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      • Reverse Dictionary DISABILITY - DISCOVERY
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      • Reverse Dictionary DO - DOLTISH
      • Reverse Dictionary DOMESTIC - DRAGONFLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary EXACERBATE - EXCELLENTLY
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      • Reverse Dictionary FOOD - FOOD POISONING
      • Reverse Dictionary FOOL - FOOLISHNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary HONEST - HORROR-STRUCK
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      • Reverse Dictionary IMBECILE - IMPERVIOUS
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      • Reverse Dictionary. LIBEL - LION
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      • Reverse Dictionary MALL - MARMOT
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      • Reverse Dictionary MENTAL - MILDNESS
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      • Reverse Dictionary MONEY - MONEY ORDER
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A
adj. 1. 1945 US sl. - reserved for the best; the best
adj. 2. 1997 US sl. - anal
n. 1. 20C W. Indies sl. - a general term of dislike
n. 2. 1920s US sl. - a Model-A Ford automobile
n. 3. 1967 US sl. - amphetamine
n. 4. 1977 US sl. - LSD
n. 5. 1988 US sl. - in a deck of playing cards: an ace
int. 1950s US Black sl. - absolutely! yes! certainly!
 
A1
adj. 1837 colloq. - excellent, first-class, of the best; orig. used of ships, then of persons and things
n. 1. c1866 obs. - a title for the commander of 900 men
n. 2. M19 sl. - a first-class person; the best; the favourite
n. 3. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent  
 
A-1-1
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - excellent; first-rate
 
A1 AND NO MISTAKE
phr. 1900 sl. - prime; first-class; of the best
 
A1 COPPER-BOTTOMED
phr. 1876 sl. - prime; first-class; of the best
 
A-1-ER
n. 1. L19 sl. - an exceptional person; an aristocrat
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent
 
A1 JOE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - something excellent  
 
AA
n. 1430 obs. rare - a stream, a watercourse
 
AACHIBOMBO
n. 1940s W. Indies - codfish fritter
 
AAGEY-WALA
n. 20C Anglo-Indian - the penis
 
AAI-AAI
n. 1960s S. Afr. sl. - methylated spirits or absolute alcohol, as drunk by alcoholics
 
AALIE-LAMB
n. Bk1905 Sc. - a motherless lamb; a pet lamb
 
A AND A
phr. 1966 US sl. - in the military: a leave for rest and recreation (Ass and Alcohol)
 
A AND B
phr. 1920s US sl. - assault and battery
 
A AND IZZARD
phr. 1835 Amer. dial. - the beginning and end, the epitome
 
AAP
n. 1946 S. Afr. - a cannabis cigarette
 
AAPA
n. 1998 S. Asian - an older sister; also used as a term of respect or familiarity to an older woman
 
AARDVARK
n. 1. 1963 US sl. - a F-111 combat aircraft or any aircraft that is awkward-looking or difficult to fly (Vietnam War usage)
n. 2. 1968 Amer. sl. - a slow-witted person; a coarse or foolish person; an oaf; a fool, a simpleton
vb. 1990s US college sl. - to engage in sex
 
AARDVARKING
n. 1990s US college sl. - sexual intercourse
 
AARON
n. 1. 1565 rare - a person resembling the Jewish high priest Aaron, esp. a high priest, a leader
n. 2. 1607 sl. - a leader of the church
n. 3. 19C sl. - a cadger; a beggar
n. 4. Bk1909 sl. - a beggar mountain-guide
 
AARON, THE 
n. 1. 17C sl. - a cadger; a beggar
n. 2. 17C sl. - a criminal, esp. a gang leader
 
AARON'S BELLS
n. 1681 obs. - the testicles; sexual activity
 
AARON'S ROD
n. 1. 1631 - a powerful force which devours or overwhelms everything around it
n. 2. 1891 sl. - the penis
 
AARON'S SERPENT
n. 1732 rare - a powerful force which devours or overwhelms everything around it
 
AASBED
n. 1950s W. Indies - a rough bed
 
AATACLAPS
n. 1990s W. Indies sl. - a disaster, a calamity
 
A.B.
n. 1. 1875 sl. - an able-bodied seaman
n. 2. 1930s drugs sl. - an abscess that develops after injecting with an unsterile needle or an unsterile water/narcotic solution
n. 3. 1980s sl. - fools as a group (Asshole Brigade)
n. 4. 1980s NZ sl. - the menstrual period
n. 5. 1990s Aust. prison sl. - Aryan Breed, the Australian version of the "Aryan Brotherhood"
n. 6. 1990s US prison sl. - Aryan Brotherhood, the White supremacist organization that unites many White convicts during (and after) their time in jail
 
AB
n. 1. 1587 obs. rare - moisture within timber; sap
n. 2. 1862 US South - a Northern soldier in the US Civil War
n. 3. c1870 Aust. sl. - an Aborigine
n. 4. 1930s US sl. - an abscess, esp. as a result of injecting drugs
n. 5. 1956 colloq. - an abdominal muscle, usually in the context of a flat stomach
n. 6. 1990 US sl. - the Aryan Brotherhood, a White prison gang in the US
n. 7. 1996 NZ sl. - the bleed period of the menstrual cycle
n. 8. 2000s Aust. sl. - abalone
 
ABA
n. 1985 US sl. - a traveller's cheque
 
ABAA
adj. 1. L19 sl. - bad; vile
adj. 2. L19 sl. - silly
n. 1903 sl. - a non-unionist; a term of contempt
 
ABAA COVE
n. Bk1890 sl. - a bad man
 
ABAA MUFF 
n. Bk1890 sl. - a silly person
 
A-B-ABS
n. 1851 Sc. - alphabet; rudiments, beginning
 
ABACCERING
n. 20C - loafing (canalmen's usage)
 
ABACINATE
vb. 1855 rare - to blind by placing hot irons or metal plates, in front of the eyes
 
ABACINATION
n. 1866 - blinding by means of red-hot irons held before the eyes
 
ABACIST
n. 1387 - one who uses an abacus in casting accounts; an arithmetician, an accountant, a calculator
 
ABACISTA 
n. Bk1708 - a term used by ancient writers for an arithmetician
 
ABACK
adv. 1. 1768 Sc. - since, ago  
adv. 2. 1786 Sc. - aloof, away
adv. 3. 1786 Sc. - behind, in the rear
vb. 1735 Sc. obs. - to hold or keep back  
 
ABACK-O'-BEHIND
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - far away, remote
 
ABACKWARD
adv. 1205 rare - backward
 
ABACKWARDS
adv. a1477 obs. rare - in the opposite direction, so as to return to the place originally left
 
ABACTER; ABACTOR
n. 1659 obs. - a dishonest drover or shepherd who connives at the stealing of cattle they are guarding; a stealer of cattle by herds or great numbers
 
ABACTION
n. 1623 rare - a driving something away; a stealing of livestock, esp. cattle, by driving them away
 
ABADA
n. 1541 Anglo-Indian obs. - a rhinoceros
 
ABA-DABA
n. 1961 Amer. sl. - dessert 
 
ABADDON
n. c1350 - the Devil
n. 1583 - a bottomless pit; abyss of hell
n. 1810 criminals' sl. - a treacherous thief; one who turns informer against his fellow-rogues
 
ABAEILE
vb. a1000 obs. - to anger, to offend; to provoke
 
AB AETERNO
adv. 1593 rare - from eternity; from the beginning of time; from the most remote antiquity
 
ABAFELLED
adj. 17C obs. - treated scornfully or indignantly
 
ABAFT
adv. c1275 - of direction: to or towards the rear; backward (chiefly nautical usage)
 
ABAFT THE WHEEL-HOUSE
adj. 1900s sl. - crazy
phr. L19 US sl. - just below the small of the back; thus a euphemism for the buttocks  US sl.
 
ABAIL
vb. 1450 obs. rare - to give bail for, to liberate on bail, or from bail; also, to pay bail to
vb. 1513 obs. rare - to reach, to get to
 
ABAISANCE
n. a1486 rare - the bending of the body as a mark of respect; a bow
 
ABAIST 
adj. a1000 - abashed; ashamed; discomfited; disconcerted
 
ABAIT
vb. 1303 obs.- to excite, to stimulate sexual appetite
vb. a1470 obs. - to incite, to urge on, to provoke
vb. 1485 obs - to set on (a dog); to hound on; to bait
 
ABALIENATE
vb. 1554 rare - to remove; to estrange in feeling
vb. 1585 obs. - to cause loss or aberration of intellect
vb. 1646 obs. - to transfer or make over property to another  
 
ABALIENATION
n. 1. 1596 - removal or transference of feeling; estrangement
n. 2. 1615 obs. - loss or failure of the mental faculties
n. 3. 1656 rare - a transferring or making over property or rights to another
 
ABALONEYITE
n. Bk1971 Boonville California jargon - a coast dweller, esp. of Albion, Mendocino County
 
ABAN
vb. 1. a1000 obs. - to summon, esp. by proclamation; to call to arms
vb. 2. 1565 rare - to denounce, to curse, to anathematize  rare
 
ABAND
vb.1. 1559 obs. - to banish, to exile
vb.2. 1587 obs. - to abandon, to forsake
 
ABANDANA 
n. 1930 criminals' sl. obs. - a petty thief, esp. one who pickpockets bandannas
 
ABANDANAAD; ABANDANAD; ABANDANNAD
n. 1864 thieves' sl. - a handkerchief or bandanna thief; hence, a petty thief
 
ABANDED
adj. 1941 Amer. dial. - abandoned
 
ABANDERADO 
n. 1598 rare - a standard-bearer; a servant who carries the ensign for his master 
 
ABANDOMINIUMS
n. Bk2006 Amer. sl. - abandoned apartments or houses where addicts use drugs
 
ABANDON
adv. 1. a1250 obs. - under control or authority; at one's disposal
adv. 2. c1330 - at one's will or discretion; without interference or restraint; freely, recklessly; entirely, fully, without bounds
vb. 1. 1487 obs. - to bring under complete control or authority; to subject, to subdue obs.(chiefly Sc.)
vb. 2. 1548 obs. - to banish; to expel, to cast out, to reject  
vb. 3. 1582 obs. rare - to release, to set free, to liberate
 
ABANDONATE
vb. 1561 obs. - to abandon
 
 ABANDONED HABITS
n. c1870 sl. - the riding dress of the up-market courtesans who frequented Rotten Row in London's Hyde Park  sl.
 
ABANDONED WOMAN
n. 19C sl. - a woman who has been seduced, impregnated, and abandoned by a man  sl.
 
ABANDONLY
adv. 1487 Sc. obs. - recklessly, impetuously, unguardedly
 
ABANDONMENT
n. c1880 - bankruptcy of a railway company  (financiers' and brokers' usage)
 
ABANDONS 
n. Bk1890 sl. - street prostitutes
 
ABANDUM
n. 1729 obs. - in law: anything which is sequestered, proscribed, or abandoned
 
ABANNATION
n. 1721 obs. rare - a banishment, usually for a year as a punishment for manslaughter
 
ABANNITION
n. 1583 obs. rare - a banishment for one or two years for manslaughter
 
ABAPTIST 
n. 19C sl. - a thief
 
ABAR
vb. a1504 obs. - to bar, to debar
 
ABARCY
n. 1730 obs. rare - insatiableness
 
ABARE
vb. a1000 obs. - to make bare, to uncover, to disclose
 
ABARESKIN
adj. 1960s US camp gay sl. - embarrassing
 
ABARSTIC
adj. 1623 obs. rare - insatiable
 
ABASE
adv. a1450 obs. - down, low; back
 
ABASER 
n. 1650 - he who abases; one who degrades or debases
 
ABASHANCE
n. c1430 obs. rare - abashment, dismay
 
ABASHEDNESS
n. c1480 - abashment
 
ABASHLESS
adj. 1868 rare - unabashed, shameless (chiefly literary usage)
 
ABASHMENT
n. c1430 - discomfiture, embarrassment
 
ABASIT
adj. 1845 Sc.- abashed, confounded
 
ABASSIAN 
adj. 1601 rare - relating to Abyssinia, its inhabitants, or their language
n. 1613 - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia
 
ABAST 
n. Bk1852 - an illegitimate child or bastard
 
ABASTARD
vb. 1573 obs. - to make or declare bastard or illegitimate; hence, to make spurious or degenerate; to debase, to corrupt, to deteriorate
 
ABASTARDIZE
vb. 1580 rare - to render bastard, spurious, or degenerate; to debase, to deteriorate
 
ABASTARDIZED
adj. 1653 obs. rare - degenerate, debased, spurious
 
ABASURE
n. 1647 obs. - the quality of being abased; humiliation
 
ABATAYL
vb. c1380 obs. rare - to embattle
 
ABATAYLMENT
n. c1325 obs. rare - battlement
 
ABATE 
n. 1. 1486 obs. - diminution, reduction of a quality, etc.
n. 2. c1500 rare - loss of vigour; weakness, faintness
n. 3. 1646 - deduction, subtraction
n. 4. Bk1883 - an abbot or abbé
vb. 1. c1300 obs. - to put an end to a condition, state of affairs, etc.
vb. 2. a1387 obs. - to become lower, to bow; hence, to become humbled
vb. 3. c1390 obs. - to bring down physically, socially, or mentally; to humble, to abase
vb. 4. c1400 obs. - to remove or take away a part or portion of a whole; to deduct, to subtract
vb. 5. a1425 - to knock or tear down a structure; to destroy, to demolish, to raze to the ground
vb. 6. a1475 obs. - in falconry: of a falcon, hawk, etc.: to beat or flap the wings, to flutter
vb. 7. 1575 obs. - in falconry: to cause a hawk, etc. to become lean
vb. 8. 1598 rare - to except, to omit from consideration
 
ABATED IN THE VITALS
adj. 1866 Eng. dial. - grown weak
 
ABATEMENT
n. c1550 Sc. obs. - a recreation, relaxation
 
ABATE ONE'S CHEER
vb. a1350 obs. - to become dispirited or downcast  
 
ABATE ONE'S COUNTENANCE
vb. a1350 obs. - to become dispirited or downcast  obs.
 
ABATER 
n. 1. 1583 - one who mitigates or moderates
n. 2. 1653 obs. rare - an abating, an abatement
n. 3. 1732 - one who abates, lessens, or lowers
 
ABATIS
n. 1. 1758 - a defensive barricade or entanglement constructed using sharpened stakes or felled trees positioned with their branches pointing towards the enemy to delay or repel attackers (military usage)
n. 2. 1808 - a fence, hedge, or other barrier resembling a barricade as described in n.1.; an obstruction, a cause of entanglement or delay
 
ABATON
n. 1829 - in Ancient Greece: a place to which access is restricted, esp. a sacred space or enclosure; a sanctuary
 
ABATTLE
vb. 1. c1380 obs. rare - to fortify
vb. 2. c1400 obs. rare - to engage in battle
 
ABATUDE
n. 1729 obs. rare - something which is or has been diminished
 
ABAVE
vb. 1303 obs. - to put to confusion, to discomfit; also, to be confounded, disconcerted, or upset
 
ABAW
vb. 1897 Sc. - to suffer for
 
ABAWE
vb. a1400 obs. - to abash, daunt, astonish, lower 
 
ABAWED
adj. a1450 obs. - abashed; astonished; surprised; disconcerted; discomfited; upset
 
ABAY
n. c1330 obs. - the barking or baying of hounds at a hunted animal, esp, when they have driven it into a position from which it is unable to flee further but must turn and face its pursuers
vb. c1400 obs. - of a dog: to bark or bay, esp. at prey it is pursuing or has caught
 
ABAYLE
vb. 1430 obs. rare - to reach, to get to 

ABB -  ABFAB

​ABB
adj. 1991 US sl. - abnormal
n. Bk1994 surfing sl. - an abnormal person; a weirdo  surfing sl.
 
ABBA
adj. Bk1921 sl. - vile; silly
n. 1. 1382 - a religious superior; father; the title of bishops, patriarchs, and heads of monasteries in some Eastern churches
n. 2. Bk1921 sl. - a non-unionist
n. 3. 1955 Anglo-Indian - one's father; a father; often used as a form of address
vb. Bk1913 S. Afr. - to carry on the back as a mother does her child
 
ABBACEE
n. 1922 Sc. - alphabet
 
ABBACY
n. 1469 Sc. obs. - an abbey
 
ABBA-DABBA
adj. 1975 US sl. - dark-skinned, esp. Arabic  
n. 1961 US sl. - chatter, gossip
 
ABBADISSE
n. c855 obs. - an abbess
 
ABBA FATHER 
n. 1611 - a bishop in the Syriac and Coptic Churches
 
ABBAS
n. 1550 - a religious or spiritual leader; an abbot
 
ABBASE 
n. 1297 obs. - an abbess
 
ABBAT 
n. c1130 obs. - the chief ruler of an abbey
 
ABBATE
n. 1750 - an Italian abbot; also, a priest or clergyman in minor orders; esp. one without an assigned ecclesiastical duty, formerly often acting as a professor, private tutor, etc.; also as a title
 
ABBATESSE; ABBATISSE; ABBODESSE; ABBODISSE; ABBOTESS
n. c855 obs. - an abbess
 
ABBATIAL
adj. 1445 - belonging to an abbey, abbot, or abbess
 
ABBATICAL
adj. 1655 - belonging to an abbey, abbot, or abbess
 
ABBATIS 
n. Bk1775 - a steward of the stables, a groom
 
ABBÉ
n. 1530 - in French contexts: an abbot; also, a priest or clergyman in minor orders
 
ABBED
adj. 2002 UK sl. - having well-defined abdominal muscles
 
ABBESS
n. 1. 1297 - the female superior of a nunnery or convent of women, having the same authority over nuns that an abbot has over monks
n. 2. 1594 colloq. - a woman in charge of a brothel; a bawd; a madame; a procuress  colloq.
 
ABBEVILLIAN 
n. 1863 obs. - a native or inhabitant of Abbeville, a commune in the Somme department of northern France
 
ABBEY
n. 1950 US sl. - a swindler who impersonates a priest
 
ABBEY CLOGS
n. M19 UK criminals' sl. - chains or fetters worn by a criminal
 
ABBEY COUNTER
n. 1823 rare - a medal presented to a pilgrim on visiting a shrine
 
ABBEY-CROAKER
n. M19 UK criminals' sl. - the chaplain of Newgate
 
ABBEY LABOURER
n. 1655 obs. - an industrious monk, as opposed to an 'abbey-lubber'
 
ABBEY LAIRD
n. 1700 obs. - a jocular name for a bankrupt; a debtor who took sanctuary from his creditors in the precincts of Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh, a privilege abolished in 1880 (chiefly Sc.)
 
ABBEY-LOON
n. 1509 sl. - an idler; a vagabond; orig. a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house
 
ABBEY-LUBBER
n. 1. 1509 - an idler, a vagabond; orig. (prior to the Reformation), a lazy monk or hanger-on to a religious house
n. 2. c1750 nautical sl. - a lazy, thriftless person
 
ABBEY-LUBBER-LIKE
adj. 1570 obs. - lazy, thriftless, ne'er-do-well
 
ABBEY MAN 
n. 1483 - a member of a monastery; a monk
 
ABBEY-MONGER
n. 1679 - (derogatory) a person owing the property of a former abbey, after the dissolution of the monasteries
 
ABBEY-STEAD
n. 1620 rare - the site or grounds of an abbey or former abbey
 
ABBIE
n. 20C US sl. & colloq. - a nickname for a Jewish male
 
ABBLE
adj. 1880 Sc. - weakly 
 
ABBOD 
n. c880 obs. - an abbot
 
ABBOT
n. 1. c1123 - the head or superior of an abbey - after the dissolution of the monasteries, sometimes applied to the layman to whom the revenues of an abbacy were impropriated
n. 2. 1591 sl. - a bawd's man; a brothel-keepers' husband or lover; a ponce
n. 3. 1734 now hist. - in Italy: a high-ranking magistrate of a city or republic; spec., esp. in the Republic of Genoa: the chief magistrate
n. 4. 1835 UK criminals' sl. - a prison warden
n. 5. 20C US drugs sl. - Nembutal™, a barbiturate
 
ABBOTESS
n. a1000 - an abbess
 
ABBOT ON THE CROSS
n. 1. 19C Brit. sl. - a pimp or brothel owner who runs a brothel for the purpose of robbery or extortion more than for prostitution
n. 2. 19C Brit. sl. - the bully of a brothel; one employed by a brothel as a bodyguard for prostitutes; a brothel 'bouncer'
 
ABBOTT
n. 1971 US sl. - a capsule of pentobarbital sodium, a central nervous system depressant
 
ABBOTT'S LODGE
n. M19 sl. - the King's Bench prison
 
ABBOTT'S PARK
n. M19 sl. - the King's Bench prison
 
ABBOTT'S PRIORY
n. c1820 sl. - the King's Bench Prison
 
ABBOTT'S TEETH
n.  - the spikes that topped the prison wall at the King's Bench prison
 
ABBOZZO
n. 1. 1846 obs. rare - an outline or draft of a speech or piece of writing
n. 2. 1849 - a preliminary sketch for a painting or other work of art; a rough drawing; a cartoon
 
ABBREVIARIST
n. 1679 obs. rare - one who makes an epitome or compendium
 
ABBREVIATE
adj. c1425 - shortened, contracted
n. 1. 1531 - an abstract, an abridgement, a summary (chiefly Sc.)
n. 2. 1607 - an abbreviation of a word, phrase, or name
 
ABBREVIATED PIECE OF NOTHING
n. 20C Amer. sl. - a worthless or insignificant person or thing
 
ABBREVIATELY
adv. 1599 - in an abbreviated manner or form; shortly, briefly, concisely
 
ABBREVIATOR 
n. 1529 - one who abbreviates, abridges, or shortens; one who summarizes; also, a person given to the use of abbreviations
 
ABBREVIATORY
adj. 1765 rare - tending to abbreviate or shorten
 
ABBREVIATURE
n. 1. 1614 obs. - an abbreviated or shortened state, condition, or form; shortness
n. 2. c1630 - an abbreviated or contracted form of a word or phrase; a contraction, an abbreviation
n. 3. 1650 - an abbreviated or abridged copy
n. 4. 1659 obs. - the process of abbreviating; abbreviation, shortening
 
ABBREVY
vb. 1483 obs. rare - to abbreviate, to abridge
 
A-B-BUFF
n. 1882 Sc. - the alphabet
 
ABBY
n. 20C colloq. - an Abyssinian cat
 
ABBY SINGER
n. 1990 US sl. - in television and film-making: the next-to-last shot of the day
 
A.B.C.
n. 1. L17 sl. - the vagina
n. 2. 1962 sl. - one's best and most trustworthy friend (orig. US Black usage)
 
ABC
adj. 2004 US sl. - of a piece of chewing gum: already been chewed (childish usage)
n. 1. c1325 - the alphabet
n. 2. 1920s Irish sl. - scorch marks on one's legs
n. 3. 1940s US Black sl. - a liquor store (American Business College)
n. 4. 1968 Aust. sl. - an Australian-born Chinese
n. 5. 1984 US sl. - an American-born Chinese
n. 6. 1988 US sl. - in poker: the ace, two, and three
vb. 1611 obs. - to say the alphabet or letters of the alphabet
 
ABC, THE
n. Bk1909 sl. - the female pudendum
 
ABC AD
n. 1973 US sl. - a newspaper advertisement listing shows in alphabetical order
 
ABCAP
vb. M19 UK criminal's sl. - to get, to obtain
 
ABC BOY 
n. 1545 - 'a pupil of the very first beginning'
 
ABC CLASS
n. 1804 - the entry grade in a primary school
 
ABCDARIAN
n. 1. 1603 - one occupied in learning the alphabet
n. 2. 1691 - one engaged in teaching the alphabet and merest rudiments of instruction
 
ABCDARY
n. 1607 - one learning or teaching the alphabet
 
ABC GUM
n. Amer. sl. - gum that has already been chewed
 
AB CHASER 
n. Bk1971 Boonville California sl. - a resident of the coastal area
 
ABCING YOU
phr. 1947 US sl. - used as a farewell
 
ABC'S
n. 1949 US sl. - underwear
 
ABD 
n. 1954 Amer. - a student who has completed all the work required for the award of a doctorate, except for the dissertation (all but dissertation)
 
ABDABS
n. WWII sl. - 'afters'; the second course, if any
 
ABDABS, THE
n. 1. 1940s sl. - empty chatter, nonsense
n. 2. 1946 UK sl. - a condition of anxiety; uneasiness, nervousness; also, but rarely, delirium tremens or a state of enraged frustration
 
ABDAR
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian - a teetotaller
 
ABDELI
n. Bk1892 Anglo-Indian - a hypocrite, a canting preacher; a fastidious or false zealot
 
ABDERIAN
adj. 18C - given to incessant or continued laughter; inclined to foolish or excessive merriment; foolish, silly
 
ABDERITE 
n. Bk1827 - a stupid, narrow-minded person; the inhabitants of Abders, a maritime town in Thrace, were anciently proverbial for their stupidity; a scoffer
 
ABDICABLE
adj. 1879 rare - capable of being abdicated or renounced
 
ABDICANT 
n. 1836 - one who abdicates; a person who renounces a position, office, etc.
 
