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- AEROPHOBIAA pathological aversion or sensitivity to air or the movement of air, especially as a symptom of rabies.
- AEROPHONEAny musical instrument which produces sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes, and without the vibration of the instrument itse
- AILUROPHOBIAAn irrational fear or hatred of cats or other felines.
- AIRWOMENplural of airwoman
- ALDERMENplural of alderman
- ALDERWOMENplural of alderwoman
- ALGOPHOBIAFear of pain.
- ANTIHELICESplural of antihelix
- ANTIHELIXThe curved prominence of cartilage of the external ear, within or in front of the helix.
- ANTIHELIXESplural of antihelix
- APHORISTICOf, relating to, or containing aphorisms, epigrams, or maxims; gnomic.
- AQUIFEROUSOf or pertaining to an aquifer
- AQUILINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.
- AQUIVERIn a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
- ARDUOUSLYin an arduous manner
- ASWAYSwaying.
- ATROPHYINGThe process by which something atrophies.
- AVIATRICESplural of aviatrix
- BEDEVILINGpresent participle and gerund of bedevil
- BIFURCATINGpresent participle and gerund of bifurcate
- BLAMEWORTHYDeserving blame or censure; reprehensible.
- BOVIDAn animal of the family Bovidae (such as the antelope, cattle, goat, and sheep).
- CAJOLERIESplural of cajolery
- CAJOLERSplural of cajoler
- CAJOLERYThe act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.
- CALTROPSplural of caltrop
- CAMERALRelating to a chamber, especially to a judicial or legislative one
- CAULKERSplural of caulker
- CHARWOMANA woman employed to do housework, traditionally coming and going on a daily basis and paid weekly wages.
- CHARWOMENplural of charwoman
- CHIVIEDsimple past and past participle of chivy
- CHLORIDArchaic form of chloride.
- CHLORIDSplural of chlorid
- COAGULATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of coagulate
- COMPRISALThe act of comprising or comprehending
- CONVERSOA Jew or Muslim in Spain or Portugal who converted to Roman Catholicism under duress, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries.
- CRAFTSWOMENplural of craftswoman
- CYGNETSplural of cygnet
- CYNOPHOBIAAn irrational fear or hatred of dogs or other canines.
- DAUBERSplural of dauber
- DECLAIMANTA declaimer.
- DECLAIMANTSplural of declaimant
- DECLAIMEROne who declaims.
- DEFROCKINGpresent participle and gerund of defrock
- DESCRYTo announce a discovery: to disclose; to reveal.
- DISVALUETo regard something as having little or no value.
- DOVETAILINGpresent participle and gerund of dovetail
- DRACONITESplural of draconite
- DRAGONETSplural of dragonet
- ENDWISEUpright, or standing on end.
- EQUIVOCATEDsimple past and past participle of equivocate
- EQUIVOCATINGpresent participle and gerund of equivocate
- EQUIVOCATORAgent noun of equivocate; one who equivocates.
- EQUIVOCATORSplural of equivocator
- EQUIVOKEArchaic spelling of equivoque.
- EQUIVOKESplural of equivoke
- EROTEMAThe rhetorical use of questions, especially questions which strongly imply their own answer.
- EROTEMASplural of erotema
- ESCARPObsolete spelling of scarp.
- ESCARPMENTA steep descent or declivity; steep face or edge of a ridge; ground about a fortified place, cut away nearly vertically to prevent hostile approach.
- ETHNOLOGICEthnological.
- EUPHONIAAny of the birds of the genus Euphonia.
- EUPHONICCharacterized by euphony; harmonious.
- EVERYWOMANIn fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary woman.
- EXCULPATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of exculpate
- EXCULPATINGpresent participle and gerund of exculpate
- EXHUMINGpresent participle and gerund of exhume
- EXPURGATIONSplural of expurgation
- EXURBANITESplural of exurbanite
- FEBRILITYfeverishness
- FICKLYIn a fickle manner.
- FIMBLESplural of fimble
- FLAXENMade of or resembling flax fibers.
- FLAXIERLike flax; flaxen.
- FLAXIESTLike flax; flaxen.
- FLETCHINGSplural of fletching
- FOREWOMENplural of forewoman
- FRABJOUSFabulous, joyous; great, wonderful.
- FRICATIVESplural of fricative
- FRIJOLAny cultivated bean of the genus Phaseolus, especially the black seed of a variety of Phaseolus vulgaris.
- FRIVOLTo behave frivolously.
- FRIVOLSplural of frivol
- FULCRATEPropped; supported by accessory organs
- FULGENCIESplural of fulgency
- FULGENTShining brilliantly; radiant.
- FULGIDScintillant, coruscant; marked by fleeting flashes of radiant light.
- FULMINATESplural of fulminate
- FULMINATOROne who fulminates, or criticizes intensely.
- FUMIGATESthird-person singular simple present indicative of fumigate
- FUMIGATORSplural of fumigator
- FURCATINGpresent participle and gerund of furcate
- FUSTIANOriginally, a kind of coarse fabric made from cotton and flax; now, a kind of coarse twilled cotton, or cotton and linen, stuff with a short pile and often dyed a dull colour, whic
- GHASTLIERcomparative form of ghastly: more ghastly
- GLOWEREDsimple past and past participle of glower
- GRYPHONSplural of gryphon
- HELIODORSplural of heliodor
- HELIOGRAMSplural of heliogram
- HETERODOXYThe quality of being heterodox.
- HORSEWOMENplural of horsewoman
- HYPERBATONAn inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.