 2. a1398 obs. rare - to set limits to, to restrain
vb. 3. c1410 obs. rare - to be filled with a desire to do something
vb. 4. 1591 obs. - to overflow with; to pour forth
• ABOUNDABLE
adj. c1400 rare - fully sufficient, abundant, plentiful
• ABOUNDER
n. 1755 obs. rare, chiefly poetic usage - one who has plenty or is wealthy; a rich person
• ABOUNDING
adj. 1593 obs. rare - affluent, wealthy
n. c1425 rare - plentiful supply, abundance; prevalence
• ABOUT AND ABOUT
adj. 1867 US - very much alike or the same
• ABOUT DONE
adj. M20 US sl. - intoxicated with alcohol
• ABOUT EAST
adj. 1848 Amer. dial. - in proper form; acceptable
adv. 1856 Amer. dial. - directly, completely, properly, regularly
• ABOUT-FACE
n. 1. 1853 - a complete reverse in fortune, opinion, policy, etc.
n. 2. 1965 US sl. - a 180-degree turn executed while driving fast
• ABOUT GONE
adj. 1929 Amer. dial. - drunk
• ABOUT HALF
adj. 1969 sl. - feeling fine, relatively happy
adv. 1962 Amer. sl. - very, quite, exceptionally
• ABOUT IT
adj. 1. Bk2000 Amer. street sl. - ready, knowledgeable, cool
adj. 2. 2000s African-American sl. - totally committed
• ABOUT PAR
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - excellent; first-rate
• ABOUT PLAYED OUT
adj. 20 US, Civil War usage - of a person or a unit: demoralized and discouraged
• ABOUT RIGHT
adj. 1. 19C sl. Brit sl. - drunk, but not excessively so
adj. 2. 1850 UK - correct, adequate
adv. M19 sl. - to the best extent possible
• ABOUT ROUND
adv. a1393 obs. - round about, all around; in every surrounding direction; on every side
• ABOUT-SPEECH
n. 1513 Sc. obs. - a roundabout phrase; circumlocution
• ABOUT-STANDING
n. 1340 obs. rare - a circumstance
• ABOUT THAT
adj. 1990s US college sl. - in agreement with
• ABOUT TO DIE
adj. 1902 Amer. dial. - taken seriously or suddenly ill
• ABOUT TO FIND PUPS
adj. 20C US sl. - pregnant; about to give birth
• ABOUT TO KICK THE BUCKET
adj. 1902 Amer. dial. - taken seriously or suddenly ill
• ABOUT TO PASS
adj. 1902 Amer. dial. - taken seriously or suddenly ill
• ABOUT TO RIDE OUT
adj. 1855 Amer. dial. - of a room or piece of furniture: untidy, very cluttered or disordered
• ABOUTWARD
adv. c1400 obs. - orig. striving, trying, contriving, tending towards; later being about to, going
• ABOUT-WRITING
n. c1449 obs. rare - the legend round the head stamped on a coin
• ABOVE
n. 1895 Eng. dial. - God
• ABOVE-A-BIT
adv. 1827 colloq. & Eng. dial. - more than a little, exceedingly, to a great degree
• ABOVE-BOARD
adj. 1. 1616 sl. - frank, open, undisguised; entirely honest
adj. 2. M17 sl. - in a sexual context: maintaining an undisguised relationship
adv. 1. 1594 obs. - in cards: with one's cards visible above the level of the playing table, so as to avoid suspicion of cheating
adv. 2. 1599 - openly, honestly, candidly
• ABOVE EARTH
phr. a1200 rare - living, among the living, on earth, unburied
• ABOVE-GIVEN
adj. 1588 - given or cited previously in the present text
• ABOVE GROUND
adj. 1. 1592 obs. - in dancing: with the feet not touching the floor
adj. 2. 1711 - out of the grave, alive
• ABOVE-HAND
adv. 1581 obs. - with the hand in a position below and supporting the thing held; with an action involving this position of the hand
• ABOVE-HEAD
adv. 1548 rare - overhead
• ABOVE MOULD
phr. a1400 obs. - living, among the living, on earth, unburied
• ABOVE ONE'S BEND
phr. 1835 Amer. dial. - beyond one's abilities
• ABOVE ONESELF
adj. 1823 sl. - over-confident, pushy, esp. of someone who is usually more self-effacing; arrogant, conceited, self-important
• ABOVE ONE'S HEAD
phr. 1655 - beyond one's comprehension or intellectual capacity
• ABOVE ONE'S HUCKLEBERRY
phr. 1859 Amer. dial. - beyond one's ability; out of one's reach
• ABOVE ONE'S MATCH
adj. 1748 obs. - above one's level; beyond one's abilities
• ABOVE ONES' STATION
phr. a1682 - higher than one's social position allows, merits, or warrants; beyond what is permitted or due to one by rank, age, ability, etc.
• ABOVE PAR
adj. 1. M19 UK criminals' sl. - well-off
adj. 2. Bk1890 sl. - mildly drunk
adj. 3. 1937 UK sl. - in excellent health or spirits
adj. 4. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - excellent; first-rate
• ABOVESAID
adj. 1389 rare - mentioned previously in the present text; aforesaid
• ABOVE SNAKES
adj. 1855 Amer. dial. - tall, above the ground
• ABOVE-STAIRS
adj. 1606 arch. - upstairs
• ABOVE THE SALT
phr. 1597 - seated at the upper half of the table, and there among the guests of distinction
• ABOVE-WONDERFUL
adj. 1635 obs. rare - more than wonderful
• AB OVO
adv. a1586 - from the very beginning
• ABOW
vb. c1000 obs. - to bend, to incline, to bow, to stoop; fig. to do homage or reverence; to submit
• A-BOX
n. 1996 US college sl. - someone in an unpleasant mood
• ABRAC
n. E19 sl. - learning
• ABRACADABRA
int. 1819 - used by conjurors and magicians to impart supposed magical power, as when performing a trick; hence, used to accompany any seemingly remarkable feat or occurrence
n. 1. 1565 - a cabalistic word, formerly used as a charm; a pretended conjuring word
n. 2. 1829 sl. - any word charm, verbal jingle, gibberish, jargon nonsense, or extravagancy
• ABRACADABRA, PLEASE AND THANK YOU
phr. 1944 US sl. - a humorous embellishment of 'please'
• ABRADANT
adj. 1875 - having the property of abrading something; abrasive
• ABRAHAM
adj. 1. c1000 obs. - auburn; formerly written 'abern' and 'abron'
adj. 2. 17C sl. - naked
n. 1. M16 sl. - a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman
n. 2. Bk1909 sl. - a cheap clothier's; a secondhand store
n. 3. 19C sl. - the penis
n. 4. 20C sl. - the female genitals
vb. 1990s Brit. rhyming sl. - to sham, esp. to avoid something by feigning illness
• ABRAHAM-COLOURED
adj. 1592 sl. - auburn
• ABRAHAM COVE
n. 1. c1550 sl. - a genuine lunatic allowed on certain days to leave Bethlehem Hospital to beg
n. 2. 1612 sl. obs. - a beggar of ragged and dishevelled appearance, esp. one who feigns insanity
• ABRAHAMER
n. 1823 sl. - a tramp; a vagrant
• ABRAHAM GRAINS
n. Bk1889 thieves' sl. obs. - a publican brewing his own beer
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN
adj. 1988 UK rhyming sl. for 'stinking' - disgusting, contemptible
n. 1940s Amer. sl. - a five-dollar bill
• ABRAHAM MAN
n. 1567 - one of a set of vagabonds who wandered about the country soon after the dissolution of the religious houses; a beggar, especially feigning madness; a sturdy beggar
• ABRAHAM NEWLAND
n. 1. L18 sl. - a bank note
n. 2. Bk1903 sl. - £5
• ABRAHAMPSTEAD
n. 1970s sl. - Hampstead in North London with a large Jewish population
• ABRAHAM'S BALM
n. Bk1909 sl. - a hanging
• ABRAHAM'S BALSAM
n. 18C sl. - the gallows
• ABRAHAM'S BOSOM
adj. Bk1921 sl. - dead and gone to heaven
n. 1. c1300 - the Biblical 'heaven'
n. 2. 19C sl. - the female pudendum; the vagina
• ABRAHAM SHAM
vb. Bk1909 sl. - of a beggar: to travel the country posing as a madman; to fake illness
• ABRAHAM SUIT
phr. 19C sl. - working as a writer of begging letters, the pursuit of many small-time confidence tricksters at the time
• ABRAHAM'S WILLING
n. 1. M19 rhyming sl. - 1 shilling
n. 2. Bk1903 rhyming sl. - 1 shilling and 1 1/2 pence
• ABRAHAM WORK
n. Bk1909 sl. - sweated labour, ill-paid work; any form of spurious occupation, esp. some form of confidence trick; shams of all kinds, false pretenses
• ABRAID
n. 1. a1439 obs. - upbraiding, censure
n. 2. 1570 obs. rare - a start, a jerk
vb. 1. c1000 obs. - to wrench or pull out; to snatch; to withdraw; to draw a sword
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - to raise the eyes
vb. 3. a1000 obs. - to start, usually out of sleep, a swoon, or fit; to awake; occasionally, to start or burst in motion; to spring or dart
vb. 4. c1330 rare - to reproach, to reprove; to upbraid
vb. 5. c1430 obs. - to break forth abruptly into speech; to burst into a cry; to shout out
vb. 6. a1500 obs. - to utter abruptly or loudly
vb. 7. 1530 obs. - to exert oneself
vb. 8. 1533 obs. - of food: to rise nauseously in the stomach
vb. 9. 1590 obs. - to arouse, to startle
• ABRAM
adj. 1. M16 sl. - mad, insane, crazy
adj. 2. 1599 obs. - a corruption of 'auburn'
adj. 3. 1671 sl. - naked, nude
adj. 4. Bk1909 sl. - shamming sick
n. 1. 1610 UK criminals' sl. - a wandering beggar, adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman
n. 2. 1639 UK sl. - a gullible fool; a cuckold
n. 3. Bk1852 sl. - a naked or very poor man
vb. M19 sl. - to malinger, to fake illness
• ABRAM-COVE
n. 1. 1567 sl. - a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman; a sturdy beggar, a sturdy beggar, i.e. one who could but rarely does, work for a living
n. 2. Bk1699 sl. - a lusty strong rogue
n. 3. 1724 sl. - a naked or poor man
n. 4. L18 sl. - a thief specializing in pocketbooks
• ABRAMER
n. a1790 UK sl. - a tramp
• ABRAMIDE
n. Bk1881 - a descendant of Abraham; a Jew
• ABRAMITE
n. Bk1881 - a descendant of Abraham; a Jew
• ABRAM-MAN
n. 1. 1561 - one of a set of vagabonds who wandered about the country soon after the dissolution of the religious houses; a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman; a sturdy beggar
n. 2. L17 sl. - a sturdy beggar, i.e. one who could but rarely does, work for a living
n. 3. a1790 sl. - a thief specializing in pocketbooks
• ABRAM-MORT
n. 1. 17C sl. - a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman
n. 2. L17 sl. - a sturdy beggar, i.e. one who could but rarely does, work for a living
n. 3. 1741 sl. - a madwoman
n. 4. L18 sl. - a thief specializing in pocketbooks
• ABRAM-SHAM
n. L19 sl. - the practice of travelling the country posing as a mad man
vb. E19 sl. - of a beggar: to travel the country posing as a madman; to fake illness
• ABRAM SUIT
phr. 19C sl. - working as a writer of begging letters, the pursuit of many small-time confidence tricksters at the time
• ABRAM WORK
n. L19 sl. - any form of spurious occupation, esp. some form of confidence trick
• ABRASABLE
adj. 1896 rare - that may be abraded or worn down
• ABRASE
adj. 1600 obs. rare - rubbed smooth; rubbed clear from all markings; unoccupied, clean, blank
vb. a1475 - to rub off or away; to wear down by friction; to abrade
• ARASIVE
adj. 1. 1861 - of sound: harsh, grating, strident
adj. 2. 1944 - aggressively direct; acting without concern for the feelings of others; brash, tactless, ungentle
• ABRAZO
n. a1626 - in Spain, Latin America, and North America: an embrace used as a salutation or meeting or parting
• ABREAK
vb. 1. a1000 obs. - to break in pieces; to shatter
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - to violate a commandment, agreement, promise, etc. to fail to observe or keep
vb. 3. 1205 obs. - to break forth; to burst out
• ABREATHE
vb. 1. c1450 obs. - to give time to recover breath
vb. 2. a1500 obs. - to cause to become out of breath; to wind
• ABREDE
vb. 1. a1000 obs. - to spread out; to extend; also, to lay flat
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - of the mouth or eyes: to open wide
• ABREED
adv. 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial. - abroad; spread about, cast to the winds
• ABREID
adv. c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - apart, widely
• ABRENOUNCE
vb. 1537 rare - to renounce, to repudiate; to contradict
• ABRENOUNCING
n. c1550 obs. - repudiation; rejection
• ABRENUNCIATE
vb. 1618 obs. rare - to renounce; to repudiate; to contradict
• ABRENUNCIATION
n. 1641 - renunciation; retraction, repudiation
• ABREPTION
n. 1550 rare - a snatching away; complete separation or removal
• ABREVY
vb. a1325 obs. - to abbreviate, to abridge
adj. 1. 1911 Aust. sl., now derogatory - Australian Aboriginal; pert. to Australian Aboriginals
adj. 2. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - old
n. 1. 1906 Aust. sl., now mainly derogatory - an Australian Aboriginal
n. 2. 1910s Aust. sl. - an expert on Aborigine and bush customs and folktales
• ABOARD
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - drunk
adv. 1. 1833 sl. - in one's stomach, esp. of drink
adv. 2. 1939 Amer. sl. - in baseball: on base
adv. 3. 1957 US sl. - present, part of an enterprise
vb. 1. 1458 rare - to approach; to draw near to; to enter, to set foot on; to land on, to board
vb. 2. 1611 rare - to address; to accost
• ABOAST
vb. 1377 obs. rare - to address boastfully or haughtily
• ABOB
vb. c1330 obs. rare - to astonish, to confound, to mystify
• ABODANCE
n. c1630 obs. rare - a foretelling, prefiguring, portending, omen
• ABODE
n. 1. a1250 obs. - the act of waiting; delay
n. 2. c1384 obs. - a temporary remaining; a stay
n. 3. c1600 obs. - an announcement, prediction, prognostication
vb. 1. 1573 obs. - to presage, prognosticate, be ominous of
vb. 2. 1659 obs. - to be ominous
• ABODEMENT
n. 1. 1565 rare - a foreboding, presage, or omen
n. 2. 1592 rare - habitual residence in a place; also, a place of residence, an abode
• ABODING
n. 1579 rare - a foreboding, presage, presentiment
• ABOGADO
n. Bk1827 Spanish American - a counsellor at law
• ABOIL
adj. 1846 - boiling, seething
adv. 1774 - in a boiling state
• ABOK
n. Bk1824 Sc. - a talkative or impudent child
• ABOLETE
adj. c1525 obs. rare - obsolete, out of use
• ABOLIAR
n. 1904 Aust. sl. - an expert on Aborigine and bush customs and folktales
• ABOLITE
adj. c1525 obs. rare - obsolete, out of use
• ABOLITION
n. 1606 obs. - a putting out of memory; a final overlooking or condoning; an amnesty
• ABOLITIONAL
adj. 1836 rare - relating to the abolition of the slave trade or slavery
• ABOLITIONARY
adj. 1823 - concerned with the abolition of destruction of something; advocating the abolition of the slave trade or slavery
• ABOLITIONIST
n. 1791 - an advocate of the abolition of the slave trade and the emancipation of African slaves in the United States
• ABOLITIONIZE
vb. 1836 US rare - to imbue with the principles of abolitionism; to make a person or community opposed to slavery
• ABOLITION WAR
n. 1943 Amer. sl. - the Civil War
• A-BOMB
n. 1. 1945 Amer. sl. - an alcoholic mixed drink
n. 2. 1951 Amer. sl. - in drag racing: a converted Model-A Ford capable of exceptionally rapid acceleration
n. 3. 1969 US sl. - marijuana combined in a cigarette with cocaine, heroin, or opium
n. 4. Amer. sl. - an atomic bomb
n. 5. 1990s drugs sl. - PCP mixed with formaldehyde
• A-BOMBED
adj. 1975 US sl. - under the influence of amphetamines
• A-BOMB JUICE
n. 1940s US sl. - moonshine; inferior or strong liquor
• ABOMINABLE OF MONKS
n. a1450 obs. rare - a crowd of monks
• ABOMINATE
adj. 1531 obs. - held in abomination; detested; beastly, inhuman
n. 1691 - a detested person
• ABOMINATION
n. 1. a1398 obs. - physical revulsion; nausea
n. 2. 1604 obs. rare - an unpleasant or disgusting amount, as of money, etc.
