DICTIONARY A
ACCREASE - ADNUMBER
ACCR - ACH
• ACCREASE
n. 1598 obs. - growing by addition; increase
vb. 1. a1382 obs. - to increase or grow by addition
vb. 2. 1401 obs. - to cause to grow; to increase
• ACCREDITATE
vb. 1654 - to accredit; to give credit to someone for something; to vouch for, to sanction or countenance
• ACCRESCE
vb. 1. 1634-46 rare - to accrue
vb. 2. 1637 rare - to increase, to grow up
vb. 3. 1652 rare - to increase, to add to
• ACCRESCENCE
n. 1606 rare - a growing by accretion or addition
• ACCRESCENT
adj. 1713 - growing continuously, ever increasing
• ACCRIMINATE
vb. 1641 obs. rare - to accuse of a crime
• ACCRIMINATION
n. 1655 - accusation of crime
• ACCROACH
vb. 1. c1325 - to draw to oneself; to catch, to attract, to acquire
vb. 2. 1423 - to encroach
• ACCROACHMENT
n. c1428 - usurpation; encroachment
• ACCRUE
vb. 1. 1586 obs. - to grow by addition, to increase, esp. in age or number
vb. 2. 1594 obs. - to gather up, to collect
vb. 3. 1604 obs. - to grow, to grow up
• ACCRUE CHOCOLATE
vb. 1929 UK Royal Navy usage - to behave towards officers in an obsequious, sycophantic manner
• ACCRUST
vb. 1881 obs. - to become hardened or rigid
• ACCUB
n. 1623 obs. rare - the print of any creature's foot
• ACCUBATION
n. 1. 1612 rare - the posture of reclining at table, practised by many ancient nations
n. 2. 1853 obs. rare - the confinement of a woman to bed for childbirth; accouchement
• ACCUMB
vb. 1813 obs. rare - to recline at meals, like the Greeks and later Romans
• ACCUMBENCY
n. 1658 rare - the reclining position at table
• ACCUMBENT
adj. 1727 - lying up to, or reclining at table
n. 1. 1630 obs. rare - a person at the table; a diner
n. 2. 1656 - one who reclines at table according to the ancient manner; hence, one who is at table without regard to posture
• ACCUMBER
vb. c1275 rare - to encumber; to overload; to oppress; to overwhelm; to crush
• ACCUMBERED
adj. c1300 obs. - overwhelmed, embarrassed, entangled, encumbered
• ACCUMBERING
n. 1340 obs. - the act of encumbering, overloading, or overwhelming; the fact of being overwhelmed or oppressed; distress, vexation
• ACCUMBING
n. 1646 obs. - a reclining at table when dining
• ACCUMBRANCE
n. c1330 obs. - the of encumbering, impeding, or overwhelming; molestation, injury; a burden or impediment
• ACCUMBROUS
adj. c1392 obs. - cumbrous, oppressive, troublesome
• ACCUMULATE
adj. 1533 rare - heaped up, accumulated; increased by accumulation
• ACCUMULATOR
n. 1. 1611 - a person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person; a hoarder, a gatherer
n. 2. 1691 obs. - at Oxford University: a person who takes degrees by accumulation
n. 3. 1889 UK sl. - a type of bet where the amount won on one event becomes the stake for the next event; a bettor who operates in such a manner
• ACCUMULE
vb. 1490 obs. rare - to accumulate, to heap up
• ACCUR
vb. c1555 obs. - to run to, to run together; to meet
• ACCURANCE
n. 1677 obs. rare - a taking care, care, solicitude
• ACCURATE
adj. 1581 obs. - executed with care; careful
• ACCURATELY
adv. 1549 obs. - carefully
• ACCURRE
vb. c1555 obs. - to run to, to run together; to meet
• ACCURRENT
adj. 1432-50 obs. rare - running or flowing into; affluent, tributary
• ACCURSE
vb. c1175 obs. or arch. - to pronounce or imprecate a curse upon; to devote to perdition, evil, or misery
• ACCURSED
n. 1340 - an accursed person; a detestable or hateful person
• ACCURTATION
n. 1583 obs. - shortening, curtailment, abbreviation
• ACCUSAL
n. 1594 - an accusation
• ACCUSANT
adj. 1604 rare - accusing
n. a1425 rare - one who accuses, an accuser
• ACCUSATIVE
adj. a1400 obs. rare - pert. to accusation; accusatory
• ACCUSATOR
n. 1382 - an accuser; spec. a plaintiff, a prosecutor
• ACCUSATORIAL
adj. 1788 - characterized by accusation; accusing, reproachful
• ACCUSATORY
adj. a1400 - containing an accusation
• ACCUSATRIX
n. 1530 rare - a female accuser
• ACCUSE
n. a1439 rare - the act of accusing or charging with crime; charge, accusation
vb. 1. c1400 rare - to betray, to disclose; hence, to reveal, to display, to show or make known
vb. 2. 1901 Ireland - to admit, to allow; to suppose
• ACCUSEMENT
n. c1374 rare - the act of accusing or charging with an offense; an accusing; an accusation, a charge
• ACCUSERESS
n. Bk1867 obs. - she who accuses
• ACCUSER-GENERAL
n. 1770 - a chief prosecutor or accuser
• ACCUSIVE
adj. 1861 rare - accusatory
• ACCUSOR
n. 1340 obs. - an accuser
• ACCUSTOM
n. c1440 obs. - custom, habit, habituation
vb. 1422 obs. - to make a thing customary, habitual, usual, or familiar; to practise habitually
• ACCUSTOMABLE
adj. 1494 obs. - usually practising or practised; habitual, usual, customary, wonted
• ACCUSTOMABLY
adv. c1450 arch. rare - customarily, habitually, usually, ordinarily
• ACCUSTOMANCE
n. c1384 rare - customary use or practise; custom, habit; later, a making a person or thing accustomed to something; familiarization
• ACCUSTOMARILY
adv. 1577 rare - usually, customarily
• ACCUSTOMARY
adj. 1541 arch. - usual, customary
• ACCUSTOMATE
adj. 1494 obs. - accustomed, habituated, customary, usual, wonted
• ACCUSTOMATION
n. 1605 obs. rare - the act of making usual, habitual, or familiar; the habitual practice or use
• ACCUSTOMED
adj. 1690 obs. - frequented by customers
• ACCUSTOMER
n. 1538 obs. rare - ? a collector of customs
• ACCUSTOMING
n. a1475 obs. - the act of making oneself familiar with, using, practising, consorting; familiarization, habituation
• AC/DC
adj. 1. 1960 sl. - bisexual
adj. 2. 1930s sl. - pert. to a homosexual male who is ambivalent to the choice of male or female sex roles
n. 1. 1930s sl. - a bisexual person
n. 2. 2002 UK homosexual sl. - a couple
• AC-DC BAR
n. M20 US sl. - a bar offering sexually oriented entertainment appealing to both male and female sexual interests
• ACE
adj. 1. 1903 Amer. sl. - high in esteem
adj. 2. 1929 colloq. - best; top-rated; first-class, excellent, wonderful
adj. 3. 1930s sl., orig. US - expert
adj. 4. 1936 US sl., esp. African-American - of a friend: intimate, closest
adj. 5. 1957 US sl. - satisfactory, O.K.
adj. 6. 2008 - asexual; without sexual feelings or desires
n. 1. a1300 obs. - bad luck, misfortune; worthlessness, nothing
n. 2. a1400 - the side of a dice marked with a single spot or point, and counting as one; a throw of 'one', the lowest and worse number or score
n. 3. 1440 rare - a single point, a minute portion; a jot, a particle, an atom
n. 4. L16 sl. - the female genitals; the vagina
n. 5. 17C sl. - the penis
n. 6. a1796 - a person who stands out, excels, or represents perfection in any field, activity, or occupation; an expert; an adept
n. 7. 1801 Sc. & Amer. sl. - the best one; a thing which is held in high esteem; something of merit
n. 8. 1848 sl., orig. US - something or someone of high quality or held in high esteem; a solidly dependable person; a good-hearted person
n. 9. 1866 Sc. - the smallest possible amount
n. 10. 1878 US sl. - in pool: the number one ball
n. 11. 1898 sl. - $1; $1's worth
n. 12. 1899 Amer. sl. - an important, influential person; a prominent individual; a big shot, the chief, the boss
n. 13. 1902 Amer. sl. - in baseball: an outstanding pitcher; a team's best pitcher
n. 14. 1910s sl., orig. US - an outstanding person, whether in character or qualifications
n. 15. 1910s US sl. - a single example
n. 16. 1916 - a pilot, aerial gunner, etc., who has shot down many enemy aircraft
n. 17. 1918 Amer., ironic usage - a pilot or student pilot who has destroyed five or more friendly aircraft
n. 18. 1920 - in golf: a hole in one
n. 19. 1927 US criminals' sl. - a 1-year jail sentence
n. 20. E20 - a person who excels at something; one of extraordinary skill
n. 21. E20 Amer. sl. - something excellent
n. 22. 1938 drugs sl. - one single pill of amphetamine, barbiturate, or tranquillizer
n. 23. 1941 US sl. - a close friend, a hero; an admired figure
n. 24. 1940s sl. sometimes derogatory - a Black person, but often used by Blacks themselves to designate a friend
n. 25. 1949 US sl. - a police officer; a detective
n. 26. 1950s sl. - a term of address
n. 27. 1950s sl. - something useful or important
n. 28. 1950s UK criminals' sl. - £1
n. 29. 1961 Amer. restaurant usage - a small, usually round, table designed to seat a single patron; also a single customer
n. 30. 1964 US college sl. - the grade A
n. 31. 1966 US army sl. - a White serviceman
n. 32. 1969 US college sl. - a foolish or ineffectual person; a clumsy person; an oaf, a jerk: used sarcastically
n. 33. 1974 sl. - in gambling: $100
n. 34. 1970s drugs sl. - marijuana; a marijuana cigarette
n. 35. 1970s drugs sl. - phencyclidine (PCP), a dangerous hallucinogenic based on animal (pig) tranquillizer
n. 36. 1979 sl. - a professional killer
n. 37. 1989 US sl. - 1/8 oz of a drug
n. 38. Bk1992 prison sl. - the finest, one who is completely trustworthy
n. 39. 1999 US sl. - in dice games: a rolled one US sl.
n. 40. 20C Brit. sl. - the anus
n. 41. 20C Amer. lunch counter sl. - a grilled cheese sandwich
n. 42. 20C African-American sl. - a man who favours flamboyant, up-to-the-minute dress
n. 43. Bk2000 Amer. sl. - a nickname for a foolish and ineffectual person
n. 44. 2000s US prison sl. - a pull on a cigarette
n. 45. Bk2006 Amer. journalists' sl. - Assistant City Editor of a newspaper
n. 46. 2008 - an asexual person; a person who does not experience sexual feelings or desires
vb. 1. 1929 US sl. - to manipulate someone, esp. through flattery or deception; to swindle or cheat a person out of something
vb. 2. 1929 US sl. - to survive, esp. to survive intensive police interrogation
vb. 3. 1929 - in golf: to complete a hole in one stroke
vb. 4. 1935 US criminals' sl. - to take part uninvited; to interfere
vb. 5. 1940s US sl. - to move or drive fast
vb. 6. 1953 Amer. sl. - to be in charge of; to lead
vb. 7. 1950 sl., orig. US college usage - to do well, to succeed, as in an examination; to make a perfect or nearly perfect score; to pass a test easily; to surpass someone or something; to beat someone or something
vb. 8. 1960 Amer. sl. - to outwit; to gain an advantage over
vb. 9. 1975 sl. - to kill
vb. 10. 1990s US sl. - to hold in high esteem
int. 1980s sl. - an exclamation of satisfaction
• ACE AND DOUCE
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - wholly, entirely
• ACE-BOOM-BOOM
n. 1962 African-American sl. - a very close friend
• ACE BOON
n. 1971 African-American sl. - one's very best friend
• ACE-BOON-COON; ACE BOON KOON
n. 1962 African-American sl. - one's good and loyal friend
• ACE BOON COONIE
n. 1974 African-American sl. - a best friend
• ACE BOY
n. 1958 US college sl. - one's best friend
• ACE BUDDY
n. 1957 US college sl. - one's best friend
• ACE COOL
n. 1988 African-American sl. - a very close and trusted friend
• ACE-COON
n. 1. 1960s African-American sl. - an important person; a big shot
n. 2. 1962 African-American sl. - a very close friend
• ACE COON BOON
n. 1962 sl., orig. African-American - one's best and most trustworthy friend
• ACE COON POON
n. 1962 sl., African-American - one's best and most trustworthy friend
• ACE CUT
n. 1959 US college sl. - one's best friend
• ACED
adj. 1. Amer. sl. - outscored; surpassed
adj. 2. Bk2000 Amer. sl. - alcohol intoxicated
• ACE-DEUCE
adj. 1. 1927 Amer. sl. - first-rate, excellent
adj. 2. 1955 US sl. - cross-eyed
adj. 3. 1970s US sl. - bisexual
adv. 1. 1948 US sl. - on an angle, with one side higher than the other
adv. 2. 1948 US sl. - riding a racehorse with the right stirrup higher than the left
n. 1. 1920s African-American sl. - 3, esp. in craps dice
n. 2. 1921 US sl. - a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper
n. 3. 1967 US & W. Indies sl. - a best friend
n. 4. 1989 US sl. - a fellow prisoner upon whom you can rely without question
vb. 1987 US sl. - in craps: to sustain a heavy loss
• ACEDIA
n. 1607 - physical or mental slothfulness, esp. as a condition leading to listlessness and lack of interest in life; apathy, lethargy, torpor
• ACEDIOUS
adj. 1609 rare - characterized by slothfulness
• ACE-DOUCHE
n. 1999 US sl. - in craps: a first roll of three
• ACEDY
n. 1623 rare - torpor, stupor
• ACEEED!
int. 1999 Brit. sl. - called out to register delight in, and identification with, club dance music
• ACE-EROO
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
• ACE-FACE
n. 1973 UK sl. - a leader of a group of mods; an exceptionally fashionable mod
• ACE-FLAT
adj. 1941 US sl. - excellent; first-class; faultless
• ACE GEAR
n. 1960s US homosexual sl. - a sexually talented homosexual, capable of both active and passive roles
• ACE HI
n. 1953 US African-American sl. - a sophisticated, aware person; a street-wise person
• ACE-HIGH
adj. 1. 1885 US sl. - highly valued; preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; the best; faultless; absolute
adj. 2. 1930s sl., orig. US prison usage - of an inmate: loyal, trustworthy, popular among his peers
n. 1953 African-American sl. - a sophisticated, streetwise person
• ACE HIT
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
• ACE HURLER
n. Bk1992 sl. - in baseball: a team's best pitcher
• ACE IN
vb. 1. 1920s tramps' sl. - to curry favour successfully
vb. 2. 1930s US criminals' sl. - to interfere, to become involved with
vb. 3. 1971 US sl. - to manipulate someone or something into a situation
vb. 4. 1992 US sl. - to become associated with a group and work your way into it
vb. 5. 20C Amer. sl. - to understand
• ACE IN THE HOLE
n. 1908 orig. US - something held privately in reserve until needed, esp. for a winning stroke; a hidden reserve, asset, or advantage
• ACE IT
vb. 1. 1955 US sl. - to make a perfect score on a school or college test; to score an 'A' on an exam
vb. 2. 1955 US sl. - to succeed at the last minute
• ACE KOOL
n. 1992 African-American sl. - a very close friend
• ACE LANE
n. c1935 Amer. sl., orig. African-American - a husband or male lover
• ACELDAMA
n. 1607 - the name given to the field in the vicinity of Jerusalem, purchased with the blood-money received and relinquished by Judas Iscariot; hence, a field of bloodshed, a scene of slaughter or butchery; a wretched place
• ACELERANTE
n. 1992 US sl. - an amphetamine or central nervous system stimulant
• ACE-LOVER
n. 1996 US African-American sl., chiefly Southern/Midwest usage - one's most important lover; the most important member of the opposite sex one knows, as a husband, a pimp, or a boyfriend
• ACEMAN
n. 1. 1953 US sl. - a leader of a street gang
n. 2. 1953 US sl. - a youth gang's top fighter
• ACE NOTE
n. 1929 US sl. - a one-dollar bill
• ACE OF ACES
n. 20C sl., World War I usage - a combat aviator who brought down or killed twenty-give or more enemy aircraft
• ACE OF ARSE
n. 2000s sl. - the area of dark skin around the anus
• ACE OF CLUBS
n. 1. M17 sl. - the female genital area
n. 2. L19 sl. - an expert
• ACE OF HEARTS
n. 1. L16 sl. - the vagina
n. 2. 17C sl. - the penis
n. 3. Bk1998 sl. - death in combat
• ACE OF SPADES
n. 1. 1811 sl. - a widow, esp. one wearing mourning weeds
n. 2. L19 sl. - the female genital area
n. 3. Bk1921 sl. - a black-haired woman
n. 4. 1940s US criminals' sl. - an admirable person
n. 5. 1943 sl., sometimes derogatory - a Black person, but often used by Blacks themselves to designate a friend
n. 6. Bk1998 sl. - death in combat
n. 7. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. - AIDS
n. 8. 2000s sl. - the area of dark skin around the anus
• ACE OF TRUMPS
n. 1. E19 sl. - the female genital area
n. 2. 20C Brit. sl. - a first-class person
• ACE ON
adj. 1982 Bahamas sl. - skilled at
• ACE-ONE
adj. 1962 US sl. - a-one, best
• ACE OUT
vb. 1. 1933 US sl. - to fool someone; to swindle someone; to deprive someone of something, esp. by underhanded or dishonest means
vb. 2. 1950s sl. - to defeat; to take something away
vb. 3. 1950s sl., orig. US college usage - to do well, to succeed, as in an examination; to make a perfect or nearly perfect score
vb. 4. 1951 Amer. sl. - to extricate oneself from difficulty by deceit or cleverness
vb. 5. 1960 Amer. sl. - to outwit; to gain an advantage over
vb. 6. 1964 US sl. - to exclude someone
vb. 7. 1983 US sl. - in poker: to win a hand by bluffing while holding a relatively low-value hand
vb. 8. Bk2000 Amer. sl. - to be fortunate or lucky
• ACE OVER APEX
adv. 1960 US sl. - head over heels
• ACEPHAL
adj. 1549 rare - having no head or leader or chief
n. 1. a1387 obs. - a priest who is not subject to the authority of a bishop
n. 2. 1607 obs. rare - a (supposed) headless animal or person
• ACEPHALI
n. a1000 obs. rare - priests who are not subject to the authority of a bishop; also, bishops who are not subject to the authority of a metropolitan or archbishop
• ACEPHALIC
adj. 1. 1656 - having or recognizing no ruler, head, or chief; leaderless
adj. 2. 1656 - of a book, manuscript, or piece of writing: lacking a beginning
adj. 3. 1816 - lacking a head, headless
• ACEPHALISIS
n. 1611 rare - the condition of being without a leader or head; lack of leadership
• ACEPHALIST
n. 1597 obs. - one who acknowledges no head or superior
• ACEPHALOUS
adj. 1. 1715 - having or recognizing no governing head or chief
adj. 2. 1731 - headless
adj. 3. 1833 - lacking the beginning, as an imperfect manuscript or verse
• ACE-QUEEN
n. 1989 US homosexual & prison sl. - a very effeminate prison homosexual
• ACERB
adj. 1. a1616 - sour, with an addition of bitterness or astringency, as unripe fruit
adj. 2. 1822 - of speech, manner, or temper: bitter and sharp; forthright and cutting
• ACERBATE
adj. 1869 literary usage - embittered; exasperated; severe
vb. 1657 obs. - to sour or embitter; fig. to exasperate
• ACERBATION
n. 1793 - embitterment; a feeling of bitterness; also, exacerbation of a negative feeling or problem
• ACERBIC
adj. 1853 - of a sour, harsh, or severe character; bitter and sharp, esp. in speech, manner, or temper; later, astringently sour or harsh-tasting
• ACERBITOUS
adj. 1870 rare - characterized by acerbity; acerbic
• ACERBITUDE
n. 1727 rare - sourness, harshness in taste, bitterness
• ACERBITY
n. 1. a1538 - of men, their words and actions: sharpness mingled with bitterness, keen harshness
n. 2. 1608 - sourness of taste, mingled with bitterness or astringency; harshness, roughness of taste
n. 3. E17 - a bitter experience; a harsh or sharp comment, etc.
• ACERBLY
adv. 1. a1425 obs. - harshly, abrasively
adv. 2. 1793 - with a sour, bitter, or astringent flavour; later, in a sharp or cutting manner
• ACEREBRAL
adj. 1828 - brainless; unintelligent; unthinking
• ACEROTE
adj. 1623 obs. rare - of bread: full of chaff, coarse
• ACERS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - acorns
• ACERSECOMIC
n. 1623 obs. rare - one whose hair was never cut
• ACERVAL
adj. 1731 rare - belonging to a heap
• ACERVATE
vb. 1612 rare - to heap up, to raise up in heaps
• ACERVATION
n. 1614 rare - the act of heaping up, accumulation
• ACERVATIVE
adj. 1865 rare - pert. to heaping up; piled or heaped up
• ACERVOSE
adj. 1731 obs. rare - full of heaps
• ACERVULINE
adj. 1864 rare - of the form or appearance of little heaps
• ACES
adj. 1901 US. sl. - first-rate; quite satisfactory; fine; wonderful; excellent; well-respected; of the very best quality; superior
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
n. 2. 1987 US sl. - in poker: a hand with a pair of aces
• ACES AND EIGHTS
adj. 1920 US sl. - first-rate, quite satisfactory; fine, wonderful, marvellous, excellent
• ACES AROUND
n. 20C sl. - in pinochle: one ace from each of the four suits
• ACES AWAY
phr. 1976 US sl. - in bar dice games: rolls of one have no point value
• ACESCENCE
n. 1761 - the act of becoming acid or sour
• ACESCENCY
n. 1756 - the state of turning sour; tendency to sourness; incipient or slight acidity
• ACESCENT
adj. 1707 - turning sour; having the tendency to turn acid; hence, slightly sour, 'turned'
• ACES-HIGH
adj. 1885 US sl. - preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute; highly valued
n. 1930s sl., orig. US prison usage - a prison inmate popular among his peers
• ACES IN BOTH PLACES
n. 1999 US sl. - in craps: a roll of two
• ACE-SPOON-COON
n. 1960s Amer. sl. - a very close friend
• ACE-SPOT
n. 1917 US sl. - a one-dollar bill
• ACES-UP
adj. 1902 US sl. - wonderful; excellent; well-respected; fine, preeminent; in high favour; esteemed
• ACETABLE
n. c1429 - in Roman History: a cup to hold condiments, esp. vinegar, for serving at the table
• ACETABULUM
n. a1398 - in Roman History: a cup to hold condiments, esp. vinegar, for serving at the table
• ACETAR
n. 1623 obs. rare - a leaf salad prepared with vinegar
• ACETARIES
n. 1657 obs. - salads mixed with vinegar to stir up appetite
• ACETARIOUS
adj. 1822 - used in salads, as lettuce, cress, etc.
• ACETARS
n. 1612 obs. - 'salads and vinegar'
• ACETARY
n. 1657 obs. rare - a leaf salad prepared with vinegar
• ACE THROUGH
vb. 1942 Amer. sl. - to get through safely or easily
• ACETOSE
adj. a1400 rare - resembling or containing vinegar; sour or acidic like vinegar
• ACETOSITY
n. a1425 obs. - the quality of being vinegary; sourness, sharpness
• ACETOSOUS
adj. 1605 obs. - resembling vinegar; sour or acidic like vinegar
• ACETOUS
adj. 1714 - pert. to vinegar; having the qualities of vinegar; sour
• ACETUM
n. 1526 - vinegar
• ACE UP ONE'S SLEEVE
n. 1866 - a hidden advantage, not to be revealed until a suitable moment
• ACEY
adj. 1930s sl., orig. US - best, excellent, expert, wonderful
• ACEY-DEUCEY
adj. 1. 1954 Amer. sl. - first-rate, excellent
adj. 2. 1971 US sl. - sexually active with or attracted to both males and females; bisexual
adj. 3. 1972 US sl. - bisexual
adj. 4. 1977 US sl. - of a friend: closest
adj. 5. 1970s African-American sl. - complex, unstable, neither one thing nor the other
adj. 6. 20C Amer. sl. - of mixed quality; having both good and bad, high and low; satisfactory; mediocre; so-so
n. 1. 1920s African-American sl. - 3, esp. in craps dice
n. 2. 1944 US sl. - in backgammon: a variant rule under which the game is started in positions other than the standard layout
n. 3. 1964 US sl. - a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper
n. 4. 1967 US & W. Indies sl. - a best friend
n. 5. 1974 US sl. - in craps: a roll of a one and a two
n. 6. 1980 US sl. - a bisexual
vb. 1948 US sl. - of a jockey: to ride with the inside stirrup lower than the outside stirrup
• ACH!
int. 1481 - an exclamation of impatience, disappointment, contempt, etc.
• ACHAFE
vb. c1325 obs. - to heat, to warm; fig. to kindle anyone's wrath; to heat with passion; to chafe
• ACHAGE
n. 1878 obs., humorous usage - an aching state
• ACHANGE
n. 1530 obs. rare - the act of exchanging; an exchange
• ACHAPE
vb. 1250 obs. - to escape
• ACHAQUE
n. 1646 obs. rare - habitual indisposition, ailment, an attack of chronic illness
• ACHARNE
vb. c1400 obs. rare - to become greedy of flesh, to thirst for blood, to become cruel
• ACHARNEMENT
n. 1756 rare - eagerness for blood, bloodthirsty fury, ferocity
• ACHARYA
n. 1792 - in India: a spiritual teacher or leader; an influential mentor
• ACHASED
adj. c1440 obs. rare - chased
• ACHATE
n. c1374 obs. - the act of purchasing or buying; purchase; contract, bargain
vb. 1601 obs. rare - to purchase, to lay in provision of
• ACHATER
n. c1386 obs. - a purchaser or buyer of provisions; esp. the officer who purchased provisions for the royal household; a purveyor
• ACHATES
n. 1. 1469 obs. - things purchased; provisions that were not made in the house, by the baker or brewer, but had to be purchased as wanted
n. 2. 1582 literary usage - a devoted follower; a loyal friend and companion
• ACHATOR; ACHATOUR
n. c1386 obs. - a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer
• ACHATRY
n. a1377 obs. - provisions purchased; also, the room or place allotted to the keeping of all such provisions
• A-CHATTER
adj. 1828 chiefly poetic usage - chattering
• ACH-A-VIE!
int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - an exclamation of disgust or abhorrence
• ACHCHA
n. Bk1898 - in India: a printer, or pressman
int. 1. 1891 - expressing assent or understanding; okay, all right
int. 2. 1891 - expressing surprise, doubt, anger, joy, etc.
• ACHE
n. 1895 Eng. dial. - a large comfortable room or place
vb. 1. 1785 Eng. dial. - to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to hurry, to hasten
• ACHE AND PAIN
n. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. - rain
• ACHEAT
vb. c1430 obs. - to escheat, to confiscate; to do one out of
• ACHECK
vb. c1384 obs. - to check, to bring to a sudden stop
• ACHEER
vb. c1450 obs. - to cheer, to cheer up; to hearten
• ACHER
n. 1. 1938 Aust. euphemism - the buttocks
n. 2. 1960s sl. - the testicles
• ACHERON
n. 1590 - a fabulous river of the Lower World; hence, the infernal regions
• ACHERONIAN
adj. 1849 chiefly literary usage - relating to or suggestive of the underworld of the ancient Greeks, or the mythical river Acheron; infernal, hellish; dark, gloomy
• ACHERONTIC
adj. 1597 chiefly literary usage - belonging to Acheron, infernal; hence, dark, gloomy; also, waiting to cross the river of death, tottering on the brink of the grave, moribund
• ACHERONTICAL
adj. 1610 obs. rare - infernal, hellish; dark, gloomy
• ACHESOUN
n. c1230 obs. - occasion, reason, purpose, motive
• ACHETE
vb. c1430 obs. - to escheat property or goods, to confiscate; to do one out of
• ACHEVISAUNCE
n. c1430 obs. - achieving, accomplishment (the OED notes this usage is an error for 'a chevisaunce')
• ACHEY
adj. 1878 - suffering from aches
• ACHIDAIYAN
n. Bk1898 - the Tamil name for a barber
• ACHIEVANCE
n. 1531 obs. - achievement, performance
• ACHIEVE
vb. 1. c1385 obs. - to bring to an end or termination; to finish, to terminate
vb. 2. 1393 obs. - to come to a natural end or conclusion; to end, to result, to turn out
vb. 3. 20C sl. - to achieve coition with a woman
• ACHIEVER
n. 2004 US sl. - a devoted fan of the film, 'The Big Lebowski'
• ACHILL
adj. 1858 chiefly poetic usage - in a state of chill; chilly
• ACHILLEAN
adj. 1579 - resembling Achilles; invulnerable, invincible
• ACHILLES HEEL
n. 1810 - a vulnerable spot or weak point
• ACHILLIZE
vb. 1672 obs. rare - to play Achilles with; to harass or chase as Achilles did the Trojans
• ACHIME
adj. 1860 poetic usage - chiming, ringing
• ACHING TO
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - impatient
• ACHITOPHEL
n. Bk1903 - a treacherous friend and adviser an able but unprincipled counsellor
• ACHNARD
n. 1997 New York police sl. - a taxi driver
• ACHOKE
vb. c1200 obs. - to choke, to suffocate
• ACHOLITE
n. c1000 - an inferior church servant, which formerly waited on the priests and deacons, performing the offices of lighting the candles, carrying the bread and wine, and paying other servile attendance
• ACHOLITHITE; ACOLOUTHITE
n. 1599 obs. - a person who attends a priest and performs subordinate duties, as assisting at the altar, lighting and bearing candles, etc.
