| abscise | (verb) remove or separate by abscission | - |
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| (verb) shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue | - |
| acclimatise | (verb) get used to a certain climate | Synonyms: acclimate, acclimatize |
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| acetylise | (verb) receive substitution of an acetyl group | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
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| (verb) introduce an acetyl group into (a chemical compound) | Synonyms: acetylate, acetylize |
| achromatise | (verb) remove color from | Synonyms: achromatize |
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| actualise | (verb) represent or describe realistically | Synonyms: actualize |
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| (verb) make real or concrete; give reality or substance to | Synonyms: actualize, realise, realize, substantiate |
| advertise | (verb) make publicity for; try to sell (a product) | Synonyms: advertize, promote, push |
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| (verb) call attention to | Synonyms: advertize, publicise, publicize |
| advertised | (adjective) called to public attention | - |
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| advertisement | (noun) a public promotion of some product or service | Synonyms: ad, advert, advertising, advertizement, advertizing |
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| advertiser | (noun) someone whose business is advertising | Synonyms: adman, advertizer |
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| advise | (verb) give advice to | Synonyms: counsel, rede |
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| (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: apprise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
| (verb) make a proposal, declare a plan for something | Synonyms: propose, suggest |
| advised | (adjective) having the benefit of careful prior consideration or counsel | Synonyms: well-advised |
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| (adjective) having received information | - |
| advisedly | (adverb) with intention; in an intentional manner | Synonyms: by choice, by design, deliberately, designedly, intentionally, on purpose, purposely |
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| advisee | (noun) someone who receives advice | - |
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| advisement | (noun) careful consideration | Synonyms: deliberation, weighing |
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| adviser | (noun) an expert who gives advice | Synonyms: advisor, consultant |
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| aerosolise | (verb) disperse as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
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| (verb) become dispersed as an aerosol | Synonyms: aerosolize |
| aerosolised | (adjective) in the form of ultramicroscopic solid or liquid particles dispersed or suspended in air or gas | Synonyms: aerosolized |
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| affranchise | (verb) grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude | Synonyms: enfranchise |
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| aggrandise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggrandisement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandizement, elevation |
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| agnise | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnize, realise, realize, recognise, recognize |
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| agonise | (verb) suffer agony or anguish | Synonyms: agonize |
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| (verb) cause to agonize | Synonyms: agonize |
| agonised | (adjective) expressing pain or agony | Synonyms: agonized |
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| alchemise | (verb) alter (elements) by alchemy | Synonyms: alchemize |
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| alcoholise | (verb) make alcoholic, as by fermenting | Synonyms: alcoholize |
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| (verb) treat or infuse with alcohol | Synonyms: alcoholize |
| alkalinise | (verb) make (a substance) alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
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| (verb) become alkaline | Synonyms: alkalinize |
| alkalise | (verb) turn basic and less acidic | Synonyms: alkalify, alkalize, basify |
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| alkaliser | (noun) an agent that counteracts or neutralizes acidity (especially in the stomach) | Synonyms: alkalizer, antacid, antiacid, gastric antacid |
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| allegorise | (verb) make into an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
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| (verb) interpret as an allegory | Synonyms: allegorize |
| allegoriser | (noun) someone who communicates in allegories | Synonyms: allegorizer |
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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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| aluminise | (verb) cover with aluminum | Synonyms: aluminize |
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| amortise | (verb) liquidate gradually | Synonyms: amortize |
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| anaesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetize, anesthetise, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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| anagrammatise | (verb) read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | Synonyms: anagram, anagrammatize |
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| analogise | (verb) make an analogy | Synonyms: analogize |
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| anathematise | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematize, anathemise, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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| anathemise | (verb) curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishment | Synonyms: accurse, anathematise, anathematize, anathemize, comminate, execrate |
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| (verb) wish harm upon; invoke evil upon | Synonyms: anathemize, bedamn, beshrew, curse, damn, imprecate, maledict |
| anatomise | (verb) dissect in order to analyze | Synonyms: anatomize |
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| anesthetise | (verb) administer an anesthetic drug to | Synonyms: anaesthetise, anaesthetize, anesthetize, put out, put under |
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| anglicise | (verb) make English in appearance | Synonyms: anglicize |
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| animalise | (verb) become brutal or insensitive and unfeeling | Synonyms: animalize, brutalise, brutalize |
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| (verb) make brutal, unfeeling, or inhuman | Synonyms: animalize, brutalise, brutalize |
| (verb) represent in the form of an animal | Synonyms: animalize |
| animise | (verb) give lifelike qualities to | Synonyms: animate, animize |
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| anise | (noun) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors | Synonyms: anise seed, aniseed |
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| (noun) native to Egypt but cultivated widely for its aromatic seeds and the oil from them used medicinally and as a flavoring in cookery | Synonyms: anise plant, Pimpinella anisum |
| aniseed | (noun) liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors | Synonyms: anise, anise seed |
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| aniseikonia | (noun) visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes | - |
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| aniseikonic | (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the visual defect aniseikonia | - |
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| anisette | (noun) liquorice-flavored usually colorless sweet liqueur made from aniseed | Synonyms: anisette de Bordeaux |
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| anodise | (verb) coat a metal with an oxide coat | Synonyms: anodize |