• ABOMINATIONLY
adv. 1592 rare - abominably, hatefully
• ABOMINATOR
n. 1671 - one who abominates or thoroughly detests; an abhorrer or extreme hater
• ABOMINE
vb. c1500 obs. - to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe
• A-BONE
n. 1951 US sl. - a Model A Ford car
vb. 1656 obs. - ( as 'abone') to make good or seasonable; to ripen
• ABONNÉ
n. 1858 - a person who subscribes to a periodical; a season-ticket holder at the theatre
• ABOON
adv. 1875 Eng. dial. - above
• ABORCEMENT
n. 1540 obs. - abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage
• ABORD
n. 1. 1607 obs. - the act of approaching; approach, manner of approach
n. 2. 1670 rare - way of approach
vb. 1. 1509 obs. - to approach, to come close to; to enter, to land on, to gain a footing upon
vb. 2. 1611 obs. or arch. - to accost
• ABORDAGE
n. c1550 obs. rare - an attack upon a ship, in which it is boarded
• ABORDER
vb. 1566 obs. rare - to be neighbouring or contiguous, to border
• ABORDERING
adj. 1566 obs. rare - bordering, neighbouring, contiguous
• ABORIGEN; ABORIGIN
n. 1587 rare - an aboriginal or native inhabitant
• ABORIGINAL
adj. Bk1902 colloq. - of drinks: unmixed with water
• ABORIGINALLY
adv. 1695 - from the very beginning; from the origin of a people or culture; in the earliest times or conditions known to history
• ABORIGINARY
adj. 1. 1653 obs. rare - original; first or earliest as recorded by history
adj. 2. 1993 rare - existing from the very beginning of time
n. 1868 obs. rare, poetic usage - an aboriginal inhabitant
• AB ORIGINE
adv. 1537 - from the beginning, from the creation of the world
• ABORIGINES
n. a1661 obs. - the plants or animals indigenous to place; flora or fauna
• ABORNING
adj. 1943 chiefly US - that is in the process of being born or created
• ABORSEMENT
n. 1540 obs. - abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage
• ABORSIVE
adj. 1639 obs. rare - abortive from the first; checked before even a beginning had been made
• ABORT
n. 1. a1425 obs. - abortion; miscarriage
n. 2. 1578 obs. - the imperfect offspring of an untimely birth
n. 3. 1954 - a mission, procedure, or enterprise that is abandoned or curtailed before it has achieved its intended effect
n. 4. 1978 US military sl. - a foul-up; a mess; snafu
vb. 1972 US homosexual sl. - to defecate immediately after anal intercourse
• ABORTEE
n. 1912 - a woman who undergoes an induced abortion
• ABORTION
n. 1. 1834 sl. - an all-purpose derogatory term for a person, object, or enterprise
n. 2. 1943 US sl. - something of very poor quality; a messy failure; a misfortune; an ugly person or thing
n. 3. 1949 Amer. sl. - a hateful or ludicrous undertaking or enterprise; fiasco
• ABORTION EXPRESS
n. 1940 Aust. sl. - a train that ran from Darwin to Birdum
• ABORTIVATE
adj. c1630 obs. rare - imperfect, defective
vb. c1630 obs. rare - to render abortive; to render ineffectual or fruitless
• ABORTIVE
adj. a1450 - born prematurely; being the product of a miscarriage; stillborn
n. 1. a1382 obs. - a stillborn child or animal
n. 2. 1395 obs. rare - spontaneous or induced abortion of a fetus
n. 3. 1589 obs. - the fruitless or unsuccessful outcome of an endeavour; an unfulfilled object or aim
vb. 1. 1615 obs. - to cause abortion; to make ineffectual of fruitless
vb. 2. a1670 obs. - to miscarry; to prove abortive
• ABORTIVELY
adv. 1552 obs. - by a miscarriage or untimely birth; prematurely
• ABORTMENT
n. 1. 1577 obs. rare - the emptying of the contents of the stomach, as by vomiting
n. 2. 1595 obs. - spontaneous abortion; miscarriage
n. 3. 1614 obs. - the product of an abortion or premature birth
• ABORTORIUM
n. 1933 - a hospital, clinic, in which abortions are performed
• ABORTUARY
n. 1983 anti-abortion campaigners usage, derogatory - a clinic in which abortions are performed
• ABORTUS
n. 1764 obs. - abortion, miscarriage
• ABO'S HANDBAG
n. 2000s Aust. sl. - any form of boxed rather than bottled wine
• ABOULZIEMENT
n. 1787 Sc. obs. - dress, clothing; generally plural
• ABOULZIEMENTS
n. 1787 Sc. - accoutrements, arms
• ABOUND
adj. c1400 rare - overflowing; plentiful; abundant
vb. 1. a1382 arch. - to be rich or wealthy, to prosper; to have a plentiful supply or stock of something
vb. 2. a1398 obs. rare - to set limits to, to restrain
vb. 3. c1410 obs. rare - to be filled with a desire to do something
vb. 4. 1591 obs. - to overflow with; to pour forth
• ABOUNDABLE
adj. c1400 rare - fully sufficient, abundant, plentiful
• ABOUNDER
n. 1755 obs. rare, chiefly poetic usage - one who has plenty or is wealthy; a rich person
• ABOUNDING
adj. 1593 obs. rare - affluent, wealthy
n. c1425 rare - plentiful supply, abundance; prevalence
• ABOUT AND ABOUT
adj. 1867 US - very much alike or the same
• ABOUT DONE
adj. M20 US sl. - intoxicated with alcohol
• ABOUT EAST
adj. 1848 Amer. dial. - in proper form; acceptable
adv. 1856 Amer. dial. - directly, completely, properly, regularly
• ABOUT-FACE
n. 1. 1853 - a complete reverse in fortune, opinion, policy, etc.
n. 2. 1965 US sl. - a 180-degree turn executed while driving fast
• ABOUT GONE
adj. 1929 Amer. dial. - drunk
• ABOUT HALF
adj. 1969 sl. - feeling fine, relatively happy
adv. 1962 Amer. sl. - very, quite, exceptionally
• ABOUT IT
adj. 1. Bk2000 Amer. street sl. - ready, knowledgeable, cool
adj. 2. 2000s African-American sl. - totally committed
• ABOUT PAR
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - excellent; first-rate
• ABOUT PLAYED OUT
adj. 20 US, Civil War usage - of a person or a unit: demoralized and discouraged
• ABOUT RIGHT
adj. 1. 19C sl. Brit sl. - drunk, but not excessively so
adj. 2. 1850 UK - correct, adequate
adv. M19 sl. - to the best extent possible
• ABOUT ROUND
adv. a1393 obs. - round about, all around; in every surrounding direction; on every side
• ABOUT-SPEECH
n. 1513 Sc. obs. - a roundabout phrase; circumlocution
• ABOUT-STANDING
n. 1340 obs. rare - a circumstance
• ABOUT THAT
adj. 1990s US college sl. - in agreement with
• ABOUT TO DIE
adj. 1902 Amer. dial. - taken seriously or suddenly ill
• ABOUT TO FIND PUPS
adj. 20C US sl. - pregnant; about to give birth
• ABOUT TO KICK THE BUCKET
adj. 1902 Amer. dial. - taken seriously or suddenly ill
• ABOUT TO PASS
adj. 1902 Amer. dial. - taken seriously or suddenly ill
• ABOUT TO RIDE OUT
adj. 1855 Amer. dial. - of a room or piece of furniture: untidy, very cluttered or disordered
• ABOUTWARD
adv. c1400 obs. - orig. striving, trying, contriving, tending towards; later being about to, going
• ABOUT-WRITING
n. c1449 obs. rare - the legend round the head stamped on a coin
• ABOVE
n. 1895 Eng. dial. - God
• ABOVE-A-BIT
adv. 1827 colloq. & Eng. dial. - more than a little, exceedingly, to a great degree
• ABOVE-BOARD
adj. 1. 1616 sl. - frank, open, undisguised; entirely honest
adj. 2. M17 sl. - in a sexual context: maintaining an undisguised relationship
adv. 1. 1594 obs. - in cards: with one's cards visible above the level of the playing table, so as to avoid suspicion of cheating
adv. 2. 1599 - openly, honestly, candidly
• ABOVE EARTH
phr. a1200 rare - living, among the living, on earth, unburied
• ABOVE-GIVEN
adj. 1588 - given or cited previously in the present text
• ABOVE GROUND
adj. 1. 1592 obs. - in dancing: with the feet not touching the floor
adj. 2. 1711 - out of the grave, alive
• ABOVE-HAND
adv. 1581 obs. - with the hand in a position below and supporting the thing held; with an action involving this position of the hand
• ABOVE-HEAD
adv. 1548 rare - overhead
• ABOVE MOULD
phr. a1400 obs. - living, among the living, on earth, unburied
• ABOVE ONE'S BEND
phr. 1835 Amer. dial. - beyond one's abilities
• ABOVE ONESELF
adj. 1823 sl. - over-confident, pushy, esp. of someone who is usually more self-effacing; arrogant, conceited, self-important
• ABOVE ONE'S HEAD
phr. 1655 - beyond one's comprehension or intellectual capacity
• ABOVE ONE'S HUCKLEBERRY
phr. 1859 Amer. dial. - beyond one's ability; out of one's reach
• ABOVE ONE'S MATCH
adj. 1748 obs. - above one's level; beyond one's abilities
• ABOVE ONES' STATION
phr. a1682 - higher than one's social position allows, merits, or warrants; beyond what is permitted or due to one by rank, age, ability, etc.
• ABOVE PAR
adj. 1. M19 UK criminals' sl. - well-off
adj. 2. Bk1890 sl. - mildly drunk
adj. 3. 1937 UK sl. - in excellent health or spirits
adj. 4. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - excellent; first-rate
• ABOVESAID
adj. 1389 rare - mentioned previously in the present text; aforesaid
• ABOVE SNAKES
adj. 1855 Amer. dial. - tall, above the ground
• ABOVE-STAIRS
adj. 1606 arch. - upstairs
• ABOVE THE SALT
phr. 1597 - seated at the upper half of the table, and there among the guests of distinction
• ABOVE-WONDERFUL
adj. 1635 obs. rare - more than wonderful
• AB OVO
adv. a1586 - from the very beginning
• ABOW
vb. c1000 obs. - to bend, to incline, to bow, to stoop; fig. to do homage or reverence; to submit
• A-BOX
n. 1996 US college sl. - someone in an unpleasant mood
• ABRAC
n. E19 sl. - learning
• ABRACADABRA
int. 1819 - used by conjurors and magicians to impart supposed magical power, as when performing a trick; hence, used to accompany any seemingly remarkable feat or occurrence
n. 1. 1565 - a cabalistic word, formerly used as a charm; a pretended conjuring word
n. 2. 1829 sl. - any word charm, verbal jingle, gibberish, jargon nonsense, or extravagancy
• ABRACADABRA, PLEASE AND THANK YOU
phr. 1944 US sl. - a humorous embellishment of 'please'
• ABRADANT
adj. 1875 - having the property of abrading something; abrasive
• ABRAHAM
adj. 1. c1000 obs. - auburn; formerly written 'abern' and 'abron'
adj. 2. 17C sl. - naked
n. 1. M16 sl. - a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman
n. 2. Bk1909 sl. - a cheap clothier's; a secondhand store
n. 3. 19C sl. - the penis
n. 4. 20C sl. - the female genitals
vb. 1990s Brit. rhyming sl. - to sham, esp. to avoid something by feigning illness
• ABRAHAM-COLOURED
adj. 1592 sl. - auburn
• ABRAHAM COVE
n. 1. c1550 sl. - a genuine lunatic allowed on certain days to leave Bethlehem Hospital to beg
n. 2. 1612 sl. obs. - a beggar of ragged and dishevelled appearance, esp. one who feigns insanity
• ABRAHAMER
n. 1823 sl. - a tramp; a vagrant
• ABRAHAM GRAINS
n. Bk1889 thieves' sl. obs. - a publican brewing his own beer
• ABRAHAM LINCOLN
adj. 1988 UK rhyming sl. for 'stinking' - disgusting, contemptible
n. 1940s Amer. sl. - a five-dollar bill
• ABRAHAM MAN
n. 1567 - one of a set of vagabonds who wandered about the country soon after the dissolution of the religious houses; a beggar, especially feigning madness; a sturdy beggar
• ABRAHAM NEWLAND
n. 1. L18 sl. - a bank note
n. 2. Bk1903 sl. - £5
• ABRAHAMPSTEAD
n. 1970s sl. - Hampstead in North London with a large Jewish population
• ABRAHAM'S BALM
n. Bk1909 sl. - a hanging
• ABRAHAM'S BALSAM
n. 18C sl. - the gallows
• ABRAHAM'S BOSOM
adj. Bk1921 sl. - dead and gone to heaven
n. 1. c1300 - the Biblical 'heaven'
n. 2. 19C sl. - the female pudendum; the vagina
• ABRAHAM SHAM
vb. Bk1909 sl. - of a beggar: to travel the country posing as a madman; to fake illness
• ABRAHAM SUIT
phr. 19C sl. - working as a writer of begging letters, the pursuit of many small-time confidence tricksters at the time
• ABRAHAM'S WILLING
n. 1. M19 rhyming sl. - 1 shilling
n. 2. Bk1903 rhyming sl. - 1 shilling and 1 1/2 pence
• ABRAHAM WORK
n. Bk1909 sl. - sweated labour, ill-paid work; any form of spurious occupation, esp. some form of confidence trick; shams of all kinds, false pretenses
• ABRAID
n. 1. a1439 obs. - upbraiding, censure
n. 2. 1570 obs. rare - a start, a jerk
vb. 1. c1000 obs. - to wrench or pull out; to snatch; to withdraw; to draw a sword
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - to raise the eyes
vb. 3. a1000 obs. - to start, usually out of sleep, a swoon, or fit; to awake; occasionally, to start or burst in motion; to spring or dart
vb. 4. c1330 rare - to reproach, to reprove; to upbraid
vb. 5. c1430 obs. - to break forth abruptly into speech; to burst into a cry; to shout out
vb. 6. a1500 obs. - to utter abruptly or loudly
vb. 7. 1530 obs. - to exert oneself
vb. 8. 1533 obs. - of food: to rise nauseously in the stomach
vb. 9. 1590 obs. - to arouse, to startle
• ABRAM
adj. 1. M16 sl. - mad, insane, crazy
adj. 2. 1599 obs. - a corruption of 'auburn'
adj. 3. 1671 sl. - naked, nude
adj. 4. Bk1909 sl. - shamming sick
n. 1. 1610 UK criminals' sl. - a wandering beggar, adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman
n. 2. 1639 UK sl. - a gullible fool; a cuckold
n. 3. Bk1852 sl. - a naked or very poor man
vb. M19 sl. - to malinger, to fake illness
• ABRAM-COVE
n. 1. 1567 sl. - a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman; a sturdy beggar, a sturdy beggar, i.e. one who could but rarely does, work for a living
n. 2. Bk1699 sl. - a lusty strong rogue
n. 3. 1724 sl. - a naked or poor man
n. 4. L18 sl. - a thief specializing in pocketbooks
• ABRAMER
n. a1790 UK sl. - a tramp
• ABRAMIDE
n. Bk1881 - a descendant of Abraham; a Jew
• ABRAMITE
n. Bk1881 - a descendant of Abraham; a Jew
• ABRAM-MAN
n. 1. 1561 - one of a set of vagabonds who wandered about the country soon after the dissolution of the religious houses; a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman; a sturdy beggar
n. 2. L17 sl. - a sturdy beggar, i.e. one who could but rarely does, work for a living
n. 3. a1790 sl. - a thief specializing in pocketbooks
• ABRAM-MORT
n. 1. 17C sl. - a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman
n. 2. L17 sl. - a sturdy beggar, i.e. one who could but rarely does, work for a living
n. 3. 1741 sl. - a madwoman
n. 4. L18 sl. - a thief specializing in pocketbooks
• ABRAM-SHAM
n. L19 sl. - the practice of travelling the country posing as a mad man
vb. E19 sl. - of a beggar: to travel the country posing as a madman; to fake illness
• ABRAM SUIT
phr. 19C sl. - working as a writer of begging letters, the pursuit of many small-time confidence tricksters at the time
• ABRAM WORK
n. L19 sl. - any form of spurious occupation, esp. some form of confidence trick
• ABRASABLE
adj. 1896 rare - that may be abraded or worn down
• ABRASE
adj. 1600 obs. rare - rubbed smooth; rubbed clear from all markings; unoccupied, clean, blank
vb. a1475 - to rub off or away; to wear down by friction; to abrade
• ARASIVE
adj. 1. 1861 - of sound: harsh, grating, strident
adj. 2. 1944 - aggressively direct; acting without concern for the feelings of others; brash, tactless, ungentle
• ABRAZO
n. a1626 - in Spain, Latin America, and North America: an embrace used as a salutation or meeting or parting
• ABREAK
vb. 1. a1000 obs. - to break in pieces; to shatter
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - to violate a commandment, agreement, promise, etc. to fail to observe or keep
vb. 3. 1205 obs. - to break forth; to burst out
• ABREATHE
vb. 1. c1450 obs. - to give time to recover breath
vb. 2. a1500 obs. - to cause to become out of breath; to wind
• ABREDE
vb. 1. a1000 obs. - to spread out; to extend; also, to lay flat
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - of the mouth or eyes: to open wide
• ABREED
adv. 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial. - abroad; spread about, cast to the winds
• ABREID
adv. c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - apart, widely
• ABRENOUNCE
vb. 1537 rare - to renounce, to repudiate; to contradict
• ABRENOUNCING
n. c1550 obs. - repudiation; rejection
• ABRENUNCIATE
vb. 1618 obs. rare - to renounce; to repudiate; to contradict
• ABRENUNCIATION
n. 1641 - renunciation; retraction, repudiation
• ABREPTION
n. 1550 rare - a snatching away; complete separation or removal
• ABREVY
vb. a1325 obs. - to abbreviate, to abridge
ABRI - ABY
• ABRI
n. 1761 - a shelter, a refuge
• ABRICOTINE
adj. 1930 - apricot-coloured
n. 1908 - apricot brandy
• ABRIDGE
n. 1. 1611 obs. rare - abridgement, shortening
n. 2. 1634 obs. rare - an abridged version; an epitome
vb. 1435 obs. rare - to prevent harm, etc.; to frustrate or thwart a purpose
• ABRIDGEDLY
adv. 1704 rare - in an abridged form; concisely, briefly
• ABRIDGEMENTS
n. M19 sl. - knee-breeches
• ABRIPE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to ravish, to rape a woman
• ABRIPED
adj. 1623 obs. rare - ravished, raped
• ABROACH
vb. c1400 obs. - to pierce or broach a container, esp. a cask of liquor, so as to let the contents flow out; to release liquor from a container in this way
• ABROAD
adj. 1. L18 sl. - of convicts: transported to a penal colony
adj. 2. 1770 colloq. rare - confused, bewildered, perplexed, at a loss, in error, wide of the mark or truth
adj. 3. M19 sl. - drunk
adv. 1. c1300 - in public, so as to be widely known, believed, etc.; openly, publicly; at large
adv. 2. c1335 - out of one's house or abode; outdoors; in the open
adv. 3. 1654 rare - apart, in pieces
adv. 4. 1893 Ireland & Eng. dial. - near at hand
• ABROAD CLERK
n. 1781 rare - a brewery employee who visits publicans' premises to collect payments, oversee the way beer is kept, etc.
• ABROAD COOPER
n. 1807 rare - a brewery employee who visits publicans' premises to collect payments, oversee the way beer is kept, etc.
• ABROADED
adj. 1. M19 - living in exile somewhere other than the UK (UK society usage)
adj. 2. M19 sl. - transported to a penal colony
adj. 3. L19 sl. - imprisoned
• ABRODIETICAL
adj. 1625 obs. rare - over-refined or self-indulgent, esp. in regard to diet; feeding or eating daintily; delicate, fastidious, finicky
n. 1623 obs. rare - a person of over-refined or self-indulgent tastes; a delicate person, a dainty eater
• ABROGABLE
adj. 1550 - capable of being abrogated
• ABROGANS
n. Bk1850 Amer. - a corruption of ‘aborigines’ said to be common in the West among the illiterate, and which is used jocularly for Indians
• ABROGATE
adj. 1460 rare - repealed, annulled, cancelled, abolished by authority
vb. 1. 1526 - to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally; to cancel
vb. 2. a1529 - to do away with; to put an end to; to reject or deny
vb. 3. 1904 - to evade, neglect, or renounce an obligation or duty; to shirk a responsibility
• ABROGATION
n. 1. 1535 - repeal or abolition by authority
n. 2. 1692 obs. - the removal a person from an office by formal means
• ABROGATIVE
adj. 1613 rare - having the quality of abrogating; that repeals, abolishes, or cancels a law, practice, etc.
• ABROGATOR
n. 1599 - one who abrogates or repeals by authority; one who abolishes
• ABROGE
vb. 1427 obs. rare - to abrogate
• ABROOD
adv. 1656 rare - hatching or brooding upon mischief, evil, etc.