• ACHOOSE
vb. c1150 obs. - to choose out; to select
• ACHRIST
n. 1584 rare - a person who does not believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ
• A-CHRISTISM
n. 1692 obs. - disbelief in God
• ACHROMATIC
adj. 1799 - neutral, uncoloured; also, bland, uninteresting
• ACHROMATISTOUS
adj. 1879 obs. rare - colourless; achromatic
• ACHROMATIZE
vb. 1845 - to deprive of colour; to render achromatic
• ACHROMIC
adj. 1761 obs. - free from colour
• ACHROMOUS
adj. 1879 rare - colourless; without colouring matter
• ACHRONISM
n. 1. 1674 obs. rare - an error in computing time, or fixing dates; the erroneous reference of an event, circumstance, or custom to a wrong date
n. 2. 1877 rare - the state of timelessness; deficiency of time
• ACHRONOLOGICAL
adj. 1962 chiefly film and literary usage - not arranged in order of time
• ACHROOUS
adj. 1879 obs. rare - colourless; achromatic
• ACHTANDE
adj. a1400 obs. rare - eighth
• ACHY
adj. 1864 - full of aches; suffering from continuous or recurring pain
• ACHY-BREAKY
adj. 1992 colloq. - aching, hurt; also, sad, heart-rending
n. 1598 obs. - growing by addition; increase
vb. 1. a1382 obs. - to increase or grow by addition
vb. 2. 1401 obs. - to cause to grow; to increase
• ACCREDITATE
vb. 1654 - to accredit; to give credit to someone for something; to vouch for, to sanction or countenance
• ACCRESCE
vb. 1. 1634-46 rare - to accrue
vb. 2. 1637 rare - to increase, to grow up
vb. 3. 1652 rare - to increase, to add to
• ACCRESCENCE
n. 1606 rare - a growing by accretion or addition
• ACCRESCENT
adj. 1713 - growing continuously, ever increasing
• ACCRIMINATE
vb. 1641 obs. rare - to accuse of a crime
• ACCRIMINATION
n. 1655 - accusation of crime
• ACCROACH
vb. 1. c1325 - to draw to oneself; to catch, to attract, to acquire
vb. 2. 1423 - to encroach
• ACCROACHMENT
n. c1428 - usurpation; encroachment
• ACCRUE
vb. 1. 1586 obs. - to grow by addition, to increase, esp. in age or number
vb. 2. 1594 obs. - to gather up, to collect
vb. 3. 1604 obs. - to grow, to grow up
• ACCRUE CHOCOLATE
vb. 1929 UK Royal Navy usage - to behave towards officers in an obsequious, sycophantic manner
• ACCRUST
vb. 1881 obs. - to become hardened or rigid
• ACCUB
n. 1623 obs. rare - the print of any creature's foot
• ACCUBATION
n. 1. 1612 rare - the posture of reclining at table, practised by many ancient nations
n. 2. 1853 obs. rare - the confinement of a woman to bed for childbirth; accouchement
• ACCUMB
vb. 1813 obs. rare - to recline at meals, like the Greeks and later Romans
• ACCUMBENCY
n. 1658 rare - the reclining position at table
• ACCUMBENT
adj. 1727 - lying up to, or reclining at table
n. 1. 1630 obs. rare - a person at the table; a diner
n. 2. 1656 - one who reclines at table according to the ancient manner; hence, one who is at table without regard to posture
• ACCUMBER
vb. c1275 rare - to encumber; to overload; to oppress; to overwhelm; to crush
• ACCUMBERED
adj. c1300 obs. - overwhelmed, embarrassed, entangled, encumbered
• ACCUMBERING
n. 1340 obs. - the act of encumbering, overloading, or overwhelming; the fact of being overwhelmed or oppressed; distress, vexation
• ACCUMBING
n. 1646 obs. - a reclining at table when dining
• ACCUMBRANCE
n. c1330 obs. - the of encumbering, impeding, or overwhelming; molestation, injury; a burden or impediment
• ACCUMBROUS
adj. c1392 obs. - cumbrous, oppressive, troublesome
• ACCUMULATE
adj. 1533 rare - heaped up, accumulated; increased by accumulation
• ACCUMULATOR
n. 1. 1611 - a person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person; a hoarder, a gatherer
n. 2. 1691 obs. - at Oxford University: a person who takes degrees by accumulation
n. 3. 1889 UK sl. - a type of bet where the amount won on one event becomes the stake for the next event; a bettor who operates in such a manner
• ACCUMULE
vb. 1490 obs. rare - to accumulate, to heap up
• ACCUR
vb. c1555 obs. - to run to, to run together; to meet
• ACCURANCE
n. 1677 obs. rare - a taking care, care, solicitude
• ACCURATE
adj. 1581 obs. - executed with care; careful
• ACCURATELY
adv. 1549 obs. - carefully
• ACCURRE
vb. c1555 obs. - to run to, to run together; to meet
• ACCURRENT
adj. 1432-50 obs. rare - running or flowing into; affluent, tributary
• ACCURSE
vb. c1175 obs. or arch. - to pronounce or imprecate a curse upon; to devote to perdition, evil, or misery
• ACCURSED
n. 1340 - an accursed person; a detestable or hateful person
• ACCURTATION
n. 1583 obs. - shortening, curtailment, abbreviation
• ACCUSAL
n. 1594 - an accusation
• ACCUSANT
adj. 1604 rare - accusing
n. a1425 rare - one who accuses, an accuser
• ACCUSATIVE
adj. a1400 obs. rare - pert. to accusation; accusatory
• ACCUSATOR
n. 1382 - an accuser; spec. a plaintiff, a prosecutor
• ACCUSATORIAL
adj. 1788 - characterized by accusation; accusing, reproachful
• ACCUSATORY
adj. a1400 - containing an accusation
• ACCUSATRIX
n. 1530 rare - a female accuser
• ACCUSE
n. a1439 rare - the act of accusing or charging with crime; charge, accusation
vb. 1. c1400 rare - to betray, to disclose; hence, to reveal, to display, to show or make known
vb. 2. 1901 Ireland - to admit, to allow; to suppose
• ACCUSEMENT
n. c1374 rare - the act of accusing or charging with an offense; an accusing; an accusation, a charge
• ACCUSERESS
n. Bk1867 obs. - she who accuses
• ACCUSER-GENERAL
n. 1770 - a chief prosecutor or accuser
• ACCUSIVE
adj. 1861 rare - accusatory
• ACCUSOR
n. 1340 obs. - an accuser
• ACCUSTOM
n. c1440 obs. - custom, habit, habituation
vb. 1422 obs. - to make a thing customary, habitual, usual, or familiar; to practise habitually
• ACCUSTOMABLE
adj. 1494 obs. - usually practising or practised; habitual, usual, customary, wonted
• ACCUSTOMABLY
adv. c1450 arch. rare - customarily, habitually, usually, ordinarily
• ACCUSTOMANCE
n. c1384 rare - customary use or practise; custom, habit; later, a making a person or thing accustomed to something; familiarization
• ACCUSTOMARILY
adv. 1577 rare - usually, customarily
• ACCUSTOMARY
adj. 1541 arch. - usual, customary
• ACCUSTOMATE
adj. 1494 obs. - accustomed, habituated, customary, usual, wonted
• ACCUSTOMATION
n. 1605 obs. rare - the act of making usual, habitual, or familiar; the habitual practice or use
• ACCUSTOMED
adj. 1690 obs. - frequented by customers
• ACCUSTOMER
n. 1538 obs. rare - ? a collector of customs
• ACCUSTOMING
n. a1475 obs. - the act of making oneself familiar with, using, practising, consorting; familiarization, habituation
• AC/DC
adj. 1. 1960 sl. - bisexual
adj. 2. 1930s sl. - pert. to a homosexual male who is ambivalent to the choice of male or female sex roles
n. 1. 1930s sl. - a bisexual person
n. 2. 2002 UK homosexual sl. - a couple
• AC-DC BAR
n. M20 US sl. - a bar offering sexually oriented entertainment appealing to both male and female sexual interests
• ACE
adj. 1. 1903 Amer. sl. - high in esteem
adj. 2. 1929 colloq. - best; top-rated; first-class, excellent, wonderful
adj. 3. 1930s sl., orig. US - expert
adj. 4. 1936 US sl., esp. African-American - of a friend: intimate, closest
adj. 5. 1957 US sl. - satisfactory, O.K.
adj. 6. 2008 - asexual; without sexual feelings or desires
n. 1. a1300 obs. - bad luck, misfortune; worthlessness, nothing
n. 2. a1400 - the side of a dice marked with a single spot or point, and counting as one; a throw of 'one', the lowest and worse number or score
n. 3. 1440 rare - a single point, a minute portion; a jot, a particle, an atom
n. 4. L16 sl. - the female genitals; the vagina
n. 5. 17C sl. - the penis
n. 6. a1796 - a person who stands out, excels, or represents perfection in any field, activity, or occupation; an expert; an adept
n. 7. 1801 Sc. & Amer. sl. - the best one; a thing which is held in high esteem; something of merit
n. 8. 1848 sl., orig. US - something or someone of high quality or held in high esteem; a solidly dependable person; a good-hearted person
n. 9. 1866 Sc. - the smallest possible amount
n. 10. 1878 US sl. - in pool: the number one ball
n. 11. 1898 sl. - $1; $1's worth
n. 12. 1899 Amer. sl. - an important, influential person; a prominent individual; a big shot, the chief, the boss
n. 13. 1902 Amer. sl. - in baseball: an outstanding pitcher; a team's best pitcher
n. 14. 1910s sl., orig. US - an outstanding person, whether in character or qualifications
n. 15. 1910s US sl. - a single example
n. 16. 1916 - a pilot, aerial gunner, etc., who has shot down many enemy aircraft
n. 17. 1918 Amer., ironic usage - a pilot or student pilot who has destroyed five or more friendly aircraft
n. 18. 1920 - in golf: a hole in one
n. 19. 1927 US criminals' sl. - a 1-year jail sentence
n. 20. E20 - a person who excels at something; one of extraordinary skill
n. 21. E20 Amer. sl. - something excellent
n. 22. 1938 drugs sl. - one single pill of amphetamine, barbiturate, or tranquillizer
n. 23. 1941 US sl. - a close friend, a hero; an admired figure
n. 24. 1940s sl. sometimes derogatory - a Black person, but often used by Blacks themselves to designate a friend
n. 25. 1949 US sl. - a police officer; a detective
n. 26. 1950s sl. - a term of address
n. 27. 1950s sl. - something useful or important
n. 28. 1950s UK criminals' sl. - £1
n. 29. 1961 Amer. restaurant usage - a small, usually round, table designed to seat a single patron; also a single customer
n. 30. 1964 US college sl. - the grade A
n. 31. 1966 US army sl. - a White serviceman
n. 32. 1969 US college sl. - a foolish or ineffectual person; a clumsy person; an oaf, a jerk: used sarcastically
n. 33. 1974 sl. - in gambling: $100
n. 34. 1970s drugs sl. - marijuana; a marijuana cigarette
n. 35. 1970s drugs sl. - phencyclidine (PCP), a dangerous hallucinogenic based on animal (pig) tranquillizer
n. 36. 1979 sl. - a professional killer
n. 37. 1989 US sl. - 1/8 oz of a drug
n. 38. Bk1992 prison sl. - the finest, one who is completely trustworthy
n. 39. 1999 US sl. - in dice games: a rolled one US sl.
n. 40. 20C Brit. sl. - the anus
n. 41. 20C Amer. lunch counter sl. - a grilled cheese sandwich
n. 42. 20C African-American sl. - a man who favours flamboyant, up-to-the-minute dress
n. 43. Bk2000 Amer. sl. - a nickname for a foolish and ineffectual person
n. 44. 2000s US prison sl. - a pull on a cigarette
n. 45. Bk2006 Amer. journalists' sl. - Assistant City Editor of a newspaper
n. 46. 2008 - an asexual person; a person who does not experience sexual feelings or desires
vb. 1. 1929 US sl. - to manipulate someone, esp. through flattery or deception; to swindle or cheat a person out of something
vb. 2. 1929 US sl. - to survive, esp. to survive intensive police interrogation
vb. 3. 1929 - in golf: to complete a hole in one stroke
vb. 4. 1935 US criminals' sl. - to take part uninvited; to interfere
vb. 5. 1940s US sl. - to move or drive fast
vb. 6. 1953 Amer. sl. - to be in charge of; to lead
vb. 7. 1950 sl., orig. US college usage - to do well, to succeed, as in an examination; to make a perfect or nearly perfect score; to pass a test easily; to surpass someone or something; to beat someone or something
vb. 8. 1960 Amer. sl. - to outwit; to gain an advantage over
vb. 9. 1975 sl. - to kill
vb. 10. 1990s US sl. - to hold in high esteem
int. 1980s sl. - an exclamation of satisfaction
• ACE AND DOUCE
adv. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - wholly, entirely
• ACE-BOOM-BOOM
n. 1962 African-American sl. - a very close friend
• ACE BOON
n. 1971 African-American sl. - one's very best friend
• ACE-BOON-COON; ACE BOON KOON
n. 1962 African-American sl. - one's good and loyal friend
• ACE BOON COONIE
n. 1974 African-American sl. - a best friend
• ACE BOY
n. 1958 US college sl. - one's best friend
• ACE BUDDY
n. 1957 US college sl. - one's best friend
• ACE COOL
n. 1988 African-American sl. - a very close and trusted friend
• ACE-COON
n. 1. 1960s African-American sl. - an important person; a big shot
n. 2. 1962 African-American sl. - a very close friend
• ACE COON BOON
n. 1962 sl., orig. African-American - one's best and most trustworthy friend
• ACE COON POON
n. 1962 sl., African-American - one's best and most trustworthy friend
• ACE CUT
n. 1959 US college sl. - one's best friend
• ACED
adj. 1. Amer. sl. - outscored; surpassed
adj. 2. Bk2000 Amer. sl. - alcohol intoxicated
• ACE-DEUCE
adj. 1. 1927 Amer. sl. - first-rate, excellent
adj. 2. 1955 US sl. - cross-eyed
adj. 3. 1970s US sl. - bisexual
adv. 1. 1948 US sl. - on an angle, with one side higher than the other
adv. 2. 1948 US sl. - riding a racehorse with the right stirrup higher than the left
n. 1. 1920s African-American sl. - 3, esp. in craps dice
n. 2. 1921 US sl. - a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper
n. 3. 1967 US & W. Indies sl. - a best friend
n. 4. 1989 US sl. - a fellow prisoner upon whom you can rely without question
vb. 1987 US sl. - in craps: to sustain a heavy loss
• ACEDIA
n. 1607 - physical or mental slothfulness, esp. as a condition leading to listlessness and lack of interest in life; apathy, lethargy, torpor
• ACEDIOUS
adj. 1609 rare - characterized by slothfulness
• ACE-DOUCHE
n. 1999 US sl. - in craps: a first roll of three
• ACEDY
n. 1623 rare - torpor, stupor
• ACEEED!
int. 1999 Brit. sl. - called out to register delight in, and identification with, club dance music
• ACE-EROO
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
• ACE-FACE
n. 1973 UK sl. - a leader of a group of mods; an exceptionally fashionable mod
• ACE-FLAT
adj. 1941 US sl. - excellent; first-class; faultless
• ACE GEAR
n. 1960s US homosexual sl. - a sexually talented homosexual, capable of both active and passive roles
• ACE HI
n. 1953 US African-American sl. - a sophisticated, aware person; a street-wise person
• ACE-HIGH
adj. 1. 1885 US sl. - highly valued; preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; the best; faultless; absolute
adj. 2. 1930s sl., orig. US prison usage - of an inmate: loyal, trustworthy, popular among his peers
n. 1953 African-American sl. - a sophisticated, streetwise person
• ACE HIT
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
• ACE HURLER
n. Bk1992 sl. - in baseball: a team's best pitcher
• ACE IN
vb. 1. 1920s tramps' sl. - to curry favour successfully
vb. 2. 1930s US criminals' sl. - to interfere, to become involved with
vb. 3. 1971 US sl. - to manipulate someone or something into a situation
vb. 4. 1992 US sl. - to become associated with a group and work your way into it
vb. 5. 20C Amer. sl. - to understand
• ACE IN THE HOLE
n. 1908 orig. US - something held privately in reserve until needed, esp. for a winning stroke; a hidden reserve, asset, or advantage
• ACE IT
vb. 1. 1955 US sl. - to make a perfect score on a school or college test; to score an 'A' on an exam
vb. 2. 1955 US sl. - to succeed at the last minute
• ACE KOOL
n. 1992 African-American sl. - a very close friend
• ACE LANE
n. c1935 Amer. sl., orig. African-American - a husband or male lover
• ACELDAMA
n. 1607 - the name given to the field in the vicinity of Jerusalem, purchased with the blood-money received and relinquished by Judas Iscariot; hence, a field of bloodshed, a scene of slaughter or butchery; a wretched place
• ACELERANTE
n. 1992 US sl. - an amphetamine or central nervous system stimulant
• ACE-LOVER
n. 1996 US African-American sl., chiefly Southern/Midwest usage - one's most important lover; the most important member of the opposite sex one knows, as a husband, a pimp, or a boyfriend
• ACEMAN
n. 1. 1953 US sl. - a leader of a street gang
n. 2. 1953 US sl. - a youth gang's top fighter
• ACE NOTE
n. 1929 US sl. - a one-dollar bill
• ACE OF ACES
n. 20C sl., World War I usage - a combat aviator who brought down or killed twenty-give or more enemy aircraft
• ACE OF ARSE
n. 2000s sl. - the area of dark skin around the anus
• ACE OF CLUBS
n. 1. M17 sl. - the female genital area
n. 2. L19 sl. - an expert
• ACE OF HEARTS
n. 1. L16 sl. - the vagina
n. 2. 17C sl. - the penis
n. 3. Bk1998 sl. - death in combat
• ACE OF SPADES
n. 1. 1811 sl. - a widow, esp. one wearing mourning weeds
n. 2. L19 sl. - the female genital area
n. 3. Bk1921 sl. - a black-haired woman
n. 4. 1940s US criminals' sl. - an admirable person
n. 5. 1943 sl., sometimes derogatory - a Black person, but often used by Blacks themselves to designate a friend
n. 6. Bk1998 sl. - death in combat
n. 7. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. - AIDS
n. 8. 2000s sl. - the area of dark skin around the anus
• ACE OF TRUMPS
n. 1. E19 sl. - the female genital area
n. 2. 20C Brit. sl. - a first-class person
• ACE ON
adj. 1982 Bahamas sl. - skilled at
• ACE-ONE
adj. 1962 US sl. - a-one, best
• ACE OUT
vb. 1. 1933 US sl. - to fool someone; to swindle someone; to deprive someone of something, esp. by underhanded or dishonest means
vb. 2. 1950s sl. - to defeat; to take something away
vb. 3. 1950s sl., orig. US college usage - to do well, to succeed, as in an examination; to make a perfect or nearly perfect score
vb. 4. 1951 Amer. sl. - to extricate oneself from difficulty by deceit or cleverness
vb. 5. 1960 Amer. sl. - to outwit; to gain an advantage over
vb. 6. 1964 US sl. - to exclude someone
vb. 7. 1983 US sl. - in poker: to win a hand by bluffing while holding a relatively low-value hand
vb. 8. Bk2000 Amer. sl. - to be fortunate or lucky
• ACE OVER APEX
adv. 1960 US sl. - head over heels
• ACEPHAL
adj. 1549 rare - having no head or leader or chief
n. 1. a1387 obs. - a priest who is not subject to the authority of a bishop
n. 2. 1607 obs. rare - a (supposed) headless animal or person
• ACEPHALI
n. a1000 obs. rare - priests who are not subject to the authority of a bishop; also, bishops who are not subject to the authority of a metropolitan or archbishop
• ACEPHALIC
adj. 1. 1656 - having or recognizing no ruler, head, or chief; leaderless
adj. 2. 1656 - of a book, manuscript, or piece of writing: lacking a beginning
adj. 3. 1816 - lacking a head, headless
• ACEPHALISIS
n. 1611 rare - the condition of being without a leader or head; lack of leadership
• ACEPHALIST
n. 1597 obs. - one who acknowledges no head or superior
• ACEPHALOUS
adj. 1. 1715 - having or recognizing no governing head or chief
adj. 2. 1731 - headless
adj. 3. 1833 - lacking the beginning, as an imperfect manuscript or verse
• ACE-QUEEN
n. 1989 US homosexual & prison sl. - a very effeminate prison homosexual
• ACERB
adj. 1. a1616 - sour, with an addition of bitterness or astringency, as unripe fruit
adj. 2. 1822 - of speech, manner, or temper: bitter and sharp; forthright and cutting
• ACERBATE
adj. 1869 literary usage - embittered; exasperated; severe
vb. 1657 obs. - to sour or embitter; fig. to exasperate
• ACERBATION
n. 1793 - embitterment; a feeling of bitterness; also, exacerbation of a negative feeling or problem
• ACERBIC
adj. 1853 - of a sour, harsh, or severe character; bitter and sharp, esp. in speech, manner, or temper; later, astringently sour or harsh-tasting
• ACERBITOUS
adj. 1870 rare - characterized by acerbity; acerbic
• ACERBITUDE
n. 1727 rare - sourness, harshness in taste, bitterness
• ACERBITY
n. 1. a1538 - of men, their words and actions: sharpness mingled with bitterness, keen harshness
n. 2. 1608 - sourness of taste, mingled with bitterness or astringency; harshness, roughness of taste
n. 3. E17 - a bitter experience; a harsh or sharp comment, etc.
• ACERBLY
adv. 1. a1425 obs. - harshly, abrasively
adv. 2. 1793 - with a sour, bitter, or astringent flavour; later, in a sharp or cutting manner
• ACEREBRAL
adj. 1828 - brainless; unintelligent; unthinking
• ACEROTE
adj. 1623 obs. rare - of bread: full of chaff, coarse
• ACERS
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - acorns
• ACERSECOMIC
n. 1623 obs. rare - one whose hair was never cut
• ACERVAL
adj. 1731 rare - belonging to a heap
• ACERVATE
vb. 1612 rare - to heap up, to raise up in heaps
• ACERVATION
n. 1614 rare - the act of heaping up, accumulation
• ACERVATIVE
adj. 1865 rare - pert. to heaping up; piled or heaped up
• ACERVOSE
adj. 1731 obs. rare - full of heaps
• ACERVULINE
adj. 1864 rare - of the form or appearance of little heaps
• ACES
adj. 1901 US. sl. - first-rate; quite satisfactory; fine; wonderful; excellent; well-respected; of the very best quality; superior
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
n. 2. 1987 US sl. - in poker: a hand with a pair of aces
• ACES AND EIGHTS
adj. 1920 US sl. - first-rate, quite satisfactory; fine, wonderful, marvellous, excellent
• ACES AROUND
n. 20C sl. - in pinochle: one ace from each of the four suits
• ACES AWAY
phr. 1976 US sl. - in bar dice games: rolls of one have no point value
• ACESCENCE
n. 1761 - the act of becoming acid or sour
• ACESCENCY
n. 1756 - the state of turning sour; tendency to sourness; incipient or slight acidity
• ACESCENT
adj. 1707 - turning sour; having the tendency to turn acid; hence, slightly sour, 'turned'
• ACES-HIGH
adj. 1885 US sl. - preeminent, first in favour or esteem; first-rate; faultless; absolute; highly valued
n. 1930s sl., orig. US prison usage - a prison inmate popular among his peers
• ACES IN BOTH PLACES
n. 1999 US sl. - in craps: a roll of two
• ACE-SPOON-COON
n. 1960s Amer. sl. - a very close friend
• ACE-SPOT
n. 1917 US sl. - a one-dollar bill
• ACES-UP
adj. 1902 US sl. - wonderful; excellent; well-respected; fine, preeminent; in high favour; esteemed
• ACETABLE
n. c1429 - in Roman History: a cup to hold condiments, esp. vinegar, for serving at the table
• ACETABULUM
n. a1398 - in Roman History: a cup to hold condiments, esp. vinegar, for serving at the table
• ACETAR
n. 1623 obs. rare - a leaf salad prepared with vinegar
• ACETARIES
n. 1657 obs. - salads mixed with vinegar to stir up appetite
• ACETARIOUS
adj. 1822 - used in salads, as lettuce, cress, etc.
• ACETARS
n. 1612 obs. - 'salads and vinegar'
• ACETARY
n. 1657 obs. rare - a leaf salad prepared with vinegar
• ACE THROUGH
vb. 1942 Amer. sl. - to get through safely or easily
• ACETOSE
adj. a1400 rare - resembling or containing vinegar; sour or acidic like vinegar
• ACETOSITY
n. a1425 obs. - the quality of being vinegary; sourness, sharpness
• ACETOSOUS
adj. 1605 obs. - resembling vinegar; sour or acidic like vinegar
• ACETOUS
adj. 1714 - pert. to vinegar; having the qualities of vinegar; sour
• ACETUM
n. 1526 - vinegar
• ACE UP ONE'S SLEEVE
n. 1866 - a hidden advantage, not to be revealed until a suitable moment
• ACEY
adj. 1930s sl., orig. US - best, excellent, expert, wonderful
• ACEY-DEUCEY
adj. 1. 1954 Amer. sl. - first-rate, excellent
adj. 2. 1971 US sl. - sexually active with or attracted to both males and females; bisexual
adj. 3. 1972 US sl. - bisexual
adj. 4. 1977 US sl. - of a friend: closest
adj. 5. 1970s African-American sl. - complex, unstable, neither one thing nor the other
adj. 6. 20C Amer. sl. - of mixed quality; having both good and bad, high and low; satisfactory; mediocre; so-so
n. 1. 1920s African-American sl. - 3, esp. in craps dice
n. 2. 1944 US sl. - in backgammon: a variant rule under which the game is started in positions other than the standard layout
n. 3. 1964 US sl. - a panic attack; a fit of nerves; a sudden fit of temper
n. 4. 1967 US & W. Indies sl. - a best friend
n. 5. 1974 US sl. - in craps: a roll of a one and a two
n. 6. 1980 US sl. - a bisexual
vb. 1948 US sl. - of a jockey: to ride with the inside stirrup lower than the outside stirrup
• ACH!
int. 1481 - an exclamation of impatience, disappointment, contempt, etc.
• ACHAFE
vb. c1325 obs. - to heat, to warm; fig. to kindle anyone's wrath; to heat with passion; to chafe
• ACHAGE
n. 1878 obs., humorous usage - an aching state
• ACHANGE
n. 1530 obs. rare - the act of exchanging; an exchange
• ACHAPE
vb. 1250 obs. - to escape
• ACHAQUE
n. 1646 obs. rare - habitual indisposition, ailment, an attack of chronic illness
• ACHARNE
vb. c1400 obs. rare - to become greedy of flesh, to thirst for blood, to become cruel
• ACHARNEMENT
n. 1756 rare - eagerness for blood, bloodthirsty fury, ferocity
• ACHARYA
n. 1792 - in India: a spiritual teacher or leader; an influential mentor
• ACHASED
adj. c1440 obs. rare - chased
• ACHATE
n. c1374 obs. - the act of purchasing or buying; purchase; contract, bargain
vb. 1601 obs. rare - to purchase, to lay in provision of
• ACHATER
n. c1386 obs. - a purchaser or buyer of provisions; esp. the officer who purchased provisions for the royal household; a purveyor
• ACHATES
n. 1. 1469 obs. - things purchased; provisions that were not made in the house, by the baker or brewer, but had to be purchased as wanted
n. 2. 1582 literary usage - a devoted follower; a loyal friend and companion
• ACHATOR; ACHATOUR
n. c1386 obs. - a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer
• ACHATRY
n. a1377 obs. - provisions purchased; also, the room or place allotted to the keeping of all such provisions
• A-CHATTER
adj. 1828 chiefly poetic usage - chattering
• ACH-A-VIE!
int. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - an exclamation of disgust or abhorrence
• ACHCHA
n. Bk1898 - in India: a printer, or pressman
int. 1. 1891 - expressing assent or understanding; okay, all right
int. 2. 1891 - expressing surprise, doubt, anger, joy, etc.
• ACHE
n. 1895 Eng. dial. - a large comfortable room or place
vb. 1. 1785 Eng. dial. - to wander about aimlessly and idly; to loiter, to lounge; to hang about with intent to eavesdrop; to sneak
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to hurry, to hasten
• ACHE AND PAIN
n. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. - rain
• ACHEAT
vb. c1430 obs. - to escheat, to confiscate; to do one out of
• ACHECK
vb. c1384 obs. - to check, to bring to a sudden stop
• ACHEER
vb. c1450 obs. - to cheer, to cheer up; to hearten
• ACHER
n. 1. 1938 Aust. euphemism - the buttocks
n. 2. 1960s sl. - the testicles
• ACHERON
n. 1590 - a fabulous river of the Lower World; hence, the infernal regions
• ACHERONIAN
adj. 1849 chiefly literary usage - relating to or suggestive of the underworld of the ancient Greeks, or the mythical river Acheron; infernal, hellish; dark, gloomy
• ACHERONTIC
adj. 1597 chiefly literary usage - belonging to Acheron, infernal; hence, dark, gloomy; also, waiting to cross the river of death, tottering on the brink of the grave, moribund
• ACHERONTICAL
adj. 1610 obs. rare - infernal, hellish; dark, gloomy
• ACHESOUN
n. c1230 obs. - occasion, reason, purpose, motive
• ACHETE
vb. c1430 obs. - to escheat property or goods, to confiscate; to do one out of
• ACHEVISAUNCE
n. c1430 obs. - achieving, accomplishment (the OED notes this usage is an error for 'a chevisaunce')
• ACHEY
adj. 1878 - suffering from aches
• ACHIDAIYAN
n. Bk1898 - the Tamil name for a barber
• ACHIEVANCE
n. 1531 obs. - achievement, performance
• ACHIEVE
vb. 1. c1385 obs. - to bring to an end or termination; to finish, to terminate
vb. 2. 1393 obs. - to come to a natural end or conclusion; to end, to result, to turn out
vb. 3. 20C sl. - to achieve coition with a woman
• ACHIEVER
n. 2004 US sl. - a devoted fan of the film, 'The Big Lebowski'
• ACHILL
adj. 1858 chiefly poetic usage - in a state of chill; chilly
• ACHILLEAN
adj. 1579 - resembling Achilles; invulnerable, invincible
• ACHILLES HEEL
n. 1810 - a vulnerable spot or weak point
• ACHILLIZE
vb. 1672 obs. rare - to play Achilles with; to harass or chase as Achilles did the Trojans
• ACHIME
adj. 1860 poetic usage - chiming, ringing
• ACHING TO
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - impatient
• ACHITOPHEL
n. Bk1903 - a treacherous friend and adviser an able but unprincipled counsellor
• ACHNARD
n. 1997 New York police sl. - a taxi driver
• ACHOKE
vb. c1200 obs. - to choke, to suffocate
• ACHOLITE
n. c1000 - an inferior church servant, which formerly waited on the priests and deacons, performing the offices of lighting the candles, carrying the bread and wine, and paying other servile attendance
• ACHOLITHITE; ACOLOUTHITE
n. 1599 obs. - a person who attends a priest and performs subordinate duties, as assisting at the altar, lighting and bearing candles, etc.
• ACHOOSE
vb. c1150 obs. - to choose out; to select
• ACHRIST
n. 1584 rare - a person who does not believe in the divinity of Jesus Christ
• A-CHRISTISM
n. 1692 obs. - disbelief in God
• ACHROMATIC
adj. 1799 - neutral, uncoloured; also, bland, uninteresting
• ACHROMATISTOUS
adj. 1879 obs. rare - colourless; achromatic
• ACHROMATIZE
vb. 1845 - to deprive of colour; to render achromatic
• ACHROMIC
adj. 1761 obs. - free from colour
• ACHROMOUS
adj. 1879 rare - colourless; without colouring matter
• ACHRONISM
n. 1. 1674 obs. rare - an error in computing time, or fixing dates; the erroneous reference of an event, circumstance, or custom to a wrong date
n. 2. 1877 rare - the state of timelessness; deficiency of time
• ACHRONOLOGICAL
adj. 1962 chiefly film and literary usage - not arranged in order of time
• ACHROOUS
adj. 1879 obs. rare - colourless; achromatic
• ACHTANDE
adj. a1400 obs. rare - eighth
• ACHY
adj. 1864 - full of aches; suffering from continuous or recurring pain
• ACHY-BREAKY
adj. 1992 colloq. - aching, hurt; also, sad, heart-rending
ACI - ACRI
• ACID
adj. 1. 1756 - biting, severe, unpleasant
adj. 2. 1916 - of colour: intense, vivid
n. 1. 1768 - rancour, spite; bitterness, sourness
n. 2. 1910s sl. - cheek; impudence, heavy sarcasm
n. 3. 1948 US restaurant sl. - vinegar
n. 4. 1965 Barbados sl. - rum
n. 5. 1965 Amer. drugs sl. - lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
n. 6. 1980s drugs sl. - MDMA
n. 7. 1990s W. Indies sl. - a special unit of the Jamaican police force, especially feared because of their severe tactics
n. 8. 20C teen & high school sl. - steroids
n. 9. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago - any alcoholic beverage
• ACID AUSTERE
adj. 1668 obs. - that tastes both sharp (or sour) and astringent
• ACID BUMPS
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - hives
• ACID CAP
n. 1990s drugs sl. - one tablet or capsule of LSD
• ACID CASUALTY
n. 1. 1960s sl. - one whose brain is deemed to have suffered from an excess of hallucinogens
n. 2. 2002 drugs sl. - the victim of an excess of MDMA
• ACID DROP
n. 1920s sl. - a pound, a sovereign
• ACID-DROPPER
n. 1960s US drugs sl. - one who uses LSD regularly and is frequently under its influence
• ACID DROPS
n. 20C Brit. sl. - barbed or caustic comments
• ACID FREAK
n. 1966 US sl. - an habitual user of the hallucinogen LSD
• ACID-FRIED
adj. 1985 - under the influence of LSD
• ACID FUNK
n. 1971 US sl. - a depression brought on by LSD use
• ACIDHEAD
n. 1966 US sl. - an habitual user of the hallucinogen LSD
• ACID HOUSE
n. 1988 sl. - a youth cult that had its beginnings in the 1980s, which mainly involves getting our of your nut on drugs and leaping up and down to loud synthetic noises known as house music; a kind of popular synthesized dance music with a fast repetitive beat, popular in the 1980s and associated with the taking of drugs such as Ecstasy
• ACID HOUSE PARTY
n. 1988 drug culture sl. - an illegal party, often held in a large building such as a warehouse, and often outside the big cities, where thousands of young people pay for their entertainment and allegedly consume MDMA and other illegal drugs
• ACID-HUED
adj. 1971 - of colour: vivid, psychedelic
• ACIDIC
adj. 1. 1936 - of speech: cutting, acerbic, bitter
adj. 2. 1971 - strikingly bright, intense, or gaudy in colour
• ACID JAZZ
n. 1988 - a kind of popular dance music incorporating elements of jazz, funk, and hip hop
• ACIDLY
adv. 1674 - sourly, cuttingly, sarcastically
• ACID MAN
n. 1926 sl. - a con artist; a swindler
• ACID MUNG
n. 1971 US drugs sl. - the sensation while under the influence of LSD of having an only face
• ACIDO
n. 1971 US sl. - LSD
• ACID PAD
n. 1960 US drugs sl. - a place to consume LSD in safety and seclusion
• ACID RAPPER
n. 1968 drugs sl. - one who takes extra-large doses of LSD
• ACID RASH
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - hives
• ACID ROCK
n. 1966 sl. - a type of rock music associated with the taking of hallucinogenic drugs
• ACID-SWEET
adj. 1678 - that tastes both sharp (or sour) and sweet
• ACID TEST
n. 1. 1854 - a very thorough test; a crucial test
n. 2. 1960s Amer. sl. - a party at which LSD is added to food and drink
n. 3. 1967 US sl. - a hallucinatory experience induced by the taking of LSD and considered as a test of maturity, courage, etc.
n. 4. 1967 US sl. - a party or public celebration given for the purpose of taking LSD
vb. 1970 Amer. sl. - to create or enhance an atmosphere suggestive of hallucinations induced by LSD in (a room); to make psychedelic
• ACID TONGUE
n. 1854 - a sharp or severe manner of speaking, esp. one characterized by cutting or acerbic remarks
• ACID TRIP
n. 1. 1966 sl. - a dose of LSD
n. 2. 1967 sl. - a hallucinatory experience induced by taking LSD
• ACIDULATE
vb. 1684 - to make somewhat acid or sour; fig. of the temper
• ACIDULATED
adj. 1732 - rendered somewhat acid or sour; fig. somewhat soured in temper
• ACIDULATED TABLET
n. 1920s sl. - a pound, a sovereign
• ACIDULCIS
adj. 1675 obs. rare - sour and sweet blended
• ACIDULENT
adj. 1800 rare - slightly sour; fig. sour-tempered
• ACIDULOUS
adj. 1. 1674 - sharp-tasting, slightly sour
adj. 2. 1769 - sour-tempered
• ACIDY
adj. 1978 - suggestive of the effects of LSD; psychedelic; also, influenced by acid rock
• ACIEEED!
int. 1999 Brit. sl. - called out to register delight in, and identification with, club dance music
• ACIER
n. 1866 obs. rare - steel
• ACIERATE
vb. 1860 rare - to convert iron into steel
• ACIERATION
n. 1852 rare - conversion of iron into steel
• ACIES
n. 1. 1628 rare - in Roman history: a battle line in a military formation
n. 2. 1646 obs. - keen attention of the eye, ear, etc., when fully directed towards any object
• ACIURGY
n. 1828 rare - operative surgery
• ACK
int. Bk1921 sl. - No! refusal of a request
n. 1. 1941 Amer. dial., derogatory - an Italian
n. 2. 1968 US sl. - a pimple
n. 3. 1980s Aust. sl. - acne spots
n. 4. 1986 Brit. sl. - in computer programming: a message sent from one system or program to another, acknowledging receipt of a previous message
vb. 1. 1984 UK clerical usage, orig. Civil Service - to acknowledge a letter, etc.