ABDICATE
vb. 1. 1532 obs. - to proclaim or declare to be no longer one's own; to disown, to cast off; to disown or disinherit a child
vb. 2. 1941 homosexual sl. - to leave a public lavatory in which one is soliciting to avoid interrogation by its attendant or a police officer
 
ABDICATED
adj. 1940s homosexual sl. - ordered out of the public lavatory where one is looking for sex
 
ABDICATOR
n. 1. 1593 obs. - a person who advocates, instigates, or participates in the abdication of another from a position or office
n. 2. 1689 - a person who renounces a position, office, responsibility, etc.; esp. a monarch who renounces the throne
 
ABDIEL 
n. Bk1903 - a faithful follower of a cause
 
ABDITE
adj. 1635  obs. rare - hidden away; put out of the way
 
ABDITIVE
adj. 1. 1727 obs. rare - hidden
adj. 2. 1755 - having the power or quality of hiding or concealing
 
ABDITORY
n. 1658 - a hidden or withdrawn place; a concealed repository
 
ABDOMEN
n. 1676 obs. rare - fat deposited round the belly; the fleshy parts of the belly or paunch
 
ABDOMINOUS
adj. 1640 - having a paunch or big belly; corpulent
 
ABDUCE
vb. 1537 arch. - to lead or draw away by act or persuasion; to abduct
 
ABDUCTEE 
n. 1. 1832 - a person who has been abducted
n. 2. 1974 - someone supposedly abducted by aliens
 
ABDUCTOR 
n. 1809 - a person who abducts or illegally leads away
 
ABDUL
n. 1. c1890 sl. - a Turk; Turks collectively 
n. 2. 1910s sl. - (derogatory) an Afghan 
n. 3. 1915 Aust. sl. - a nickname for a Turkish soldier, esp. during WWI
n. 4. 1916 US sl. - (derogatory) an Arab 
 
ABDULLAH
n. 1. 1915 Aust. sl. - a nickname for a Turkish soldier, esp. during WWI 
n. 2. 1910s sl. - (derogatory) an Afghan
 
ABDULLAH-WITH-THE-CONDIES 
n. Bk1919 Aust. services sl. - an Egyptian menial employed by 'Cairenes'
 
ABE
n. 1. 19C Amer. dial. - (usually derogatory) a Jew
n. 2. 1900s Aust. criminals' sl. - the last of anything; the only example
n. 3. 1930s Amer. sl. - a five-dollar bill
n. 4. 1950s US drugs sl. - $5 worth of drugs
n. 5. 1966 Amer. dial. - a coin or currency note bearing the likeness of Abraham Lincoln
n. 6. Bk1971 Boonville California jargon  - an irritable or low woman
 
ABEAR
n. c1315 obs. rare - bearing, gesture, action, behaviour
vb. 1. c885 - to endure, to suffer, to tolerate
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - to bear, to carry; to raise up
vb. 3. 1596 obs. rare - to comport or demean oneself
 
ABEARANCE
n. 1552 rare - behaviour, conduct
 
ABEARING
n. 1454 obs. - the act of comporting or behaving oneself; behaviour, conduct
 
ABEAT
adv. 1857 - so as to beat, in a state of beating; especially said with reference to the heart (chiefly poetic usage)
vb. a1000 obs. - to beat, to strike
 
ABECEDARIAN
adj. 1. 1633 rare - characteristic of a person who is learning the alphabet, or who is engaged in elementary education
adj. 2. 1646 - pert. to the alphabet; arranged in alphabetical order
n. 1. 1603 - one occupied in learning the alphabet
n. 2. 1623 - one engaged in teaching the alphabet and merest rudiments of instruction
 
ABECEDARY
adj. 1. 1580 - according to the alphabet; arranged in alphabetical order
adj. 2. 1589 rare - engaged with or needing to learn the alphabet; illiterate
n. 1. 1432-50 - a table or book containing the alphabet; a primer; the first rudiments of anything
n. 2. 1596 obs. - one learning or teaching the alphabet
n. 3. 1596 - the alphabet, esp. as written down in order
 
ABECHE
vb. 1393 obs. rare - to feed
 
ABECHED
adj. 1393 obs. rare - fed, satisfied
 
ABED
adj. c1475 - confined to bed by illness; laid up
adv. c1000 - in bed
 
ABEDE
n. c885 obs. - to announce, to deliver (a message)
 
ABEDGE 
vb. c1225 - to abide; to suffer
 
ABEERE
adv. a1450 obs. - on, upon, or to a bier
 
ABEFOIR
adv. 1609 Sc. - of before, of former times
 
A-BEFORE
adv. 1431 Sc. - of before, of former times
 
ABEIGH
adv. c1707 Sc. rare - at a shy distance, aloof
 
ABEL AND CAIN
n. Brit. rhyming sl. - rain
 
ABELDE
vb. c1300 obs. rare - to wax bold, to become bolder
 
ABELGHE
vb. a1000 obs. - to anger, to enrage; to offend
 
ABE LINCOLN
n. 1954 Amer. dial. - a $5 bill
 
ABE LINCOLN WAR
n. 1943 Amer. arch. or obs. - the Civil War
 
ABELUNGU 
n. 1836 - (now often derogatory or ironic) White people collectively
 
ABEL-WACKIT
n. 1834 Amer. dial. - a light blow
 
ABEQUITATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to ride away
 
ABER
adj. 1. 1899 Sc. - eager, greedy
adj. 2. 1908 Sc. - sharp-sighted; keenly observant; watchful
vb. 1. 1916 Sc. - to stir up and make bright, as a fire
vb. 2. 1931 Sc. - to sharpen, as a knife
 
ABERCROMBIE
n. 1. Bk1942 US sl. - one who strives at creating the impression of knowing all; a conceited person
n. 2. 2004 US sl. - a person devoted to prep-school fashions and style
 
ABERDEEN CUTLET
n. 1890 sl. - a dried haddock
 
ABERDEENS
n. 20C Brit. rhyming sl. - beans
 
ABERDONIAN
adj. 1615 - pert. to Aberdeen; in later use with reference to the supposed parsimoniousness of people from Aberdeen
n. c1650 - a native of Aberdeen
 
ABERE-MURDER
n. 1647 - plain or downright murder, as distinguished from manslaughter
 
ABERGAVENNY
n. 19C Brit. rhyming sl. - a penny
 
ABERGLAUBE
n. 1873 - belief beyond what is certain and verifiable
 
ABERGOINS 
n. Bk1850 Amer. - a corruption of ‘aborigines’ said to be common in the West among the illiterate, and which is used jocularly for Indians
 
ABERNESS
n. 1922 Sc. - eagerness
 
ABER NIT!
int. 1896 Amer. sl. - never! not!
 
ABERR
vb. 1536 rare - to wander off, to go astray, to diverge from a recognized path
 
ABERRANCE
n. 1665 - the act of straying or diverging from a recognized course; vagary
 
ABERRANCY
n. 1646 - departure from the standard of usage, propriety, reason, truth, etc.
 
ABERRANT
adj. 1. c1536 - deviating widely from the ordinary or natural type, exceptional, irregular, abnormal
adj. 2. 1778 - wandering away or straying from a defined path; hence, diverging or deviating from any moral standard
 
ABERRATE
vb. 1749 rare - to diverge or deviate from the straight path
 
ABERRATING
adj. 1790 - going astray, diverging
 
ABERRATION
n. 1. 1594 - a wandering from the path of rectitude, or standard of morality; moral irregularity
n. 2. 1610-3 - a deviation or divergence from a direct, prescribed, or ordinary course of action
n. 3. 1615 - a wandering away; a straying; a deviation or divergence from the straight or recognized path
 
ABERRATIONAL
adj. 1837 - pert. to aberration; eccentric, irrational, or unsound
 
ABERSAY
n. 1877 Sc. obs. - the alphabet, A B C
 
ABERUNCATE
vb. 1731 rare - to pull up by the roots; to remove utterly
 
ABE'S CABE
n. 1930s Amer. sl. - a $5 bill
 
ABESHE
vb. 1393 obs. rare - to feed
 
ABESSED
adj. 1707 obs. - humbled, abased, cast down, debased. dejected
 
ABET
n. 1. c1315 obs. - fraud, cunning, trickery, wiles
n. 2. c1330 obs. - the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed
vb. 1617 obs. - to bet, to wager
 
ABETMENT
n. 1. a1325 - the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed
n. 2. 1533 - encouragement, instigation; assistance, aid, support
n. 3. 1586 obs. rare - deception, trickery
n. 4. 1615 obs. - a bet, betting, a wager
 
ABETTAL
n. 1834 rare - the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed
 
ABETTANCE
n. 1781 - the act or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed
 
ABETTATOR 
n. Bk1717 obs. - he that encourages
 
ABETTER
n. 1457 - one who abets; an instigator, supporter, or promoter, usually of an offense, or of the offender
 
ABETTES 
n. Bk1852 - abbots
 
ABETTOR
n. 1. 1387 - one who abets, instigates, or encourages to the committing of any offense
n. 2. 1569 - one who encourages, countenances, or supports another in any proceeding; one who supports or advocates an opinion or principle; a supporter, adherent, or advocate
 
AB EXTRA
adv. 1610 - from without; from the outside
 
ABEY
vb. 1. 1073 obs. - to bend, to bow, to make obedient
vb. 2. c1300 obs. - to bend, to bow; to submit, to yield, to render obedience
vb. 3. 1866 - to put in abeyance; to suspend; to put aside
 
ABEYANCE
n. 1593 - temporary inactivity or disuse; suspension; latent condition
 
ABEYANT
adj. 1822 - that is in a state of abeyance or suspension; dormant; latent
 
A.B.F.
n. 1910s sl. - the last drink of a session (Absolutely Bloody Final)
 
ABFAB
adj. 1950s sl. - absolutely fabulous; first-rate, very attractive (orig. Aust. teen usage)

ABGREGATE  -  ABNUTIVE

​ABGREGATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to disperse, as it were to lead out of the flock; to lead away
 
ABGREGATION
n. 1731 obs. rare - a separation from the flock
 
A.B.H.
n. 2000s sl. - a beating up (Actual Bodily Harm)
 
ABHOMINAL
adj. 1477 obs. - unworthy of a man; inhuman, abominable, detestable
 
ABHOMINALTY
n. 1483 obs. rare - an abominable or inhuman deed
 
ABHORFUL
adj. 1565 obs. - repugnant, hateful
 
ABHORFULNESS
n. 1556 obs. - abhorrence, disgust
 
ABHORMENT
n. 1576 rare - the action of abhorring; detestation
 
ABHORRANT 
n. Bk1880 - a person who abhors
 
ABHORRATION
n. 1628 - extreme loathing or disgust; an object of disgust; an abomination
 
ABHORRENCE FROM FLORENCE 
n. Bk1945 jive sl. - a jerk
 
ABHORRENCY
n. 1. 1592 obs. - a deviation or divergence
n. 2. 1605 obs - the state of being abhorrent, or of holding a thing in hatred and disgust; extreme repugnance or dislike
n. 3. 1729 obs. - a thing abhorrent to one
 
ABHORRER 
n. 1538 - one who abhors or hates
 
ABHORRIBLE
adj. 1602 - to be abhorred, detestable, abominable
 
ABHORRITION
n. 1649 obs. rare - the act of abhorring, abhorrence
 
ABIDABLE
adj. 1611 rare - capable of being borne or endured
 
ABIDAL
n. 1850 obs. rare - the act of abiding; abode, stay, residence
 
ABIDANCE
n. 1607 - abiding; dwelling, stay; continuance
 
ABIDE
n. 1. c1330 obs. - delay, tarrying
n. 2. 1615 - stay, abiding; a period of residence (chiefly Sc. usage)
vb. 1. a1000 rare - to wait for, to await; to remain ready for, to watch for, to expect
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - to stop; to come to a halt
vb. 3. a1402 obs. - to linger over a task
 
ABIDER 
n. 1. 1435 obs. rare - a person who is steadfast, or who perseveres
n. 2. 1440 rare - a person who stays in a place; a dweller; a resident
n. 3. 1499 obs. - a person who waits, awaits, or tarries
n. 4. a1586 obs. - a person who stands firm, or who sustains or withstands an attack
n. 5. 1611 - one who dwells; a dweller; a resident; an inhabitant
 
ABIDINGLY
adv. 1530 obs. rare - assiduously, patiently
 
ABIE
n. 1. 1914 Amer. dial. - (usually derogatory) a Jew
n. 2. 1938 US sl. - a radio personality or entertainer who is a sure money maker
n. 3. 1940s US Black sl. - a tailor
n. 4. 1968 Amer. dial. - a stingy person
 
ABIE KABIBBLE
n. 1. 1910s US sl. - a Jew
n. 2. 1932 Amer. dial. - an unassimilated Jewish immigrant
 
ABIEL
adv. 1820 Sc. - in shelter
 
ABIE LINCOLN
adj. 1988 UK rhyming sl. for 'stinking' - disgusting, contemptible
 
ABIES
prep. 1. 1825 Sc. - in comparison with 
prep. 2. 1928 Sc. - except
prep. 3. 1930 Sc. - in addition to, besides
 
ABIGAIL
adj. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - old, ugly, unattractive
n. 1. 1616 arch. & hist. - a waiting woman; a lady's maid; a female servant or attendant
n. 2. 1906 Aust. sl. - a waitress
n. 3. 1972 homosexual sl. - an aging, conservative homosexual; a staid, traditional, middle-aged homosexual man
n. 4. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - an abortion  
 
ABIGATE
vb. 1657 obs. rare - to drive away
 
ABIGEUS
n. Bk1775 - a thief who has stolen cattle; an abactor
 
ABIGEVUS
n. Bk1726 - a thief who has stolen many cattle
 
ABILIMENT
n. 1589 obs. - clothing appropriate for someone's job, status, etc.
 
ABILIMENTS
n. 1422 obs. - warlike munitions and accoutrements, things made able for war
 
ABILITATE
vb. 1627 rare - to give ability or fitness; to enable
 
ABILITATION
n. 1647 rare - a rendering fit or able, a communication of ability
 
ABILITY
n. 1. c1380 obs. - suitableness, fitness, aptitude
n. 2. 1473 obs. - bodily power, strength
n. 3. c1503 obs. - personal wealth, means; pecuniary power
n. 4. 1505 obs. - sexual potency
 
ABILTY
n. 1768 Sc. obs. - ability
 
ABIME
n. a1300 obs. - an abyss
 
AB INITIO
adj. 1836 - initial, primary, elementary
adv. 1600 - from the beginning
 
AB INTRA
adv. 1642 rare - from within; from the inside
 
ABISELFA
n. 1840 Amer. dial. - the letter "a" (a-by-itself-a)
 
ABISHAG
n. a1821 thieves' sl. - the bastard child of a woman who has been seduced and abandoned by a married man
 
ABITE
vb. 1. c1000 obs. - to bite, to nip, to taste; also, of the wind: to tear something to pieces
vb. 2. a1000 - to consume or partake of food; to taste
 
ABITION
n. 1. a1500 obs rare - a division of opinion; a disagreement
n. 2. 1656 obs. rare - a going away or dying
 
ABJECT 
adj. 1. a1425 obs. rare - cast off, rejected; cast out, expelled
adj. 2. c1430 - of low repute; despicable, wretched; self-abasing, servile, obsequious
adj. 3. c1450 rare - cast down; brought low; downtrodden, desperate
adj. 4. c1450 obs. - of goods or commodities: of poor quality or little value; inferior, base
n. 1528 - one cast off; a castaway; an outcast; a base, contemptible, despicable, or degraded person; a person of the lowest social condition; a social pariah, a humble servant; a servile person; one who, whatever his rank, is morally vile to an extent which might have been expected to exist only in miserable outcasts
 
ABJECTATE
vb. 1. c1475 obs. - to cast off, to throw off or away, to cast out, to exclude, to reject
vb. 2. 1731 obs. - to cast or throw down; hence, to lower, to degrade, to abase, to debase
 
ABJECTED
adj. 1633 obs. - cast off, rejected, cast down, dispirited
n. 1555 rare - an outcast; an exile
 
ABJECTEDNESS
n. 1660 obs. - downcast condition; abasement
 
ABJECTION
n. 1. 1447 obs. - that which is cast off or away; refuse, scum, dregs
n. 2. c1525 obs. - the act of casting down; abasement, humiliation, degradation
n. 3. 1529 rare - the act of casting out or away; rejection
 
ABJECTIVE
adj. 1865 obs. rare - tending to lower or demoralize
 
ABJUDGE
vb. 1654 obs. - to take a thing away from a person by judgement
 
ABJUDICATE
vb. 1. 1602 rare - to pass judgement against; to reject or disallow; to prohibit
vb. 2. 1666 - to take a thing away from a person by judgement
 
ABJUDICATION
n. 1623 rare - an act of taking away by judicial decision; also, the act of passing judgement against a person or thing
 
ABJUGATE
vb. 1731 rare - to unyoke, to uncouple; to free
 
ABJUNCT
adj. 1610 obs. rare - disjoined, disconnected, severed
 
ABJUNCTIVE
adj. 1832 obs. rare - of a disconnected or isolated character; exceptional
 
ABJURATION
n. 1. a1325 - an oath before a justice or coroner undertaking to leave the country for ever, made by a criminal in order to escape punishment, after taking sanctuary in a church, etc.
n. 2. a1439 - renunciation on oath; forswearing, esp. of heretical opinions
 
ABJURE
vb. 1. 1430 - to renounce on oath, to forswear; to withdraw, retract, or recant a heresy or other opinion or position formerly held
vb. 2. a1475 - to reject or repudiate on oath; to renounce or disavow a thing
vb. 3. a1475 - to swear to leave a place for ever
vb. 4. 1603 obs. rare - to cause to leave one's country for ever, to banish
 
ABJUREMENT
n. 1594 - abjuration, renunciation
 
ABJURER 
n. 1583 - one who abjures or forswears; one who solemnly renounces, repudiates, or gives up
 
ABKAR 
n. Bk1898 - in India; a maker or retailer of spirituous drinks
 
ABLACH
n. 1. 1725 Sc. - a mangled carcass
n. 2. 1788 Sc. - a person of untidy habits and clumsy, ungainly demeanour; a pitiless person; a useless person
n. 3. 1790 Sc. obs. - a contemptible person; a dwarf
n. 4. 1825 Sc. - a particle, a bit, a fragment
n. 5. 1852 Sc. - an insignificant, worthless person; an incapable person
n. 6. 1875 Sc. - a body not necessarily dead but maimed or reduced to a pitiable condition
 
ABLACK
n. 1852 Sc. - an insignificant, worthless person; an incapable person
 
ABLACTATE
vb. 1754 obs. rare - to wean from the breast
 
ABLACTATION
n. a1500 - the weaning of a child, or other young mammal from the mother
 
ABLACTED
adj. 1623 obs. rare - that has been weaned
 
ABLANDISHMENT
n. 1728 obs. rare - blandishment
 
ABLAQUEATE
vb. c1420 rare - to loosen or remove the soil round the roots of trees, so as to let their fibres spread out; a term of Roman husbandry  
 
ABLAQUEATION
n. c1420 rare - the breaking up or removal of the soil around the roots of trees; the laying bare of roots
 
ABLAST
vb. a1000 obs. rare - to blow upon or at
 
ABLATE
vb. a1475 rare - to take away, to remove
 
ABLATION
n. c1440 - the act or process of carrying away or removing; removal
 
ABLATITIOUS
adj. 1647 rare - having the quality or character of a withdrawal or deduction
 
ABLATIVE
adj. a1500 rare - pert. to taking away or removing
 
ABLAZE
adj. 1. a1676 - that is on fire; burning vigorously
adj. 2. 1819 - highly excited or charged with emotion; passionately enthusiastic or vehement
adv. 1. 1393 - in a flame, in a flame
adv. 2. c1840 - in the full glow of excitement
adv. 3. 1851 - in flashing or brilliant colours; gleaming
 
ABLE
adj. 1. a1382 obs. - suitable, fit, or appropriate for some purpose; suited, adapted, fitted
adj. 2. c1384 obs. - of a person: susceptible to persuasion; compliant, obedient; accommodating, gracious
adj. 3. a1398 Sc. obs. - liable, apt, likely to do something
adj. 4. 1495 obs. - legally capable or qualified
adj. 5. a1500 obs. rare - seemly, proper
adj. 6. 1741 obs. rare - of a thing: easy to handle or u se; manageable, convenient
adj. 7. 1516 Sc. & Eng. dial. - well-to-do, rich, influential, powerful
adj. 8. 1766 Sc. - substantial
adj. 9. 1931 Sc. - shrewd, clever in looking after one's own interests
adj. 10. 1980 Can.  - strong, capable, courageous  
adv. a1525 Sc. rare - possibly, perhaps
vb. 1. a1400 obs. - to fit, to adapt; to prepare, to make ready
vb. 2. 1449 obs. - to fit out or equip a person; to dress
vb. 3. 1409 obs. - to empower legally; to make legally valid or effective
vb. 4. 1489 obs. - to warrant, to vouch for; to aver, to confirm
 
ABLE AND CABLE
phr. 1950s US Black sl. - ready and willing
 
ABLECTICK
adj. 1656  obs. rare - set our or prepared for sale
n. 1623 obs. rare - anything set out or prepared for sale
 
ABLED
adj. 1576 obs. - capable; vigorous, thriving
 
ABLE DEALER 
n. Bk1910 Ireland - a schemer
 
ABLEEGED
adj. 1879 Sc. - obliged
 
ABLEEZE
adv. 1819 Sc. - blazing
 
ABLE GABLE 
n. Bk1942 US sl. - an admirable or handsome male
 
ABLEGATE
vb. 1621 obs. rare - to send abroad or to a distance; to banish
 
ABLEGATION
n. 1615 rare - dispatch, expulsion, banishment; dismissal
 
ABLE GRABLE
n. 1. Bk1942 US sl. - a sexually attractive girl; an admirable female
n. 2. 1946 US sl. - an accomplished performer
 
ABLELESS
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - incompetent, careless, listless, awkward
 
ABLEMENT
n. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - bodily strength
 
ABLEMOST
adj. 1614 obs. rare - ablest, most able
 
ABLEND
vb. c1000 obs. - to dazzle, to take away the sight temporarily; to blind the moral vision
 
ABLENESS
n. 1. c1390 obs. - the quality of being able; ability
n. 2. a1425 obs. - merit, worthiness
 
ABLEPSY
n. 1616 obs. rare - blindness, physical or mental (literary usage)
 
ABLES
adv. 1673 Sc. & Eng. dial. rare - perhaps, possibly
 
ABLE SEAMAN
n. 1661 - a sailor capable of performing all duties
 
ABLESOME
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - wealthy, well-to-do
 
ABLESSE
n. 1598 obs. rare - ableness
 
ABLE SUGAR
adj. US military sl. - crazy or out of order; haywire 
 
ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE 
adj. 1932 Aust. sl. - morally reprehensible, despicable  
 
ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE BELLY
phr. 1920s sl. - used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics (orig. Aust.)
 
ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE'S BELLY WITH A TOP HAT (ON)
phr. 1959 sl. - used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics (orig. Aust.)
 
ABLE TO CRAWL UNDER A SNAKE'S BELLY WITH STILTS ON
phr. 1920s sl. - used to describe a person who acts immorally and without the least ethics (orig. Aust.)
 
ABLE TO EAT A CORN ON THE COB THROUGH A KNOT HOLE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT A CORN ON THE COB THROUGH A PALING FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT A CORN ON THE COB THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT A CORN ON THE COB THROUGH WIRE NETTING
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH A KNOT HOLE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH A PALING FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT AN APPLE THROUGH WIRE NETTING
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A KNOT HOLE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A PALING FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT A PUMPKIN THROUGH WIRE NETTING
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT A SLICE OF WATERMELON THROUGH A KNOT HOLE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT A SLICE OF WATERMELON THROUGH A PALING FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT A SLICE OF WATERMELON THROUGH A PICKET FENCE
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO EAT A SLICE OF WATERMELON THROUGH WIRE NETTING
phr. 20C US sl. - said of one who has buck teeth
 
ABLE TO KICK THE EYE OUT OF A MOSQUITO
adj. L19 sl. - of a person: supremely competent (orig. US)
 
ABLE TO SET UP AN' EAT A FEW PORRIDGES
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - convalescent, or in good health
 
ABLE WHACKETS
n. 1785 nautical sl. - a popular sailor's game with cards, wherein the loser is beaten over the palms of the hands with a handkerchief twisted like a rope
 
ABLICH
n. 1790 Sc. - an insignificant, worthless person; an incapable person
 
ABLIGATE
vb. 1615 obs. - to bind or tie up
 
ABLIGATION
n. 1836 obs. - a tying up or securing something
 
ABLIGURIE
n. 1623 obs. rare - prodigal expense on meat and drink
 
ABLIGURITION
n. 1724 obs. rare - prodigal expense on meat and drink
 
ABLIND
vb. c1175 obs. - to grow blind
 
ABLING
n. c1450 rare - the act of preparing, fitting, or empowering
 
ABLINGS; ABLINS
adv. 1597-1605 - in a manner that is able to be; possibly, perhaps  
 
ABLISH
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - somewhat able
 
ABLOCATE
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to let out to hire
 
ABLOCATION
n. 1663 obs. rare - a letting out or hiring out for money
 
ABLOOM
adj. 1729 - covered with flowers; that is in bloom
adv. 1855 rare - in or into bloom
 
ABLOW
adj. 1. 1838 - blooming, full of flowers (chiefly poetic usage)
adj. 2. 1905 rare - of the wind: blowing (chiefly poetic usage)
adv. 1829 Sc. - below, beneath, lower down  
prep. 1. 1864 Sc. - under, below
prep. 2. 1885 Sc. - on the lower side or part of; lower down in
vb. 1. c1000 obs. - to blow or breathe up or into
vb. 2. c1000 obs. - to puff up, to swell
 
ABLOY
adj. c1400 obs. rare - overjoyed; carried away with joy
 
ABLUDE
vb. 1610 rare - to be unlike, to differ, to be out of keeping
 
A-BLUSH
adv. 1852 - blushing, ruddy
 
ABLUTE
vb. 1703 colloq. - to wash oneself or a part of the body
 
ABLUTED
adj. 1650 - washed away, washed clean; also, worn away by washing
 
ABLUTION
n. 1. 1664 - the act of washing clean; the washing or cleansing of one's person
n. 2. 1671 obs. - a lotion
 
ABLUTIONARY
adj. 1761 - pert. to washing the body, or parts of it
 
ABLUTIONS
n. 1955 military sl. - a building or room containing washing facilities and toilets
 
ABLUVION
n. 1805 US obs. - that which is washed away
 
ABNEGATE
vb. 1. 1543 - to deny oneself anything; to renounce or surrender a right or privilege
vb. 2. 1616 - to renounce or abjure; to deny
 
ABNEGATION
n. 1. 1554 obs. - denial, negation; refusal, formal rejection
n. 2. 1639 - denial of anything to oneself; self-denial; renunciation of rights, things esteemed, etc.
 
ABNEGATIVE
adj. 1778 rare - denying; renouncing; negative
 
ABNEGATOR
n. 1605 - a person who abnegates, denies, or renounces something
 
ABNODATE
vb. 1656 obs. rare - to prune trees, etc.
 
ABNODATION
n. 1658 obs. rare - the act of cutting away knots from trees; a gardening term
 
ABNORMALIST
n. 1888 rare - a person concerned with or interested in unusual or abnormal things
 
ABNORMALITY 
n. c1880 sl. - a person of crooked ways, an informer, a deformed or humpbacked person
 
ABNORMALIZE
vb. 1849 - to make abnormal
 
ABNORMETH
n. c1880 sl. - a person of crooked ways, an informer, a deformed or humpbacked person
 
ABNORMOUS
adj. 1710 rare - irregular, misshapen
 
ABNOXIOUS
adj. 1. 1680 obs. - hurtful, injurious
adj. 2. 1682 - offensive, objectionable, odious, highly disagreeable or unpleasant
 
ABNUTIVE
adj. a1682 obs. rare - negative; implying denial or refusal 

ABO  -  ABREVY

​ABO
adj. 1. 1911 Aust. sl. - (now derogatory) Australian Aboriginal; pert. to Australian Aboriginals
adj. 2. 2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl. - old
n. 1. 1906 Aust. sl. - (now mainly derogatory) an Australian Aboriginal
n. 2. 1910s Aust. sl. - an expert on Aborigine and bush customs and folktales
 
ABOARD
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - drunk
adv. 1. 1833 sl. - in one's stomach, esp. of drink
adv. 2. 1939 Amer. sl. - in baseball: on base
adv. 3. 1957 US sl. - present, part of an enterprise  
vb. 1. 1458 rare - to approach; to draw near to; to enter, to set foot on; to land on, to board
vb. 2. 1611 rare - to address; to accost
 
ABOAST
vb. 1377 obs. rare - to address boastfully or haughtily
 
ABOB
vb. c1330 obs. rare - to astonish, to confound, to mystify
 
ABODANCE
n. c1630 obs. rare - a foretelling, prefiguring, portending, omen
 
ABODE
n. 1. a1250 obs. - the act of waiting; delay
n. 2. c1384 obs. - a temporary remaining; a stay
n. 3. c1600 obs. - an announcement, prediction, prognostication
vb. 1. 1573 obs. - to presage, prognosticate, be ominous of
vb. 2. 1659 obs. - to be ominous
 
ABODEMENT
n. 1. 1565 rare - a foreboding, presage, or omen
n. 2. 1592 rare - habitual residence in a place; also, a place of residence, an abode
 
ABODING
n. 1579 rare - a foreboding, presage, presentiment
 
ABOGADO 
n. Bk1827 - a counsellor at law (Spanish American)
 
ABOIL
adv. 1774 - in a boiling state
adj. 1846 - boiling, seething
 
ABOK 
n. Bk1824 Sc. - a talkative or impudent child
 
ABOLETE
adj. c1525 obs. rare - obsolete, out of use
 
ABOLIAR
n. 1904 Aust. sl. - an expert on Aborigine and bush customs and folktales
 
ABOLITE
adj. c1525 obs. rare - obsolete, out of use
 
ABOLITION
n. 1606 obs. - a putting out of memory; a final overlooking or condoning; an amnesty
 
ABOLITIONAL
adj. 1836 rare - relating to the abolition of the slave trade or slavery
 
ABOLITIONARY
adj. 1823 - concerned with the abolition of destruction of something; advocating the abolition of the slave trade or slavery
 
ABOLITIONIST 
n. 1791 - an advocate of the abolition of the slave trade and the emancipation of African slaves in the United States
 
ABOLITIONIZE
vb. 1836 US rare - to imbue with the principles of abolitionism; to make a person or community opposed to slavery
 
ABOLITION WAR
n. 1943 Amer. sl. - the Civil War
 
A-BOMB
n. 1. 1945 Amer. sl. - an alcoholic mixed drink
n. 2. 1951 Amer. sl. - in drag racing: a converted Model-A Ford capable of exceptionally rapid acceleration
n. 3. 1969 US sl. - marijuana combined in a cigarette with cocaine, heroin, or opium
n. 4. Amer. sl. - an atomic bomb
n. 5. 1990s drugs sl. - PCP mixed with formaldehyde
 
A-BOMBED
adj. 1975 US sl. - under the influence of amphetamines
 
A-BOMB JUICE
n. 1940s US sl. - moonshine; inferior or strong liquor
 
ABOMINABLE OF MONKS
n. a1450 obs. rare - a crowd of monks
 
ABOMINATE 
adj. 1531 obs. - held in abomination; detested; beastly, inhuman
n. 1691 - a detested person
 
ABOMINATION
n. 1. a1398 obs. - physical revulsion; nausea
n. 2. 1604 obs. rare - an unpleasant or disgusting amount, as of money, etc.
 
