| algebraist | (noun) a mathematician whose specialty is algebra | - |
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| amain | (adverb) with all your strength | - |
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| (adverb) at full speed; with great haste | - |
| antiaircraft | (adjective) designed for defense from a surface position against air attack | - |
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| (noun) artillery designed to shoot upward at airplanes | Synonyms: ack-ack, ack-ack gun, antiaircraft gun, flack, flak, pom-pom |
| apotropaic | (adjective) having the power to prevent evil or bad luck | - |
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| appertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of | Synonyms: pertain |
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| appraisal | (noun) an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something | - |
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| (noun) the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth | Synonyms: assessment |
| (noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: estimate, estimation |
| appraise | (verb) consider in a comprehensive way | Synonyms: survey |
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| (verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value |
| appraiser | (noun) one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things | Synonyms: valuator |
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| (noun) one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity | Synonyms: authenticator |
| appraising | (adjective) exercising or involving careful evaluations | Synonyms: evaluative |
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| archaic | (adjective) little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type | Synonyms: primitive |
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| (adjective) so extremely old as seeming to belong to an earlier period | Synonyms: antediluvian, antiquated |
| archaicism | (noun) the use of an archaic expression | Synonyms: archaism |
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| archaise | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaize |
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| archaism | (noun) the use of an archaic expression | Synonyms: archaicism |
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| archaist | (noun) an expert or collector of antiquities | Synonyms: antiquarian, antiquary |
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| (noun) a person who archaizes | - |
| archaistic | (adjective) imitative of an archaic style or manner | - |
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| archaize | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaise |
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| armchair | (noun) chair with a support on each side for arms | - |
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| arraign | (verb) accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy | - |
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| (verb) call before a court to answer an indictment | - |
| arraignment | (noun) a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment | - |
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| ascertain | (verb) be careful or certain to do something; make certain of something | Synonyms: assure, check, control, ensure, insure, see, see to it |
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| (verb) learn or discover with certainty | - |
| (verb) find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort | Synonyms: check, determine, find out, learn, see, watch |
| (verb) establish after a calculation, investigation, experiment, survey, or study | Synonyms: determine, find, find out |
| ascertainable | (adjective) capable of being ascertained or found out | Synonyms: discoverable |
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| ascertained | (adjective) discovered or determined by scientific observation | Synonyms: discovered, observed |
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| assagai | (noun) the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa | Synonyms: assegai |
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| assail | (verb) attack in speech or writing | Synonyms: assault, attack, lash out, round, snipe |
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| (verb) attack someone physically or emotionally | Synonyms: assault, attack, set on |
| (verb) launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with | Synonyms: attack |
| assailability | (noun) vulnerability to forceful attack | - |
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| assailable | (adjective) not defended or capable of being defended | Synonyms: open, undefendable, undefended |
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| assailant | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: aggressor, assaulter, attacker |
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| assegai | (noun) the slender spear of the Bantu-speaking people of Africa | Synonyms: assagai |
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| attain | (verb) reach a point in time, or a certain state or level | Synonyms: hit, reach |
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| (verb) reach a destination, either real or abstract | Synonyms: arrive at, gain, hit, make, reach |
| (verb) find unexpectedly | Synonyms: chance on, chance upon, come across, come upon, discover, fall upon, happen upon, light upon, strike |
| (verb) to gain with effort | Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, reach |
| attainability | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainableness |
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| attainable | (adjective) capable of being attained or accomplished | Synonyms: come-at-able |
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| attainableness | (noun) the state of being achievable | Synonyms: achievability, attainability |
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| attainder | (noun) cancellation of civil rights | Synonyms: civil death |
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| attained | (adjective) achieved or reached | - |
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| attainment | (noun) the act of achieving an aim | - |
