English words: A

1218 words under A; 701–800 on this page.

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• antacid noun (an antacid, antacids); adjective (antacid)
  A medicine that makes stomach acid weaker, used for heartburn and indigestion.
• antagonist noun (antagonist, antagonists)
  The main enemy or opponent of the hero in a story, play or film (opposite: protagonist).
• antarctic adjective (Antarctic); proper noun…
  The Antarctic is the very cold region around the South Pole, including the continent of Antarctica and the seas around it.
• antbird noun (antbird, antbirds)
  A small bird of the tropical forests of Central and South America; some kinds follow army ants to catch the insects fleeing from them.
• ante noun (an ante, antes); verb…
  An ante is a stake put into the pot before a card game starts.
• anteater noun (an anteater, anteaters)
  An anteater is a South and Central American mammal with a long snout and a long sticky tongue that eats ants and termites.
• antecedent noun (an antecedent, antecedents); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  An antecedent is something that came before something else and led to it.
• antechamber noun (antechambers)
  An antechamber is a small room leading into a bigger, grander room, where people wait before being let in.
• antelope noun (an antelope, antelopes or antelope)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A fast, graceful wild animal like a deer, with horns, that lives mainly in Africa and Asia, such as the gazelle, impala and gnu.
• antenna noun (an antenna, antennae for insects; antennas for radio)
  One of two long, thin feelers on the head of an insect or shellfish, used to touch and smell.
• anterior adjective (anterior)
  Anterior means at or near the front, especially of the body.
• anteriority noun (anteriority) — formal
  Being earlier in time than something else.
• anteroom noun (anterooms)
  A small room you go through before you reach a bigger room.
• anthem noun (an anthem, anthems)
  An anthem is a song that is special to a country or group, often sung at big events; a national anthem.
• anthropological adjectiveJewish tradition
  About the study of people: how they live, what they believe and how their customs grew, especially long ago.
• anthropomorphism nounJewish tradition
  Talking about God or other things as if they had a human body or feelings.
• anti preposition (anti); prefix (anti-); noun…
  Against; opposed to something ("They are anti the new road").
• antibacterial adjective (antibacterial); noun (an antibacterial — rare)
  Antibacterial means killing bacteria or stopping them from growing.
• antibiotic noun (an antibiotic, antibiotics); adjective…
  A medicine that kills bacteria or stops them from growing, used to treat infections caused by bacteria, like some ear or chest infections.
• antibody noun (an antibody, antibodies)
  An antibody is a special protein made by your body's immune system that sticks to germs, like viruses and bacteria, and helps destroy them.
• antic noun (antics; the plural is used most)
  A silly, playful trick or action that makes people laugh.
• anticipate verb (anticipate, anticipates, anticipated, anticipating)
  To expect that something will happen and get ready for it.
• anticipation noun (anticipation; uncountable)
  Anticipation is the excited feeling of waiting for something you expect to happen, especially something nice.
• anticlockwise adverb and adjective (anticlockwise) — UK, Ireland…
  Anticlockwise means turning in the opposite direction to the hands of a clock: from 12 towards 9, then 6, then 3.
• antidote noun (antidotes)
  A medicine or substance that stops a poison from harming you.
• antifreeze noun (antifreeze, uncountable)
  Antifreeze is a liquid added to the water in a car engine (and some other machines) to stop it freezing in cold weather and to help keep…
• antifungal adjective (antifungal); noun (an antifungal, antifungals)
  Antifungal means killing or stopping the growth of fungi, such as mould or the fungus that causes athlete's foot.
• antihistamine noun (an antihistamine, antihistamines); adjective…
  A medicine that calms allergic reactions such as sneezing, itchy eyes, rashes and hay fever.
• antimacassar noun (an antimacassar, antimacassars)
  An antimacassar is a small cloth, often lacy, put over the back or arms of a chair or sofa to keep it clean.
• antimicrobial adjective (antimicrobial); noun…
  Killing or stopping the growth of tiny living things (microbes) such as bacteria, viruses or fungi.
• antipathy noun (antipathy, antipathies)
  A strong feeling of dislike for someone or something.