vb. 2. 1986 UK sl. - in computer programming: to acknowledge receipt of a message
• ACK-ACK
n. 1. 1917 Amer. military sl. - antiaircraft gun, artillery, or fire
n. 2. Bk1944 services' sl. - a machine gun
vb. 1947 US sl. - to shoot someone or something
• ACKADENT
n. 1882 Sc. - aqua vitae, whisky
• ACKADUR
vb. 1866 Sc. - to persevere, to endure, to endeavour
• ACKAMARACKA
n. 1933 sl., orig. US - insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; pretentious nonsense, bluff
• ACKAMARACKER; ACKAMARAKA
n. 1. 1920s sl. - tea
n. 2. 1930s sl. - a fraudulent tale, a tall story, nonsense
• ACKAMARACKUS
n. 1933 sl. rare, orig. US - insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; a fraudulent tale; a tall story; nonsense
• ACKAVITY
n. 1788 Sc. obs. - aqua vitae; whisky
• ACKBAND
n. 1929 Sc. - control
• ACK EMMA
n. 1. 1890 Brit. sl., orig. military usage - the morning
n. 2. 1917 Amer. military aviation usage - an air mechanic
• ACKEMPUCKY
n. 1944 Amer. dial. - any food mixture of unknown ingredients
• ACKER
n. 1. c1440 obs. - ? flood, tide; bore; strong current in the sea
n. 2. 1808 Eng. dial. - a ripple, furrow, or disturbance of the surface of water
n. 3. 1910s sl., orig. military usage - money, whether change or notes sl.
n. 4. 1929 Sc. - a small quantity
n. 5. 1984 Aust. sl. - an academic, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads
n. 6. 1970s Aust. sl. - jargon-loaded academic writing
n. 7. 1980s Aust. sl. - acne spots
vb. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to chatter
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to stammer, to stutter
vb. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to tremble with passion
• ACKER BILK
n. 1960s Brit. rhyming sl. - milk
• ACKER FORTIS
n. M19 US sl. - very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee
• ACKERMARACKER
n. 1920s sl. - tea
• ACKERS
n. 1939 sl., orig. military usage - coins, notes, money; specifically, piastres
• ACKETY-ACK
n. 1928 Amer. military sl. - antiaircraft gun, artillery, or fire
• ACKEY
n. 1941 Amer. dial. derogatory - an Italian
• ACKIE FORTIS
n. M19 US sl. - very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee
• ACKIE-PEEVIE
n. 1929 Sc. - whisky
• ACKLE
vb. 1961 Brit. sl. - to fit or function properly
• ACKMAN
n. 1823 UK criminals' sl. - a river thief who specializes in robbing river traffic
• ACKNICKELOUS; ACKNICKULOUS
adj. 1988African-American & teen sl. - wonderful, marvellous
• ACKNOW
vb. 1. 933 obs. - to come to know, to recognize; to understand
vb. 2. c1000 obs. - to admit or show one's knowledge, to acknowledge, to confess
• ACKNOWLEDGE
n. 1. 1492 Sc. obs. rare - investigation, trial
n. 2. c1510 obs. - admitted or communicated knowledge, recognition, cognizance, awareness
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
n. 1600 obs. rare - recognition, knowledge
• ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORN
vb. 1. 1839 Amer. dial. - to admit to being drunk
vb. 2. 1846 sl. - to confess, to make an admission, as to an accusation, failure, etc.; to admit an error
• ACKNOWLEDGE THE MALT
vb. 1. 1865 Amer. dial. - to admit to being drunk
vb. 2. 1846 orig. US - to admit an error
• ACKPIRATE
n. Bk1883 - a sailor’s term for a freshwater thief, or one who steals on navigable rivers
• ACKRUFF
n. 1900 criminals' sl. obs. - a river thief who robs and kills victims
• ACK RUFFIAN
n. 1900 criminals' sl. obs. - a thief who operates along the river
• ACKWA
n. 1824 Sc. - aqua vitae; whisky
• ACKWALLY
adv. 1877 Sc. - actually
• ACKWART
adj. 1786 Sc. - awkward
• ACK WILLIE; ACK WILLY
adj. 1942 Aust. sl. - absent without leave
• ACKY
n. 1930s UK criminals' sl. - aqua fortis, nitric acid when used to test for gold
• ACLEAVE
vb. 1460 obs. rare - to cleave or split
• A-CLEEK
adv. c1781 Sc. - arm in arm
• ACLEFT
adj. c1425 obs. rare - cleft, split
• ACLITE; ACLYTE
adv. 1923 Sc. - awry, turned to one side
• ACLOSE
vb. c1315 obs. rare - to enclose, to confine, to shut up
• ACLUMSID
adj. 1388 obs. rare - made clumsy or unable to grasp; benumbed, paralysed
• ACME
n. 1. 1579 rare - the period of full growth, the flower or full-bloom of life; reproductive maturity
n. 2. 1682 - the point of extreme violence of a disease or illness; the crisis
• ACME WRINGER
n. 1988 Sc. rhyming sl. - the finger
• ACNE
n. 1976 US sl. - a rough road surface
• ACNE-TYPE SURFACE BLEMISH
n. M20 US advertising usage - a pimple
• A-COAST
adv. 1. 1579 obs. - at one side, by the side, by the coast
adv. 2. 1579 obs. - ashore
• ACOCK
adj. 1611 - elated, triumphant
adv. 1. 1826 - defiantly
adv. 2. 1843 - turned upward; cocked
• A-COCKBILL
adv. 19C colloq., nautical usage - free, dangling free
• A-COCK-HORSE
adj. 1611 Eng. dial. - triumphant
adv. 1. M16 - astride
adv. 2. 1611 sl. - defiantly
adv. 3. M17 obs. - in an exalted position; in a place of triumph
• A-COCK-HYE
adv. 1598 obs. - ? high up, straight up high
• A-COCK-STRIDE
prep. 1840 obs. - astride; mounted upon
• ACOLASTIC
adj. 1. 1656 obs. - 'that liveth under no correction, riotous'; prodigal, licentious
adj. 2. 1676 obs. - incorrigible, not better by chastisement
n. 1612 obs. - a prodigal or licentious person
• ACOLAUST
n. 1633 obs. - one that revels in sensual pleasures; a sensualist
• ACOLD
adj. c1314 rare - cooled, chilled, cold
vb. 1. c880 obs. - to become cold
vb. 2. c1230 obs. - to make cold, to cool
• ACOLEE
n. 1591 obs. - an accolade; the salutation marking the bestowal of knighthood, applied by a stroke on the shoulders with the flat of a sword and in earlier use also simply by an embrace or kiss
• ACOLOTHIST
n. 1726 arch. - an acolyte; a subordinate officer in the Romish church who trims the lamps, prepares the elements for the sacraments, etc.
• ACOLOUTHITE
n. 1599 obs. rare - an acolyte
• ACOLUTHIST
n. 1592 - an acolyte; an inferior officer in the church who attended the priests and deacons, and performed subordinate duties, as lighting and bearing candles, etc.
• ACOLYTE
n. 1. c1000 - an inferior officer in the church who attended the priests and deacons, and performed subordinate duties, as lighting and bearing candles, etc.
n. 2. 1623 - a devoted follower or admirer; a novice or neophyte
n. 3. 1829 - an attendant or junior assistant in any ceremony or operation; a novice
• ACOLYTHIST
n. 1592 obs. - an acolyte; an inferior officer in the church who attended the priests and deacons, and performed subordinate duties, as lighting and bearing candles, etc.
• ACOME
vb. a1000 obs. - to come to, to attain, to reach
• A-COMPASS
adv. c1385 obs. - in a circle
• ACOMPTER
n. 1483 obs. - account, reckoning
• ACONIC; ACONICKE
adj. 1623 obs. rare - poisonous
• ACONITE
n. 1597 poetic usage - deadly poison
• À CONTRE-COEUR
adv. 1803 - against one's will; reluctantly
• ACOOL
vb. a1000 obs. - to wax cold, to cool
• A COOLOO
phr. c1925 Royal Air Force usage - all; everything
• ACOP
adv. 1610 obs. rare - on the top; on high
• ACORE
vb. c1200 obs. - to taste, to feel the smart of, to suffer pain
• ACORN
n. 1. 1859 sl. - a gallows
n. 2. 1920 Amer. & Brit. sl. - the head
n. 3. 20C homosexual sl. - the head of the penis
n. 4. 1984 US sl. - in a casino: a generous tipper
• ACORN CALF
n. 1929 Amer. dial. - a poor specimen, a runt, a weakling (refers to humans as well as cattle and other animals)
• ACORN-CRACKER
n. 1905 Amer. sl. - a countrified person; a rustic, a yokel; an uncouth rural person
• ACORN IN A BIRD'S NEST
n. 20C Brit. sl. - the male genitals
• ACORN PICKER
n. 1960s homosexual sl. - a fellator
• ACORNS
n. 1975 Amer. - testicles
• ACORN SHELL
n. 1990s UK sl. - a condom
• ACOS
conj. 1900 Eng. dial. - because
• ACOSMY
n. 1704 obs. rare - a state of ill health accompanied by pallor of the skin
• ACOST
adv. 1. c1300 obs. - on or by the side; beside; aside; at one side
adv. 2. 1599 obs. - ashore
• ACOUNTER
n. 1. 1303 obs. - one who calculates or reckons
n. 2. c1330 obs. - an armed encounter; an attack
vb. c1330 obs. - to encounter, to meet as an adversary; also, to engage in combat with
• ACOUNTERING
n. a1400 obs. - combat, battle
• ACOUNTRE
n. c1314 obs. - an encounter
• ACOUP
vb. 1. 1297 obs. - to accuse
vb. 2. c1380 obs. - to strike, to shower blows
• ACOUPEMENT
n. a1300 obs. - accusation
• ACOUPING
n. c1350 obs. - a coming to blows; the act of striking with a weapon; the shock of spear on shield
• ACOURSE
adv. 1. 1697 obs. rare - according to ordinary procedure or custom; as a matter of course
adv. 2. 1883 colloq. - of course, naturally
• ACOUSMATIC
adj. 1920 - thoughtless, unthinking
• ACOUSTICAL
adj. 1803 - of the nature of sound; involving sound
• ACOUSTIC PERFUME
n. Bk2004 sl. - sound for covering up unwanted noise, such as music over loudspeakers in a noisy construction area
• ACOUSTICIAN
n. 1826 - one skilled in the science of sound; a student of acoustics
• ACOUSTICON
adj. c1660 obs. rare - relating to the sense of hearing
n. 1660 rare - a device used to assist hearing or amplify sound
• ACOVER
vb. 1. a1100 obs. - to recover, to get back, to regain; to regain health, to recover from illness; to heal
vb. 2. a1225 obs. - to recover something; to get back, to regain
• ACOVERING
n. c1225 obs. - recovering; recovery
• ACOY
adv. 1567 obs. rare - calmed, subdued, reserved; coy
• A.C. PLONK
n. 1941 Royal Air Force sl. - an aircraftman of the lowest rank
• ACQUAINT
adj. 1297 arch. - acquainted; personally known; mutually known; having personal knowledge of
n. c1386 obs. - an acquaintance
vb. c1325 obs. - to introduce or present oneself to; to develop an acquaintanceship with a person; to get to know
• ACQUAINTABLE
adj. c1400 rare - easy to be acquainted with, affable, familiar
• ACQUAINTANCE
n. 1. c1230 - orig. a person with whom one is acquainted closely; a friend or companion; later, a person one knows slightly or on a less intimate basis than friendship
n. 2. Bk1879 Eng. dial. - a sweetheart; a lover; a fiancée
• ACQUAINTANCED
adj. 1832 - acquainted, personally known to another person, or to each other
• ACQUAINTANCY
n. 1819 rare - the state or position of having acquaintance or personal knowledge
• ACQUAINTANT
n. 1611 rare - a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance
• ACQUAINTATION
n. 1468 obs. rare - acquaintance
• ACQUAINTED
adj. 1. 1406 rare - known widely; well-known, familiar; easily recognizable
adj. 2. M19 UK criminals' sl. - aware, knowing
n. c1566 obs. - a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance
• ACQUAINTEDNESS
n. 1661 rare - the state of being acquainted with someone or something; familiarity
• ACQUEST
n. 1. a1456 obs. - the act of acquiring
n. 2. 1622 - a thing acquired, an acquisition; a territory gained by military force
• ACQUIESCATE
vb. a1586 obs. rare - to acquiesce; to agree tacitly to; to concur in; to accept the conclusions or arrangements of others
• ACQUIESCE
vb. 1. 1613 - to agree, esp. tacitly; to concur in; to raise no objections to; to comply with, to concede
vb. 2. c1620 obs. - to remain at rest, either physically or mentally; to rest satisfied in a place or state
vb. 3. 1658-9 obs. - to bring to rest; to appease, to satisfy, or harmonize
vb. 4. 1660 obs. - to remain in quiet subjection; to submit quietly; to remain submissive
• ACQUIESCE MAN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a 'yes-man'; a sycophant, a toady
• ACQUIESCEMENT
n. 1721 rare - acquiescence; resting satisfied; rest, quiet satisfaction; peaceful agreement or submission
• ACQUIESCENCE
n. 1612 rare - untroubled contentment; quiet satisfaction
• ACQUIESCENCY
n. 1646 rare - acquiescence; untroubled contentment; quiet satisfaction
• ACQUIESCENT
adj. 1616 - disposed to quietly agree or assent; ready to accept something without protest, or to do what someone else wants
n. 1810 - one who silently assents, submits, or who accepts something without protest
• ACQUIET
vb. 1. 1453-4 obs. - to acquit; to pay off a claim, debt, or liability; to make good an obligation
vb. 2. a1535 obs. - to set at rest, to quiet, to pacify. to calm, to soothe
• ACQUIETING
n. 1504 obs. - a bringing to rest, quieting, or pacification
• ACQUIRABILITY
n. 1802 rare - the quality of being acquirable; the capacity to acquire something
• ACQUIRE
n. 1592 obs. rare - acquirement or gain; abundance
vb. 1937 UK sl. - to steal something
• ACQUIRY
n. 1549 rare - the process of acquiring; acquirement, acquisition
• ACQUISITE
adj. 1528 obs. - acquired; gained, gotten, obtained for oneself
• ACQUISITED
adj. 1613 obs. rare - acquired
• ACQUISITITIOUS
adj. 1653 obs. - of the nature of an acquisition; gained by exertion; acquired, as opposed to 'native' or 'innate'
• ACQUISITIVE
adj. 1629 obs. - that has been acquired
n. Bk1921 sl. - plunder, booty, pickings
• ACQUISITIVE COVE
n. Bk1904 sl. - a thief
• ACQUISITOR
n. 1668 - one who acquires
• ACQUIST
n. 1. 1613 rare - the act of acquiring; acquisition, gain
n. 2. 1635 obs. - a thing acquired; an acquisition
vb. 1592 obs. - to gain for oneself; to acquire
• ACQUISTED
adj. 1613 obs. - acquired
• ACQUISTER
n. 1613 obs. rare - a means of acquiring something; one who acquires
• ACQUIT
adj. 1393 arch. rare - acquitted, cleared, set free
n. 1475 obs. - the act of acquitting; discharge; acquittance, acquittal
vb. 1. c1300 obs. - to pay back a person in respect of an obligation due to or benefit or injury received from him or her; to pay in kind, to requite
vb. 2. 1340 rare - to relieve a person of an obligation; to release from a duty, prior undertaking, etc.
vb. 3. c1530 obs. - to discharge the claims or duties of an office, to perform, to fulfil, to accomplish, to finish
vb. 4. 1567 obs. - to pay for, to atone for an offense
• ACQUITMENT
n. 1431 rare - an acquitting; acquittal
• ACQUITTANCE
vb. 1448 obs. rare - to give an acquittance or discharge; to discharge
• ACRASIA
n. 1590 - intemperance, excess; irregular or disorderly behaviour
• ACRASIAL
adj. 1845 rare - ill-regulated, intemperate, uncontrolled
• ACRASY
n. 1596 rare - irregularity, disorder, intemperance, excess
• ACRATISM
n. 1804 obs. - in ancient Greece: a breakfast of bread dipped in wine
• ACRAZE
vb. 1549 obs. - to weaken, to impair, to enfeeble
• ACRAZED
adj. 1. 1521 obs. - weakened, enfeebled, diseased in body, affected with illness, indisposed; impaired
adj. 2. 1576 obs. - exasperated; mentally affected; crazed
• ACRE
n. 1. c975 obs. - a piece of tilled or arable land; a field
n. 2. 1701 obs. - an alleged term for a duel fought between English and Scottish borderers
n. 3. 1930s Aust. & US sl. - a prison sentence, cited variously as 1 month, 12 months or 'plenty'
n. 4. 1938 Aust. sl., euphemism - the buttocks
n. 5. 1990s sl. - the testicles
• ACREABLE
adj. 1742 rare - of an acre; per acre
• ACRE-FOOT
adj. 1908 Amer. dial. - big-footed
n. 1. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage - a person with large feet
n. 2. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage - a rustic
• ACRE-LAND
n. a1400 obs. - ploughed or arable land
• ACREMAN
n. c1000 - a cultivator of the ground; a husbandman, or ploughman
• ACREME
n. 1675 obs. - a unit of land area equal to ten acres
• ACREOCRACY
n. Bk1921 sl. - the landed interest
• ACRE OF CORN
n. 1930s Aust. & US sl. - a prison sentence, cited variously as 1 month, 12 months or 'plenty'
• ACREOPHAGIST
n. 19C - one who habitually abstains from eating meat; a vegetarian
• ACRES
n. 1. 1775 sl. - a coward
n. 2. 1830 - large quantities, a wide expanse
• ACRID
n. c1550 obs. rare - a locust
• ACRIDOPHAGI
n. Bk1795 - the people of Ethiopia who feed on locusts
• ACRIMONIOUS
adj. 1. 1612 rare - bitter and hot to the taste; bitterly pungent, irritating, corrosive; acrid
adj. 2. 1651 - bitter and irritating in disposition or manner; bitter-tempered
• ACRIMONIOUSLY
adv. 1753 - with bitterness or severity
• ACRIMONY
n. 1. 1542 rare - biting sharpness to the taste; pungency; acridity
n. 2. 1597 - sharp or irritating bitterness of temper or manner; ill feeling
• ACRIOUS
adj. 1675 rare - acrid
• ACRISY
n. 1. 1704 obs. rare - a state of disease such that the likelihood of the patient's recovery can neither be affirmed nor denied
n. 2. 1721 obs. rare - the fact of no decision being made on a question
• ACRITICAL
adj. 1899 - not involving or applying critical judgement; uncritical
• ACRITOCHROMACY
n. 1855 obs. - defective colour vision; colour blindness
• ACRITUDE
n. 1650 rare - bitterness, sharpness or pungency of taste; acridity
• ACRITY
n. 1619 rare - sharpness, keenness, shrewdness
adj. 1. 1756 - biting, severe, unpleasant
adj. 2. 1916 - of colour: intense, vivid
n. 1. 1768 - rancour, spite; bitterness, sourness
n. 2. 1910s sl. - cheek; impudence, heavy sarcasm
n. 3. 1948 US restaurant sl. - vinegar
n. 4. 1965 Barbados sl. - rum
n. 5. 1965 Amer. drugs sl. - lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD)
n. 6. 1980s drugs sl. - MDMA
n. 7. 1990s W. Indies sl. - a special unit of the Jamaican police force, especially feared because of their severe tactics
n. 8. 20C teen & high school sl. - steroids
n. 9. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago - any alcoholic beverage
• ACID AUSTERE
adj. 1668 obs. - that tastes both sharp (or sour) and astringent
• ACID BUMPS
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - hives
• ACID CAP
n. 1990s drugs sl. - one tablet or capsule of LSD
• ACID CASUALTY
n. 1. 1960s sl. - one whose brain is deemed to have suffered from an excess of hallucinogens
n. 2. 2002 drugs sl. - the victim of an excess of MDMA
• ACID DROP
n. 1920s sl. - a pound, a sovereign
• ACID-DROPPER
n. 1960s US drugs sl. - one who uses LSD regularly and is frequently under its influence
• ACID DROPS
n. 20C Brit. sl. - barbed or caustic comments
• ACID FREAK
n. 1966 US sl. - an habitual user of the hallucinogen LSD
• ACID-FRIED
adj. 1985 - under the influence of LSD
• ACID FUNK
n. 1971 US sl. - a depression brought on by LSD use
• ACIDHEAD
n. 1966 US sl. - an habitual user of the hallucinogen LSD
• ACID HOUSE
n. 1988 sl. - a youth cult that had its beginnings in the 1980s, which mainly involves getting our of your nut on drugs and leaping up and down to loud synthetic noises known as house music; a kind of popular synthesized dance music with a fast repetitive beat, popular in the 1980s and associated with the taking of drugs such as Ecstasy
• ACID HOUSE PARTY
n. 1988 drug culture sl. - an illegal party, often held in a large building such as a warehouse, and often outside the big cities, where thousands of young people pay for their entertainment and allegedly consume MDMA and other illegal drugs
• ACID-HUED
adj. 1971 - of colour: vivid, psychedelic
• ACIDIC
adj. 1. 1936 - of speech: cutting, acerbic, bitter
adj. 2. 1971 - strikingly bright, intense, or gaudy in colour
• ACID JAZZ
n. 1988 - a kind of popular dance music incorporating elements of jazz, funk, and hip hop
• ACIDLY
adv. 1674 - sourly, cuttingly, sarcastically
• ACID MAN
n. 1926 sl. - a con artist; a swindler
• ACID MUNG
n. 1971 US drugs sl. - the sensation while under the influence of LSD of having an only face
• ACIDO
n. 1971 US sl. - LSD
• ACID PAD
n. 1960 US drugs sl. - a place to consume LSD in safety and seclusion
• ACID RAPPER
n. 1968 drugs sl. - one who takes extra-large doses of LSD
• ACID RASH
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - hives
• ACID ROCK
n. 1966 sl. - a type of rock music associated with the taking of hallucinogenic drugs
• ACID-SWEET
adj. 1678 - that tastes both sharp (or sour) and sweet
• ACID TEST
n. 1. 1854 - a very thorough test; a crucial test
n. 2. 1960s Amer. sl. - a party at which LSD is added to food and drink
n. 3. 1967 US sl. - a hallucinatory experience induced by the taking of LSD and considered as a test of maturity, courage, etc.
n. 4. 1967 US sl. - a party or public celebration given for the purpose of taking LSD
vb. 1970 Amer. sl. - to create or enhance an atmosphere suggestive of hallucinations induced by LSD in (a room); to make psychedelic
• ACID TONGUE
n. 1854 - a sharp or severe manner of speaking, esp. one characterized by cutting or acerbic remarks
• ACID TRIP
n. 1. 1966 sl. - a dose of LSD
n. 2. 1967 sl. - a hallucinatory experience induced by taking LSD
• ACIDULATE
vb. 1684 - to make somewhat acid or sour; fig. of the temper
• ACIDULATED
adj. 1732 - rendered somewhat acid or sour; fig. somewhat soured in temper
• ACIDULATED TABLET
n. 1920s sl. - a pound, a sovereign
• ACIDULCIS
adj. 1675 obs. rare - sour and sweet blended
• ACIDULENT
adj. 1800 rare - slightly sour; fig. sour-tempered
• ACIDULOUS
adj. 1. 1674 - sharp-tasting, slightly sour
adj. 2. 1769 - sour-tempered
• ACIDY
adj. 1978 - suggestive of the effects of LSD; psychedelic; also, influenced by acid rock
• ACIEEED!
int. 1999 Brit. sl. - called out to register delight in, and identification with, club dance music
• ACIER
n. 1866 obs. rare - steel
• ACIERATE
vb. 1860 rare - to convert iron into steel
• ACIERATION
n. 1852 rare - conversion of iron into steel
• ACIES
n. 1. 1628 rare - in Roman history: a battle line in a military formation
n. 2. 1646 obs. - keen attention of the eye, ear, etc., when fully directed towards any object
• ACIURGY
n. 1828 rare - operative surgery
• ACK
int. Bk1921 sl. - No! refusal of a request
n. 1. 1941 Amer. dial., derogatory - an Italian
n. 2. 1968 US sl. - a pimple
n. 3. 1980s Aust. sl. - acne spots
n. 4. 1986 Brit. sl. - in computer programming: a message sent from one system or program to another, acknowledging receipt of a previous message
vb. 1. 1984 UK clerical usage, orig. Civil Service - to acknowledge a letter, etc.
vb. 2. 1986 UK sl. - in computer programming: to acknowledge receipt of a message
• ACK-ACK
n. 1. 1917 Amer. military sl. - antiaircraft gun, artillery, or fire
n. 2. Bk1944 services' sl. - a machine gun
vb. 1947 US sl. - to shoot someone or something
• ACKADENT
n. 1882 Sc. - aqua vitae, whisky
• ACKADUR
vb. 1866 Sc. - to persevere, to endure, to endeavour
• ACKAMARACKA
n. 1933 sl., orig. US - insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; pretentious nonsense, bluff
• ACKAMARACKER; ACKAMARAKA
n. 1. 1920s sl. - tea
n. 2. 1930s sl. - a fraudulent tale, a tall story, nonsense
• ACKAMARACKUS
n. 1933 sl. rare, orig. US - insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; a fraudulent tale; a tall story; nonsense
• ACKAVITY
n. 1788 Sc. obs. - aqua vitae; whisky
• ACKBAND
n. 1929 Sc. - control
• ACK EMMA
n. 1. 1890 Brit. sl., orig. military usage - the morning
n. 2. 1917 Amer. military aviation usage - an air mechanic
• ACKEMPUCKY
n. 1944 Amer. dial. - any food mixture of unknown ingredients
• ACKER
n. 1. c1440 obs. - ? flood, tide; bore; strong current in the sea
n. 2. 1808 Eng. dial. - a ripple, furrow, or disturbance of the surface of water
n. 3. 1910s sl., orig. military usage - money, whether change or notes sl.
n. 4. 1929 Sc. - a small quantity
n. 5. 1984 Aust. sl. - an academic, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads
n. 6. 1970s Aust. sl. - jargon-loaded academic writing
n. 7. 1980s Aust. sl. - acne spots
vb. 1. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to chatter
vb. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to stammer, to stutter
vb. 3. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - to tremble with passion
• ACKER BILK
n. 1960s Brit. rhyming sl. - milk
• ACKER FORTIS
n. M19 US sl. - very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee
• ACKERMARACKER
n. 1920s sl. - tea
• ACKERS
n. 1939 sl., orig. military usage - coins, notes, money; specifically, piastres
• ACKETY-ACK
n. 1928 Amer. military sl. - antiaircraft gun, artillery, or fire
• ACKEY
n. 1941 Amer. dial. derogatory - an Italian
• ACKIE FORTIS
n. M19 US sl. - very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee
• ACKIE-PEEVIE
n. 1929 Sc. - whisky
• ACKLE
vb. 1961 Brit. sl. - to fit or function properly
• ACKMAN
n. 1823 UK criminals' sl. - a river thief who specializes in robbing river traffic
• ACKNICKELOUS; ACKNICKULOUS
adj. 1988African-American & teen sl. - wonderful, marvellous
• ACKNOW
vb. 1. 933 obs. - to come to know, to recognize; to understand
vb. 2. c1000 obs. - to admit or show one's knowledge, to acknowledge, to confess
• ACKNOWLEDGE
n. 1. 1492 Sc. obs. rare - investigation, trial
n. 2. c1510 obs. - admitted or communicated knowledge, recognition, cognizance, awareness
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
n. 1600 obs. rare - recognition, knowledge
• ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORN
vb. 1. 1839 Amer. dial. - to admit to being drunk
vb. 2. 1846 sl. - to confess, to make an admission, as to an accusation, failure, etc.; to admit an error
• ACKNOWLEDGE THE MALT
vb. 1. 1865 Amer. dial. - to admit to being drunk
vb. 2. 1846 orig. US - to admit an error
• ACKPIRATE
n. Bk1883 - a sailor’s term for a freshwater thief, or one who steals on navigable rivers
• ACKRUFF
n. 1900 criminals' sl. obs. - a river thief who robs and kills victims
• ACK RUFFIAN
n. 1900 criminals' sl. obs. - a thief who operates along the river
• ACKWA
n. 1824 Sc. - aqua vitae; whisky
• ACKWALLY
adv. 1877 Sc. - actually
• ACKWART
adj. 1786 Sc. - awkward
• ACK WILLIE; ACK WILLY
adj. 1942 Aust. sl. - absent without leave
• ACKY
n. 1930s UK criminals' sl. - aqua fortis, nitric acid when used to test for gold
• ACLEAVE
vb. 1460 obs. rare - to cleave or split
• A-CLEEK
adv. c1781 Sc. - arm in arm
• ACLEFT
adj. c1425 obs. rare - cleft, split
• ACLITE; ACLYTE
adv. 1923 Sc. - awry, turned to one side
• ACLOSE
vb. c1315 obs. rare - to enclose, to confine, to shut up
• ACLUMSID
adj. 1388 obs. rare - made clumsy or unable to grasp; benumbed, paralysed
• ACME
n. 1. 1579 rare - the period of full growth, the flower or full-bloom of life; reproductive maturity
n. 2. 1682 - the point of extreme violence of a disease or illness; the crisis
• ACME WRINGER
n. 1988 Sc. rhyming sl. - the finger
• ACNE
n. 1976 US sl. - a rough road surface
• ACNE-TYPE SURFACE BLEMISH
n. M20 US advertising usage - a pimple
• A-COAST
adv. 1. 1579 obs. - at one side, by the side, by the coast
adv. 2. 1579 obs. - ashore
• ACOCK
adj. 1611 - elated, triumphant
adv. 1. 1826 - defiantly
adv. 2. 1843 - turned upward; cocked
• A-COCKBILL
adv. 19C colloq., nautical usage - free, dangling free
• A-COCK-HORSE
adj. 1611 Eng. dial. - triumphant
adv. 1. M16 - astride
adv. 2. 1611 sl. - defiantly
adv. 3. M17 obs. - in an exalted position; in a place of triumph
• A-COCK-HYE
adv. 1598 obs. - ? high up, straight up high
• A-COCK-STRIDE
prep. 1840 obs. - astride; mounted upon
• ACOLASTIC
adj. 1. 1656 obs. - 'that liveth under no correction, riotous'; prodigal, licentious
adj. 2. 1676 obs. - incorrigible, not better by chastisement
n. 1612 obs. - a prodigal or licentious person
• ACOLAUST
n. 1633 obs. - one that revels in sensual pleasures; a sensualist
• ACOLD
adj. c1314 rare - cooled, chilled, cold
vb. 1. c880 obs. - to become cold
vb. 2. c1230 obs. - to make cold, to cool
• ACOLEE
n. 1591 obs. - an accolade; the salutation marking the bestowal of knighthood, applied by a stroke on the shoulders with the flat of a sword and in earlier use also simply by an embrace or kiss
• ACOLOTHIST
n. 1726 arch. - an acolyte; a subordinate officer in the Romish church who trims the lamps, prepares the elements for the sacraments, etc.
• ACOLOUTHITE
n. 1599 obs. rare - an acolyte
• ACOLUTHIST
n. 1592 - an acolyte; an inferior officer in the church who attended the priests and deacons, and performed subordinate duties, as lighting and bearing candles, etc.
• ACOLYTE
n. 1. c1000 - an inferior officer in the church who attended the priests and deacons, and performed subordinate duties, as lighting and bearing candles, etc.
n. 2. 1623 - a devoted follower or admirer; a novice or neophyte
n. 3. 1829 - an attendant or junior assistant in any ceremony or operation; a novice
• ACOLYTHIST
n. 1592 obs. - an acolyte; an inferior officer in the church who attended the priests and deacons, and performed subordinate duties, as lighting and bearing candles, etc.