ABOMINATIONLY
adv. 1592 rare - abominably, hatefully
 
ABOMINATOR 
n. 1671 - one who abominates or thoroughly detests; an abhorrer or extreme hater
 
ABOMINE
vb. c1500 obs. - to abominate; to feel extreme disgust and hatred towards; to abhor, to loathe
 
A-BONE
n. 1951 US sl. - a Model A Ford car  US sl.
vb. 1656 obs. - ( as 'abone') to make good or seasonable; to ripen
 
ABONNÉ 
n. 1858 - a person who subscribes to a periodical; a season-ticket holder at the theatre
 
ABOON
adv. 1875 Eng. dial. - above
 
ABORCEMENT
n. 1540 obs. - abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage
 
ABORD
n. 1. 1607 obs. - the act of approaching; approach, manner of approach
n. 2. 1670 rare - way of approach 
vb. 1. 1509 obs. - to approach, to come close to; to enter, to land on, to gain a footing upon
vb. 2. 1611 obs. or arch. - to accost
 
ABORDAGE
n. c1550 obs. rare - an attack upon a ship, in which it is boarded
 
ABORDER
vb. 1566 obs. rare - to be neighbouring or contiguous, to border
 
ABORDERING
adj. 1566 obs. rare - bordering, neighbouring, contiguous
 
ABORIGEN; ABORIGIN 
n. 1587 rare - an aboriginal or native inhabitant
 
ABORIGINAL
adj. Bk1902 colloq. - of drinks: unmixed with water
 
ABORIGINALLY
adv. 1695 - from the very beginning; from the origin of a people or culture; in the earliest times or conditions known to history
 
ABORIGINARY
adj. 1. 1653 obs. rare - original; first or earliest as recorded by history
adj. 2. 1993 rare - existing from the very beginning of time
n. 1868 obs. rare - an aboriginal inhabitant (poetic usage)
 
AB ORIGINE
adv. 1537 - from the beginning, from the creation of the world
 
ABORIGINES
n. a1661 obs. - the plants or animals indigenous to place; flora or fauna
 
ABORNING
adj. 1943 - that is in the process of being born or created (chiefly US)
 
ABORSEMENT
n. 1540 obs. - abortion; premature expulsion of the foetus, miscarriage
 
ABORSIVE
adj. 1639 obs. rare - abortive from the first; checked before even a beginning had been made
 
ABORT
n. 1. a1425 obs. - abortion; miscarriage
n. 2. 1578 obs. - the imperfect offspring of an untimely birth
n. 3. 1954 - a mission, procedure, or enterprise that is abandoned or curtailed before it has achieved its intended effect
n. 4. 1978 US military sl. - a foul-up; a mess; snafu
vb. 1972 US homosexual sl. - to defecate immediately after anal intercourse
 
ABORTEE
n. 1912 - a woman who undergoes an induced abortion
 
ABORTION
n. 1. 1834 sl. - an all-purpose derogatory term for a person, object, or enterprise
n. 2. 1943 US sl. - something of very poor quality; a messy failure; a misfortune; an ugly person or thing
n. 3. 1949 Amer. sl. - a hateful or ludicrous undertaking or enterprise; fiasco
 
ABORTION EXPRESS
n. 1940 Aust. sl. - a train that ran from Darwin to Birdum
 
ABORTIVATE
adj. c1630 obs. rare - imperfect, defective
vb. c1630 obs. rare - to render abortive; to render ineffectual or fruitless
 
ABORTIVE 
adj. a1450 - born prematurely; being the product of a miscarriage; stillborn
n. 1. a1382 obs. - a stillborn child or animal
n. 2. 1395 obs. rare - spontaneous or induced abortion of a fetus
n. 3. 1589 obs. - the fruitless or unsuccessful outcome of an endeavour; an unfulfilled object or aim
vb. 1. 1615 obs. - to cause abortion; to make ineffectual of fruitless
vb. 2. a1670 obs. - to miscarry; to prove abortive
 
ABORTIVELY
adv. 1552 obs. - by a miscarriage or untimely birth; prematurely
 
ABORTMENT
n. 1. 1577 obs. rare - the emptying of the contents of the stomach, as by vomiting
n. 2. 1595 obs. - spontaneous abortion; miscarriage
n. 3. 1614 obs. - the product of an abortion or premature birth
 
ABORTORIUM
n. 1933 - a hospital, clinic, in which abortions are performed
 
ABORTUARY
n. 1983 - (derogatory) a clinic in which abortions are performed (anti-abortion campaigners usage)
 
ABORTUS
n. 1764 obs. - abortion, miscarriage
 
ABO'S HANDBAG
n. 2000s Aust. sl. - any form of boxed rather than bottled wine
 
ABOULZIEMENT
n. 1787 Sc. obs. - dress, clothing; generally plural
 
ABOULZIEMENTS
n. 1787 Sc. - accoutrements, arms
 
ABOUND
adj. c1400 rare - overflowing; plentiful; abundant
vb. 1. a1382 arch. - to be rich or wealthy, to prosper; to have a plentiful supply or stock of something
vb. 2. a1398 obs. rare - to set limits to, to restrain
vb. 3. c1410 obs. rare - to be filled with a desire to do something
vb. 4. 1591 obs. - to overflow with; to pour forth
 
ABOUNDABLE
adj. c1400 rare - fully sufficient, abundant, plentiful
 
ABOUNDER
n. 1755 obs. rare - one who has plenty or is wealthy; a rich person  (chiefly poetic usage)
 
ABOUNDING
adj. 1593 obs. rare - affluent, wealthy
n. c1425 rare - plentiful supply, abundance; prevalence
 
ABOUT AND ABOUT
adj.  1867 US - very much alike or the same
 
ABOUT DONE
adj. M20 US sl. - intoxicated with alcohol
 
ABOUT EAST
adj. 1848 Amer. dial. - in proper form; acceptable  
adv. 1856 Amer. dial. - directly, completely, properly, regularly  
 
ABOUT-FACE
n. 1. 1853 - a complete reverse in fortune, opinion, policy, etc.
n. 2. 1965 US sl. - a 180-degree turn executed while driving fast  
 
ABOUT GONE
adj. 1929 Amer. dial. - drunk  
 
ABOUT HALF
adj. 1969 sl. - feeling fine, relatively happy
adv. 1962 Amer. sl. - very, quite, exceptionally  
 
ABOUT IT
adj. 1. Bk2000 Amer. street sl. - ready, knowledgeable, cool
adj. 2. 2000s US Black sl. - totally committed
 
ABOUT PAR
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - excellent; first-rate
 
ABOUT PLAYED OUT
adj. US - of a person or a unit: demoralized and discouraged (Civil War usage)
 
ABOUT RIGHT
adj. 1. 19C sl. Brit sl. - drunk, but not excessively so
adj. 2. 1850 UK - correct, adequate
adv. M19 sl. - to the best extent possible
 
ABOUT ROUND
adv. a1393 obs. - round about, all around; in every surrounding direction; on every side
 
ABOUT-SPEECH
n. 1513 Sc. obs. - a roundabout phrase; circumlocution
 
ABOUT-STANDING
n. 1340 obs. rare - a circumstance
 
ABOUT THAT
adj. 1990s US college sl. - in agreement with  US college sl.
 
ABOUT TO DIE
adj. 1902 Amer. dial. - taken seriously or suddenly ill  Amer. dial.
 
ABOUT TO FIND PUPS
adj. 20C US sl. - pregnant; about to give birth
 
ABOUT TO KICK THE BUCKET
adj. 1902 Amer. dial. - taken seriously or suddenly ill
 
ABOUT TO PASS
adj. 1902 Amer. dial. - taken seriously or suddenly ill
 
ABOUT TO RIDE OUT 
adj. 1855 Amer. dial. - of a room or piece of furniture: untidy, very cluttered or disordered  
 
ABOUTWARD
adv. c1400 obs. - orig. striving, trying, contriving, tending towards; later being about to, going
 
ABOUT-WRITING
n. c1449 obs. rare - the legend round the head stamped on a coin
 
ABOVE
n. 1895 Eng. dial. - God
 
ABOVE-A-BIT
adv. 1827 colloq. & Eng. dial. - more than a little, exceedingly, to a great degree  
 
ABOVE-BOARD
adj. 1. 1616 sl. - frank, open, undisguised; entirely honest
adj. 2. M17 sl. - in a sexual context: maintaining an undisguised relationship
adv. 1. 1594 obs. - in cards: with one's cards visible above the level of the playing table, so as to avoid suspicion of cheating
adv. 2. 1599 - openly, honestly, candidly
 
ABOVE EARTH
phr. a1200 rare - living, among the living, on earth, unburied
 
ABOVE-GIVEN
adj. 1588 - given or cited previously in the present text
 
ABOVE GROUND
adj. 1. 1592 obs. - in dancing: with the feet not touching the floor
adj. 2. 1711 - out of the grave, alive
 
ABOVE-HAND
adv. 1581 obs. - with the hand in a position below and supporting the thing held; with an action involving this position of the hand
 
ABOVE-HEAD
adv. 1548 rare - overhead
 
ABOVE MOULD
phr. a1400 obs. - living, among the living, on earth, unburied
 
ABOVE ONE'S BEND
phr. 1835 Amer. dial. - beyond one's abilities
 
ABOVE ONESELF
adj. 1823 sl. - over-confident, pushy, esp. of someone who is usually more self-effacing; arrogant, conceited, self-important  
 
ABOVE ONE'S HEAD
phr. 1655 - beyond one's comprehension or intellectual capacity
 
ABOVE ONE'S HUCKLEBERRY
phr. 1859 Amer. dial. - beyond one's ability; out of one's reach
 
ABOVE ONE'S MATCH
adj. 1748 obs. - above one's level; beyond one's abilities
 
ABOVE ONES' STATION
phr. a1682 - higher than one's social position allows, merits, or warrants; beyond what is permitted or due to one by rank, age, ability, etc.
 
ABOVE PAR
adj. 1. M19 UK criminals' sl. - well-off
adj. 2. Bk1890 sl. - mildly drunk
adj. 3. 1937 UK sl. - in excellent health or spirits
adj. 4. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - excellent; first-rate
 
ABOVESAID
adj. 1389 rare - mentioned previously in the present text; aforesaid
 
ABOVE SNAKES
adj. 1855 Amer. dial. - tall, above the ground
 
ABOVE-STAIRS
adj. 1606 arch. - upstairs
 
ABOVE THE SALT
phr. 1597 - seated at the upper half of the table, and there among the guests of distinction
 
ABOVE-WONDERFUL
adj. 1635 obs. rare - more than wonderful
 
AB OVO
adv. a1586 - from the very beginning
 
ABOW
vb. c1000 obs. - to bend, to incline, to bow, to stoop; fig. to do homage or reverence; to submit
 
A-BOX
n. 1996 US college sl. - someone in an unpleasant mood  US college sl.
 
ABRAC
n. E19 sl. - learning
 
ABRACADABRA
n. 1. 1565 - a cabalistic word, formerly used as a charm; a pretended conjuring word
n. 2. 1829 sl. - any word charm, verbal jingle, gibberish, jargon nonsense, or extravagancy
int. 1819 - used by conjurors and magicians to impart supposed magical power, as when performing a trick; hence, used to accompany any seemingly remarkable feat or occurrence
 
ABRACADABRA, PLEASE AND THANK YOU
phr. 1944 US sl. - a humorous embellishment of 'please'
 
ABRADANT
adj. 1875 - having the property of abrading something; abrasive
 
ABRAHAM
adj. 1. c1000 obs. - auburn; formerly written 'abern' and 'abron'
adj. 2. 17C sl. - naked  
n. 1. M16 sl. - a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman
n. 2. Bk1909 sl. - a cheap clothier's; a secondhand store
n. 3. 19C sl. - the penis  
n. 4. 20C sl. - the female genitals
vb. 1990s Brit. rhyming sl. - to sham, esp. to avoid something by feigning illness
 
ABRAHAM-COLOURED
adj. 1592 sl. - auburn
 
ABRAHAM COVE
n. 1. c1550 sl. - a genuine lunatic allowed on certain days to leave Bethlehem Hospital to beg
n. 2. 1612 cant obs. - a beggar of ragged and dishevelled appearance, esp. one who feigns insanity
 
ABRAHAMER
n. 1823 sl. - a tramp; a vagrant
 
ABRAHAM GRAINS
n. Bk1889 thieves' sl. obs. - a publican brewing his own beer
 
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
adj. 1988 UK rhyming sl. for 'stinking' - disgusting, contemptible
n. 1940s Amer. sl. - a five-dollar bill
 
ABRAHAM MAN
n. 1567 - one of a set of vagabonds who wandered about the country soon after the dissolution of the religious houses; a beggar, especially feigning madness; a sturdy beggar 
 
ABRAHAM NEWLAND
n. 1. L18 sl. - a bank note
n. 2. Bk1903 sl. - £5
 
ABRAHAMPSTEAD
n. 1970s sl. - Hampstead in North London with a large Jewish population
 
ABRAHAM'S BALM
n. Bk1909 sl. - a hanging  
 
ABRAHAM'S BALSAM
n. 18C sl. - the gallows
 
ABRAHAM'S BOSOM
adj. Bk1921 sl. - dead and gone to heaven  
n. 1. c1300 - the Biblical 'heaven'
n. 2. 19C sl. - the female pudendum; the vagina
 
ABRAHAM SHAM
vb. Bk1909 sl. - of a beggar: to travel the country posing as a madman; to fake illness
 
ABRAHAM SUIT
phr. 19C sl. - working as a writer of begging letters, the pursuit of many small-time confidence tricksters at the time
 
ABRAHAM'S WILLING
n. 1. M19 rhyming sl. - 1 shilling
n. 2. Bk1903 rhyming sl. - 1 shilling and 1 1/2 pence
 
ABRAHAM WORK
n. Bk1909 sl. - sweated labour, ill-paid work; any form of spurious occupation, esp. some form of confidence trick; shams of all kinds, false pretenses
 
ABRAID
n. 1. a1439 obs. - upbraiding, censure
n. 2. 1570 obs. rare - a start, a jerk
vb. 1. c1000 obs. - to wrench or pull out; to snatch; to withdraw; to draw a sword
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - to raise the eyes
vb. 3. a1000 obs. - to start, usually out of sleep, a swoon, or fit; to awake; occasionally, to start or burst in motion; to spring or dart
vb. 4. c1330 rare - to reproach, to reprove; to upbraid
vb. 5. c1430 obs. - to break forth abruptly into speech; to burst into a cry; to shout out
vb. 6. a1500 obs. - to utter abruptly or loudly
vb. 7. 1530 obs. - to exert oneself
vb. 8. 1533 obs. - of food: to rise nauseously in the stomach
vb. 9. 1590 obs. - to arouse, to startle
 
ABRAM
adj. 1. M16 cant - mad, insane, crazy
adj. 2. 1599 obs. - a corruption of 'auburn'
adj. 3. 1671 cant - naked, nude
adj. 4. Bk1909 cant - shamming sick
n. 1. 1610 UK criminals' sl. - a wandering beggar, adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman
n. 2. 1639 UK sl. - a gullible fool; a cuckold
n. 3. Bk1852 sl. - a naked or very poor man
vb. M19 sl. - to malinger, to fake illness
 
ABRAM-COVE
n. 1. 1567 sl. - a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman; a sturdy beggar, a sturdy beggar, i.e. one who could but rarely does, work for a living
n. 2. Bk1699 sl. - a lusty strong rogue
n. 3. 1724 cant - a naked or poor man
n. 4. L18 sl. - a thief specializing in pocketbooks
 
ABRAMER
n. a1790 UK sl. - a tramp
 
ABRAMIDE 
n. Bk1881 - a descendant of Abraham; a Jew
 
ABRAMITE 
n. Bk1881 - a descendant of Abraham; a Jew
 
ABRAM-MAN
n. 1. 1561 - one of a set of vagabonds who wandered about the country soon after the dissolution of the religious houses; a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman; a sturdy beggar
n. 2. L17 sl. - a sturdy beggar, i.e. one who could but rarely does, work for a living  
n. 3. a1790 sl. - a thief specializing in pocketbooks 
 
ABRAM-MORT
n. 1. 17C sl. - a wandering beggar adopting tattered clothing and posing as a madman
n. 2. L17 sl. - a sturdy beggar, i.e. one who could but rarely does, work for a living
n. 3. 1741 sl. - a madwoman
n. 4. L18 sl. - a thief specializing in pocketbooks
 
ABRAM-SHAM
n. L19 sl. - the practice of travelling the country posing as a mad man
vb. E19 sl. - of a beggar: to travel the country posing as a madman; to fake illness
 
ABRAM SUIT
phr. 19C sl. - working as a writer of begging letters, the pursuit of many small-time confidence tricksters at the time
 
ABRAM WORK
n. L19 sl. - any form of spurious occupation, esp. some form of confidence trick
 
ABRASABLE
adj. 1896 rare - that may be abraded or worn down
 
ABRASE
adj. 1600 obs. rare - rubbed smooth; rubbed clear from all markings; unoccupied, clean, blank
vb. a1475 - to rub off or away; to wear down by friction; to abrade
 
ARASIVE
adj. 1. 1861 - of sound: harsh, grating, strident
adj. 2. 1944 - aggressively direct; acting without concern for the feelings of others; brash, tactless, ungentle
 
ABRAZO
n. a1626 - in Spain, Latin America, and North America: an embrace used as a salutation or meeting or parting
 
ABREAK
vb. 1. a1000 obs. - to break in pieces; to shatter
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - to violate a commandment, agreement, promise, etc. to fail to observe or keep
vb. 3. 1205 obs. - to break forth; to burst out  
 
ABREATHE
vb. 1. c1450 obs. - to give time to recover breath 
vb. 2. a1500 obs. - to cause to become out of breath; to wind
 
ABREDE
vb. 1. a1000 obs. - to spread out; to extend; also, to lay flat
vb. 2. a1000 obs. - of the mouth or eyes: to open wide
 
ABREED
adv. 1892 Sc. & Eng. dial. - abroad; spread about, cast to the winds
 
ABREID
adv. c1400 obs. exc. Eng. dial. - apart, widely
 
ABRENOUNCE
vb. 1537 rare - to renounce, to repudiate; to contradict
 
ABRENOUNCING
n. c1550 obs. - repudiation; rejection
 
ABRENUNCIATE
vb. 1618 obs. rare - to renounce; to repudiate; to contradict
 
ABRENUNCIATION
n. 1641 - renunciation; retraction, repudiation
 
ABREPTION
n. 1550 rare - a snatching away; complete separation or removal
 
ABREVY
vb. a1325 obs. - to abbreviate, to abridge 

ABRI  -  ABYSSINIAN POLO

ABRI
n. 1761 - a shelter, a refuge
 
ABRICOTINE
adj. 1930 - apricot-coloured
n. 1908 - apricot brandy
 
ABRIDGE
n. 1. 1611 obs. rare - abridgement, shortening
n. 2. 1634 obs. rare - an abridged version; an epitome
vb. 1435 obs. rare - to prevent harm, etc.; to frustrate or thwart a purpose
 
ABRIDGEDLY
adv. 1704 rare - in an abridged form; concisely, briefly
 
ABRIDGEMENTS
n. M19 sl. - knee-breeches
 
ABRIPE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to ravish, to rape a woman
 
ABRIPED
adj. 1623 obs. rare - ravished, raped
 
ABROACH
vb. c1400 obs. - to pierce or broach a container, esp. a cask of liquor, so as to let the contents flow out; to release liquor from a container in this way
 
ABROAD
adj. 1. L18 sl. - of convicts: transported to a penal colony
adj. 2. 1770 colloq. rare - confused, bewildered, perplexed, at a loss, in error, wide of the mark or truth
adj. 3. M19 sl. - drunk
adv. 1. c1300 - in public, so as to be widely known, believed, etc.; openly, publicly; at large
adv. 2. c1335 - out of one's house or abode; outdoors; in the open
adv. 3. 1654 rare - apart, in pieces
adv. 4. 1893 Ireland & Eng. dial. - near at hand  
 
ABROAD CLERK
n. 1781 rare - a brewery employee who visits publicans' premises to collect payments, oversee the way beer is kept., etc.
 
ABROAD COOPER
n. 1807 rare - a brewery employee who visits publicans' premises to collect payments, oversee the way beer is kept., etc.
 
ABROADED
adj. 1. M19 - living in exile somewhere other than the UK (UK society usage)
adj. 2. M19 sl. - transported to a penal colony
adj. 3. L19 sl. - imprisoned  
 
ABRODIETICAL
adj. 1625 obs. rare - over-refined or self-indulgent, esp. in regard to diet; feeding or eating daintily; delicate, fastidious, finicky
n. 1623 obs. rare - a person of over-refined or self-indulgent tastes; a delicate person, a dainty eater 
 
ABROGABLE
adj. 1550 - capable of being abrogated
 
ABROGANS 
n. Bk1850 Amer. - a corruption of ‘aborigines’ said to be common in the West among the illiterate, and which is used jocularly for Indians  
 
ABROGATE
adj. 1460 rare - repealed, annulled, cancelled, abolished by authority
vb. 1. 1526 - to repeal a law; to annul, to abolish authoritatively or formally; to cancel
vb. 2. a1529 - to do away with; to put an end to; to reject or deny
vb. 3. 1904 - to evade, neglect, or renounce an obligation or duty; to shirk a responsibility
 
ABROGATION
n. 1. 1535 - repeal or abolition by authority
n. 2. 1692 obs. - the removal a person from an office by formal means
 
ABROGATIVE
adj. 1613 rare - having the quality of abrogating; that repeals, abolishes, or cancels a law, practice, etc.
 
ABROGATOR 
n. 1599 - one who abrogates or repeals by authority; one who abolishes
 
ABROGE
vb. 1427 obs. rare - to abrogate
 
ABROOD
adv. 1656 rare - hatching or brooding upon mischief, evil, etc.
 
ABROOK
vb. 1592 obs. rare - to brook, to endure, to tolerate, to bear
 
ABRUPT
adj. 1. 1565 obs. - broken off, truncated, cut short; terminating in a break
adj. 2. 1583 obs. rare - that has broken away from restraint; abandoned, dissolute
n. 1624 obs. - an abrupt or steep place; a precipice; a chasm, an abyss
vb. 1634 - to break off, to sever; to interrupt suddenly; to curtail
 
ABRUPTED
adj. 1597 - suddenly broken off; cut short, curtailed; cut off
 
ABRUPTION
n. 1585 rare - a breaking off; an interruption; a sudden break, as in a narrative etc.
 
ABRUPTLY
adv. 1. 1579 obs. - in short, in brief; by way of abbreviation
adv. 2. 1607 obs. - intermittently, sporadically
 
ABRUTALIZE
vb. 1795 rare - to brutalize
 
ABRUZZESE 
n. 1816 - a native or inhabitant of the Abruzzo region of central Italy
 
ABRUZZIAN 
n. 1570 - a native or inhabitant of the Abruzzo region of central Italy
 
ABS
n. 1956 Amer. sl. - the abdominal muscles  Amer. sl.
 
ABSALOM 
n. Bk1922 - an undutiful son
 
ABSCEDE
vb. 1650 obs. rare - to move away, to lose contact; to separate
 
ABSCESSION
n. 1. 1583 obs. rare - departure, removal; cessation of a disease, pain, etc.
n. 2. 1583 obs. rare - an abscess
 
ABSCESSIONAL
n. 1647 obs. rare - a permission or command to depart
 
ABSCESS OF THE BOWELS
n. c1960 Amer. dial. - an older name for appendicitis
 
ABSCHIZE
vb. c1833 sl. - to decamp
 
ABSCIND
vb. 1610 rare - to cut off, to separate, to detach
 
ABSCINDED
adj. 1674 rare - cut off, detached, separated
 
ABSCISE
vb. a1500 rare - to cut off or away (chiefly surgical usage)
 
ABSCISION
n. 1594 - a cutting off or away
 
ABSCISSION
n. 1. 1555 - a cutting off or violent separation
n. 2. 1625 obs. - a cutting a person off from God or the from the Church
n. 3. 1633 obs. - the state of being cut off; separation and removal
 
ABSCISSOR
n. 1647 obs. rare - one that tears or rends asunder
 
ABSCONCE
n. 1872 obs. rare - a dark lantern used in monasteries, etc. for reading prayers, etc. during services
vb. 1. 1570 obs. rare - to hide, to conceal
vb. 2. 1823 obs. rare - to depart quickly, to flee (humorous usage)
 
ABSCOND
adj. 1653 obs. rare - hidden from view
vb. c1586 rare - to hide away; to conceal anything
 
ABSCONDED
adj. 1652 obs. - concealed, hidden away, secluded, secret
 
ABSCONDENCE
n. 1694 - concealment, seclusion; removal to a place of concealment or hiding; flight from creditors, arrest, etc.
 
ABSCONDENT
n. 1685 obs. rare - a person who absconds
 
ABSCONDER 
n. 1702 - one who absconds or leaves quickly; a runaway from justice; a fugitive; an escapee  
 
ABSCONDMENT
n. 1694 rare - an absconding, esp. from creditors, arrest, or custody
 
ABSCONSION
n. 1. 1648 obs. rare - hiding, concealment
n. 2. 1827 - flight, disappearance, or escape, esp. from custody
 
ABSCOTCHALATER
n. Bk1921 US sl. - one in hiding from the police; one who runs away
 
ABSENCE
n. 1866 obs. rare - a person or thing which is absent
 
ABSENCY
n. 1599 obs. rare - absence
 
ABSENT
adj. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - intoxicated
n. c1425 obs. - one who is absent; an absentee
vb. 1. c1400 obs. - to be or stay away; to withdraw
vb. 2. 1488 rare - to depart from, to quit, to leave
vb. 3. 1530 obs. - to keep away; to detain or withhold from being present
 
ABSENTANEOUS
adj. 1656 rare - done in absence; pert; to absence
 
ABSENTATION
n. 1800 rare - the act of absenting oneself; absence
 
ABSENTED
adj. a1586 - withdrawn, retired; absent
 
ABSENTEE
n. 1. 1777 US - a person loyal to the British who fled his or her residence during the American Revolution
n. 2. 1803 Aust. rare - an escaped convict
 
ABSENTMENT
n. 1600 rare - the act of absenting oneself; a withdrawal or staying away
 
ABSENT-MINDED BEGGAR
n. 1899 Eng. sl. - a soldier  
 
ABSENT-MNDED PROFESSOR
n. 1859 - an habitually inattentive or forgetful person; one who is distracted or preoccupied to the extent of being unaware of their immediate surroundings
 
ABSENT PARENTS 
n. 1994 euphemism - fathers who do not live with their infant children  
 
ABSENTNESS
n. 1790 rare - a being absent in mind; distractedness, absent-mindedness
 
ABSENTY
n. 1520 obs. - absence
 
ABSIMILATION
n. 1638 obs. rare - the act or process of making or becoming unlike or dissimilar to something
 
ABSIST
vb. 1614 obs. rare - to withdraw; to desist
 
ABSISTENCE
n. 1881 - a standing off; an abstaining or refraining from something; abstinence
 
ABSITIVELY
adv. 1926 US sl. - certainly
 
ABSIT OMEN
phr.  1594 - 'may the omen be absent'; used as an imprecation when referring to a possible undesirable event in the hope that it will not come to pass
 
ABSKIZE
vb. c1833 sl. - to decamp
 
ABS-LAGGY
phr. M19 UK criminals' sl. - transported
 
ABS-LUSHERY
phr. M19 UK criminals' sl. - at a drinking house
 
ABS-NABBEMS
phr. M19 UK criminals' sl. - safe, secure from capture
 
ABS-NUNKS
adj. M19 UK criminals' sl. - visiting the pawnbroker  
 
ABSO
n. 1900s sl. - a definite winner, usually used in a sporting context
 
ABSOBALLYLUTELY
adv. 1914 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed, utterly
 
ABSO-BLESSED-LUTELY
adv. 1912 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed
 
ABSOBLOODYLUTELY
adv. 1935 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed, utterly
 
ABSOBLOOMINGLUTELY
adv. 1909 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed
 
ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY
adv. 1985 sl. - absolutely, very much indeed; without the slightest doubt 
int. 1910s sl. - exclamation of affirmation
 
ABSOGODDAMLUTELY
adv. 1962 US sl. - absolutely
 
ABSOGODDAMNTIVELY
adv. 1986 Amer. sl. - absolutely and positively
 
ABSOIL
vb. c1450 obs. - to absolve, esp. from sin
 
ABSOLENT
adj. c1560 obs. rare - perfect, consummate
 
ABSOLETE
adj. a1613 obs. - obsolete
 
ABSOLUTELY!
int. 1825 colloq. - used for registering complete agreement; yes! indeed!
 