• ABROOK
vb. 1592 obs. rare - to brook, to endure, to tolerate, to bear
• ABRUPT
adj. 1. 1565 obs. - broken off, truncated, cut short; terminating in a break
adj. 2. 1583 obs. rare - that has broken away from restraint; abandoned, dissolute
n. 1624 obs. - an abrupt or steep place; a precipice; a chasm, an abyss
vb. 1634 - to break off, to sever; to interrupt suddenly; to curtail
• ABRUPTED
adj. 1597 - suddenly broken off; cut short, curtailed; cut off
• ABRUPTION
n. 1585 rare - a breaking off; an interruption; a sudden break, as in a narrative etc.
• ABRUPTLY
adv. 1. 1579 obs. - in short, in brief; by way of abbreviation
adv. 2. 1607 obs. - intermittently, sporadically
• ABRUTALIZE
vb. 1795 rare - to brutalize
• ABRUZZESE
n. 1816 - a native or inhabitant of the Abruzzo region of central Italy
• ABRUZZIAN
n. 1570 - a native or inhabitant of the Abruzzo region of central Italy
• ABS
n. 1956 Amer. sl. - the abdominal muscles
• ABSALOM
n. Bk1922 - an undutiful son
• ABSCEDE
vb. 1650 obs. rare - to move away, to lose contact; to separate
• ABSCESSION
n. 1. 1583 obs. rare - departure, removal; cessation of a disease, pain, etc.
n. 2. 1583 obs. rare - an abscess
• ABSCESSIONAL
n. 1647 obs. rare - a permission or command to depart
• ABSCESS OF THE BOWELS
n. c1960 Amer. dial. - an older name for appendicitis
• ABSCHIZE
vb. c1833 sl. - to decamp
• ABSCIND
vb. 1610 rare - to cut off, to separate, to detach
• ABSCINDED
adj. 1674 rare - cut off, detached, separated
• ABSCISE
vb. a1500 rare, chiefly surgical usage - to cut off or away
• ABSCISION
n. 1594 - a cutting off or away
• ABSCISSION
n. 1. 1555 - a cutting off or violent separation
n. 2. 1625 obs. - a cutting a person off from God or the from the Church
n. 3. 1633 obs. - the state of being cut off; separation and removal
• ABSCISSOR
n. 1647 obs. rare - one that tears or rends asunder
• ABSCONCE
n. 1872 obs. rare - a dark lantern used in monasteries, etc. for reading prayers, etc. during services
vb. 1. 1570 obs. rare - to hide, to conceal
vb. 2. 1823 obs. rare, humorous usage - to depart quickly, to flee
• ABSCOND
adj. 1653 obs. rare - hidden from view
vb. c1586 rare - to hide away; to conceal anything
• ABSCONDED
adj. 1652 obs. - concealed, hidden away, secluded, secret
• ABSCONDENCE
n. 1694 - concealment, seclusion; removal to a place of concealment or hiding; flight from creditors, arrest, etc.
• ABSCONDENT
n. 1685 obs. rare - a person who absconds
• ABSCONDER
n. 1702 - one who absconds or leaves quickly; a runaway from justice; a fugitive; an escapee
• ABSCONDMENT
n. 1694 rare - an absconding, esp. from creditors, arrest, or custody
• ABSCONSION
n. 1. 1648 obs. rare - hiding, concealment
n. 2. 1827 - flight, disappearance, or escape, esp. from custody
• ABSCOTCHALATER
n. Bk1921 US sl. - one in hiding from the police; one who runs away
• ABSENCE
n. 1866 obs. rare - a person or thing which is absent
• ABSENCY
n. 1599 obs. rare - absence
• ABSENT
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - intoxicated
n. c1425 obs. - one who is absent; an absentee
vb. 1. c1400 obs. - to be or stay away; to withdraw
vb. 2. 1488 rare - to depart from, to quit, to leave
vb. 3. 1530 obs. - to keep away; to detain or withhold from being present
• ABSENTANEOUS
adj. 1656 rare - done in absence; pert; to absence
• ABSENTATION
n. 1800 rare - the act of absenting oneself; absence
• ABSENTED
adj. a1586 - withdrawn, retired; absent
• ABSENTEE
n. 1. 1777 US - a person loyal to the British who fled his or her residence during the American Revolution
n. 2. 1803 Aust. rare - an escaped convict
• ABSENTMENT
n. 1600 rare - the act of absenting oneself; a withdrawal or staying away
• ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR
n. 1899 Eng. sl. - a soldier
• ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR
n. 1859 - an habitually inattentive or forgetful person; one who is distracted or preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of their immediate surroundings
• ABSENTNESS
n. 1790 rare - a being absent in mind; distractedness, absent-mindedness
• ABSENT PARENTS
n. 1994 euphemism - fathers who do not live with their infant children
• ABSENTY
n. 1520 obs. - absence
• ABSIMILATION
n. 1638 obs. rare - the act or process of making or becoming unlike or dissimilar to something
• ABSIST
vb. 1614 obs. rare - to withdraw; to desist
• ABSISTENCE
n. 1881 - a standing off; an abstaining or refraining from something; abstinence
• ABSITIVELY
adv. 1926 US sl. - certainly
• ABSIT OMEN
phr. 1594 - 'may the omen be absent'; used as an imprecation when referring to a possible undesirable event in the hope that it will not come to pass
• ABSKIZE
vb. c1833 sl. - to decamp
• ABS-LAGGY
phr. M19 UK criminals' sl. - transported
• ABS-LUSHERY
phr. M19 UK criminals' sl. - at a drinking house
• ABS-NABBEMS
phr. M19 UK criminals' sl. - safe, secure from capture
• ABS-NUNKS
adj. M19 UK criminals' sl. - visiting the pawnbroker
• ABSO
n. 1900s sl. - a definite winner, usually used in a sporting context
• ABSOBALLYLUTELY
adv. 1914 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed, utterly
• ABSO-BLESSED-LUTELY
adv. 1912 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed
• ABSOBLOODYLUTELY
adv. 1935 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed, utterly
• ABSOBLOOMINGLUTELY
adv. 1909 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed
• ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY
adv. 1985 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed; without the slightest doubt
int. 1910s sl. - exclamation of affirmation
• ABSOGODDAMLUTELY
adv. 1962 US sl. - absolutely
• ABSOGODDAMNTIVELY
adv. 1986 Amer. sl. - absolutely and positively
• ABSOIL
vb. c1450 obs. - to absolve, esp. from sin
• ABSOLENT
adj. c1560 obs. rare - perfect, consummate
• ABSOLETE
adj. a1613 obs. - obsolete
• ABSOLUTELY!
int. 1825 colloq. - used for registering complete agreement; yes! indeed!
• ABSOLUTELY MR. GALLAGHER. POSTIVELY MR. SHEAN
phr. 1922 US sl. - used for a humorous assent
• ABSOLUTELY NOT!
phr. 20C sl. - not a hope! not a chance!
• ABSOLUTENESS
n. 1. 1551 obs. - a being complete or finished; completeness; perfection
n. 2. 1574 - unlimited or unrestrained authority; arbitrary rule
n. 3. 1603 - absence of conditions or reservations; unconditional quality; certainty, unreservedness
n. 4. 1605 - independence, autonomy
• ABSOLUTIST
n. 1. 1799 - in politics: one who is in favour of an absolute government; also, a person who rules or governs absolutely
n. 2. 1917 - during World War I: a conscientious objector who refused to carry out non-combatant compulsory service
• ABSOLUTORY
adj. 1611 - that grants absolution; relating to absolution
• ABSOLVANT
n. 1506 obs. rare - he who absolves
• ABSOLVATORY
adj. 1611 rare - pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal
• ABSOLVITORY
adj. 1609 Sc. - pert. to absolution; absolving
• ABSOLVITURE
n. 1586 Sc. obs. - the act of absolving; absolution
• ABSONANT
adj. 1564 - harsh, inharmonious; fig. discordant or abhorrent to reason, nature, etc.; unreasonable, unnatural
• ABSONATE
vb. Bk1775 obs. - to avoid, to detest (a law term)
• ABSONISM
n. 1593 obs. rare - something discordant in the use of language
• ABSONOUS
adj. 1. 1622 rare - out of tune, inharmonious
adj. 2. 1642 rare - absurd, incongruous; unreasonable
• ABSO-ONE-HUNDRED-PERCENT-LUTELY
adv. 20C Brit. sl. - absolutely; most definite
• ABSORB
vb. 1. 1490 obs. - to swallow up, to engulf, esp. in a body of water
vb. 2. 1686 - to consume or use up resources, esp. money; to occupy or take up time
vb. 3. 1821 colloq. - to eat or drink, esp. voraciously or with relish
• ABSORBEATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to swallow up
• ABSORBITION
n. c1680 rare - absorption
• ABSORPT
adj. c1450 obs. - absorbed; swallowed up; fig. engrossed
• ABSORPTED
adj. a1631 obs. - absorbed
• ABSORPTIVE
adj. 1664 - having the quality of absorbing, swallowing, or imbibing; fig. engrossing
• ABSOTIVE
adj. 1924 Amer. sl. - absolute
• ABSOTIVELY
adv. 1914 sl. - absolutely; decidedly; without a doubt, irrefutably; certainly
• ABSOTOOTLY
adv. 1955 Amer. dial. - absolutely
• ABSOYLE
vb. c1450 obs. - to absolve
• ABS-PAD-LUCK
phr. M19 UK criminals' sl. - 'gone upon the highway'
• ABSQUAT
vb. 1868 sl. - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond
• ABSQUATIATE
vb. 1839 Amer. sl. - to abscond, to depart
• ABSQUATILATE
vb. 1830 Amer. sl. - to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away
• ABSQUATTLE
vb. 1842 sl. - of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond
• ABSQUATULATE
vb. 1. 1830 Amer. dial. - to die
vb. 2. 1830 US - to leave, to depart, especially hastily, or furtively; to run away; to abscond
vb. 3. 1842 sl., orig. US - of an object: to separate, to break away from
vb. 4. 1844 rare - to send away, to dismiss
vb. 5. 1976 Amer. dial. - to squabble
• ABSQUATULATION
n. 1839 - a sudden disappearance or absconding
• ABSQUATULATOR
n. 1842 Amer. sl. - an absconder
• ABSQUATULIZE
vb. 1. 1829 Amer. sl. - to abscond, to depart
vb. 2. 1839 Amer. sl. - to drive away, to expel
• ABSQUINCHIATED
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. - used up, finished
• ABSQUOTILATE
vb. 1837-40 - to make off, to decamp
• ABSQUOTULATE
vb. 1. 1830 sl., orig. US - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond
vb. 2. 1842 sl., orig. US - of an object: to separate, to break away from
• ABS-SMASH-RIG
n. M19 UK criminals' sl. - the act of passing counterfeit coin
• ABS-SPOUTEMS
adj. M19 UK criminals' sl. - gone to the pawnbrokers
• ABSTAIN
vb. a1425 obs. - to fast
• ABSTAINER
n. 1. c1475 - a person who abstains from eating particular foods
n. 2. 1852 - a person who abstains from voting
n. 3. 1854 - a person who abstains from drinking alcohol; a teetotaller
• ABSTAIN FROM BEANS
vb. 1920s sl. - to desist from politics
• ABSTAINMENT
n. 1819 rare - the act of keeping from or refraining
• ABSTEMIOUS
adj. 1. 1603 - temperate or sparing in food; characterized by such temperance; sparing
adj. 2. 1604 - of food, a meal, etc.: spare, plain, modest
adj. 2. 1610 rare - abstinent, refraining, sparing (with regard to other things than food)
• ABSTEMIOUSLY
adv. 1625 - of eating and drinking: sparingly, temperately
• ABSTEMIOUSNESS
n. 1604 - the quality of being sparing in the use of strong drink and delicacies
• ABSTENT
adj. 1898 Sc. - absent
• ABSTENTION
n. 1. 1521 obs. - the act of keeping back or restraining
n. 2. 1624-47 - the act of keeping oneself back, abstaining, or refraining
n. 3. 1849 - an act of refraining from exercising one's vote
• ABSTENTIONIST
n. 1. 1857 - one who refrains from exercising his or her vote
n. 2. 1880 - one who practices or approves abstention
• ABSTENTIOUS
adj. 1839 - characterized by abstinence; self-restraining or refraining
• ABSTER
vb. 1542 obs. rare - to deter, to hinder, to frighten off
• ABSTERGE
vb. 1526 rare - to wipe away; to wipe clean; to cleanse
• ABSTERGENT
adj. 1617 rare - having a cleansing quality; cleansing, abrading
• ABSTERGIFY
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to cleanse
• ABSTERSE
vb. a1425 rare - to wipe away; to wipe clean; to cleanse
• ABSTERSION
n. a1425 rare - the act or process of wiping clean; cleansing, scouring
• ABSTERSORY
adj. 1609 obs. - cleansing, purgative
• ABSTINENCE
n. 1386 obs. - a truce, cessation of hostilities
• ABSTINENCE OF WAR
n. 1386 obs. - a truce, cessation of hostilities
• ABSTINENCY
n. 1. 1529 - an abstaining from food, pleasure, etc.; also, fasting
n. 2. 1594 rare - a fast
• ABSTINENT
n. c1440 - one who abstains; an abstainer; also, a person who is fasting
• ABSTINENTIAL
adj. 1655 rare - pert. to abstinence
• ABSTORQUED
adj. 1623 obs. rare - forced away, wrung from another by violence
• ABSTORTED
adj. 1658 obs. rare - forced away, wrung from another by violence
• ABSTRACT
adj. 1721 Sc. obs. - apart, withdrawn from
• ABSTRACTER
n. 1857 hist. rare - in the British civil service: a clerk who prepared abstracts of the numbers of births, deaths, and marriages
• ABSTRACTIONIST
n. 1. 1832 - a person who prefers to view, analyse, and discuss the world in abstract rather than practical terms; a thinker who gives precedence to abstract ideas and concepts over concrete and particular ones
n. 2. 1841 sl. - a pickpocket
n. 3. 1844 US depreciative - an impractical dreamer; an idealist
n. 4. 1917 - an advocate or practitioner of abstraction in the arts, esp. a painter in the abstract style
• ABSTRACTION-MONGER
n. 1860 - one who deals with visionary ideas
• ABSTRACTOR
n. 1859 hist. - in the British civil service: a clerk who prepared abstracts of the numbers of births, deaths, and marriages
• ABSTRAKLOUS
adj. Bk1905 Sc. - cross-grained; bad-tempered
• ABSTREPOLOUS; ABSTREPULOUS
adj. c1725 - obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control
• ABSTRICTED
adj. 1727 obs. rare - loosened, freed, unbound
• ABSTRICTION
n. 1650 rare - a loosening or unbinding
• ABSTRINGE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to unbind or loosen
• ABSTROCITY
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an abstract monstrosity
• ABSTROPELOUS
adj. E18 sl. - aggressively resistant to control or restraint
• ABSTRUDE
vb. 1627 obs. - to thrust away
• ABSTRUSE
adj. 1. 1549 - difficult to understand; obscure, recondite
adj. 2. 1576 obs. - concealed, hidden, secret
• ABSTRUSED
adj. 1607 obs. rare - concealed, hidden, remote
• ABSTRUSELY
adv. 1. 1611 obs. rare - secretly, in a concealed manner
adv. 2. 1734 - in a manner that is complicated or difficult to understand
• ABSTRUSENESS
n. 1628 - a being difficult to understand
• ABSTRUSION
n. 1805 rare - the act of thrusting away
• ABSTRUSITY
n. 1. 1632 - obscurity; anything abstruse; an obscure or recondite matter or point
n. 2. 1649 - a being difficult to understand; abstruseness
• ABSTRUSIVE
adj. 1848 - of abstruse quality; abstruse, recondite
• ABSUME
vb. 1596 obs. - to consume gradually; to waste away; to carry off
• ABSUMPTION
n. 1617 rare - the process of wasting away, gradual destruction
• ABSURD
adj. 1617 obs. rare - in music: inharmonious, jarring, out-of-tune
n. 1. 1610 obs. - an unreasonable thing, act, or statement; an absurdity
n. 2. Bk1827 rare - a person who is absurd; an unreasonable person
• ABSURDISM
n. 1815 - an illogical or ridiculous thing
• ABSURDIST
adj. 1951 - relating to the perceived futility and senselessness of human life
n. 1. 1894 rare - a person who behaves in an illogical or absurd manner
n. 2. 1929 - a writer, performer, etc., whose work presents an audience or readership with absurdities, typically in portraying the futility of human struggle in a senseless and inexplicable world; esp. a writer or proponent of absurdist drama
• ABSURDITY
n. c1429 obs. - in music: lack of harmony, untunefulness
• ABSURDUM
n. 1606 - an absurd or illogical conclusion; also, an absurd state or condition
• ABTHANE
n. a1525 - in Scottish hist.: a senior thane (a person holding lands of the king; the chief of a clan, who became one of the king's barons)
• ABUBBLE
adj. 1766 - of a person or place: bubbling over with excitement, etc.; full of activity
• ABUCCINATE
vb. 1569 obs. rare - to proclaim as with a trumpet
• A-BUCK
phr. 1980s US homosexual sl. - a lying on one's back with one's legs over one's head to enable both anal intercourse and kissing
• ABUDE
vb. 1073 obs. - to 'abey'; to bend, to bow, to make obedient
• ABUELA
n. 1836 - in Spanish-speaking contexts: a grandmother; generally, an elderly woman; also, a familiar title or form of address
• ABUELITA
n. 1937 - in Spanish-speaking contexts: a grandmother; generally, an elderly woman; also, a familiar title or form of address
• ABUELO
n. 1876 - in Spanish-speaking contexts: a grandfather; generally, an elderly man; also, a familiar title or form of address
• ABUILYIEMENTS
n. 1816 Sc. - accoutrements, arms
• ABUJI
n. 1972 Hawaii - father
• ABULIEMENT
n. 1787 Sc. obs. - dress, clothing; generally plural
• ABULZIEMENTS
n. 1719 Sc. - garments
• ABUNDANCE
n. 1782 Sc. - enough
• ABUNDANCY
n. 1526 obs. - the quality of being abundant; abundantness, plentifulness
• ABUNDARY
n. 1622 obs. rare - an overflowing source; a fountain-head
• ABUNDATION
n. 19C Eng. dial. - abundance, plenty, a large quantity
• ABURDEN
vb. 1620 obs. rare - to burden, to oppress
• ABURST
adj. 1. 1205 obs. rare - enraged, furious
adj. 2. 1865 - bursting; in a bursting condition
• ABUSABLE
adj. 1660 obs. - of abusing or deceiving character; deceptive
• ABUSAGE
n. 1548 obs. - abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement
• ABUSAK
n. 20C teen & high school sl. - elevator music
• ABUSCHE
vb. c1300 obs. - to ambush
• ABUSE
n. 1. 1551 obs. - imposture, deceit; delusion
n. 2. L16 sl. - masturbation
vb. 1. a1439 obs. - to misrepresent a person or thing; to adulterate; to falsify; to show oneself in false colours, to make false pretensions
vb. 2. a1475 obs. rare - to behave improperly
vb. 3. L15 sl. - to cheat, to make a cuckold of
vb. 4. 1548 obs. rare - to use something in error, to mistake for another thing
vb. 5. L16 sl. - to masturbate
• ABUSED
adj. 1. a1500 obs. - misguided, mistaken; deceived
adj. 2. a1513 obs. - worn out, consumed by use; disused, obsolete
• ABUSEE
n. 1836 - a person who is or who has been abused
• ABUSEFUL
adj. 1612 - abounding in abuse; using or practicing abuse; abusive, harmful, reproachful
• ABUSEFULLY
adv. 1656 - in an abusive manner; abusively; improperly
• AB-USEFULNESS
n. 1862 rare - capacity to be used improperly
• ABUSEFULNESS
n. 1893 Eng. dial. - abuse
• ABUSEMENT
n. 1535 obs. - an abusing or misleading; abuse, deception
• ABUSE ONESELF
vb. 20C euphemism - to masturbate
• ABUSER
n. 1. 1579 obs. - a person who perverts truth or abuses confidence; a deceiver or impostor
n. 2. 1584 - one who uses badly or injures; an ill-user, a violator; one who seduces, a ravisher, one who rapes
n. 3. 1611 - one who masturbates
n. 4. 1847 - a person who abuses drugs or alcohol
• ABUSH; ABUSHE
vb. c1300 obs. - to ambush
• ABUSHMENT
n. 1380 obs. - ambush, ambushment
• ABUSHMENTLY
adv. 1552 obs. - in ambush, by way of ambuscade
• ABUSION
n. 1. c1350 obs. - contemptuous or reproachful language; reviling, insult
n. 2. c1374 obs. - violation of law or right, outrage, wrong; anything opposed to propriety; bad or improper usage; corrupt or shameful fact or practice
n. 3. c1386 obs. - perversion of the truth; deceit, deception, imposture; also, an instance of such perversion or deception
n. 4. 1387 obs. - misuse, misapplication, perversion
• ABUSIOUS
adj. 1594 obs. rare - given to abuse; abusive
• ABUSIVE
adj. 1595 obs. - deceitful, fraudulent; deluding
• ABUSSE
vb. c1300 obs. - to ambush
• ABUSTLE
adj. 1887 - busy, bustling with people, activity, etc.
