Browse dictionary
Showing 1-20 of 8376 results in 8376 entries
1. A, n. View full entry OE
...The letter, and the sound it represents....
2. ab, n.2 View full entry 1956
...An abdominal muscle; = abdominal3. Usu. in pl....
3. abature, n. View full entry 1575
...Chiefly in pl. The traces left by a stag in the undergrowth through which it has passed. Also fig. and in figurative contexts....
4. † abay, n. View full entry c1330
...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...
5. Aberdeen, n. View full entry 1639
...attrib. Of or relating to Aberdeen; spec. designating things originating in, made in, or associated with Aberdeen, as Aberdeen granite, Aberdeen sausage, etc....
6. abetment, n. View full entry c1380
...Chiefly Law. The action or fact of encouraging, instigating, or assisting in a crime or other misdeed....
7. able whackets, n. View full entry 1785
...Blows given on the palm of the hand with a twisted handkerchief. Hence: a sailors' card game in which the loser of the game (or of a point) receives such blows....
8. abondance, n. View full entry 1888
...A call undertaking to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. Cf. abundance4....
9. above, adv., prep., n., and adj. View full entry lOE
...With regard to writing: further up on the present page; previously in the text; in a preceding paragraph, passage, etc. See also senses C. 3, D....
10. abseil, n. View full entry 1923
...A descent made by abseiling....
11. abseiling, n. View full entry 1936
...The action of abseil; the sport or activity in which this technique is practised....
12. abundance, n. and adv. View full entry 1340
...An overflowing quantity or amount (of something); a large quantity; plenty....
13. academist, n. View full entry ?1649
...= academician2....
14. accelerator, n. View full entry 1611
...gen. A person who or thing which accelerates something (in speed, rate, amount, or extent, or in time)....
15. acceptance, n. View full entry 1528-30
...Law. An agreement to abide by the act or contract of another, such as a predecessor in an office, by some act which amounts to a recognition or approval of it,...
16. acceptor, n. View full entry c1384
...= accepter of persons (also faces)accepter2....
17. accipiter, n. View full entry a1398
...Originally (chiefly Falconry): a bird of prey, esp. a hawk. In later use spec. (in Ornithol.): a hawk of the genus Accipiter...
18. accipitrary, n. View full entry 1633
...A person who keeps and trains hawks or falcons; a falconer....
19. † accloy, n. View full entry 1673
...A wound in the sole of a horse's foot caused by a horseshoe nail; a prick (prick1b)....
20. † accloying, n. View full entry ?1520
...The action or process of accloy; overburdening, satiating; (Farriery) making lame by pricking with a nail while shoeing....