ABSOLUTELY MR. GALLAGHER. POSTIVELY MR. SHEAN
phr. 1922 US sl. - used for a humorous assent
 
ABSOLUTELY NOT!
phr. 20C sl. - not a hope! not a chance!
 
ABSOLUTENESS
n. 1. 1551 obs. - a being complete or finished; completeness; perfection
n. 2. 1574 - unlimited or unrestrained authority; arbitrary rule
n. 3. 1603 - absence of conditions or reservations; unconditional quality; certainty, unreservedness
n. 4. 1605 - independence, autonomy
 
ABSOLUTIST 
n. 1. 1799 - in politics: one who is in favour of an absolute government; also, a person who rules or governs absolutely
n. 2. 1917 - during World War I: a conscientious objector who refused to carry out non-combatant compulsory service
 
ABSOLUTORY
adj. 1611 - that grants absolution; relating to absolution
 
ABSOLVANT
n. 1506 obs. rare - he who absolves
 
ABSOLVATORY
adj. 1611 rare - pardoning, forgiving; belonging to a discharge or acquittal
 
ABSOLVITORY
adj. 1609 Sc. - pert. to absolution; absolving 
 
ABSOLVITURE
n. 1586 Sc. obs. - the act of absolving; absolution
 
ABSONANT
adj. 1564 - harsh, inharmonious; fig. discordant or abhorrent to reason, nature, etc; unreasonable, unnatural
 
ABSONATE
vb. Bk1775 obs. - to avoid, to detest (a law term)
 
ABSONISM
n. 1593 obs. rare - something discordant in the use of language
 
ABSONOUS
adj. 1. 1622 rare - out of tune, inharmonious  
adj. 2. 1642 rare - absurd, incongruous; unreasonable
 
ABSO-ONE-HUNDRED-PERCENT-LUTELY
adv. Brit. sl. - absolutely; most definite
 
ABSORB
vb. 1. 1490 obs. - to swallow up, to engulf, esp. in a body of water
vb. 2. 1686 - to consume or use up resources, esp. money; to occupy or take up time
vb. 3. 1821 colloq. - to eat or drink, esp. voraciously or with relish
 
ABSORBEATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to swallow up
 
ABSORBITION
n. c1680 rare - absorption  
 
ABSORPT
adj. c1450 obs. - absorbed; swallowed up; fig. engrossed
 
ABSORPTED
adj. a1631 obs. - absorbed
 
ABSORPTIVE
adj. 1664 - having the quality of absorbing, swallowing, or imbibing; fig. engrossing
 
ABSOTIVE
adj. 1924 Amer. sl. - absolute
 
ABSOTIVELY
adv. 1914 sl. - absolutely; decidedly; without a doubt, irrefutably; certainly
 
ABSOTOOTLY
adv. 1955 Amer. dial. - absolutely
 
ABSOYLE
vb. c1450 obs. - to absolve  
 
ABS-PAD-LUCK
phr. M19 UK criminals' sl. - 'gone upon the highway'
 
ABSQUAT
vb. 1868 sl. - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond
 
ABSQUATIATE
vb. 1839 Amer. sl. - to abscond, to depart
 
ABSQUATILATE
vb. 1830 Amer. sl. - to depart or abscond; to flee, to run away
 
ABSQUATTLE
vb. 1842 sl. - of a person or animal: to leave; to run away; to abscond
 
ABSQUATULATE
vb. 1. 1830 Amer. dial. - to die
vb. 2. 1830 US - to leave, to depart, especially hastily, or furtively; to run away; to abscond
vb. 3. 1842 sl. - of an object: to separate, to break away from (orig. US)
vb. 4. 1844 rare - to send away, to dismiss
vb. 5. 1976 Amer. dial. - to squabble
 
ABSQUATULATION
n. 1839 - a sudden disappearance or absconding
 
ABSQUATULATOR
n. 1842 Amer. sl. - an absconder  
 
ABSQUATULIZE
vb. 1. 1829 Amer. sl. - to abscond, to depart
vb. 2. 1839 Amer. sl. - to drive away, to expel  
 
ABSQUINCHIATED
adj. 1967 Amer. dial. - used up, finished
 
ABSQUOTILATE
vb. 1837-40 - to make off, to decamp
 
ABSQUOTULATE
vb. 1. 1830 sl. - of people or animals: to leave, to run away, to abscond (orig. US)
vb. 2. 1842 sl. - of an object: to separate, to break away from (orig. US)
 
ABS-SMASH-RIG
n. M19 UK criminals' sl. - the act of passing counterfeit coin  
 
ABS-SPOUTEMS
adj. M19 UK criminals' sl. - gone to the pawnbrokers
 
ABSTAIN
vb. a1425 obs. - to fast
 
ABSTAINER 
n. 1. c1475 - a person who abstains from eating particular foods
n. 2. 1852 - a person who abstains from voting
n. 3. 1854 - a person who abstains from drinking alcohol; a teetotaller
 
ABSTAIN FROM BEANS
vb. 1920s sl. - to desist from politics
 
ABSTAINMENT
n. 1819 rare - the act of keeping from or refraining
 
ABSTEMIOUS
adj. 1. 1603 - temperate or sparing in food; characterized by such temperance; sparing
adj. 2. 1604 - of food, a meal, etc.: spare, plain, modest
adj. 2. 1610 rare - abstinent, refraining, sparing (with regard to other things than food)
 
ABSTEMIOUSLY
adv. 1625 - of eating and drinking: sparingly, temperately
 
ABSTEMIOUSNESS
n. 1604 - the quality of being sparing in the use of strong drink and delicacies
 
ABSTENT
adj. 1898 Sc. - absent
 
ABSTENTION
n. 1. 1521 obs. - the act of keeping back or restraining
n. 2. 1624-47 - the act of keeping oneself back, abstaining, or refraining
n. 3. 1849 - an act of refraining from exercising one's vote
 
ABSTENTIONIST
n. 1. 1857 - one who refrains from exercising his or her vote
n. 2. 1880 - one who practices or approves abstention
 
ABSTENTIOUS
adj. 1839 - characterized by abstinence; self-restraining or refraining
 
ABSTER
vb. 1542 obs. rare - to deter, to hinder, to frighten off
 
ABSTERGE
vb. 1526 rare - to wipe away; to wipe clean; to cleanse
 
ABSTERGENT
adj. 1617 rare - having a cleansing quality; cleansing, abrading
 
ABSTERGIFY
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to cleanse
 
ABSTERSE
vb. a1425 rare - to wipe away; to wipe clean; to cleanse
 
ABSTERSION
n. a1425 rare - the act or process of wiping clean; cleansing, scouring
 
ABSTERSORY
adj. 1609 obs. - cleansing, purgative
 
ABSTINENCE
n. 1386 obs. - a truce, cessation of hostilities
 
ABSTINENCE OF WAR
n. 1386 obs. - a truce, cessation of hostilities
 
ABSTINENCY
n. 1. 1529 - an abstaining from food, pleasure, etc.; also, fasting
n. 2. 1594 rare - a fast
 
ABSTINENT 
n. c1440 - one who abstains; an abstainer; also, a person who is fasting
 
ABSTINENTIAL
adj. 1655 rare - pert. to abstinence
 
ABSTORQUED
adj. 1623 obs. rare - forced away, wrung from another by violence
 
ABSTORTED
adj. 1658 obs. rare - forced away, wrung from another by violence
 
ABSTRACT
adj. 1721 Sc. obs. - apart, withdrawn from
 
ABSTRACTER
n. 1857 hist. rare - in the British civil service: a clerk who prepared abstracts of the numbers of births, deaths, and marriages
 
ABSTRACTIONIST
n. 1. 1832 - a person who prefers to view, analyse, and discuss the world in abstract rather than practical terms; a thinker who gives precedence to abstract ideas and concepts over concrete and particular ones
n. 2. 1841 sl. - a pickpocket
n. 3. 1844 US - (depreciative) an impractical dreamer; an idealist
n. 4. 1917 - an advocate or practitioner of abstraction in the arts, esp. a painter in the abstract style
 
ABSTRACTION-MONGER
n. 1860 - one who deals with visionary ideas
 
ABSTRACTOR 
n. 1859 hist. - in the British civil service: a clerk who prepared abstracts of the numbers of births, deaths, and marriages
 
ABSTRAKLOUS
adj. Bk1905 Sc. - cross-grained; bad-tempered
 
ABSTREPOLOUS
adj. c1725 - obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control
 
ABSTREPULOUS
adj. c1725 - obstreperous; noisy and difficult to control
 
ABSTRICTED
adj. 1727 obs. rare - loosened, freed, unbound
 
ABSTRICTION
n. 1650 rare - a loosening or unbinding
 
ABSTRINGE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to unbind or loosen
 
ABSTROCITY
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - an abstract monstrosity
 
ABSTROPELOUS
adj. E18 sl. - aggressively resistant to control or restraint  
 
ABSTRUDE
vb. 1627 obs. - to thrust away
 
ABSTRUSE
adj. 1. 1549 - difficult to understand; obscure, recondite
adj. 2. 1576 obs. - concealed, hidden, secret
 
ABSTRUSED
adj. 1607 obs. rare - concealed, hidden, remote
 
ABSTRUSELY
adv. 1. 1611 obs. rare - secretly, in a concealed manner
adv. 2. 1734 - in a manner that is complicated or difficult to understand
 
ABSTRUSENESS
n. 1628 - a being difficult to understand
 
ABSTRUSION
n. 1805 rare - the act of thrusting away
 
ABSTRUSITY
n. 1. 1632 - obscurity; anything abstruse; an obscure or recondite matter or point
n. 2. 1649 - a being difficult to understand; abstruseness
 
ABSTRUSIVE
adj. 1848 - of abstruse quality; abstruse, recondite
 
ABSUME
vb. 1596 obs. - to consume gradually; to waste away; to carry off
 
ABSUMPTION
n. 1617 rare - the process of wasting away, gradual destruction
 
ABSURD
adj. 1617 obs. rare - in music: inharmonious, jarring, out-of-tune
n. 1. 1610 obs. - an unreasonable thing, act, or statement; an absurdity
n. 2. Bk1827 rare - a person who is absurd; an unreasonable person
 
ABSURDISM
n. 1815 - an illogical or ridiculous thing
 
ABSURDIST
adj. 1951 - relating to the perceived futility and senselessness of human life
n. 1. 1894 rare - a person who behaves in an illogical or absurd manner
n. 2. 1929 - a writer, performer, etc., whose work presents an audience or readership with absurdities, typically in portraying the futility of human struggle in a senseless and inexplicable world; esp. a writer or proponent of absurdist drama
 
ABSURDITY
n. c1429 obs. - in music: lack of harmony, untunefulness
 
ABSURDUM
n. 1606 - an absurd or illogical conclusion; also, an absurd state or condition
 
ABTHANE 
n. a1525 - in Scottish hist.: a senior thane (a person holding lands of the king; the chief of a clan, who became one of the king's barons)

ABUBBLE
adj. 1766 - of a person or place: bubbling over with excitement, etc.; full of activity
 
ABUCCINATE
vb. 1569 obs. rare - to proclaim as with a trumpet
 
A-BUCK
phr. 1980s US homosexual sl. - a lying on one's back with one's legs over one's head to enable both anal intercourse and kissing  
 
ABUELA 
n. 1836 - in Spanish-speaking contexts: a grandmother; generally, an elderly woman; also, a familiar title or form of address
 
ABUELITA 
n. 1937 - in Spanish-speaking contexts: a grandmother; generally, an elderly woman; also, a familiar title or form of address
 
ABUELO 
n. 1876 - in Spanish-speaking contexts: a grandfather; generally, an elderly man; also, a familiar title or form of address
 
ABUILYIEMENTS
n. 1816 Sc. - accoutrements, arms
 
ABUJI
n. 1972 Amer. dial. - father (Hawaii)
 
ABULIEMENT
n. 1787 Sc. obs. - dress, clothing; generally plural
 
ABULZIEMENTS
n. 1719 Sc. - garments
 
ABUNDANCE
n. 1782 Sc. - enough
 
ABUNDANCY
n. 1526 obs. - the quality of being abundant; abundantness, plentifulness
 
ABUNDARY
n. 1622 obs. rare - an overflowing source; a fountain-head
 
ABUNDATION
n. 19C Eng. dial. - abundance, plenty, a large quantity
 
ABURDEN
vb. 1620 obs. rare - to burden, to oppress
 
ABURST
adj. 1. 1205 obs. rare - enraged, furious
adj. 2. 1865 - bursting; in a bursting condition
 
ABUSABLE
adj. 1660 obs. - of abusing or deceiving character; deceptive
 
ABUSAGE
n. 1548 obs. - abuse, misuse, perversion; defilement
 
ABUSAK
n. 20C teen & high school sl. - elevator music
 
ABUSCHE
vb. c1300 obs. - to ambush
 
ABUSE
n. 1. 1551 obs. - imposture, deceit; delusion
n. 2. L16 sl. - masturbation
vb. 1. a1439 obs. - to misrepresent a person or thing; to adulterate; to falsify; to show oneself in false colours, to make false pretensions
vb. 2. a1475 obs. rare - to behave improperly
vb. 3. L15 sl. - to cheat, to make a cuckold of  
vb. 4. 1548 obs. rare - to use something in error, to mistake for another thing
vb. 5. L16 sl. - to masturbate
 
ABUSED
adj. 1. a1500 obs. - misguided, mistaken; deceived
adj. 2. a1513 obs. - worn out, consumed by use; disused, obsolete
 
ABUSEE
n. 1836 - a person who is or who has been abused
 
ABUSEFUL
adj. 1612 - abounding in abuse; using or practicing abuse; abusive, harmful, reproachful
 
ABUSEFULLY
adv. 1656 - in an abusive manner; abusively; improperly
 
AB-USEFULNESS
n. 1862 rare - capacity to be used improperly
 
ABUSEFULNESS
n. 1893 Eng. dial. - abuse
 
ABUSEMENT
n. 1535 obs. - an abusing or misleading; abuse, deception
 
ABUSE ONESELF
vb. euphemism - to masturbate
 
ABUSER 
n. 1. 1579 obs. - a person who perverts truth or abuses confidence; a deceiver or impostor
n. 2. 1584 - one who uses badly or injures; an ill-user, a violator; one who seduces, a ravisher, one who rapes
n. 3. 1611 - one who masturbates
n. 4. 1847 - a person who abuses drugs or alcohol
 
ABUSH; ABUSHE  
vb. c1300 obs. - to ambush
 
ABUSHMENT
n. 1380 obs. - ambush, ambushment
 
ABUSHMENTLY
adv. 1552 obs. - in ambush, by way of ambuscade
 
ABUSION
n. 1. c1350 obs. - contemptuous or reproachful language; reviling, insult
n. 2. c1374 obs. - violation of law or right, outrage, wrong; anything opposed to propriety; bad or improper usage; corrupt or shameful fact or practice
n. 3. c1386 obs. - perversion of the truth; deceit, deception, imposture; also, an instance of such perversion or deception
n. 4. 1387 obs. - misuse, misapplication, perversion
 
ABUSIOUS
adj. 1594 obs. rare - given to abuse; abusive
 
ABUSIVE
adj. 1595 obs. - deceitful, fraudulent; deluding
 
ABUSSE
vb. c1300 obs. - to ambush
 
ABUSTLE
adj. 1887 - busy, bustling with people, activity, etc.
 
ABUTTAL
n. 1545 - an extremity or boundary of land which abuts upon neighbouring lands; a point of junction
vb. 1. 1545 obs. - of land: to border on or upon an adjacent piece of land; to abut
vb. 2. 1637 obs. - to define or describe a piece of land by specifying its boundaries and abuttals
 
ABUTTER 
n. 1673 - one whose land or building abuts upon a highway or upon another’s property; the owner of adjoining property
 
A-BUZZ
adj. 1. 1859 - alive with activity, excitement, talk, etc.
adj. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - drunk
 
ABVERSION
n. 1638 obs. rare - aversion; an averted state of mind or feelings; a mental attitude of opposition or repugnance; a fixed habitual dislike
 
ABVOLATE
vb. 1623 obs. rare - to fly away
 
ABVOLATION
n. 1663 obs. rare - a flying away
 
ABY
n. 1914 Amer. dial. - (usually derogatory) a Jew
vb. 1. c1175 obs. - to buy, to purchase, to pay for
vb. 2. c1175 arch. - to pay the penalty for an offense; to redeem; to atone for; to suffer for; to make amends for; to expiate
vb. 3. 1374 arch. - to pay, as a penalty; to suffer, to endure
 
ABYDOCOMIST
n. 18C - a sycophant who boasts of his successes achieved by flattery and falsehood  

ABYE
adv. 1894 Sc. - ago, past
vb. 1. c1175 obs. - to buy, to purchase, to pay for
vb. 2. c1175 arch. - to pay the penalty for an offense; to redeem; to atone for; to suffer for; to make amends for; to expiate  
vb. 3. 1374 arch. - to pay, as a penalty; to suffer, to endure
 
ABYSM
n. 1. c1300 - the great deep, the bottomless gulf, believed in the old cosmogony to lie beneath the earth, and supposed to be, specifically: an imaginary subterraneous reservoir of waters; or, hell, or the infernal regions
n. 2. 1495 - any deep immeasurable space; a profound chasm or gulf; an abyss
vb. Bk1611 obs. rare - to sink into an abyss; to engulf
 
ABYSMAL
adj. 1. 1656 - bottomless; profound; relating to Hell; hellish
adj. 2. 1904 - of an exceptionally poor standard or quality; extremely bad, appalling
 
ABYSMALLY
adv. 1869 - unfathomably, profoundly; hence, appallingly
 
ABYSMUS
n. Bk1611 rare - an abyss
 
ABYSS
n. 1. c1460 - hell; the insides of the earth; also preceded with 'the'
n. 2. 1548 - an extremity of some condition or quality (usually a negative one); a condition from which recovery is unlikely or impossible
n. 3. 1980s US homosexual sl. - a large anus that has been frequently used for anal intercourse
 
ABYSSAL
adj. 1609 - of unsearchable depth, unfathomable; belonging to the lowest depths of ocean
 
ABYSSIAN 
n. E17 obs. - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia)
 
ABYSSIN 
n. 1584 obs. - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in north-eastern Africa; now officially called Ethiopia
 
ABYSSINIA
int. 1934 sl. - goodbye; I'll be seeing you
 
ABYSSINIAN 
adj. 1697 - relating to Abyssinia
n. 1703 - a native or inhabitant of Abyssinia, a country in NE Africa (now Ethiopia)
 
ABYSSINIAN POLO
n. 1920s sl. - a game of dice; the game of craps dice

A.C.  -  ACCOY

​​A.C.
n. 2000s US prison sl. - Aryan Circle, A White supremacist prison gang
 
AC
conj. a1000 obs. - but
n. 1990s US Black sl. - the Acura Legend, a popular automobile
 
A.C.A.B.
phr. 1940s sl. - All Coppers Are Bastards; a popular tattoo in the UK, esp. among Hell's Angels and other outlaw groups
 
ACACY
n. Bk1731 obs. rare - innocence, guilelessness; a being free from malice
 
ACADEME
n. 1. 1588 - a place where the arts and sciences are taught; an institution for the study of higher learning; an academy (poetic usage)
n. 2. 1861 - a member of a university or college, now spec. a senior member, a member of a university or college's teaching or research staff (chiefly US)
 
ACADEMIAL
adj. 1755 rare - relating to an educational institution or environment; concerned with the pursuit of research, education, and scholarship; educational, intellectual
 
ACADEMIAN
n. 1593 - a member of an academy; an academic or academician; a student in a university or college
 
ACADEMIC 
n. 1. 1581 - a member of a university or college, now spec. a senior member, a member of a university or college's teaching or research staff. also. in weakened sense, a person interested in or excelling at pursuits involving reading, thinking, and study
n. 2. 1728 rare - a member of an academy for the cultivation and promotion of literature and arts and sciences
 
ACADEMICAL 
n. 1656 - a member of an academy; a student in a university or college
 
ACADEMICAL CLERK 
n. 1857 - at certain colleges of Oxford University: a junior member of a college who receives an emolument in return for undertaking duties (esp. singing) in chapel
 
ACADEMICIAN
n. 1. 1665 rare - a collegian; a student in a college or university
n. 2. 1668 - a member of an academy for the cultivation and promotion of literature, of arts and sciences
n. 3. c1760 UK sl. - a harlot; a prostitute; an inmate of an 'academy'
n. 4. E19 sl. - a prisoner
n. 5. Bk1921 sl. - a thief
 
ACADEMICIZE
vb. 1846 rare - to engage in academic discourse, thought, or analysis
 
ACADEMIST
n. 1. 1649 - a member of an academy for the cultivation and promotion of literature, of arts and sciences
n. 2. 1651 obs. rare - a pupil or instructor in a school for riding, etc.
 
ACADEMITE
n. 1829 - a member of any various academies; esp. a member of the Royal Naval Academy at Portsmouth
 
ACADEMIZE
vb. 1. 1848 obs. rare - to form an academy
vb. 2. 1868 - to bring under the influence or control of an academy; also, to make academic
 
ACADEMY
n. 1. 1650 sl. obs. - a brothel; a bawdy house
n. 2. E18 sl. - a casino
n. 3. 18C sl. - a lunatic asylum
n. 4. 18C Eng. sl. - a rendezvous for thieves, harlots, or gamesters; a thieves' school or gang
n. 5. E19 sl. - a prison
n. 6. 19C sl. - a billiard room
n. 7. Bk1921 sl. - a gang of thieves
 
ACADEMY AWARD
adj. 1. 1958 US sl. - excellent
adj. 2. 1966 Aust. sl. - histrionic
n. 1958 US sl. - recognition of excelling in a field
 
ACADEMY AWARD WINNING
adj. 1987 Aust. sl. - histrionic
 
ACADEMY BUZZ-NAPPER 
n. 1890 criminals' sl. obs. - an apprentice in the art of picking pockets; some schools use a dummy with bells in every pocket for practice picking
 
ACADEMY HEADACHE
n. c1880 Eng. sl. - one due to visiting exhibitions
 
ACADIAN
adj. 1746 - native to Nova Scotia
n. 1. 1705 - a native or inhabitant of Acadia, a former French colony on the Atlantic seaboard of North America, which included the present Maritime Provinces of Canada (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island), or of the Maritime Provinces; spec. a French-speaking descendant of French settlers in Acadia
n. 2. 1776 - a Louisianan descended from inhabitants of Acadia expelled in 1755
n. 3. 1790 - a native of Nova Scotia  
 
ACAJOU
n. 1725 - the cashew nut  
 
ACALE
adj. c1320 obs. - cold, frozen
 
ACAMY
adj. 1845 Sc. - diminutive, undersized, infirm
n. 1865 Sc. & Eng. dial. - a diminutive thing; a weak or infirm person or animal; a weakling; also, a term of abuse
 
ACANG
vb. c1225 obs. rare - ? to act foolishly, to lose self-control
 
ACAPULCO
n. 1965 - a high grade of marijuana, typically brownish- or greenish-gold in colour, originally grown around Acapulco, Mexico
 
ACAPULCO GOLD
n. 1965 - a high grade of marijuana, typically brownish- or greenish-gold in colour, originally grown around Acapulco, Mexico
 
ACAPULCO RED
n. 1960s drugs sl. - marijuana
 
ACARYA 
n. 1792 - in India: a spiritual teacher or leader; an influential mentor
 
ACAST
vb. c1220 rare - to cast down, to throw down, to cast away or off
 
ACATALEPSY
n. 1605 - incomprehensibility
 
ACATALEPTIC
adj. 1727 rare - incapable of being certainly comprehended or ascertained; incomprehensible, unknowable
 
ACATALLACTIC
adj. 1865 - not concerned with or involving exchange, esp. of money
n. 1842 obs. rare - a matter unconnected with exchange, esp. of money
 
ACATASTASIS
n. 1683 obs. rare - an unsettling or confusing of something
 
ACATE
n. c1374 obs. - buying, purchasing, purchase
 
ACATER
n. c1386 obs. - a purchaser of provisions; a purveyor; a provider or preparer of 'cates' or delicacies; a caterer
 
ACATERY
n. a1377 obs. - provisions purchased; also, the room or place allotted to the keeping of all such provisions
 
ACATES
n. 1465 obs. - things purchased; such provisions as were not made in the house, but had to be purchased fresh when wanted, as meat, fish, etc.; hence, all provisions except the home produce of the baker and brewer; dainties, delicacies
 
ACATHOLIC 
adj. 1823 - that is not Catholic
n. 1745 - a non-Catholic, esp. a non-Catholic inhabitant of a Catholic state
 
ACATOUR
n. c1386 obs. - a purchaser or buyer of provisions; esp. the officer who purchased provisions for the royal household; a purveyor
 
ACATRY
n. a1377 obs. - provisions purchased; also, the room or place allotted to the keeping of all such provisions
 
ACAUSE
conj. 1819 - because
 
ACCA
n. 1. 1824 Sc. - aqua vitae; whisky
n. 2. 1977 Aust. sl. - an academic person, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads
n. 3. 1970s Aust. sl. - jargon-loaded academic writing
n. 4. 1980s Aust. sl. - acne spots
n. 5. Brit. sl. - a bet of at least four selections; an 'accumulator'
 
ACCABE!
int. Bk1898 Eng. dial. - expression of disgust
 
ACCABLE
vb. 1602 obs. rare - to overwhelm, to crush
 
ACCATRY
n. a1377 obs. - provisions purchased; also, the room or place allotted to the keeping of all such provisions
 
ACCEDE
vb. 1. 1465 obs. - to come forward, approach, or arrive at a place or state
vb. 2. a1475 rare - to join with something or somebody else; to become part of or adapted to something; to give support
 
ACCELERATE
adj. 1527 obs. rare - quickened, hastened
vb. 1854 obs. rare - to assign to an earlier date, to antedate
 
ACCELERATEDLY
adv. 1753 rare - with ever increasing speed
 
ACCELERATION
n. L19 tramps' sl. - starvation
 
ACCELERATOR
n. 1. 1819 - an early form of bicycle, in which the rider sat on a bar between the two wheels, and propelled himself by pushing the ground with each foot alternately
n. 2. 1992 US criminal sl. - an arsonist
n. 3. 1993 US sl. - an amphetamine tablet
 
ACCELERATORY
adj. 1847 rare - quickening, adding to velocity
 
ACCEND
vb. 1. c1425 obs. - to stir up, to excite, to incite, to stimulate
vb. 2. a1475 obs. - to kindle, to set light to, to set on fire
 
