abaculus
A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements; abaciscus.

abasi
The monetary unit of Afghanistan during the 19th century, valued at 1/3 of a rupee.

abasis
plural of abasi

abassi
Obsolete spelling of abbasi.

abassis
plural of abassi

abazi
The monetary unit of Georgia until 1833, divided 40 puli.

abazis
plural of abazi

abbasi
A silver coin of Persia, introduced by Safavid Shah Abbas in 16th century, worth about twenty cents.
A Persian unit of weight, equivalent to approximately 12.8 oz.
An Afghan bronze coin from the early 20th century, equivalent to four shahi.
A unit of measurement for Afghan postage stamps.

abbasis
plural of abbasi

abbozzi
plural of abbozzo

abbozzo
A rough drawing or model.

abecedarii
plural of abecedarius

abecedarius
An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.

abecedariuses
plural of abecedarius

abisselfa
The letter A when it stands alone within a word, not forming part of a diphthong, etc.

abisselfas
plural of abisselfa

abozzi
plural of abozzo

abozzo
Alternative form of abbozzo.

abrazo
A Latin American embrace.

accelerogram
The graphical output from an accelerograph or seismograph.

accelerograms
plural of accelerogram

acciacatura
Misspelling of acciaccatura.

acciacaturas
plural of acciacatura

acciaccatura
A short grace note (theoretically taking no time at all), occurring on the beat occupied by the main note to which it is prefixed, one scale-step higher or lower than that main note. (Sometimes equivalent, therefore, to a short appoggiatura, but in Baroque music interpreted differently and more strictly.) Written as a note lighter in appearance, typically a quaver (eighth note), with an oblique stroke through the stem.

acciaccaturas
plural of acciaccatura

acciaccature
plural of acciaccatura

accordance
Agreement; harmony; conformity; compliance.
The act of granting something.

accordances
plural of accordance

accreditive
A speech act that gives permission or approval.

accreditives
plural of accreditive

acervatio
Departing from the normal syntax of a series to increase its effect.

acheiropoieta
plural of acheiropoieton

acheiropoieton
A religion icon (chiefly of Christ or the Virgin Mary) believed not to have been created by human hands; a miraculous image.

ackey
A silver coin once used in the Gold Coast (in Africa)

ackeys
plural of ackey

acolutholect
Synonym of satellect.

acolutholects
plural of acolutholect

acrology
Synonym of acrophony.

acrophonies
plural of acrophony

acrophony
The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters.

acropodium
A plinth or pedestal bearing a statue
The upper surface of the foot

acroski
Ski ballet.

actinograph
A recording actinometer.

actinographs
plural of actinograph

actioner
An action movie.

actioners
plural of actioner

actionfest
A film, video game, or other such story that is full of action.

actionfests
plural of actionfest

acultomancy
divination using needles

acyrology
The incorrect use of language.

addies
plural of addy

addy
Address (especially e-mail address).
Adderall.

adimurai
A martial art from Tamil Nadu, India.

admag
A television programme in which actors advertise real products in a fictional setting.

admittatur
The certificate of admission formerly given in some American colleges, such as Harvard.

admittaturs
plural of admittatur

adorno
A clay ornament attached to a piece of pottery, usually at the rim.

adornos
plural of adorno

adoxograph
A work of adoxography.

adoxographs
plural of adoxograph.

aduenture
Obsolete typography of adventure.

aduentures
plural of aduenture

aduice
Obsolete typography of advice.

adversaria
Originally, a book of accounts, so named from the placing of debt and credit in opposition to each other.
A collection of notes or commentaries; a commonplace book.

adverticle
An advertisement masquerading as an actual news or feature article in a newspaper or magazine.

adverticles
plural of adverticle

advertorial
An advertisement written in the form of an objective editorial, presented in a printed publication, and usually designed to look like a legitimate and independent news article.

advertorials
plural of advertorial

aeroball
A sport, somewhat like volleyball, in which the players compete while on a trampoline

aerobics
A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music.

aerodiameter
The diameter of fine particles in the atmosphere

aerodiameters
plural of aerodiameter

aeromancy
Divination by use of atmospheric conditions.

aett
A division of the runic alphabet containing eight runes.

aettir
plural of aett

aetts
plural of aett

affabulation
The moral of a fable.

affabulations
plural of affabulation

afrobeat
Music that combines West African musical styles (such as traditional Yoruba music and highlife) with American funk, jazz, and soul influences, with a focus on chanted vocals, complex intersecting rhythms, and percussion.

afterbeat
A secondary, weaker half of a musical beat.

afterbeats
plural of afterbeat

aftergame
A second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs.
Bonus features, dialogue, etc. accessed when a previously-beaten video game is revisited.

aftergames
plural of aftergame

afterimage
An image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.

afterimages
plural of afterimage

afterperception
perception of something, such as a sound or image, that is no longer present

afterstories
plural of afterstory

afterstory
A story told after the fact; an account of events which come after a story

aftertime
A later time; the future.
The process in which a harmony singer or background singer repeats a line or a series of words in a song separately after the lead singer rather than singing it in unison with the lead singer; prominent in country music and Southern gospel.

aftertimes
plural of aftertime

agalmatophilia
A paraphilia characterised by sexual attraction to a statue, doll, mannequin, or similar object.

agamete
A nonsexual gamete; a gamete involved in asexual reproduction

agametes
plural of agamete

agateware
Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, designed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.

agatewares
plural of agateware

aggroupment
Arrangement in a group or in groups; grouping.

aggroupments
plural of aggroupment

agito
An asymmetric crescent that is a symbol of the Paralympic movement.

agitos
plural of agito

agitpop
Pop music of an agitational character.

agnel
A 13th century French gold coin.

agnels
plural of agnel

agridollar
Money earned from agriculture.

agridollars
plural of agridollar

agroupment
Alternative form of aggroupment.

agroupments
plural of agroupment

ahata
The musical sounds in nature and in Indian music, especially percussion

aid
Help; assistance; succor, relief.
A helper; an assistant.
Something which helps; a material source of help.
An historical subsidy granted to the crown by Parliament for an extraordinary purpose, such as a war effort.
An exchequer loan.
A pecuniary tribute paid by a vassal to his feudal lord on special occasions.
Alternative form of aide (“an aide-de-camp”).
The rider's use of hands, legs, voice, etc. to control the horse.

aide
An assistant.
An officer who acts as assistant to a more senior one; an aide-de-camp.

aided
simple past and past participle of aid

aikido
A Japanese martial art developed from jujitsu and making use of holds and throws.
A school of the martial art.

aikidos
plural of aikido

ailuromancy
Divination by the appearance and behaviour of cats.

aimbotter
Someone cheating in a video game using an aimbot.

aimbotters
plural of aimbotter

ainoi
lauds; a prayer service following matins