• ACOME
vb. a1000 obs. - to come to, to attain, to reach
• A-COMPASS
adv. c1385 obs. - in a circle
• ACOMPTER
n. 1483 obs. - account, reckoning
• ACONIC; ACONICKE
adj. 1623 obs. rare - poisonous
• ACONITE
n. 1597 poetic usage - deadly poison
• À CONTRE-COEUR
adv. 1803 - against one's will; reluctantly
• ACOOL
vb. a1000 obs. - to wax cold, to cool
• A COOLOO
phr. c1925 Royal Air Force usage - all; everything
• ACOP
adv. 1610 obs. rare - on the top; on high
• ACORE
vb. c1200 obs. - to taste, to feel the smart of, to suffer pain
• ACORN
n. 1. 1859 sl. - a gallows
n. 2. 1920 Amer. & Brit. sl. - the head
n. 3. 20C homosexual sl. - the head of the penis
n. 4. 1984 US sl. - in a casino: a generous tipper
• ACORN CALF
n. 1929 Amer. dial. - a poor specimen, a runt, a weakling (refers to humans as well as cattle and other animals)
• ACORN-CRACKER
n. 1905 Amer. sl. - a countrified person; a rustic, a yokel; an uncouth rural person
• ACORN IN A BIRD'S NEST
n. 20C Brit. sl. - the male genitals
• ACORN PICKER
n. 1960s homosexual sl. - a fellator
• ACORNS
n. 1975 Amer. - testicles
• ACORN SHELL
n. 1990s UK sl. - a condom
• ACOS
conj. 1900 Eng. dial. - because
• ACOSMY
n. 1704 obs. rare - a state of ill health accompanied by pallor of the skin
• ACOST
adv. 1. c1300 obs. - on or by the side; beside; aside; at one side
adv. 2. 1599 obs. - ashore
• ACOUNTER
n. 1. 1303 obs. - one who calculates or reckons
n. 2. c1330 obs. - an armed encounter; an attack
vb. c1330 obs. - to encounter, to meet as an adversary; also, to engage in combat with
• ACOUNTERING
n. a1400 obs. - combat, battle
• ACOUNTRE
n. c1314 obs. - an encounter
• ACOUP
vb. 1. 1297 obs. - to accuse
vb. 2. c1380 obs. - to strike, to shower blows
• ACOUPEMENT
n. a1300 obs. - accusation
• ACOUPING
n. c1350 obs. - a coming to blows; the act of striking with a weapon; the shock of spear on shield
• ACOURSE
adv. 1. 1697 obs. rare - according to ordinary procedure or custom; as a matter of course
adv. 2. 1883 colloq. - of course, naturally
• ACOUSMATIC
adj. 1920 - thoughtless, unthinking
• ACOUSTICAL
adj. 1803 - of the nature of sound; involving sound
• ACOUSTIC PERFUME
n. Bk2004 sl. - sound for covering up unwanted noise, such as music over loudspeakers in a noisy construction area
• ACOUSTICIAN
n. 1826 - one skilled in the science of sound; a student of acoustics
• ACOUSTICON
adj. c1660 obs. rare - relating to the sense of hearing
n. 1660 rare - a device used to assist hearing or amplify sound
• ACOVER
vb. 1. a1100 obs. - to recover, to get back, to regain; to regain health, to recover from illness; to heal
vb. 2. a1225 obs. - to recover something; to get back, to regain
• ACOVERING
n. c1225 obs. - recovering; recovery
• ACOY
adv. 1567 obs. rare - calmed, subdued, reserved; coy
• A.C. PLONK
n. 1941 Royal Air Force sl. - an aircraftman of the lowest rank
• ACQUAINT
adj. 1297 arch. - acquainted; personally known; mutually known; having personal knowledge of
n. c1386 obs. - an acquaintance
vb. c1325 obs. - to introduce or present oneself to; to develop an acquaintanceship with a person; to get to know
• ACQUAINTABLE
adj. c1400 rare - easy to be acquainted with, affable, familiar
• ACQUAINTANCE
n. 1. c1230 - orig. a person with whom one is acquainted closely; a friend or companion; later, a person one knows slightly or on a less intimate basis than friendship
n. 2. Bk1879 Eng. dial. - a sweetheart; a lover; a fiancée
• ACQUAINTANCED
adj. 1832 - acquainted, personally known to another person, or to each other
• ACQUAINTANCY
n. 1819 rare - the state or position of having acquaintance or personal knowledge
• ACQUAINTANT
n. 1611 rare - a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance
• ACQUAINTATION
n. 1468 obs. rare - acquaintance
• ACQUAINTED
adj. 1. 1406 rare - known widely; well-known, familiar; easily recognizable
adj. 2. M19 UK criminals' sl. - aware, knowing
n. c1566 obs. - a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance
• ACQUAINTEDNESS
n. 1661 rare - the state of being acquainted with someone or something; familiarity
• ACQUEST
n. 1. a1456 obs. - the act of acquiring
n. 2. 1622 - a thing acquired, an acquisition; a territory gained by military force
• ACQUIESCATE
vb. a1586 obs. rare - to acquiesce; to agree tacitly to; to concur in; to accept the conclusions or arrangements of others
• ACQUIESCE
vb. 1. 1613 - to agree, esp. tacitly; to concur in; to raise no objections to; to comply with, to concede
vb. 2. c1620 obs. - to remain at rest, either physically or mentally; to rest satisfied in a place or state
vb. 3. 1658-9 obs. - to bring to rest; to appease, to satisfy, or harmonize
vb. 4. 1660 obs. - to remain in quiet subjection; to submit quietly; to remain submissive
• ACQUIESCE MAN
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - a 'yes-man'; a sycophant, a toady
• ACQUIESCEMENT
n. 1721 rare - acquiescence; resting satisfied; rest, quiet satisfaction; peaceful agreement or submission
• ACQUIESCENCE
n. 1612 rare - untroubled contentment; quiet satisfaction
• ACQUIESCENCY
n. 1646 rare - acquiescence; untroubled contentment; quiet satisfaction
• ACQUIESCENT
adj. 1616 - disposed to quietly agree or assent; ready to accept something without protest, or to do what someone else wants
n. 1810 - one who silently assents, submits, or who accepts something without protest
• ACQUIET
vb. 1. 1453-4 obs. - to acquit; to pay off a claim, debt, or liability; to make good an obligation
vb. 2. a1535 obs. - to set at rest, to quiet, to pacify. to calm, to soothe
• ACQUIETING
n. 1504 obs. - a bringing to rest, quieting, or pacification
• ACQUIRABILITY
n. 1802 rare - the quality of being acquirable; the capacity to acquire something
• ACQUIRE
n. 1592 obs. rare - acquirement or gain; abundance
vb. 1937 UK sl. - to steal something
• ACQUIRY
n. 1549 rare - the process of acquiring; acquirement, acquisition
• ACQUISITE
adj. 1528 obs. - acquired; gained, gotten, obtained for oneself
• ACQUISITED
adj. 1613 obs. rare - acquired
• ACQUISITITIOUS
adj. 1653 obs. - of the nature of an acquisition; gained by exertion; acquired, as opposed to 'native' or 'innate'
• ACQUISITIVE
adj. 1629 obs. - that has been acquired
n. Bk1921 sl. - plunder, booty, pickings
• ACQUISITIVE COVE
n. Bk1904 sl. - a thief
• ACQUISITOR
n. 1668 - one who acquires
• ACQUIST
n. 1. 1613 rare - the act of acquiring; acquisition, gain
n. 2. 1635 obs. - a thing acquired; an acquisition
vb. 1592 obs. - to gain for oneself; to acquire
• ACQUISTED
adj. 1613 obs. - acquired
• ACQUISTER
n. 1613 obs. rare - a means of acquiring something; one who acquires
• ACQUIT
adj. 1393 arch. rare - acquitted, cleared, set free
n. 1475 obs. - the act of acquitting; discharge; acquittance, acquittal
vb. 1. c1300 obs. - to pay back a person in respect of an obligation due to or benefit or injury received from him or her; to pay in kind, to requite
vb. 2. 1340 rare - to relieve a person of an obligation; to release from a duty, prior undertaking, etc.
vb. 3. c1530 obs. - to discharge the claims or duties of an office, to perform, to fulfil, to accomplish, to finish
vb. 4. 1567 obs. - to pay for, to atone for an offense
• ACQUITMENT
n. 1431 rare - an acquitting; acquittal
• ACQUITTANCE
vb. 1448 obs. rare - to give an acquittance or discharge; to discharge
• ACRASIA
n. 1590 - intemperance, excess; irregular or disorderly behaviour
• ACRASIAL
adj. 1845 rare - ill-regulated, intemperate, uncontrolled
• ACRASY
n. 1596 rare - irregularity, disorder, intemperance, excess
• ACRATISM
n. 1804 obs. - in ancient Greece: a breakfast of bread dipped in wine
• ACRAZE
vb. 1549 obs. - to weaken, to impair, to enfeeble
• ACRAZED
adj. 1. 1521 obs. - weakened, enfeebled, diseased in body, affected with illness, indisposed; impaired
adj. 2. 1576 obs. - exasperated; mentally affected; crazed
• ACRE
n. 1. c975 obs. - a piece of tilled or arable land; a field
n. 2. 1701 obs. - an alleged term for a duel fought between English and Scottish borderers
n. 3. 1930s Aust. & US sl. - a prison sentence, cited variously as 1 month, 12 months or 'plenty'
n. 4. 1938 Aust. sl., euphemism - the buttocks
n. 5. 1990s sl. - the testicles
• ACREABLE
adj. 1742 rare - of an acre; per acre
• ACRE-FOOT
adj. 1908 Amer. dial. - big-footed
n. 1. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage - a person with large feet
n. 2. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage - a rustic
• ACRE-LAND
n. a1400 obs. - ploughed or arable land
• ACREMAN
n. c1000 - a cultivator of the ground; a husbandman, or ploughman
• ACREME
n. 1675 obs. - a unit of land area equal to ten acres
• ACREOCRACY
n. Bk1921 sl. - the landed interest
• ACRE OF CORN
n. 1930s Aust. & US sl. - a prison sentence, cited variously as 1 month, 12 months or 'plenty'
• ACREOPHAGIST
n. 19C - one who habitually abstains from eating meat; a vegetarian
• ACRES
n. 1. 1775 sl. - a coward
n. 2. 1830 - large quantities, a wide expanse
• ACRID
n. c1550 obs. rare - a locust
• ACRIDOPHAGI
n. Bk1795 - the people of Ethiopia who feed on locusts
• ACRIMONIOUS
adj. 1. 1612 rare - bitter and hot to the taste; bitterly pungent, irritating, corrosive; acrid
adj. 2. 1651 - bitter and irritating in disposition or manner; bitter-tempered
• ACRIMONIOUSLY
adv. 1753 - with bitterness or severity
• ACRIMONY
n. 1. 1542 rare - biting sharpness to the taste; pungency; acridity
n. 2. 1597 - sharp or irritating bitterness of temper or manner; ill feeling
• ACRIOUS
adj. 1675 rare - acrid
• ACRISY
n. 1. 1704 obs. rare - a state of disease such that the likelihood of the patient's recovery can neither be affirmed nor denied
n. 2. 1721 obs. rare - the fact of no decision being made on a question
• ACRITICAL
adj. 1899 - not involving or applying critical judgement; uncritical
• ACRITOCHROMACY
n. 1855 obs. - defective colour vision; colour blindness
• ACRITUDE
n. 1650 rare - bitterness, sharpness or pungency of taste; acridity
• ACRITY
n. 1619 rare - sharpness, keenness, shrewdness
ACRO - ACY
• ACRO
n. 1967 Amer. aviation usage - acrobatic manoeuvres
• ACROAMA
n. 1. 1579 rare - oral teaching heard only by initiated disciples; esoteric doctrines
n. 2. 1603 rare - a rhetorical declamation, as opposed to an argument
• ACROAMARE
adj. 1657 obs. rare - pungently bitter
• ACROAMATIC
adj. 1632 rare - pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret
• ACROAMATICAL
adj. 1580 obs. - pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret
• ACROASIS
n. 1623 rare, chiefly Ancient Hist. usage - an oral discourse; a discourse listened to rather than read
• ACROATIC
adj. 1655-50 - pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret
• ACROBACY
n. 1867 - acrobatics; an acrobatic feat
• ACROBAT
n. 1. B1912 sl. - a drinking glass
n. 2. 1958 W. Indies sl. - a fool
• ACROBATICS
n. 1856 - dexterous operations in reasoning, accounting, etc.
• ACROBATISM
n. 1848 - the art or profession of the acrobat; the performance of gymnastic feats
• ACROBATS
n. 1924 Amer. gambling sl. - loaded or unfairly bevelled dice
• ACROCOMIC
n. 1623 obs. rare - one having long hair
• ACROLOGIC
adj. 1830 rare - pert. to initials
• ACROLOGICAL
adj. 1827 rare - relating to or based on initial letters or sounds
• ACRONYCAL; ACRONYCHAL
adj. 1594 - happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star
• ACRONYCH
adj. 1594 - happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star
• ACRONYMANIA
n. 1968 - a fervent or excessive enthusiasm for the use of acronyms or initialisms
• ACRONYMANIAC
n. 1968 - a person having an excessive enthusiasm for using acronyms
• ACRONYMIC
adj. 1948 - relating to or designated by an acronym
• ACRONYMIZE
vb. 1955 - to convert into an acronym; to call by an acronym
• ACRONYMOUS
adj. 1955 - relating to or designated by an acronym
• ACROOK
adv. a1387 - in a bend or curve; awry, crookedly
• ACROPHOBE
n. 1894 - a person affected with acrophobia
• ACROPHOBIA
n. 1888 - irrational fear of heights
• ACROPHOBIC
adj. 1888 - affected with acrophobia
• ACROSCOPIC
adj. 1834 obs. rare, poetic usage - positioned so as to view something from a height
• ACROSS
adv. 1. a1250 rare - in the form of a cross, crosswise; crossing each other, crossed
adv. 2. 1559 obs. - not straight or directly; obliquely; athwart, awry, amiss
prep. 1607 obs. - at odds with, at variance with
n. 1900s US sl. - Great Britain
• ACROSS COUNTRY
n. 1929 criminals' sl. - one who is a fugitive from the law
• ACROSSED
adj. 1548 obs. rare - crosswise, crossed
• ACROSS LOTS
phr. 1. E19 US sl. - via a short cut
phr. 2. M19 sl. - accelerated, using fig. 'short cuts'
phr. 3. 1848 sl. - completely
• ACROSS THE BOARD
n. 1964 sl. - in horse racing: a bet that a horse will win, place (finish second), or show (finish third)
• ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO DARTMOUTH
adj. 1999 Can. sl. - mentally ill, institutionalized
• ACROSS THE BUBBLE
adj. 1912 criminals' sl. - into prison
• ACROSS THE DITCH
n. 1998 NZ sl. - Australia
• ACROSS THE PAVEMENT
adv. 1977 UK sl. - of a criminal activity: in a street situation
• ACROSS THE RIVER
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - dead
• ACROSS THE TRACKS
n. 1943 US sl. - the socially inferior area of town
• ACROST
prep. 1759 - across
adv. 1775 - across
• ACROSTIC
adj. 1602 obs. rare - crossed, folded across; moving crosswise, erratic, zigzag
n. 1614 obs. - the beginning or end of a verse
• ACROTELEUTIC
n. 1719 obs. - a formula repeated at the end of a psalm; a doxology
• A-CRY
adv. 1593 obs. - in a cry, crying
• ACRYLIC
adj. 1990s US college sl. - superficial, hard, difficult to tolerate
• ACT
n. 1. 1709 obs. - a burning of heretics
n. 2. L19 sl., orig. US - a routine, a way of behaving, a performance
n. 3. 1934 - an instance of insincere behaviour; a display of pretended feeling; an affected pretense
n. 4. 1940s US criminals' sl. - cross-examination of a prisoner
n. 5. 1940s Aust. sl. - pretended illness or ill-temper
n. 6. Amer. sl. - a dramatic mimicking
n. 7. 1991 US sl. - the disguise and staged personality assumed by an expert card counter playing blackjack in a casino in the hope of avoiding detection and ejection
vb. 1. c1475 obs. - to put in motion, to move to action, to impel; to actuate, to influence, to animate
vb. 2. 1594 obs. - to bring into action, to bring about, to produce, to perform, to work, to do a thing or process
• THE ACT
n. 1532 euphemism - copulation; sexual intercourse
• ACTABLE
adj. 1966 Amer. dial. - active, capable of lively activity
• ACTAEON; ACTEON
n. 1. 1567 rare and arch. - a cuckold; the husband of an unfaithful wife
n. 2. Bk1922 - a hunter
vb. 1582 obs. - to cuckold
• ACT AS IF ONE'S KNICKERS WERE ON FIRE
vb. 1960s sl. - to panic, to behave hysterically
• ACT-ASS
n. 1970 Amer. dial. - one who gives rude answers, a smart-alec, a show-off, a braggart
• ACTATIVE
n. 1605 obs. rare - ? a thing that animates or energizes
• ACT CATCHER
n. Bk1942 Amer. theatre sl. - a drama critic
• ACT CUTE
vb. 2002 Singapore sl. - to behave in an annoyingly adorable fashion
• ACTEON
n. 1567 rare and arch. - a cuckold
• ACTEON'S BADGE
n. 1596 sl. - the stigma of cuckoldom
• ACTING DICKY
n. Bk1921 sl. - a man acting in the name of an enrolled solicitor
• ACTING GADGET
n. Bk1944 services' sl. - acting corporal
• ACTING JACK
n. 1. 1917 US, Korean war usage - a lance sergeant
n. 2. 1942 US sl. - a soldier temporarily appointed to higher rank, esp. to serve as platoon leader in basic training
• ACTING LADY
n. 1883 colloq., theatre usage - an incapable or inferior actress
• ACTING OVER
n. 1646 - a re-enacting, repetition
• ACTION
n. 1. 1533 obs. - a proposition, motion, or question for discussion
n. 2. 1540 obs. - acting of plays, performance
n. 3. 1579 obs. - a military engagement, a battle
n. 4. 1662 obs. - a share in a joint-stock company
n. 5. 1679 obs. rare - a theatrical performance; a play
n. 6. 1885 US sl. - in betting; gambling; a crap game or other game of chance
n. 7. 1913 US sl. - in pool: spin imparted on the cue ball to affect the course of the object ball or the cue ball after striking the object ball
n. 8. 1920s sl., orig. African-American - what is going on or happening; thus a situation or state of affairs, anything exciting, current, interesting, depending on the context, e.g. the chance for sex, a musical performance, a night's gambling
n. 9. c1930 - coition; sexual activity; intrigue with the opposite sex
n. 10. 1950s Amer. sl. - a party or gathering; excitement, activity in general; whatever is happening
n. 11. 1951 criminals' sl. - acts of crime; commerce in drugs; illegal activity
n. 12. 1952 sl. - the potential client for a prostitute; a victim of a confidence trick, etc.
n. 13. 1950s sl. - in gambling: the total amount that a gambler will bet
n. 14. 1950s US sl. - one's choice, one's preference
n. 15. 1960s sl. - the effects of a drug
n. 16. 1969 US sl. - a revolver
n. 17. 1960s sl. - manipulations, activities, esp. when illegal or corrupt
n. 18. 1960s drugs sl.- the current availability of drugs and the best place to obtain them
n. 19. 1963 sl., orig. African-American - a woman
n. 20. 1970s US African-American sl. - a look, a smile, a verbal response
n. 21. 1971 US sl. - a political act, often confrontational or violent
n. 22. 1990 US sl. - in pool: a game played with wagers
n. 23. 1990s Aust. prison sl. - homosexuality
n. 24. 1991 US sl. - the amount that a gambler is willing to bet
• ACTIONABILITY
n. 1820 - the fact of giving cause for legal action
• ACTIONABLE
adj. 1. a1601 - giving cause for legal action
adj. 2. 1913 - able to be acted upon; useful, practical
• ACTIONARY
n. 1728 obs. - a share-holder in a joint-stock company
• ACTION BEAVER
n. 1974 US sl. - a film featuring full nudity and sexual activity short of intercourse
• ACTIONER
n. 1. 1825 obs. rare - a shareholder
n. 2. 1881 obs. rare - an artisan who makes the action of an instrument, as of a gun, piano, etc.
n. 3. 1940 colloq. - an action film
• ACTION FACTION
n. 1968 US sl. - a subset of the political left that advocated forceful, confrontational tactics
• ACTIONIST
n. 1. 1720 obs. - a shareholder in a joint-stock company; one who owns actions
n. 2. 1812 - a person who believes in action; one who takes action
• ACTIONIZE
vb. 1. 1614 - to act upon; to put into action
vb. 2. 1872 obs. rare - to bring a legal action against; to sue
• ACTION ON A SOLID HALF TRACTION; ACTION ON THE SOLID HALF TRACTION
phr. 1940s African-American sl. - ready for anything
• ACTION ON TRACTION
n. Bk1947 Amer. sl. - speed
• ACTION-PACKED
adj. 1924 - full of action or excitement
• ACTION PIECE
n. 1. 1960s African-American sl. - a pistol, a revolver, a shotgun
n. 2. 1983 African-American sl. - a woman
• ACTION PLAYER
n. Bk1998 sl. - a gambler who bets heavily and, often, unwisely
• ACTION ROOM
n. 1. 1972 US sl. - a pool hall where betting is common
n. 2. 1972 US sl. - a place where betting and gambling take place
• ACTION-TAKING
adj. 1608 obs. rare - prone to taking legal action; litigious
• ACTIOUS
adj. 1441 rare - abounding in or giving rise to action; active, energetic, brisk
• ACTITATION
n. 1. 1661 obs. rare - debating of lawsuits
n. 2 1755 obs. rare - rapid frequent action
• ACTIVABLE
adj. 1606 obs. - excitable, active
• ACTIVATED
adj. Bk2000 Amer. sl. - tipsy; alcohol intoxicated
• ACTIVE
n. 1. a1425 - a person devoted to the active life, esp. a member of an active religious order; an active person
n. 2. 1840 chiefly US - a member of the military in active service
n. 3. 1931 chiefly baseball and American football usage - in sports: a player on a team who is eligible to play in a given game or season
n. 4. Bk1984 UK police sl. - an enthusiastic and efficient officer
vb. 1620 - to make active; to activate
• ACTIVE CITIZEN
n. 1. E19 sl. - a louse
n. 2. E19 sl. - a flea
n. 3. Bk1992 criminals' sl. obs. - a law-abiding person
• ACTIVE PARTNER
n. Bk1972 homosexual sl. - a homosexual who is the active participant in anal intercourse
• ACTIVE SERVICE
n. Bk1916 sl. - the woman uppermost in an act of coition
• ACTIVE SODOMIST
n. 19C sl. - an active homosexual
• ACTIVISTIC
adj. 1907 - active; activist
• ACTIVITY
n. 1542 obs. - physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics
• ACTIVITY BOOSTER
n. M20 US drugs sl. - an amphetamine tablet
• ACTIVO-PASSIVE
adj. 1860 obs. rare - characterized by both activity and passivity
• ACTLESS
adj. 1654 rare - without action, inactive
• ACT LIKE A TEE HEE'S NEST WITH A HAW HAW'S EGG IN IT
vb. 1958 Amer. dial. - to act laughably
• ACT LIKE ONE'S SHIT (DOESN'T) DON'T SMELL
vb. 1960s sl., orig. US - to behave affectedly and in an arrogant manner
• ACT LIKE ONE'S SHIT (DOESN'T) DON'T STINK
vb. 1960s sl., orig. US - to behave affectedly and in an arrogant manner
• ACT LIKE SANCHO
vb. 1869 Amer. dial. - of a child: to act in an unruly or mischievous way; to misbehave
• ACT LIKE SHIT WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH
vb. 1960s sl., orig. US - to behave affectedly and in an arrogant manner
• ACT LIKE THE DEAD LICE ARE DROPPING OFF ONE
vb. c1960 Amer. dial. - to be inactive, slow, or lethargic
• ACT OF ANDROGYNATION
n. M17 euphemism - copulation
• ACT OF DARKNESS
n. Shakespeare euphemism - copulation
• ACT OF GENERATION
n. L19 Brit. euphemism - copulation
• ACT OF GRACE
n. 1638 - a formal pardon
• ACT OF KIND
n. 19C Brit. euphemism - copulation
• ACT OF LOVE
n. 1638 Brit. euphemism - copulation
• ACT OF PARLIAMENT
n. Bk1921 sl. - small beer, five pints of which, by an act of Parliament, a landlord was formerly obliged to give gratis to each soldier billeted upon him
• ACT OF SHAME
n. Shakespeare usage - an act of copulation
• ACT OF SPORT
n. L19 Brit. euphemism - copulation
• ACTOR
n. 1. a1325 obs. - in law: a person who instigates or is involved in a legal action; a plaintiff or complainant; in Roman History: a public prosecutor; an advocate in civil cases
n. 2. 1382 obs. - a manager, overseer, agent, or factor
n. 3. c1384 obs. - a guardian, a steward; a person who acts on behalf of another
n. 4. 1413 obs. - a pleader; he who conducts an action at law; the plaintiff or complainant; an advocate in civil cases; a public prosecutor
n. 5. c1425 - a person who performs or takes part in an action; a doer, an agent
n. 6. 1844 African-American sl. - anyone out to deceive or project a phony image; a con-man; a liar
n. 7. 1964 US sl. - a troublemaker
n. 8. Amer. sl. - an athlete who is good at pretending he has been hurt or fouled, esp. a baseball player who very convincingly mimes the pain of being hit by a pitch
• ACTORINE
n. 1892 Amer. sl. rare - an actress
• ACTORISH
adj. 1941 - characteristic of a dramatic actor; affectedly theatrical
• ACTORLY
adj. 1957 - characteristic of a dramatic actor; affectedly theatrical
• ACTOR-MAN
n. 1774 rare - a male theatrical actor
• ACTORNEY
n. 1713 Sc. obs. - an attorney
• ACTOR-PROOF
adj. 1973 US sl. - denoting a part in a play or performance so well written than no amount of bad acting can ruin it
• ACTOR'S BIBLE
n. 1981 US sl. - Variety magazine
• ACTOR'S REACH
n. 1999 US sl. - a seemingly sincere effort to pay for your meal when eating in a group at a restaurant, masking a secret hope that someone else will pay
• ACTORVIST
n. 1995 Amer. political sl. - a politically involved actor
• ACTORY
adj. 1917 - characteristic of a dramatic actor; affectedly theatrical
• ACT POSSUM
vb. 1844 US sl. obs. - to feign; to pretend to be ill or dead
• ACTRESS
n. 1. 1586 rare - a woman who performs an action; a female doer or actor
n. 2. 1917 euphemism - a prostitute
n. 3. Bk1972 US homosexual sl. - an egocentric show-off, who is nonetheless amusing and witty; a homosexual who hogs the limelight
• ACTRESSY
adj. 1893 - characteristic of an actress; affectedly theatrical
• ACTRICE
n. 1589 obs. - an actress
• ACT THE ANGORA
vb. 1942 Aust. & NZ sl. - to play the fool
• ACT THE GIDDY GOAT
vb. L19 sl. - to behave foolishly
• ACT THE GOAT
vb. L19 sl. - to behave foolishly
• ACT THE HOG
vb. 1. 1900s sl. - to play the fool
vb. 2. 1940s sl. - to malfunction
• ACT THE JINNIT
vb. 20C Irish sl. - to play the fool; to act irrationally
• ACT THE LINNET
vb. 20C Irish sl. - to flirt
• ACT THE MAGGOT
vb. 1937 Irish sl. - to play the fool
• ACT THE MOHAWK
vb. 1960s Irish sl. - to misbehave
• ACT THE MONKEY
vb. 1. 1900s sl. - to play the fool
vb. 2. 1940s sl. - to malfunction
• ACT THE NIGGER
vb. 1. M19 US sl., derogatory - to play the fool
vb. 2. M19 US African-American sl. - to act in a manner White racists expect of Black people, i.e. foolish, subservient, clownish
• ACT THE PRICK
vb. 1980s sl. - to behave foolishly
• ACT THE WET DOG
vb. L19 US sl. - to make a fuss, to complain
• ACTUABILITY
n. 1682 rare - capability of being acted upon or actuated
• ACTUAL
adj. 1. c1315 obs. - pert. to acts; exhibited in deeds; practical, active, doing
adj. 2. 1470-85 obs. rare - abounding in action; active, energetic, vigorous
n. 1. 1856 sl. - money
n. 2. 1991 US sl. - in the Vietnam war: a unit commander
• THE ACTUAL
n. 1. 1832 - that which is actual or real; actuality, reality
n. 2. 1856 sl. - money, especially cash
• ACTUALISTIC
adj. 1857 - representative of reality, realistic
• ACTUALITY
n. 1398 obs. - capacity of action, activity, effective power
• ACTUALIZE
vb. 1. 1809 - to make actual or real; to carry out in practice
vb. 2. 1848 rare - to represent or describe realistically
• ACTUALLY
adv. 1. c1449 obs. - in a way that is characterized by doing; with deeds; practically, actively
adv. 2. 1470-85 obs. - actively, energetically
adv. 3. 1663 rare - at present; currently; for the time being
• ACTUALNESS
n. 1. 1398 obs. - active working or operation, activity
n. 2. 1668 - the quality of being actual or real; actuality
• ACTUARY
n. 1. 1553 - a registrar, a clerk; a notary; an officer who records the acts of a court
n. 2. 1769 rare - the managing secretary or accountant of a society or public company
n. 3. 1772 - a person who compiles and analyses statistics of mortality, accidents, etc. and uses them or calculate insurance risks and premiums
n. 4. 1816 rare - a senior official in a savings bank, esp. one who manages the deposits
n. 5. 1971 US sl. - in an illegal betting operation: an oddsmaker
• ACTUATE
adj. 1663 obs. - carried out in action; realized in fact
vb. 1. 1596 obs. - to reduce to a action; to carry out in practice, to perform a command, proposition, etc.
vb. 2. 1603 obs. - to render active, to stir into activity; to stir up, to arouse, to excite
vb. 3. 1642 arch. - to inspire with active properties, to quicken, to enliven, to vivify
• ACTUATION
n. 1. 1623 - enactment, fulfilment
n. 2 1629 - the act of stimulating, animating, or enlivening
• ACTUATOR
n. 1652 - a person who or a thing which actuates something; specifically, God, regarded as the motive force of the universe
• ACTUOSE
adj. 1677 - full of activity; abounding in action; very active
• ACTUOSITY
n. 1660 - abounding activity; energy
• ACTUOUS
adj. 1626 obs. - full of activity; abounding in action; very active
• ACT-UP
adj. 2000s UK Black British & teen sl. - aggressive
vb. 1. 20C sl. - (as 'act up') to cause someone trouble
vb. 2. 1903 sl. - (as 'act up') to make a fuss in order to attract attention to oneself; to misbehave badly or improperly, esp. to impress
• ACTURE
n. 1593 obs. rare - the process of acting; action, doing
• ACTURIENCE
n. a1866 rare - desire to act
• ACT YOUR AGE!
int. 1920s sl., orig. US - a term of contempt based on condemning someone who the speaker considers is acting childishly
• ACT YOUR AGE NOT YOUR SHOE SIZE
int. 1920s sl., orig. US - a term of contempt based on condemning someone who the speaker considers is acting childishly
vb. 1986 US sl. - to behave in a manner appropriate to your years
• ACUATE
adj. 1471 - sharpened, sharp-pointed
vb. 1542 obs. - to make sharp or pungent; to sharpen
• ACUATING
n. 1678 obs. - the act of sharpening
• ACUATION
n. a1655 rare - sharpening, rendering acute
• ACUITION
n. c1458 rare - the act of sharpening or increasing the strength of something
• ACUITY
n. 1. 1543 - sharpness, acuteness, as of a needle, a disease, an acid, wit
n. 2. 1549 - sharpness or keenness of thought, understanding, or feeling; perceptiveness, shrewdness
• ACULEATE
adj. 1605 - pointed, incisive, stinging
• ACULEATED
adj. 1655 rare - of speech or thought: pointed; incisive, keen, pungent
• ACULEATION
n. 1870 rare - the state of being sharpened or pointed
• ACULEUS
n. a1612 obs. rare - a feeling of compunction; a sting or pang
• ACUMBLE
vb. a1325 obs. - to benumb
• ACUMINATE
adj. 1654 obs. rare - having acumen, sharp-witted
n. 1640 obs. rare - a pointed form
vb. 1. 1611 - to sharpen, to make pointed; to give poignancy or keenness to
vb. 2. 1641 obs. rare - to rise or taper to a point
• ACUMINATED
adj. 1833 - of speech: sharp, pointed, stinging
• ACUMINATION
n. 1. 1659 - the product of sharpening; a tapering point
n. 2. 1837 - the act of sharpening or bringing to a point
• ACUMINOUS
adj. 1618 - distinguished by acumen; acute, sharp, shrewd
• ACUPICTION
n. 1663 obs. - an embroidering, or as it were painting with a needle
• ACUPICTOR
n. Bk1717 - an embroiderer, a needle-worker
• ACUPINGE
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to embroider
• ACUPUNCTUATE
vb. 1830 rare - to prick with a needle or pin; to administer acupuncture to
• ACUPUNCTUATION
n. 1821 rare - acupuncture
• ACUPUNCTURATION
n. 1743 - acupuncture
• ACUSHLA
n. 1825 Irish - a form of address, darling, dear heart; a term of endearment
• ACUTANGULAR
adj. 1658 - having acute angles
• ACUTE
adj. 1620 - of tastes or odours: sharp, pungent
vb. 1. 1504 obs. rare - to rise to a high pitch
vb. 2. 1637 obs. rare - to sharpen or quicken a quality; to make more active or intense
• ACUTENESS
n. 1659 rare - shrillness, high pitch
• ACUTIANGLE
adj. 1571 obs. rare - acute-angled
• ACUTITION
n. 1737 obs. rare - the act of sharpening or increasing the strength of something; formerly also sharpness
• ACYROLOGICAL
adj. 1623 rare - incorrect in use of words
n. 1626 rare - an improper speech
• ACYROLOGICALLY
adv. 1651 obs. rare - incorrectly as to use of words
• ACYROLOGY
n. 1577 rare - incorrect use of language or words; improper speech
n. 1967 Amer. aviation usage - acrobatic manoeuvres
• ACROAMA
n. 1. 1579 rare - oral teaching heard only by initiated disciples; esoteric doctrines
n. 2. 1603 rare - a rhetorical declamation, as opposed to an argument
• ACROAMARE
adj. 1657 obs. rare - pungently bitter
• ACROAMATIC
adj. 1632 rare - pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret
• ACROAMATICAL
adj. 1580 obs. - pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret
• ACROASIS
n. 1623 rare, chiefly Ancient Hist. usage - an oral discourse; a discourse listened to rather than read
• ACROATIC
adj. 1655-50 - pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret
• ACROBACY
n. 1867 - acrobatics; an acrobatic feat
• ACROBAT
n. 1. B1912 sl. - a drinking glass
n. 2. 1958 W. Indies sl. - a fool
• ACROBATICS
n. 1856 - dexterous operations in reasoning, accounting, etc.