ACCENDIBILITY
n. 1821 obs. - capacity of being kindled, set on fire or inflamed
 
ACCENDIBLE
adj. 1630 obs. rare - capable of being kindled, or set on fire
 
ACCENDING
adj. 1646 obs. - kindling
 
ACCENSED
adj. 1. 1490 obs. - inflamed with emotion; stirred up, excited, incited, stimulated
adj. 2. 1613 obs. - kindled, set on fire, inflamed
 
ACCENSION
n. 1646 obs. or arch. - the act of kindling, or the state of being kindled; ignition; heat
 
ACCENSOR 
n. Bk1883 - one who sets on fire or kindles; in the Roman Catholic Church, a minister or servant whose business it is to light and trim the candles and tapers
 
ACCENTY
n. 1600 obs. rare - accent; a significant tone one sound in speech; a spoken word
 
ACCEPT
adj. a1382 obs. - accepted; approved; considered or taken as acceptable
 
ACCEPTANT
adj. 1846 - inclined or tending to accept; receptive; acquiescent
n. 1598 obs. - one who accepts, receives, or takes what is offered; the acceptor of a bill of exchange or a draft
 
ACCEPTATION
n. 1. 1426 obs. - the act of taking, or receiving, what is offered, whether by way of favour, satisfaction, or duty; acceptance
n. 2. 1504 obs. - the state of being acceptable or accepted
n. 3. 1529 - favourable reception, approval; hence, assent, acquiescence, belief
n. 4. a1555 - the sense in which a word or sentence is understood; the accepted meaning or purport of something
 
ACCEPTATION OF PERSONS
n. c1400 rare - favouritism on personal grounds; undue partiality
 
ACCEPTATIVENESS
n. 1. 1870 obs. rare - tendency to give acceptance to statements; credulity
n. 2. 1882 obs. rare - a being accepted or well-receive
 
ACCEPTILATE
vb. 1880 obs. rare - in Roman Law: to discharge a debt by an acquittance without payment
 
ACCEPTION
n. 1. c1384 rare - the act of accepting; the receiving or taking of anything presented; acceptance, favourable reception
n. 2. c1384 obs. - partiality, favouritism
n. 3. 1535 rare - the sense in which a word or sentence is understood; the accepted meaning or purport of something
 
ACCEPTIVE
adj. 1. c1475 rare - fit or suitable for acceptance; appropriate
adj. 2. 1598 obs. - having a tendency to accept; ready to accept; receptive
 
ACCEPTIVITY
n. 1855 - the quality or condition of being acceptive; receptivity
 
ACCEPTOR 
n. 1. c1384 rare - a judge who is influenced by the personal acceptableness of individuals, one who shows partiality on personal grounds; a person who shows undue partiality or favouritism
n. 2. 1839 - in horse racing: a horse confirmed to start a race
 
ACCEPTRESS
n. Bk1883 obs. - a female who accepts
 
ACCERSE
vb. 1548 obs. rare - to summon
 
ACCERSITED
adj. 1548 obs. rare - summoned, sent for
 
ACCESS
n. 1. c1325 - a coming on of illness or disease, esp. of sudden illness
n. 2. c1374 obs. - an ague fit; ague, intermitting fever
n. 3. c1384 - a sudden fit of some emotion or feeling; an outburst; also, a burst of energy, etc.
n. 4. 1528 obs. - the act of going or coming to or into; coming into the presence of, or into contact with; approach, entrance
n. 5. 1587 obs. - a coming together of the members of Parliament; an assembly, a session
n. 6. 1587 obs. - a coming to work or business; an assembling or meeting of a body
n. 7. 1641 obs. - a coming to office, dignity, or sovereignty; arrival at the throne
n. 8. 1781 - an outburst; a sudden fit of anger or other passion
 
ACCESSARINESS
n. 1654 obs. - an acceding to or aiding in a crime or misdeed; secondary involvement
 
ACCESSION
n. 1. 1551 - something which is added or joined to another thing; an augmentation; also, a person who joins a group of others
n. 2. 1565 rare - the onset of fever or disease
n. 3. 1570 - a joining something to something else; addition; augmentation
n. 4. 1608 - the onset of a mental or emotional condition; a sudden outbreak or fit of some emotion or mental state
n. 5. 1608 - an entering into something or somewhere; coming into contact with something
n. 6. 1611 - the attainment or acquisition of an office or position of rank or power, esp. that of monarch
n. 7. 1642 obs. - the act of coming to or towards by forward motion; advance, arrival
n. 8. 1704 - the joining of a nation or state to an economic and political  union or organization
n. 9. 1763 - an addition to the collection of a library, museum, etc.; an acquisition
 
ACCESSION DAY
n. 1709 - an anniversary of the day on which a monarch ascended to the throne; also, a day on which a monarch ascends to the throne
 
ACCESSIONAL
adj. 1646 - of the nature of an increase or augmentation; additional; supplementary, accessory
 
ACCESSIVE
adj. 1. 1583 - exceeding what is right, proportionate, or desirable; immoderate, inordinate, extravagant
adj. 2. 1609 obs. - capable of access; accessible
adj. 3. 1641 rare - pert. to access or approach; seeking to approach, pressing in, aggressive
 
ACCESSIVELY
adv. 1611 obs. - in an accessive manner; pressingly, aggressively
 
ACCESSOR 
n. Bk1795 - one that joins another, an accomplice
 
ACCESSORIAL
adj. 1726 - of the nature of an accessory or accompaniment; auxiliary, supplementary
 
ACCESSORY
n. 1992 US sl. - a boyfriend or girlfriend
 
ACCESSORY FACTOR
n. 1912 - a vitamin
 
ACCESSORY FOOD FACTOR
n. 1919 - a vitamin
 
ACCIBOUNCE
n. 2003 Trinidad and Tobago - a minor collision or accident
 
ACCIDENCE
n. 1. 1393 rare - mishap, chance; fortuitous circumstance
n. 2. 1826 Sc. - a slip of memory; an accident
 
ACCIDENCY
n. 1645 rare - a fortuitous circumstance or acquisition; a chance; a windfall
 
ACCIDENT
adj. c1450 rare - that is accidental; contingent, incidental
n. 1. a1525 obs. - an occurrence, incident, event
n. 2. 1846 euphemism - an unintentional act of urinating or defecating
n. 3. 1850 colloq. - a child whose conception was not planned; an illegitimate child; a bastard  
n. 4. 1932 sl. - an unplanned pregnancy
n. 5. 1964 US sl. - a murder that cannot be proved as such
n. 6. Brit. sl. - an arrest
 
ACCIDENTAL
adj. 1895 Eng. dial. - illegitimate  
n. 1935 US prison sl. - a prison inmate convicted for a social crime, such as hooliganism rather than violent or property crimes
 
ACCIDENTAL DADDY
n. 1985 sl. - a man who fathers a child by accident, usually after a casual sexual encounter
 
ACCIDENTALITY
n. 1651 - a being accidental
 
ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE
adv. 1711 - deliberately; used of a supposed accident that deliberately discomforts a disliked target
 
ACCIDENTARILY
adv. 1591 obs. - by way of accident; casually, incidentally
 
ACCIDENTARY
adj. 1. c1555 obs. - having the nature of a logical accident; non-essential
adj. 2. 1581 obs. - fortuitous, casual
 
ACCIDENT BLACK SPOT
n. 1936 - a section of a road noted for accidents
 
ACCIDENTED
adj. 1. 1548 obs. - endowed with non-essential or incidental attributes
adj. 2. 1844 - of a landscape, its nature: characterized by irregularities, undulating
adj. 3. 1879 - characterized by accidents
 
ACCIDENTIAL
adj. 1. 1558 rare - characterized by non-essential qualities
adj. 2. 1603 - occurring by accident or chance
 
ACCIDENTIALITY
n. 1814 rare -  the quality of being accidental
 
ACCIDENT LURK 
n. 1842 UK sl. - those who beg on the basis of having suffered a bad accident
 
ACCIDENTLY
adv. 1. 1506 obs. - non-essentially, incidentally, as a secondary effect
adv. 2. 1611 obs. - accidentally, casually, by chance
 
ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN 
n. 1920 - a person or thing likely to cause trouble or harm; a potentially disastrous situation, esp. resulting from carelessness or neglect
 
ACCIDIE
n. c1230 obs. -  sloth, torpor
 
ACCIDIOUS 
adj. a1400 obs. - lazy, slothful
 
ACCIDITY
n. 1731 obs. rare - slothfulness, lethargy
 
ACCINATE
vb. 1652 obs. rare - to distinguish with a vocal accent or stress
 
ACCINCT
adj. 1661 obs. rare - girded, prepared or equipped for action, ready
 
ACCINGE
vb. 1657 obs. rare - to 'gird up one's loins', to apply oneself, to prepare oneself for what is to come
 
ACCIPIENT
adj. 1730 obs. rare - that receives; accepting, recipient
n. 1731 obs. - one who receives
 
ACCIPITER
n. a1398 - originally, a bird of prey, esp. a hawk
 
ACCIPITRAL
adj. 1842 - resembling that of a falcon or hawk, esp. in respect of sight or temperament; sharp-eyed, hawklike
 
ACCIPITRARY
n. 1633 arch. & hist. - a person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer, one who catches birds of prey
 
ACCITE
vb. 1. c1475 obs. - to summon, to call
vb. 2. 1597 obs. - to arouse, to excite
vb. 3. a1631 obs. - to cite in writing, to quote
 
ACCLAIM
n. 1546 Sc. obs. - a claim, esp. a legal claim
vb. 1. c1330 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs. - to lay claim to, to claim
vb. 2. 1620 obs. - to agree, to consent; to affirm an overwhelming decision
 
ACCLAIMABLE
adj. 1735 Sc. obs. - capable of being claimed; liable to be claimed
 
ACCLAIMER 
n. 1802 - one who acclaims, praises, or applauds; an applauder
 
ACCLAMATE
vb. 1624 obs. rare - to applaud, to shout applause, to acclaim
 
ACCLAMATOR
n. 1651 obs. rare - one who joins in acclamation; an applauder
 
ACCLAMATORY
adj. 1657 - expressing acclamation
 
ACCLEARMENT
n. 1692 obs. rare - a clearing one's name, exculpation
 
ACCLIMATEMENT
n. 1823 obs. - the condition of being acclimatized; habitation or adaptation to climate or environment
 
ACCLIMATION
n. 1801 - the process or result of acclimating or of being acclimated to a new climate or environment (chiefly US usage)
 
ACCLIMATOR
n. 1827 rare - a person who habituates something or someone to a new environment or climate
 
ACCLIMATURE
n. 1823 rare - acclimatization
 
ACCLIME
vb. 1834 obs. rare - to acclimatize, to habituate
 
ACCLINE
vb. c1420 obs. rare - to incline, or slope towards
 
ACCLIVE
adj. 1616 obs. rare - rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending
 
ACCLIVITOUS
adj. 1803 - rising with a slope; sloping upward; ascending
 
ACCLIVITY
n. 1614 - an upward slope of a hill, etc. an ascending slope; also, steepness
 
ACCLIVOUS
adj. 1731 - rising with a slope; sloping upwards; steep
 
ACCLOY
vb. 1. c1330 obs. - to cause to become lame, esp. by maiming with a pointed instrument; to make a horse lame by inadvertently driving a nail into the foot when shoeing
vb. 2. c1374 - to fill to satiety
vb. 3. c1425 - to overfill, to overload, to burden, to oppress
vb. 4. c1430 - to block, to obstruct, to clog, to choke
vb. 5. 1470 rare - to pierce, to stab
vb. 6. 1519 - to overburden the stomach; to nauseate
vb. 7. 1530 - to disgust, to weary, to become offensive to
 
ACCOIL
n. 1814 obs. rare - reception, welcome
vb. 1596 obs. - to gather together, to collect
 
ACCOLENT
adj. 1731 obs. rare - dwelling near; neighbouring
n. Bk1795 - a borderer; one who dwells on or near the border of a country
 
ACCOLL
vb. 1340 obs. - to throw the arms around the neck of; to embrace, to hug
 
ACCOMBINATION
n. 1846 obs. rare - the act of combining together
 
ACCOMMODABLE
adj. 1592 - capable of being accommodated; suitable
 
ACCOMMODANT
adj. 1693 obs. rare - accommodating; self-accommodating; suiting oneself to circumstances
 
ACCOMMODATE
adj. 1525 obs. - suited, adapted, fitted; hence, suitable, fitting, fit
vb. 1. 1624 obs. - to fit or equip a thing for use; to put in order; hence, to repair, to refit, to mend
vb. 2. 19C sl. - to work as a prostitute  
vb. 3. E19 UK sporting sl. - to go halves on a bet
vb. 4. Bk1903 sl. - to possess carnally; to copulate; to serve another person sexually
 
ACCOMMODATELY
adv. 1623 obs. - in a suitable of fitting manner
 
ACCOMMODATENESS
n.1660 obs. - the quality of being suited; suitableness
 
ACCOMMODATER 
n. 1902 US rare - a temporary domestic help
 
ACCOMMODATIN' AS A HOG ON ICE
adj. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. - extremely disagreeable or unobliging
 
ACCOMMODATION
n. 1. 1595 rare - financial aid in an emergency; a loan
n. 2. 19C sl. - copulation
 
ACCOMMODATION ARREST
n. 1961 US sl. - a pre-arranged consensual raid of an illegal gambling operation, designed to give the appearance of strict enforcement of laws
 
ACCOMMODATION BEAUTY
n. E19 sl. - a prostitute
 
ACCOMMODATION BOAT
n. 1793 Anglo-Indian obs. - a small boat used to transfer passengers between ship and shore
 
ACCOMMODATION COLLAR
n. Amer. police sl. - an arrest made to fulfil a quota, usually in response to pressure for strong police action against crime
 
ACCOMMODATION HOUSE
n. 1. 1787 - a lodging house for travellers
n. 2. 1823 sl. - a brothel
n. 3. L19 sl. - a 'hotel' where rooms can be hired for short times by lovers or prostitutes and their clients sl.
 
ACCOMMODATION MAN
n. L19 UK criminal's sl. - one who is paid to give false evidence  UK criminal's sl.
 
ACCOMMODATION STAGE
n. 1811 US - a stagecoach which stops at all the stages on its route
 
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN
n. 1838 US - a train which stops at all the stations on its route
 
ACCOMMODATOR 
n. 1. 1912 US rare - a temporary domestic help
n. 2. 1940 criminals' sl. obs. - one who bribes witnesses and prosecutors into bringing about a desired verdict, esp. a former police officer
 
ACCOMMODE
vb. 1567 rare - to accommodate
 
ACCOMMODEMENT
n. 1620 obs. - an agreement, a settlement; also, resolution of a dispute
 
ACCOMPACKMENT
n. c1650 obs. rare - ? a compact, an agreement
 
ACCOMPANABLE
adj. 1548 obs. - sociable, companionable
 
ACCOMPANIABLE
adj. 1580 obs. - sociable, companionable
 
ACCOMPANY
vb. 1. 1490 rare - to associate, consort, or keep company with; to engage in sexual activity
vb. 2. c1525 obs. rare - to occupy or inhabit a place
vb. 3. 1534 obs. - to congregate, to gather, to assemble
 
ACCOMPASS
vb. 1668 obs. rare - to bring about; to contrive
 
ACCOMPLEMENT
n. c1525 obs. - anything that completes or perfects, that adds grace or ornament to body or mind
vb. 1601 obs. rare - to offer compliments
 
ACCOMPLETE
adj. a1450 obs. rare - filled up; complete; carried out; fulfilled, accomplished
 
ACCOMPLETIVE
adj. 1826 rare - having the property of fulfilling; tending to accomplish
 
ACCOMPLICESHIP
n. 1795 rare - the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance
 
ACCOMPLICITY
n. 1792 - the state of being an accomplice; criminal assistance
 
ACCOMPLIMENT
n. 1705 - an accomplishment
vb. 1601 obs. rare - to compliment
 
ACCOMPLISH
vb. a1500 rare - to reach a certain age; to pass a period of time
 
ACCOMPLISHMENT
n. 1. 1540 obs. - a perfecting or making whole; the state of being perfect or complete; perfection
n. 2. 1605 obs. - an ornament, an accoutrement
 
ACCOMPTANT 
n. 1. 1453 obs. - one who renders or is liable to render account; one accountable or responsible
n. 2. 1539 obs. - one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts
n. 3. 1646 obs. - one who counts or can count or reckon; a reckoner, a calculator
n. 4. 1655 obs. rare - a narrator
 
ACCOMPTER
n. 1483 obs. - account, reckoning
 
ACCONSENT
vb. 1560 obs. - rare to consent to anything proposed, to give consent
 
ACCORD
adj. a1413 obs. - in accord or agreement; in harmony
vb. 1. a1000 obs. - to restore estranged parties to friendly relations; to reconcile people in conflict or disagreement
vb. 2. 1340 rare - to bring things that differ into agreement; to reconcile quarrels or differences; to resolve a matter
vb. 3. a1425 obs. - to agree to do something
vb. 4. c1450 obs. - to relate, narrate, or mention in a written account; to put or set down in writing or some other permanent form
vb. 5. 1485 rare - to compose, sing, or play in harmony
 
ACCORDABLE
adj. 1. c1374 obs. - agreeing, harmonious, accordant; suitable, agreeable
adj. 2. 1651 rare - capable of being harmonized or reconciled; reconcilable or compatible with something
 
ACCORDANCE
n. 1388 rare - agreement or accord between people; harmonious relations; also, a formal agreement
 
ACCORDANCY
n. 1790 rare - a state of agreement; harmony, accordance
 
ACCORDER 
n. 1597 rare - a person who reconciles people or things; a mediator; also, a person who agrees with something
 
ACCORDING TO COCKER
adv. 1785 Eng. colloq. - properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules  
 
ACCORDING TO GUNTER
adv. L19 US sl. - properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules
 
ACCORDING TO HOYLE
adv. 1904 sl. - properly, correctly, as laid down by the rules
 
ACCORDING TO ONE'S OWN LIGHTS
phr. Bk2004 - in accordance with one's conscience or inclinations
 
ACCORDING TO ONE'S TELL
phr. 1871 Amer. dial. - in one's opinion, to one's way of thinking
 
ACCORDION
n. 1. 1925 sl. - a train made up of Pullman cars
n. 2. 1960s US homosexual sl. - a penis that is substantially larger than expected when erect
 
ACCORDION ACT
n. 1989 US sl. - a collapsing under pressure
 
ACCORDION WAR
n. 1982 US sl. - US tactics during the Korean war: accordion-like movements up and down Korea by land forces
 
ACCORDMENT
n. c1330 obs. - agreement, reconciliation; reconcilement; harmony, accord
 
ACCORPORATE
vb. 1612 obs. rare - to unite, to incorporate
 
ACCOST
vb. 1. 1610 obs. - to border on, to adjoin
vb. 2. 1635 obs. rare - to approach, to draw near to
vb. 3. E20 US euphemism - of a prostitute: to solicit someone to an act of sexual immorality
 
ACCOSTABLE
adj. 1622 obs. - ready to accost, courteous; capable of being approached; approachable, accessible; affable
 
ACCOSTING
n. 1. 1791 Sc. obs. - courting, paying addresses
n. 2. 1871 - a publicly offering one's services as a prostitute; soliciting
 
ACCOST THE OSCAR MEYER
vb. 1980s sl. - to masturbate
 
ACCOUCHE
vb. 1. 1819 obs. rare - of a woman: to give birth to a child
vb. 2. 1821 obs. - to confine a woman to bed for the delivery of a child
vb. 3. 1859 obs. rare - to deliver a child
vb. 4. 1867 obs. - to assist or deliver women in childbirth; to act as a midwife or accoucheur
 
ACCOUCHEMENT
n. 1730 arch. - the confinement of a woman to bed for the birth of a child; delivery in child-bed
 
ACCOUCHEUR
n. 1727 - properly, a man who assists women in childbirth, a man-midwife; until the adoption of 'accoucheuse' it was used of both sexes
 
ACCOUCHEUSE
n. 1795 arch. - a woman who assists in childbirth, esp. one who is professionally trained; a midwife
 
ACCOUNSEL
vb. c1420 obs. - to counsel, to advise
 
ACCOUNT
vb. 1. 1303 obs. - to count, to count up, to enumerate
vb. 2. c1386 obs. - to recount, to relate
vb. 3. 1398 obs. - to calculate, to reckon, to compute
vb. 4. a1400 obs. - to take into account or consideration; to consider
 
ACCOUNTABLE
adj. 1. 1589 obs. - able to be reckoned or computed
adj. 2. 1603-5 obs. - to be counted or reckoned on
 
ACCOUNTANCY
n. 1860 rare - originally, a job or position as an accountant; later, a firm of accountants
 
ACCOUNTANT
adj. 1494 obs. - giving or liable to give an account; accountable, responsible
n. 1. 1449 rare - one who renders or is liable to render account, esp. for conduct or the performance of duty, or for transactions or money held in trust; one accountable or responsible
n. 2. 1539 - one who professionally makes up or takes charge of accounts, esp. within the context of a business; a bookkeeper; an officer in a public office who has charge of accounts
n. 3. 1622 rare - one who counts or can count or reckon; a reckoner, a calculator; also, one who can count or reckon well (poorly, etc.)
n. 4. 1655 obs. rare - a person who presents a narrative account; a narrator
 
ACCOUNTANTSHIP
n. 1640 rare - the practice of accounting
 
ACCOUNT CASTER 
n. 1580 obs. - a person who casts or reckons up accounts
 
ACCOUNTER
n. 1. 1303 obs. - one who accounts, reckons, calculates, renders an account
n. 2. 1356 obs. - a person who presents a narrative or descriptive account; a narrator
n. 3. c1503 obs. - an account, a reckoning
 
ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
n. 1966 sl. - a pimp who caters to successful businessman and/or offers high-class prostitutes
 
ACCOUNTING
adj. 1551 obs. - counting, reckoning
 
ACCOUNTING DAY
n. 1549 - the Day of Reckoning
 
ACCOUNTLESS
adj. 1. 1649 obs. rare - free from accountableness; irresponsible
adj. 2. 1650 obs. - beyond count or reckoning; countless; innumerable
 
ACCOUNTMENT
n. 1857 rare - the work of accounting or reckoning for, responsibility
 
ACCOUNTS
n. 1745 Sc. - news, details, information
 
ACCOUPLE
vb. 1486 obs. - to join one thing to another, esp. in matrimony; to couple
 
ACCOUPLEMENT
n. 1483 rare - the act of coupling one thing to another; union, pairing; marriage union
 
ACCOUPLING
n. 1525 rare - the act of joining two things into a couple or pair; coupling; esp. union in marriage
 
ACCOURAGE
vb. 1534 obs. - to encourage, to hearten
 
ACCOURSE
n. 1598 obs. rare - a rushing up or out, a hastening forward; a forward course
 
ACCOURT
vb. 1596 obs. rare - to court
 
ACCOUTRE
vb. 1606 rare - to attire, to equip, to array
 
ACCOUTRED
adj. 1596 - attired, dressed, equipped, arrayed; generally with the idea of being specially attired for some purpose
 
ACCOUTREMENT
n. 1549 - apparel, outfit, equipment
 
ACCOUTREMENTS
n. 1. 1586 - clothes, trappings, apparel, equipments; in the military, the equipments of a soldier other than arms and dress
n. 2. 19C sl. - the male genitals
 
ACCOWARD
vb. 1481 obs. - to render cowardly; to intimidate, to cow, to make faint-hearted
 
ACCOWARDIZE
vb. 1480 obs. - to render cowardly; to intimidate, to cow, to make faint-hearted
 
ACCOY
vb. c1350 obs. - to still, to calm, to quiet, to appease; hence, to soothe or coax (the alarmed or shy), to tame, to silence, to daunt (the forward or bold)  

ACCREASE  - ACHY-BREAKY

​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 - to behave towards officers in an obsequious, sycophantic manner UK(Royal Navy usage)
 
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. - expert (orig. US)
adj. 4. 1936 US sl. - of a friend: intimate, closest (esp. Black usage)
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. - something or someone of high quality or held in high esteem; a solidly dependable person; a good-hearted person (orig. US)
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. - an outstanding person, whether in character or qualifications (orig. US)
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. - a pilot or student pilot who has destroyed five or more friendly aircraft (ironic usage) 
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. - a small, usually round, table designed to seat a single patron; also a single customer  (restaurant usage)
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. Bk2000 Amer. sl. - a nickname for a foolish and ineffectual person
n. 41. 2000s US prison sl. - a pull on a cigarette
n. 42. Bk2006 Amer. journalists' sl. - Assistant City Editor of a newspaper
n. 43. 2008 - an asexual person; a person who does not experience sexual feelings or desires
n. 44. Brit. sl. - the anus
n. 45. Amer. sl. - a grilled cheese sandwich (lunch counter usage)
n. 46. Amer. Black sl. - a man who favours flamboyant, up-to-the-minute dress
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. - 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 (orig. US college usage)
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 US Black sl. - a very close friend
 
ACE BOON
n. 1971 US Black sl. - one's very best friend
 
ACE-BOON-COON; ACE BOON KOON 
n. 1962 US Black sl. - one's good and loyal friend
 
ACE BOON COONIE 
n. 1974 US Black 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 US Black sl. - a very close and trusted friend
 
ACE-COON
n. 1. 1960s US Black sl. - an important person; a big shot
n. 2. 1962 US Black sl. - a very close friend
 
ACE COON BOON 
n. 1962 sl. - one's best and most trustworthy friend (orig. US Black)
 
ACE COON POON
n. 1962 sl. - one's best and most trustworthy friend (orig. US Black)
 
ACE CUT 
n. 1959 US college sl. - one's best friend  US college sl.
 
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 US Black 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 Black sl. - a sophisticated, aware person; a street-wise person  US Black sl.
 
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. - of an inmate: loyal, trustworthy, popular among his peers (orig. US prison usage)
n. 1953 US Black sl. - a sophisticated, streetwise person  US Black sl.
 