• ABUTTAL
n. 1545 - an extremity or boundary of land which abuts upon neighbouring lands; a point of junction
vb. 1. 1545 obs. - of land: to border on or upon an adjacent piece of land; to abut
vb. 2. 1637 obs. - to define or describe a piece of land by specifying its boundaries and abuttals
• ABUTTER
n. 1673 - one whose land or building abuts upon a highway or upon another’s property; the owner of adjoining property
• A-BUZZ
adj. 1. 1859 - alive with activity, excitement, talk, etc.
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - drunk
• ABVERSION
n. 1638 obs. rare - aversion; an averted state of mind or feelings; a mental attitude of opposition or repugnance; a fixed habitual dislike
• ABVOLATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to fly away
• ABVOLATION
n. 1663 obs. rare - a flying away
• ABY
n. 1914 Amer. dial., usually derogatory - a Jew
vb. 1. c1175 obs. - to buy, to purchase, to pay for
vb. 2. c1175 arch. - to pay the penalty for an offense; to redeem; to atone for; to suffer for; to make amends for; to expiate
vb. 3. 1374 arch. - to pay, as a penalty; to suffer, to endure
• ABYDOCOMIST
n. 18C - a sycophant who boasts of his successes achieved by flattery and falsehood
• ABYE
adv. 1894 Sc. - ago, past
vb. 1. c1175 obs. - to buy, to purchase, to pay for
vb. 2. c1175 arch. - to pay the penalty for an offense; to redeem; to atone for; to suffer for; to make amends for; to expiate
vb. 3. 1374 arch. - to pay, as a penalty; to suffer, to endure
• ABYSM
n. 1. c1300 - the great deep, the bottomless gulf, believed in the old cosmogony to lie beneath the earth, and supposed to be, specifically: an imaginary subterraneous reservoir of waters; or, hell, or the infernal regions
n. 2. 1495 - any deep immeasurable space; a profound chasm or gulf; an abyss
vb. Bk1611 obs. rare - to sink into an abyss; to engulf
• ABYSMAL
adj. 1. 1656 - bottomless; profound; relating to Hell; hellish
adj. 2. 1904 - of an exceptionally poor standard or quality; extremely bad, appalling
• ABYSMALLY
adv. 1869 - unfathomably, profoundly; hence, appallingly
• ABYSMUS
n. Bk1611 rare - an abyss
• ABYSS
n. 1. c1460 - hell; the insides of the earth; also preceded with 'the'
n. 2. 1548 - an extremity of some condition or quality (usually a negative one); a condition from which recovery is unlikely or impossible
n. 3. 1980s US homosexual sl. - a large anus that has been frequently used for anal intercourse
• ABYSSAL
adj. 1609 - of unsearchable depth, unfathomable; belonging to the lowest depths of ocean
• ABYSSIAN
n. E17 obs. - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia)
• ABYSSIN
n. 1584 obs. - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in north-eastern Africa; now officially called Ethiopia
• ABYSSINIA
int. 1934 sl. - goodbye; I'll be seeing you
• ABYSSINIAN
adj. 1697 - relating to Abyssinia
n. 1703 - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia)
• ABYSSINIAN POLO
n. 1920s sl. - a game of dice; the game of craps dice
n. 1761 - a shelter, a refuge
• ABRICOTINE
adj. 1930 - apricot-coloured
n. 1908 - apricot brandy
• ABRIDGE
n. 1. 1611 obs. rare - abridgement, shortening
n. 2. 1634 obs. rare - an abridged version; an epitome
vb. 1435 obs. rare - to prevent harm, etc.; to frustrate or thwart a purpose
• ABRIDGEDLY
adv. 1704 rare - in an abridged form; concisely, briefly
• ABRIDGEMENTS
n. M19 sl. - knee-breeches
• ABRIPE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to ravish, to rape a woman
• ABRIPED
adj. 1623 obs. rare - ravished, raped
• ABROACH
vb. c1400 obs. - to pierce or broach a container, esp. a cask of liquor, so as to let the contents flow out; to release liquor from a container in this way
• ABROAD
adj. 1. L18 sl. - of convicts: transported to a penal colony
adj. 2. 1770 colloq. rare - confused, bewildered, perplexed, at a loss, in error, wide of the mark or truth
adj. 3. M19 sl. - drunk
adv. 1. c1300 - in public, so as to be widely known, believed, etc.; openly, publicly; at large
adv. 2. c1335 - out of one's house or abode; outdoors; in the open
adv. 3. 1654 rare - apart, in pieces
adv. 4. 1893 Ireland & Eng. dial. - near at hand
• ABROAD CLERK
n. 1781 rare - a brewery employee who visits publicans' premises to collect payments, oversee the way beer is kept, etc.
• ABROAD COOPER
n. 1807 rare - a brewery employee who visits publicans' premises to collect payments, oversee the way beer is kept, etc.
• ABROADED
adj. 1. M19 - living in exile somewhere other than the UK (UK society usage)
adj. 2. M19 sl. - transported to a penal colony
adj. 3. L19 sl. - imprisoned
• ABRODIETICAL
adj. 1625 obs. rare - over-refined or self-indulgent, esp. in regard to diet; feeding or eating daintily; delicate, fastidious, finicky
n. 1623 obs. rare - a person of over-refined or self-indulgent tastes; a delicate person, a dainty eater
• ABROGABLE
adj. 1550 - capable of being abrogated
• ABROGANS
n. Bk1850 Amer. - a corruption of ‘aborigines’ said to be common in the West among the illiterate, and which is used jocularly for Indians
• ABROGATE
adj. 1460 rare - repealed, annulled, cancelled, abolished by authority
vb. 1. 1526 - to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally; to cancel
vb. 2. a1529 - to do away with; to put an end to; to reject or deny
vb. 3. 1904 - to evade, neglect, or renounce an obligation or duty; to shirk a responsibility
• ABROGATION
n. 1. 1535 - repeal or abolition by authority
n. 2. 1692 obs. - the removal a person from an office by formal means
• ABROGATIVE
adj. 1613 rare - having the quality of abrogating; that repeals, abolishes, or cancels a law, practice, etc.
• ABROGATOR
n. 1599 - one who abrogates or repeals by authority; one who abolishes
• ABROGE
vb. 1427 obs. rare - to abrogate
• ABROOD
adv. 1656 rare - hatching or brooding upon mischief, evil, etc.
• ABROOK
vb. 1592 obs. rare - to brook, to endure, to tolerate, to bear
• ABRUPT
adj. 1. 1565 obs. - broken off, truncated, cut short; terminating in a break
adj. 2. 1583 obs. rare - that has broken away from restraint; abandoned, dissolute
n. 1624 obs. - an abrupt or steep place; a precipice; a chasm, an abyss
vb. 1634 - to break off, to sever; to interrupt suddenly; to curtail
• ABRUPTED
adj. 1597 - suddenly broken off; cut short, curtailed; cut off
• ABRUPTION
n. 1585 rare - a breaking off; an interruption; a sudden break, as in a narrative etc.
• ABRUPTLY
adv. 1. 1579 obs. - in short, in brief; by way of abbreviation
adv. 2. 1607 obs. - intermittently, sporadically
• ABRUTALIZE
vb. 1795 rare - to brutalize
• ABRUZZESE
n. 1816 - a native or inhabitant of the Abruzzo region of central Italy
• ABRUZZIAN
n. 1570 - a native or inhabitant of the Abruzzo region of central Italy
• ABS
n. 1956 Amer. sl. - the abdominal muscles
• ABSALOM
n. Bk1922 - an undutiful son
• ABSCEDE
vb. 1650 obs. rare - to move away, to lose contact; to separate
• ABSCESSION
n. 1. 1583 obs. rare - departure, removal; cessation of a disease, pain, etc.
n. 2. 1583 obs. rare - an abscess
• ABSCESSIONAL
n. 1647 obs. rare - a permission or command to depart
• ABSCESS OF THE BOWELS
n. c1960 Amer. dial. - an older name for appendicitis
• ABSCHIZE
vb. c1833 sl. - to decamp
• ABSCIND
vb. 1610 rare - to cut off, to separate, to detach
• ABSCINDED
adj. 1674 rare - cut off, detached, separated
• ABSCISE
vb. a1500 rare, chiefly surgical usage - to cut off or away
• ABSCISION
n. 1594 - a cutting off or away
• ABSCISSION
n. 1. 1555 - a cutting off or violent separation
n. 2. 1625 obs. - a cutting a person off from God or the from the Church
n. 3. 1633 obs. - the state of being cut off; separation and removal
• ABSCISSOR
n. 1647 obs. rare - one that tears or rends asunder
• ABSCONCE
n. 1872 obs. rare - a dark lantern used in monasteries, etc. for reading prayers, etc. during services
vb. 1. 1570 obs. rare - to hide, to conceal
vb. 2. 1823 obs. rare, humorous usage - to depart quickly, to flee
• ABSCOND
adj. 1653 obs. rare - hidden from view
vb. c1586 rare - to hide away; to conceal anything
• ABSCONDED
adj. 1652 obs. - concealed, hidden away, secluded, secret
• ABSCONDENCE
n. 1694 - concealment, seclusion; removal to a place of concealment or hiding; flight from creditors, arrest, etc.
• ABSCONDENT
n. 1685 obs. rare - a person who absconds
• ABSCONDER
n. 1702 - one who absconds or leaves quickly; a runaway from justice; a fugitive; an escapee
• ABSCONDMENT
n. 1694 rare - an absconding, esp. from creditors, arrest, or custody
• ABSCONSION
n. 1. 1648 obs. rare - hiding, concealment
n. 2. 1827 - flight, disappearance, or escape, esp. from custody
• ABSCOTCHALATER
n. Bk1921 US sl. - one in hiding from the police; one who runs away
• ABSENCE
n. 1866 obs. rare - a person or thing which is absent
• ABSENCY
n. 1599 obs. rare - absence
• ABSENT
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - intoxicated
n. c1425 obs. - one who is absent; an absentee
vb. 1. c1400 obs. - to be or stay away; to withdraw
vb. 2. 1488 rare - to depart from, to quit, to leave
vb. 3. 1530 obs. - to keep away; to detain or withhold from being present
• ABSENTANEOUS
adj. 1656 rare - done in absence; pert; to absence
• ABSENTATION
n. 1800 rare - the act of absenting oneself; absence
• ABSENTED
adj. a1586 - withdrawn, retired; absent
• ABSENTEE
n. 1. 1777 US - a person loyal to the British who fled his or her residence during the American Revolution
n. 2. 1803 Aust. rare - an escaped convict
• ABSENTMENT
n. 1600 rare - the act of absenting oneself; a withdrawal or staying away
• ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR
n. 1899 Eng. sl. - a soldier
• ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR
n. 1859 - an habitually inattentive or forgetful person; one who is distracted or preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of their immediate surroundings
• ABSENTNESS
n. 1790 rare - a being absent in mind; distractedness, absent-mindedness
• ABSENT PARENTS
n. 1994 euphemism - fathers who do not live with their infant children
• ABSENTY
n. 1520 obs. - absence
• ABSIMILATION
n. 1638 obs. rare - the act or process of making or becoming unlike or dissimilar to something
• ABSIST
vb. 1614 obs. rare - to withdraw; to desist
• ABSISTENCE
n. 1881 - a standing off; an abstaining or refraining from something; abstinence
• ABSITIVELY
adv. 1926 US sl. - certainly
• ABSIT OMEN
phr. 1594 - 'may the omen be absent'; used as an imprecation when referring to a possible undesirable event in the hope that it will not come to pass
• ABSKIZE
vb. c1833 sl. - to decamp
• ABS-LAGGY
phr. M19 UK criminals' sl. - transported
• ABS-LUSHERY
phr. M19 UK criminals' sl. - at a drinking house
• ABS-NABBEMS
phr. M19 UK criminals' sl. - safe, secure from capture
• ABS-NUNKS
adj. M19 UK criminals' sl. - visiting the pawnbroker
• ABSO
n. 1900s sl. - a definite winner, usually used in a sporting context
• ABSOBALLYLUTELY
adv. 1914 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed, utterly
• ABSO-BLESSED-LUTELY
adv. 1912 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed
• ABSOBLOODYLUTELY
adv. 1935 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed, utterly
• ABSOBLOOMINGLUTELY
adv. 1909 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed
• ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY
adv. 1985 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed; without the slightest doubt
int. 1910s sl. - exclamation of affirmation
• ABSOGODDAMLUTELY
adv. 1962 US sl. - absolutely
• ABSOGODDAMNTIVELY
adv. 1986 Amer. sl. - absolutely and positively
• ABSOIL
vb. c1450 obs. - to absolve, esp. from sin
• ABSOLENT
adj. c1560 obs. rare - perfect, consummate
• ABSOLETE
adj. a1613 obs. - obsolete
• ABSOLUTELY!
int. 1825 colloq. - used for registering complete agreement; yes! indeed!
• ABSOLUTELY MR. GALLAGHER. POSTIVELY MR. SHEAN
phr. 1922 US sl. - used for a humorous assent
• ABSOLUTELY NOT!
phr. 20C sl. - not a hope! not a chance!