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| (noun) arrival at a new stage | - |
| (noun) an ability that has been acquired by training | Synonyms: accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, skill |
| attaint | (verb) condemn by attainder | - |
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| (verb) bring shame or dishonor upon | Synonyms: disgrace, dishonor, dishonour, shame |
| avail | (noun) a means of serving | Synonyms: help, service |
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| (verb) take advantage of | - |
| (verb) take or use | Synonyms: help |
| (verb) be of use to, be useful to | - |
| availability | (noun) the quality of being at hand when needed | Synonyms: accessibility, availableness, handiness |
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| available | (adjective) obtainable or accessible and ready for use or service | - |
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| (adjective) convenient for use or disposal | Synonyms: usable, useable |
| (adjective) not busy; not otherwise committed | Synonyms: uncommitted |
| availableness | (noun) the quality of being at hand when needed | Synonyms: accessibility, availability, handiness |
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| aventail | (noun) a medieval hood of mail suspended from a basinet to protect the head and neck | Synonyms: camail, ventail |
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| await | (verb) look forward to the probable occurrence of | Synonyms: expect, look, wait |
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| awaited | (adjective) expected hopefully | Synonyms: anticipated, hoped-for |
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| backstair | (adjective) secret and sly or sordid | Synonyms: backstairs, furtive |
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| backstairs | (adjective) secret and sly or sordid | Synonyms: backstair, furtive |
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| (noun) a second staircase at the rear of a building | - |
| bail | (noun) the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial) | - |
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| (noun) (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial | Synonyms: bail bond, bond |
| (verb) remove (water) from a vessel with a container | - |
| (verb) empty (a vessel) by bailing | - |
| (verb) secure the release of (someone) by providing security | - |
| (verb) deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period | - |
| (verb) release after a security has been paid | - |
| bailable | (adjective) eligible for bail | - |
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| (adjective) admitting of bail | - |
| bailee | (noun) the agent to whom property involved in a bailment is delivered | - |
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| bailey | (noun) the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle | - |
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| (noun) the outer courtyard of a castle | - |
| bailiff | (noun) an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc. | - |
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| bailiffship | (noun) the office of bailiff | - |
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| bailiwick | (noun) a branch of knowledge | Synonyms: discipline, field, field of study, study, subject, subject area, subject field |
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| (noun) the area over which a bailiff has jurisdiction | - |
| bailment | (noun) the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee | - |
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| bailor | (noun) the person who delivers personal property (goods or money) in trust to the bailee in a bailment | - |
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| bairn | (noun) a child: son or daughter | - |
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| baisa | (noun) 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani in Oman | Synonyms: baiza |
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| bait | (noun) something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed | Synonyms: decoy, lure |
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| (noun) anything that serves as an enticement | Synonyms: come-on, hook, lure, sweetener |
| (verb) harass with persistent criticism or carping | Synonyms: cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit |
| (verb) attack with dogs or set dogs upon | - |
| (verb) lure, entice, or entrap with bait | - |
| baiting | (noun) harassment especially of a tethered animal | - |
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| baiza | (noun) 1,000 baiza equal 1 riyal-omani in Oman | Synonyms: baisa |
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| baize | (noun) a bright green fabric napped to resemble felt; used to cover gaming tables | - |
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| balalaika | (noun) a stringed instrument that has a triangular body and three strings | - |
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| bandtail | (noun) wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the now extinct passenger pigeon | Synonyms: band-tail pigeon, band-tailed pigeon, Columba fasciata |
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| bangtail | (noun) a horse bred for racing | Synonyms: race horse, racehorse |
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| banzai | (noun) a Japanese cheer of enthusiasm or triumph | - |
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| bargain | (noun) an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each | Synonyms: deal |
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| (noun) an advantageous purchase | Synonyms: buy, steal |
| (verb) come to terms; arrive at an agreement | - |
| (verb) negotiate the terms of an exchange | Synonyms: dicker |
| bargainer | (noun) someone who purchases and maintains an inventory of goods to be sold | Synonyms: dealer, monger, trader |
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| (noun) negotiator of the terms of a transaction | - |
| bargaining | (noun) the negotiation of the terms of a transaction or agreement | - |
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| barmaid | (noun) a female bartender | - |