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. Amer. sl. - to understand
vb. 4. 1971 US sl. - to manipulate someone or something into a situation
vb. 5. 1992 US sl. - to become associated with a group and work your way into it
 
ACE IN THE HOLE
n. 1908 - something held privately in reserve until needed, esp. for a winning stroke; a hidden reserve, asset, or advantage (orig. US)
 
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 US Black sl. - a very close friend
 
ACE LANE
n. c1935 Amer. sl. - a husband or male lover (orig. Black usage)
 
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 Black sl. - one's most important lover; the most important member of the opposite sex one knows, as a husband, a pimp, or a boyfriend  US Black sl.(chiefly Southern/Midwest usage)
 
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. World War I sl. - 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. 1943 sl. - (sometimes derogatory) a Black person, but often used by Blacks themselves to designate a friend
n. 5. 1940s US criminals' sl. - an admirable person
n. 6. Brit. rhyming sl. - AIDS
n. 7. Bk1998 sl. - death in combat  
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. 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. - to do well, to succeed, as in an examination; to make a perfect or nearly perfect score (orig. US college sl.)
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 - embittered; exasperated; severe (literary usage)
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. 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. - a prison inmate popular among his peers (orig. US prison usage)
 
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. - best, excellent, expert, wonderful (orig. US)
 
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 US Black sl. - complex, unstable, neither one thing nor the other
adj. 6. Amer. sl. - of mixed quality; having both good and bad, high and low; satisfactory; mediocre; so-so  
n. 1. 1920s US Black 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. - an aching state (humorous usage)
 
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 - a devoted follower; a loyal friend and companion (literary usage)
 
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 - chattering (chiefly poetic usage)
 
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. 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 - relating to or suggestive of the underworld of the ancient Greeks, or the mythical river Acheron; infernal, hellish; dark, gloomy (chiefly literary usage)
 
ACHERONTIC
adj. 1597 - belonging to Acheron, infernal; hence, dark, gloomy; also, waiting to cross the river of death, tottering on the brink of the grave, moribund (chiefly literary usage)
 
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. sl. - to achieve coition with a woman
 
ACHIEVER
n. 2004 US sl. - a devoted fan of the film, 'The Big Lebowski'
 
ACHILL
adj. 1858 - in a state of chill; chilly (chiefly poetic usage)
 
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 - chiming, ringing (poetic usage)
 
ACHING TO
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. - impatient
 
ACHITOPHEL 
n. Bk1903 - a treacherous friend and adviser an able but unprincipled counsellor
 
ACHNARD
n. 1997 US police sl. - a taxi driver (New York)
 
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 nonce word - the state of timelessness; deficiency of time  
 
ACHRONOLOGICAL
adj. 1962 - not arranged in order of time (chiefly film and literary usage)
 