• ABSOLUTENESS
n. 1. 1551 obs. - a being complete or finished; completeness; perfection
n. 2. 1574 - unlimited or unrestrained authority; arbitrary rule
n. 3. 1603 - absence of conditions or reservations; unconditional quality; certainty, unreservedness
n. 4. 1605 - independence, autonomy
• ABSOLUTIST
n. 1. 1799 - in politics: one who is in favour of an absolute government; also, a person who rules or governs absolutely
n. 2. 1917 - during World War I: a conscientious objector who refused to carry out non-combatant compulsory service
• ABSOLUTORY
adj. 1611 - that grants absolution; relating to absolution
• ABSOLVANT
n. 1506 obs. rare - he who absolves
• ABSOLVATORY
adj. 1611 rare - pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal
• ABSOLVITORY
adj. 1609 Sc. - pert. to absolution; absolving
• ABSOLVITURE
n. 1586 Sc. obs. - the act of absolving; absolution
• ABSONANT
adj. 1564 - harsh, inharmonious; fig. discordant or abhorrent to reason, nature, etc.; unreasonable, unnatural
• ABSONATE
vb. Bk1775 obs. - to avoid, to detest (a law term)
• ABSONISM
n. 1593 obs. rare - something discordant in the use of language
• ABSONOUS
adj. 1. 1622 rare - out of tune, inharmonious
adj. 2. 1642 rare - absurd, incongruous; unreasonable
• ABSO-ONE-HUNDRED-PERCENT-LUTELY
adv. 20C Brit. sl. - absolutely; most definite
• ABSORB
vb. 1. 1490 obs. - to swallow up, to engulf, esp. in a body of water
vb. 2. 1686 - to consume or use up resources, esp. money; to occupy or take up time
vb. 3. 1821 colloq. - to eat or drink, esp. voraciously or with relish
• ABSORBEATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to swallow up
• ABSORBITION
n. c1680 rare - absorption
• ABSORPT
adj. c1450 obs. - absorbed; swallowed up; fig. engrossed
• ABSORPTED
adj. a1631 obs. - absorbed
• ABSORPTIVE
adj. 1664 - having the quality of absorbing, swallowing, or imbibing; fig. engrossing
• ABSOTIVE
adj. 1924 Amer. sl. - absolute
• ABSOTIVELY
adv. 1914 sl. - absolutely; decidedly; without a doubt, irrefutably; certainly
• ABSOTOOTLY
adv. 1955 Amer. dial. - absolutely
• ABSOYLE
vb. c1450 obs. - to absolve
• ABS-PAD-LUCK
phr. M19 UK criminals' sl. - 'gone upon the highway'
• ABSQUAT
vb. 1868 sl. - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond
• ABSQUATIATE
vb. 1839 Amer. sl. - to abscond, to depart
• ABSQUATILATE
vb. 1830 Amer. sl. - to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away
• ABSQUATTLE
vb. 1842 sl. - of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond
• ABSQUATULATE
vb. 1. 1830 Amer. dial. - to die
vb. 2. 1830 US - to leave, to depart, especially hastily, or furtively; to run away; to abscond
vb. 3. 1842 sl., orig. US - of an object: to separate, to break away from
vb. 4. 1844 rare - to send away, to dismiss
vb. 5. 1976 Amer. dial. - to squabble
• ABSQUATULATION
n. 1839 - a sudden disappearance or absconding
• ABSQUATULATOR
n. 1842 Amer. sl. - an absconder
• ABSQUATULIZE
vb. 1. 1829 Amer. sl. - to abscond, to depart
vb. 2. 1839 Amer. sl. - to drive away, to expel
• ABSQUINCHIATED
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. - used up, finished
• ABSQUOTILATE
vb. 1837-40 - to make off, to decamp
• ABSQUOTULATE
vb. 1. 1830 sl., orig. US - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond
vb. 2. 1842 sl., orig. US - of an object: to separate, to break away from
• ABS-SMASH-RIG
n. M19 UK criminals' sl. - the act of passing counterfeit coin
• ABS-SPOUTEMS
adj. M19 UK criminals' sl. - gone to the pawnbrokers
• ABSTAIN
vb. a1425 obs. - to fast
• ABSTAINER
n. 1. c1475 - a person who abstains from eating particular foods
n. 2. 1852 - a person who abstains from voting
n. 3. 1854 - a person who abstains from drinking alcohol; a teetotaller
• ABSTAIN FROM BEANS
vb. 1920s sl. - to desist from politics
• ABSTAINMENT
n. 1819 rare - the act of keeping from or refraining
• ABSTEMIOUS
adj. 1. 1603 - temperate or sparing in food; characterized by such temperance; sparing
adj. 2. 1604 - of food, a meal, etc.: spare, plain, modest
adj. 2. 1610 rare - abstinent, refraining, sparing (with regard to other things than food)
• ABSTEMIOUSLY
adv. 1625 - of eating and drinking: sparingly, temperately
• ABSTEMIOUSNESS
n. 1604 - the quality of being sparing in the use of strong drink and delicacies
• ABSTENT
adj. 1898 Sc. - absent
• ABSTENTION
n. 1. 1521 obs. - the act of keeping back or restraining
n. 2. 1624-47 - the act of keeping oneself back, abstaining, or refraining
n. 3. 1849 - an act of refraining from exercising one's vote
• ABSTENTIONIST
n. 1. 1857 - one who refrains from exercising his or her vote
n. 2. 1880 - one who practices or approves abstention
• ABSTENTIOUS
adj. 1839 - characterized by abstinence; self-restraining or refraining
• ABSTER
vb. 1542 obs. rare - to deter, to hinder, to frighten off
• ABSTERGE
vb. 1526 rare - to wipe away; to wipe clean; to cleanse
• ABSTERGENT
adj. 1617 rare - having a cleansing quality; cleansing, abrading
• ABSTERGIFY
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to cleanse
• ABSTERSE
vb. a1425 rare - to wipe away; to wipe clean; to cleanse
• ABSTERSION
n. a1425 rare - the act or process of wiping clean; cleansing, scouring
• ABSTERSORY
adj. 1609 obs. - cleansing, purgative
• ABSTINENCE
n. 1386 obs. - a truce, cessation of hostilities
• ABSTINENCE OF WAR
n. 1386 obs. - a truce, cessation of hostilities
• ABSTINENCY
n. 1. 1529 - an abstaining from food, pleasure, etc.; also, fasting
n. 2. 1594 rare - a fast
• ABSTINENT
n. c1440 - one who abstains; an abstainer; also, a person who is fasting
• ABSTINENTIAL
adj. 1655 rare - pert. to abstinence
• ABSTORQUED
adj. 1623 obs. rare - forced away, wrung from another by violence
• ABSTORTED
adj. 1658 obs. rare - forced away, wrung from another by violence
• ABSTRACT
adj. 1721 Sc. obs. - apart, withdrawn from
• ABSTRACTER
n. 1857 hist. rare - in the British civil service: a clerk who prepared abstracts of the numbers of births, deaths, and marriages
• ABSTRACTIONIST
n. 1. 1832 - a person who prefers to view, analyse, and discuss the world in abstract rather than practical terms; a thinker who gives precedence to abstract ideas and concepts over concrete and particular ones
n. 2. 1841 sl. - a pickpocket
n. 3. 1844 US depreciative - an impractical dreamer; an idealist
n. 4. 1917 - an advocate or practitioner of abstraction in the arts, esp. a painter in the abstract style
• ABSTRACTION-MONGER
n. 1860 - one who deals with visionary ideas
• ABSTRACTOR
n. 1859 hist. - in the British civil service: a clerk who prepared abstracts of the numbers of births, deaths, and marriages
• ABSTRAKLOUS
adj. Bk1905 Sc. - cross-grained; bad-tempered
• ABSTREPOLOUS; ABSTREPULOUS
adj. c1725 - obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control
• ABSTRICTED
adj. 1727 obs. rare - loosened, freed, unbound
• ABSTRICTION
n. 1650 rare - a loosening or unbinding
• ABSTRINGE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to unbind or loosen
• ABSTROCITY
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an abstract monstrosity
• ABSTROPELOUS
adj. E18 sl. - aggressively resistant to control or restraint
• ABSTRUDE
vb. 1627 obs. - to thrust away
• ABSTRUSE
adj. 1. 1549 - difficult to understand; obscure, recondite
adj. 2. 1576 obs. - concealed, hidden, secret
• ABSTRUSED
adj. 1607 obs. rare - concealed, hidden, remote
• ABSTRUSELY
adv. 1. 1611 obs. rare - secretly, in a concealed manner
adv. 2. 1734 - in a manner that is complicated or difficult to understand
• ABSTRUSENESS
n. 1628 - a being difficult to understand
• ABSTRUSION
n. 1805 rare - the act of thrusting away
• ABSTRUSITY
n. 1. 1632 - obscurity; anything abstruse; an obscure or recondite matter or point
n. 2. 1649 - a being difficult to understand; abstruseness
• ABSTRUSIVE
adj. 1848 - of abstruse quality; abstruse, recondite
• ABSUME
vb. 1596 obs. - to consume gradually; to waste away; to carry off
• ABSUMPTION
n. 1617 rare - the process of wasting away, gradual destruction
• ABSURD
adj. 1617 obs. rare - in music: inharmonious, jarring, out-of-tune
n. 1. 1610 obs. - an unreasonable thing, act, or statement; an absurdity
n. 2. Bk1827 rare - a person who is absurd; an unreasonable person
• ABSURDISM
n. 1815 - an illogical or ridiculous thing
• ABSURDIST
adj. 1951 - relating to the perceived futility and senselessness of human life
n. 1. 1894 rare - a person who behaves in an illogical or absurd manner
n. 2. 1929 - a writer, performer, etc., whose work presents an audience or readership with absurdities, typically in portraying the futility of human struggle in a senseless and inexplicable world; esp. a writer or proponent of absurdist drama
• ABSURDITY
n. c1429 obs. - in music: lack of harmony, untunefulness
• ABSURDUM
n. 1606 - an absurd or illogical conclusion; also, an absurd state or condition
• ABTHANE
n. a1525 - in Scottish hist.: a senior thane (a person holding lands of the king; the chief of a clan, who became one of the king's barons)
• ABUBBLE
adj. 1766 - of a person or place: bubbling over with excitement, etc.; full of activity
• ABUCCINATE
vb. 1569 obs. rare - to proclaim as with a trumpet
• A-BUCK
phr. 1980s US homosexual sl. - a lying on one's back with one's legs over one's head to enable both anal intercourse and kissing
• ABUDE
vb. 1073 obs. - to 'abey'; to bend, to bow, to make obedient
• ABUELA
n. 1836 - in Spanish-speaking contexts: a grandmother; generally, an elderly woman; also, a familiar title or form of address
• ABUELITA
n. 1937 - in Spanish-speaking contexts: a grandmother; generally, an elderly woman; also, a familiar title or form of address
• ABUELO
n. 1876 - in Spanish-speaking contexts: a grandfather; generally, an elderly man; also, a familiar title or form of address
• ABUILYIEMENTS
n. 1816 Sc. - accoutrements, arms
• ABUJI
n. 1972 Hawaii - father
• ABULIEMENT
n. 1787 Sc. obs. - dress, clothing; generally plural
• ABULZIEMENTS
n. 1719 Sc. - garments
• ABUNDANCE
n. 1782 Sc. - enough
• ABUNDANCY
n. 1526 obs. - the quality of being abundant; abundantness, plentifulness
• ABUNDARY
n. 1622 obs. rare - an overflowing source; a fountain-head
• ABUNDATION
n. 19C Eng. dial. - abundance, plenty, a large quantity
• ABURDEN
vb. 1620 obs. rare - to burden, to oppress
• ABURST
adj. 1. 1205 obs. rare - enraged, furious
adj. 2. 1865 - bursting; in a bursting condition
• ABUSABLE
adj. 1660 obs. - of abusing or deceiving character; deceptive
• ABUSAGE
n. 1548 obs. - abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement
• ABUSAK
n. 20C teen & high school sl. - elevator music
• ABUSCHE
vb. c1300 obs. - to ambush
• ABUSE
n. 1. 1551 obs. - imposture, deceit; delusion
n. 2. L16 sl. - masturbation
vb. 1. a1439 obs. - to misrepresent a person or thing; to adulterate; to falsify; to show oneself in false colours, to make false pretensions
vb. 2. a1475 obs. rare - to behave improperly
vb. 3. L15 sl. - to cheat, to make a cuckold of
vb. 4. 1548 obs. rare - to use something in error, to mistake for another thing
vb. 5. L16 sl. - to masturbate
• ABUSED
adj. 1. a1500 obs. - misguided, mistaken; deceived
adj. 2. a1513 obs. - worn out, consumed by use; disused, obsolete
• ABUSEE
n. 1836 - a person who is or who has been abused
• ABUSEFUL
adj. 1612 - abounding in abuse; using or practicing abuse; abusive, harmful, reproachful
• ABUSEFULLY
adv. 1656 - in an abusive manner; abusively; improperly
• AB-USEFULNESS
n. 1862 rare - capacity to be used improperly
• ABUSEFULNESS
n. 1893 Eng. dial. - abuse
• ABUSEMENT
n. 1535 obs. - an abusing or misleading; abuse, deception
• ABUSE ONESELF
vb. 20C euphemism - to masturbate
• ABUSER
n. 1. 1579 obs. - a person who perverts truth or abuses confidence; a deceiver or impostor
n. 2. 1584 - one who uses badly or injures; an ill-user, a violator; one who seduces, a ravisher, one who rapes
n. 3. 1611 - one who masturbates
n. 4. 1847 - a person who abuses drugs or alcohol
• ABUSH; ABUSHE
vb. c1300 obs. - to ambush
• ABUSHMENT
n. 1380 obs. - ambush, ambushment
• ABUSHMENTLY
adv. 1552 obs. - in ambush, by way of ambuscade
• ABUSION
n. 1. c1350 obs. - contemptuous or reproachful language; reviling, insult
n. 2. c1374 obs. - violation of law or right, outrage, wrong; anything opposed to propriety; bad or improper usage; corrupt or shameful fact or practice
n. 3. c1386 obs. - perversion of the truth; deceit, deception, imposture; also, an instance of such perversion or deception
n. 4. 1387 obs. - misuse, misapplication, perversion
• ABUSIOUS
adj. 1594 obs. rare - given to abuse; abusive
• ABUSIVE
adj. 1595 obs. - deceitful, fraudulent; deluding
• ABUSSE
vb. c1300 obs. - to ambush
• ABUSTLE
adj. 1887 - busy, bustling with people, activity, etc.
• ABUTTAL
n. 1545 - an extremity or boundary of land which abuts upon neighbouring lands; a point of junction
vb. 1. 1545 obs. - of land: to border on or upon an adjacent piece of land; to abut
vb. 2. 1637 obs. - to define or describe a piece of land by specifying its boundaries and abuttals
• ABUTTER
n. 1673 - one whose land or building abuts upon a highway or upon another’s property; the owner of adjoining property
• A-BUZZ
adj. 1. 1859 - alive with activity, excitement, talk, etc.
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - drunk
• ABVERSION
n. 1638 obs. rare - aversion; an averted state of mind or feelings; a mental attitude of opposition or repugnance; a fixed habitual dislike
• ABVOLATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to fly away
• ABVOLATION
n. 1663 obs. rare - a flying away
• ABY
n. 1914 Amer. dial., usually derogatory - a Jew
vb. 1. c1175 obs. - to buy, to purchase, to pay for
vb. 2. c1175 arch. - to pay the penalty for an offense; to redeem; to atone for; to suffer for; to make amends for; to expiate
vb. 3. 1374 arch. - to pay, as a penalty; to suffer, to endure
• ABYDOCOMIST
n. 18C - a sycophant who boasts of his successes achieved by flattery and falsehood
• ABYE
adv. 1894 Sc. - ago, past
vb. 1. c1175 obs. - to buy, to purchase, to pay for
vb. 2. c1175 arch. - to pay the penalty for an offense; to redeem; to atone for; to suffer for; to make amends for; to expiate
vb. 3. 1374 arch. - to pay, as a penalty; to suffer, to endure
• ABYSM
n. 1. c1300 - the great deep, the bottomless gulf, believed in the old cosmogony to lie beneath the earth, and supposed to be, specifically: an imaginary subterraneous reservoir of waters; or, hell, or the infernal regions
n. 2. 1495 - any deep immeasurable space; a profound chasm or gulf; an abyss
vb. Bk1611 obs. rare - to sink into an abyss; to engulf
• ABYSMAL
adj. 1. 1656 - bottomless; profound; relating to Hell; hellish
adj. 2. 1904 - of an exceptionally poor standard or quality; extremely bad, appalling
• ABYSMALLY
adv. 1869 - unfathomably, profoundly; hence, appallingly
• ABYSMUS
n. Bk1611 rare - an abyss
• ABYSS
n. 1. c1460 - hell; the insides of the earth; also preceded with 'the'
n. 2. 1548 - an extremity of some condition or quality (usually a negative one); a condition from which recovery is unlikely or impossible
n. 3. 1980s US homosexual sl. - a large anus that has been frequently used for anal intercourse
• ABYSSAL
adj. 1609 - of unsearchable depth, unfathomable; belonging to the lowest depths of ocean
• ABYSSIAN
n. E17 obs. - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia)
• ABYSSIN
n. 1584 obs. - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in north-eastern Africa; now officially called Ethiopia
• ABYSSINIA
int. 1934 sl. - goodbye; I'll be seeing you
• ABYSSINIAN
adj. 1697 - relating to Abyssinia
n. 1703 - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia)
• ABYSSINIAN POLO
n. 1920s sl. - a game of dice; the game of craps dice
AC - ACCO
• A.C.
n. 2000s US prison sl. - Aryan Circle, A White supremacist prison gang
• AC
conj. a1000 obs. - but
n. 1990s African-American sl. - the Acura Legend, a popular automobile
• A.C.A.B.
phr. 1940s sl. - All Coppers Are Bastards; a popular tattoo in the UK, esp. among Hell's Angels and other outlaw groups
• ACACY
n. Bk1731 obs. rare - innocence, guilelessness; a being free from malice
• ACADEME
n. 1. 1588 poetic usage - a place where the arts and sciences are taught; an institution for the study of higher learning; an academy
n. 2. 1861 chiefly US - a member of a university or college, now spec. a senior member, a member of a university or college's teaching or research staff
• ACADEMIAL
adj. 1755 rare - relating to an educational institution or environment; concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship; educational, intellectual
• ACADEMIAN
n. 1593 - a member of an academy; an academic or academician; a student in a university or college
• ACADEMIC
n. 1. 1581 - a member of a university or college, now spec. a senior member, a member of a university or college's teaching or research staff. also. in weakened sense, a person interested in or excelling at pursuits involving reading, thinking, and study
n. 2. 1728 rare - a member of an academy for the cultivation and promotion of literature and arts and sciences
• ACADEMICAL
n. 1656 - a member of an academy; a student in a university or college
• ACADEMICAL CLERK
n. 1857 - at certain colleges of Oxford University: a junior member of a college who receives an emolument in return for undertaking duties (esp. singing) in chapel
• ACADEMICIAN
n. 1. 1665 rare - a collegian; a student in a college or university
n. 2. 1668 - a member of an academy for the cultivation and promotion of literature, of arts and sciences
n. 3. c1760 UK sl. - a harlot; a prostitute; an inmate of an 'academy'
n. 4. E19 sl. - a prisoner
n. 5. Bk1921 sl. - a thief
• ACADEMICIZE
vb. 1846 rare - to engage in academic discourse, thought, or analysis
• ACADEMIST
n. 1. 1649 - a member of an academy for the cultivation and promotion of literature, of arts and sciences
n. 2. 1651 obs. rare - a pupil or instructor in a school for riding, etc.
