English words: Auerbach to aureusvirus

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English words Auerbach to aureusvirus

Auerbach proper noun: A surname from German.
Auerbachian adjective: Of or relating to Erich Auerbach (1892–1957), philologist and comparative scholar and critic of literature.
auerlite noun: A phosphorus-bearing variety of thorite.
Auernheimer proper noun: A surname from German.
auf Wiedersehen interjection: Used to express farewell.
aufeis noun /ˈaʊf.aɪs/: Naled (sheet-like layered mass of ice).
Aufgabe noun: A predisposition toward particular mental operations inherent in the nature of a task or conveyed by the instructions for performing it.
Aufhebung noun: Synonym of sublation.
AUFI noun: Initialism of absolute uterine factor infertility.
Aufklärer noun: A thinker of the Aufklärung or Enlightenment.
Aufklärung noun /ˈaʊfklɛəɹʊŋ/: An enlightenment.
auflauf noun: A German soufflé or other (often layered) baked dish.
aufruf noun /ˈʊfˌɹʊf/: An aliyah (Torah reading) made by the bridegroom, typically on the Shabbat before the wedding; a gathering at which this occurs.
aufwuchs noun: The small animals and plants that encrust hard substrates, such as rocks, in aquatic environments.
aug adjective, noun: Abbreviation of Augustan.
augaptilid noun: Any member of the family Augaptilidae of copepods.
Augean adjective /ɔːˈd͡ʒiːən/: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Augeas.
Augean stables noun /ɔːˌd͡ʒiːən ˈsteɪbl̩z/: The stables where King Augeas kept his vast herd.
augelite noun: A mineral with monoclinic crystals of the chemical formula Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃.
Augello proper noun: A surname from Italian.
augen noun: Flattened eye-shaped mineral grains present in some metamorphic rocks.
augend noun /ˈɔd͡ʒɛnd/: A quantity to which another is added.
augengneiss noun /ˈaʊ̯ɡənˌnaɪ̯sɪz/: A type of metamorphic rock characterized by large, lenticular mineral grains or crystal aggregates (usually feldspar or quartz grains that have been...
Augenstein proper noun: A surname.
auger noun, verb /ˈɔː.ɡə(ɹ)/: A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
Auger effect noun /əʊˈʒeɪ ɪˈfɛkt/: The secondary emission of an electron following the ionisation of a core electron of an atom.
Auger electron noun: In some instances of the Auger effect, a second electron that receives the energy of the initial electron and is then ejected from the atom.
Auger electron spectroscopy noun: A non-destructive form of spectroscopy that analyses solid surface layers chemically by bombarding with electrons and measuring the energy levels of ejected...
auger-fish noun: A shipworm of the genus Teredo, most commonly Teredo navalis^(WP WSp Commons).
auger in verb: To crash catastrophically into the ground.
Auger-Meitner effect noun: Synonym of Auger effect.
Auger shower noun: Synonym of air shower.
augerer noun: One who uses an auger (boring tool).
augerino noun: A giant mythical wormlike creature of the western US.
augerlike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of an auger.
augerpeptide noun: Amy of a group of toxic peptides present in some venomous marine snails
auget noun /əʊˈʒeɪ/: A priming tube connecting the charge chamber with the gallery, or place where the slow match is applied.
augh interjection: Alternative form of argh.
Aughrim proper noun: Any of a number of villages and townlands in Ireland.
aught adverb, noun, pronoun /ɔːt/: Anything whatsoever, any part.
aughties noun: Synonym of aughts (“first decade of a century”).
Aughton proper noun: A village in Ellerton parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE7038).
aughts adjective, noun /ɔːts/: The first decade of a century, such as 1900 to 1909 or 2000 to 2009, whose digit in the tens place is zero; the noughties.
Augie proper noun: A diminutive of the male given name Augustus, from Latin.
Augier proper noun: A surname from French.
augite noun: A variety of pyroxene, usually of a black or dark green color, occurring in igneous rocks, such as basalt.
augitic adjective: Containing augite.