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| antagonise | (verb) provoke the hostility of | Synonyms: antagonize |
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| (verb) act in opposition to | Synonyms: antagonize, counteract |
| anthologise | (verb) compile an anthology | Synonyms: anthologize |
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| anthropomorphise | (verb) ascribe human features to something | Synonyms: anthropomorphize |
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| anticlockwise | (adjective) in the direction opposite to the rotation of the hands of a clock | Synonyms: contraclockwise, counterclockwise |
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| (adverb) in a direction opposite to the direction in which the hands of a clock move | Synonyms: counterclockwise |
| antisemitic | (adjective) relating to or characterized by anti-Semitism; hating Jews | Synonyms: anti-semitic |
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| antisemitism | (noun) the intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish people | Synonyms: anti-Semitism |
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| antisepsis | (noun) the process of inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms | Synonyms: asepsis |
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| (noun) (of non-living objects) the state of being free of pathogenic organisms | Synonyms: asepsis, sterileness, sterility |
| antiseptic | (adjective) thoroughly clean and free of or destructive to disease-causing organisms | - |
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| (adjective) devoid of objectionable language | - |
| (adjective) clean and honest | - |
| (adjective) freeing from error or corruption | - |
| (noun) a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues | - |
| antisepticize | (verb) disinfect with an antiseptic | - |
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| antiserum | (noun) blood serum containing antibodies against specific antigens; provides immunity to a disease | - |
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| aphorise | (verb) speak or write in aphorisms | Synonyms: aphorize |
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| apologise | (verb) acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | Synonyms: apologize |
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| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologize, excuse, rationalise, rationalize |
| apostatise | (verb) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances | Synonyms: apostatize, tergiversate |
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| apostrophise | (verb) use an apostrophe | Synonyms: apostrophize |
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| apotheosise | (verb) deify or glorify | Synonyms: apotheose, apotheosize |
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| appetiser | (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetizer, starter |
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| 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 |
| apprise | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize |
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| (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize, revalue |
| (verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
| (verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprize, instruct |
| arborise | (verb) branch out like trees | Synonyms: arborize |
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| archaise | (verb) give an archaic appearance of character to | Synonyms: archaize |
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| arise | (verb) get up and out of bed | Synonyms: get up, rise, turn out, uprise |
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| (verb) result or issue | Synonyms: come up |
| (verb) rise to one's feet | Synonyms: get up, rise, stand up, uprise |
| (verb) move upward | Synonyms: come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise |
| (verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance | Synonyms: rebel, rise, rise up |
| (verb) come into existence; take on form or shape | Synonyms: develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up, uprise |
| (verb) originate or come into being | Synonyms: bob up, come up |
| aromatise | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatize, perfume |
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| arterialise | (verb) change venous blood into arterial blood | Synonyms: arterialize |
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| atomise | (verb) break up into small particles | Synonyms: atomize |
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| (verb) strike at with firepower or bombs | Synonyms: atomize, nuke, zap |
| (verb) spray very finely | Synonyms: atomize |
| atomiser | (noun) a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist | Synonyms: atomizer, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray, sprayer |
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| attitudinise | (verb) assume certain affected attitudes | Synonyms: attitudinize |
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| authorise | (verb) grant authorization or clearance for | Synonyms: authorize, clear, pass |
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| (verb) give or delegate power or authority to | Synonyms: authorize, empower |
| authorised | (adjective) endowed with authority | Synonyms: authoritative, authorized |
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| authoriser | (noun) an authority who authorizes (people or actions) | Synonyms: authorizer |
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| automatise | (verb) make automatic or control or operate automatically | Synonyms: automate, automatize |
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| (verb) turn into an automaton | Synonyms: automatize |
| autotomise | (verb) cause a body part to undergo autotomy | Synonyms: autotomize |
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| avianise | (verb) to modify microorganisms by repeated culture in the developing chick embryo | Synonyms: avianize |
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| bacterise | (verb) subject to the action of bacteria | Synonyms: bacterize |
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| baptise | (verb) administer baptism to | Synonyms: baptize, christen |
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| baptised | (adjective) having undergone the Christian ritual of baptism | Synonyms: baptized |
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| barbarise | (verb) make crude or savage in behavior or speech | Synonyms: barbarize |
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| (verb) become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language | Synonyms: barbarize |
| baronetise | (verb) confer baronetcy upon | Synonyms: baronetize |
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| bastardise | (verb) declare a child to be illegitimate | Synonyms: bastardize |
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| (verb) change something so that its value declines; for example, art forms | Synonyms: bastardize |
| bastardised | (adjective) deriving from more than one source or style | Synonyms: bastardized |
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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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| benniseed | (noun) small oval seeds of the sesame plant | Synonyms: sesame seed |
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| bestialise | (verb) make brutal and depraved; give animal-like qualities to | Synonyms: bestialize |
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| betise | (noun) a stupid mistake | Synonyms: folly, foolishness, imbecility, stupidity |
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| bise | (noun) a dry cold north wind in southeastern France | Synonyms: bize |
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| bisect | (verb) cut in half or cut in two | - |
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| bisection | (noun) dividing into two equal parts | - |
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| bisectional | (adjective) of or relating to bisection | - |
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| biserrate | (adjective) having saw-like notches with the notches themselves similarly notched | - |
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