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 

ACID
          adj. 1.    biting, severe, unpleasant ...1756
          adj. 2.    of colour: intense, vivid ...1916
          n. 1.       rancour, spite; bitterness, sourness ...1768
          n. 2.       cheek; impudence, heavy sarcasm ...1910s sl.
          n. 3.       vinegar ...1948 US restaurant sl.
          n. 4.       rum ...1965 Barbados sl.
          n. 5.       lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) ...1965 Amer. drugs sl.
          n. 6.       MDMA ...1980s drugs sl.
          n. 7.       a special unit of the Jamaican police force, especially feared because of their severe tactics ...1990s W. Indies & UK Black teen usage
          n. 8.       steroids ...20C teen & high school sl.
          n. 9.       any alcoholic beverage ...2003 Trinidad and Tobago
ACID AUSTERE
          adj.        † that tastes both sharp (or sour) and astringent ...1668
ACID BUMPS
          n.           hives ...1966 Amer. dial.
ACID CAP
          n.           one tablet or capsule of LSD ...1990s drugs sl.
ACID CASUALTY
          n. 1.       one whose brain is deemed to have suffered from an excess of hallucinogens ...1960s sl.
          n. 2.       the victim of an excess of MDMA ...2002 drugs sl.
ACID DROP
          n.           a pound, a sovereign ...1920s sl.
ACID-DROPPER
          n.           one who uses LSD regularly and is frequently under its influence ...1960s US drugs sl.
ACID DROPS
          n.           barbed or caustic comments ...Brit. sl.
ACID FREAK
          n.           an habitual user of the hallucinogen LSD ...1966 US sl.
ACID-FRIED
          adj.        under the influence of LSD ...1985
ACID FUNK
          n.           a depression brought on by LSD use ...1971 US sl.
ACIDHEAD
          n.           an habitual user of the hallucinogen LSD ...1966 US sl.
ACID HOUSE
          n.           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 ...1988 sl.
ACID HOUSE PARTY
          n.           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 ...1988 drugs sl.
ACID-HUED 
          adj.        of colour: vivid, psychedelic ...1971
ACIDIC
          adj. 1.    of speech: cutting, acerbic, bitter ...1936
          adj. 2.    strikingly bright, intense, or gaudy in colour ...1971
ACID JAZZ
          n.           a kind of popular dance music incorporating elements of jazz, funk, and hip hop ...1988
ACIDLY
          adv.       sourly, cuttingly, sarcastically ...1674
ACID MAN
          n.           a con artist; a swindler ...1926 sl.
ACID MUNG
          n.           the sensation while under the influence of LSD of having an only face ...1971 US drugs sl.
ACIDO
          n.           LSD ...1971 US sl.
ACID PAD
          n.           a place to consume LSD in safety and seclusion ...1960 US drugs sl.
ACID RAPPER
          n.           one who takes extra-large doses of LSD ...1968 drugs sl.
ACID RASH
          n.           hives ...1966 Amer. dial.
ACID ROCK
          n.           a type of rock music associated with the taking of hallucinogenic drugs ...1966 sl.
ACID-SWEET
          adj.        that tastes both sharp (or sour) and sweet ...1678
ACID TEST
          n. 1.       a very thorough test; a crucial test ...1854
          n. 2.       a party at which LSD is added to food and drink ...1960s Amer. sl.
          n. 3.       a hallucinatory experience induced by the taking of LSD and considered as a test of maturity, courage, etc. ...1967 US sl.
          n. 4.       a party or public celebration given for the purpose of taking LSD ...1967 US sl.
          vb.         to create or enhance an atmosphere suggestive of hallucinations induced by LSD in (a room); to make psychedelic ...1970 Amer. sl.
ACID TONGUE
          n.           a sharp or severe manner of speaking, esp. one characterized by cutting or acerbic remarks ...1854
ACID TRIP
          n. 1.       a dose of LSD ...1966 sl.
          n. 2.       a hallucinatory experience induced by taking LSD ...1967 sl.
ACIDULATE
          vb.         to make somewhat acid or sour; fig. of the temper ...1684
ACIDULATED
          adj.        rendered somewhat acid or sour; fig. somewhat soured in temper ...1732
ACIDULATED TABLET
          n.           a pound, a sovereign ...1920s sl.
ACIDULCIS
          adj.        †* sour and sweet blended ...1675
ACIDULENT
          adj.        *slightly sour; fig. sour-tempered ...1800
ACIDULOUS
          adj. 1.    sharp-tasting, slightly sour ...1674
          adj. 2.    sour-tempered ...1769
ACIDY
          adj.        suggestive of the effects of LSD; psychedelic; also, influenced by acid rock ...1978
ACIEEED!
          int.         called out to register delight in, and identification with, club dance music ...1999 Brit. sl.
ACIER
          n.           †* steel ...1866
ACIERATE
          vb.         * to convert iron into steel ...1860
ACIERATION
          n.           * conversion of iron into steel ...1852
ACIES
          n. 1.       * in Roman history: a battle line in a military formation ...1628
          n. 2.       † the keen attention of the eye, ear, etc., when fully directed towards any object ...1646
ACIURGY
          n.           * operative surgery ...1828
ACK
          n. 1.       (derogatory) an Italian ...1941 Amer. dial.
          n. 2.       a pimple ...1968 US sl.
          n. 3.       acne spots ...1980s Aust. sl.
          n. 4.       in computer programming: a message sent from one system or program to another, acknowledging receipt of a previous message ...1986 Brit. sl.
          vb. 1.     to acknowledge a letter, etc. ...1984 Brit. clerical usage, orig. Civil Service
          vb. 2.     in computer programming: to acknowledge receipt of a message ...1986 UK sl.
          int.         No! refusal of a request ...Bk1921 sl.
ACK-ACK
          n. 1.       antiaircraft gun, artillery, or fire ...1917 Amer. military sl.
          n. 2.       a machine gun ...Bk1944 service sl.
          vb.         to shoot someone or something ...1947 US sl.
ACKADENT
          n.           aqua vitae, whisky ...1882 Sc.
ACKADUR
          vb.         to persevere, to endure, to endeavour ...1866 Sc.
ACKAMARACKA
          n.           insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; pretentious nonsense, bluff  ...1933 sl., orig. US
ACKAMARACKER
          n. 1.       tea ...1920s sl.
          n. 2.       a fraudulent tale, a tall story, nonsense ...1930s sl.
ACKAMARACKUS
          n.           * insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; a fraudulent tale; a tall story; nonsense ...1933 sl., orig. US
ACKAMARAKA
          n. 1.       tea ...1920s sl.
          n. 2.       a fraudulent tale, a tall story, nonsense ...1930s sl.
ACKAVITY
          n.           † aqua vitae; whisky ...1788 Sc.
ACKBAND
          n.           control ...1929 Sc.
ACK EMMA
          n. 1.       the morning ...1890 Brit. sl., orig. military
          n. 2.       an air mechanic ...1917 Amer. military aviation usage
ACKEMPUCKY
          n.           any food mixture of unknown ingredients ...1944 Amer. dial.
ACKER
          n. 1.       † ? flood, tide; bore; strong current in the sea ...c1440
          n. 2.       a ripple, furrow, or disturbance of the surface of water ...1808 Eng. dial.
          n. 3.       money, whether change or notes ...1910s sl. orig. military
          n. 4.       a small quantity ...1929 Sc.
          n. 5.       an academic, esp. one who trades on the proliferation of current, if ephemeral, intellectual fads ...1984 Aust. sl.
          n. 6.       jargon-loaded academic writing ...1970s Aust. sl.
          n. 7.       acne spots ...1980s Aust. sl.
          vb. 1.     to chatter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
          vb. 2.     to stammer, to stutter ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
          vb. 3.     to tremble with passion ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
ACKER BILK
          n.           milk ...1960s Brit. rhyming sl.
ACKER FORTIS
          n.           very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee ...M19 US sl.
ACKERMARACKER
          n.           tea ...1920s sl.
ACKERS
          n.           coins, notes, money; specifically, piastres ...1939 sl., orig. military
ACKETY-ACK
          n.           antiaircraft gun, artillery, or fire ...1928 Amer. military sl.
ACKEY
          n.           (derogatory) an Italian ...1941 Amer. dial.
ACKIE FORTIS
          n.           very strong drink, usually alcoholic but sometimes coffee ...M19 US sl.
ACKIE-PEEVIE
          n.           whisky ...1929 Sc.
ACKLE
          vb.         to fit or function properly ...1961 Brit. sl.
ACKMAN
          n.           a river thief who specializes in robbing river traffic ...1823 UK criminals' sl.
ACKNICKELOUS
          adj.        wonderful, marvellous ...1988 Amer. rap music usage
ACKNICKULOUS
          adj.        wonderful, marvellous ...1980s US Black & teen sl.
ACKNOW
          vb. 1.     † to come to know, to recognize; to understand ...933
          vb. 2.     † to admit or show one's knowledge, to acknowledge, to confess ...c1000
ACKNOWLEDGE
          n. 1.       †* investigation, trial ...1492 Sc.
          n. 2.       † admitted or communicated knowledge, recognition, cognizance, awareness ...c1510
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
          n.           †* recognition, knowledge ...1600
ACKNOWLEDGE THE CORN
          vb. 1.     to admit to being drunk ...1839 Amer. dial.
          vb. 2.     to confess, to make an admission, as to an accusation, failure, etc.; to admit an error...1846 sl.
ACKNOWLEDGE THE MALT
          vb. 1.     to admit to being drunk ...1865 Amer. dial.
          vb. 2.     to admit an error ...1846 orig. US
ACKPIRATE
          n.           a sailor’s term for a freshwater thief, or one who steals on navigable rivers ...Bk1883
ACKRUFF
          n.           † a river thief who robs and kills victims ...1900 criminals' sl.
ACK RUFFIAN
          n.           † a thief who operates along the river ...1900 criminals' sl.
ACKWA
          n.           aqua vitae; whisky ...1824 Sc.
ACKWALLY
          adv.       actually ...1877 Sc.
ACKWART
          adj.        awkward ...1786 Sc.
ACK WILLIE; ACK WILLY
          adj.        absent without leave ...1942 Aust. sl.
ACKY
          n.           aqua fortis, nitric acid when used to test for gold ...1930s UK criminals' sl.
ACLEAVE
          vb.         †* to cleave or split ...1460
A-CLEEK
          adv.       arm in arm ...c1781 Sc.
ACLEFT
          adj.        †* cleft, split ...c1425
ACLITE; ACLYTE
          adv.       awry, turned to one side ...1923 Sc.
ACLOSE
          vb.         †* to enclose, to confine, to shut up ...c1315
ACLUMSID
          adj.        †* made clumsy or unable to grasp; benumbed, paralysed ...1388
ACME
          n. 1.       * the period of full growth, the flower or full-bloom of life; reproductive maturity ...1579
          n. 2.       the point of extreme violence of a disease or illness; the crisis ...1682
ACME WRINGER
          n.           the finger ...1988 Sc. rhyming sl.
ACNE
          n.           a rough road surface ...1976 US sl.
ACNE-TYPE SURFACE BLEMISH
          n.           a pimple ...M20 US advertising usage
A-COAST
          adv. 1.   † at one side, by the side, by the coast ...1579
          adv. 2.   † ashore ...1579
ACOCK
          adj.        elated, triumphant ...1611
          adv. 1.   defiantly ...1826
          adv. 2.   turned upward; cocked ...1843
A-COCKBILL
          adv.       free, dangling free ...19C nautical colloq.
A-COCK-HORSE
          adj.        triumphant ...1611 Eng. dial.
          adv. 1.   astride ...M16
          adv. 2.   defiantly ...1611 sl.
          adv. 3.   † in an exalted position; in a place of triumph ...M17
A-COCK-HYE
          adv.       † ? high up, straight up high ...1598
A-COCK-STRIDE
          prep.      † astride; mounted upon ...1840
ACOLASTIC
          adj. 1.    † 'that liveth under no correction, riotous'; prodigal, licentious ...1656
          adj. 2.    † incorrigible, not better by chastisement ...1676
          n.           † a prodigal or licentious person ...1612
ACOLAUST
          n.           † one that revels in sensual pleasures; a sensualist ...1633
ACOLD
          adj.        * cooled, chilled, cold ...c1314
          vb. 1.     † to become cold ...c880
          vb. 2.     † to make cold, to cool ...c1230
ACOLEE 
          n.           † 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 ...1591
ACOLOTHIST 
          n.           an acolyte; a subordinate officer in the Romish church who trims the lamps, prepares the elements for the sacraments, etc. ...1726 arch.
ACOLOUTHITE
          n.           †* an acolyte ...1599
ACOLUTHIST 
          n.           an acolyte; an inferior officer in the church who attended the priests and deacons, and performed subordinate duties, as lighting and bearing candles, etc. ... ...1592
ACOLYTE
          n. 1.       an inferior officer in the church who attended the priests and deacons, and performed subordinate duties, as lighting and bearing candles, etc. ...c1000
          n. 2.       a devoted follower or admirer; a novice or neophyte ...1623
          n. 3.       an attendant or junior assistant in any ceremony or operation;  a novice ...1829
ACOLYTHIST 
          n.           † an acolyte; an inferior officer in the church who attended the priests and deacons, and performed subordinate duties, as lighting and bearing candles, etc. ...1592
ACOME
          vb.         † to come to, to attain, to reach ...a1000
A-COMPASS
          adv.       † in a circle ...c1385
ACOMPTER
          n.           † account, reckoning ...1483
ACONIC; ACONICKE
          adj.        †* poisonous ...1623
ACONITE
          n.           deadly poison ...1597 poetic
À CONTRE-COEUR
          adv.       against one's will; reluctantly ...1803
ACOOL
          vb.         † to wax cold, to cool ...a1000
A COOLOO
          phr.        all; everything ...c1925 Royal Air Force
ACOP
          adv.       †* on the top; on high ...1610
ACORE
          vb.         † to taste, to feel the smart of, to suffer pain ...c1200
ACORN
          n. 1.       a gallows ...1859 sl.
          n. 2.       the head ...1920 Amer. & Brit. sl.
          n. 3.       the head of the penis ...20C homosexual usage
          n. 4.       in a casino: a generous tipper ...1984 US sl.
ACORN CALF
          n.           a poor specimen, a runt, a weakling (refers to humans as well as cattle and other animals)...1929 Amer. dial.
ACORN-CRACKER
          n.           a countrified person; a rustic, a yokel; an uncouth rural person ...1905 Amer. sl.
ACORN IN A BIRD'S NEST
          n.           the male genitals ...Brit. sl.
ACORN PICKER
          n.           a fellator ...1960s homosexual usage
ACORNS
          n.           testicles ...1975 Amer.
ACORN SHELL
          n.           a condom ...1990s UK sl.
ACOS
          conj.      because ...1900 Eng. dial.
ACOSMY
          n.           †* a state of ill health accompanied by pallor of the skin ...1704
ACOST
          adv. 1.   † on or by the side; beside; aside; at one side ...c1300
          adv. 2.   † ashore ...1599
ACOUNTER
          n. 1.       † one who calculates or reckons ...1303
          n. 2.       † an armed encounter; an attack ...c1330
          vb.         † to encounter, to meet as an adversary; also, to engage in combat with ...c1330
ACOUNTERING
          n.           † combat, battle ...a1400
ACOUNTRE
          n.           † an encounter ...c1314
ACOUP
          vb. 1.     † to accuse ...1297
          vb. 2.     † to strike, to shower blows ...c1380
ACOUPEMENT
          n.           † accusation ...a1300
ACOUPING
          n.           † a coming to blows; the act of striking with a weapon; the shock of spear on shield ...c1350
ACOURSE 
          adv. 1.   †* according to ordinary procedure or custom; as a matter of course ...1697
          adv. 2.   of course, naturally ...1883 colloq.
ACOUSMATIC
          adj.        thoughtless, unthinking ...1920
ACOUSTICAL
          adj.        of the nature of sound; involving sound ...1803
ACOUSTIC PERFUME 
          n.           sound for covering up unwanted noise, such as music over loudspeakers in a noisy construction area ...Bk2004 sl. 
ACOUSTICIAN 
          n.           one skilled in the science of sound; a student of acoustics ...1826
ACOUSTICON
          adj.        †* relating to the sense of hearing ...c1660
          n.           * a device used to assist hearing or amplify sound ...1660
ACOVER
          vb. 1.     † to recover, to get back, to regain; to regain health, to recover from illness; to  heal ...a1100
          vb. 2.     † to recover something; to get back, to regain ...a1225
ACOVERING
          n.           † recovering; recovery ...c1225
ACOY
          adv.       †* calmed, subdued, reserved; coy ...1567
A.C. PLONK 
          n.           an aircraftman of the lowest rank ...1941 Royal Air Force sl.
ACQUAINT
          adj.        acquainted; personally known; mutually known; having personal knowledge of ...1297 arch.
          n.           † an acquaintance ...c1386
          vb.         † to introduce or present oneself to; to develop an acquaintanceship with a person; to get to know ...c1325
ACQUAINTABLE
          adj.        * easy to be acquainted with, affable, familiar ...c1400
ACQUAINTANCE 
          n. 1.       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 ...c1230
          n. 2.       a sweetheart; a lover; a fiancée ...Bk1879 Eng. dial. 
ACQUAINTANCED
          adj.        acquainted, personally known to another person, or to each other ...1832
ACQUAINTANCY
          n.           * the state or position of having acquaintance or personal knowledge ...1819
ACQUAINTANT
          n.           * a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance ...1611
ACQUAINTATION
          n.           †* acquaintance ...1468
ACQUAINTED
          adj. 1.    * known widely; well-known, familiar; easily recognizable ...1406
          adj. 2.    aware, knowing ...M19 UK criminals' sl.
          n.           † a person with whom one is acquainted; an acquaintance ...c1566
ACQUAINTEDNESS
          n.           * the state of being acquainted with someone or something; familiarity ...1661
ACQUEST
          n. 1.       † the act of acquiring ...a1456
          n. 2.       a thing acquired, an acquisition; a territory gained by military force ...1622
ACQUIESCATE
          vb.         †* to acquiesce; to agree tacitly to; to concur in; to accept the conclusions or arrangements of others ...a1586
ACQUIESCE
          vb. 1.     to agree, esp. tacitly; to concur in; to raise no objections to; to comply with, to concede ...1613
          vb. 2.     † to remain at rest, either physically or mentally; to rest satisfied in a place or state ...c1620
          vb. 3.     † to bring to rest; to appease, to satisfy, or harmonize ...1658-9
          vb. 4.     † to remain in quiet subjection; to submit quietly; to remain submissive ...1660
ACQUIESCE MAN
          n.           a 'yes-man'; a sycophant, a toady ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ACQUIESCEMENT
          n.           * acquiescence; resting satisfied; rest, quiet satisfaction; peaceful agreement or submission ...1721
ACQUIESCENCE
          n.           * untroubled contentment; quiet satisfaction ...1612
ACQUIESCENCY
          n.           * acquiescence; untroubled contentment; quiet satisfaction ...1646
ACQUIESCENT
          adj.        disposed to quietly agree or assent; ready to accept something without protest, or to do what someone else wants ...1616
          n.           one who silently assents, submits, or who accepts something without protest ...1810
ACQUIET
          vb. 1.     † to acquit; to pay off a claim, debt, or liability; to make good an obligation ...1453-4
          vb. 2.     † to set at rest, to quiet, to pacify. to calm, to soothe ...a1535
ACQUIETING
          n.           † a bringing to rest, quieting, or pacification ...1504
ACQUIRABILITY
          n.           * the quality of being acquirable; the capacity to acquire something ...1802
ACQUIRE
          n.           †* acquirement or gain; abundance ...1592
          vb.         to steal something ...1937 UK sl.
ACQUIRY
          n.           * the process of acquiring; acquirement, acquisition ...1549
ACQUISITE
          adj.        † acquired; gained, gotten, obtained for oneself ...1528
ACQUISITED
          adj.        †* acquired ...1613
ACQUISITITIOUS
          adj.        † of the nature of an acquisition; gained by exertion; acquired, as opposed to 'native' or 'innate' ...1653
ACQUISITIVE
          adj.        † that has been acquired ...1629
          n.           plunder, booty, pickings ...Bk1921 sl.
ACQUISITIVE COVE 
          n.           a thief ...Bk1904 sl.
ACQUISITOR
          n.           one who acquires ...1668
ACQUIST
          n. 1.       * the act of acquiring; acquisition, gain ...1613
          n. 2.       † a thing acquired; an acquisition ...1635
          vb.         † to gain for oneself; to acquire ...1592
ACQUISTED
          adj.        † acquired ...1613
ACQUISTER
          n.           †* a means of acquiring something; one who acquires ...1613
ACQUIT
          adj.        * acquitted, cleared, set free ...1393 arch.
          n.           † the act of acquitting; discharge; acquittance, acquittal ...1475
          vb. 1.     † 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 ...c1300
          vb. 2.     * to relieve a person of an obligation; to release from a duty, prior undertaking, etc. ...1340
          vb. 3.     † to discharge the claims or duties of an office, to perform, to fulfil, to accomplish, to finish ...c1530
          vb. 4.     † to pay for, to atone for an offense ...1567
ACQUITMENT
          n.           * an acquitting; acquittal ...1431
ACQUITTANCE
          vb.         †* to give an acquittance or discharge; to discharge ...1448
ACRASIA
          n.           intemperance, excess; irregular or disorderly behaviour ...1590
ACRASIAL
          adj.        * ill-regulated, intemperate, uncontrolled ...1845
ACRASY
          n.           * irregularity, disorder, intemperance, excess ...1596
ACRATISM
          n.           † in ancient Greece: a breakfast of bread dipped in wine ...1804
ACRAZE
          vb.         † to weaken, to impair, to enfeeble ...1549
ACRAZED
          adj. 1.    † weakened, enfeebled, diseased in body, affected with illness, indisposed; impaired ...1521
          adj. 2.    † exasperated; mentally affected; crazed ...1576
ACRE
          n. 1.       † a piece of tilled or arable land; a field ...c975
          n. 2.       † an alleged term for a duel fought between English and Scottish borderers ...1701
          n. 3.       a prison sentence, cited variously as 1 month, 12 months or 'plenty' ...1930s Aust. & US sl.
          n. 4.       the buttocks ...1938 Aust. sl., euphemism
          n. 5.       the testicles ...1990s sl.
ACREABLE
          adj.        * of an acre; per acre ...1742
ACRE-FOOT
          adj.        big-footed ...1908 Amer. dial.
          n. 1.       a person with large feet ...World War II Amer. sl.
          n. 2.       a rustic ......World War II Amer. sl.
ACRE-LAND
          n.           † ploughed or arable land ...a1400
ACREMAN
          n.           a cultivator of the ground; a husbandman, or ploughman ...c1000
ACREME
          n.           † a unit of land area equal to ten acres ...1675
ACREOCRACY
          n.           the landed interest ...Bk1921 sl.
ACRE OF CORN
          n.           a prison sentence, cited variously as 1 month, 12 months or 'plenty' ...1930s Aust. & US sl.
ACREOPHAGIST
          n.           one who habitually abstains from eating meat; a vegetarian ...19C
ACRES
          n. 1.       a coward ...1775 sl.
          n. 2.       large quantities, a wide expanse ...1830
ACRID
          n.           †* a locust ...c1550
ACRIDOPHAGI 
          n.           the people of Ethiopia who feed on locusts ...Bk1795
ACRIMONIOUS
          adj. 1.    * bitter and hot to the taste; bitterly pungent, irritating, corrosive; acrid ...1612
          adj. 2.    bitter and irritating in disposition or manner; bitter-tempered ...1651
ACRIMONIOUSLY
          adv.       with bitterness or severity ...1753
ACRIMONY
          n. 1.       * biting sharpness to the taste; pungency; acridity ...1542
          n. 2.       sharp or irritating bitterness of temper or manner; ill feeling ...1597
ACRIOUS
          adj.        * acrid ...1675
ACRISY
          n. 1.       †* a state of disease such that the likelihood of the patient's recovery can neither be affirmed nor denied ...1704
          n. 2.       †* the fact of no decision being made on a question ...1721
ACRITICAL
          adj.        not involving or applying critical judgement;  uncritical ...1899
ACRITOCHROMACY
          n.           † defective colour vision; colour blindness ...1855
ACRITUDE
          n.           * bitterness, sharpness or pungency of taste; acridity ...1650
ACRITY
          n.           * sharpness, keenness, shrewdness ...1619
ACRO
          n.           acrobatic manoeuvres ...1967 Amer. aviation usage
ACROAMA
          n. 1.       * oral teaching heard only by initiated disciples; esoteric doctrines ...1579
          n. 2.       * a rhetorical declamation, as opposed to an argument ...1603
ACROAMARE
          adj.        †* pungently bitter ...1657
ACROAMATIC
          adj.        * pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret ...1632
ACROAMATICAL
          adj.        † pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret ...1580
ACROASIS
          n.           * an oral discourse; a discourse listened to rather than read ...1623 chiefly Ancient Hist. usage
ACROATIC
          adj.        pert. to hearing; hence, privately communicated by oral teaching to chosen disciples only; esoteric, secret ...1655-50
ACROBACY
          n.           acrobatics; an acrobatic feat ...1867
ACROBAT
          n. 1.       a drinking glass ...B1912 sl.
          n. 2.       a fool ...1958 W. Indies sl.
ACROBATICS
          n.           dexterous operations in reasoning, accounting, etc. ...1856
ACROBATISM
          n.           the art or profession of the acrobat; the performance of gymnastic feats ...1848
ACROBATS
          n.           loaded or unfairly bevelled dice ...1924 Amer. gambling sl.
ACROCOMIC
          n.           †* one having long hair ...1623
ACROLOGIC
          adj.        * pert. to initials ...1830
ACROLOGICAL
          adj.        * relating to or based on initial letters or sounds ...1827
ACRONYCAL
          adj.        happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
ACRONYCH
          adj.        happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
ACRONYCHAL
          adj.       
happening in the evening or at nightfall, as the acronychal rising or setting of a star ...1594
ACRONYMANIA
          n.           a fervent or excessive enthusiasm for the use of acronyms or initialisms ...1968
ACRONYMANIAC
          n.           a person having an excessive enthusiasm for using acronyms ...1968
ACRONYMIC
          adj.        relating to or designated by an acronym ...1948
ACRONYMIZE
          vb.         to convert into an acronym; to call by an acronym ...1955
ACRONYMOUS
          adj.        relating to or designated by an acronym ...1955
ACROOK
          adv.       in a bend or curve; awry, crookedly ...a1387
ACROPHOBE
          n.           a person affected with acrophobia ...1894
ACROPHOBIA
          n.           irrational fear of heights ...1888
ACROPHOBIC
          adj.        affected with acrophobia ...1888
ACROSCOPIC
          adj.        †* positioned so as to view something from a height ...1834 poetic usage
ACROSS
          adv. 1.   * in the form of a cross, crosswise; crossing each other, crossed ...a1250
          adv. 2.   † not straight or directly; obliquely; athwart, awry, amiss ...1559
          prep.      † at odds with, at variance with ...1607
          n.           Great Britain ...1900s US sl.
ACROSS COUNTRY 
          n.           one who is a fugitive from the law ...1929 criminals' sl. 
ACROSSED
          adj.        †* crosswise, crossed ...1548
ACROSS LOTS
          phr. 1.    via a short cut ...E19 US sl.
          phr. 2.    accelerated, using fig. 'short cuts' ...M19 sl.
          phr. 3.    completely ...1848 sl.
ACROSS THE BOARD
          n.           in horse racing: a bet that a horse will win, place (finish second), or show (finish third) ...1964 sl.
ACROSS THE BRIDGE TO DARTMOUTH
          adj.        mentally ill, institutionalized ...1999 Can. sl.
ACROSS THE BUBBLE
          adj.        into prison ...1912 criminals’ sl.
ACROSS THE DITCH
          n.           Australia ...1998 NZ sl.
ACROSS THE PAVEMENT
          adv.       of a criminal activity: in a street situation ...1977 UK sl.
ACROSS THE RIVER
          adj.        dead ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ACROSS THE TRACKS
          n.           the socially inferior area of town ...1943 US sl.
ACROST
          prep.      across ...1759
          adv.       across ...1775
ACROSTIC
          adj.        †* crossed, folded across; moving crosswise, erratic, zigzag ...1602
          n.           † the beginning or end of a verse ...1614
ACROTELEUTIC
          n.           † a formula repeated at the end of a psalm; a doxology ...1719
A-CRY
          adv.       † in a cry, crying ...1593
ACRYLIC
          adj.        superficial, hard, difficult to tolerate ...1990s US college sl.
ACT
          n. 1.       † a burning of heretics ...1709
          n. 2.       a routine, a way of behaving, a performance ...L19 sl., orig. US
          n. 3.       an instance of insincere behaviour; a display of pretended feeling; an affected pretense ...1934
          n. 4.       cross-examination of a prisoner ...1940s US criminals' sl.
          n. 5.       pretended illness or ill-temper ...1940s Aust. sl.
          n. 6.       a dramatic mimicking ...Amer. sl.
          n. 7.       the disguise and staged personality assumed by an expert card counter playing blackjack in a casino in the hope of avoiding detection and ejection ...1991 US sl.
          vb. 1.     † to put in motion, to move to action, to impel; to actuate, to influence, to animate ...c1475
          vb. 2.     † to bring into action, to bring about, to produce, to perform, to work, to do a thing or process ...1594
ACT, THE
          n.           copulation; sexual intercourse ...1532 euphemism
ACTABLE
          adj.        active, capable of lively activity ...1966 Amer. dial.
ACTAEON; ACTEON 
          n. 1.       * a cuckold; the husband of an unfaithful wife ...1567 rare and arch.
          n. 2.       a hunter ...Bk1922
          vb.         † to cuckold ...1582
ACT AS IF ONE'S KNICKERS WERE ON FIRE
          vb.         to panic, to behave hysterically ...1960s sl.
ACT-ASS
          n.           one who gives rude answers, a smart-alec, a show-off, a braggart ...1970 Amer. dial.
ACTATIVE
          n.           †* ? a thing that animates or energizes ...1605
ACT CATCHER
          n.           a drama critic ...Bk1942 Amer. theatrical sl.
ACT CUTE
          vb.         to behave in an annoyingly adorable fashion ...2002 Singapore sl.
ACTEON
          n.           * a cuckold ...1567 rare and arch.
ACTEON'S BADGE
          n.           the stigma of cuckoldom ...1596 sl.
ACTING DICKY
          n.           a man acting in the name of an enrolled solicitor ...Bk1921 sl.
ACTING GADGET
          n.           acting corporal ...Bk1944 service sl.
ACTING JACK
          n. 1.       a lance sergeant ...1917 US Korean war usage
          n. 2.       a soldier temporarily appointed to higher rank, esp. to serve as platoon leader in basic training ...1942 US sl.
ACTING LADY 
          n.           an incapable or inferior actress ...1883 theatrical colloq.
ACTING OVER
          n.           a re-enacting, repetition ...1646
ACTION
          n. 1.       † a proposition, motion, or question for discussion ...1533
          n. 2.       † acting of plays, performance ...1540
          n. 3.       a military engagement, a battle ...1579
          n. 4.       † a share in a joint-stock company ...1662
          n. 5.       †* a theatrical performance; a play ...1679
          n. 6.       betting; gambling; a crap game or other game of chance ...1885 US sl.
          n. 7.       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 ...1913 US sl.
          n. 8.       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 ...1920s sl., orig. US Black
          n. 9.       coition; sexual activity; intrigue with the opposite sex ...c1930
          n. 10.     a party or gathering; excitement, activity in general; whatever is happening...1950s Amer. sl.
          n. 11.     acts of crime; commerce in drugs; illegal activity ...1951 criminal sl.
          n. 12.     the potential client for a prostitute; a victim of a confidence trick, etc. ...1952 sl.
          n. 13.     in gambling: the total amount that a gambler will bet ...sl.
          n. 14.     one's choice, one's preference ...1950s US sl.
          n. 15.     the effects of a drug ...1960s sl.
          n. 16.     a revolver ...1969 US sl.
          n. 17.     manipulations, activities, esp. when illegal or corrupt ...1960s sl.
          n. 18.     the current availability of drugs and the best place to obtain them ...1960s drugs sl.
          n. 19.     a woman ...1963 sl., orig. US Black
          n. 20.     a look, a smile, a verbal response ...1970s US Black sl.
          n. 21.     a political act, often confrontational or violent ...1971 US sl.
          n. 22.     in pool: a game played with wagers ...1990 US sl.
          n. 23.     homosexuality ...1990s Aust. prison sl.
          n. 24.     the amount that a gambler is willing to bet ...1991 US sl.
ACTIONABILITY
          n.           the fact of giving cause for legal action ...1820
ACTIONABLE
          adj. 1.    giving cause for legal action ...a1601
          adj. 2.    able to be acted upon; useful, practical ...1913
ACTIONARY
          n.           † a share-holder in a joint-stock company ...1728
ACTION BEAVER
          n.           a film featuring full nudity and sexual activity short of intercourse ...1974 US sl.
ACTIONER
          n. 1.       †* a shareholder ...1825
          n. 2.       †* an artisan who makes the action of an instrument, as of a gun, piano, etc. ...1881
          n. 3        an action film ...1940 colloq.
ACTION FACTION
          n.           a subset of the political left that advocated forceful, confrontational tactics ...1968 US sl.
ACTIONIST
          n. 1.       † a shareholder in a joint-stock company; one who owns actions ...1720
          n. 2.       a person who believes in action; one who takes action ...1812
ACTIONIZE
          vb. 1.     tp act upon; to put into action ...1614
          vb. 2.     †* to bring a legal action against; to sue ...1872
ACTION ON A SOLID HALF TRACTION; ACTION ON THE SOLID HALF TRACTION
          phr.        ready for anything ...1940s US Black sl.
ACTION ON TRACTION 
          n.           speed ...Bk1947 Amer. sl.
ACTION-PACKED
          adj.        full of action or excitement ...1924
ACTION PIECE
          n. 1.       a pistol, a revolver, a shotgun ...1960s US Black sl.
          n. 2.       a woman ...1983 US Black sl.
ACTION PLAYER
          n.           a gambler who bets heavily and, often,  unwisely ...Bk1998 sl.
ACTION ROOM
          n. 1.       a pool hall where betting is common ...1972 US sl.
          n. 2.       a place where betting and gambling take place ...1972 US sl.
ACTION-TAKING
          adj.        †* prone to taking legal action; litigious ...1608
ACTIOUS
          adj.        * abounding in or giving rise to action; active, energetic, brisk ...1441
ACTITATION
          n. 1.       †* debating of lawsuits ...1661
          n. 2        †* rapid frequent action ...1755
ACTIVABLE
          adj.        † excitable, active ...1606
ACTIVATED
          adj.        tipsy; alcohol intoxicated ...Bk2000 Amer. sl.
ACTIVE 
          n. 1.       a person devoted to the active life, esp. a member of an active religious order; an active person ...a1425
          n. 2.       a member of the military in active service ...1840 chiefly US
          n. 3.       in sports: a player on a team who is eligible to play in a given game or season ...1931 chiefly baseball and American football usage
          n. 4.       an enthusiastic and efficient officer ...Bk1984 UK police sl.
          vb.         to make active; to activate ...1620
ACTIVE CITIZEN
          n. 1.       a louse ...E19  sl.
          n. 2.       a flea ...E19 sl.
          n. 3.       † a law-abiding person ...Bk1992 criminals' sl. 
ACTIVE PARTNER 
          n.           a homosexual who is the active participant in anal intercourse ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
ACTIVE SERVICE 
          n.           the woman uppermost in an act of coition ...Bk1916 sl. 
ACTIVE SODOMIST
          n.           n active homosexual ...19C sl.
ACTIVISTIC
          adj.        active; activist ...1907
ACTIVITY
          n.           † physical exercise, gymnastics, athletics ...1542
ACTIVITY BOOSTER
          n.           an amphetamine tablet ...M20 US drugs sl.
ACTIVO-PASSIVE
          adj.        †* characterized by both activity and passivity ...1860
ACTLESS
          adj.        * without action, inactive ...1654
ACT LIKE A TEE HEE'S NEST WITH A HAW HAW'S EGG IN IT
          vb.         to act laughably ...1958 Amer. dial.
ACT LIKE ONE'S SHIT (DOESN'T) DON'T SMELL
          vb.         to behave affectedly and in an arrogant manner ...1960s sl., orig. US
ACT LIKE ONE'S SHIT (DOESN'T) DON'T STINK
          vb.         to behave affectedly and in an arrogant manner ...1960s sl., orig. US
ACT LIKE SANCHO
          vb.         of a child: to act in an unruly or mischievous way; to misbehave ...1869 Amer. dial.
ACT LIKE SHIT WOULDN'T MELT IN ONE'S MOUTH
          vb.         to behave affectedly and in an arrogant manner ...1960s sl., orig. US
ACT LIKE THE DEAD LICE ARE DROPPING OFF ONE
          vb.         to be inactive, slow, or lethargic ...c1960 Amer. dial.
ACT OF ANDROGYNATION
          n.           copulation ...M17 euphemism
ACT OF DARKNESS
          n.           copulation ...Shakespeare euphemism
ACT OF GENERATION
          n.           copulation ...L19 Brit. euphemism
ACT OF GRACE
          n.           a formal pardon ...1638
ACT OF KIND
          n.           copulation ...19C Brit. euphemism
ACT OF LOVE
          n.           copulation ...1638 Brit. euphemism
ACT OF PARLIAMENT
          n.           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 ...Bk1921 sl.
ACT OF SHAME
          n.           an act of copulation ...Shakespeare usage
ACT OF SPORT
          n.           copulation ...L19 Brit. euphemism
ACTOR
          n. 1.       † 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 ...a1325
          n. 2.       † a manager, overseer, agent, or factor ...1382
          n. 3.       † a guardian, a steward; a person who acts on behalf of another ...c1384
          n. 4.       † a pleader; he who conducts an action at law; the plaintiff or complainant; an advocate in civil cases; a public prosecutor ...1413
          n. 5.       a person who performs or takes part in an action; a doer, an agent ...c1425
          n. 6.       anyone out to deceive or project a phony image; a con-man; a liar ...1844 US Black sl.
          n. 7.       a troublemaker ...1964 US sl.
          n. 8.       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 ... Amer. sl.
ACTORINE
          n.           * an actress ...1892 Amer. sl.
ACTORISH
          adj.        characteristic of a dramatic actor; affectedly theatrical ...1941
ACTORLY
          adj.        characteristic of a dramatic actor; affectedly theatrical ...1957
ACTOR-MAN
          n.           * a male theatrical actor ...1774
ACTORNEY
          n.           † an attorney ...1713 Sc.
ACTOR-PROOF
          adj.        denoting a part in a play or performance so well written than no amount of bad acting can ruin it ...1973 US sl.
ACTOR'S BIBLE
          n.           Variety magazine ...1981 US sl.
ACTOR'S REACH
          n.           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 ...1999 US sl.
ACTORVIST 
          n.           a politically involved actor ...1995 Amer. political sl.
ACTORY
          adj.        characteristic of a dramatic actor; affectedly theatrical ...1917
ACT POSSUM
          vb.         † to feign; to pretend to be ill or dead ...1844 US sl.
ACTRESS
          n. 1.       * a woman who performs an action; a female doer or actor ...1586
          n. 2.       a prostitute ...1917 euphemism 
          n. 3.       an egocentric show-off, who is nonetheless amusing and witty; a homosexual who hogs the limelight ...Bk1972 US homosexual sl.
ACTRESSY    
          adj.        characteristic of an actress; affectedly theatrical ...1893
ACTRICE 
          n.           † an actress ...1589
ACT THE ANGORA
          vb.         to play the fool ...1942 Aust. & NZ sl.
ACT THE GIDDY GOAT
          vb.         to behave foolishly ...L19 sl.
ACT THE GOAT
          vb.         to behave foolishly ...L19 sl.
ACT THE HOG
          vb. 1.     to play the fool ...1900s sl.
          vb. 2.     to malfunction ...1940s sl.
ACT THE JINNIT
          vb.         to play the fool; to act irrationally ...20C Irish sl.
ACT THE LINNET
          vb.         to flirt ...20C Irish sl.
ACT THE MAGGOT
          vb.         to play the fool ...1937 Irish sl.
ACT THE MOHAWK 
          vb.         to misbehave ...1960s Irish sl.
ACT THE MONKEY
          vb. 1.     to play the fool ...1900s sl.
          vb. 2.     to malfunction ...1940s sl.
ACT THE LINNET
          vb.         to flirt ...20C Irish sl.
ACT THE MOHAWK
          vb.         to misbehave ...1960s Irish sl.
ACT THE NIGGER
          vb. 1.     (derogatory) to play the fool ...M19 US sl.
          vb. 2.     to act in a manner White racists expect of Black people, i.e. foolish, subservient, clownish...M19 US Black sl.
ACT THE PRICK
          vb.         to behave foolishly ...1980s sl.
ACT THE WET DOG
          vb.         to make a fuss, to complain ...L19 US sl.
ACTUABILITY
          n.           * capability of being acted upon or actuated ...1682
ACTUAL
          adj. 1.    † pert. to acts; exhibited in deeds; practical, active, doing ...c1315
          adj. 2.    †* abounding in action; active, energetic, vigorous ...1470-85
          n. 1.       money ...1856 sl.
          n. 2.       in the Vietnam war: a unit commander ...1991 US sl.
ACTUAL, THE
          n. 1.       that which is actual or real; actuality, reality ...1832
          n. 2.       money, especially cash ...1856 sl.
ACTUALISTIC
          adj.        representative of reality, realistic ...1857
ACTUALITY
          n.           † capacity of action, activity, effective power ...1398
ACTUALIZE
          vb. 1.     to make actual or real; to carry out in practice ...1809
          vb. 2.     * to represent or describe realistically ...1848
ACTUALLY
          adv. 1.   † in a way that is characterized by doing; with deeds; practically, actively ...c1449
          adv. 2.   † actively, energetically ...1470-85
          adv. 3.   * at present; currently; for the time being ...1663
ACTUALNESS
          n. 1.       † active working or operation, activity ...1398
          n. 2.       the quality of being actual or real; actuality ...1668
ACTUARY 
          n. 1.       a registrar, a clerk; a notary; an officer who records the acts of a court ...1553
          n. 2.       * the managing secretary or accountant of a society or public company ...1769
          n. 3.       a person who compiles and analyses statistics of mortality, accidents, etc. and uses them or calculate insurance risks and premiums ...1772
          n. 4.       * a senior official in a savings bank, esp. one who manages the deposits ...1816
          n. 5.       in an illegal betting operation: an oddsmaker ...1971 US sl.
ACTUATE
          adj.        † carried out in action; realized in fact ...1663
          vb. 1.     † to reduce to a action; to carry out in practice, to perform a command, proposition, etc. ...1596
          vb. 2.     † to render active, to stir into activity; to stir up, to arouse, to excite ...1603
          vb. 3.     to inspire with active properties, to quicken, to enliven, to vivify ...1642 arch.
ACTUATION
          n. 1.       enactment, fulfilment ...1623
          n. 2        the act of stimulating, animating, or enlivening ...1629
ACTUATOR
          n.           a person who or a thing which actuates something; specifically, God, regarded as the motive force of the universe ...1652
ACTUOSE
          adj.        full of activity; abounding in action; very active ...1677
ACTUOSITY
          n.           abounding activity; energy ...1660
ACTUOUS
          adj.        † full of activity; abounding in action; very active ...1626
ACT-UP
          adj.        aggressive ...2000s UK Black & teen sl.
          vb.         (usually as 'act up')
          vb. 1.     to cause someone trouble ...20C sl.
          vb. 2.     to make a fuss in order to attract attention to oneself; to misbehave badly or improperly, esp. to impress ...1903 sl.
ACTURE
          n.           †* the process of acting; action, doing ...1593
ACTURIENCE
          n.           * desire to act ...a1866
ACT YOUR AGE!
          int.         a term of contempt based on condemning someone who the speaker considers is acting childishly ...1920s sl., orig. US
ACT YOUR AGE NOT YOUR SHOE SIZE
          vb.         to behave in a manner appropriate to your years ...1986 US sl.
          int.         a term of contempt based on condemning someone who the speaker considers is acting childishly ...1920s sl., orig. US
ACUATE
          adj.        sharpened, sharp-pointed ...1471
          vb.         † to make sharp or pungent; to sharpen ...1542
ACUATING
          n.           † the act of sharpening ...1678
ACUATION
          n.           * sharpening, rendering acute ...a1655
ACUITION
          n.           * the act of sharpening or increasing the strength of something ...c1458
ACUITY
          n. 1.       sharpness, acuteness, as of a needle, a disease, an acid, wit ...1543
          n. 2.       sharpness or keenness of thought, understanding, or feeling; perceptiveness, shrewdness ...1549
ACULEATE
          adj.        pointed, incisive, stinging ...1605
ACULEATED
          adj.        * of speech or thought: pointed; incisive, keen, pungent ...1655
ACULEATION
          n.           * the state of being sharpened or pointed ...1870
ACULEUS
          n.           †* a feeling of compunction; a sting or pang ...a1612
ACUMBLE
          vb.         † to benumb ...a1325
ACUMINATE
          adj.        †* having acumen, sharp-witted ...1654
          n.           †* a pointed form ...1640
          vb. 1.     to sharpen, to make pointed; to give poignancy or keenness to ...1611
          vb. 2.     †* to rise or taper to a point ...1641
ACUMINATED
          adj.        of speech: sharp, pointed, stinging ...1833
ACUMINATION
          n. 1.       the product of sharpening; a tapering point ...1659
          n. 2.       the act of sharpening or bringing to a point ...1837
ACUMINOUS
          adj.        distinguished by acumen; acute, sharp, shrewd ...1618
ACUPICTION
          n.           † an embroidering, or as it were painting with a needle ...1663
ACUPICTOR 
          n.           an embroiderer, a needle-worker ...Bk1717
ACUPINGE
          vb.         †* to embroider ...1612
ACUPUNCTUATE
          vb.         * to prick with a needle or pin; to administer acupuncture to ...1830
ACUPUNCTUATION
          n.           * acupuncture ...1821
ACUPUNCTURATION
          n.           acupuncture ...1743
ACUSHLA 
          n.           a form of address, darling, dear heart; a term of endearment ...1825 Irish
ACUTANGULAR
          adj.        having acute angles ...1658
ACUTE
          adj.        of tastes or odours: sharp, pungent ...1620
          vb. 1.     †* to rise to a high pitch ...1504
          vb. 2.     †* to sharpen or quicken a quality; to make more active or intense ...1637
ACUTENESS
          n.           * shrillness, high pitch ...1659
ACUTIANGLE
          adj.        †* acute-angled ...1571
ACUTITION
          n.           †* the act of sharpening or increasing the strength of something; formerly also sharpness ...1737
ACYROLOGICAL
          adj.        * incorrect in use of words ...1623
          n.           * an improper speech ...1626
ACYROLOGICALLY
          adv.       †* incorrectly as to use of words ...1651
ACYROLOGY
          n.           * incorrect use of language or words; improper speech ...1577
A.D.
          n. 1.       a drink ...L19 UK society sl.
          n. 2.       a drug addict ...1938 US drug sl.
          n. 3.       phencyclidine ...1970s sl.
          n. 4.       a man who fathers a child by accident, usually after a casual sexual encounter; an accidental daddy ...1985 sl.
          vb.         to leave ...1990s US campus sl.
AD
          adj.        pert. to advertising ...20C sl.
          n. 1.       † a fire, a blazing pile, a funeral pyre ...a900
          n. 2.       an advertisement ...1799
          n. 3.       in tennis: advantage ...1915 colloq.
          n. 4.       graffito offering sexual services, as found on a public lavatory wall...1970s US homosexual sl.
ADA
          n. 1.       a German homosexual ...2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
          n. 2.       a homosexual who cannot find a sexual partner ...2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
          n. 3.       the buttocks ...2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
AD ABSURDUM
          adv.       to the point of absurdity; to an absurd or extreme degree ...1656
ADACT
          vb.         †* to drive or compel to a course ...1615
ADACTED
          adj.        † beaten or driven in by force ...1623
ADACTION
          n.           † a driving in violently by force...1663
ADAD!
          int.         † an exclamation and a minced oath from "Afore God!" and "By God!" ...1663
ADAEMONIST, ADEMONIST 
          n.           a person who denies the existence of the Devil ...1837
ADAERATION
          n.           a giving a monetary value to something ...1623
ADAFOOKMAN!
          int.         used in Black criminal society as an all-purpose protestation of innocence; have I?, I didn't! (Have I Fuck, Man!) ...2002 UK sl.
ADA FROM DECATUR
          n.           in a game of dice: a roll of eight ...1918 US sl.
ADAGIAL
          adj.         of the nature of an adage; proverbial ...1647
ADAGY
          n.            † an adage, saying, a proverb ...1534
AD ALLEY
          n.           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 ...1952 US sl.
ADAM
          n. 1.       water ...L15 sl.
          n. 2.       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 ...1553
          n. 3.       sinful and unregenerate human nature ...a1569
          n. 4.       a bailiff, a sergeant ...c1591 sl.
          n. 5.       a thief's accomplice ...1696 UK criminals' sl.
          n. 6.       a fence, a criminal receiver; a partner in a criminal enterprise ...1797 UK criminals' sl.
          n. 7.       a master man, foreman, a superintendent ...1903 sl.
          n. 8.       a prison warder ...Bk1903 US criminals' sl.
          n. 9.       a faithful, devoted old servant ...Bk1922
          n. 10.     one's first (paid) sexual partner ...Bk1972 homosexual sl.
          n. 11.     MDMA, the recreational drug known as ecstasy ...1985 US sl.
          vb. 1.     to marry ...1753 sl.
          vb. 2.     to believe ...1910s rhyming sl. (Adam and Eve)
          vb. 3.     to leave ...1930s rhyming sl. (Adam and Eve)  
ADAMANCE
          n.           a being firmly resolved on a course of action; refusal to be persuaded or to change one's mind ...1925
ADAMANCY
          n.           the state of being unpersuadable ...1898
ADAM AND EVE
          n. 1.       a starting point, an origin; a set of progenitors, ancestors, or forebears ...1793
          n. 2.       two poached or fried eggs ...1891 sl., orig. US short order usage
          n. 3.       a sleeve ...1980s Aust. rhyming sl.
          n. 4.       a pill of MDEA and MDMA, the recreational drugs best known as ecstasy ...1996 UK sl.
          vb. 1.     to have sexual intercourse ...L17 sl.
          vb. 2.     to believe ...1925 rhyming sl.
          vb. 3.     to leave ...1930s rhyming sl.
ADAM AND EVE BALL
          n.           an early dancing party to which the guests are invited until midnight only ...1920s sl.
ADAM-AND-EVE IT
          vb.         to copulate ...L19 Brit. sl.
ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT
          n.           two poached or fried eggs on toast ...1894 sl., orig. US short order usage
ADAM AND EVE ON A RAFT AND WRECK 'EM
          n.           two scrambled eggs on toast ...1913 sl., orig. US short order usage
ADAM AND EVE'S CLOTHES
          n.           nakedness; nudity ...E20 Brit. & US sl.
ADAM AND EVE'S P.J.S
          n.           nakedness, nudity ...L19 US sl.
ADAM AND EVE'S TOGS
          n.           nakedness; nudity ...L19 Brit. & US sl.
ADAMANT
          n.           † a person or thing which attracts people's affection or attention; a centre of attraction ...c1426
ADAMANTIZING
          adj.        †* that attracts, lures, or entices ...1607
ADAM ANTS
          n.           pants ...1980s Brit. rhyming sl.
ADAMATE
          vb.         †* to love dearly ...1612
ADAMATICAL
          adj.        naked; nude ...17C sl.
ADAM BELL 
          n.           an accomplished archer ...Bk1922
ADAMED
          adj.        married ...Bk1921 sl.
ADAM FAITH
          adj.        safe ...1960s Brit. rhyming sl.
ADAM FILER 
          n.           a thief ...Bk1909 sl.
ADAM HENRY
          n.           an A.H.; asshole; a worthless and annoying person ...1997 Amer. sl.
ADAMHOOD
          n.           human nature; manhood, humanity ...1828 chiefly poetic usage
ADAMIC
          adj.        resembling Adam in moral freedom, nakedness, fallen condition ...1657
ADAMICAL
          adj. 1.    * resembling Adam in moral freedom, nakedness, fallen condition; sinful; unregenerate ...1642
          adj. 2     * having an original or pristine form; pure and undefiled ...1649
ADAMICALLY
          adv.       in a way resembling Adam in appearance or behaviour; nakedly ...1860
ADAMISH
          adj.        †* resembling Adam in moral freedom, nakedness, fallen condition ...1569
ADAMIST
          n. 1.       a person who follows or imitates the behaviour of Adam in the Garden of Eden ...1623
          n. 2.       * one who tends a garden ...1630
ADAMITE
          adj.        descended from Adam; human ...1719
          n. 1.       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 ...1542
          n. 2.       a descendant or child of Adam; a human being ...1581
          n. 3.       * a person who goes naked; a nudist ...1833
          n. 4.       a White Caucasian ...1865 chiefly hist.
ADAMITIC
          adj.        naked, unclothed ...1656
ADAMITICAL
          adj.        * naked, unclothed; pert. to or resembling Adam; hence, as applied to clothing, scanty ...1666
ADAMITISM
          n.           nakedness; the practice of going naked as a sign of spiritual purity ...1805
ADAMIZE
          vb.         to copulate, from the male point of view ...19C Brit. sl.
ADAMLESS
          adj.        characterized by the absence of men; inhabited only by women ...1876
ADAMLESS EDEN
          n.           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 ...1876
ADAM'S ALE
          n.           water, as the only drink of our first parents ...1643 humorous
ADAM'S AND EVE'S TOGS
          n.           nudity ...19C sl.
ADAM'S APPLE
          n.           * a banana or plantain ...1588
ADAM'S ARM
          n.           a shovel, a spade ...1602 sl.
ADAM'S ARMS
          n.           a shovel, a spade ...1602 sl.
ADAM'S ARSENAL
          n.           the male genitals; the penis and testicles ...L19 Brit. sl.
ADAM'S BEVERAGE
          n.           water ...L15 sl.
ADAM'S CAT
          n.           a person one does not know and cannot identify ...1908 Amer. dial.
ADAM'S FRUIT
          n. 1.       among loggers: an apple ...1972 Amer. dial.
          n. 2.       pregnant women ...Bk1986 US lumberjacks' usage
ADAM'S HATBAND
          n.           a person one does not know and cannot identify ...1967 Amer. dial.
ADAM'S HOUSECAT
          n.           a person one does not know and cannot identify ...1908 Amer. dial.
ADAM'S LIQUOR
          n.           water ...L15 sl.
ADAM'S MORSEL
          n.           †* the Adam's apple ...1586
ADAM'S OFF-BULL
          n.           a person one does not know and cannot identify ...1956 Amer. dial.
ADAM'S OFF-OX
          n. 1.       a person one does not know and cannot identify ...1894 Amer. dial.
          n. 2.       a slow, stubborn person; a headstrong person ...1912 sl.
ADAM'S OLD OX
          n.           a person one does not know and cannot identify ...1965 Amer. dial.
ADAM SOURGUY
          n.           a sour-tempered pessimist ...1910 US theatre sl.
ADAM'S OWN
          n.           the female genitals ...19C Brit. sl.
ADAM'S OWN ALTAR
          n.           the vagina ...L19 sl.
ADAM'S PET MONKEY
          n.           a person one does not know and cannot identify ...1966 Amer. dial.
ADAM'S P.J.s
          n.           nudity ...1970s US homosexual sl.
ADAM'S PROFESSION
          n.           gardening ...1602 sl.
ADAM'S SIN 
          n.           disobedience ...Bk1922
ADAM'S SLIPPERS
          phr.        no shoes, i.e. barefoot ...1900s US sl.
ADAM'S WHIP
          n.           the penis ...1952 US sl.
ADAM'S WINE
          n.           water as a beverage ...1747 colloq.
ADAM TILER; ADAM TYLER
          n.           a pickpocket’s confederate who receives the stolen article, and runs off with it; a receiver of stolen goods ...1665 UK sl.
ADAM WITH A DEAD BATTERY
          n.           a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
ADAM WITH A DEAD PAN
          n.           a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
ADAM WITH A FLICKERING FLAME
          n.           a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
ADAM WITH A FROZEN PUSS
          n.           a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
ADAM WITH AN ANCHOR
          n.           a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
ADAM WITH A SOUR PUSS
          n.           a married man; a cold, unresponsive man; a gloomy, dull man ...World War II Amer. sl.
A-DANCE
          adj.        dancing; moving in a quick and lively manner ...1828
A-DANGLE
          adv.       in a dangling state or position ...1855
ADAPERTILE
          adj.        † easy to be opened ...1731
ADAPT
          adj.        * well adapted or suited; suitable, fit ...1658
ADAPTATE
          vb.         †* to adapt ...1638
ADAPTATIVE
          adj.        characterize by or given to adapting things to a purpose, or oneself to circumstances; adaptive ...1815
ADAPTION
          n.           the act of adapting; adaptation ...1615
ADAPTITUDE
          n.           adaptedness; aptitude specially produced ...1806
ADAPTIVE
          adj.        † fitting; well-suited to something or someone ...1734
ADAPTLY
          adv.       in a fit or adapted manner; by being adapted or fitted; fittingly, aptly ...a1648
ADAPTMENT
          n.           †* adaptation; fitting condition ...1739
ADAPTNESS
          n.           †* the quality of being adapted, suitability, adaptedness ...1657
ADAPTORIAL
          adj.        * characterized by adaptation; adaptive ...1838
AD ARBITRIUM
          adv.       at or according to one's will or pleasure; as one pleases; arbitrarily ...1663
ADA ROSS
          n.           the eight point in craps dice ...1918 US sl.
ADA ROSS THE STABLE BOSS
          n.           the 8 point in craps dice ...1940s US sl.
ADA ROSS, THE STABLE HOSS
          n.           in a game of dice: a roll of eight ...1918 US sl.
ADASED
          adj.        † stupefied, confused, dulled, dazzled ...c1450
ADASHED
          adj.        put to shame ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ADAUGE
          vb.         †* to add to, to augment, to increase by addition ...1657
ADAUNT
          vb.         † to quell, to subdue, to suppress, to reduce to submission ...1297
À D'AUTRES!
          phr.        'tell that to the Marines'; expression of disbelief ...c1660 fashionable London catchphrase
ADAW
          vb. 1.     † to wake up, to awake, from sleep, swoon, etc. ...c1300
          vb. 2.     † to awaken, to arouse, to recall to consciousness ...c1386
          vb. 3.     † to recover from sorrow or pain; to emerge from a particular mood or state of mind ...c1425
          vb. 4.     † to dawn; to shine ...c1425
          vb. 5.     † to put an end to; to defeat, to overcome ...c1440
          vb. 6.     † to subdue, to daunt; to terrify ...1557
ADAWE
          adv.       † out of life, out of existence ...c1250
ADAWN
          adj.        * dawning, gleaming with new light ...1881
A-DAY
          adv. 1.   † in or on the day (in opposition to the night; by day ...a1250
          adv. 2.   on each day; daily ...c1500
A-DAYS
          adv.       † by day, during the day, in the daytime ...1377
ADAZZLE
          adj.        dazzling ...1832
ADBASS
          vb.         †* to abase ...1548
AD BENE PLACITUM
          adv.       at one's pleasure or discretion; at will ...1623
ADBER
          n.           odd or clumsy behaviour ...1908 Sc.
ADBLAST
          vb.         †* to impart an idea, impulse, etc. to; to exert an influence on; to inflate, to inspire ...1548
ADBUSTER
          n.           in anticorporate activism, the non-specific description for those involved in cultural subversion ...1989 Can.
ADBUSTING
          n.           in anticorporate activism, the act of subverting brand advertising, usually by parody or mockery ...2000 US sl.
ADCORPORATE
          vb.         †* to unite, to incorporate ...1732
ADCORPORATED
          adj.        †* married ...Bk1612
ADD
          n.           a Drug Addict ...1938 US drug sl.
ADD A NAIL TO ONE'S COFFIN
          vb.         to drink heavily ...M19 sl.
ADD A PEG NAIL TO ONE'S COFFIN
          vb.         to drink heavily ...M19 sl.
ADDEBTED
          adj.        † indebted; owed or due ...a1400
ADDECIMATE
          vb.         †* to subject a person to a tithe or tax of one-tenth ...1623
ADDECKED
          adj.        †* decked, covered ...1513 Sc.
ADDEDLY
          adv.       additionally; particularly ...1883
ADDED TO THE LIST
          adj.        castrated ...L19 sl.
ADDEEM
          vb.         † to judge; to try, to test ...a1000
ADDEL
          n.           putrid drinking water ...L19 nautical sl.
ADDER
          n. 1.       † a snake, a serpent ...c950
          n. 2.       † the 'old serpent', the devil ...c950
          n. 3        a treacherous, deceitful, malicious, or pernicious person or thing; also, a term of abuse ...c1000
          n. 4.       † a dragon, a supposed serpent with wings ...c1300
          n. 5.       a dragonfly. formerly thought to be venomous; a large fly ...1876 Eng. dial.
ADDER-BELL
          n.           the dragonfly ...1824 Sc.
ADDERBOLT
          n.           a dragonfly ...1483
ADDERBRED
          adj.        † engendered by the devil ...1587
ADDER-CAP
          n. 1.       an ill-natured person; one of a virulent or malignant disposition ...1822 Sc. 
          n. 2.       a dragonfly ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ADDER-CLOSE
          n.           † an enclosure containing adders; a snake pit ...1870
ADDER-DEAF
          adj.        * deaf as an adder ...1597 poetic usage
ADDER-FAW
          adj.        † variegated like a snake ...a1000
ADDER-FLY
          n.           † a dragonfly ...1761
ADDER-FOOTED
          adj.        † having a foot or feet like a dragon ...1565 poetic usage
ADDER-HATE
          n.           † virulent, deadly hate ...1880 poetic
ADDERS' FRY
          n.           † offspring of adders or the devil ...1540
ADDER-TONGUED
          adj.        spiteful; using malicious or offensive language ...1823
ADD FAITH TO
          vb.         * to give credence to; to believe or make believable ...1483
ADD FUEL TO THE FIRE 
          vb.         to make a bad or intense situation worse ...1611
ADD FUEL TO THE FLAMES 
          vb.         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 ...1620
ADDI 
          n.           a Bengalee money-changer ...Bk1898 
ADDICENT
          n.           †* in Roman Law: a person who hands over a thing or a person in accordance with a judicial decision ...1880
ADDICK
          n.           an addict ...1997 US sl.
ADDICKIT
          adj.        addicted ...1826 Sc.
ADDICT
          adj.        † that has been attached by compulsion or obligation to a person' tied, bound; obligated ...1529
          n.           a 'mark' who falls for the same scam over and over again ...1985 con artists' usage 
          vb. 1      * to dedicate or devote oneself to an occupation, activity, or object ...1534
          vb. 2.     † to bind, to attach, or devote oneself as a servant, disciple, or adherent to any person or cause ...1542
          vb. 3      † to devote time to a particular object or activity; to focus one's studies on a specific area ...1604
ADDICT WAITING TO HAPPEN
          phr.        in twelve-step recovery programmes, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, used for describing the childhood of addicts of the future ...1998 US sl.
ADDIGHTING
          n.           † preparing, preparation ...1567
ADDIMENT
          n.           * something that is added, an addition; an additive ...1652
 