• ACADEMITE
n. 1829 - a member of any various academies; esp. a member of the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth
• ACADEMIZE
vb. 1. 1848 obs. rare - to form an academy
vb. 2. 1868 - to bring under the influence or control of an academy; also, to make academic
• ACADEMY
n. 1. 1650 sl. obs. - a brothel; a bawdy house
n. 2. E18 sl. - a casino
n. 3. 18C sl. - a lunatic asylum
n. 4. 18C Eng. sl. - a rendezvous for thieves, harlots, or gamesters; a thieves' school or gang
n. 5. E19 sl. - a prison
n. 6. 19C sl. - a billiard room
n. 7. Bk1921 sl. - a gang of thieves
• ACADEMY AWARD
adj. 1. 1958 US sl. - excellent
adj. 2. 1966 Aust. sl. - histrionic
n. 1958 US sl. - recognition of excelling in a field
• ACADEMY AWARD WINNING
adj. 1987 Aust. sl. - histrionic
• ACADEMY BUZZ-NAPPER
n. 1890 criminals' sl. obs. - an apprentice in the art of picking pockets; some schools use a dummy with bells in every pocket for practice picking
• ACADEMY HEADACHE
n. c1880 Eng. sl. - one due to visiting exhibitions
• ACADIAN
adj. 1746 - native to Nova Scotia
n. 1. 1705 - a native or inhabitant of Acadia, a former French colony on the Atlantic seaboard of North America, which included the present Maritime Provinces of Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island), or of the Maritime Provinces; spec. a French-speaking descendant of French settlers in Acadia
n. 2. 1776 - a Louisianan descended from inhabitants of Acadia expelled in 1755
n. 3. 1790 - a native of Nova Scotia
• ACAJOU
n. 1725 - the cashew nut
• ACALE
adj. c1320 obs. - cold, frozen
• ACAMY
adj. 1845 Sc. - diminutive, undersized, infirm
n. 1865 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a diminutive thing; a weak or infirm person or animal; a weakling; also, a term of abuse
• ACANG
vb. c1225 obs. rare - ? to act foolishly, to lose self-control
• ACAPULCO
n. 1965 - a high grade of marijuana, typically brownish- or greenish-gold in colour, originally grown around Acapulco, Mexico
• ACAPULCO GOLD
n. 1965 - a high grade of marijuana, typically brownish- or greenish-gold in colour, originally grown around Acapulco, Mexico
• ACAPULCO RED
n. 1960s drugs sl. - marijuana
• ACARYA
n. 1792 - in India: a spiritual teacher or leader; an influential mentor
• ACAST
vb. c1220 rare - to cast down, to throw down, to cast away or off
• ACATALEPSY
n. 1605 - incomprehensibility
• ACATALEPTIC
adj. 1727 rare - incapable of being certainly comprehended or ascertained; incomprehensible, unknowable
• ACATALLACTIC
adj. 1865 - not concerned with or involving exchange, esp. of money
n. 1842 obs. rare - a matter unconnected with exchange, esp. of money
• ACATASTASIS
n. 1683 obs. rare - an unsettling or confusing of something
• ACATE
n. c1374 obs. - buying, purchasing, purchase
• ACATER
n. c1386 obs. - a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer
• ACATERY
n. a1377 obs. - provisions purchased; also, the room or place allotted to the keeping of all such provisions
• ACATES
n. 1465 obs. - things purchased; such provisions as were not made in the house, but had to be purchased fresh when wanted, as meat, fish, etc.; hence, all provisions except the home produce of the baker and brewer; dainties, delicacies
• ACATHOLIC
adj. 1823 - that is not Catholic
n. 1745 - a non-Catholic, esp. a non-Catholic inhabitant of a Catholic state
• ACATOUR
n. c1386 obs. - a purchaser or buyer of provisions; esp. the officer who purchased provisions for the royal household; a purveyor
• ACATRY
n. a1377 obs. - provisions purchased; also, the room or place allotted to the keeping of all such provisions
• ACAUSE
conj. 1819 - because
• ACCA
n. 1. 1824 Sc. - aqua vitae; whisky
n. 2. 1977 Aust. sl. - an academic person, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads
n. 3. 1970s Aust. sl. - jargon-loaded academic writing
n. 4. 1980s Aust. sl. - acne spots
n. 5. Brit. sl. - a bet of at least four selections; an 'accumulator'
• ACCABE!
int. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - expression of disgust
• ACCABLE
vb. 1602 obs. rare - to overwhelm, to crush
• ACCATRY
n. a1377 obs. - provisions purchased; also, the room or place allotted to the keeping of all such provisions
• ACCEDE
vb. 1. 1465 obs. - to come forward, approach, or arrive at a place or state
vb. 2. a1475 rare - to join with something or somebody else; to become part of or adapted to something; to give support
• ACCELERATE
adj. 1527 obs. rare - quickened, hastened
vb. 1854 obs. rare - to assign to an earlier date, to antedate
• ACCELERATEDLY
adv. 1753 rare - with ever increasing speed
• ACCELERATION
n. L19 tramps' sl. - starvation
• ACCELERATOR
n. 1. 1819 - an early form of bicycle, in which the rider sat on a bar between the two wheels, and propelled himself by pushing the ground with each foot alternately
n. 2. 1992 US criminals' sl. - an arsonist
n. 3. 1993 US sl. - an amphetamine tablet
• ACCELERATORY
adj. 1847 rare - quickening, adding to velocity
• ACCEND
vb. 1. c1425 obs. - to stir up, to excite, to incite, to stimulate
vb. 2. a1475 obs. - to kindle, to set light to, to set on fire
• ACCENDIBILITY
n. 1821 obs. - capacity of being kindled, set on fire or inflamed
• ACCENDIBLE
adj. 1630 obs. rare - capable of being kindled, or set on fire
• ACCENDING
adj. 1646 obs. - kindling
• ACCENSED
adj. 1. 1490 obs. - inflamed with emotion; stirred up, excited, incited, stimulated
adj. 2. 1613 obs. - kindled, set on fire, inflamed
• ACCENSION
n. 1646 obs. or arch. - the act of kindling, or the state of being kindled; ignition; heat
• ACCENSOR
n. Bk1883 - one who sets on fire or kindles; in the Roman Catholic Church, a minister or servant whose business it is to light and trim the candles and tapers
• ACCENTY
n. 1600 obs. rare - accent; a significant tone one sound in speech; a spoken word
• ACCEPT
adj. a1382 obs. - accepted; approved; considered or taken as acceptable
• ACCEPTANT
adj. 1846 - inclined or tending to accept; receptive; acquiescent
n. 1598 obs. - one who accepts, receives, or takes what is offered; the acceptor of a bill of exchange or a draft
• ACCEPTATION
n. 1. 1426 obs. - the act of taking, or receiving, what is offered, whether by way of favour, satisfaction, or duty; acceptance
n. 2. 1504 obs. - the state of being acceptable or accepted
n. 3. 1529 - favourable reception, approval; hence, assent, acquiescence, belief
n. 4. a1555 - the sense in which a word or sentence is understood; the accepted meaning or purport of something
• ACCEPTATION OF PERSONS
n. c1400 rare - favouritism on personal grounds; undue partiality
• ACCEPTATIVENESS
n. 1. 1870 obs. rare - tendency to give acceptance to statements; credulity
n. 2. 1882 obs. rare - a being accepted or well-receive
• ACCEPTILATE
vb. 1880 obs. rare - in Roman Law: to discharge a debt by an acquittance without payment
• ACCEPTION
n. 1. c1384 rare - the act of accepting; the receiving or taking of anything presented; acceptance, favourable reception
n. 2. c1384 obs. - partiality, favouritism
n. 3. 1535 rare - the sense in which a word or sentence is understood; the accepted meaning or purport of something
• ACCEPTIVE
adj. 1. c1475 rare - fit or suitable for acceptance; appropriate
adj. 2. 1598 obs. - having a tendency to accept; ready to accept; receptive
• ACCEPTIVITY
n. 1855 - the quality or condition of being acceptive; receptivity
• ACCEPTOR
n. 1. c1384 rare - a judge who is influenced by the personal acceptableness of individuals, one who shows partiality on personal grounds; a person who shows undue partiality or favouritism
n. 2. 1839 - in horse racing: a horse confirmed to start a race
• ACCEPTRESS
n. Bk1883 obs. - a female who accepts
• ACCERSE
vb. 1548 obs. rare - to summon
• ACCERSITED
adj. 1548 obs. rare - summoned, sent for
• ACCESS
n. 1. c1325 - a coming on of illness or disease, esp. of sudden illness
n. 2. c1374 obs. - an ague fit; ague, intermitting fever
n. 3. c1384 - a sudden fit of some emotion or feeling; an outburst; also, a burst of energy, etc.
n. 4. 1528 obs. - the act of going or coming to or into; coming into the presence of, or into contact with; approach, entrance
n. 5. 1587 obs. - a coming together of the members of Parliament; an assembly, a session
n. 6. 1587 obs. - a coming to work or business; an assembling or meeting of a body
n. 7. 1641 obs. - a coming to office, dignity, or sovereignty; arrival at the throne
n. 8. 1781 - an outburst; a sudden fit of anger or other passion
• ACCESSARINESS
n. 1654 obs. - an acceding to or aiding in a crime or misdeed; secondary involvement
• ACCESSION
n. 1. 1551 - something which is added or joined to another thing; an augmentation; also, a person who joins a group of others
n. 2. 1565 rare - the onset of fever or disease
n. 3. 1570 - a joining something to something else; addition; augmentation
n. 4. 1608 - the onset of a mental or emotional condition; a sudden outbreak or fit of some emotion or mental state
n. 5. 1608 - an entering into something or somewhere; coming into contact with something
n. 6. 1611 - the attainment or acquisition of an office or position of rank or power, esp. that of monarch
n. 7. 1642 obs. - the act of coming to or towards by forward motion; advance, arrival
n. 8. 1704 - the joining of a nation or state to an economic and political union or organization
n. 9. 1763 - an addition to the collection of a library, museum, etc.; an acquisition
• ACCESSIONAL
adj. 1646 - of the nature of an increase or augmentation; additional; supplementary, accessory
• ACCESSION DAY
n. 1709 - an anniversary of the day on which a monarch ascended to the throne; also, a day on which a monarch ascends to the throne
• ACCESSIVE
adj. 1. 1583 - exceeding what is right, proportionate, or desirable; immoderate, inordinate, extravagant
adj. 2. 1609 obs. - capable of access; accessible
adj. 3. 1641 rare - pert. to access or approach; seeking to approach, pressing in, aggressive
• ACCESSIVELY
adv. 1611 obs. - in an accessive manner; pressingly, aggressively
• ACCESSOR
n. Bk1795 - one that joins another, an accomplice
• ACCESSORIAL
adj. 1726 - of the nature of an accessory or accompaniment; auxiliary, supplementary
• ACCESSORY
n. 1992 US sl. - a boyfriend or girlfriend
• ACCESSORY FACTOR
n. 1912 - a vitamin
• ACCESSORY FOOD FACTOR
n. 1919 - a vitamin
• ACCIBOUNCE
n. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago - a minor collision or accident
• ACCIDENCE
n. 1. 1393 rare - mishap, chance; fortuitous circumstance
n. 2. 1826 Sc. - a slip of memory; an accident
• ACCIDENCY
n. 1645 rare - a fortuitous circumstance or acquisition; a chance; a windfall
• ACCIDENT
adj. c1450 rare - that is accidental; contingent, incidental
n. 1. a1525 obs. - an occurrence, incident, event
n. 2. 1846 euphemism - an unintentional act of urinating or defecating
n. 3. 1850 colloq. - a child whose conception was not planned; an illegitimate child; a bastard
n. 4. 1932 sl. - an unplanned pregnancy
n. 5. 1964 US sl. - a murder that cannot be proved as such
n. 6. 20C Brit. sl. - an arrest
• ACCIDENTAL
adj. 1895 Eng. dial. - illegitimate
n. 1935 US prison sl. - a prison inmate convicted for a social crime, such as hooliganism rather than violent or property crimes
• ACCIDENTAL DADDY
n. 1985 sl. - a man who fathers a child by accident, usually after a casual sexual encounter
• ACCIDENTALITY
n. 1651 - a being accidental
• ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE
adv. 1711 - deliberately; used of a supposed accident that deliberately discomforts a disliked target
• ACCIDENTARILY
adv. 1591 obs. - by way of accident; casually, incidentally
• ACCIDENTARY
adj. 1. c1555 obs. - having the nature of a logical accident; non-essential
adj. 2. 1581 obs. - fortuitous, casual
• ACCIDENT BLACK SPOT
n. 1936 - a section of a road noted for accidents
• ACCIDENTED
adj. 1. 1548 obs. - endowed with non-essential or incidental attributes
adj. 2. 1844 - of a landscape, its nature: characterized by irregularities, undulating
0adj. 3. 1879 - characterized by accidents
• ACCIDENTIAL
adj. 1. 1558 rare - characterized by non-essential qualities
adj. 2. 1603 - occurring by accident or chance
• ACCIDENTIALITY
n. 1814 rare - the quality of being accidental
• ACCIDENT LURK
n. 1842 UK sl. - those who beg on the basis of having suffered a bad accident
• ACCIDENTLY
adv. 1. 1506 obs. - non-essentially, incidentally, as a secondary effect
adv. 2. 1611 obs. - accidentally, casually, by chance
• ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN
n. 1920 - a person or thing likely to cause trouble or harm; a potentially disastrous situation, esp. resulting from carelessness or neglect
• ACCIDIE
n. c1230 obs. - sloth, torpor
• ACCIDIOUS
adj. a1400 obs. - lazy, slothful
• ACCIDITY
n. 1731 obs. rare - slothfulness, lethargy
• ACCINATE
vb. 1652 obs. rare - to distinguish with a vocal accent or stress
• ACCINCT
adj. 1661 obs. rare - girded, prepared or equipped for action, ready
• ACCINGE
vb. 1657 obs. rare - to 'gird up one's loins', to apply oneself, to prepare oneself for what is to come
• ACCIPIENT
adj. 1730 obs. rare - that receives; accepting, recipient
n. 1731 obs. - one who receives
• ACCIPITER
n. a1398 - originally, a bird of prey, esp. a hawk
• ACCIPITRAL
adj. 1842 - resembling that of a falcon or hawk, esp. in respect of sight or temperament; sharp-eyed, hawklike
• ACCIPITRARY
n. 1633 arch. & hist. - a person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer, one who catches birds of prey
• ACCITE
vb. 1. c1475 obs. - to summon, to call
vb. 2. 1597 obs. - to arouse, to excite
vb. 3. a1631 obs. - to cite in writing, to quote
• ACCLAIM
n. 1546 Sc. obs. - a claim, esp. a legal claim
vb. 1. c1330 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. - to lay claim to, to claim
vb. 2. 1620 obs. - to agree, to consent; to affirm an overwhelming decision
• ACCLAIMABLE
adj. 1735 Sc. obs. - capable of being claimed; liable to be claimed
• ACCLAIMER
n. 1802 - one who acclaims, praises, or applauds; an applauder
• ACCLAMATE
vb. 1624 obs. rare - to applaud, to shout applause, to acclaim
• ACCLAMATOR
n. 1651 obs. rare - one who joins in acclamation; an applauder
• ACCLAMATORY
adj. 1657 - expressing acclamation
• ACCLEARMENT
n. 1692 obs. rare - a clearing one's name, exculpation
• ACCLIMATEMENT
n. 1823 obs. - the condition of being acclimatized; habitation or adaptation to climate or environment
• ACCLIMATION
n. 1801 chiefly US - the process or result of acclimating or of being acclimated to a new climate or environment
• ACCLIMATOR
n. 1827 rare - a person who habituates something or someone to a new environment or climate
• ACCLIMATURE
n. 1823 rare - acclimatization
• ACCLIME
vb. 1834 obs. rare - to acclimatize, to habituate
• ACCLINE
vb. c1420 obs. rare - to incline, or slope towards
• ACCLIVE
adj. 1616 obs. rare - rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending
• ACCLIVITOUS
adj. 1803 - rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending
• ACCLIVITY
n. 1614 - an upward slope of a hill, etc. an ascending slope; also, steepness
• ACCLIVOUS
adj. 1731 - rising with a slope; sloping upwards; steep
• ACCLOY
vb. 1. c1330 obs. - to cause to become lame, esp. by maiming with a pointed instrument; to make a horse lame by inadvertently driving a nail into the foot when shoeing
vb. 2. c1374 - to fill to satiety
vb. 3. c1425 - to overfill, to overload, to burden, to oppress
vb. 4. c1430 - to block, to obstruct, to clog, to choke
vb. 5. 1470 rare - to pierce, to stab
vb. 6. 1519 - to overburden the stomach; to nauseate
vb. 7. 1530 - to disgust, to weary, to become offensive to
• ACCOIL
n. 1814 obs. rare - reception, welcome
vb. 1596 obs. - to gather together, to collect
• ACCOLENT
adj. 1731 obs. rare - dwelling near; neighbouring
n. Bk1795 - a borderer; one who dwells on or near the border of a country
• ACCOLL
vb. 1340 obs. - to throw the arms around the neck of; to embrace, to hug
• ACCOMBINATION
n. 1846 obs. rare - the act of combining together
• ACCOMMODABLE
adj. 1592 - capable of being accommodated; suitable
• ACCOMMODANT
adj. 1693 obs. rare - accommodating; self-accommodating; suiting oneself to circumstances
• ACCOMMODATE
adj. 1525 obs. - suited, adapted, fitted; hence, suitable, fitting, fit
vb. 1. 1624 obs. - to fit or equip a thing for use; to put in order; hence, to repair, to refit, to mend
vb. 2. 19C sl. - to work as a prostitute
vb. 3. E19 UK sporting sl. - to go halves on a bet
vb. 4. Bk1903 sl. - to possess carnally; to copulate; to serve another person sexually
• ACCOMMODATELY
adv. 1623 obs. - in a suitable of fitting manner
• ACCOMMODATENESS
n.1660 obs. - the quality of being suited; suitableness
• ACCOMMODATER
n. 1902 US rare - a temporary domestic help
• ACCOMMODATIN' AS A HOG ON ICE
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - extremely disagreeable or unobliging
• ACCOMMODATION
n. 1. 1595 rare - financial aid in an emergency; a loan
n. 2. 19C sl. - copulation
• ACCOMMODATION ARREST
n. 1961 US sl. - a pre-arranged consensual raid of an illegal gambling operation, designed to give the appearance of strict enforcement of laws
• ACCOMMODATION BEAUTY
n. E19 sl. - a prostitute
• ACCOMMODATION BOAT
n. 1793 Anglo-Indian obs. - a small boat used to transfer passengers between ship and shore
• ACCOMMODATION COLLAR
n. 20C Amer. police sl. - an arrest made to fulfil a quota, usually in response to pressure for strong police action against crime
• ACCOMMODATION HOUSE
n. 1. 1787 - a lodging house for travellers
n. 2. 1823 sl. - a brothel
n. 3. L19 sl. - a 'hotel' where rooms can be hired for short times by lovers or prostitutes and their clients
• ACCOMMODATION MAN
n. L19 UK criminals' sl. - one who is paid to give false evidence
• ACCOMMODATION STAGE
n. 1811 US - a stagecoach which stops at all the stages on its route
• ACCOMMODATION TRAIN
n. 1838 US - a train which stops at all the stations on its route
• ACCOMMODATOR
n. 1. 1912 US rare - a temporary domestic help
n. 2. 1940 criminals' sl. obs. - one who bribes witnesses and prosecutors into bringing about a desired verdict, esp. a former police officer
• ACCOMMODE
vb. 1567 rare - to accommodate
• ACCOMMODEMENT
n. 1620 obs. - an agreement, a settlement; also, resolution of a dispute
• ACCOMPACKMENT
n. c1650 obs. rare - ? a compact, an agreement
• ACCOMPANABLE
adj. 1548 obs. - sociable, companionable
• ACCOMPANIABLE
adj. 1580 obs. - sociable, companionable
• ACCOMPANY
vb. 1. 1490 rare - to associate, consort, or keep company with; to engage in sexual activity
vb. 2. c1525 obs. rare - to occupy or inhabit a place
vb. 3. 1534 obs. - to congregate, to gather, to assemble
• ACCOMPASS
vb. 1668 obs. rare - to bring about; to contrive
• ACCOMPLEMENT
n. c1525 obs. - anything that completes or perfects, that adds grace or ornament to body or mind
vb. 1601 obs. rare - to offer compliments
• ACCOMPLETE
adj. a1450 obs. rare - filled up; complete; carried out; fulfilled, accomplished
• ACCOMPLETIVE
adj. 1826 rare - having the property of fulfilling; tending to accomplish
• ACCOMPLICESHIP
n. 1795 rare - the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance
• ACCOMPLICITY
n. 1792 - the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance
• ACCOMPLIMENT
n. 1705 - an accomplishment
vb. 1601 obs. rare - to compliment
• ACCOMPLISH
vb. a1500 rare - to reach a certain age; to pass a period of time
• ACCOMPLISHMENT
n. 1. 1540 obs. - a perfecting or making whole; the state of being perfect or complete; perfection
n. 2. 1605 obs. - an ornament, an accoutrement
• ACCOMPTANT
n. 1. 1453 obs. - one who renders or is liable to render account; one accountable or responsible
n. 2. 1539 obs. - one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts
n. 3. 1646 obs. - one who counts or can count or reckon; a reckoner, a calculator
n. 4. 1655 obs. rare - a narrator
• ACCOMPTER
n. 1483 obs. - account, reckoning
• ACCONSENT
vb. 1560 obs. - rare to consent to anything proposed, to give consent
• ACCORD
adj. a1413 obs. - in accord or agreement; in harmony
vb. 1. a1000 obs. - to restore estranged parties to friendly relations; to reconcile people in conflict or disagreement
vb. 2. 1340 rare - to bring things that differ into agreement; to reconcile quarrels or differences; to resolve a matter
vb. 3. a1425 obs. - to agree to do something
vb. 4. c1450 obs. - to relate, narrate, or mention in a written account; to put or set down in writing or some other permanent form
vb. 5. 1485 rare - to compose, sing, or play in harmony
• ACCORDABLE
adj. 1. c1374 obs. - agreeing, harmonious, accordant; suitable, agreeable
adj. 2. 1651 rare - capable of being harmonized or reconciled; reconcilable or compatible with something
• ACCORDANCE
n. 1388 rare - agreement or accord between people; harmonious relations; also, a formal agreement
• ACCORDANCY
n. 1790 rare - a state of agreement; harmony, accordance
• ACCORDER
n. 1597 rare - a person who reconciles people or things; a mediator; also, a person who agrees with something
• ACCORDING TO COCKER
adv. 1785 Eng. colloq. - properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules
• ACCORDING TO GUNTER
adv. L19 US sl. - properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules
• ACCORDING TO HOYLE
adv. 1904 sl. - properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules
• ACCORDING TO ONE'S OWN LIGHTS
phr. Bk2004 - in accordance with one's conscience or inclinations
• ACCORDING TO ONE'S TELL
phr. 1871 Amer. dial. - in one's opinion, to one's way of thinking
• ACCORDION
n. 1. 1925 sl. - a train made up of Pullman cars
n. 2. 1960s US homosexual sl. - a penis that is substantially larger than expected when erect
• ACCORDION ACT
n. 1989 US sl. - a collapsing under pressure
• ACCORDION WAR
n. 1982 US sl. - US tactics during the Korean war: accordion-like movements up and down Korea by land forces
• ACCORDMENT
n. c1330 obs. - agreement, reconciliation; reconcilement; harmony, accord
• ACCORPORATE
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to unite, to incorporate
• ACCOST
vb. 1. 1610 obs. - to border on, to adjoin
vb. 2. 1635 obs. rare - to approach, to draw near to
vb. 3. E20 US - of a prostitute: to solicit someone to an act of sexual immorality (euphemism)
• ACCOSTABLE
adj. 1622 obs. - ready to accost, courteous; capable of being approached; approachable, accessible; affable
• ACCOSTING
n. 1. 1791 Sc. obs. - courting, paying addresses
n. 2. 1871 - a publicly offering one's services as a prostitute; soliciting
• ACCOST THE OSCAR MEYER
vb. 1980s sl. - to masturbate
• ACCOUCHE
vb. 1. 1819 obs. rare - of a woman: to give birth to a child
vb. 2. 1821 obs. - to confine a woman to bed for the delivery of a child
vb. 3. 1859 obs. rare - to deliver a child
vb. 4. 1867 obs. - to assist or deliver women in childbirth; to act as a midwife or accoucheur
• ACCOUCHEMENT
n. 1730 arch. - the confinement of a woman to bed for the birth of a child; delivery in child-bed
• ACCOUCHEUR
n. 1727 - properly, a man who assists women in childbirth, a man-midwife; until the adoption of 'accoucheuse' it was used of both sexes
• ACCOUCHEUSE
n. 1795 arch. - a woman who assists in childbirth, esp. one who is professionally trained; a midwife
• ACCOUNSEL
vb. c1420 obs. - to counsel, to advise
• ACCOUNT
vb. 1. 1303 obs. - to count, to count up, to enumerate
vb. 2. c1386 obs. - to recount, to relate
vb. 3. 1398 obs. - to calculate, to reckon, to compute
vb. 4. a1400 obs. - to take into account or consideration; to consider
• ACCOUNTABLE
adj. 1. 1589 obs. - able to be reckoned or computed
adj. 2. 1603-5 obs. - to be counted or reckoned on
• ACCOUNTANCY
n. 1860 rare - originally, a job or position as an accountant; later, a firm of accountants
• ACCOUNTANT
adj. 1494 obs. - giving or liable to give an account; accountable, responsible
n. 1. 1449 rare - one who renders or is liable to render account, esp. for conduct or the performance of duty, or for transactions or money held in trust; one accountable or responsible
n. 2. 1539 - one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts, esp. within the context of a business; a bookkeeper; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts
n. 3. 1622 rare - one who counts or can count or reckon; a reckoner, a calculator; also, one who can count or reckon well (poorly, etc.)