• ACROBATISM
n. 1848 - the art or profession of the acrobat; the performance of gymnastic feats
• ACROBATS
n. 1924 Amer. gambling sl. - loaded or unfairly bevelled dice
• ACROCOMIC
n. 1623 obs. rare - one having long hair
• ACROLOGIC
adj. 1830 rare - pert. to initials
• ACROLOGICAL
adj. 1827 rare - relating to or based on initial letters or sounds
• ACRONYCAL; ACRONYCHAL
adj. 1594 - happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star
• ACRONYCH
adj. 1594 - happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star
• ACRONYMANIA
n. 1968 - a fervent or excessive enthusiasm for the use of acronyms or initialisms
• ACRONYMANIAC
n. 1968 - a person having an excessive enthusiasm for using acronyms
• ACRONYMIC
adj. 1948 - relating to or designated by an acronym
• ACRONYMIZE
vb. 1955 - to convert into an acronym; to call by an acronym
• ACRONYMOUS
adj. 1955 - relating to or designated by an acronym
• ACROOK
adv. a1387 - in a bend or curve; awry, crookedly
• ACROPHOBE
n. 1894 - a person affected with acrophobia
• ACROPHOBIA
n. 1888 - irrational fear of heights
• ACROPHOBIC
adj. 1888 - affected with acrophobia
• ACROSCOPIC
adj. 1834 obs. rare, poetic usage - positioned so as to view something from a height
• ACROSS
adv. 1. a1250 rare - in the form of a cross, crosswise; crossing each other, crossed
adv. 2. 1559 obs. - not straight or directly; obliquely; athwart, awry, amiss
prep. 1607 obs. - at odds with, at variance with
n. 1900s US sl. - Great Britain
• ACROSS COUNTRY
n. 1929 criminals' sl. - one who is a fugitive from the law
• ACROSSED
adj. 1548 obs. rare - crosswise, crossed
• ACROSS LOTS
phr. 1. E19 US sl. - via a short cut
phr. 2. M19 sl. - accelerated, using fig. 'short cuts'
phr. 3. 1848 sl. - completely
• ACROSS THE BOARD
n. 1964 sl. - in horse racing: a bet that a horse will win, place (finish second), or show (finish third)
• ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO DARTMOUTH
adj. 1999 Can. sl. - mentally ill, institutionalized
• ACROSS THE BUBBLE
adj. 1912 criminals' sl. - into prison
• ACROSS THE DITCH
n. 1998 NZ sl. - Australia
• ACROSS THE PAVEMENT
adv. 1977 UK sl. - of a criminal activity: in a street situation
• ACROSS THE RIVER
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - dead
• ACROSS THE TRACKS
n. 1943 US sl. - the socially inferior area of town
• ACROST
prep. 1759 - across
adv. 1775 - across
• ACROSTIC
adj. 1602 obs. rare - crossed, folded across; moving crosswise, erratic, zigzag
n. 1614 obs. - the beginning or end of a verse
• ACROTELEUTIC
n. 1719 obs. - a formula repeated at the end of a psalm; a doxology
• A-CRY
adv. 1593 obs. - in a cry, crying
• ACRYLIC
adj. 1990s US college sl. - superficial, hard, difficult to tolerate
• ACT
n. 1. 1709 obs. - a burning of heretics
n. 2. L19 sl., orig. US - a routine, a way of behaving, a performance
n. 3. 1934 - an instance of insincere behaviour; a display of pretended feeling; an affected pretense
n. 4. 1940s US criminals' sl. - cross-examination of a prisoner
n. 5. 1940s Aust. sl. - pretended illness or ill-temper
n. 6. Amer. sl. - a dramatic mimicking
n. 7. 1991 US sl. - the disguise and staged personality assumed by an expert card counter playing blackjack in a casino in the hope of avoiding detection and ejection
vb. 1. c1475 obs. - to put in motion, to move to action, to impel; to actuate, to influence, to animate
vb. 2. 1594 obs. - to bring into action, to bring about, to produce, to perform, to work, to do a thing or process
• THE ACT
n. 1532 euphemism - copulation; sexual intercourse
• ACTABLE
adj. 1966 Amer. dial. - active, capable of lively activity
• ACTAEON; ACTEON
n. 1. 1567 rare and arch. - a cuckold; the husband of an unfaithful wife
n. 2. Bk1922 - a hunter
vb. 1582 obs. - to cuckold
• ACT AS IF ONE'S KNICKERS WERE ON FIRE
vb. 1960s sl. - to panic, to behave hysterically
• ACT-ASS
n. 1970 Amer. dial. - one who gives rude answers, a smart-alec, a show-off, a braggart
• ACTATIVE
n. 1605 obs. rare - ? a thing that animates or energizes
• ACT CATCHER
n. Bk1942 Amer. theatre sl. - a drama critic
• ACT CUTE
vb. 2002 Singapore sl. - to behave in an annoyingly adorable fashion
• ACTEON
n. 1567 rare and arch. - a cuckold
• ACTEON'S BADGE
n. 1596 sl. - the stigma of cuckoldom
• ACTING DICKY
n. Bk1921 sl. - a man acting in the name of an enrolled solicitor
• ACTING GADGET
n. Bk1944 services' sl. - acting corporal
• ACTING JACK
n. 1. 1917 US, Korean war usage - a lance sergeant
n. 2. 1942 US sl. - a soldier temporarily appointed to higher rank, esp. to serve as platoon leader in basic training
• ACTING LADY
n. 1883 colloq., theatre usage - an incapable or inferior actress
• ACTING OVER
n. 1646 - a re-enacting, repetition
• ACTION
n. 1. 1533 obs. - a proposition, motion, or question for discussion
n. 2. 1540 obs. - acting of plays, performance
n. 3. 1579 obs. - a military engagement, a battle
n. 4. 1662 obs. - a share in a joint-stock company
n. 5. 1679 obs. rare - a theatrical performance; a play
n. 6. 1885 US sl. - in betting; gambling; a crap game or other game of chance
n. 7. 1913 US sl. - in pool: spin imparted on the cue ball to affect the course of the object ball or the cue ball after striking the object ball
n. 8. 1920s sl., orig. African-American - what is going on or happening; thus a situation or state of affairs, anything exciting, current, interesting, depending on the context, e.g. the chance for sex, a musical performance, a night's gambling
n. 9. c1930 - coition; sexual activity; intrigue with the opposite sex
n. 10. 1950s Amer. sl. - a party or gathering; excitement, activity in general; whatever is happening
n. 11. 1951 criminals' sl. - acts of crime; commerce in drugs; illegal activity
n. 12. 1952 sl. - the potential client for a prostitute; a victim of a confidence trick, etc.
n. 13. 1950s sl. - in gambling: the total amount that a gambler will bet
n. 14. 1950s US sl. - one's choice, one's preference
n. 15. 1960s sl. - the effects of a drug
n. 16. 1969 US sl. - a revolver
n. 17. 1960s sl. - manipulations, activities, esp. when illegal or corrupt
n. 18. 1960s drugs sl.- the current availability of drugs and the best place to obtain them
n. 19. 1963 sl., orig. African-American - a woman
n. 20. 1970s US African-American sl. - a look, a smile, a verbal response
n. 21. 1971 US sl. - a political act, often confrontational or violent
n. 22. 1990 US sl. - in pool: a game played with wagers
n. 23. 1990s Aust. prison sl. - homosexuality
n. 24. 1991 US sl. - the amount that a gambler is willing to bet
• ACTIONABILITY
n. 1820 - the fact of giving cause for legal action
• ACTIONABLE
adj. 1. a1601 - giving cause for legal action
adj. 2. 1913 - able to be acted upon; useful, practical
• ACTIONARY
n. 1728 obs. - a share-holder in a joint-stock company
• ACTION BEAVER
n. 1974 US sl. - a film featuring full nudity and sexual activity short of intercourse
• ACTIONER
n. 1. 1825 obs. rare - a shareholder
n. 2. 1881 obs. rare - an artisan who makes the action of an instrument, as of a gun, piano, etc.
n. 3. 1940 colloq. - an action film
• ACTION FACTION
n. 1968 US sl. - a subset of the political left that advocated forceful, confrontational tactics
• ACTIONIST
n. 1. 1720 obs. - a shareholder in a joint-stock company; one who owns actions
n. 2. 1812 - a person who believes in action; one who takes action
• ACTIONIZE
vb. 1. 1614 - to act upon; to put into action
vb. 2. 1872 obs. rare - to bring a legal action against; to sue
• ACTION ON A SOLID HALF TRACTION; ACTION ON THE SOLID HALF TRACTION
phr. 1940s African-American sl. - ready for anything
• ACTION ON TRACTION
n. Bk1947 Amer. sl. - speed
• ACTION-PACKED
adj. 1924 - full of action or excitement
• ACTION PIECE
n. 1. 1960s African-American sl. - a pistol, a revolver, a shotgun
n. 2. 1983 African-American sl. - a woman
• ACTION PLAYER
n. Bk1998 sl. - a gambler who bets heavily and, often, unwisely
• ACTION ROOM
n. 1. 1972 US sl. - a pool hall where betting is common
n. 2. 1972 US sl. - a place where betting and gambling take place
• ACTION-TAKING
adj. 1608 obs. rare - prone to taking legal action; litigious
• ACTIOUS
adj. 1441 rare - abounding in or giving rise to action; active, energetic, brisk
• ACTITATION
n. 1. 1661 obs. rare - debating of lawsuits
n. 2 1755 obs. rare - rapid frequent action
• ACTIVABLE
adj. 1606 obs. - excitable, active
• ACTIVATED
adj. Bk2000 Amer. sl. - tipsy; alcohol intoxicated
• ACTIVE
n. 1. a1425 - a person devoted to the active life, esp. a member of an active religious order; an active person
n. 2. 1840 chiefly US - a member of the military in active service
n. 3. 1931 chiefly baseball and American football usage - in sports: a player on a team who is eligible to play in a given game or season
n. 4. Bk1984 UK police sl. - an enthusiastic and efficient officer
vb. 1620 - to make active; to activate
• ACTIVE CITIZEN
n. 1. E19 sl. - a louse
n. 2. E19 sl. - a flea
n. 3. Bk1992 criminals' sl. obs. - a law-abiding person
• ACTIVE PARTNER
n. Bk1972 homosexual sl. - a homosexual who is the active participant in anal intercourse
• ACTIVE SERVICE
n. Bk1916 sl. - the woman uppermost in an act of coition
• ACTIVE SODOMIST
n. 19C sl. - an active homosexual
• ACTIVISTIC
adj. 1907 - active; activist
• ACTIVITY
n. 1542 obs. - physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics
• ACTIVITY BOOSTER
n. M20 US drugs sl. - an amphetamine tablet
• ACTIVO-PASSIVE
adj. 1860 obs. rare - characterized by both activity and passivity
• ACTLESS
adj. 1654 rare - without action, inactive
• ACT LIKE A TEE HEE'S NEST WITH A HAW HAW'S EGG IN IT
vb. 1958 Amer. dial. - to act laughably
• ACT LIKE ONE'S SHIT (DOESN'T) DON'T SMELL
vb. 1960s sl., orig. US - to behave affectedly and in an arrogant manner
• ACT LIKE ONE'S SHIT (DOESN'T) DON'T STINK
vb. 1960s sl., orig. US - to behave affectedly and in an arrogant manner
• ACT LIKE SANCHO
vb. 1869 Amer. dial. - of a child: to act in an unruly or mischievous way; to misbehave
• ACT LIKE SHIT WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH
vb. 1960s sl., orig. US - to behave affectedly and in an arrogant manner
• ACT LIKE THE DEAD LICE ARE DROPPING OFF ONE
vb. c1960 Amer. dial. - to be inactive, slow, or lethargic
• ACT OF ANDROGYNATION
n. M17 euphemism - copulation
• ACT OF DARKNESS
n. Shakespeare euphemism - copulation
• ACT OF GENERATION
n. L19 Brit. euphemism - copulation
• ACT OF GRACE
n. 1638 - a formal pardon
• ACT OF KIND
n. 19C Brit. euphemism - copulation
• ACT OF LOVE
n. 1638 Brit. euphemism - copulation
• ACT OF PARLIAMENT
n. Bk1921 sl. - small beer, five pints of which, by an act of Parliament, a landlord was formerly obliged to give gratis to each soldier billeted upon him
• ACT OF SHAME
n. Shakespeare usage - an act of copulation
• ACT OF SPORT
n. L19 Brit. euphemism - copulation
• ACTOR
n. 1. a1325 obs. - in law: a person who instigates or is involved in a legal action; a plaintiff or complainant; in Roman History: a public prosecutor; an advocate in civil cases
n. 2. 1382 obs. - a manager, overseer, agent, or factor
n. 3. c1384 obs. - a guardian, a steward; a person who acts on behalf of another
n. 4. 1413 obs. - a pleader; he who conducts an action at law; the plaintiff or complainant; an advocate in civil cases; a public prosecutor
n. 5. c1425 - a person who performs or takes part in an action; a doer, an agent
n. 6. 1844 African-American sl. - anyone out to deceive or project a phony image; a con-man; a liar
n. 7. 1964 US sl. - a troublemaker
n. 8. Amer. sl. - an athlete who is good at pretending he has been hurt or fouled, esp. a baseball player who very convincingly mimes the pain of being hit by a pitch
• ACTORINE
n. 1892 Amer. sl. rare - an actress
• ACTORISH
adj. 1941 - characteristic of a dramatic actor; affectedly theatrical
• ACTORLY
adj. 1957 - characteristic of a dramatic actor; affectedly theatrical
• ACTOR-MAN
n. 1774 rare - a male theatrical actor
• ACTORNEY
n. 1713 Sc. obs. - an attorney
• ACTOR-PROOF
adj. 1973 US sl. - denoting a part in a play or performance so well written than no amount of bad acting can ruin it
• ACTOR'S BIBLE
n. 1981 US sl. - Variety magazine
• ACTOR'S REACH
n. 1999 US sl. - a seemingly sincere effort to pay for your meal when eating in a group at a restaurant, masking a secret hope that someone else will pay
• ACTORVIST
n. 1995 Amer. political sl. - a politically involved actor
• ACTORY
adj. 1917 - characteristic of a dramatic actor; affectedly theatrical
• ACT POSSUM
vb. 1844 US sl. obs. - to feign; to pretend to be ill or dead
• ACTRESS
n. 1. 1586 rare - a woman who performs an action; a female doer or actor
n. 2. 1917 euphemism - a prostitute
n. 3. Bk1972 US homosexual sl. - an egocentric show-off, who is nonetheless amusing and witty; a homosexual who hogs the limelight
• ACTRESSY
adj. 1893 - characteristic of an actress; affectedly theatrical
• ACTRICE
n. 1589 obs. - an actress
• ACT THE ANGORA
vb. 1942 Aust. & NZ sl. - to play the fool
• ACT THE GIDDY GOAT
vb. L19 sl. - to behave foolishly
• ACT THE GOAT
vb. L19 sl. - to behave foolishly
• ACT THE HOG
vb. 1. 1900s sl. - to play the fool
vb. 2. 1940s sl. - to malfunction
• ACT THE JINNIT
vb. 20C Irish sl. - to play the fool; to act irrationally
• ACT THE LINNET
vb. 20C Irish sl. - to flirt
• ACT THE MAGGOT
vb. 1937 Irish sl. - to play the fool
• ACT THE MOHAWK
vb. 1960s Irish sl. - to misbehave
• ACT THE MONKEY
vb. 1. 1900s sl. - to play the fool
vb. 2. 1940s sl. - to malfunction
• ACT THE NIGGER
vb. 1. M19 US sl., derogatory - to play the fool
vb. 2. M19 US African-American sl. - to act in a manner White racists expect of Black people, i.e. foolish, subservient, clownish
• ACT THE PRICK
vb. 1980s sl. - to behave foolishly
• ACT THE WET DOG
vb. L19 US sl. - to make a fuss, to complain
• ACTUABILITY
n. 1682 rare - capability of being acted upon or actuated
• ACTUAL
adj. 1. c1315 obs. - pert. to acts; exhibited in deeds; practical, active, doing
adj. 2. 1470-85 obs. rare - abounding in action; active, energetic, vigorous
n. 1. 1856 sl. - money
n. 2. 1991 US sl. - in the Vietnam war: a unit commander
• THE ACTUAL
n. 1. 1832 - that which is actual or real; actuality, reality
n. 2. 1856 sl. - money, especially cash
• ACTUALISTIC
adj. 1857 - representative of reality, realistic
• ACTUALITY
n. 1398 obs. - capacity of action, activity, effective power
• ACTUALIZE
vb. 1. 1809 - to make actual or real; to carry out in practice
vb. 2. 1848 rare - to represent or describe realistically
• ACTUALLY
adv. 1. c1449 obs. - in a way that is characterized by doing; with deeds; practically, actively
adv. 2. 1470-85 obs. - actively, energetically
adv. 3. 1663 rare - at present; currently; for the time being
• ACTUALNESS
n. 1. 1398 obs. - active working or operation, activity
n. 2. 1668 - the quality of being actual or real; actuality
• ACTUARY
n. 1. 1553 - a registrar, a clerk; a notary; an officer who records the acts of a court
n. 2. 1769 rare - the managing secretary or accountant of a society or public company
n. 3. 1772 - a person who compiles and analyses statistics of mortality, accidents, etc. and uses them or calculate insurance risks and premiums
n. 4. 1816 rare - a senior official in a savings bank, esp. one who manages the deposits
n. 5. 1971 US sl. - in an illegal betting operation: an oddsmaker
• ACTUATE
adj. 1663 obs. - carried out in action; realized in fact
vb. 1. 1596 obs. - to reduce to a action; to carry out in practice, to perform a command, proposition, etc.
vb. 2. 1603 obs. - to render active, to stir into activity; to stir up, to arouse, to excite
vb. 3. 1642 arch. - to inspire with active properties, to quicken, to enliven, to vivify
• ACTUATION
n. 1. 1623 - enactment, fulfilment
n. 2 1629 - the act of stimulating, animating, or enlivening
• ACTUATOR
n. 1652 - a person who or a thing which actuates something; specifically, God, regarded as the motive force of the universe
• ACTUOSE
adj. 1677 - full of activity; abounding in action; very active
• ACTUOSITY
n. 1660 - abounding activity; energy
• ACTUOUS
adj. 1626 obs. - full of activity; abounding in action; very active
• ACT-UP
adj. 2000s UK Black British & teen sl. - aggressive
vb. 1. 20C sl. - (as 'act up') to cause someone trouble
vb. 2. 1903 sl. - (as 'act up') to make a fuss in order to attract attention to oneself; to misbehave badly or improperly, esp. to impress
• ACTURE
n. 1593 obs. rare - the process of acting; action, doing
• ACTURIENCE
n. a1866 rare - desire to act
• ACT YOUR AGE!
int. 1920s sl., orig. US - a term of contempt based on condemning someone who the speaker considers is acting childishly
• ACT YOUR AGE NOT YOUR SHOE SIZE
int. 1920s sl., orig. US - a term of contempt based on condemning someone who the speaker considers is acting childishly
vb. 1986 US sl. - to behave in a manner appropriate to your years
• ACUATE
adj. 1471 - sharpened, sharp-pointed
vb. 1542 obs. - to make sharp or pungent; to sharpen
• ACUATING
n. 1678 obs. - the act of sharpening
• ACUATION
n. a1655 rare - sharpening, rendering acute
• ACUITION
n. c1458 rare - the act of sharpening or increasing the strength of something
• ACUITY
n. 1. 1543 - sharpness, acuteness, as of a needle, a disease, an acid, wit
n. 2. 1549 - sharpness or keenness of thought, understanding, or feeling; perceptiveness, shrewdness
• ACULEATE
adj. 1605 - pointed, incisive, stinging
• ACULEATED
adj. 1655 rare - of speech or thought: pointed; incisive, keen, pungent
• ACULEATION
n. 1870 rare - the state of being sharpened or pointed
• ACULEUS
n. a1612 obs. rare - a feeling of compunction; a sting or pang
• ACUMBLE
vb. a1325 obs. - to benumb
• ACUMINATE
adj. 1654 obs. rare - having acumen, sharp-witted
n. 1640 obs. rare - a pointed form
vb. 1. 1611 - to sharpen, to make pointed; to give poignancy or keenness to
vb. 2. 1641 obs. rare - to rise or taper to a point
• ACUMINATED
adj. 1833 - of speech: sharp, pointed, stinging
• ACUMINATION
n. 1. 1659 - the product of sharpening; a tapering point
n. 2. 1837 - the act of sharpening or bringing to a point
• ACUMINOUS
adj. 1618 - distinguished by acumen; acute, sharp, shrewd
• ACUPICTION
n. 1663 obs. - an embroidering, or as it were painting with a needle
• ACUPICTOR
n. Bk1717 - an embroiderer, a needle-worker
• ACUPINGE
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to embroider
• ACUPUNCTUATE
vb. 1830 rare - to prick with a needle or pin; to administer acupuncture to
• ACUPUNCTUATION
n. 1821 rare - acupuncture
• ACUPUNCTURATION
n. 1743 - acupuncture
• ACUSHLA
n. 1825 Irish - a form of address, darling, dear heart; a term of endearment
• ACUTANGULAR
adj. 1658 - having acute angles
• ACUTE
adj. 1620 - of tastes or odours: sharp, pungent
vb. 1. 1504 obs. rare - to rise to a high pitch
vb. 2. 1637 obs. rare - to sharpen or quicken a quality; to make more active or intense
• ACUTENESS
n. 1659 rare - shrillness, high pitch
• ACUTIANGLE
adj. 1571 obs. rare - acute-angled
• ACUTITION
n. 1737 obs. rare - the act of sharpening or increasing the strength of something; formerly also sharpness
• ACYROLOGICAL
adj. 1623 rare - incorrect in use of words
n. 1626 rare - an improper speech
• ACYROLOGICALLY
adv. 1651 obs. rare - incorrectly as to use of words
• ACYROLOGY
n. 1577 rare - incorrect use of language or words; improper speech
AD - ADE
• A.D.
n. 1. L19 UK society sl. - a drink
n. 2. 1938 US drugs sl. - a drug addict
n. 3. 1970s sl. - phencyclidine
n. 4. 1985 sl. - a man who fathers a child by accident, usually after a casual sexual encounter; an accidental daddy
vb. 1990s US college sl. - to leave
• AD
adj. 20C sl. - pert. to advertising
n. 1. a900 obs. - a fire, a blazing pile, a funeral pyre
n. 2. 1799 - an advertisement
n. 3. 1915 colloq. - in tennis: advantage
n. 4. 1970s US homosexual sl. - graffito offering sexual services, as found on a public lavatory wall
• ADA
n. 1. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - a German homosexual
n. 2. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - a homosexual who cannot find a sexual partner
n. 3. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - the buttocks
• AD ABSURDUM
adv. 1656 - to the point of absurdity; to an absurd or extreme degree
• ADACT
vb. 1615 obs. rare - to drive or compel to a course
• ADACTED
adj. 1623 obs. - beaten or driven in by force
• ADACTION
n. 1663 obs. - a driving in violently by force
• ADAD!
int. 1663 obs. - an exclamation and a minced oath from "Afore God!" and "By God!"
• ADAEMONIST; ADEMONIST
n. 1837 - a person who denies the existence of the Devil
• ADAERATION
n. 1623 - a giving a monetary value to something
• ADAFOOKMAN!
int. 2002 UK sl. - used in Black criminal society as an all-purpose protestation of innocence; have I?, I didn't! (Have I Fuck, Man!)
• ADA FROM DECATUR
n. 1918 US sl. - in a game of dice: a roll of eight
• ADAGIAL
adj. 1647 - of the nature of an adage; proverbial
• ADAGY
n. 1534 obs. - an adage, saying, a proverb
• AD ALLEY
n. 1952 US sl. - the advertising industry, esp. that located in New York and commonly known in the US as 'Madison Avenue' after the New York street where many advertising agencies had their offices
• ADAM
n. 1. L15 sl. - water
n. 2. 1553 - a person likened to Adam, esp. in being a forebear, progenitor, founder, etc.; also, the first type of a person or thing; a forerunner or prototype
n. 3. a1569 - sinful and unregenerate human nature
n. 4. c1591 sl. - a bailiff, a sergeant
n. 5. 1696 UK criminals' sl. - a thief's accomplice
n. 6. 1797 UK criminals' sl. - a fence, a criminal receiver; a partner in a criminal enterprise
n. 7. 1903 sl. - a master man, foreman, a superintendent
n. 8. Bk1903 US criminals' sl. - a prison warder
n. 9. Bk1922 - a faithful, devoted old servant
n. 10. Bk1972 homosexual sl. - one's first (paid) sexual partner
n. 11. 1985 US sl. - MDMA, the recreational drug known as ecstasy
vb. 1. 1753 sl. - to marry
vb. 2. 1910s rhyming sl., (Adam and Eve) - to believe
vb. 3. 1930s rhyming sl., (Adam and Eve) - to leave
• ADAMANCE
n. 1925 - a being firmly resolved on a course of action; refusal to be persuaded or to change one's mind
• ADAMANCY
n. 1898 - the state of being unpersuadable
• ADAM AND EVE
n. 1. 1793 - a starting point, an origin; a set of progenitors, ancestors, or forebears
n. 2. 1891 sl., orig. US short order usage - two poached or fried eggs
n. 3. 1980s Aust. rhyming sl. - a sleeve
n. 4. 1996 UK sl. - a pill of MDEA and MDMA, the recreational drugs best known as ecstasy
vb. 1. L17 sl. - to have sexual intercourse
vb. 2. 1925 rhyming sl. - to believe
vb. 3. 1930s rhyming sl. - to leave
• ADAM AND EVE BALL
n. 1920s sl. - an early dancing party to which the guests are invited until midnight only
• ADAM-AND-EVE IT
vb. L19 Brit. sl. - to copulate
• ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT
n. 1894 sl., orig. US short order usage - two poached or fried eggs on toast
• ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT AND WRECK 'EM
n. 1913 sl., orig. US short order usage - two scrambled eggs on toast
• ADAM AND EVE'S CLOTHES
n. E20 Brit. & US sl. - nakedness; nudity
• ADAM AND EVE'S P.J.S
n. L19 US sl. - nakedness, nudity
• ADAM AND EVE'S TOGS
n. L19 Brit. & US sl. - nakedness; nudity
• ADAMANT
n. c1426 obs. - a person or thing which attracts people's affection or attention; a centre of attraction
• ADAMANTIZING
adj. 1607 obs. rare - that attracts, lures, or entices
• ADAM ANTS
n. 1980s Brit. rhyming sl. - pants
• ADAMATE
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to love dearly
• ADAMATICAL
adj. 17C sl.- naked; nude
• ADAM BELL
n. Bk1922 - an accomplished archer
• ADAMED
adj. Bk1921 sl. - married
• ADAM FAITH
adj. 1960s Brit. rhyming sl. - safe
• ADAM FILER
n. Bk1909 sl. - a thief
• ADAM HENRY
n. 1997 Amer. sl. - an A.H.; asshole; a worthless and annoying person
• ADAMHOOD
n. 1828 chiefly poetic usage - human nature; manhood, humanity
• ADAMIC
adj. 1657 - resembling Adam in moral freedom, nakedness, fallen condition
• ADAMICAL
adj. 1. 1642 rare - resembling Adam in moral freedom, nakedness, fallen condition; sinful; unregenerate
adj. 2. 1649 rare - having an original or pristine form; pure and undefiled
• ADAMICALLY
adv. 1860 - in a way resembling Adam in appearance or behaviour; nakedly
• ADAMISH
adj. 1569 obs. rare - resembling Adam in moral freedom, nakedness, fallen condition
• ADAMIST
n. 1. 1623 - a person who follows or imitates the behaviour of Adam in the Garden of Eden
n. 2. 1630 rare - one who tends a garden
• ADAMITE
adj. 1719 - descended from Adam; human
n. 1. 1542 - a member of a sect, in both the early church and later, who imitated the biblical Adam by going naked, typically as a symbol of purity; an unclothed man
n. 2. 1581 - a descendant or child of Adam; a human being
n. 3. 1833 rare - a person who goes naked; a nudist
n. 4. 1865 chiefly hist. usage - a White Caucasian
• ADAMITIC
adj. 1656 - naked, unclothed
• ADAMITICAL
adj. 1666 rare - naked, unclothed; pert. to or resembling Adam; hence, as applied to clothing, scanty
• ADAMITISM
n. 1805 - nakedness; the practice of going naked as a sign of spiritual purity
• ADAMIZE
v1b. 19C Brit. sl. - to copulate, from the male point of view
• ADAMLESS
adj. 1876 - characterized by the absence of men; inhabited only by women
• ADAMLESS EDEN
n. 1876 - a place, situation, or way of life from which men are absent or excluded and which is regarded as a type of paradise; also, an uninhabited region
• ADAM'S ALE
n. 1643 humorous usage - water, as the only drink of our first parents
• ADAM'S AND EVE'S TOGS
n. 19C sl. - nudity
• ADAM'S APPLE
n. 1588 rare - a banana or plantain
• ADAM'S ARM; ADAM'S ARMS
n. 1602 sl. - a shovel, a spade
• ADAM'S ARSENAL
n. L19 Brit. sl. - the male genitals; the penis and testicles
• ADAM'S BEVERAGE
n. L15 sl. - water
• ADAM'S CAT
n. 1908 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
• ADAM'S FRUIT
n. 1. 1972 Amer. dial. - among loggers: an apple
n. 2. Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage - pregnant women
• ADAM'S HATBAND
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
• ADAM'S HOUSECAT
n. 1908 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
• ADAM'S LIQUOR
n. L15 sl. - water
• ADAM'S MORSEL
n. 1586 obs. rare - the Adam's apple
• ADAM'S OFF-BULL
n. 1956 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
• ADAM'S OFF-OX
n. 1. 1894 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
n. 2. 1912 sl. - a slow, stubborn person; a headstrong person
• ADAM'S OLD OX
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
• ADAM SOURGUY
n. 1910 US theatre sl. - a sour-tempered pessimist
• ADAM'S OWN
n. 19C Brit. sl. - the female genitals
• ADAM'S OWN ALTAR
n. L19 sl. - the vagina
• ADAM'S PET MONKEY
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
• ADAM'S P.J.s
n. 1970s US homosexual sl. - nudity
• ADAM'S PROFESSION
n. 1602 sl. - gardening
• ADAM'S SIN
n. Bk1922 - disobedience
• ADAM'S SLIPPERS
phr. 1900s US sl. - no shoes, i.e. barefoot
• ADAM'S WHIP
n. 1952 US sl. - the penis
• ADAM'S WINE
n. 1747 colloq. - water as a beverage
• ADAM TILER; ADAM TYLER
n. 1665 UK sl. - a pickpocket’s confederate who receives the stolen article, and runs off with it; a receiver of stolen goods
• ADAM WITH A DEAD BATTERY
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War usage - a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man
• ADAM WITH A DEAD PAN
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War usage - a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man
• ADAM WITH A FLICKERING FLAME
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War usage - a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man
• ADAM WITH A FROZEN PUSS
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War usage - a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man
• ADAM WITH AN ANCHOR
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War usage - a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man
• ADAM WITH A SOUR PUSS
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War usage - a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man
• A-DANCE
adj. 1828 - dancing; moving in a quick and lively manner
• A-DANGLE
adv. 1855 - in a dangling state or position
• ADAPERTILE
adj. 1731 obs. - easy to be opened
• ADAPT
adj. 1658 rare - well adapted or suited; suitable, fit
• ADAPTATE
vb. 1638 obs. rare - to adapt
• ADAPTATIVE
adj. 1815 - characterize by or given to adapting things to a purpose, or oneself to circumstances; adaptive
• ADAPTION
n. 1615 - the act of adapting; adaptation
• ADAPTITUDE
n. 1806 - adaptedness; aptitude specially produced
• ADAPTIVE
adj. 1734 obs. - fitting; well-suited to something or someone
• ADAPTLY
adv. a1648 - in a fit or adapted manner; by being adapted or fitted; fittingly, aptly
• ADAPTMENT
n. 1739 obs. rare - adaptation; fitting condition
• ADAPTNESS
n. 1657 obs. rare - the quality of being adapted, suitability, adaptedness
• ADAPTORIAL
adj. 1838 rare - characterized by adaptation; adaptive
• AD ARBITRIUM
adv. 1663 - at or according to one's will or pleasure; as one pleases; arbitrarily
• ADA ROSS
n. 1918 US sl. - the eight point in craps dice
• ADA ROSS, THE STABLE BOSS
n. 1940s US sl. - the 8 point in craps dice
• ADA ROSS, THE STABLE HOSS
n. 1918 US sl. - in a game of dice: a roll of eight
• ADASED
adj. c1450 obs. - stupefied, confused, dulled, dazzled
• ADASHED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - put to shame
• ADAUGE
vb. 1657 obs. rare - to add to, to augment, to increase by addition
• ADAUNT
vb. 1297 obs. - to quell, to subdue, to suppress, to reduce to submission
• À D'AUTRES!
phr. c1660 - 'tell that to the Marines'; expression of disbelief (fashionable London catchphrase)
• ADAW
vb. 1. c1300 obs. - to wake up, to awake, from sleep, swoon, etc.
