| abbe | (noun) a French abbot | - |
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| abbess | (noun) the superior of a group of nuns | Synonyms: mother superior, prioress |
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| abbey | (noun) a monastery ruled by an abbot | - |
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| (noun) a convent ruled by an abbess | - |
| (noun) a church associated with a monastery or convent | - |
| abeam | (adverb) at right angles to the length of a ship or airplane | - |
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| abecedarian | (adjective) alphabetically arranged (as for beginning readers) | - |
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| (noun) a novice learning the rudiments of some subject | - |
| abecedarius | (noun) a poem having lines beginning with letters of the alphabet in regular order | - |
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| abed | (adverb) in bed | - |
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| abele | (noun) a poplar that is widely cultivated in the United States; has white bark and leaves with whitish undersurfaces | Synonyms: aspen poplar, Populus alba, silver-leaved poplar, white aspen, white poplar |
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| abelia | (noun) any of various deciduous or evergreen ornamental shrubs of the genus Abelia having opposite simple leaves and cymes of small white or pink or purplish flowers; Asia and Mexico | - |
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| abelmosk | (noun) bushy herb of tropical Asia grown for its yellow or pink to scarlet blooms that resemble the hibiscus | Synonyms: Abelmoschus moschatus, Hibiscus moschatus, musk mallow |
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| aberrance | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrancy, aberration, deviance |
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| aberrancy | (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrance, aberration, deviance |
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| aberrant | (adjective) markedly different from an accepted norm | Synonyms: deviant, deviate |
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| (noun) one whose behavior departs substantially from the norm of a group | - |
| aberrate | (verb) diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration | - |
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| (verb) diverge from the expected | - |
| aberration | (noun) an optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image | Synonyms: distortion, optical aberration |
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| (noun) a disorder in one's mental state | - |
| (noun) a state or condition markedly different from the norm | Synonyms: aberrance, aberrancy, deviance |
| abet | (verb) assist or encourage, usually in some wrongdoing | - |
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| abetalipoproteinemia | (noun) a rare inherited disorder of fat metabolism; characterized by severe deficiency of beta-lipoproteins and abnormal red blood cells (acanthocytes) and abnormally low cholesterol levels | - |
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| abetment | (noun) the verbal act of urging on | Synonyms: abettal, instigation |
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| abettal | (noun) the verbal act of urging on | Synonyms: abetment, instigation |
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| abetter | (noun) one who helps or encourages or incites another | Synonyms: abettor |
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| abettor | (noun) one who helps or encourages or incites another | Synonyms: abetter |
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| abeyance | (noun) temporary cessation or suspension | Synonyms: suspension |
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| abeyant | (adjective) inactive but capable of becoming active | Synonyms: dormant |
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| absorbed | (adjective) giving or marked by complete attention to | Synonyms: captive, engrossed, enwrapped, intent, rapt, wrapped |
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| (adjective) retained without reflection | - |
| absorbefacient | (adjective) inducing or promoting absorption | Synonyms: sorbefacient |
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| absorbency | (noun) the property of being absorbent | - |
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| absorbent | (adjective) having power or capacity or tendency to absorb or soak up something (liquids or energy etc.) | Synonyms: absorptive |
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| (noun) a material having capacity or tendency to absorb another substance | Synonyms: absorbent material |
| absorber | (noun) (physics) material in a nuclear reactor that absorbs radiation | - |
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| accumbent | (adjective) lying down; in a position of comfort or rest | Synonyms: decumbent, recumbent |
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| adobe | (noun) sun-dried brick; used in hot dry climates | Synonyms: adobe brick |
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| (noun) the clay from which adobe bricks are made | - |
| adsorbent | (adjective) having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface | Synonyms: adsorptive, surface-assimilative |
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| (noun) a material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance | Synonyms: adsorbent material |
| adsorber | (noun) an apparatus used in the adhesion of atoms, ions, or molecules from a gas, liquid, or dissolved solid to a surface. | - |
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| aerobe | (noun) an organism (especially a bacterium) that requires air or free oxygen for life | - |
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| albedo | (noun) the ratio of reflected to incident light | Synonyms: reflective power |
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| albescent | (adjective) becoming or shading into white | - |