Auglaize proper noun: A river in north-west Ohio, United States, a tributary of the Maumee River.
augle verb: Alternative form of ogle.
augment noun, verb /ɔːɡˈmɛnt/: To increase; to make larger or supplement.
augmentability noun: The quality of being augmentable.
augmentable adjective: Capable of being augmented or increased.
augmentary adjective: That augments.
augmentation noun: The act or process of augmenting.
augmentation cystoplasty noun: A surgical procedure in which a portion of the intestine is connected to the bladder head to allow for urinary voiding.
augmentational adjective: Of or relating to augmentation; augmentative.
augmentationer noun: An officer of the Court of Augmentations.
augmentative adjective, noun /ɔːɡˈmɛntətɪv/: That which augments.
augmentatively adverb: In an augmentative fashion.
augmented adjective, verb /ɔːɡˈmɛntɪd/: Increased in number, amount or strength.
augmented assignment noun: An assignment by which an operator takes a variable as one of its arguments and then assigns the result back to this variable.
augmented fifth noun: A musical interval made by widening a perfect fifth by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it consists of eight semitones, spans five...
augmented fourth noun: A type of tritone in musical composition. It spans four diatonic scale degrees like a perfect fourth but with an extension of a chromatic semitone. The...
augmented interval noun: An interval that is increased one half step from either a major interval or a perfect interval.
augmented matrix noun: A matrix obtained by appending the columns of two given matrices, usually for the purpose of performing the same elementary row operations on each of the...
augmented ninth noun: an interval that is one octave wider than an augmented second
augmented octave noun: A musical interval of the Western twelve-semitone system consisting of thirteen semitones and spanning eight degrees of the diatonic scale. It is one...
augmented reality noun /ɔːɡˌmɛntɪd ɹiːˈælɪti/: The merging of a view of the real-world environment upon a digital image in real time.
augmented second noun: an interval that is equivalent to a major second widened by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, this is equal to three half steps...
augmented seventh noun: an interval that is equivalent to widening a major seventh by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it is equivalent to an octave.
augmented sixth noun: an interval that is equivalent to a major sixth widened by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, this is equivalent to a minor seventh.
augmented sixth chord noun: a chord that contains a lowered submediant scale degree and a raised subdominant scale degree
augmented sphenocorona noun: A polyhedron, one of the Johnson solids, whose faces are composed of 16 equilateral triangles and one square.
augmented third noun: an interval that is equivalent to a major third widened by one chromatic semitone. In twelve-tone equal temperament, this is equivalent to a perfect fourth.
augmented triad noun: a triad with an augmented fifth between the bottom note and the top note
augmented unison noun: an interval that is equivalent to a unison with one of the two notes altered by a chromatic semitone
augmentedly adverb: In an augmented manner.
augmentee noun: A person assigned to a unit to provide particular skills or to make up for a staff shortage.
augmenter noun: One who, or that which, augments or increases something.
augmentin noun: The antibiotic amoxicillin
augmentive adjective, noun: Serving to augment, enhance, or increase; augmentative.
augmentless adjective: Lacking augment.
augmentor noun: Alternative form of augmenter.
Augrabies flat lizard noun: Synonym of Broadley's flat lizard.
augre noun: Alternative form of auger.
Augsburg proper noun: An independent city, the administrative seat of the Swabia region, Bavaria, in southern Germany.
Augsburger noun: A native or inhabitant of the city of Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany.
augur noun, verb /ˈɔːɡə/: A diviner who foretells events by the behaviour of birds or other animals, or by signs derived from celestial phenomena, or unusual occurrences.
augural adjective: prophetic
augurate noun, verb: The position or office of an augur.
auguration noun: augury; divination
augurer noun: Synonym of augur.
augurial adjective: Relating to augurs or to augury.
augurious adjective: Alternative form of augurous.
augurise verb: Alternative form of augurize.
augurism noun: The act of foretelling; prophecy.
augurist noun: An augur; a foreteller.
augurize verb: To predict or foretell; to augur.
augurous adjective /ˈɔːɡəɹəs/: Full of augury; foreboding.
augurship noun: The office (or period of office) of an augur in ancient Rome.
augury noun /ˈɔː.ɡjʊ.ɹi/: A divination based on the appearance and behaviour of animals.
august adjective, proper noun, noun, verb /ɔːˈɡʌst/: Awe-inspiring, majestic, noble, venerable.