vb. 2. c1386 obs. - to awaken, to arouse, to recall to consciousness
vb. 3. c1425 obs. - to recover from sorrow or pain; to emerge from a particular mood or state of mind
vb. 4. c1425 obs. - to dawn; to shine
vb. 5. c1440 obs. - to put an end to; to defeat, to overcome
vb. 6. 1557 obs. - to subdue, to daunt; to terrify
• ADAWE
adv. c1250 obs. - out of life, out of existence
• ADAWN
adj. 1881 rare - dawning, gleaming with new light
• A-DAY
adv. 1. a1250 obs. - in or on the day (in opposition to the night; by day
adv. 2. c1500 - on each day; daily
• A-DAYS
adv. 1377 obs. - by day, during the day, in the daytime
• ADAZZLE
adj. 1832 - dazzling
• ADBASS
vb. 1548 obs. rare - to abase
• AD BENE PLACITUM
adv. 1623 - at one's pleasure or discretion; at will
• ADBER
n. 1908 Sc. - odd or clumsy behaviour
• ADBLAST
vb. 1548 obs. rare - to impart an idea, impulse, etc. to; to exert an influence on; to inflate, to inspire
• ADBUSTER
n. 1989 Can. - in anticorporate activism, the non-specific description for those involved in cultural subversion
• ADBUSTING
n. 2000 US sl. - in anticorporate activism, the act of subverting brand advertising, usually by parody or mockery
• ADCORPORATE
vb. 1732 obs. rare - to unite, to incorporate
• ADCORPORATED
adj. Bk1612 obs. rare - married
• ADD
n. 1938 US drugs sl. - a Drug Addict
• ADD A NAIL TO ONE'S COFFIN
vb. M19 sl. - to drink heavily
• ADD A PEG NAIL TO ONE'S COFFIN
vb. M19 sl. - to drink heavily
• ADDEBTED
adj. a1400 obs. - indebted; owed or due
• ADDECIMATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to subject a person to a tithe or tax of one-tenth
• ADDECKED
adj. 1513 Sc. obs. rare - decked, covered
• ADDEDLY
adv. 1883 - additionally; particularly
• ADDED TO THE LIST
adj. L19 sl. - castrated
• ADDEEM
vb. a1000 obs. - to judge; to try, to test
• ADDEL
n. L19 nautical sl. - putrid drinking water
• ADDER
n. 1. c950 obs. - a snake, a serpent
n. 2. c950 obs. - the 'old serpent', the devil
n. 3 c1000 - a treacherous, deceitful, malicious, or pernicious person or thing; also, a term of abuse
n. 4. c1300 obs. - a dragon, a supposed serpent with wings
n. 5. 1876 Eng. dial. - a dragonfly. formerly thought to be venomous; a large fly
• ADDER-BELL
n. 1824 Sc. - the dragonfly
• ADDERBOLT
n. 1483 - a dragonfly
• ADDERBRED
adj. 1587 obs. - engendered by the devil
• ADDER-CAP
n. 1. 1822 Sc. - an ill-natured person; one of a virulent or malignant disposition
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a dragonfly
• ADDER-CLOSE
n. 1870 obs. - an enclosure containing adders; a snake pit
• ADDER-DEAF
adj. 1597 rare, poetic usage - deaf as an adder
• ADDER-FAW
adj. a1000 obs. - variegated like a snake
• ADDER-FLY
n. 1761 obs. - a dragonfly
• ADDER-FOOTED
adj. 1565 obs., poetic usage - having a foot or feet like a dragon
• ADDER-HATE
n. 1880 obs., poetic usage - virulent, deadly hate
• ADDERS' FRY
n. 1540 obs. - offspring of adders or the devil
• ADDER-TONGUED
adj. 1823 - spiteful; using malicious or offensive language
• ADD FAITH TO
vb. 1483 rare - to give credence to; to believe or make believable
• ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE
vb. 1611 - to make a bad or intense situation worse
• ADD FUEL TO THE FLAMES
vb. 1620 - to make a bad matter worse by adding to its cause; to spread trouble, to increase anger or other strong feelings by talk or action
• ADDI
n. Bk1898 - a Bengalee money-changer
• ADDICENT
n. 1880 obs. rare - in Roman Law: a person who hands over a thing or a person in accordance with a judicial decision
• ADDICK
n. 1997 US sl. - an addict
• ADDICKIT
adj. 1826 Sc. - addicted
• ADDICT
adj. 1529 obs. - that has been attached by compulsion or obligation to a person' tied, bound; obligated
n. 1985 con artists' sl. - a 'mark' who falls for the same scam over and over again
vb. 1. 1534 rare - to dedicate or devote oneself to an occupation, activity, or object
vb. 2. 1542 obs. - to bind, to attach, or devote oneself as a servant, disciple, or adherent to any person or cause
vb. 3. 1604 obs. - to devote time to a particular object or activity; to focus one's studies on a specific area
• ADDICT WAITING TO HAPPEN
phr. 1998 US sl. - in twelve-step recovery programmes, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, used for describing the childhood of addicts of the future
• ADDIGHTING
n. 1567 obs. - preparing, preparation
• ADDIMENT
n. 1652 rare - something that is added, an addition; an additive
• ADD INSULT TO INJURY
vb. 1748 - to aggravate an already difficult situation
• ADDIO
int. 1577 - used as an expression of farewell; esp. Italian contexts
• ADDITAMENT
n. 1460 - anything added or appended; an addition
• ADDITION
n. 1. 1472-3 obs. - something annexed to a man's name to show his rank, occupation, or place of residence, or otherwise to distinguish him; 'style' of address
n. 2. c1690 society sl. - paint or rouge or powder for the face; make-up, cosmetics
n. 3. 20C euphemism - sexual intercourse
vb. 1659 obs. - to honour or embellish a person or person's name by adding another name, title, etc.; to surname
• ADDITIONARY
adj. a1633 rare - additional, supplementary
• ADDITITIOUS
adj. 1748 rare - characterized by having been added; due to or of the nature of an addition; additive
• ADDITOOD
n. 1990s UK sl. - a confrontational manner
• ADDITORY
adj. 1659 obs. - tending to add something; additional
• ADDLE
adj. 1. c1275 Eng. dial. - rotten, putrid; esp. applied to a decayed or barren egg
adj. 2. 1534 rare - empty, idle, vain, useless, futile
adj. 3. 1612 - muddled, confused
adj. 4. 1847 Eng. dial. - unsound, crazy
adj. 5. 1844 Eng. dial. - ailing, ill, unwell
adj. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - stupid
adj. 7. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - tumbledown, loose, rickety, shaky
n. 1. a1000 - stinking urine, or other liquid filth; slime, mire
n. 2. 1679 obs. rare - the dry lees of wine
n. 3. 1825 Eng. dial. - an abscess containing pus; a swelling; a blister
n. 4. Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. - putrid or stagnant water
n. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - an adding or addition
vb. 1. c1175 obs. - to deserve punishment, etc.; to merit spiritual reward, etc.
vb. 2. c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to acquire or gain as one's own; to earn money, etc.
vb. 3. 1652 - to muddle; to confuse; to spoil, to make abortive
vb. 4. 1654 - of an egg: to become rotten; to fail to produce a chick; to rot, to putrefy
vb. 5. 1860 Eng. dial. - to save; to lay by a portion of one's earnings
vb. 6. Bk1898 Sc. - to water plants
• ADDLE-BRAIN
n. 1799 - one whose head is addled; a stupid or half-witted fellow; a foolish bungler; a dullard
• ADDLE-BRAINED
adj. 1619 - confused, muddled, stupid
• ADDLE-CAP
n. Bk1877 Eng. dial. - a weak, silly person
• ADDLE-COVE
n. 1580 - a stupid bungler, a dullard; a foolish man; an easy dupe
• ADDLED
adj. 1. L17 Brit. sl. - muddled and befuddled by alcohol; drunk
adj. 2. 1599 - confused, muddled; having lost the ability to think clearly or rationally
adj. 3. c1630 - of an egg: that has become rotten; that has failed to produce a chick
• ADDLED AS AN EGG
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - bewildered; confused; muddled
• ADDLE EGG AND IDLE HEAD
n. 1589 sl. - anything worthless
• ADDLE-HEAD
n. 1592 - one whose head is addled; a stupid bungler; an easy dupe; a dullard; a weak, silly person
• ADDLE-HEADED
adj. 1600 - confused, muddled, stupid
• ADDLE-HEADEDNESS
n. 1. 1835 - confusion, muddle-headedness; stupidity
n. 2. 1835 - fatuity, foolishness, folly
• ADDLEMENT
n. 1825 - confusion, muddle-headedness; mental confusion
• ADDLE-PATE
n. 1601 - a stupid bungler; a dullard; a weak, silly person; a foolish person; an easy dupe
• ADDLE-PATED
adj. 1614 - confused, muddled, stupid, doltish, thick-headed
• ADDLE-PLOT
n. L17 sl. - a spoilsport who 'addles' the 'plots' or plans of others
• ADDLE-POT
n. Bk1890 sl. - a spoilsport; a mar-all
• ADDLE THE SHOON
vb. Bk1921 sl. - of a horse: to roll on the back from side to side
• ADDLING
n. 1. c1175 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - an earning or deserving something; that which a person earns or merits
n. 2. 1843 - muddling of the wits
• ADDLINGS
n. 1757 Eng. dial. - money that a person acquires by working, etc.; wages, earnings; savings
• ADD OIL!
int. 1980 chiefly Hong Kong usage - expresses encouragement, incitement, or support; go on! go for it!
• ADD OIL TO THE FLAMES
vb. 1647 - to heighten or aggravate fury, passion, etc.
• ADD OIL TO THE FURNACE
vb. a1548 - to heighten or aggravate fury, passion, etc.
• ADDOOM
vb. 1599 obs. rare - to adjudge, to award
• ADDRESS
n. 1. 1592 obs. - array, attire, dress
n. 2. 1598 obs. - that which is prepared; a device, a contrivance
n. 3. 1633 obs. - the act of making ready; the state of being ready, preparation
vb. 1. c1350 obs. - to give direction to a person, esp. in a helpful or corrective manner; to guide, to redirect
vb. 2. c1374 obs. - to make straight the course or aim of anything; to direct; to aim (a missile)
vb. 3. c1375 obs. - to straighten up, to erect; to raise, to set up; to raise oneself, to stand erect; to assume an upright position
vb. 4. 1375 obs. - to put things 'straight' or 'to rights'; to set in order; to order, to arrange
vb. 5. 1393 obs. - to prepare or make ready with the proper attire; to accoutre, to array, to apparel, to attire for any special purpose or occasion; later, (1513) to clothe
vb. 6. 1485 obs. - to order or arrange for any purpose; to prepare, to make ready; to prepare oneself
vb. 7. a1522 obs. - to arrange or style hair
vb. 8. 1525 obs. - to right what is wrong; to redress wrongs, to reform abuses
vb. 9. 1677 obs. - to court a person; esp. to pay court to a woman with a view to marriage, to woo
vb. 10. 1796 obs. - to consign or entrust the care of a ship to an agent, factor, etc.
• ADDRESSED
adj. 1. 1387 obs. - made ready, prepared, 'dressed' as food
adj. 2. 1393 arch. - arrayed, attired, trimmed, dressed
adj. 3. 1475 obs. - well-ordered, having acquired skill, accomplished
adj. 4. 1595 obs. - erected, raised
• ADDRESSEDNESS
n. 1633 obs. rare - the state of being prepared; preparedness
• ADDRESSED TO
adj. 1915 military sl. - of a missile, esp. a shell: aimed at
• ADDRESSER
n. 1. 1643 - person who puts forward or supports a political declaration or petition; specifically, any of those who in 1680 presented addresses in support of Charles II, and against those demanding the summoning of Parliament
n. 2. 1665 - a person who directs words or a communication to a particular person, audience, or place
n. 3. 1683 obs. - a suitor
• ADDRESSERESS
n. 1495 obs. rare - a female who directs or sets right
• ADDRESSION
n. 1596 obs. rare - the direction of one's course
• ADDRESSLY
adv. c1425 obs. rare - with good address, courteously; skilfully
• ADDRESSMENT
n. 1481 rare - the act of addressing a person or thing
• ADDRESSOR
n. 1. 1658 - a person who puts forward or supports a political declaration or petition
n. 2. 1669 obs. - a person who pays addresses; a suitor
n. 3. 1897 - a person who directs words or a communication to a particular person, audience, or place
• ADD ROT IT!
int. M18 euphemism - a mild oath, "God rot it!"
• ADD'S LIFE!
int. 1812 obs. - a minced oath
• ADDUBITATION
n. 1588 obs. rare - the suggestion of a doubt; insinuated doubt
• ADDUCE
vb. a1425 - to bring forward verbally for consideration, esp. in support of a case or an argument; to produce a witness; to cite, to allege
• ADDUCEABLE
adj. 1671 - adducible; capable of being produced in a statement
• ADDUCED
adj. 1649 - brought forward in a statement; cited, alleged
• ADDUCIBLE
adj. 1766 - capable of being adduced
• ADDUCTION
n. 1. a1398 rare - the act of conveying something, esp. towards another; the fact of being so conveyed
n. 2. 1615 obs. rare - the act of moving towards something
n. 3. 1687 - the bringing forward of facts or statements as evidence
• ADDULCE
vb. 1475 obs. - to make sweet; to render pleasant or palatable; to soothe or mollify a person
• ADD UP
vb. 1. 1930s sl. - to amount to, to signify
vb. 2. 1930s sl. - to make sense; to work as expected
• ADD UP TO
vb. 1930s sl. - to amount to, to signify
• ADDY
n. Bk2006 US sl. - address
• ADEAD
adv. 1581 chiefly poetic usage - dead
vb. 1. a1200 obs. - to die
vb. 2. c1225 obs. - to kill, to put to death, to destroy; to deaden, to mortify
• ADEADEN
vb. 1. c1000 obs. - to kill, to put to death; to deaden, to mortify
vb. 2. c1230 obs. - to die
• A-DEARY ME!
int. 1868 Eng. dial. - exclamation of sadness or surprise
• ADEATH
adv. a1200 obs. - in death
• ADEAVE
vb. c940 obs. - to deafen, to strike deaf
• ADECASTIC; ADECASTICKE
n. 1623 obs. rare - one who can be relied upon to act justly or appropriately in any circumstance
• ADECATIST
n. Bk1717 - one who is exempt from tithes, one who is against paying tithes
• A-DECK
n. 1984 US sl. - a prison cell used for solitary confinement
• ADEE!
int. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - ha!
• ADEED
adv. 1820 Sc. rare - indeed
• ADEEP
adv. 1850 obs., poetic usage - deeply, deep
• ADELAIDE
n. 1831 rare - a dark blue colour
• ADELAIDEAN
adj. 1848 - relating to, or characteristic of the city of Adelaide
n. 1839 - a native or inhabitant of the city of Adelaide
• ADELANTADO
n. 1. 1588 hist. - the governor of a Spanish province, acting as the chief civil and judicial authority, and as military commander-in-chief in time of war; also, a military leader with the authority to explore, colonize, and govern new territories for the Spanish crown
n. 2. 1612 obs. - a Spanish grandee
• ADELE
adj. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - vindictive, mean, bitchy
• ADELE ADDER
n. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - a homosexual person who is vindictive, mean, or bitchy
• ADELITE
n. Bk1883 - one of a class of Moorish conjurors in Spain, who predicted the fortunes of individuals by the flight and singing of birds, and other accidental circumstances
• ADELMAN
n. Bk1708 - a nobleman, an earl, a gentleman
• ADEMONIST
n. 1837 - a person who denies the existence of the Devil
• ADEMPT
adj. 1432-50 obs. - taken away, removed
vb. 1590 - to take away, to remove
• ADEMPTED
adj. 1590 obs. rare - taken away, removed
• ADEMPTION
n. c1630 - a taking away
• ADENESE
n. 1880 - a native or inhabitant of Aden, a port and commercial centre in the Republic of Yemen
• ADENI
n. 1950 - a native or inhabitant of Aden, a port and commercial centre in the Republic of Yemen
• ADENOID
n. 1930s US sl. - a vocalist with a 'tight' voice; a radio tenor who sings in a forced, strained voice
• ADENOIDAL
adj. 1. 1918 colloq. - of a facial expression: open-mouthed, gaping
adj. 2. 1926 colloq. - of the voice, speech, an accent, etc.: having a monotonous and constricted nasal quality
• ADENOIDALLY
adv. 1923 - with an adenoidal voice, tone, or sound
• ADENOIDY
adj. 1. 1918 colloq. - of a facial expression: open-mouthed, gaping
adj. 2. 1926 colloq. - of the voice, speech, an accent, etc.: having a monotonous and constricted nasal quality
• ADENT
vb. 1658 obs. rare - to fasten, to attach
• ADEPT
adj. 1650 - that has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult
n. 1. 1673 - originally, a person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult; an initiate into the secrets of a particular hermetic order or occult organization; later, a person who has been initiated into any system of spiritual knowledge
n. 2. 1674 - a person who is highly skilled or proficient at something
n. 3. 1721 thieves' sl. - a pickpocket; a conjuror
vb. 1890 criminals' sl. - to pickpocket
• ADEPTED
adj. 1553 obs. rare - gained, acquired
• ADEPTICAL
adj. 1662 obs. - pert. to an Adeptist; alchemical
• ADEPTION
n. 1548 obs. - an obtaining, gaining, or attainment
• ADEPTIST
n. 1662 obs. - a professed adept; a skilled alchemist
• ADEPTUS
n. 1650 - a person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult; an initiate into the secrets of a particular hermetic order or occult organization; usually in plural, with 'the' (the adepti)
• ADEQUAL
adj. 1678 obs. - proportional
• ADEQUATE
adj. 1. 1609 obs. - equal in magnitude or extent; neither more nor less
adj. 2. Bk1942 US sl. - excellent, 'super'
vb. 1. 1599 obs. - to equal, to be equal to, or sufficient for
vb. 2. 1622 obs. - to make equal or sufficient
• ADEQUATELY
adv. 1656 obs. - with complete equality; with perfect correspondence; exactly
• ADEQUATENESS
n. 1664 obs. - equality; exact correspondence in extent or scope
• ADEQUATION
n. 1589 obs. - the act or fact of equalling
• ADEQUATIVE
adj. 1809 rare - adequate, suitable; also, suitably equivalent
• ADEQUITATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to ride beside or near to someone
• ADEQUITATION
n. 1663 obs. rare - a riding towards some place or thing
• ADERATION
n. 1623 - a giving a monetary value to something
• ADESED
adj. 1623 obs. rare - all eaten up
• ADESPOTA
n. 1897 - anonymous literary works
• ADETERMINE
vb. 1413 obs. rare - to bring to an end, to finish, to terminate
• ADEVISM
n. 1878 rare - disbelief in the gods of a particular mythology
• ADEW
vb. 1. c1425 obs. - to bedew; also, to refresh, to reinvigorate
vb. 2. a1439 obs. - to endow a person with spiritual or intellectual gifts
n. 1. L19 UK society sl. - a drink
n. 2. 1938 US drugs sl. - a drug addict
n. 3. 1970s sl. - phencyclidine
n. 4. 1985 sl. - a man who fathers a child by accident, usually after a casual sexual encounter; an accidental daddy
vb. 1990s US college sl. - to leave
• AD
adj. 20C sl. - pert. to advertising
n. 1. a900 obs. - a fire, a blazing pile, a funeral pyre
n. 2. 1799 - an advertisement
n. 3. 1915 colloq. - in tennis: advantage
n. 4. 1970s US homosexual sl. - graffito offering sexual services, as found on a public lavatory wall
• ADA
n. 1. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - a German homosexual
n. 2. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - a homosexual who cannot find a sexual partner
n. 3. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - the buttocks
• AD ABSURDUM
adv. 1656 - to the point of absurdity; to an absurd or extreme degree
• ADACT
vb. 1615 obs. rare - to drive or compel to a course
• ADACTED
adj. 1623 obs. - beaten or driven in by force
• ADACTION
n. 1663 obs. - a driving in violently by force
• ADAD!
int. 1663 obs. - an exclamation and a minced oath from "Afore God!" and "By God!"
• ADAEMONIST; ADEMONIST
n. 1837 - a person who denies the existence of the Devil
• ADAERATION
n. 1623 - a giving a monetary value to something
• ADAFOOKMAN!
int. 2002 UK sl. - used in Black criminal society as an all-purpose protestation of innocence; have I?, I didn't! (Have I Fuck, Man!)
• ADA FROM DECATUR
n. 1918 US sl. - in a game of dice: a roll of eight
• ADAGIAL
adj. 1647 - of the nature of an adage; proverbial
• ADAGY
n. 1534 obs. - an adage, saying, a proverb
• AD ALLEY
n. 1952 US sl. - the advertising industry, esp. that located in New York and commonly known in the US as 'Madison Avenue' after the New York street where many advertising agencies had their offices
• ADAM
n. 1. L15 sl. - water
n. 2. 1553 - a person likened to Adam, esp. in being a forebear, progenitor, founder, etc.; also, the first type of a person or thing; a forerunner or prototype
n. 3. a1569 - sinful and unregenerate human nature
n. 4. c1591 sl. - a bailiff, a sergeant
n. 5. 1696 UK criminals' sl. - a thief's accomplice
n. 6. 1797 UK criminals' sl. - a fence, a criminal receiver; a partner in a criminal enterprise
n. 7. 1903 sl. - a master man, foreman, a superintendent
n. 8. Bk1903 US criminals' sl. - a prison warder
n. 9. Bk1922 - a faithful, devoted old servant
n. 10. Bk1972 homosexual sl. - one's first (paid) sexual partner
n. 11. 1985 US sl. - MDMA, the recreational drug known as ecstasy
vb. 1. 1753 sl. - to marry
vb. 2. 1910s rhyming sl., (Adam and Eve) - to believe
vb. 3. 1930s rhyming sl., (Adam and Eve) - to leave
• ADAMANCE
n. 1925 - a being firmly resolved on a course of action; refusal to be persuaded or to change one's mind
• ADAMANCY
n. 1898 - the state of being unpersuadable
• ADAM AND EVE
n. 1. 1793 - a starting point, an origin; a set of progenitors, ancestors, or forebears
n. 2. 1891 sl., orig. US short order usage - two poached or fried eggs
n. 3. 1980s Aust. rhyming sl. - a sleeve
n. 4. 1996 UK sl. - a pill of MDEA and MDMA, the recreational drugs best known as ecstasy
vb. 1. L17 sl. - to have sexual intercourse
vb. 2. 1925 rhyming sl. - to believe
vb. 3. 1930s rhyming sl. - to leave
• ADAM AND EVE BALL
n. 1920s sl. - an early dancing party to which the guests are invited until midnight only
• ADAM-AND-EVE IT
vb. L19 Brit. sl. - to copulate
• ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT
n. 1894 sl., orig. US short order usage - two poached or fried eggs on toast
• ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT AND WRECK 'EM
n. 1913 sl., orig. US short order usage - two scrambled eggs on toast
• ADAM AND EVE'S CLOTHES
n. E20 Brit. & US sl. - nakedness; nudity
• ADAM AND EVE'S P.J.S
n. L19 US sl. - nakedness, nudity
• ADAM AND EVE'S TOGS
n. L19 Brit. & US sl. - nakedness; nudity
• ADAMANT
n. c1426 obs. - a person or thing which attracts people's affection or attention; a centre of attraction
• ADAMANTIZING
adj. 1607 obs. rare - that attracts, lures, or entices
• ADAM ANTS
n. 1980s Brit. rhyming sl. - pants
• ADAMATE
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to love dearly
• ADAMATICAL
adj. 17C sl.- naked; nude
• ADAM BELL
n. Bk1922 - an accomplished archer
• ADAMED
adj. Bk1921 sl. - married
• ADAM FAITH
adj. 1960s Brit. rhyming sl. - safe
• ADAM FILER
n. Bk1909 sl. - a thief
• ADAM HENRY
n. 1997 Amer. sl. - an A.H.; asshole; a worthless and annoying person
• ADAMHOOD
n. 1828 chiefly poetic usage - human nature; manhood, humanity
• ADAMIC
adj. 1657 - resembling Adam in moral freedom, nakedness, fallen condition
• ADAMICAL
adj. 1. 1642 rare - resembling Adam in moral freedom, nakedness, fallen condition; sinful; unregenerate
adj. 2. 1649 rare - having an original or pristine form; pure and undefiled
• ADAMICALLY
adv. 1860 - in a way resembling Adam in appearance or behaviour; nakedly
• ADAMISH
adj. 1569 obs. rare - resembling Adam in moral freedom, nakedness, fallen condition
• ADAMIST
n. 1. 1623 - a person who follows or imitates the behaviour of Adam in the Garden of Eden
n. 2. 1630 rare - one who tends a garden
• ADAMITE
adj. 1719 - descended from Adam; human
n. 1. 1542 - a member of a sect, in both the early church and later, who imitated the biblical Adam by going naked, typically as a symbol of purity; an unclothed man
n. 2. 1581 - a descendant or child of Adam; a human being
n. 3. 1833 rare - a person who goes naked; a nudist
n. 4. 1865 chiefly hist. usage - a White Caucasian
• ADAMITIC
adj. 1656 - naked, unclothed
• ADAMITICAL
adj. 1666 rare - naked, unclothed; pert. to or resembling Adam; hence, as applied to clothing, scanty
• ADAMITISM
n. 1805 - nakedness; the practice of going naked as a sign of spiritual purity
• ADAMIZE
v1b. 19C Brit. sl. - to copulate, from the male point of view
• ADAMLESS
adj. 1876 - characterized by the absence of men; inhabited only by women
• ADAMLESS EDEN
n. 1876 - a place, situation, or way of life from which men are absent or excluded and which is regarded as a type of paradise; also, an uninhabited region
• ADAM'S ALE
n. 1643 humorous usage - water, as the only drink of our first parents
• ADAM'S AND EVE'S TOGS
n. 19C sl. - nudity
• ADAM'S APPLE
n. 1588 rare - a banana or plantain
• ADAM'S ARM; ADAM'S ARMS
n. 1602 sl. - a shovel, a spade
• ADAM'S ARSENAL
n. L19 Brit. sl. - the male genitals; the penis and testicles
• ADAM'S BEVERAGE
n. L15 sl. - water
• ADAM'S CAT
n. 1908 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
• ADAM'S FRUIT
n. 1. 1972 Amer. dial. - among loggers: an apple
n. 2. Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage - pregnant women
• ADAM'S HATBAND
n. 1967 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
• ADAM'S HOUSECAT
n. 1908 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
• ADAM'S LIQUOR
n. L15 sl. - water
• ADAM'S MORSEL
n. 1586 obs. rare - the Adam's apple
• ADAM'S OFF-BULL
n. 1956 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
• ADAM'S OFF-OX
n. 1. 1894 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
n. 2. 1912 sl. - a slow, stubborn person; a headstrong person
• ADAM'S OLD OX
n. 1965 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
• ADAM SOURGUY
n. 1910 US theatre sl. - a sour-tempered pessimist
• ADAM'S OWN
n. 19C Brit. sl. - the female genitals
• ADAM'S OWN ALTAR
n. L19 sl. - the vagina
• ADAM'S PET MONKEY
n. 1966 Amer. dial. - a person one does not know and cannot identify
• ADAM'S P.J.s
n. 1970s US homosexual sl. - nudity
• ADAM'S PROFESSION
n. 1602 sl. - gardening
• ADAM'S SIN
n. Bk1922 - disobedience
• ADAM'S SLIPPERS
phr. 1900s US sl. - no shoes, i.e. barefoot
• ADAM'S WHIP
n. 1952 US sl. - the penis
• ADAM'S WINE
n. 1747 colloq. - water as a beverage
• ADAM TILER; ADAM TYLER
n. 1665 UK sl. - a pickpocket’s confederate who receives the stolen article, and runs off with it; a receiver of stolen goods
• ADAM WITH A DEAD BATTERY
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War usage - a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man
• ADAM WITH A DEAD PAN
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War usage - a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man
• ADAM WITH A FLICKERING FLAME
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War usage - a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man
• ADAM WITH A FROZEN PUSS
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War usage - a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man
• ADAM WITH AN ANCHOR
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War usage - a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man
• ADAM WITH A SOUR PUSS
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War usage - a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man
• A-DANCE
adj. 1828 - dancing; moving in a quick and lively manner
• A-DANGLE
adv. 1855 - in a dangling state or position
• ADAPERTILE
adj. 1731 obs. - easy to be opened
• ADAPT
adj. 1658 rare - well adapted or suited; suitable, fit
• ADAPTATE
vb. 1638 obs. rare - to adapt
• ADAPTATIVE
adj. 1815 - characterize by or given to adapting things to a purpose, or oneself to circumstances; adaptive
• ADAPTION
n. 1615 - the act of adapting; adaptation
• ADAPTITUDE
n. 1806 - adaptedness; aptitude specially produced
• ADAPTIVE
adj. 1734 obs. - fitting; well-suited to something or someone
• ADAPTLY
adv. a1648 - in a fit or adapted manner; by being adapted or fitted; fittingly, aptly
• ADAPTMENT
n. 1739 obs. rare - adaptation; fitting condition
• ADAPTNESS
n. 1657 obs. rare - the quality of being adapted, suitability, adaptedness
• ADAPTORIAL
adj. 1838 rare - characterized by adaptation; adaptive
• AD ARBITRIUM
adv. 1663 - at or according to one's will or pleasure; as one pleases; arbitrarily
• ADA ROSS
n. 1918 US sl. - the eight point in craps dice
• ADA ROSS, THE STABLE BOSS
n. 1940s US sl. - the 8 point in craps dice
• ADA ROSS, THE STABLE HOSS
n. 1918 US sl. - in a game of dice: a roll of eight
• ADASED
adj. c1450 obs. - stupefied, confused, dulled, dazzled
• ADASHED
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - put to shame
• ADAUGE
vb. 1657 obs. rare - to add to, to augment, to increase by addition
• ADAUNT
vb. 1297 obs. - to quell, to subdue, to suppress, to reduce to submission
• À D'AUTRES!
phr. c1660 - 'tell that to the Marines'; expression of disbelief (fashionable London catchphrase)
• ADAW
vb. 1. c1300 obs. - to wake up, to awake, from sleep, swoon, etc.
vb. 2. c1386 obs. - to awaken, to arouse, to recall to consciousness
vb. 3. c1425 obs. - to recover from sorrow or pain; to emerge from a particular mood or state of mind
vb. 4. c1425 obs. - to dawn; to shine
vb. 5. c1440 obs. - to put an end to; to defeat, to overcome
vb. 6. 1557 obs. - to subdue, to daunt; to terrify
• ADAWE
adv. c1250 obs. - out of life, out of existence
• ADAWN
adj. 1881 rare - dawning, gleaming with new light
• A-DAY
adv. 1. a1250 obs. - in or on the day (in opposition to the night; by day
adv. 2. c1500 - on each day; daily
• A-DAYS
adv. 1377 obs. - by day, during the day, in the daytime
• ADAZZLE
adj. 1832 - dazzling
• ADBASS
vb. 1548 obs. rare - to abase
• AD BENE PLACITUM
adv. 1623 - at one's pleasure or discretion; at will
• ADBER
n. 1908 Sc. - odd or clumsy behaviour
• ADBLAST
vb. 1548 obs. rare - to impart an idea, impulse, etc. to; to exert an influence on; to inflate, to inspire
• ADBUSTER
n. 1989 Can. - in anticorporate activism, the non-specific description for those involved in cultural subversion
• ADBUSTING
n. 2000 US sl. - in anticorporate activism, the act of subverting brand advertising, usually by parody or mockery
• ADCORPORATE
vb. 1732 obs. rare - to unite, to incorporate
• ADCORPORATED
adj. Bk1612 obs. rare - married
• ADD
n. 1938 US drugs sl. - a Drug Addict
• ADD A NAIL TO ONE'S COFFIN
vb. M19 sl. - to drink heavily
• ADD A PEG NAIL TO ONE'S COFFIN
vb. M19 sl. - to drink heavily
• ADDEBTED
adj. a1400 obs. - indebted; owed or due
• ADDECIMATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to subject a person to a tithe or tax of one-tenth
• ADDECKED
adj. 1513 Sc. obs. rare - decked, covered
• ADDEDLY
adv. 1883 - additionally; particularly
• ADDED TO THE LIST
adj. L19 sl. - castrated
• ADDEEM
vb. a1000 obs. - to judge; to try, to test
• ADDEL
n. L19 nautical sl. - putrid drinking water
• ADDER
n. 1. c950 obs. - a snake, a serpent
n. 2. c950 obs. - the 'old serpent', the devil
n. 3 c1000 - a treacherous, deceitful, malicious, or pernicious person or thing; also, a term of abuse
n. 4. c1300 obs. - a dragon, a supposed serpent with wings
n. 5. 1876 Eng. dial. - a dragonfly. formerly thought to be venomous; a large fly
• ADDER-BELL
n. 1824 Sc. - the dragonfly
• ADDERBOLT
n. 1483 - a dragonfly
• ADDERBRED
adj. 1587 obs. - engendered by the devil
• ADDER-CAP
n. 1. 1822 Sc. - an ill-natured person; one of a virulent or malignant disposition
n. 2. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - a dragonfly
• ADDER-CLOSE
n. 1870 obs. - an enclosure containing adders; a snake pit
• ADDER-DEAF
adj. 1597 rare, poetic usage - deaf as an adder
• ADDER-FAW
adj. a1000 obs. - variegated like a snake
• ADDER-FLY
n. 1761 obs. - a dragonfly
• ADDER-FOOTED
adj. 1565 obs., poetic usage - having a foot or feet like a dragon
• ADDER-HATE
n. 1880 obs., poetic usage - virulent, deadly hate
• ADDERS' FRY
n. 1540 obs. - offspring of adders or the devil
• ADDER-TONGUED
adj. 1823 - spiteful; using malicious or offensive language
• ADD FAITH TO
vb. 1483 rare - to give credence to; to believe or make believable
• ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE
vb. 1611 - to make a bad or intense situation worse
• ADD FUEL TO THE FLAMES
vb. 1620 - to make a bad matter worse by adding to its cause; to spread trouble, to increase anger or other strong feelings by talk or action
• ADDI
n. Bk1898 - a Bengalee money-changer
• ADDICENT
n. 1880 obs. rare - in Roman Law: a person who hands over a thing or a person in accordance with a judicial decision
• ADDICK
n. 1997 US sl. - an addict
• ADDICKIT
adj. 1826 Sc. - addicted
• ADDICT
adj. 1529 obs. - that has been attached by compulsion or obligation to a person' tied, bound; obligated
n. 1985 con artists' sl. - a 'mark' who falls for the same scam over and over again
vb. 1. 1534 rare - to dedicate or devote oneself to an occupation, activity, or object
vb. 2. 1542 obs. - to bind, to attach, or devote oneself as a servant, disciple, or adherent to any person or cause
vb. 3. 1604 obs. - to devote time to a particular object or activity; to focus one's studies on a specific area
• ADDICT WAITING TO HAPPEN
phr. 1998 US sl. - in twelve-step recovery programmes, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, used for describing the childhood of addicts of the future
• ADDIGHTING
n. 1567 obs. - preparing, preparation
• ADDIMENT
n. 1652 rare - something that is added, an addition; an additive
• ADD INSULT TO INJURY
vb. 1748 - to aggravate an already difficult situation
• ADDIO
int. 1577 - used as an expression of farewell; esp. Italian contexts
• ADDITAMENT
n. 1460 - anything added or appended; an addition
• ADDITION
n. 1. 1472-3 obs. - something annexed to a man's name to show his rank, occupation, or place of residence, or otherwise to distinguish him; 'style' of address
n. 2. c1690 society sl. - paint or rouge or powder for the face; make-up, cosmetics
n. 3. 20C euphemism - sexual intercourse
vb. 1659 obs. - to honour or embellish a person or person's name by adding another name, title, etc.; to surname
• ADDITIONARY
adj. a1633 rare - additional, supplementary
• ADDITITIOUS
adj. 1748 rare - characterized by having been added; due to or of the nature of an addition; additive
• ADDITOOD
n. 1990s UK sl. - a confrontational manner
• ADDITORY
adj. 1659 obs. - tending to add something; additional
• ADDLE
adj. 1. c1275 Eng. dial. - rotten, putrid; esp. applied to a decayed or barren egg
adj. 2. 1534 rare - empty, idle, vain, useless, futile
adj. 3. 1612 - muddled, confused
adj. 4. 1847 Eng. dial. - unsound, crazy
adj. 5. 1844 Eng. dial. - ailing, ill, unwell
adj. 6. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - stupid
adj. 7. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - tumbledown, loose, rickety, shaky
n. 1. a1000 - stinking urine, or other liquid filth; slime, mire
n. 2. 1679 obs. rare - the dry lees of wine
n. 3. 1825 Eng. dial. - an abscess containing pus; a swelling; a blister
n. 4. Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial. - putrid or stagnant water
n. 5. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - an adding or addition
vb. 1. c1175 obs. - to deserve punishment, etc.; to merit spiritual reward, etc.
vb. 2. c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - to acquire or gain as one's own; to earn money, etc.
vb. 3. 1652 - to muddle; to confuse; to spoil, to make abortive
vb. 4. 1654 - of an egg: to become rotten; to fail to produce a chick; to rot, to putrefy
vb. 5. 1860 Eng. dial. - to save; to lay by a portion of one's earnings
vb. 6. Bk1898 Sc. - to water plants
• ADDLE-BRAIN
n. 1799 - one whose head is addled; a stupid or half-witted fellow; a foolish bungler; a dullard
• ADDLE-BRAINED
adj. 1619 - confused, muddled, stupid
• ADDLE-CAP
n. Bk1877 Eng. dial. - a weak, silly person
• ADDLE-COVE
n. 1580 - a stupid bungler, a dullard; a foolish man; an easy dupe
• ADDLED
adj. 1. L17 Brit. sl. - muddled and befuddled by alcohol; drunk
adj. 2. 1599 - confused, muddled; having lost the ability to think clearly or rationally
adj. 3. c1630 - of an egg: that has become rotten; that has failed to produce a chick
• ADDLED AS AN EGG
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - bewildered; confused; muddled
• ADDLE EGG AND IDLE HEAD
n. 1589 sl. - anything worthless
• ADDLE-HEAD
n. 1592 - one whose head is addled; a stupid bungler; an easy dupe; a dullard; a weak, silly person
• ADDLE-HEADED
adj. 1600 - confused, muddled, stupid
• ADDLE-HEADEDNESS
n. 1. 1835 - confusion, muddle-headedness; stupidity
n. 2. 1835 - fatuity, foolishness, folly
• ADDLEMENT
n. 1825 - confusion, muddle-headedness; mental confusion
• ADDLE-PATE
n. 1601 - a stupid bungler; a dullard; a weak, silly person; a foolish person; an easy dupe
• ADDLE-PATED
adj. 1614 - confused, muddled, stupid, doltish, thick-headed
• ADDLE-PLOT
n. L17 sl. - a spoilsport who 'addles' the 'plots' or plans of others
• ADDLE-POT
n. Bk1890 sl. - a spoilsport; a mar-all
• ADDLE THE SHOON
vb. Bk1921 sl. - of a horse: to roll on the back from side to side
• ADDLING
n. 1. c1175 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - an earning or deserving something; that which a person earns or merits
n. 2. 1843 - muddling of the wits
• ADDLINGS
n. 1757 Eng. dial. - money that a person acquires by working, etc.; wages, earnings; savings
• ADD OIL!
int. 1980 chiefly Hong Kong usage - expresses encouragement, incitement, or support; go on! go for it!
