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| apse6 | (architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar. |
| arse4 | (current in South Africa, Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, dated in New England, now vulgar) The buttocks or more specifically, the anus. |
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| abase7 | (transitive) To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate. [from c. 1350–1470] |
| abuse7 | Improper treatment or usage; application to a wrong or bad purpose; an unjust, corrupt or wrongful practice or custom. [from around 1350 to 1470] |
| amuse7 | (transitive) To entertain or occupy (someone or something) in a pleasant manner; to stir (an individual) with pleasing emotions. |
| anise5 | An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds, which are used as a spice. It has a licorice scent. |
| arise5 | To come up from a lower to a higher position. |
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| accuse10 | (transitive) to find fault with, blame, censure |
| advise10 | (transitive) To give advice to; to offer an opinion to, as worthy or expedient to be followed. |
| ahorse9 | (archaic) On the back of a horse; on horseback. |
| aldose7 | (organic chemistry, biochemistry) Any of a class of monosaccharides having an aldehyde or hemiacetal functional group. |
| appose10 | (obsolete, transitive) To interrogate; to question. |
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| abscise11 | (transitive) To cut off. [First attested in the early 17th century.] |
| acerose9 | (botany) Having the nature of chaff; chaffy. |
| acetose9 | Sour like vinegar; acetous. |
| acinose9 | Consisting of acini, or minute granular concretions. |
| adipose10 | Containing, composed of, or consisting of fat; fatty. |
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| abstruse10 | Difficult to comprehend or understand. [from late 16th c.] |
| acarbose12 | (pharmacology) An antidiabetic drug C25H43NO18 (trademark Precose) that is taken orally as a tablet in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. It is an oligosaccharide produced by fermentation of a bacterium (Actinoplanes utahensis). The drug slows the absorption of glucose in the small intestine by inhibiting enzymes that break down complex carbohydrates. |
| acaulose10 | acaulous |
| albumose12 | Any of a class of polypeptides formed by digestion of protein; proteose |
| aldolase9 | (biochemistry) An enzyme, present in some tissue, that catalyses the conversion of phosphates of fructose to those of glyceraldehyde and dihydroxyacetone |
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| advertise13 | (transitive) To give (especially public) notice of (something); to announce publicly. [from 15th c.] |
| aeropause11 | The region of the atmosphere above which it is not possible for aircraft to fly |
| aeropulse11 | pulsejet |
| almshouse14 | A building of residence for the poor, sick or elderly of a parish. Originally founded by the Church. Usually a charity relying on donations for funding. |
| anatomise11 | Alternative form of anatomize |
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| aggrandise13 | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of aggrandize. |
| allegorise11 | (transitive, British spelling) To create an allegory from some event or situation. |
| anastomose12 | (transitive) (of streams and rivers, blood vessels, etc) To join (two or more things) by anastomosis, to interconnect forming a network. |
| apocalypse19 | A revelation. [from 14th c.] |
| apostatise12 | Alternative spelling of apostatize |
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| accessorise15 | Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of accessorize. |
| acclimatise17 | Non-Oxford British English and New Zealand standard spelling of acclimatize. |
| anthracnose16 | (phytopathology) Any of several fungal diseases that affect many plants and trees. |
| archdiocese19 | (Christianity) In Christian denominations, the area administered by an archbishop. |
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| apostrophise19 | Alternative spelling of apostrophize |
| attitudinise13 | Alternative spelling of attitudinize |
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| anticlockwise24 | (South Africa, AU, New Zealand, Britain, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move. |
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| aminopeptidase21 | (biochemistry) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of the peptide bond of the terminal amino acid at the amino end of a polypeptide or protein |
We found 88 words starting with a and ending in se
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