August Bank Holiday noun: A public holiday on the last Monday in August.
August plum noun: A wild plum tree of eastern and central North America having red-orange fruit with yellow flesh (Prunus americana).
August Thearch noun: the emperor of ancient China, especially in reference to the literal religious meaning of the title.
Augusta proper noun /əˈɡʌstə/: A female given name from Latin.
Augustan adjective /ɔːˈɡʌstən/: Pertaining to the times of the Roman emperor Augustus (63 B.C.E. - 14 C.E.).
Augustana Lutheran adjective, noun: Synonym of Augustanan.
Augustanan adjective, noun: Of or relating to the Augustana Evangelical Lutheran Church.
auguste noun /aʊˈɡuːst/: A kind of clown, usually serving as an anarchic foil to the whiteface.
Augusteum noun: A site of imperial cult in Ancient Roman religion.
Augustian adjective, noun: Alternative form of Augustan.
Augustin adjective, noun: Synonym of English.
Augustina proper noun: A female given name from Latin.
Augustine noun /ɔːˈɡʌstɪn/: An Augustinian.
Augustinian adjective, noun: Of, or relating to St Augustine of Hippo or his doctrines, especially on predestination and grace.
Augustinian of the Assumption noun: Synonym of Assumptionist.
Augustinianism noun: The doctrines and practices of the Augustinians.
augustly adverb: In an august or awe-inspiring manner.
augustness noun: The state or quality of being august or noble.
Augustus proper noun /ɔːˈɡʌstəs/: The Roman emperor Augustus, also called Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (63 B.C.E. – 14 C.E.); heir to Julius Caesar
Augusty adjective: characteristic of the month of August
Augustyn proper noun: A surname.
auhuhu noun: The flowering plant Tephrosia purpurea.
AUI noun: Initialism of absolute uterine infertility.
AUIF noun: Initialism of absolute uterine infertility.
Aujeszky's disease noun: Synonym of pseudorabies.
auk noun /ɔːk/: Any of several species of Arctic sea birds of the family Alcidae.
Aukan noun: Synonym of Ndyuka.
Aukaner noun: Synonym of Ndyuka.
Auke proper noun: A lake in Alaska.
Aukerman proper noun /ˈɑ.kɚ.mən/: A surname from Dutch.
auklet noun /ˈɔːklət/: Any of several small seabirds in the genera Aethia, Cerorhinca and Ptychoramphus of the auk family Alcidae.
auksinas noun: Either of two currencies of Lithuania: a silver coin minted in 1564, or a German ostmark banknote that circulated in the aftermath of World War I.
Aukšt. noun: Abbreviation of Aukštaitian.
Aukštaitian adjective, noun: A person from Aukštaitija.
aul adjective, noun /aʊl/: A village encampment in the Caucasus, Central Asia or the Southern Urals.
aula noun /ˈɔːlə/: A court or hall.
aula magna noun: A great hall or large classroom used for special occasions at a university.
aulacid noun: Any member of the family Aulacidae of wasps.
aulacigastrid noun: Any fly in the family Aulacigastridae.
aulacocerid noun: Any extinct coleoid cephalopod of the order Aulacocerida
aulacogen noun: A tectonic trough on a craton that is formed as the failed arm of a triple-rift junction.
aulacogene noun: Synonym of aulacogen.
aulacophore noun: A tail-like longitudinally differentiated appendage found in mitrates and cornutes, originally believed to be used for feeding, but now believed to be used...
aulacopleurid noun: Any trilobite of the family Aulacopleuridae
aulacopod adjective: Having a pair of parapodial grooves so that the ciliated sole extends above the foot margin.