n. 4. 1655 obs. rare - a person who presents a narrative account; a narrator
• ACCOUNTANTSHIP
n. 1640 rare - the practice of accounting
• ACCOUNT CASTER
n. 1580 obs. - a person who casts or reckons up accounts
• ACCOUNTER
n. 1. 1303 obs. - one who accounts, reckons, calculates, renders an account
n. 2. 1356 obs. - a person who presents a narrative or descriptive account; a narrator
n. 3. c1503 obs. - an account, a reckoning
• ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
n. 1966 sl. - a pimp who caters to successful businessman and/or offers high-class prostitutes
• ACCOUNTING
adj. 1551 obs. - counting, reckoning
• ACCOUNTING DAY
n. 1549 - the Day of Reckoning
• ACCOUNTLESS
adj. 1. 1649 obs. rare - free from accountableness; irresponsible
adj. 2. 1650 obs. - beyond count or reckoning; countless; innumerable
• ACCOUNTMENT
n. 1857 rare - the work of accounting or reckoning for, responsibility
• ACCOUNTS
n. 1745 Sc. - news, details, information
• ACCOUPLE
vb. 1486 obs. - to join one thing to another, esp. in matrimony; to couple
• ACCOUPLEMENT
n. 1483 rare - the act of coupling one thing to another; union, pairing; marriage union
• ACCOUPLING
n. 1525 rare - the act of joining two things into a couple or pair; coupling; esp. union in marriage
• ACCOURAGE
vb. 1534 obs. - to encourage, to hearten
• ACCOURSE
n. 1598 obs. rare - a rushing up or out, a hastening forward; a forward course
• ACCOURT
vb. 1596 obs. rare - to court
• ACCOUTRE
vb. 1606 rare - to attire, to equip, to array
• ACCOUTRED
adj. 1596 - attired, dressed, equipped, arrayed; generally with the idea of being specially attired for some purpose
• ACCOUTREMENT
n. 1549 - apparel, outfit, equipment
• ACCOUTREMENTS
n. 1. 1586 - clothes, trappings, apparel, equipments; in the military, the equipments of a soldier other than arms and dress
n. 2. 19C sl. - the male genitals
• ACCOWARD
vb. 1481 obs. - to render cowardly; to intimidate, to cow, to make faint-hearted
• ACCOWARDIZE
vb. 1480 obs. - to render cowardly; to intimidate, to cow, to make faint-hearted
• ACCOY
vb. c1350 obs. - to still, to calm, to quiet, to appease; hence, to soothe or coax (the alarmed or shy), to tame, to silence, to daunt (the forward or bold)
n. 2000s US prison sl. - Aryan Circle, A White supremacist prison gang
• AC
conj. a1000 obs. - but
n. 1990s African-American sl. - the Acura Legend, a popular automobile
• A.C.A.B.
phr. 1940s sl. - All Coppers Are Bastards; a popular tattoo in the UK, esp. among Hell's Angels and other outlaw groups
• ACACY
n. Bk1731 obs. rare - innocence, guilelessness; a being free from malice
• ACADEME
n. 1. 1588 poetic usage - a place where the arts and sciences are taught; an institution for the study of higher learning; an academy
n. 2. 1861 chiefly US - a member of a university or college, now spec. a senior member, a member of a university or college's teaching or research staff
• ACADEMIAL
adj. 1755 rare - relating to an educational institution or environment; concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship; educational, intellectual
• ACADEMIAN
n. 1593 - a member of an academy; an academic or academician; a student in a university or college
• ACADEMIC
n. 1. 1581 - a member of a university or college, now spec. a senior member, a member of a university or college's teaching or research staff. also. in weakened sense, a person interested in or excelling at pursuits involving reading, thinking, and study
n. 2. 1728 rare - a member of an academy for the cultivation and promotion of literature and arts and sciences
• ACADEMICAL
n. 1656 - a member of an academy; a student in a university or college
• ACADEMICAL CLERK
n. 1857 - at certain colleges of Oxford University: a junior member of a college who receives an emolument in return for undertaking duties (esp. singing) in chapel
• ACADEMICIAN
n. 1. 1665 rare - a collegian; a student in a college or university
n. 2. 1668 - a member of an academy for the cultivation and promotion of literature, of arts and sciences
n. 3. c1760 UK sl. - a harlot; a prostitute; an inmate of an 'academy'
n. 4. E19 sl. - a prisoner
n. 5. Bk1921 sl. - a thief
• ACADEMICIZE
vb. 1846 rare - to engage in academic discourse, thought, or analysis
• ACADEMIST
n. 1. 1649 - a member of an academy for the cultivation and promotion of literature, of arts and sciences
n. 2. 1651 obs. rare - a pupil or instructor in a school for riding, etc.
• ACADEMITE
n. 1829 - a member of any various academies; esp. a member of the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth
• ACADEMIZE
vb. 1. 1848 obs. rare - to form an academy
vb. 2. 1868 - to bring under the influence or control of an academy; also, to make academic
• ACADEMY
n. 1. 1650 sl. obs. - a brothel; a bawdy house
n. 2. E18 sl. - a casino
n. 3. 18C sl. - a lunatic asylum
n. 4. 18C Eng. sl. - a rendezvous for thieves, harlots, or gamesters; a thieves' school or gang
n. 5. E19 sl. - a prison
n. 6. 19C sl. - a billiard room
n. 7. Bk1921 sl. - a gang of thieves
• ACADEMY AWARD
adj. 1. 1958 US sl. - excellent
adj. 2. 1966 Aust. sl. - histrionic
n. 1958 US sl. - recognition of excelling in a field
• ACADEMY AWARD WINNING
adj. 1987 Aust. sl. - histrionic
• ACADEMY BUZZ-NAPPER
n. 1890 criminals' sl. obs. - an apprentice in the art of picking pockets; some schools use a dummy with bells in every pocket for practice picking
• ACADEMY HEADACHE
n. c1880 Eng. sl. - one due to visiting exhibitions
• ACADIAN
adj. 1746 - native to Nova Scotia
n. 1. 1705 - a native or inhabitant of Acadia, a former French colony on the Atlantic seaboard of North America, which included the present Maritime Provinces of Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island), or of the Maritime Provinces; spec. a French-speaking descendant of French settlers in Acadia
n. 2. 1776 - a Louisianan descended from inhabitants of Acadia expelled in 1755
n. 3. 1790 - a native of Nova Scotia
• ACAJOU
n. 1725 - the cashew nut
• ACALE
adj. c1320 obs. - cold, frozen
• ACAMY
adj. 1845 Sc. - diminutive, undersized, infirm
n. 1865 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a diminutive thing; a weak or infirm person or animal; a weakling; also, a term of abuse
• ACANG
vb. c1225 obs. rare - ? to act foolishly, to lose self-control
• ACAPULCO
n. 1965 - a high grade of marijuana, typically brownish- or greenish-gold in colour, originally grown around Acapulco, Mexico
• ACAPULCO GOLD
n. 1965 - a high grade of marijuana, typically brownish- or greenish-gold in colour, originally grown around Acapulco, Mexico
• ACAPULCO RED
n. 1960s drugs sl. - marijuana
• ACARYA
n. 1792 - in India: a spiritual teacher or leader; an influential mentor
• ACAST
vb. c1220 rare - to cast down, to throw down, to cast away or off
• ACATALEPSY
n. 1605 - incomprehensibility
• ACATALEPTIC
adj. 1727 rare - incapable of being certainly comprehended or ascertained; incomprehensible, unknowable
• ACATALLACTIC
adj. 1865 - not concerned with or involving exchange, esp. of money
n. 1842 obs. rare - a matter unconnected with exchange, esp. of money
• ACATASTASIS
n. 1683 obs. rare - an unsettling or confusing of something
• ACATE
n. c1374 obs. - buying, purchasing, purchase
• ACATER
n. c1386 obs. - a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer
• ACATERY
n. a1377 obs. - provisions purchased; also, the room or place allotted to the keeping of all such provisions
• ACATES
n. 1465 obs. - things purchased; such provisions as were not made in the house, but had to be purchased fresh when wanted, as meat, fish, etc.; hence, all provisions except the home produce of the baker and brewer; dainties, delicacies
• ACATHOLIC
adj. 1823 - that is not Catholic
n. 1745 - a non-Catholic, esp. a non-Catholic inhabitant of a Catholic state
• ACATOUR
n. c1386 obs. - a purchaser or buyer of provisions; esp. the officer who purchased provisions for the royal household; a purveyor
• ACATRY
n. a1377 obs. - provisions purchased; also, the room or place allotted to the keeping of all such provisions
• ACAUSE
conj. 1819 - because
• ACCA
n. 1. 1824 Sc. - aqua vitae; whisky
n. 2. 1977 Aust. sl. - an academic person, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads
n. 3. 1970s Aust. sl. - jargon-loaded academic writing
n. 4. 1980s Aust. sl. - acne spots
n. 5. Brit. sl. - a bet of at least four selections; an 'accumulator'
• ACCABE!
int. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - expression of disgust
• ACCABLE
vb. 1602 obs. rare - to overwhelm, to crush
• ACCATRY
n. a1377 obs. - provisions purchased; also, the room or place allotted to the keeping of all such provisions
• ACCEDE
vb. 1. 1465 obs. - to come forward, approach, or arrive at a place or state
vb. 2. a1475 rare - to join with something or somebody else; to become part of or adapted to something; to give support
• ACCELERATE
adj. 1527 obs. rare - quickened, hastened
vb. 1854 obs. rare - to assign to an earlier date, to antedate
• ACCELERATEDLY
adv. 1753 rare - with ever increasing speed
• ACCELERATION
n. L19 tramps' sl. - starvation
• ACCELERATOR
n. 1. 1819 - an early form of bicycle, in which the rider sat on a bar between the two wheels, and propelled himself by pushing the ground with each foot alternately
n. 2. 1992 US criminals' sl. - an arsonist
n. 3. 1993 US sl. - an amphetamine tablet
• ACCELERATORY
adj. 1847 rare - quickening, adding to velocity
• ACCEND
vb. 1. c1425 obs. - to stir up, to excite, to incite, to stimulate
vb. 2. a1475 obs. - to kindle, to set light to, to set on fire
• ACCENDIBILITY
n. 1821 obs. - capacity of being kindled, set on fire or inflamed
• ACCENDIBLE
adj. 1630 obs. rare - capable of being kindled, or set on fire
• ACCENDING
adj. 1646 obs. - kindling
• ACCENSED
adj. 1. 1490 obs. - inflamed with emotion; stirred up, excited, incited, stimulated
adj. 2. 1613 obs. - kindled, set on fire, inflamed
• ACCENSION
n. 1646 obs. or arch. - the act of kindling, or the state of being kindled; ignition; heat
• ACCENSOR
n. Bk1883 - one who sets on fire or kindles; in the Roman Catholic Church, a minister or servant whose business it is to light and trim the candles and tapers
• ACCENTY
n. 1600 obs. rare - accent; a significant tone one sound in speech; a spoken word
• ACCEPT
adj. a1382 obs. - accepted; approved; considered or taken as acceptable
• ACCEPTANT
adj. 1846 - inclined or tending to accept; receptive; acquiescent
n. 1598 obs. - one who accepts, receives, or takes what is offered; the acceptor of a bill of exchange or a draft
• ACCEPTATION
n. 1. 1426 obs. - the act of taking, or receiving, what is offered, whether by way of favour, satisfaction, or duty; acceptance
n. 2. 1504 obs. - the state of being acceptable or accepted
n. 3. 1529 - favourable reception, approval; hence, assent, acquiescence, belief
n. 4. a1555 - the sense in which a word or sentence is understood; the accepted meaning or purport of something
• ACCEPTATION OF PERSONS
n. c1400 rare - favouritism on personal grounds; undue partiality
• ACCEPTATIVENESS
n. 1. 1870 obs. rare - tendency to give acceptance to statements; credulity
n. 2. 1882 obs. rare - a being accepted or well-receive
• ACCEPTILATE
vb. 1880 obs. rare - in Roman Law: to discharge a debt by an acquittance without payment
• ACCEPTION
n. 1. c1384 rare - the act of accepting; the receiving or taking of anything presented; acceptance, favourable reception
n. 2. c1384 obs. - partiality, favouritism
n. 3. 1535 rare - the sense in which a word or sentence is understood; the accepted meaning or purport of something
• ACCEPTIVE
adj. 1. c1475 rare - fit or suitable for acceptance; appropriate
adj. 2. 1598 obs. - having a tendency to accept; ready to accept; receptive
• ACCEPTIVITY
n. 1855 - the quality or condition of being acceptive; receptivity
• ACCEPTOR
n. 1. c1384 rare - a judge who is influenced by the personal acceptableness of individuals, one who shows partiality on personal grounds; a person who shows undue partiality or favouritism
n. 2. 1839 - in horse racing: a horse confirmed to start a race
• ACCEPTRESS
n. Bk1883 obs. - a female who accepts
• ACCERSE
vb. 1548 obs. rare - to summon
• ACCERSITED
adj. 1548 obs. rare - summoned, sent for
• ACCESS
n. 1. c1325 - a coming on of illness or disease, esp. of sudden illness
n. 2. c1374 obs. - an ague fit; ague, intermitting fever
n. 3. c1384 - a sudden fit of some emotion or feeling; an outburst; also, a burst of energy, etc.