• ADD OIL TO THE FLAMES
vb. 1647 - to heighten or aggravate fury, passion, etc.
• ADD OIL TO THE FURNACE
vb. a1548 - to heighten or aggravate fury, passion, etc.
• ADDOOM
vb. 1599 obs. rare - to adjudge, to award
• ADDRESS
n. 1. 1592 obs. - array, attire, dress
n. 2. 1598 obs. - that which is prepared; a device, a contrivance
n. 3. 1633 obs. - the act of making ready; the state of being ready, preparation
vb. 1. c1350 obs. - to give direction to a person, esp. in a helpful or corrective manner; to guide, to redirect
vb. 2. c1374 obs. - to make straight the course or aim of anything; to direct; to aim (a missile)
vb. 3. c1375 obs. - to straighten up, to erect; to raise, to set up; to raise oneself, to stand erect; to assume an upright position
vb. 4. 1375 obs. - to put things 'straight' or 'to rights'; to set in order; to order, to arrange
vb. 5. 1393 obs. - to prepare or make ready with the proper attire; to accoutre, to array, to apparel, to attire for any special purpose or occasion; later, (1513) to clothe
vb. 6. 1485 obs. - to order or arrange for any purpose; to prepare, to make ready; to prepare oneself
vb. 7. a1522 obs. - to arrange or style hair
vb. 8. 1525 obs. - to right what is wrong; to redress wrongs, to reform abuses
vb. 9. 1677 obs. - to court a person; esp. to pay court to a woman with a view to marriage, to woo
vb. 10. 1796 obs. - to consign or entrust the care of a ship to an agent, factor, etc.
• ADDRESSED
adj. 1. 1387 obs. - made ready, prepared, 'dressed' as food
adj. 2. 1393 arch. - arrayed, attired, trimmed, dressed
adj. 3. 1475 obs. - well-ordered, having acquired skill, accomplished
adj. 4. 1595 obs. - erected, raised
• ADDRESSEDNESS
n. 1633 obs. rare - the state of being prepared; preparedness
• ADDRESSED TO
adj. 1915 military sl. - of a missile, esp. a shell: aimed at
• ADDRESSER
n. 1. 1643 - person who puts forward or supports a political declaration or petition; specifically, any of those who in 1680 presented addresses in support of Charles II, and against those demanding the summoning of Parliament
n. 2. 1665 - a person who directs words or a communication to a particular person, audience, or place
n. 3. 1683 obs. - a suitor
• ADDRESSERESS
n. 1495 obs. rare - a female who directs or sets right
• ADDRESSION
n. 1596 obs. rare - the direction of one's course
• ADDRESSLY
adv. c1425 obs. rare - with good address, courteously; skilfully
• ADDRESSMENT
n. 1481 rare - the act of addressing a person or thing
• ADDRESSOR
n. 1. 1658 - a person who puts forward or supports a political declaration or petition
n. 2. 1669 obs. - a person who pays addresses; a suitor
n. 3. 1897 - a person who directs words or a communication to a particular person, audience, or place
• ADD ROT IT!
int. M18 euphemism - a mild oath, "God rot it!"
• ADD'S LIFE!
int. 1812 obs. - a minced oath
• ADDUBITATION
n. 1588 obs. rare - the suggestion of a doubt; insinuated doubt
• ADDUCE
vb. a1425 - to bring forward verbally for consideration, esp. in support of a case or an argument; to produce a witness; to cite, to allege
• ADDUCEABLE
adj. 1671 - adducible; capable of being produced in a statement
• ADDUCED
adj. 1649 - brought forward in a statement; cited, alleged
• ADDUCIBLE
adj. 1766 - capable of being adduced
• ADDUCTION
n. 1. a1398 rare - the act of conveying something, esp. towards another; the fact of being so conveyed
n. 2. 1615 obs. rare - the act of moving towards something
n. 3. 1687 - the bringing forward of facts or statements as evidence
• ADDULCE
vb. 1475 obs. - to make sweet; to render pleasant or palatable; to soothe or mollify a person
• ADD UP
vb. 1. 1930s sl. - to amount to, to signify
vb. 2. 1930s sl. - to make sense; to work as expected
• ADD UP TO
vb. 1930s sl. - to amount to, to signify
• ADDY
n. Bk2006 US sl. - address
• ADEAD
adv. 1581 chiefly poetic usage - dead
vb. 1. a1200 obs. - to die
vb. 2. c1225 obs. - to kill, to put to death, to destroy; to deaden, to mortify
• ADEADEN
vb. 1. c1000 obs. - to kill, to put to death; to deaden, to mortify
vb. 2. c1230 obs. - to die
• A-DEARY ME!
int. 1868 Eng. dial. - exclamation of sadness or surprise
• ADEATH
adv. a1200 obs. - in death
• ADEAVE
vb. c940 obs. - to deafen, to strike deaf
• ADECASTIC; ADECASTICKE
n. 1623 obs. rare - one who can be relied upon to act justly or appropriately in any circumstance
• ADECATIST
n. Bk1717 - one who is exempt from tithes, one who is against paying tithes
• A-DECK
n. 1984 US sl. - a prison cell used for solitary confinement
• ADEE!
int. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - ha!
• ADEED
adv. 1820 Sc. rare - indeed
• ADEEP
adv. 1850 obs., poetic usage - deeply, deep
• ADELAIDE
n. 1831 rare - a dark blue colour
• ADELAIDEAN
adj. 1848 - relating to, or characteristic of the city of Adelaide
n. 1839 - a native or inhabitant of the city of Adelaide
• ADELANTADO
n. 1. 1588 hist. - the governor of a Spanish province, acting as the chief civil and judicial authority, and as military commander-in-chief in time of war; also, a military leader with the authority to explore, colonize, and govern new territories for the Spanish crown
n. 2. 1612 obs. - a Spanish grandee
• ADELE
adj. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - vindictive, mean, bitchy
• ADELE ADDER
n. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - a homosexual person who is vindictive, mean, or bitchy
• ADELITE
n. Bk1883 - one of a class of Moorish conjurors in Spain, who predicted the fortunes of individuals by the flight and singing of birds, and other accidental circumstances
• ADELMAN
n. Bk1708 - a nobleman, an earl, a gentleman
• ADEMONIST
n. 1837 - a person who denies the existence of the Devil
• ADEMPT
adj. 1432-50 obs. - taken away, removed
vb. 1590 - to take away, to remove
• ADEMPTED
adj. 1590 obs. rare - taken away, removed
• ADEMPTION
n. c1630 - a taking away
• ADENESE
n. 1880 - a native or inhabitant of Aden, a port and commercial centre in the Republic of Yemen
• ADENI
n. 1950 - a native or inhabitant of Aden, a port and commercial centre in the Republic of Yemen
• ADENOID
n. 1930s US sl. - a vocalist with a 'tight' voice; a radio tenor who sings in a forced, strained voice
• ADENOIDAL
adj. 1. 1918 colloq. - of a facial expression: open-mouthed, gaping
adj. 2. 1926 colloq. - of the voice, speech, an accent, etc.: having a monotonous and constricted nasal quality
• ADENOIDALLY
adv. 1923 - with an adenoidal voice, tone, or sound
• ADENOIDY
adj. 1. 1918 colloq. - of a facial expression: open-mouthed, gaping
adj. 2. 1926 colloq. - of the voice, speech, an accent, etc.: having a monotonous and constricted nasal quality
• ADENT
vb. 1658 obs. rare - to fasten, to attach
• ADEPT
adj. 1650 - that has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult
n. 1. 1673 - originally, a person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult; an initiate into the secrets of a particular hermetic order or occult organization; later, a person who has been initiated into any system of spiritual knowledge
n. 2. 1674 - a person who is highly skilled or proficient at something
n. 3. 1721 thieves' sl. - a pickpocket; a conjuror
vb. 1890 criminals' sl. - to pickpocket
• ADEPTED
adj. 1553 obs. rare - gained, acquired
• ADEPTICAL
adj. 1662 obs. - pert. to an Adeptist; alchemical
• ADEPTION
n. 1548 obs. - an obtaining, gaining, or attainment
• ADEPTIST
n. 1662 obs. - a professed adept; a skilled alchemist
• ADEPTUS
n. 1650 - a person who has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult; an initiate into the secrets of a particular hermetic order or occult organization; usually in plural, with 'the' (the adepti)
• ADEQUAL
adj. 1678 obs. - proportional
• ADEQUATE
adj. 1. 1609 obs. - equal in magnitude or extent; neither more nor less
adj. 2. Bk1942 US sl. - excellent, 'super'
vb. 1. 1599 obs. - to equal, to be equal to, or sufficient for
vb. 2. 1622 obs. - to make equal or sufficient
• ADEQUATELY
adv. 1656 obs. - with complete equality; with perfect correspondence; exactly
• ADEQUATENESS
n. 1664 obs. - equality; exact correspondence in extent or scope
• ADEQUATION
n. 1589 obs. - the act or fact of equalling
• ADEQUATIVE
adj. 1809 rare - adequate, suitable; also, suitably equivalent
• ADEQUITATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to ride beside or near to someone
• ADEQUITATION
n. 1663 obs. rare - a riding towards some place or thing
• ADERATION
n. 1623 - a giving a monetary value to something
• ADESED
adj. 1623 obs. rare - all eaten up
• ADESPOTA
n. 1897 - anonymous literary works
• ADETERMINE
vb. 1413 obs. rare - to bring to an end, to finish, to terminate
• ADEVISM
n. 1878 rare - disbelief in the gods of a particular mythology
• ADEW
vb. 1. c1425 obs. - to bedew; also, to refresh, to reinvigorate
vb. 2. a1439 obs. - to endow a person with spiritual or intellectual gifts
ADF - ADN
• ADFLUXION
n. 1783 obs. - the flowing of something towards something else; an attracted flow
• ADGENICULATION
n. 1637 obs. - a kneeling to or towards the altar as a gesture of reverence
• ADGER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a foolish, silly person: used playfully to children
vb. 1991 US sl. - in computing: to make an avoidable mistake
• ADHABITATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to dwell nigh
• ADHALATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to breathe or blow on
• ADHAMATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to hook, to bind; to catch with a hook or net
• ADHAMATION
n. 1663 obs. rare - a taking hold like a hook
• ADHERENCE
n. 1. 1449-50 - attachment to a person, party, or cause; steadfast support; loyalty, allegiance
n. 2. 1549 rare - a group of adherents or supporters; a following
• ADHERENCY
n. 1. 1579 arch. - the act or fact of adhering to a person or thing; steadfast support, allegiance
n. 2. c1600 rare - a group of adherents or supporters; a following
n. 3. 1608 obs. - that which adheres to something; an attached property or quality
• ADHERENT
n. 1426 - one who adheres to a person, party, or system; a partisan, a follower, a steadfast supporter; a loyalist
• ADHERESCENT
adj. 1743 rare - tending to adhere; adhesive
• ADHESION
n. 1. a1500 - steadfast commitment to a person or thing; loyalty, allegiance; fidelity, devotion
n. 2. 1614 obs. rare - relationship of attachment; alliance, association
n. 3. 1646 obs. - a substance which adheres to something
• ADHIBIT
vb. 1. 1538 - to make use of; to use, to apply, to deploy
vb. 2. 1542 obs. - to bring in, to admit; to let in, to allow
vb. 3. 1543 obs. - to administer or apply, esp. as a remedy
vb. 4. 1548 rare - to give something to a person or thing; to assign or ascribe trust, credit, etc.; to devote space or attention
vb. 5. 1651 rare, chiefly Sc. usage - to add, to append; to affix, to attach
• AD HOC
vb. 1. 1960 - to improvise; to act or respond on an ad hoc basis, rather than in accordance with general long-term strategies
vb. 2. 1968 - to assemble or organize chaotically
• AD HOCER
n. Bk1984 sl. - a skier who arrives at a chalet without a previous booking
• ADHOCRACY
n. 1966 - a flexible and informal style of organization and management, characterized by a lack of bureaucracy
• ADHORN
vb. 1605 obs. rare - to 'plant horns on'; to cuckold
• ADHORT
vb. 1539 obs. - to urge, to exhort, to incite; to encourage, to promote
• ADHORTATION
n. 1536 obs. - encouragement, persuasion, incitement
• ADHORTATORY
adj. 1534 obs. - persuading or urging to a course; inciting; encouraging
• ADHORTED
adj. a1500 obs. - that has been adhorted; encouraged
• ADIABOLIST
n. 1646 rare - one who does not believe in the existence of a Devil
• ADIAPHANOUS
adj. 1658 rare - not translucent, opaque
• ADIAPHORACY
n. 1612 rare - indifference, neutrality
• ADIAPHORAL
adj. 1586 obs. - indifferent in the eyes of the church, or of theologians
• ADIAPHORICIE
n. 1612 rare - indifference, neutrality
• ADIAPHORISM
n. 1607 - latitude or indifference in religious matters; indifferentism
• ADIAPHOROUS
adj. 1615 - neutral, indifferent, impartial; neither right nor wrong morally
• ADIAPHORY
n. 1658 rare - * indifference, impartiality, neutrality; religious indifference
• ADIBLE
adj. 1568 obs. rare - accessible
• ADIDAS
n. 1996 UK sl. - a prison training instructor
phr. 1990s sl. - a phrase meaning 'All Day I Dream About Sex'
• ADIEU
int. a1393 - used as an expression of farewell; goodbye
• ADIGHT
vb. 1. OE obs. - to compose or write a letter, etc.
vb. 2. c1220 obs. - to prepare, to dispose, to order, to appoint
vb. 3. c1330 obs. to equip, to attire, to dress, to deck
• ADIGHTING
n. 1567 obs. rare - preparing, preparation
• ADIGRESSION
n. 1482 obs. rare - digression
• ADIMPLEATE
vb. 1657 obs. rare - to fill up
• ADIMPLETE
vb. 1657 obs. rare - to fill; to make complete
• ADIMPLETION
n. 1624 obs. rare - completion, fulfilment
• ADIN
prep. 1860 Eng. dial. - within
vb. a1250 obs. rare - to din; to deafen, to stun with noise
• AD INFINITUM
adv. 1596 - to infinity; again and again; endlessly, forever
• ADINVENTION
n. 1483 rare - an invented addition, esp. to the scripture of the Bible
• ADIOS
n. 1592 - a parting salutation
vb. 1970 Amer. dial. - to make a hasty departure, disappear
int. 1635 - used as an expression of farewell
• ADIOS AMOEBAS
phr. 1980s US campus sl. - a farewell
• ADIOS MOTHERFUCKER
phr. 1986 US sl. - used as a farewell
• ADIOS MUCHACHOS
phr. Bk2000 Amer. sl. - the end; goodbye everyone (Spanish)
• ADIPAL
adj. 1656 obs. rare - fat or gross
• ADIPATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to feed fat, to fatten
• ADIPESCENT
adj. 1847 obs. rare - becoming fatty
• ADIPOSE
adj. 1. 1743 - pert. to animal fat; fatty
adj. 2. 1810 - fat, obese, overweight
n. 1814 - body fat
• ADIPOSENESS
n. 1868 rare - the state of being fat; fatness
• ADIPOSITY
n. 1791 - fatness, or tendency to fatness; excessive fatness, obesity
• ADIPOUS
adj. 1667 rare - abounding in fat; fatty
• ADIRONDACKER
n. 1870 - a native or inhabitant of the Adirondack region in New York State
• ADIRONDACK GOAT
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - venison from a deer killed out of season
• ADIRONDACK STEAK
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - venison from a deer killed out of season
• ADISTANCE
adv. 1807 obs. rare, poetic usage - to a distance; afar
• ADITE
vb. 1. a1325 obs. - to indict, to accuse, to condemn
vb. 2. c1330 obs. - to put down in written words
• ADITHER
adj. 1912 - in a state of excitement, anxiety, or confusion, often in expectation of something
• ADITION
n. 1731 obs. - a going or coming nigh to
• ADJACENCE
n. 1605 - the state of lying near; a being adjacent
• ADJACENCY
n. 1640 - a being adjacent; contiguity
• ADJACENT
n. 1600 obs. rare - an assistant
• ADJECT
adj. 1432-50 obs. - adjacent, adjoining
n. 1672 obs. - an addition; added qualification
vb. 1432-50 obs. rare - to annex, to add or join
• ADJECTAMENT
n. 1641 obs. rare - anything thrown in by way of addition; an addition
• ADJECTED
adj. 1538 - added on, annexed, appended to
• ADJECTING
n. 1639 rare - an adding or appending something
• ADJECTION
n. 1. c1374 - the act of adding, adding on, annexing or appending; addition
n. 2. 1556 obs. - the result of adding on; that which is added; an addition
• ADJECTITIOUS
adj. 1625 rare - of the nature of addition; additional
• ADJECTIVAL
adj. 1907 - substitute for an expletive, as 'you adjectival idiot'
• ADJECTIVE
adj. 1851 - euphemism for an expletive adjective
n. 1. 1597 rare - a dependent person or thing; an accessory
n. 2. 1888 obs. rare, euphemism - an expletive adjective
vb. 1906 - to swear at a person, animal, or thing
• ADJECTIVED
adj. 1869 rare - used in place of an adjective that is regarded as an expletive, such as 'damned' (euphemism)
• ADJECTIVE JERKER
n. 1888 sl. - a writer for the press; a journalist
• ADJECTIVELY
adv. 1907 rare - used as an intensifier indicating the use of a strong expletive, as 'adjectively bad'
• ADJOIN
vb. 1. c1325 obs. - to join on; to join or unite a person or thing to another
vb. 2. 1479 obs. - to be or lie close, or in contact; to be contiguous
vb. 3. 1483 obs. - to join, unite, or associate with another
• ADJOINANT
adj. 1494 obs. - lying next; contiguous
n. c1526 obs. - one living close by; a near neighbour; an associate
• ADJOINATE
adj. 1470 obs. rare - joined, united, allied
• ADJOINDER
n. 1604 - something joined to; an addition or appendix
• ADJOINED
adj. 1. 1556 - adjacent, contiguous; neighbouring; also, jointed, attached, connected
adj. 2. 1622 - additional, supplementary, also, of a person, appointed in a supplementary or subordinate role
• ADJOINEDLY
adv. 1721 obs. - unitedly; by way of union or conjunction
• ADJOINER
n. 1627-8 obs. rare - he who, or that which, adjoins or lies next; a neighbour
• ADJOINT
adj. 1727 obs. - united, joined
n. 1. 1597 obs. - a helper, an aider, an assistant; an addition
n. 2. 1645 - an official assistant or deputy to someone holding a civil or military position; a French civil officer who assists the maire; also, an assistant professor in a French college
• ADJOURNAL
n. 1609 obs. - adjournment, respite, or postponement of a sentence
• ADJOUST
vb. 1. c1374 obs. - to put a thing to one for consideration; to bring forward, to suggest
vb. 2. 1474 obs. - to put one thing to another; to add
• ADJUDGER
n. 1821 - a person who adjudges something; an adjudicator; a judge
• ADJUDICATE
vb. 1. 1655 - to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence, or by a similar legal o official ruling
vb. 2. a1681 rare - to sentence or condemn a person to a specified punishment or penalty
vb. 3. a1695 - to settle, determine, or decide judicially, or by a similar legal or official process; also, to judge, to act as a referee in
• ADJUDICATION
n. 1. 1570 - a determining, settling, or awarding something judicially, or by a similar legal or official process
n. 2. 1602 - a judicial sentence or similar legal or official ruling
• ADJUDICATOR
n. 1705 - a person who adjudicates; a judge
• ADJUDICATORY
adj. 1685 - having the power or authority to adjudicate
• ADJUDICATURE
n. 1783 - adjudication
• ADJUGATE
vb. 1731 obs. rare - to yoke or couple to
• ADJUMENT
n. 1. 1576 obs. - help, assistance
n. 2. 1641 obs. - a helper or assistant
• ADJUNCT
adj. 1516 - associated, connected; joined, added; subordinate, supplementary
n. 1. 1554 - a person joined to another in some duty or service; an assistant or subordinate colleague
n. 2. 1566 - something which is joined or connected to something else and auxiliary to or dependent upon it; something supplementary or subordinate
• ADJUNCTION
n. 1. 1545 - an adding something to something else; the joining or uniting of one thing or person with another
n. 2. 1593 - that which is joined or added to something else
• ADJUNCTIVE
n. 1755 rare - a person of the nature of an adjunct; a person joined to another in some duty or service; an assistant or subordinate colleague
• ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
n.1785 US - a junior, temporary, or casual professor
• ADJURATION
n. 1. c1405 - an invoking, summoning, or commanding an evil spirit; an incantation used for this
n. 2. 1473 - a commanding or appealing to someone in the name of God or a god, or under penalty of some punishment or curse; a swearing or binding under oath
n. 3. 1782 - a solemn or earnest appeal; an exhortation; a command
• ADJURATOR
n. 1729 obs. - a person who swears or witnesses an oath
• ADJURE
vb. 1. a1425 - to bind under oath; to command or appeal to a person to do something in the name of God, or a god, or under penalty of some punishment or curse
vb. 2. 1483 - to make a solemn or earnest appeal to a person; to exhort
vb. 3. 1585 - to invoke, summon, or exorcize an evil spirit
• ADJUREMENT
n. a1382 - adjuration
• ADJUST
vb. 1. c1450 obs. - to put something to a person for consideration; to suggest
vb. 2. 1612 - to come to a settlement, agreement, or reconciliation
• ADJUSTAGE
n. 1819 obs. rare - adjustment
• ADJUSTATION
n. 1669 - adjustment
• ADJUSTED
adj. 1652 obs. - harmonized, balanced
• ADJUSTER
n. 1990 US sl. - a hammer
• ADJUSTIVE
adj. c1796 - tending to adjust; concerned with adjustment; also, adjustable
• ADJUSTLY
adv. 1681 obs. rare - in an adaptable manner
• ADJUSTMENT CENTRE
n. 1955 US - a part of a prison reserved for the solitary confinement of prisoners
• ADJUST THE STICK!
int. 1983 US sl. - used as a humorous admonition to casino employees at a craps table when the players are losing
• ADJUTABLE
adj. 1721 obs. rare - that may help, helping, able to help
• ADJUTANCY
n. 1665 obs. - assistance, agency, support
• ADJUTANT
adj. 1645 obs. - helping, assistant
n. 1622 - an assistant or helper
• ADJUTANT-GENERAL
n. 1667 rare - among the Jesuits: a superintendent of a province or country, conducting its business and correspondence under the supervision of the General of the Order
• ADJUTATOR
n. 1647 hist. - a person empowered to act on behalf of others; each of the delegates chosen to represent the private soldiers of some units of the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War, initially at the Army Council of June 1647; later, generally, a helper, an assistant
• ADJUTE
vb. 1524 obs. rare - to add
• ADJUTOR
n. 1531 - a helper, an assistant; an aide
• ADJUTORIOUS
adj. 1657 obs. rare - helpful, giving aid, assisting
• ADJUTORY
adj. c1475 obs. - helping, giving aid
n. 1. c1505 obs. - help, assistance
n. 2. 1508 obs. - a person who provides assistance; a helper
• ADJUTRICE
n. 1609 obs. rare - a female helper or assistant
• ADJUTRIX
n. a1632 rare - a female helper or assistant
• ADJUVABLE
adj. 1599 obs. rare - helpful, giving aid
• ADJUVANCY
n. 1677 - assistance, help
• ADJUVANT
adj. 1574 - assisting, aiding, helpful
n. 1583 - a helper, an assistant
• ADJUVATE
vb. 1533 rare - to help, to assist, to aid
• ADKINS ACADEMY
n. E19 sl. - a London house of correction, named for its governor
• ADLAND
n. 1915 colloq. - the world or industry of advertising
• ADLATUS
n. Bk1885 - one who gives personal aid or attendance; an aid-de-camp; a personal assistant
• ADLE
n. c1000 obs. - sickness, disease; also, an illness, an ailment
• AD LIB
n. 1920s sl., orig. US - a pointed, provocative or sarcastic comment
vb. 1960 US sl. - (as 'ad-lib') to date indiscriminately
• AD LIBITUM
adv. 1606 - at one's pleasure or discretion; at will, as one pleases
• ADLIGE
vb. 1650 obs. rare - to attach, join, or link one thing to another; to combine or unite with; to mix
• AD LOC
adv. 1645 - in the place or passage previously mentioned
• AD LOCUM
adv. 1654 - in the place or passage previously mentioned
• ADLUBESCENCE
n. 1656 rare - pleasure, delight
• ADMAN
n. 1. Bk1914 criminals' sl. - a fake advertising solicitor; a swindler who sells advertising space in a non-existent publication, or a publication with whom he has no association
n. 2. 1976 US sl. - (as 'ad man') a prisoner who is friendly or aligned with the prison administration
• ADMARGINATE
vb. a1834 rare - to add or note in the margin
• ADMASS
n. 1. 1955 - advertising as conducted through the mass media; contemporary culture, or the modern world, regarded as unduly influenced by mass advertising
n. 2. 1957 - the section of the public which is easily influenced by the mass media, esp. considered as a target for advertising
• ADMEASURE
vb. 1. 1340 obs. - to assign a measure or limit to a thing; to moderate, to limit, to control
vb. 2. c1425 obs. - to measure out; later, to make formal measurement of a ship in order to determine its capacity or tonnage
• ADMEASUREMENT
n. 1. 1610 - a measuring something; formal ascertainment of the dimensions, size, etc. of something
n. 2. 1819 obs. - comparison with something or someone
• ADMENSURATION
n. 1670 rare - admeasurement, esp. formal measurement
• ADMERVEYLLE
vb. 1474 obs. - to marvel; to marvel at, to wonder at, to admire
• ADMETIATE
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to measure
• ADMIN
n. 1. 1629 colloq. - an administrator
n. 2. 1942 - administration functions or duties; the department of an organization that deals with these
• ADMINICLE
n. 1551 rare - anything that aids, helps, or supports
• ADMINICULAR
adj. 1660 - helpful, giving aid
• ADMINICULARY
adj. 1653 obs. rare - helpful, giving aid
n. 1652 obs. rare - one who helps; a means of help
• ADMINICULATE
vb. 1532 rare - to help, to support
• ADMINICULATION
n. 1531 rare - the process of giving help or support
• ADMINICULATOR
n. Bk1795 obs. - an assistant; an officer, or advocate of the poor
• ADMINISHING
n. c1400 obs. - reduction, decrease, diminishing
• ADMINISTER
n. 1. a1443 rare - one who administers or ministers to others; a minister or administrator
n. 2. 1506 obs. rare - a ministering to others
n. 3. 1547 obs. - an attendant, a servant
vb. M19 colloq. - of a blow or rebuke: to give
• ADMINISTRADOR
n. 1803 orig. US, chiefly in Spanish-speaking contexts - an administrator; a manager
• ADMINISTRANT
adj. 1602 rare - acting, managing affairs; administrating, executive
n. 1602 - one who administers or conducts any office or affair; a manager or administrator
• ADMINISTRATOR
n. 1596 - one to whom authority is given to manage estates, etc. for the legal owner during his minority, incapacity, etc.; a trustee, a steward
• ADMINISTRATORY
adj. 1607 - concerned with administration
• ADMINISTRATRESS
n. 1682 rare - a female administrator
• ADMINISTRATRICE
n. 1465-6 obs. - a female administrator
• ADMINISTRATRIX
n. 1572 - a female administrator
• ADMINISTRER
n. 1495 obs. - one who administers; one who gives or administers anything to another
• ADMINISTRESS
n. 1. 1483 obs. rare - a female servant
n. 2. 1616 rare - one who gives administers or gives out; a dispenser of benefits
• ADMINISTRIVIA
n. 1937 - trifling administrative tasks, esp. those which take a significant amount of time to complete
• ADMINISTRY
n. 1616 obs. rare - the act of administering or ministering to; administration
• ADMINUTIVE
adj. 1656 obs. rare - characterized by diminution; tending to grow less
• ADMIRABILITIES
n. a1631 - admirable things or qualities
• ADMIRABILITY
n. 1613 - the quality of being admirable; wonderfulness
• ADMIRABLE
adj. c1450 rare - to be wondered at; wonderful, surprising, marvellous, remarkable, astonishing
adv. 1606 obs. - used as a simple intensifier; very, extremely
• ADMIRABLE CRICHTON
n. 1807 - a person who excels in all kinds of studies and pursuits; one who is noted for supreme competence; later, a person of an inferior social status or lower place in a hierarchy who is far more talented and capable and has more natural authority than his or her superiors
• ADMIRABLES
n. 1547 obs. - wonders
• ADMIRAL
adj. 1603 obs. - admirable
n. 1. c1800 Eton usage - one's father
n. 2. Bk1914 Amer. dial. - the oldest man of a settlement
n. 3. 1939 US military sl. - a person who cleans or who is responsible for urinals, kitchen equipment, etc.