Aulakh proper noun: A surname from Punjabi.
aularian adjective, noun /ˌɔːˈlɛə.ɹi.ən/: Of or pertaining to a large hall.
aulate adjective: Having an aulos (annular wall) between one's axial and periaxial regions.
auld adjective /oʊld/: Old.
Auld Kirker noun: A member of the Established Church in Scotland.
auld lang syne noun /ˌɔːld læŋ ˈsaɪn/: Days gone by; former times.
Auld Licht noun: A member of the conservative party in the Church of Scotland in the latter part of the 18th century.
aulete noun /ˈɔːliːt/: An aulos player.
auletic adjective /ɔːˈlɛtɪk/: Of or relating to a musical pipe or piper.
auletris noun /ɔːˈliːtɹɪs/: A courtesan or prostitute in Ancient Greece who played the flute to provide entertainment.
Auletta proper noun: A surname from Italian.
aulic adjective, noun /ˈɔː.lɪk/: Of or pertaining to a royal court; courtly.
Aulis proper noun /ˈɔːlɪs/: An ancient port town in Boeotia, Greece, where, according to legend, the Greek fleet gathered to set off for Troy, and where Agamemnon sacrificed his...
Aull proper noun: A surname.
auln noun: An ell (unit of measure).
aulnage noun: Alternative form of alnage.
aulnager noun: Alternative form of alnager.
aulochrome noun: A modern woodwind instrument consisting of two soprano saxophones that can be played either separately or together.
aulode noun: An aulos player.
aulodont adjective: Of or pertaining to the shape of the teeth in the Aristotle's lantern of certain sea urchins
aulophobia noun: The fear of flutes.
aulophore noun: The larval form of some insects that has a mucous tube
aulopid noun: Any fish in the family Aulopidae of flagfins.
aulopiform noun: Any of many fish of the order Aulopiformes.
aulopiformid noun: A fish that is of a species classified under the order of Aulopiformes.
auloporid noun: Any extinct coral of the family †Auloporidae
aulorhynchid noun: Any member of the family Aulorhynchidae of gasterosteiform fish.
aulos noun: Any of a class of ancient Greek musical instruments resembling pipes or flutes.
aulostomid noun: Any of the family Aulostomidae of trumpetfishes.
Ault proper noun: A surname.
Aultman proper noun: A surname.
aum noun: Alternative form of om (“mystical syllable”).
aumaga noun: A Samoan social class of untitled men, mostly young, who perform most of the heavy labour and have ceremonial responsibilities.
aumakua noun: In Hawaiian mythology, a personal or family god that originated as a deified ancestor, and which takes on physical forms such as animals to watch over...
Auman proper noun: A surname from German.
Aumann proper noun: A surname from German.
aumbrie noun: Alternative form of ambry.
aumbry noun: Alternative form of ambry.
aumeen noun: Alternative form of ameen.
aumery noun: An ambry or closet.
AUMF noun: Initialism of authorization for use of military force.
aumil noun: Synonym of amildar.
aumildar noun: Alternative form of amildar.
aumin noun: Alternative form of ameen.
auncel noun: A crude balance for weighing, and a kind of weight, formerly used in England.
auncle noun /ˈɑŋ.kəl/: Used especially as a gender-neutral term: the sibling or sibling-in-law of one's parent.
aune noun: An old French cloth measure, varying around the country, but at Paris equivalent to 0.95 of an English ell.
Aung proper noun: A surname.
aunicornist noun: A person who does not believe in unicorns.
aunt noun /ɑːnt/: The sister or sister-in-law of one’s parent.
Aunt Edna noun: A middle-class playgoer with conventional tastes.
Aunt Emma noun: A boring, unadventurous croquet player.
aunt-in-law noun: The wife of one's uncle or aunt (parent's sibling).