• antipodes noun (the Antipodes, plural); adjective (antipodean)
  Places on exactly opposite sides of the Earth from each other.
• antique noun (an antique, antiques); adjective (antique)
  An old object, usually a hundred years old or more, valued because it is old, rare or beautiful.
• antiquity noun (antiquity — uncountable; antiquities)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of ancient Greece and Rome.
• antisemitism noun (antisemitism, also anti-Semitism, uncountable)
  Antisemitism is hatred of, prejudice against or unfair treatment of Jewish people because they are Jewish.
• antiseptic noun (an antiseptic, antiseptics; antiseptic, uncountable)…
  An antiseptic is a substance you put on skin or a wound to kill germs and stop infection.
• antisocial adjective (antisocial; more antisocial, most antisocial)
  Behaving in a way that harms or annoys other people in the community, like vandalism or shouting late at night.
• antithesis nounJewish tradition
  The exact opposite of something; a pair of opposites set against each other.
• antler noun (an antler, antlers)
  An antler is one of the two branched, bony horns that grow on the head of a deer, elk, moose or reindeer.
• antonym nounJewish tradition
  A word that means the opposite of another word, like "hot" and "cold".
• anvil noun (an anvil, anvils)everyday · Jewish tradition
  A heavy iron block with a flat top on which a blacksmith hammers hot metal into shape.
• anxiety noun (anxiety, anxieties)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness or fear about what might happen.
• anxious adjective (anxious, more anxious, most anxious)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Anxious means worried or nervous about something that might happen: "she was anxious about the test".
• anxiously adverb (anxiously)everyday · Jewish tradition
  In a worried, nervous way: she waited anxiously for the results.
• any determiner, pronoun, adverb (any)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Any means one or some, it does not matter which.
• anyhow adverb
  Anyway; used to go back to the main point or to say something is true whatever happened: «Anyhow, we got home safely.».
• anymore adverb (anymore; also any more)
  Anymore means now, as before but no longer, used with not or no: I don't live there anymore.
• anyway adverb
  Anyway means even so; in spite of something: «It was raining, but we went anyway».
• anywhere adverb; pronoun (anywhere)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Anywhere means in, at or to any place.
• anzac noun (an Anzac, Anzacs — usually with a capital letter)…
  A soldier of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in the First World War; the name is made from the first letters (A-N-Z-A-C).
• apace adverb (no other forms)Jewish tradition
  Quickly, at a fast pace; «grow apace» means grow fast.
• apart adverb (apart)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Apart means away from each other, with space between.
• apartheid noun (apartheid; uncountable)
  Apartheid was a system of laws in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s that kept people apart by race and gave white people power and…
• apartment noun (an apartment, apartments)
  An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a bigger building.
• apatosaurus noun…
  An apatosaurus was a huge plant-eating dinosaur with a very long neck and long tail, which lived in North America about 150 million years…
• ape noun (an ape, apes); verb (ape, apes, aped, aping — to copy)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An ape is a large primate with no tail, such as a gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo, orangutan or gibbon.
• aperture noun (an aperture, apertures)
  An opening, hole or gap.
• apex noun (apex, apexes or apices)
  The top or pointed tip of something, like a mountain or a triangle.
• aphid noun (an aphid, aphids)
  An aphid is a very small insect, often green or black, that sucks the sap (juice) from plants.
• aphorism nounJewish tradition
  A short wise saying that puts a truth in few words.
• apiece adverb (apiece)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Apiece means for each one, or each: «The apples cost 30 cents apiece».
• apocalypse nounJewish tradition
  The end of the world, or a vision of it; a great disaster.
• apologetic adjective
  Showing that you are sorry, that you feel you have done wrong or caused trouble.
• apologise verb (apologise, apologises, apologised, apologising)
  To say you are sorry for something you did wrong or for something that upset or hurt someone.
• apology noun (an apology, apologies)
  Words that say you are sorry for something you did wrong or for hurting someone.
• apoplexy noun (no plural)
  A sudden illness, like a stroke, that can make a person collapse.