n. 4. Bk1984 services' usage - an ironic term for a sailor
• ADMIRAL BROWNING
n. 1961 sl., orig. nautical usage - human excrement
• ADMIRALESS
n. 1611 rare - the wife of an admiral' a female admiral
• ADMIRAL LUSHINGTON
n. Bk1823 sl. - a drunkard
• ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE
n. 1. c1425 obs. - a publican; a tapster, an innkeeper; from the colour of his apron
n. 2. 1846 UK sl. - a policeman
n. 3. 1846 UK sl. - one who is suffering from delirium tremens
n. 4. Bk1894 - a butcher who dresses in blue to conceal blood-stains
n. 5. Bk1922 - formerly, an admiral hoisting a flag on a blue ground and commanding the rear
• ADMIRAL OF THE HEAD
n. 1980 US military sl. - a person who cleans or who is responsible for urinals
• ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS
n. 1650 UK sl. - a drunkard who vomits over his neighbour at table
• ADMIRAL OF THE RED
n. 1. c1596 sl. - a tippler, a sot; a heavy drinker, a confirmed drunkard, as borne out by their red face
n. 2. 19C sl., chiefly nautical usage - a wine-bibber
n. 3. B1900 - formerly an admiral hoisting a flag on a red ground and commanding in the centre
• ADMIRAL OF THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
n. 19C sl. - an overdressed, flashy beadle or other minor, uniformed official
• ADMIRAL OF THE SWISS NAVY
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage - a self-important person
• ADMIRAL OF THE VESSELS
n. 1944 US military sl. - a person who cleans or who is responsible for kitchen equipment
• ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE
n. 1. M19 sl. - a coward
n. 2. Bk1921 sl. - a white-faced person
n. 3. Bk1921 sl. - a woman in a faint
• ADMIRAL'S MATE
n.Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl. - an egotist; a boasting know-all
• ADMIRAL’S WATCH
n. c1905 sl. - a good sleep, esp. at night; a favourable opportunity to rest
• ADMIRALTY
n. 1622 obs. rare - a sailing formation in which ships are grouped closely together as a defense against pirates
• ADMIRALTY BROWN
n. 1961 Aust. sl., orig. Aust. Royal Navy usage - toilet paper
• ADMIRANCE
n. 1596 rare - admiring, admiration
• ADMIRANT
adj. 1853 obs. - admiring someone or something
• ADMIRATION
n. 1. c1425 rare - the act of wondering or marvelling; wonder, astonishment, surprise
n. 2. 1587 rare - an exclamation mark
• ADMIRATION MARK
n. 1996 rare - an exclamation mark
• ADMIRATION POINT
n. 1661 rare - an exclamation mark
• ADMIRATIVE
adj. 1582 rare - pert. to or characterized by wonder or admiration
n. c1487 obs. rare - ? astonishment, wonder
• ADMIRATIVE POINT
n. 1611 obs. rare - an exclamation mark
• ADMIRATOR
n. 1566 obs. - an admirer; a wonderer
• ADMIRE
n. 1591 obs. - the act of admiring; admiration
vb. 1. c1590 obs. - to feel surprise or astonishment; to wonder, to marvel
vb. 2. c1650 obs. rare - to astonish, to surprise
• ADMIRED
adj. a1700 - astonished; struck with wonder
• ADMIRIZE
vb. 1702 obs. rare - to wonder; to be amazed; to feel surprised
• ADMISH
n. 1981 US sl. - the admission price of a performance
• ADMISSIVE
adj. 1650 - tending to admit; constituting an acknowledgement
• ADMISSORY
adj. 1766 rare - pert. to admission or acceptance
n. 1650 obs. rare - a point of access
• ADMISSURE
n. c1420 obs. rare - pairing of animals, mating
• ADMISTION
n. 1565 obs. - addition as an ingredient
• ADMITTANCE
n. 1534 rare - the act of admitting as valid or satisfactory; acceptance, sanction
• ADMITTATUR
n. 1683 US rare, educational usage - a document verifying a student's admission to a college
• ADMITTIE; ADMITTY
n. 1616 obs. rare - entrance to a place, admittance
• ADMIX
vb. 1533 rare - to mingle with something else; to add as an ingredient
• ADMIXT
adj. c1420 - mingled with; added as an ingredient
vb. 1570 obs. rare - to mingle with something else; to add as an ingredient
• ADMIXTION
n. a1398 rare - the mingling of one thing with another; the addition of an ingredient
• ADMIXTURE
n. 1. 1531 - the mingling of one substance with another, or of adding as an ingredient
n. 2. 1607 - that which is mixed with anything; an alloy, an alien element
• ADMOBILE
n. 1953 - a vehicle used to display advertising posters and slogans
• ADMONISHIONER
n. 1586 obs. - one who gives admonitions or admonishes
• ADMONITIONER
n. 1586 - one who gives admonitions or admonishes
• ADMONITIVE
adj. a1677 - pert. to admonition; serving to warn, advise, or rebuke; admonishing
• ADMONITIVELY
adv. 1829 - by admonition; by way of advice, warning, or reproof
• ADMONITOR
n. 1547 - one who admonishes
• ADMONITORIAL
adj. 1848 rare - giving admonition, admonishing, warning
• ADMONITORILY
adv. 1805 - with warning or reproof
• ADMONITORY
adj. 1577 - giving admonition, admonishing, warning
• ADMONITRIX
n. 1850 rare - a female who admonishes
• ADMORTIZATION
n. 1903 - a paying off a debt, liability, etc., gradually by making regular repayments over a period of time
• ADMOTION
n. 1603 obs. rare - a bringing into contact, nearness
• ADMOTIVE
adj. 1879 - characterized by motion towards
• ADMOVE
vb. 1. 1440 obs. - to move to or towards something; to bring one thing to another; to approach
vb. 2. 1839 rare - to promote, to advance
• ADMOVENT
adj. 1727 obs. rare - moving to; passing, transient
• ADMURMURATION
n. 1727 obs. rare - a murmuring at; a murmur
• ADMURMURING
n. 1677 obs. rare - a low, quiet muttering; a murmur
• ADNAME
n. 1. 1710 obs. - an adjective
n. 2. 1890 rare - a byname, a cognomen
• ADNATE
adj. 1642 obs. - added to something naturally existing
• AD NAUSEAM
adv. 1565 - to a sickening or nauseating extent; to a tiresomely excessive degree
• ADNICHELL
vb. 1490 obs. - to annihilate
• ADNICHILATE
adj. 1388 arch. - annihilated, reduced to nothing, utterly destroyed
• ADNICHILED
adj. 1706 obs. - annulled, brought to nothing, made void
• ADNIHILATE
adj. 1388 arch. - annihilated
• ADNIHILATION
n. Bk1656 obs. - annihilation; a bringing or reducing to nothing
• ADNIHILED
adj. Bk1717 obs. - annihilated; made void
• ADNITCHILED
adj. 1691 obs. - annihilated, annulled, brought to nothing, made void
• ADNOMINATION
n.1628 - a play upon words; wordplay based on similar sounding words
• ADNOTE
vb. 1558 rare - to note, to remark, to observe, esp. in addition to another remark
• ADNOUN
n. 1657 - a word added or joined to a noun, an adjective
• ADNUBILATED
adj. 1731 rare - darkened by clouds, clouded
• ADNUL
vb. c1400 obs. - to annul, to reduce to nothing, to annihilate, to put out of existence, to extinguish
• ADNUMBER
vb. 1531 - to count in, to include among
n. 1783 obs. - the flowing of something towards something else; an attracted flow
• ADGENICULATION
n. 1637 obs. - a kneeling to or towards the altar as a gesture of reverence
• ADGER
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. - a foolish, silly person: used playfully to children
vb. 1991 US sl. - in computing: to make an avoidable mistake
• ADHABITATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to dwell nigh
• ADHALATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to breathe or blow on
• ADHAMATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to hook, to bind; to catch with a hook or net
• ADHAMATION
n. 1663 obs. rare - a taking hold like a hook
• ADHERENCE
n. 1. 1449-50 - attachment to a person, party, or cause; steadfast support; loyalty, allegiance
n. 2. 1549 rare - a group of adherents or supporters; a following
• ADHERENCY
n. 1. 1579 arch. - the act or fact of adhering to a person or thing; steadfast support, allegiance
n. 2. c1600 rare - a group of adherents or supporters; a following
n. 3. 1608 obs. - that which adheres to something; an attached property or quality
• ADHERENT
n. 1426 - one who adheres to a person, party, or system; a partisan, a follower, a steadfast supporter; a loyalist
• ADHERESCENT
adj. 1743 rare - tending to adhere; adhesive
• ADHESION
n. 1. a1500 - steadfast commitment to a person or thing; loyalty, allegiance; fidelity, devotion
n. 2. 1614 obs. rare - relationship of attachment; alliance, association
n. 3. 1646 obs. - a substance which adheres to something
• ADHIBIT
vb. 1. 1538 - to make use of; to use, to apply, to deploy
vb. 2. 1542 obs. - to bring in, to admit; to let in, to allow
vb. 3. 1543 obs. - to administer or apply, esp. as a remedy
vb. 4. 1548 rare - to give something to a person or thing; to assign or ascribe trust, credit, etc.; to devote space or attention
vb. 5. 1651 rare, chiefly Sc. usage - to add, to append; to affix, to attach
• AD HOC
vb. 1. 1960 - to improvise; to act or respond on an ad hoc basis, rather than in accordance with general long-term strategies
vb. 2. 1968 - to assemble or organize chaotically
• AD HOCER
n. Bk1984 sl. - a skier who arrives at a chalet without a previous booking
• ADHOCRACY
n. 1966 - a flexible and informal style of organization and management, characterized by a lack of bureaucracy
• ADHORN
vb. 1605 obs. rare - to 'plant horns on'; to cuckold
• ADHORT
vb. 1539 obs. - to urge, to exhort, to incite; to encourage, to promote
• ADHORTATION
n. 1536 obs. - encouragement, persuasion, incitement
• ADHORTATORY
adj. 1534 obs. - persuading or urging to a course; inciting; encouraging
• ADHORTED
adj. a1500 obs. - that has been adhorted; encouraged
• ADIABOLIST
n. 1646 rare - one who does not believe in the existence of a Devil
• ADIAPHANOUS
adj. 1658 rare - not translucent, opaque
• ADIAPHORACY
n. 1612 rare - indifference, neutrality
• ADIAPHORAL
adj. 1586 obs. - indifferent in the eyes of the church, or of theologians
• ADIAPHORICIE
n. 1612 rare - indifference, neutrality
• ADIAPHORISM
n. 1607 - latitude or indifference in religious matters; indifferentism
• ADIAPHOROUS
adj. 1615 - neutral, indifferent, impartial; neither right nor wrong morally
• ADIAPHORY
n. 1658 rare - * indifference, impartiality, neutrality; religious indifference
• ADIBLE
adj. 1568 obs. rare - accessible
• ADIDAS
n. 1996 UK sl. - a prison training instructor
phr. 1990s sl. - a phrase meaning 'All Day I Dream About Sex'
• ADIEU
int. a1393 - used as an expression of farewell; goodbye
• ADIGHT
vb. 1. OE obs. - to compose or write a letter, etc.
vb. 2. c1220 obs. - to prepare, to dispose, to order, to appoint
vb. 3. c1330 obs. to equip, to attire, to dress, to deck
• ADIGHTING
n. 1567 obs. rare - preparing, preparation
• ADIGRESSION
n. 1482 obs. rare - digression
• ADIMPLEATE
vb. 1657 obs. rare - to fill up
• ADIMPLETE
vb. 1657 obs. rare - to fill; to make complete
• ADIMPLETION
n. 1624 obs. rare - completion, fulfilment
• ADIN
prep. 1860 Eng. dial. - within
vb. a1250 obs. rare - to din; to deafen, to stun with noise
• AD INFINITUM
adv. 1596 - to infinity; again and again; endlessly, forever
• ADINVENTION
n. 1483 rare - an invented addition, esp. to the scripture of the Bible
• ADIOS
n. 1592 - a parting salutation
vb. 1970 Amer. dial. - to make a hasty departure, disappear
int. 1635 - used as an expression of farewell
• ADIOS AMOEBAS
phr. 1980s US campus sl. - a farewell
• ADIOS MOTHERFUCKER
phr. 1986 US sl. - used as a farewell
• ADIOS MUCHACHOS
phr. Bk2000 Amer. sl. - the end; goodbye everyone (Spanish)
• ADIPAL
adj. 1656 obs. rare - fat or gross
• ADIPATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to feed fat, to fatten
• ADIPESCENT
adj. 1847 obs. rare - becoming fatty
• ADIPOSE
adj. 1. 1743 - pert. to animal fat; fatty
adj. 2. 1810 - fat, obese, overweight
n. 1814 - body fat
• ADIPOSENESS
n. 1868 rare - the state of being fat; fatness
• ADIPOSITY
n. 1791 - fatness, or tendency to fatness; excessive fatness, obesity
• ADIPOUS
adj. 1667 rare - abounding in fat; fatty
• ADIRONDACKER
n. 1870 - a native or inhabitant of the Adirondack region in New York State
• ADIRONDACK GOAT
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - venison from a deer killed out of season
• ADIRONDACK STEAK
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - venison from a deer killed out of season
• ADISTANCE
adv. 1807 obs. rare, poetic usage - to a distance; afar
• ADITE
vb. 1. a1325 obs. - to indict, to accuse, to condemn
vb. 2. c1330 obs. - to put down in written words
• ADITHER
adj. 1912 - in a state of excitement, anxiety, or confusion, often in expectation of something
• ADITION
n. 1731 obs. - a going or coming nigh to
• ADJACENCE
n. 1605 - the state of lying near; a being adjacent
• ADJACENCY
n. 1640 - a being adjacent; contiguity
• ADJACENT
n. 1600 obs. rare - an assistant
• ADJECT
adj. 1432-50 obs. - adjacent, adjoining
n. 1672 obs. - an addition; added qualification
vb. 1432-50 obs. rare - to annex, to add or join
• ADJECTAMENT
n. 1641 obs. rare - anything thrown in by way of addition; an addition
• ADJECTED
adj. 1538 - added on, annexed, appended to
• ADJECTING
n. 1639 rare - an adding or appending something
• ADJECTION
n. 1. c1374 - the act of adding, adding on, annexing or appending; addition
n. 2. 1556 obs. - the result of adding on; that which is added; an addition
• ADJECTITIOUS
adj. 1625 rare - of the nature of addition; additional
• ADJECTIVAL
adj. 1907 - substitute for an expletive, as 'you adjectival idiot'
• ADJECTIVE
adj. 1851 - euphemism for an expletive adjective
n. 1. 1597 rare - a dependent person or thing; an accessory
n. 2. 1888 obs. rare, euphemism - an expletive adjective
vb. 1906 - to swear at a person, animal, or thing
• ADJECTIVED
adj. 1869 rare - used in place of an adjective that is regarded as an expletive, such as 'damned' (euphemism)
• ADJECTIVE JERKER
n. 1888 sl. - a writer for the press; a journalist
• ADJECTIVELY
adv. 1907 rare - used as an intensifier indicating the use of a strong expletive, as 'adjectively bad'
• ADJOIN
vb. 1. c1325 obs. - to join on; to join or unite a person or thing to another
vb. 2. 1479 obs. - to be or lie close, or in contact; to be contiguous
vb. 3. 1483 obs. - to join, unite, or associate with another
• ADJOINANT
adj. 1494 obs. - lying next; contiguous
n. c1526 obs. - one living close by; a near neighbour; an associate
• ADJOINATE
adj. 1470 obs. rare - joined, united, allied
• ADJOINDER
n. 1604 - something joined to; an addition or appendix
• ADJOINED
adj. 1. 1556 - adjacent, contiguous; neighbouring; also, jointed, attached, connected
adj. 2. 1622 - additional, supplementary, also, of a person, appointed in a supplementary or subordinate role
• ADJOINEDLY
adv. 1721 obs. - unitedly; by way of union or conjunction
• ADJOINER
n. 1627-8 obs. rare - he who, or that which, adjoins or lies next; a neighbour
• ADJOINT
adj. 1727 obs. - united, joined
n. 1. 1597 obs. - a helper, an aider, an assistant; an addition
n. 2. 1645 - an official assistant or deputy to someone holding a civil or military position; a French civil officer who assists the maire; also, an assistant professor in a French college
• ADJOURNAL
n. 1609 obs. - adjournment, respite, or postponement of a sentence
• ADJOUST
vb. 1. c1374 obs. - to put a thing to one for consideration; to bring forward, to suggest
vb. 2. 1474 obs. - to put one thing to another; to add
• ADJUDGER
n. 1821 - a person who adjudges something; an adjudicator; a judge
• ADJUDICATE
vb. 1. 1655 - to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence, or by a similar legal o official ruling
vb. 2. a1681 rare - to sentence or condemn a person to a specified punishment or penalty
vb. 3. a1695 - to settle, determine, or decide judicially, or by a similar legal or official process; also, to judge, to act as a referee in
• ADJUDICATION
n. 1. 1570 - a determining, settling, or awarding something judicially, or by a similar legal or official process
n. 2. 1602 - a judicial sentence or similar legal or official ruling
• ADJUDICATOR
n. 1705 - a person who adjudicates; a judge
• ADJUDICATORY
adj. 1685 - having the power or authority to adjudicate
• ADJUDICATURE
n. 1783 - adjudication
• ADJUGATE
vb. 1731 obs. rare - to yoke or couple to
• ADJUMENT
n. 1. 1576 obs. - help, assistance
n. 2. 1641 obs. - a helper or assistant
• ADJUNCT
adj. 1516 - associated, connected; joined, added; subordinate, supplementary
n. 1. 1554 - a person joined to another in some duty or service; an assistant or subordinate colleague
n. 2. 1566 - something which is joined or connected to something else and auxiliary to or dependent upon it; something supplementary or subordinate
• ADJUNCTION
n. 1. 1545 - an adding something to something else; the joining or uniting of one thing or person with another
n. 2. 1593 - that which is joined or added to something else
• ADJUNCTIVE
n. 1755 rare - a person of the nature of an adjunct; a person joined to another in some duty or service; an assistant or subordinate colleague
• ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
n.1785 US - a junior, temporary, or casual professor
• ADJURATION
n. 1. c1405 - an invoking, summoning, or commanding an evil spirit; an incantation used for this
n. 2. 1473 - a commanding or appealing to someone in the name of God or a god, or under penalty of some punishment or curse; a swearing or binding under oath
n. 3. 1782 - a solemn or earnest appeal; an exhortation; a command
• ADJURATOR
n. 1729 obs. - a person who swears or witnesses an oath
• ADJURE
vb. 1. a1425 - to bind under oath; to command or appeal to a person to do something in the name of God, or a god, or under penalty of some punishment or curse
vb. 2. 1483 - to make a solemn or earnest appeal to a person; to exhort
vb. 3. 1585 - to invoke, summon, or exorcize an evil spirit
• ADJUREMENT
n. a1382 - adjuration
• ADJUST
vb. 1. c1450 obs. - to put something to a person for consideration; to suggest
vb. 2. 1612 - to come to a settlement, agreement, or reconciliation
• ADJUSTAGE
n. 1819 obs. rare - adjustment
• ADJUSTATION
n. 1669 - adjustment
• ADJUSTED
adj. 1652 obs. - harmonized, balanced
• ADJUSTER
n. 1990 US sl. - a hammer
• ADJUSTIVE
adj. c1796 - tending to adjust; concerned with adjustment; also, adjustable
• ADJUSTLY
adv. 1681 obs. rare - in an adaptable manner
• ADJUSTMENT CENTRE
n. 1955 US - a part of a prison reserved for the solitary confinement of prisoners
• ADJUST THE STICK!
int. 1983 US sl. - used as a humorous admonition to casino employees at a craps table when the players are losing
• ADJUTABLE
adj. 1721 obs. rare - that may help, helping, able to help
• ADJUTANCY
n. 1665 obs. - assistance, agency, support
• ADJUTANT
adj. 1645 obs. - helping, assistant
n. 1622 - an assistant or helper
• ADJUTANT-GENERAL
n. 1667 rare - among the Jesuits: a superintendent of a province or country, conducting its business and correspondence under the supervision of the General of the Order
• ADJUTATOR
n. 1647 hist. - a person empowered to act on behalf of others; each of the delegates chosen to represent the private soldiers of some units of the Parliamentary army during the English Civil War, initially at the Army Council of June 1647; later, generally, a helper, an assistant
• ADJUTE
vb. 1524 obs. rare - to add
• ADJUTOR
n. 1531 - a helper, an assistant; an aide
• ADJUTORIOUS
adj. 1657 obs. rare - helpful, giving aid, assisting
• ADJUTORY
adj. c1475 obs. - helping, giving aid
n. 1. c1505 obs. - help, assistance
n. 2. 1508 obs. - a person who provides assistance; a helper
• ADJUTRICE
n. 1609 obs. rare - a female helper or assistant
• ADJUTRIX
n. a1632 rare - a female helper or assistant
• ADJUVABLE
adj. 1599 obs. rare - helpful, giving aid
• ADJUVANCY
n. 1677 - assistance, help
• ADJUVANT
adj. 1574 - assisting, aiding, helpful
n. 1583 - a helper, an assistant
• ADJUVATE
vb. 1533 rare - to help, to assist, to aid
• ADKINS ACADEMY
n. E19 sl. - a London house of correction, named for its governor
• ADLAND
n. 1915 colloq. - the world or industry of advertising
• ADLATUS
n. Bk1885 - one who gives personal aid or attendance; an aid-de-camp; a personal assistant
• ADLE
n. c1000 obs. - sickness, disease; also, an illness, an ailment
• AD LIB
n. 1920s sl., orig. US - a pointed, provocative or sarcastic comment
vb. 1960 US sl. - (as 'ad-lib') to date indiscriminately
• AD LIBITUM
adv. 1606 - at one's pleasure or discretion; at will, as one pleases
• ADLIGE
vb. 1650 obs. rare - to attach, join, or link one thing to another; to combine or unite with; to mix
• AD LOC
adv. 1645 - in the place or passage previously mentioned
• AD LOCUM
adv. 1654 - in the place or passage previously mentioned
• ADLUBESCENCE
n. 1656 rare - pleasure, delight
• ADMAN
n. 1. Bk1914 criminals' sl. - a fake advertising solicitor; a swindler who sells advertising space in a non-existent publication, or a publication with whom he has no association
n. 2. 1976 US sl. - (as 'ad man') a prisoner who is friendly or aligned with the prison administration
• ADMARGINATE
vb. a1834 rare - to add or note in the margin
• ADMASS
n. 1. 1955 - advertising as conducted through the mass media; contemporary culture, or the modern world, regarded as unduly influenced by mass advertising
n. 2. 1957 - the section of the public which is easily influenced by the mass media, esp. considered as a target for advertising
• ADMEASURE
vb. 1. 1340 obs. - to assign a measure or limit to a thing; to moderate, to limit, to control
vb. 2. c1425 obs. - to measure out; later, to make formal measurement of a ship in order to determine its capacity or tonnage
• ADMEASUREMENT
n. 1. 1610 - a measuring something; formal ascertainment of the dimensions, size, etc. of something
n. 2. 1819 obs. - comparison with something or someone
• ADMENSURATION
n. 1670 rare - admeasurement, esp. formal measurement
• ADMERVEYLLE
vb. 1474 obs. - to marvel; to marvel at, to wonder at, to admire
• ADMETIATE
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to measure
• ADMIN
n. 1. 1629 colloq. - an administrator
n. 2. 1942 - administration functions or duties; the department of an organization that deals with these
• ADMINICLE
n. 1551 rare - anything that aids, helps, or supports
• ADMINICULAR
adj. 1660 - helpful, giving aid
• ADMINICULARY
adj. 1653 obs. rare - helpful, giving aid
n. 1652 obs. rare - one who helps; a means of help
• ADMINICULATE
vb. 1532 rare - to help, to support
• ADMINICULATION
n. 1531 rare - the process of giving help or support
• ADMINICULATOR
n. Bk1795 obs. - an assistant; an officer, or advocate of the poor
• ADMINISHING
n. c1400 obs. - reduction, decrease, diminishing
• ADMINISTER
n. 1. a1443 rare - one who administers or ministers to others; a minister or administrator
n. 2. 1506 obs. rare - a ministering to others
n. 3. 1547 obs. - an attendant, a servant
vb. M19 colloq. - of a blow or rebuke: to give
• ADMINISTRADOR
n. 1803 orig. US, chiefly in Spanish-speaking contexts - an administrator; a manager
• ADMINISTRANT
adj. 1602 rare - acting, managing affairs; administrating, executive
n. 1602 - one who administers or conducts any office or affair; a manager or administrator
• ADMINISTRATOR
n. 1596 - one to whom authority is given to manage estates, etc. for the legal owner during his minority, incapacity, etc.; a trustee, a steward
• ADMINISTRATORY
adj. 1607 - concerned with administration
• ADMINISTRATRESS
n. 1682 rare - a female administrator
• ADMINISTRATRICE
n. 1465-6 obs. - a female administrator
• ADMINISTRATRIX
n. 1572 - a female administrator
• ADMINISTRER
n. 1495 obs. - one who administers; one who gives or administers anything to another
• ADMINISTRESS
n. 1. 1483 obs. rare - a female servant
n. 2. 1616 rare - one who gives administers or gives out; a dispenser of benefits
• ADMINISTRIVIA
n. 1937 - trifling administrative tasks, esp. those which take a significant amount of time to complete
• ADMINISTRY
n. 1616 obs. rare - the act of administering or ministering to; administration
• ADMINUTIVE
adj. 1656 obs. rare - characterized by diminution; tending to grow less
• ADMIRABILITIES
n. a1631 - admirable things or qualities
• ADMIRABILITY
n. 1613 - the quality of being admirable; wonderfulness
• ADMIRABLE
adj. c1450 rare - to be wondered at; wonderful, surprising, marvellous, remarkable, astonishing
adv. 1606 obs. - used as a simple intensifier; very, extremely
• ADMIRABLE CRICHTON
n. 1807 - a person who excels in all kinds of studies and pursuits; one who is noted for supreme competence; later, a person of an inferior social status or lower place in a hierarchy who is far more talented and capable and has more natural authority than his or her superiors
• ADMIRABLES
n. 1547 obs. - wonders
• ADMIRAL
adj. 1603 obs. - admirable
n. 1. c1800 Eton usage - one's father
n. 2. Bk1914 Amer. dial. - the oldest man of a settlement
n. 3. 1939 US military sl. - a person who cleans or who is responsible for urinals, kitchen equipment, etc.
n. 4. Bk1984 services' usage - an ironic term for a sailor
• ADMIRAL BROWNING
n. 1961 sl., orig. nautical usage - human excrement
• ADMIRALESS
n. 1611 rare - the wife of an admiral' a female admiral
• ADMIRAL LUSHINGTON
n. Bk1823 sl. - a drunkard
• ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE
n. 1. c1425 obs. - a publican; a tapster, an innkeeper; from the colour of his apron
n. 2. 1846 UK sl. - a policeman
n. 3. 1846 UK sl. - one who is suffering from delirium tremens
n. 4. Bk1894 - a butcher who dresses in blue to conceal blood-stains
n. 5. Bk1922 - formerly, an admiral hoisting a flag on a blue ground and commanding the rear
• ADMIRAL OF THE HEAD
n. 1980 US military sl. - a person who cleans or who is responsible for urinals
• ADMIRAL OF THE NARROW SEAS
n. 1650 UK sl. - a drunkard who vomits over his neighbour at table
• ADMIRAL OF THE RED
n. 1. c1596 sl. - a tippler, a sot; a heavy drinker, a confirmed drunkard, as borne out by their red face
n. 2. 19C sl., chiefly nautical usage - a wine-bibber
n. 3. B1900 - formerly an admiral hoisting a flag on a red ground and commanding in the centre
• ADMIRAL OF THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
n. 19C sl. - an overdressed, flashy beadle or other minor, uniformed official
• ADMIRAL OF THE SWISS NAVY
n. 20C Amer. sl., World War II usage - a self-important person
• ADMIRAL OF THE VESSELS
n. 1944 US military sl. - a person who cleans or who is responsible for kitchen equipment
• ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE
n. 1. M19 sl. - a coward
n. 2. Bk1921 sl. - a white-faced person
n. 3. Bk1921 sl. - a woman in a faint
• ADMIRAL'S MATE
n.Bk1913-17 Amer. navy sl. - an egotist; a boasting know-all
• ADMIRAL’S WATCH
n. c1905 sl. - a good sleep, esp. at night; a favourable opportunity to rest
• ADMIRALTY
n. 1622 obs. rare - a sailing formation in which ships are grouped closely together as a defense against pirates
• ADMIRALTY BROWN
n. 1961 Aust. sl., orig. Aust. Royal Navy usage - toilet paper
• ADMIRANCE
n. 1596 rare - admiring, admiration
• ADMIRANT
adj. 1853 obs. - admiring someone or something
• ADMIRATION
n. 1. c1425 rare - the act of wondering or marvelling; wonder, astonishment, surprise
n. 2. 1587 rare - an exclamation mark
• ADMIRATION MARK
n. 1996 rare - an exclamation mark
• ADMIRATION POINT
n. 1661 rare - an exclamation mark
• ADMIRATIVE
adj. 1582 rare - pert. to or characterized by wonder or admiration
n. c1487 obs. rare - ? astonishment, wonder
• ADMIRATIVE POINT
n. 1611 obs. rare - an exclamation mark
• ADMIRATOR
n. 1566 obs. - an admirer; a wonderer
• ADMIRE
n. 1591 obs. - the act of admiring; admiration
vb. 1. c1590 obs. - to feel surprise or astonishment; to wonder, to marvel
vb. 2. c1650 obs. rare - to astonish, to surprise
• ADMIRED
adj. a1700 - astonished; struck with wonder
• ADMIRIZE
vb. 1702 obs. rare - to wonder; to be amazed; to feel surprised
• ADMISH
n. 1981 US sl. - the admission price of a performance
• ADMISSIVE
adj. 1650 - tending to admit; constituting an acknowledgement
• ADMISSORY
adj. 1766 rare - pert. to admission or acceptance
n. 1650 obs. rare - a point of access
• ADMISSURE
n. c1420 obs. rare - pairing of animals, mating
• ADMISTION
n. 1565 obs. - addition as an ingredient
• ADMITTANCE
n. 1534 rare - the act of admitting as valid or satisfactory; acceptance, sanction
• ADMITTATUR
n. 1683 US rare, educational usage - a document verifying a student's admission to a college
• ADMITTIE; ADMITTY
n. 1616 obs. rare - entrance to a place, admittance
• ADMIX
vb. 1533 rare - to mingle with something else; to add as an ingredient
• ADMIXT
adj. c1420 - mingled with; added as an ingredient
vb. 1570 obs. rare - to mingle with something else; to add as an ingredient
• ADMIXTION
n. a1398 rare - the mingling of one thing with another; the addition of an ingredient
• ADMIXTURE
n. 1. 1531 - the mingling of one substance with another, or of adding as an ingredient
n. 2. 1607 - that which is mixed with anything; an alloy, an alien element
• ADMOBILE
n. 1953 - a vehicle used to display advertising posters and slogans
• ADMONISHIONER
n. 1586 obs. - one who gives admonitions or admonishes
• ADMONITIONER
n. 1586 - one who gives admonitions or admonishes
• ADMONITIVE
adj. a1677 - pert. to admonition; serving to warn, advise, or rebuke; admonishing
• ADMONITIVELY
adv. 1829 - by admonition; by way of advice, warning, or reproof
• ADMONITOR
n. 1547 - one who admonishes
• ADMONITORIAL
adj. 1848 rare - giving admonition, admonishing, warning
• ADMONITORILY
adv. 1805 - with warning or reproof
• ADMONITORY
adj. 1577 - giving admonition, admonishing, warning
• ADMONITRIX
n. 1850 rare - a female who admonishes
• ADMORTIZATION
n. 1903 - a paying off a debt, liability, etc., gradually by making regular repayments over a period of time
• ADMOTION
n. 1603 obs. rare - a bringing into contact, nearness
• ADMOTIVE
adj. 1879 - characterized by motion towards
• ADMOVE
vb. 1. 1440 obs. - to move to or towards something; to bring one thing to another; to approach
vb. 2. 1839 rare - to promote, to advance
• ADMOVENT
adj. 1727 obs. rare - moving to; passing, transient
• ADMURMURATION
n. 1727 obs. rare - a murmuring at; a murmur
• ADMURMURING
n. 1677 obs. rare - a low, quiet muttering; a murmur
• ADNAME
n. 1. 1710 obs. - an adjective
n. 2. 1890 rare - a byname, a cognomen
• ADNATE
adj. 1642 obs. - added to something naturally existing
• AD NAUSEAM
adv. 1565 - to a sickening or nauseating extent; to a tiresomely excessive degree
• ADNICHELL
vb. 1490 obs. - to annihilate
• ADNICHILATE
adj. 1388 arch. - annihilated, reduced to nothing, utterly destroyed
• ADNICHILED
adj. 1706 obs. - annulled, brought to nothing, made void
• ADNIHILATE
adj. 1388 arch. - annihilated
• ADNIHILATION
n. Bk1656 obs. - annihilation; a bringing or reducing to nothing
• ADNIHILED
adj. Bk1717 obs. - annihilated; made void
• ADNITCHILED
adj. 1691 obs. - annihilated, annulled, brought to nothing, made void
• ADNOMINATION
n.1628 - a play upon words; wordplay based on similar sounding words
• ADNOTE
vb. 1558 rare - to note, to remark, to observe, esp. in addition to another remark
• ADNOUN
n. 1657 - a word added or joined to a noun, an adjective
• ADNUBILATED
adj. 1731 rare - darkened by clouds, clouded
• ADNUL
vb. c1400 obs. - to annul, to reduce to nothing, to annihilate, to put out of existence, to extinguish
• ADNUMBER
vb. 1531 - to count in, to include among