Aunt Minnie noun: A distinctive radiographic finding that is virtually pathognomonic.
aunt nell interjection, noun, verb: An ear.
auntdom noun: The state of being an aunt.
aunthood noun: The quality or state of being an aunt.
aunticide noun: The killing of an aunt.
auntie noun, verb /ˈæn.ti/: Diminutive of aunt.
auntie arm noun: Synonym of bingo wings.
aunting noun: The provision of maternal care by another, allomothering.
auntish adjective: Characteristic of an aunt; auntlike
auntishly adverb: In an auntish manner.
auntishness noun: The state, quality, or condition of being auntish.
auntless adjective: Without an aunt.
auntlike adjective: Characteristic of or resembling an aunt.
auntliness noun: The quality of being auntly.
auntly adjective, adverb: Of, like, or characteristic of an aunt.
auntness noun: the state of being an aunt.
auntship noun: The status of being an aunt.
aunty noun: Alternative spelling of auntie.
auntyish adjective: Characteristic of an aunt.
auntyji noun: aunt or older woman (as a respectful term of address)
auol noun /ɑː.ʊl/: Alternative form of aul (“village encampment”).
AUP noun: Initialism of acceptable use policy.
aupaka noun: Any of various flowering plants of the genus Isodendrion.
Auphanim noun: A biblical angel made from bright wheels covered in eyes.
aur- noun, prefix /ɔːɹ/: gold
aura noun /ˈɔːɹə/: A subtle emanation or exhalation of any substance, such as an aroma or odour.
aura farm verb: To engage in aura farming: to “farm” (engage in coordinated or repetitive efforts regarded by others as either unappealing or appealing) aura (a desirable...
aura farmer noun: One who engages in aura farming.
aura farming noun, verb: The act of cultivating an appearance or aesthetic of effortless, nonchalant charisma.
aurachin noun: Any of a group of antibiotics that are quinolinone derivatives
auracyanin noun: Any of a group of copper-binding proteins present in the photosynthetic bacterium Chloroflexus aurantiacus
auraed adjective: Possessing an aura, usually of a specific type.
aurafarm verb: Alternative form of aura farm.
aurafarming noun, verb: Alternative form of aura farming.
auraful adjective: Filled with aura, exuding an impressive style, charisma or a distinctive vibe.
aural adjective /ˈɔːɹəl/: Of or pertaining to the ear.
aural toilet noun: A procedure used to clean the external auditory meatus of wax and other debris.
aural wallpaper noun: Piped music; Muzak.
auraless adjective: Without an aura or auras.
auralessness noun: Absence of an aura.
auralike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of an aura.
auralisation noun: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of auralization.
aurality noun: The quality of being aural.
auralization noun: The simulation of acoustic phenomena that is used in configuring the soundscape of concert venues, public spaces, and other such environments.
auralize verb: To model acoustic phenomena in a virtual environment; to engage in auralization.
aurally adverb /ˈɔːɹ.əl.i/: Pertaining to sound or the ear; via or through the sense of hearing.
aurally challenged adjective: Deaf or hard of hearing.
auramaxx verb: To maximize one's aura or charismatic appeal.
auramine noun /ˈɔːɹəmiːn/: Any of a family of fluorescent dyes used to stain tissues for fluorescence microscopy
auramine O noun: A yellow diarylmethane dye used as a fluorescent stain.
Aurand proper noun: A surname from French.
Aurangabad proper noun: A district of Maharashtra, India.