ADD INSULT TO INJURY 
          vb.         to aggravate an already difficult situation ...1748
ADDIO
          int.         used as an expression of farewell ...1577 esp. Italian contexts
ADDITAMENT
          n.           anything added or appended; an addition ...1460
ADDITION
          n. 1.       † something annexed to a man's name to show his rank, occupation, or place of residence, or otherwise to distinguish him; 'style' of address ...1472-3
          n. 2.       paint or rouge or powder for the face; make-up, cosmetics ...c1690 society sl.
          n. 3.       sexual intercourse ...euphemism
          vb.         † to honour or embellish a person or person's name by adding another name, title, etc.; to surname ...1659
ADDITIONARY
          adj.        * additional, supplementary ...a1633
ADDITITIOUS
          adj.        * characterized by having been added; due to or of the nature of an addition; additive ...1748
ADDITOOD
          n.           a confrontational manner ...1990s UK sl.
ADDITORY
          adj.        † tending to add something; additional ...1659
ADDLE
          adj. 1.    * empty, idle, vain, useless, futile ...1534
          adj. 2.    muddled, confused ...1612
          adj. 3.    unsound, crazy ...1847 Eng. dial.
          adj. 4.    rotten, putrid; esp. applied to a decayed or barren egg ...c1275 Eng. dial.
          adj. 5.    ailing, ill, unwell ...1844 Eng. dial.
          adj. 6.    stupid ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
          adj. 7.    tumbledown, loose, rickety, shaky ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
          n. 1.       stinking urine, or other liquid filth; slime, mire ...a1000
          n. 2.       †* the dry lees of wine ...1679
          n. 3.       an abscess containing pus; a swelling; a blister ...1825 Eng. dial.
          n. 4.       putrid or stagnant water ...Bk1898 Sc. & Eng. dial.
          n. 5.       an adding or addition ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
          vb. 1      † to deserve punishment, etc.; to merit spiritual reward, etc. ...c1175
          vb. 2.     † to acquire or gain as one's own; to earn money, etc. ...c1200 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
          vb. 3.     to muddle; to confuse; to spoil, to make abortive ...1652
          vb. 4.     of an egg: to become rotten; to fail to produce a chick; to rot, to putrefy ...1654
          vb. 5.     to save; to lay by a portion of one's earnings ...1860 Eng. dial.
          vb. 6.     to water plants ...Bk1898 Sc.
ADDLE-BRAIN
          n.           one whose head is addled; a stupid or half-witted fellow; a foolish bungler; a dullard ...1799
ADDLE-BRAINED
          adj.        confused, muddled, stupid ...1619
ADDLE-CAP
          n.           a weak, silly person ...Bk1877 Eng. dial.
ADDLE-COVE
          n.           a stupid bungler, a dullard; a foolish man; an easy dupe ...1580
ADDLED
          adj. 1.    muddled and befuddled by alcohol; drunk ...L17 Brit. sl.
          adj. 2.    confused, muddled; having lost the ability to think clearly or rationally ...1599
          adj. 3.    of an egg: that has become rotten; that has failed to produce a chick ...c1630
ADDLED AS AN EGG
          adj.        bewildered; confused; muddled ...Bk1942 Amer. sl.
ADDLE EGG AND IDLE HEAD
          n.           anything worthless ...1589 sl.
ADDLE-HEAD
          n.           one whose head is addled; a stupid bungler; an easy dupe; a dullard; a weak, silly person ...1592
ADDLE-HEADED
          adj.        confused, muddled, stupid ...1600
ADDLE-HEADEDNESS
          n. 1.       confusion, muddle-headedness; stupidity ...1835
          n. 2.       fatuity, foolishness, folly ...1835
ADDLEMENT
          n.           confusion, muddle-headedness; mental confusion ...1825
ADDLE-PATE
          n.           a stupid bungler; a dullard; a weak, silly person; a foolish person; an easy dupe ...1601 
ADDLE-PATED
          adj.        confused, muddled, stupid, doltish, thick-headed ...1614
ADDLE-PLOT
          n.           a spoilsport who 'addles' the 'plots' or plans of others ...L17 sl.
ADDLE-POT 
          n.           a spoilsport; a mar-all ...Bk1890 sl.
ADDLE THE SHOON
          vb.         of a horse: to roll on the back from side to side ...Bk1921 sl.
ADDLING
          n. 1.       † an earning or deserving something; that which a peson earns or merits ...c1175 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
          n. 2.       muddling of the wits ...1843
ADDLINGS
          n.           money that a person acquires by working, etc.; wages, earnings; savings ...1757 Eng. dial.
ADD OIL!
          int.         expresses encouragement, incitement, or support; go on! go for it! ...1980 chiefly Hong Kong usage
ADD OIL TO THE FLAMES
          vb.         to heighten or aggravate fury, passion, etc. ...1647
ADD OIL TO THE FURNACE
          vb.         to heighten or aggravate fury, passion, etc. ...a1548
ADDOOM
          vb.         †* to adjudge, to award ...1599
ADDRESS
          n. 1.       † array, attire, dress ...1592
          n. 2.       † that which is prepared; a device, a contrivance ...1598
          n. 3.       † the act of making ready; the state of being ready, preparation ...1633
          vb. 1.     † to give direction to a person, esp. in a helpful or corrective manner; to guide, to redirect ...c1350
          vb. 2.     † to make straight the course or aim of anything; to direct; to aim (a missile) ...c1374
          vb. 3.     † to straighten up, to erect; to raise, to set up; to raise oneself, to stand erect; to assume an upright position ...c1375
          vb. 4.     † to put things 'straight' or 'to rights'; to set in order; to order, to arrange ...1375
          vb. 5.     † 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 ...1393
          vb. 6.     † to order or arrange for any purpose; to prepare, to make ready; to prepare oneself ...1485
          vb. 7.     † to arrange or style hair ...a1522
          vb. 8.     † to right what is wrong; to redress wrongs, to reform abuses ...1525
          vb. 9.     † to court a person; esp. to pay court to a woman with a view to marriage, to woo ...1677
          vb. 10.   † to consign or entrust the care of a ship to an agent, factor, etc. ...1796
ADDRESSED
          adj. 1.    † made ready, prepared, 'dressed' as food ...1387
          adj. 2.    arrayed, attired, trimmed, dressed ...1393 arch.
          adj. 3.    † well-ordered, having acquired skill, accomplished ...1475
          adj. 4.    † erected, raised ...1595
ADDRESSEDNESS
          n.           †* the state of being prepared; preparedness ...1633
ADDRESSED TO
          adj.        of a missile, esp. a shell: aimed at ...1915 military sl.
ADDRESSER 
          n. 1.       a 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 ...1643
          n. 2.       a person who directs words or a communication to a particular person, audience, or place ...1665
          n. 3.       † a suitor ...1683
ADDRESSERESS
          n.           †* a female who directs or sets right ...1495
ADDRESSION
          n.           †* the direction of one's course ...1596
ADDRESSLY
          adv.       †* with good address, courteously; skilfully ...c1425    
ADDRESSMENT
          n.           * the act of addressing a person or thing ...1481
ADDRESSOR 
          n. 1.       a person who puts forward or supports a political declaration or petition ...1658
          n. 2.       † a person who pays addresses; a suitor ...1669
          n. 3.       a person who directs words or a communication to a particular person, audience, or place ...1897
ADD ROT IT!
          int.         a mild oath, "God rot it!" ...M18 euphemism
ADD'S LIFE!
          int.         † a minced oath ...1812
ADDUBITATION
          n.           †* the suggestion of a doubt; insinuated doubt ...1588
ADDUCE
          vb.         to bring forward verbally for consideration, esp. in support of a case or an argument; to produce a witness; to cite, to allege ...a1425
ADDUCEABLE
          adj.        adducible; capable of being produced in a statement ...1671
ADDUCED
          adj.        brought forward in a statement; cited, alleged ...1649
ADDUCIBLE
          adj.        capable of being adduced ...1766
ADDUCTION
          n. 1.       * the act of conveying something, esp. towards another; the fact of being so conveyed ...a1398
          n. 2.       †* the act of moving towards something ...1615
          n. 3.       the bringing forward of facts or statements as evidence ...1687
ADDULCE
          vb.         † to make sweet; to render pleasant or palatable; to soothe or mollify a person ...1475
ADD UP
          vb. 1.     to amount to, to signify ...1930s sl.
          vb. 2.     to make sense; to work as expected ...1930s sl.
ADD UP TO
          vb.         to amount to, to signify ...1930s sl.
ADDY 
          n.           address ...Bk2006 US sl.
ADEAD
          adv.       dead ...1581 chiefly poetic usage
          vb. 1.     † to die ...a1200
          vb. 2.     † to kill, to put to death, to destroy; to deaden, to mortify ...c1225
ADEADEN
          vb. 1.     † to kill, to put to death; to deaden, to mortify ...c1000
          vb. 2.     † to die ...c1230
A-DEARY ME!
          int.         exclamation of sadness or surprise ...1868 Eng. dial.
ADEATH
          adv.       † in death ...a1200
ADEAVE
          vb.         † to deafen, to strike deaf ...c940
ADECASTIC; ADECASTICKE
          n.           †* one who can be relied upon to act justly or appropriately in any circumstance ...1623
ADECATIST 
          n.           one who is exempt from tithes, one who is against paying tithes ...Bk1717
A-DECK
          n.           a prison cell used for solitary confinement ...1984 US sl.
ADEE!
          int.         ha! ...Bk1898 Eng. dial.
ADEED
          adv.       * indeed ...1820 Sc.
ADEEP
          adv.       † deeply, deep ...1850 poetic usage
ADELAIDE
          n.           * a dark blue colour ...1831
ADELAIDEAN 
          adj.        relating to, or characteristic of the city of Adelaide ...1848
          n.           a native or inhabitant of the city of Adelaide ...1839
ADELANTADO 
          n. 1.       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 ...1588 hist.
          n. 2.       † a Spanish grandee ...1612
ADELE
          adj.        vindictive, mean, bitchy ...2000s S. Afr. gay sl.
ADELE ADDER
          n.           a homosexual person who is vindictive, mean, or bitchy ...2000s S. Afr. homosexual sl.
ADELITE 
          n.           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 ...Bk1883
ADELMAN 
          n.           a nobleman, an earl, a gentleman ...Bk1708
ADEMONIST 
          n.           a person who denies the existence of the Devil ...1837
ADEMPT
          adj.        † taken away, removed ...1432-50
          vb.         to take away, to remove ...1590
ADEMPTED
          adj.        †* taken away, removed ...1590
ADEMPTION
          n.           a taking away ...c1630
ADENESE 
          n.           a native or inhabitant of Aden, a port and commercial centre in the Republic of Yemen ...1880
ADENI 
          n.           a native or inhabitant of Aden, a port and commercial centre in the Republic of Yemen ...1950
ADENOID 
          n.           a vocalist with a 'tight' voice; a radio tenor who sings in a forced, strained voice ...1930s US sl. 
ADENOIDAL 
          adj. 1.    of a facial expression: open-mouthed, gaping ...1918 colloq.
          adj. 2.    of the voice, speech, an accent, etc.: having a monotonous and constricted nasal quality ...1926 colloq.
ADENOIDALLY
          adv.       with an adenoidal voice, tone, or sound ...1923
ADENOIDY     
          adj. 1.    of a facial expression: open-mouthed, gaping ...1918 colloq.
          adj. 2.    of the voice, speech, an accent, etc.: having a monotonous and constricted nasal quality ...1926 colloq.
ADENT
          vb.         †* to fasten, to attach ...1658
ADEPT
          adj.        that has attained knowledge of the secrets of alchemy, magic, and the occult ...1650
          n. 1.       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 ...1673
          n. 2.       a person who is highly skilled or proficient at something ...1674
          n. 3.       a pickpocket; a conjuror ...1721 thieves sl.
          vb.         to pickpocket ...1890 criminals’ sl.
ADEPTED
          adj.        †* gained, acquired ...1553
ADEPTICAL
          adj.        † pert. to an Adeptist; alchemical ...1662
ADEPTION
          n.           † an obtaining, gaining, or attainment ...1548
ADEPTIST
          n.           † a professed adept; a skilled alchemist ...1662
ADEPTUS 
          n.           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) ...1650
ADEQUAL      
          adj.        † proportional ...1678
ADEQUATE
          adj. 1.    † equal in magnitude or extent; neither more nor less ...1609
          adj. 2.    excellent, 'super' ...Bk1942 US sl.
          vb. 1.     † to equal, to be equal to, or sufficient for ...1599
          vb. 2.     † to make equal or sufficient ...1622
ADEQUATELY
          adv.       † with complete equality; with perfect correspondence; exactly ...1656
ADEQUATENESS
          n.           † equality; exact correspondence in extent or scope ...1664
ADEQUATION
          n.           † the act or fact of equalling ...1589
ADEQUATIVE
          adj.        * adequate, suitable; also, suitably equivalent ...1809
ADEQUITATE
          vb.         †* to ride beside or near to someone ...1623
ADEQUITATION
          n.           †* a riding towards some place or thing ...1663
ADERATION
          n.           a giving a monetary value to something ...1623
ADESED
          adj.        †* all eaten up ...1623
ADESPOTA
          n.           anonymous literary works ...1897
ADETERMINE
          vb.         †* to bring to an end, to finish, to terminate ...1413
ADEVISM
          n.           * disbelief in the gods of a particular mythology ...1878
ADEW
          vb. 1.     † to bedew; also, to refresh, to reinvigorate ...c1425
          vb. 2.     † to endow a person with spiritual or intellectual gifts ...a1439
ADFLUXION
          n.           † the flowing of something towards something else; an attracted flow ...1783
ADGENICULATION
          n.           † a kneeling to or towards the altar as a gesture of reverence ...1637
ADGER 
          n.           a foolish, silly person: used playfully to children ...Bk1905 Eng. dial.
          vb.         in computing: to make an avoidable mistake ...1991 US sl.
ADHABITATE
          vb.         †* to dwell nigh ...1623
ADHALATE
          vb.         †* to breathe or blow on ...1623
ADHAMATE
          vb.         †* to hook, to bind; to catch with a hook or net ...1623
ADHAMATION
          n.           †* a taking hold like a hook ...1663
ADHERENCE
          n. 1.       attachment to a person, party, or cause; steadfast support; loyalty, allegiance ...1449-50
          n. 2.       * a group of adherents or supporters; a following ...1549
ADHERENCY  
          n. 1.       the act or fact of adhering to a person or thing; steadfast support, allegiance ...1579 arch.
          n. 2.       * a group of adherents or supporters; a following ...c1600
          n. 3.       † that which adheres to something; an attached property or quality ...1608
ADHERENT 
          n.           one who adheres to a person, party, or system; a partisan, a follower, a steadfast supporter; a loyalist ...1426
ADHERESCENT
          adj.        * tending to adhere; adhesive ...1743
ADHESION
          n. 1.       steadfast commitment to a person or thing; loyalty, allegiance; fidelity, devotion ...a1500
          n. 2.       †* relationship of attachment; alliance, association ...1614
          n. 3.       † a substance which adheres to something ...1646
ADHIBIT
          vb. 1.     to make use of; to use, to apply, to deploy ...1538
          vb. 2.     † to bring in, to admit; to let in, to allow ...1542
          vb. 3.     † to administer or apply, esp. as a remedy ...1543
          vb. 4.     * to give something to a person or thing; to assign or ascribe trust, credit, etc.; to devote space or attention ...1548
          vb. 5.     * to add, to append; to affix, to attach ...1651 chiefly Sc. usage
AD HOC
          vb. 1.     to improvise; to act or respond on an ad hoc basis, rather than in accordance with general long-term strategies ...1960
          vb. 2.     to assemble or organize chaotically ...1968
AD HOCER 
          n.           a skier who arrives at a chalet without a previous booking ...Bk1984 sl.
ADHOCRACY
          n.           a flexible and informal style of organization and management, characterized by a lack of bureaucracy ...1966
ADHORN
          vb.         †* to 'plant horns on'; to cuckold ...1605
ADHORT
          vb.         † to urge, to exhort, to incite; to encourage, to promote ...1539
ADHORTATION
          n.           † encouragement, persuasion, incitement ...1536
ADHORTATORY
          adj.        † persuading or urging to a course; inciting; encouraging ...1534
ADHORTED
          adj.        † that has been adhorted; encouraged ...a1500
ADIABOLIST
          n.           * one who does not believe in the existence of a Devil ...1646
ADIAPHANOUS
          adj.        * not translucent, opaque ...1658
ADIAPHORACY
          n.           * indifference, neutrality ...1612
ADIAPHORAL
          adj.        † indifferent in the eyes of the church, or of theologians ...1586
ADIAPHORICIE
          n.           * indifference, neutrality ...1612
ADIAPHORISM
          n.           latitude or indifference in religious matters; indifferentism ...1607
ADIAPHOROUS
          adj.        neutral, indifferent, impartial; neither right nor wrong morally ...1615
ADIAPHORY
          n.           * indifference, impartiality, neutrality; religious indifference ...1658
ADIBLE
          adj.        †* accessible ...1568
ADIDAS
          n.           a prison training instructor ...1996 UK sl.
          phr.        a phrase meaning 'All Day I Dream About Sex' ...1990s sl.
ADIEU
          int.         used as an expression of farewell; goodbye ...a1393
ADIGHT
          vb. 1.     † to compose or write a letter, etc. ...OE
          vb. 2.     † to prepare, to dispose, to order, to appoint ...c1220
          vb. 3.     † to equip, to attire, to dress, to deck ...c1330
ADIGHTING
          n.           †* preparing, preparation ...1567
ADIGRESSION
          n.           †* digression ...1482
ADIMPLEATE
          vb.         †* to fill up ...1657
ADIMPLETE
          vb.         †* to fill; to make complete ...1657
ADIMPLETION
          n.           †* completion, fulfilment ...1624
ADIN
          prep.      within ...1860 Eng. dial.
          vb.         †* to din; to deafen, to stun with noise ...a1250
AD INFINITUM
          adv.       to infinity; again and again; endlessly, forever ...1596
ADINVENTION
          n.           * an invented addition, esp. to the scripture of the Bible ...1483
ADIOS
          n.           a parting salutation ...1592
          vb.         to make a hasty departure, disappear ...1970 Amer. dial.
          int.         used as an expression of farewell ...1635
ADIOS AMOEBAS
          phr.        a farewell ...1980s US campus sl.
ADIOS MOTHERFUCKER
          phr.        used as a farewell ...1986 US sl.
ADIOS MUCHACHOS
          phr.        the end; goodbye everyone (Spanish) ...Bk2000 Amer. sl.
ADIPAL
          adj.        †* fat or gross ...1656
ADIPATE
          vb.         †* to feed fat, to fatten ...1623
ADIPESCENT
          adj.        †* becoming fatty ...1847
ADIPOSE
          adj. 1.    pert. to animal fat; fatty ...1743
          adj. 2.    fat, obese, overweight ...1810
          n.           body fat ...1814
ADIPOSENESS
          n.           * the state of being fat; fatness ...1868
ADIPOSITY
          n.           fatness, or tendency to fatness; excessive fatness, obesity ...1791
ADIPOUS
          adj.        * abounding in fat; fatty ...1667
ADIRONDACKER 
          n.           a native or inhabitant of the Adirondack region in New York State ...1870
ADIRONDACK GOAT
          n.           venison from a deer killed out of season ...1954 Amer. dial.
ADIRONDACK STEAK
          n.           venison from a deer killed out of season ...1954 Amer. dial.
ADISTANCE
          adv.       †* to a distance; afar ...1807 poetic usage
ADITE            
          vb. 1.     † to indict, to accuse, to condemn ...a1325
          vb. 2.     † to put down in written words ...c1330
ADITHER
          adj.        in a state of excitement, anxiety, or confusion, often in expectation of something ...1912
ADITION
          n.           † a going or coming nigh to ...1731 
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