n. 4. 1528 obs. - the act of going or coming to or into; coming into the presence of, or into contact with; approach, entrance
n. 5. 1587 obs. - a coming together of the members of Parliament; an assembly, a session
n. 6. 1587 obs. - a coming to work or business; an assembling or meeting of a body
n. 7. 1641 obs. - a coming to office, dignity, or sovereignty; arrival at the throne
n. 8. 1781 - an outburst; a sudden fit of anger or other passion
• ACCESSARINESS
n. 1654 obs. - an acceding to or aiding in a crime or misdeed; secondary involvement
• ACCESSION
n. 1. 1551 - something which is added or joined to another thing; an augmentation; also, a person who joins a group of others
n. 2. 1565 rare - the onset of fever or disease
n. 3. 1570 - a joining something to something else; addition; augmentation
n. 4. 1608 - the onset of a mental or emotional condition; a sudden outbreak or fit of some emotion or mental state
n. 5. 1608 - an entering into something or somewhere; coming into contact with something
n. 6. 1611 - the attainment or acquisition of an office or position of rank or power, esp. that of monarch
n. 7. 1642 obs. - the act of coming to or towards by forward motion; advance, arrival
n. 8. 1704 - the joining of a nation or state to an economic and political union or organization
n. 9. 1763 - an addition to the collection of a library, museum, etc.; an acquisition
• ACCESSIONAL
adj. 1646 - of the nature of an increase or augmentation; additional; supplementary, accessory
• ACCESSION DAY
n. 1709 - an anniversary of the day on which a monarch ascended to the throne; also, a day on which a monarch ascends to the throne
• ACCESSIVE
adj. 1. 1583 - exceeding what is right, proportionate, or desirable; immoderate, inordinate, extravagant
adj. 2. 1609 obs. - capable of access; accessible
adj. 3. 1641 rare - pert. to access or approach; seeking to approach, pressing in, aggressive
• ACCESSIVELY
adv. 1611 obs. - in an accessive manner; pressingly, aggressively
• ACCESSOR
n. Bk1795 - one that joins another, an accomplice
• ACCESSORIAL
adj. 1726 - of the nature of an accessory or accompaniment; auxiliary, supplementary
• ACCESSORY
n. 1992 US sl. - a boyfriend or girlfriend
• ACCESSORY FACTOR
n. 1912 - a vitamin
• ACCESSORY FOOD FACTOR
n. 1919 - a vitamin
• ACCIBOUNCE
n. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago - a minor collision or accident
• ACCIDENCE
n. 1. 1393 rare - mishap, chance; fortuitous circumstance
n. 2. 1826 Sc. - a slip of memory; an accident
• ACCIDENCY
n. 1645 rare - a fortuitous circumstance or acquisition; a chance; a windfall
• ACCIDENT
adj. c1450 rare - that is accidental; contingent, incidental
n. 1. a1525 obs. - an occurrence, incident, event
n. 2. 1846 euphemism - an unintentional act of urinating or defecating
n. 3. 1850 colloq. - a child whose conception was not planned; an illegitimate child; a bastard
n. 4. 1932 sl. - an unplanned pregnancy
n. 5. 1964 US sl. - a murder that cannot be proved as such
n. 6. 20C Brit. sl. - an arrest
• ACCIDENTAL
adj. 1895 Eng. dial. - illegitimate
n. 1935 US prison sl. - a prison inmate convicted for a social crime, such as hooliganism rather than violent or property crimes
• ACCIDENTAL DADDY
n. 1985 sl. - a man who fathers a child by accident, usually after a casual sexual encounter
• ACCIDENTALITY
n. 1651 - a being accidental
• ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE
adv. 1711 - deliberately; used of a supposed accident that deliberately discomforts a disliked target
• ACCIDENTARILY
adv. 1591 obs. - by way of accident; casually, incidentally
• ACCIDENTARY
adj. 1. c1555 obs. - having the nature of a logical accident; non-essential
adj. 2. 1581 obs. - fortuitous, casual
• ACCIDENT BLACK SPOT
n. 1936 - a section of a road noted for accidents
• ACCIDENTED
adj. 1. 1548 obs. - endowed with non-essential or incidental attributes
adj. 2. 1844 - of a landscape, its nature: characterized by irregularities, undulating
0adj. 3. 1879 - characterized by accidents
• ACCIDENTIAL
adj. 1. 1558 rare - characterized by non-essential qualities
adj. 2. 1603 - occurring by accident or chance
• ACCIDENTIALITY
n. 1814 rare - the quality of being accidental
• ACCIDENT LURK
n. 1842 UK sl. - those who beg on the basis of having suffered a bad accident
• ACCIDENTLY
adv. 1. 1506 obs. - non-essentially, incidentally, as a secondary effect
adv. 2. 1611 obs. - accidentally, casually, by chance
• ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN
n. 1920 - a person or thing likely to cause trouble or harm; a potentially disastrous situation, esp. resulting from carelessness or neglect
• ACCIDIE
n. c1230 obs. - sloth, torpor
• ACCIDIOUS
adj. a1400 obs. - lazy, slothful
• ACCIDITY
n. 1731 obs. rare - slothfulness, lethargy
• ACCINATE
vb. 1652 obs. rare - to distinguish with a vocal accent or stress
• ACCINCT
adj. 1661 obs. rare - girded, prepared or equipped for action, ready
• ACCINGE
vb. 1657 obs. rare - to 'gird up one's loins', to apply oneself, to prepare oneself for what is to come
• ACCIPIENT
adj. 1730 obs. rare - that receives; accepting, recipient
n. 1731 obs. - one who receives
• ACCIPITER
n. a1398 - originally, a bird of prey, esp. a hawk
• ACCIPITRAL
adj. 1842 - resembling that of a falcon or hawk, esp. in respect of sight or temperament; sharp-eyed, hawklike
• ACCIPITRARY
n. 1633 arch. & hist. - a person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer, one who catches birds of prey
• ACCITE
vb. 1. c1475 obs. - to summon, to call
vb. 2. 1597 obs. - to arouse, to excite
vb. 3. a1631 obs. - to cite in writing, to quote
• ACCLAIM
n. 1546 Sc. obs. - a claim, esp. a legal claim
vb. 1. c1330 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. - to lay claim to, to claim
vb. 2. 1620 obs. - to agree, to consent; to affirm an overwhelming decision
• ACCLAIMABLE
adj. 1735 Sc. obs. - capable of being claimed; liable to be claimed
• ACCLAIMER
n. 1802 - one who acclaims, praises, or applauds; an applauder
• ACCLAMATE
vb. 1624 obs. rare - to applaud, to shout applause, to acclaim
• ACCLAMATOR
n. 1651 obs. rare - one who joins in acclamation; an applauder
• ACCLAMATORY
adj. 1657 - expressing acclamation
• ACCLEARMENT
n. 1692 obs. rare - a clearing one's name, exculpation
• ACCLIMATEMENT
n. 1823 obs. - the condition of being acclimatized; habitation or adaptation to climate or environment
• ACCLIMATION
n. 1801 chiefly US - the process or result of acclimating or of being acclimated to a new climate or environment
• ACCLIMATOR
n. 1827 rare - a person who habituates something or someone to a new environment or climate
• ACCLIMATURE
n. 1823 rare - acclimatization
• ACCLIME
vb. 1834 obs. rare - to acclimatize, to habituate
• ACCLINE
vb. c1420 obs. rare - to incline, or slope towards
• ACCLIVE
adj. 1616 obs. rare - rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending
• ACCLIVITOUS
adj. 1803 - rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending
• ACCLIVITY
n. 1614 - an upward slope of a hill, etc. an ascending slope; also, steepness
• ACCLIVOUS
adj. 1731 - rising with a slope; sloping upwards; steep
• ACCLOY
vb. 1. c1330 obs. - to cause to become lame, esp. by maiming with a pointed instrument; to make a horse lame by inadvertently driving a nail into the foot when shoeing
vb. 2. c1374 - to fill to satiety
vb. 3. c1425 - to overfill, to overload, to burden, to oppress
vb. 4. c1430 - to block, to obstruct, to clog, to choke
vb. 5. 1470 rare - to pierce, to stab
vb. 6. 1519 - to overburden the stomach; to nauseate
vb. 7. 1530 - to disgust, to weary, to become offensive to
• ACCOIL
n. 1814 obs. rare - reception, welcome
vb. 1596 obs. - to gather together, to collect
• ACCOLENT
adj. 1731 obs. rare - dwelling near; neighbouring
n. Bk1795 - a borderer; one who dwells on or near the border of a country
• ACCOLL
vb. 1340 obs. - to throw the arms around the neck of; to embrace, to hug
• ACCOMBINATION
n. 1846 obs. rare - the act of combining together
• ACCOMMODABLE
adj. 1592 - capable of being accommodated; suitable
• ACCOMMODANT
adj. 1693 obs. rare - accommodating; self-accommodating; suiting oneself to circumstances
• ACCOMMODATE
adj. 1525 obs. - suited, adapted, fitted; hence, suitable, fitting, fit
vb. 1. 1624 obs. - to fit or equip a thing for use; to put in order; hence, to repair, to refit, to mend
vb. 2. 19C sl. - to work as a prostitute
vb. 3. E19 UK sporting sl. - to go halves on a bet
vb. 4. Bk1903 sl. - to possess carnally; to copulate; to serve another person sexually
• ACCOMMODATELY
adv. 1623 obs. - in a suitable of fitting manner
• ACCOMMODATENESS
n.1660 obs. - the quality of being suited; suitableness
• ACCOMMODATER
n. 1902 US rare - a temporary domestic help
• ACCOMMODATIN' AS A HOG ON ICE
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - extremely disagreeable or unobliging
• ACCOMMODATION
n. 1. 1595 rare - financial aid in an emergency; a loan
n. 2. 19C sl. - copulation
• ACCOMMODATION ARREST
n. 1961 US sl. - a pre-arranged consensual raid of an illegal gambling operation, designed to give the appearance of strict enforcement of laws
• ACCOMMODATION BEAUTY
n. E19 sl. - a prostitute
• ACCOMMODATION BOAT
n. 1793 Anglo-Indian obs. - a small boat used to transfer passengers between ship and shore
• ACCOMMODATION COLLAR
n. 20C Amer. police sl. - an arrest made to fulfil a quota, usually in response to pressure for strong police action against crime
• ACCOMMODATION HOUSE
n. 1. 1787 - a lodging house for travellers
n. 2. 1823 sl. - a brothel
n. 3. L19 sl. - a 'hotel' where rooms can be hired for short times by lovers or prostitutes and their clients
• ACCOMMODATION MAN
n. L19 UK criminals' sl. - one who is paid to give false evidence
• ACCOMMODATION STAGE
n. 1811 US - a stagecoach which stops at all the stages on its route
• ACCOMMODATION TRAIN
n. 1838 US - a train which stops at all the stations on its route
• ACCOMMODATOR
n. 1. 1912 US rare - a temporary domestic help
n. 2. 1940 criminals' sl. obs. - one who bribes witnesses and prosecutors into bringing about a desired verdict, esp. a former police officer
• ACCOMMODE
vb. 1567 rare - to accommodate
• ACCOMMODEMENT
n. 1620 obs. - an agreement, a settlement; also, resolution of a dispute
• ACCOMPACKMENT
n. c1650 obs. rare - ? a compact, an agreement
• ACCOMPANABLE
adj. 1548 obs. - sociable, companionable
• ACCOMPANIABLE
adj. 1580 obs. - sociable, companionable
• ACCOMPANY
vb. 1. 1490 rare - to associate, consort, or keep company with; to engage in sexual activity
vb. 2. c1525 obs. rare - to occupy or inhabit a place
vb. 3. 1534 obs. - to congregate, to gather, to assemble
• ACCOMPASS
vb. 1668 obs. rare - to bring about; to contrive
• ACCOMPLEMENT
n. c1525 obs. - anything that completes or perfects, that adds grace or ornament to body or mind
vb. 1601 obs. rare - to offer compliments
• ACCOMPLETE
adj. a1450 obs. rare - filled up; complete; carried out; fulfilled, accomplished
• ACCOMPLETIVE
adj. 1826 rare - having the property of fulfilling; tending to accomplish
• ACCOMPLICESHIP
n. 1795 rare - the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance
• ACCOMPLICITY
n. 1792 - the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance
• ACCOMPLIMENT
n. 1705 - an accomplishment
vb. 1601 obs. rare - to compliment
• ACCOMPLISH
vb. a1500 rare - to reach a certain age; to pass a period of time
• ACCOMPLISHMENT
n. 1. 1540 obs. - a perfecting or making whole; the state of being perfect or complete; perfection
n. 2. 1605 obs. - an ornament, an accoutrement
• ACCOMPTANT
n. 1. 1453 obs. - one who renders or is liable to render account; one accountable or responsible
n. 2. 1539 obs. - one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts
n. 3. 1646 obs. - one who counts or can count or reckon; a reckoner, a calculator
n. 4. 1655 obs. rare - a narrator
• ACCOMPTER
n. 1483 obs. - account, reckoning
• ACCONSENT
vb. 1560 obs. - rare to consent to anything proposed, to give consent
• ACCORD
adj. a1413 obs. - in accord or agreement; in harmony
vb. 1. a1000 obs. - to restore estranged parties to friendly relations; to reconcile people in conflict or disagreement
vb. 2. 1340 rare - to bring things that differ into agreement; to reconcile quarrels or differences; to resolve a matter
vb. 3. a1425 obs. - to agree to do something
vb. 4. c1450 obs. - to relate, narrate, or mention in a written account; to put or set down in writing or some other permanent form
vb. 5. 1485 rare - to compose, sing, or play in harmony
• ACCORDABLE
adj. 1. c1374 obs. - agreeing, harmonious, accordant; suitable, agreeable
adj. 2. 1651 rare - capable of being harmonized or reconciled; reconcilable or compatible with something
• ACCORDANCE
n. 1388 rare - agreement or accord between people; harmonious relations; also, a formal agreement
• ACCORDANCY
n. 1790 rare - a state of agreement; harmony, accordance
• ACCORDER
n. 1597 rare - a person who reconciles people or things; a mediator; also, a person who agrees with something
• ACCORDING TO COCKER
adv. 1785 Eng. colloq. - properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules
• ACCORDING TO GUNTER
adv. L19 US sl. - properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules
• ACCORDING TO HOYLE
adv. 1904 sl. - properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules
• ACCORDING TO ONE'S OWN LIGHTS
phr. Bk2004 - in accordance with one's conscience or inclinations
• ACCORDING TO ONE'S TELL
phr. 1871 Amer. dial. - in one's opinion, to one's way of thinking
• ACCORDION
n. 1. 1925 sl. - a train made up of Pullman cars
n. 2. 1960s US homosexual sl. - a penis that is substantially larger than expected when erect
• ACCORDION ACT
n. 1989 US sl. - a collapsing under pressure
• ACCORDION WAR
n. 1982 US sl. - US tactics during the Korean war: accordion-like movements up and down Korea by land forces
• ACCORDMENT
n. c1330 obs. - agreement, reconciliation; reconcilement; harmony, accord
• ACCORPORATE
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to unite, to incorporate
• ACCOST
vb. 1. 1610 obs. - to border on, to adjoin
vb. 2. 1635 obs. rare - to approach, to draw near to
vb. 3. E20 US - of a prostitute: to solicit someone to an act of sexual immorality (euphemism)
• ACCOSTABLE
adj. 1622 obs. - ready to accost, courteous; capable of being approached; approachable, accessible; affable
• ACCOSTING
n. 1. 1791 Sc. obs. - courting, paying addresses
n. 2. 1871 - a publicly offering one's services as a prostitute; soliciting
• ACCOST THE OSCAR MEYER
vb. 1980s sl. - to masturbate
• ACCOUCHE
vb. 1. 1819 obs. rare - of a woman: to give birth to a child
vb. 2. 1821 obs. - to confine a woman to bed for the delivery of a child
vb. 3. 1859 obs. rare - to deliver a child
vb. 4. 1867 obs. - to assist or deliver women in childbirth; to act as a midwife or accoucheur
• ACCOUCHEMENT
n. 1730 arch. - the confinement of a woman to bed for the birth of a child; delivery in child-bed
• ACCOUCHEUR
n. 1727 - properly, a man who assists women in childbirth, a man-midwife; until the adoption of 'accoucheuse' it was used of both sexes
• ACCOUCHEUSE
n. 1795 arch. - a woman who assists in childbirth, esp. one who is professionally trained; a midwife
• ACCOUNSEL
vb. c1420 obs. - to counsel, to advise
• ACCOUNT
vb. 1. 1303 obs. - to count, to count up, to enumerate
vb. 2. c1386 obs. - to recount, to relate
vb. 3. 1398 obs. - to calculate, to reckon, to compute
vb. 4. a1400 obs. - to take into account or consideration; to consider
• ACCOUNTABLE
adj. 1. 1589 obs. - able to be reckoned or computed
adj. 2. 1603-5 obs. - to be counted or reckoned on
• ACCOUNTANCY
n. 1860 rare - originally, a job or position as an accountant; later, a firm of accountants
• ACCOUNTANT
adj. 1494 obs. - giving or liable to give an account; accountable, responsible
n. 1. 1449 rare - one who renders or is liable to render account, esp. for conduct or the performance of duty, or for transactions or money held in trust; one accountable or responsible
n. 2. 1539 - one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts, esp. within the context of a business; a bookkeeper; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts
n. 3. 1622 rare - one who counts or can count or reckon; a reckoner, a calculator; also, one who can count or reckon well (poorly, etc.)
n. 4. 1655 obs. rare - a person who presents a narrative account; a narrator
• ACCOUNTANTSHIP
n. 1640 rare - the practice of accounting
• ACCOUNT CASTER
n. 1580 obs. - a person who casts or reckons up accounts
• ACCOUNTER
n. 1. 1303 obs. - one who accounts, reckons, calculates, renders an account
n. 2. 1356 obs. - a person who presents a narrative or descriptive account; a narrator
n. 3. c1503 obs. - an account, a reckoning
• ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
n. 1966 sl. - a pimp who caters to successful businessman and/or offers high-class prostitutes
• ACCOUNTING
adj. 1551 obs. - counting, reckoning
• ACCOUNTING DAY
n. 1549 - the Day of Reckoning
• ACCOUNTLESS
adj. 1. 1649 obs. rare - free from accountableness; irresponsible
adj. 2. 1650 obs. - beyond count or reckoning; countless; innumerable
• ACCOUNTMENT
n. 1857 rare - the work of accounting or reckoning for, responsibility
• ACCOUNTS
n. 1745 Sc. - news, details, information
• ACCOUPLE
vb. 1486 obs. - to join one thing to another, esp. in matrimony; to couple
• ACCOUPLEMENT
n. 1483 rare - the act of coupling one thing to another; union, pairing; marriage union
• ACCOUPLING
n. 1525 rare - the act of joining two things into a couple or pair; coupling; esp. union in marriage
• ACCOURAGE
vb. 1534 obs. - to encourage, to hearten
• ACCOURSE
n. 1598 obs. rare - a rushing up or out, a hastening forward; a forward course
• ACCOURT
vb. 1596 obs. rare - to court
• ACCOUTRE
vb. 1606 rare - to attire, to equip, to array
• ACCOUTRED
adj. 1596 - attired, dressed, equipped, arrayed; generally with the idea of being specially attired for some purpose
• ACCOUTREMENT
n. 1549 - apparel, outfit, equipment
• ACCOUTREMENTS
n. 1. 1586 - clothes, trappings, apparel, equipments; in the military, the equipments of a soldier other than arms and dress
n. 2. 19C sl. - the male genitals
• ACCOWARD
vb. 1481 obs. - to render cowardly; to intimidate, to cow, to make faint-hearted
• ACCOWARDIZE
vb. 1480 obs. - to render cowardly; to intimidate, to cow, to make faint-hearted
• ACCOY
vb. c1350 obs. - to still, to calm, to quiet, to appease; hence, to soothe or coax (the alarmed or shy), to tame, to silence, to daunt (the forward or bold)