This page gathers the 123 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “English” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry.
- 2B noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 3B.
- 3B noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 2B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 4B.
- 3H noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 2H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 4H; a pencil with hard…
- 4H noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 3H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 5H; a pencil with very…
- 5B noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 4B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 6B; a pencil with very…
- 5H noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 4H but darker marks than a pencil of grade 6H; a pencil with very…
- 6B noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 5B; a pencil with extremely soft lead.
- 6H noun A grade of pencil with lead that makes lighter marks than a pencil grade 5H; a pencil with extremely hard lead.
- A to Z noun Any of a set of street maps of most British towns and cities; properly the Geographer's A–Z Street Atlas.
- aa noun Initialism of appropriate adult.
- abbey noun A residence that was previously an abbatial building.
- Aberdonian adj Of or relating to Aberdeen.
- amol adv once, formerly, back in the day, once upon a time
- anatomize verb To cut up or dissect (the body of a human being or an animal), specifically for the purpose of investigating its anatomy.
- apologize verb To make an apology or excuse; to acknowledge some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends
- approve verb To make profit of; to convert to one's own profit — said especially of waste or common land appropriated by the lord of the manor.
- archaize verb To give an archaic quality or character to; make archaic, to suggest the past.
- attitudinize verb To cause (someone or something) to assume an attitude or pose; to pose, to posture.
- authorization noun An act of authorizing.
- authorize verb To grant (someone) the permission or power necessary to do (something); to permit; to sanction or consent to.
- baptize verb To perform the sacrament of baptism by sprinkling or pouring water over someone or immersing them in water.
- bastardize verb To claim or demonstrate that someone is a bastard, or illegitimate.
- beetle-browed adj Making an unfriendly, sullen, or scowling face.
- brief noun The material relevant to a case, delivered by a solicitor to the barrister who is counsel for the case.
- buccalization noun The process of a speech sound becoming buccal.
- buccalize verb To make or become buccal.
- canonize verb To declare (a deceased person) as a saint, and enter them into the canon of saints.
- carcinization noun The convergent evolution of decapod crustaceans from forms dissimilar to true crabs into similar forms.
- cattle noun chattel
- centralization noun The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a…
- centralize verb To move things physically towards the centre; to consolidate or concentrate
- cheshirization noun Synonym of transphonologization (“a type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature evolves in such…
- chummy noun A person or thing with a name that one cannot immediately recall.
- colourize verb Alternative spelling of colourise.
- criticize verb To find fault (with something).
- de-Christianize verb To make un-Christian or non-Christian.
- debuccalization noun A sound change in which a consonant loses its original place of articulation and becomes glottal [h] or [ʔ].
- dematerialize verb To disappear by becoming immaterial.
- demobilization noun The disorganization or disarming of troops which have previously been mobilized or called into active service; the change from a war…
- demobilize verb To release someone from military duty, especially after a war.
- demoralize verb To destroy the morale of; to dishearten.
- denationalize verb To transfer the control and ownership of an industry from government to private hands; to privatize.
- deoligarchization noun The act or process of reversing oligarchization, that is, the act or process of democratization by lessening the political power of…
- desynchronization noun A loss of synchronization of brain waves.
- diva cup noun A reusable menstrual cup made of medical-grade silicone that collects rather than absorbs menstrual flow, offering longer durations of leak…
- draft noun A quantity that is requisitioned or drawn out from a larger population.
- epitomize verb To make an epitome of; to shorten; to condense.
- fantasize verb To indulge in fantasy; to imagine things only possible in fantasy.
- federalization noun The unification of states to form a federal union.
- fiat noun A warrant of a judge for certain processes.
- Floridization noun The process of coming to resemble the US state of Florida in some respect.
- gallize verb To add sugar and water to (unfermented grape juice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced.
- globalize verb To internationalize to a worldwide or near-worldwide degree.
- holiday season noun A period in the summer when people go on holiday (vacation).
- idealized adj Regarded as ideal.
- immortalize verb Alternative spelling of immortalise.
- incentivize verb To provide incentives for; to encourage.
- individualize verb To give something its own individuality; to characterize or differentiate.
- industrialization noun A process of social and economic change whereby a human society is transformed from a preindustrial to an industrial state.
- industrialize verb To develop industry; to become industrial.
- initialization noun The process of preparing something to begin.
- initialize verb To assign initial values to something.