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| bearnaise | (noun) a sauce like hollandaise but made with white wine and tarragon and shallots instead of lemon juice | - |
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| benzocaine | (noun) a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic | Synonyms: ethyl aminobenzoate |
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| betaine | (noun) a sweet tasting alkaloid that occurs in sugar beets | - |
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| betweenbrain | (noun) the posterior division of the forebrain; connects the cerebral hemispheres with the mesencephalon | Synonyms: diencephalon, interbrain, thalmencephalon |
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| bewail | (verb) regret strongly | Synonyms: bemoan, deplore, lament |
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| billionaire | (noun) a very rich person whose material wealth is valued at more than a billion dollars | - |
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| birdbrain | (noun) a person with confused ideas; incapable of serious thought | Synonyms: addle-head, addlehead, loon |
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| blackmail | (noun) extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information | - |
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| (verb) obtain through threats | - |
| (verb) exert pressure on someone through threats | Synonyms: blackjack, pressure |
| blackmailer | (noun) a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them | Synonyms: extortioner, extortionist |
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| blacktail | (noun) mule deer of western Rocky Mountains | Synonyms: black-tailed deer, blacktail deer, Odocoileus hemionus columbianus |
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| blain | (noun) an inflammatory swelling or sore | - |
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| bloodstain | (noun) a discoloration caused by blood | - |
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| bloodstained | (adjective) covered with blood | Synonyms: gory |
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| boatswain | (noun) a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen | Synonyms: bo's'n, bo'sun, bos'n, bosun |
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| bobtail | (adjective) having a short or shortened tail | Synonyms: bobtailed |
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| (noun) a short or shortened tail of certain animals | Synonyms: bob, dock |
| (noun) large sheepdog with a profuse shaggy bluish-grey-and-white coat and short tail; believed to trace back to the Roman occupation of Britain | Synonyms: Old English sheepdog |
| bobtailed | (adjective) having a short or shortened tail | Synonyms: bobtail |
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| bodypaint | (verb) apply paint to a body | - |
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| bondmaid | (noun) a female slave | Synonyms: bondswoman, bondwoman |
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| (noun) a female bound to serve without wages | Synonyms: bondswoman, bondwoman |
| bonsai | (noun) a dwarfed ornamental tree or shrub grown in a tray or shallow pot | - |
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| bookfair | (noun) bazaar at which books are sold or auctioned off in order to raise funds for a worthy cause | Synonyms: book fair |
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| (noun) fair organized by publishers or booksellers to promote the sale of books | Synonyms: book fair |
| bordelaise | (noun) brown sauce with beef marrow and red wine | - |
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| bougainvillea | (noun) any of several South American ornamental woody vines of the genus Bougainvillea having brilliant red or purple flower bracts; widely grown in warm regions | - |
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| bouillabaisse | (noun) highly seasoned Mediterranean soup or stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish with tomatoes and onions or leeks and seasoned with saffron and garlic and herbs | - |
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| braid | (noun) trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains | Synonyms: braiding, gold braid |
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| (noun) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair | Synonyms: plait, tress, twist |
| (verb) form or weave into a braid or braids | Synonyms: pleach |
| (verb) decorate with braids or ribbons | - |
| (verb) make by braiding or interlacing | Synonyms: lace, plait |
| braided | (adjective) woven by (or as if by) braiding | - |
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| braiding | (noun) trimming used to decorate clothes or curtains | Synonyms: braid, gold braid |
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| brail | (noun) a small rope (one of several) used to draw a sail in | - |
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| (noun) a small net used to draw fish into a boat | - |
| (verb) haul fish aboard with brails | - |
| (verb) take in a sail with a brail | - |
| braille | (noun) a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals | - |
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| (verb) transcribe in braille | - |
| brain | (noun) that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord | Synonyms: encephalon |
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| (noun) mental ability | Synonyms: brainpower, learning ability, mental capacity, mentality, wit |
| (noun) that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason | Synonyms: head, mind, nous, psyche |
| (noun) the brain of certain animals used as meat | - |
| (noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brainiac, Einstein, genius, mastermind |
| (verb) hit on the head | - |
| (verb) kill by smashing someone's skull | - |
| braincase | (noun) the part of the skull that encloses the brain | Synonyms: brainpan, cranium |
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| brainchild | (noun) a product of your creative thinking and work | Synonyms: inspiration |
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| brainiac | (noun) someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality | Synonyms: brain, Einstein, genius, mastermind |
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