Aurangzeb proper noun: Muhyi'd-Din Muhammad (1618–1707), the sixth Mughal emperor, who ruled over almost the entire Indian subcontinent for a period of 49 years.
auranofin noun /ɔːˈɹænəfɪn/: An organogold compound used as an antirheumatic.
aurantia noun: An orange coal-tar dye that is an ammonium salt of hexanitrodiphenylamine.
aurantiaceous adjective: Relating to the former family Aurantiaceae.
aurantiamarin noun: A yellow glucoside present in the albedo of the bitter orange
aurantiamide noun: The aromatic amide N-[(2S)-1-[[(2S)-1-hydroxy-3-phenylpropan-2-yl]amino]-1-oxo-3-phenylpropan-2-yl]benzamide present in Piper aurantiacum
aurantiasis noun: A golden-yellow discoloration of the skin.
aurantimycin A noun: A depsipeptide antibiotic with the molecular formula C₃₈H₆₄N₈O₁₄, produced by the bacterium Streptomyces aurantiacus.
aurantiobtusin noun: An anthraquinone present in Cassia occidentalis
aurapten noun: Alternative form of auraptene.
auraptene noun: A bioactive monoterpene coumarin ether that helps to prevent degenerative diseases, first isolated from the genus Citrus.
Auraria proper noun: A gold-mining camp established in 1858 in the Kansas Territory of the United States.
aurasperone noun: Any of a class of naphthopyrone mycotoxins obtained from Aspergillus molds
aurate noun: Any salt of auric acid.
aurated adjective: Having or resembling ears.
auratic adjective /ɔːˈɹætɪk/: Resembling an aura.
Auray proper noun: A commune in Morbihan department, Brittany, France.
aureate adjective /ˈɔːɹiːət/: Golden in color or shine.
aureation noun: The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
aureity noun /ˌɔːˈɹiː.ɪ.ti/: The particular property peculiar to gold; goldenness.
aurelia noun: The chrysalis of an insect, especially of a butterfly.
aurelian adjective, noun: Characteristic of the Roman emperor Aurelius
aurelione noun: An isomer of cyclohexadecenone (cyclohexadec-8-en-1-one) used in perfumes to give a musk fragrance
Aurelius proper noun /ɔˈɹiliəs/: A male given name from Latin; of mostly historical use in the Anglo-Saxon world.
aureobasidin noun: Any of a family of cyclic depsipeptide antifungal antibiotics isolated from the fungus Aureobasidium pullulans
aureochrome noun: A photoreceptor required for photomorphogenesis in stramenopiles
aureocin noun: Any of a class of bacteriocins produced by Staphylococcus aureus.
aureofungin noun: A particular fungicide.
aureofuscin noun: A pigment and antibiotic macrolide...
aureola noun /ɔːˈɹiː.ə.lə/: Radiance of luminous cloud that surrounds the figure in a painting of a sacred personage.
aureole noun, verb /ˈɔː.ɹiː.əʊl/: A circle of light or halo around the head of a deity or a saint.
aureole hat noun: Synonym of halo hat.
aureoled adjective, verb: Surrounded by a corona or halo.
aureolic adjective: Relating to aureolic acid or its derivatives
aureolic acid noun: Synonym of plicamycin.
aureolin noun: A yellow pigment used in painting, composed of potassium cobaltinitrite.
aureoline noun: Alternative spelling of aureolin
aureolysin noun: An extracellular metalloprotease expressed by Staphylococcus aureus
aureomycin noun: The drug chlortetracycline, obtained from Streptomyces aureofaciens bacteria.
aureonitol noun: A fungi-derived tetrahydrofuran.
aureoquinone noun: A particular naphthazarin.
aureothricin noun: A by-product of thiolutin fermentation.
aureous adjective: Of a golden colour.
aureus noun /ˈɔːɹɪəs/: A gold coin, minted in the Roman Empire from approximately 100 B.C.E. to 309 C.E., equal to 25 denarii.
aureusidin noun: The aurone (2Z)-2-[(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)methylidene]-4,6-dihydroxy-1-benzofuran-3(2H)-one
aureusimine noun: Any of a group of cyclic dipeptides found in Staphylococcus aureus
aureusin noun: The aurone glycoside 2-[(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)methylidene]-4-hydroxy-6-[(2S,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-1-benzofuran-3-one
aureusvirus noun: Any plant virus of the genus Aureusvirus

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under A: 47,274 words, in 158 parts.