- internalize verb To make something internal; to incorporate it in oneself.
- jumbo noun A large airplane, such as those used for intercontinental travel.
- lehavdil intj excuse the comparison
- lie down noun A short period of rest while lying.
- lionize verb To treat (a person) as if they were important, or a celebrity.
- lishmah adv for its own sake, purely for the sake of something, without outside influence such as possible rewards
- losing hazard noun The situation where one's cue ball bounces off another ball and then sinks into a pocket. If the ball bounced off is the red ball, then…
- lupine noun North American English form of lupin (any plant of the genus Lupinus; an edible legume seed of one of these plants).
- make down verb To rain or snow; to precipitate.
- mastic noun Any of various cements, usually flexible and waterproof, used as an adhesive, sealant, caulk, or filler.
- materialize verb To cause to take physical form, or to cause an object to appear.
- memorialize verb To provide a memorial for someone; to commemorate.
- metastasize verb Of a disease (especially cancer) or a tumour: to form a metastasis (“a secondary focus away from the primary site”) in (a body organ).
- mobilization noun The act of mobilizing.
- mobilize verb To make something mobile.
- monetization noun The conversion of something (especially metal) into money.
- monetize verb To convert something (especially a security) into currency.
- murth noun plenty; abundance
- nationalize verb To make into, or to become, a nation.
- nee adj Used when giving a former name. Originally known as.
- nominalization noun A noun derived from an adjective, verb, etc., often (in English) by adding a suffix such as -ity, -tion or -ism.
- nominalize verb To use as or change into a noun, often by affixing a morpheme.
- nominalizer noun Anything, usually an affixed morpheme or a particle, that changes another part of speech into a noun.
- ostracize verb To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
- personalization noun The act of personalizing something, or adapting it for somebody's needs or tastes.
- personalize verb To adapt something to the needs or tastes of an individual.
- privatization noun The transfer of a company or organization from government to private ownership and control.
- privatize verb To release government control (of a business or industry) to private industry.
- proletarianization noun The act or process of making somebody or something proletarian.
- rationalize verb To make something rational or more rational.
- realization noun An act of figuring out or becoming aware.
- recognize verb To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
- regularization noun The act of making regular, of regularizing.
- renaturalization noun The act of granting citizenship again to a former citizen.
- rhapsodize verb To speak with exaggerated or rapturous enthusiasm (about, (up)on or over something).
- rutch verb To squirm; to move around frequently.
- Sanskritize verb To render a non-Sanskrit text, word, etc., in a form characteristic of Sanskrit morphology or phonology.
- Sanskritized adj Of a non-Sanskrit text, word, etc.: rendered in a form characteristic of Sanskrit morphology or phonology.
- satyrization noun The situation where interspecific (interspecies) mating fails to produce hybrids and thus reduces the fitness of the species involved.
- secularization noun The transformation of a society from close identification with religious values and institutions toward non-religious (or "irreligious")…
- shield noun Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision
- shrank noun A large highly decorative German/Dutch-style piece of furniture, which combines aspects of a clothing wardrobe, curio, and cabinet.
- signalize verb To distinguish, to make noteworthy.
- specialization noun The act or process of specializing.
- specialize verb To go into specific details.
- spetchel noun A levee or dike made from stones laid in horizontal rows with a bed of thin turf between each of them.
- stabilization noun The process of stabilizing.
- stabilizer noun Any substance added to something in order to stabilize it, as for example a fuel additive that prolongs the shelf life of petrol.
- standardization noun The process of complying (or evaluate by comparing) with a standard.
- sterilization noun The process of treating something to kill or inactivate microorganisms.
- sterilize verb To deprive of the ability to procreate.
- synchronize verb To occur at the same time or with coordinated timing.
- synchronized skating noun A discipline of figure skating where 8–20 skaters skate in a team, doing synchronous movements and precise formations with precise timing.
- temporize verb To deliberately act evasively or prolong a discussion in order to gain time or postpone a decision, sometimes so that a compromise can be…
- terrorize verb To fill (someone) with terror; to terrify.
- tup verb To butt.
- unrecognized adj Not matched in memory.
- visualization noun The act of visualizing, or something visualized.
- vulgarization noun The process of making something vulgar, especially by using the language of ordinary people.
- weaponize verb To make into a weapon.
- winning hazard noun When one's cue ball strikes some other ball and causes that other ball to sink into a pocket. If the sunken ball is the red ball then one…