• apostle noun (an apostle, apostles; the Apostles)
  An apostle is one of the twelve men Jesus chose to be his closest followers and send out to spread his teaching, such as Peter, James and…
• apostrophe noun (an apostrophe, apostrophes)
  An apostrophe is a punctuation mark (') used to show that letters are missing in a shortened word: «don't» means «do not».
• apothecary noun (an apothecary, apothecaries)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An apothecary was a person who made and sold medicines, like a chemist or pharmacist today.
• apotheosis noun (apotheoses)
  The moment a person is raised to be a god or made as high as possible.
• app noun (app, apps)
  An app is a program on a phone, tablet or computer, like a game, a map or a calculator.
• appalachian adjective (Appalachian); noun…
  Appalachian means to do with the Appalachian Mountains, a long, old mountain range in eastern North America, from Canada down to Alabama…
• appalled adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Shocked and upset, feeling strong dislike or fear at something bad.
• appalling adjective (appalling, more appalling, most appalling)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Very shocking and unpleasant.
• apparatus noun (apparatus, apparatuses)
  The equipment, tools or machines used for a particular job, especially in science experiments: set up the apparatus.
• apparel noun (apparel – uncountable)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Clothing, especially clothes of a certain kind: «sports apparel».
• apparent adjective (apparent)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Easy to see or understand; clear, obvious.
• apparently adverbeveryday · Jewish tradition
  According to what you have heard or read, though you are not sure it is true.
• apparition noun (an apparition, apparitions)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An apparition is a ghost or a strange figure that appears suddenly, especially one people think is a spirit.
• appeal verb (appeal, appeals, appealed, appealing); noun…
  To appeal for something is to ask for it strongly, often from the public: appeal for help.
• appear verb (appear, appears, appeared, appearing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To appear means to come into sight, to begin to be seen: a rainbow appeared.
• appearance noun (an appearance, appearances)everyday · Jewish tradition
  Your appearance is how you look from the outside, like your hair, face and clothes.
• appeareth verb, old form of «appears» (he, she, it)
  «appeareth» means «appears», a form of «appear»: To appear means to come into sight, to begin to be seen: a rainbow appeared.
• appease verb (appease, appeases, appeased, appeasing)everyday · Jewish tradition
  To appease someone is to calm them or stop them being angry by giving them what they want.
• appellation noun (appellation, appellations) — formal
  A name or title given to someone or something.
• append verb (append, appends, appended, appending)
  To add something to the end of a document, list or piece of writing.
• appendage noun (an appendage, appendages)
  An appendage is a part that sticks out from the main body, such as an arm, leg, tail, antenna or fin.
• appendicitis noun (appendicitis, uncountable)
  An illness in which the appendix (a small tube joined to the large intestine) becomes swollen and painful, usually needing an operation.
• appendix noun (an appendix, appendices or appendixes)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The appendix is a small tube-shaped organ attached to the large intestine, inside your tummy on the lower right side.
• appertain verbJewish tradition
  To belong to someone or be connected with them.
• appetite noun (an appetite, appetites)everyday · Jewish tradition
  The feeling of wanting to eat food.
• applaud verb (applaud, applauds, applauded, applauding)
  To applaud is to clap your hands to show that you liked a show, a speech or a performance.
• applause noun (applause; uncountable)
  Applause is the sound of people clapping their hands to show they enjoyed something or agree.
• apple noun (apple, apples)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An apple is a round fruit that grows on a tree; it can be red, green or yellow and has small seeds in the middle.
• appliance noun (an appliance, appliances)
  An appliance is a machine or device used at home to do a job, like a fridge, washing machine, toaster or kettle.
• applicability noun (applicability)
  How far something can be used for or fits a particular case or situation.
• applicable adjective
  Applicable means relevant or able to be used in a particular case; it applies.
• applicant noun (an applicant, applicants)
  An applicant is a person who asks in writing or by a form to get something, such as a job, a place at a school, a passport or a loan.
• application noun (an application, applications)everyday · Jewish tradition
  An application is a written request for something, like a job, a place at a school or a passport.
• applied verb (past form of apply: applied); adjective…everyday · Jewish tradition
  Applied is the past form of «apply»: she applied for a job, he applied sun cream, the rule applied to everyone.

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