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| alkylbenzene | (noun) organic compound that has an alkyl group bound to a benzene ring | - |
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| alkylbenzenesulfonate | (noun) sulfonate of alkyl benzene | - |
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| alphabet | (noun) the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural) | Synonyms: first principles, rudiments |
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| (noun) a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language | Synonyms: ABC's, ABC, ABCs |
| alphabetic | (adjective) arranged in order according to the alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
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| (adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetical |
| alphabetical | (adjective) arranged in order according to the alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetic |
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| (adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that uses an alphabet | Synonyms: alphabetic |
| alphabetically | (adverb) in alphabetical order | - |
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| alphabetisation | (noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetization |
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| alphabetise | (verb) arrange in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetize |
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| alphabetised | (adjective) having been put in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetized |
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| alphabetiser | (noun) a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetizer |
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| alphabetization | (noun) the act of putting in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetisation |
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| alphabetize | (verb) arrange in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetise |
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| (verb) provide with an alphabet | - |
| alphabetized | (adjective) having been put in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetised |
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| alphabetizer | (noun) a literate person who can arrange items in alphabetical order | Synonyms: alphabetiser |
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| amber | (adjective) of a medium to dark brownish yellow color | Synonyms: brownish-yellow, yellow-brown |
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| (noun) a deep yellow color | Synonyms: gold |
| (noun) a hard yellowish to brownish translucent fossil resin; used for jewelry | - |
| amberbell | (noun) eastern North American dogtooth having solitary yellow flowers marked with brown or purple and spotted interiors | Synonyms: Erythronium americanum, trout lily, yellow adder's tongue |
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| amberfish | (noun) any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes | Synonyms: amberjack |
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| ambergris | (noun) waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume | - |
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| amberjack | (noun) any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes | Synonyms: amberfish |
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| aminobenzine | (noun) oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines | Synonyms: aniline, aniline oil, phenylamine |
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| anaerobe | (noun) an organism (especially a bacterium) that does not require air or free oxygen to live | - |
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| analphabet | (noun) an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet | Synonyms: analphabetic |
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| analphabetic | (adjective) not alphabetic | - |
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| (adjective) relating to or expressed by a writing system that is not alphabetic | - |
| (adjective) having little acquaintance with writing | Synonyms: unlettered |
| (noun) an illiterate person who does not know the alphabet | Synonyms: analphabet |
| analphabetism | (noun) an inability to read | Synonyms: illiteracy |
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| anglophobe | (noun) a person who hates England and everything English | - |
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| antebellum | (adjective) belonging to a period before a war especially the American Civil War | - |
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| antechamber | (noun) a large entrance or reception room or area | Synonyms: anteroom, entrance hall, foyer, hall, lobby, vestibule |
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| antidiabetic | (noun) a drug used to treat diabetes mellitus | Synonyms: antidiabetic drug |
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| arabesque | (noun) an ornament that interlaces simulated foliage in an intricate design | - |
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| (noun) position in which the dancer has one leg raised behind and arms outstretched in a conventional pose | - |
| asbestos | (noun) a fibrous amphibole; used for making fireproof articles; inhaling fibers can cause asbestosis or lung cancer | - |
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| asbestosis | (noun) lung disease caused by inhaling asbestos particles | - |
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| ascribe | (verb) attribute or credit to | Synonyms: assign, attribute, impute |
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| astilbe | (noun) any plant of the genus Astilbe having compound leaves and showy panicles of tiny colorful flowers | - |
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| astrolabe | (noun) an early form of sextant | - |
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| auberge | (noun) a hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers | Synonyms: hostel, hostelry, inn, lodge |
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| aubergine | (noun) egg-shaped vegetable having a shiny skin typically dark purple but occasionally white or yellow | Synonyms: eggplant, mad apple |
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| (noun) hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable | Synonyms: brinjal, eggplant, eggplant bush, garden egg, mad apple, Solanum melongena |
| babe | (noun) a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk | Synonyms: baby, infant |
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| babel | (noun) a confusion of voices and other sounds | - |
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| babelike | (adjective) like a baby especially in dependence | - |
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| backbeat | (noun) a loud steady beat | - |
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| backbench | (noun) any of the seats occupied by backbenchers in the House of Commons | - |
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| backbencher | (noun) a member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader | - |
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| backbend | (noun) an acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor | - |
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| baneberry | (noun) a plant of the genus Actaea having acrid poisonous berries | Synonyms: cohosh, herb Christopher |
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| (noun) a poisonous berry of a plant of the genus Actaea | - |
| barbecue | (noun) a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors | Synonyms: barbeque |
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| (noun) a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit | Synonyms: barbeque |
| (noun) meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce | Synonyms: barbeque |
| (verb) cook outdoors on a barbecue grill | Synonyms: barbeque, cook out |
| barbecued | (adjective) cooked over an outdoor grill | Synonyms: grilled |
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| barbecuing | (noun) roasting a large piece of meat on a revolving spit out of doors over an open fire | - |
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| barbed | (adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | Synonyms: barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny |
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| (adjective) capable of wounding | Synonyms: biting, mordacious, nipping, pungent |
| barbel | (noun) slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish | Synonyms: feeler |
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| barbell | (noun) a bar to which heavy discs are attached at each end; used in weightlifting | - |
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| barbellate | (adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | Synonyms: barbed, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setaceous, setose, spiny, thorny |
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| barbeque | (noun) a rack to hold meat for cooking over hot charcoal usually out of doors | Synonyms: barbecue |
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| (noun) a cookout in which food is cooked over an open fire; especially a whole animal carcass roasted on a spit | Synonyms: barbecue |
| (noun) meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce | Synonyms: barbecue |
| (verb) cook outdoors on a barbecue grill | Synonyms: barbecue, cook out |
| barber | (noun) a hairdresser who cuts hair and shaves beards as a trade | - |
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| (verb) perform the services of a barber: cut the hair and/or beard of | - |
| barberry | (noun) any of numerous plants of the genus Berberis having prickly stems and yellow flowers followed by small red berries | - |
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| barbershop | (noun) a shop where men can get their hair cut | - |
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| barbet | (noun) small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings | - |
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| barbette | (noun) (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet | - |
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| bathrobe | (noun) a loose-fitting robe of towelling; worn after a bath or swim | - |
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| bawbee | (noun) an old Scottish coin of little value | - |
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| bayberry | (noun) West Indian tree; source of bay rum | Synonyms: bay-rum tree, Jamaica bayberry, Pimenta acris, wild cinnamon |
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| (noun) deciduous aromatic shrub of eastern North America with grey-green wax-coated berries | Synonyms: candleberry, Myrica pensylvanica, swamp candleberry, waxberry |
| be | (verb) spend or use time | - |
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| (verb) work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function | Synonyms: follow |
| (verb) have an existence, be extant | Synonyms: exist |
| (verb) have life, be alive | Synonyms: live |
| (verb) form or compose | Synonyms: comprise, constitute, make up, represent |
| (verb) have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun) | - |
| (verb) occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere | - |
| (verb) be identical to; be someone or something | - |
| (verb) be identical or equivalent to | Synonyms: equal |
| (verb) represent, as of a character on stage | Synonyms: embody, personify |
| (verb) be priced at | Synonyms: cost |
| (verb) to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form | - |
| beach | (noun) an area of sand sloping down to the water of a sea or lake | - |
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| (verb) land on a beach | - |
| beachball | (noun) large and light ball; for play at the seaside | Synonyms: beach ball |
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| beachcomber | (noun) a vagrant living on a beach | - |
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| beachfront | (noun) a strip of land running along a beach | - |
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