(apiology) A repetitive movement used in communication between worker honey bees.
(figurative) A battle of wits, especially one commonly fought between two rivals.
(figurative, dated) Any strenuous or difficult movement, action, or task.
(heraldry) A normally horizontal stripe called a fess that has been modified to zig-zag across the center of a coat of arms from dexter to sinister.
(uncountable) A genre of modern music characterised by sampled beats, repetitive rhythms and few lyrics.
(uncountable) The art, profession, and study of dancing.
A piece of music with a particular dance rhythm.
A sequence of rhythmic steps or movements usually performed to music, for pleasure or as a form of social interaction.
A social gathering where dancing is the main activity.
The death throes of a hanged person.
verb
(apiology, of a worker honey bee) To make a repetitive movement in order to communicate to other worker honey bees.
(figurative, euphemistic) To kick and convulse from the effects of being hanged.
(figurative, euphemistic) To make love or have sex.
(intransitive) To leap or move lightly and rapidly.
(intransitive) To move with rhythmic steps or movements, especially in time to music.
(transitive) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about.
(transitive) To perform the steps to.
dancy
dancy
adj
(heraldry) Synonym of dancetté
(of music, informal) Suitable for dancing to.
danic
decan
decan
noun
(Egyptology, astrology) One of a collection of 36 small constellations or zodiacal subdivisions that appear heliacally at intervals of 10 days or are separated by approximately 10 degrees.
verb
To remove (something, especially nuclear reactor fuel) from a can or similar protective enclosure, cladding, etc.
ducan
enact
enact
noun
(obsolete) purpose; determination
verb
(transitive) to act the part of; to play
(transitive) to do; to effect
(transitive, law) to make (a bill) into law
encia
eniac
fancy
fancy
adj
(colloquial) Unnecessarily complicated.
(obsolete) Extravagant; above real value.
Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones.
Executed with skill.
Of a superior grade.
adv
(nonstandard) In a fancy manner; fancily.
noun
(obsolete) A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.
A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing.
A diamond with a distinctive colour.
A whim.
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.
Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.
In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).
Love or amorous attachment.
That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.
The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.
The imagination.
The object of inclination or liking.
verb
(Britain) would like
(Britain, informal) To be sexually attracted to.
(dated or in a set phrase) To imagine, suppose.
(formal) To appreciate without jealousy or greed.
(transitive) To breed (animals) as a hobby.
To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.
To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
finca
finca
noun
A country estate, farm or ranch in Spain or Hispanic America.
franc
franc
noun
A former unit of currency of France, Belgium and Luxembourg, replaced by the euro.
Any of several units of currency, some of which are multi-national (West African CFA Franc (XOF), Central African CFA Franc (XAF), the Swiss franc (CHF)) while others are national currencies.
gance
ganch
ganch
verb
To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks as a punishment.
hance
hance
noun
A curve or arc, especially in architecture or in the design of a ship.
The arc of smaller radius at the springing of an elliptical or many-centred arch.
verb
(transitive, obsolete) To raise, to elevate.
hanch
hanch
noun
Alternative form of hance
Alternative form of haunch
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To snap at something with the jaws.
inact
incan
incan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Inca people and culture
incas
incas
noun
plural of inca
incra
knack
knack
noun
A petty contrivance; a toy.
A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something.
Something performed, or to be done, requiring aptness and dexterity.
verb
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To crack; to make a sharp, abrupt noise; to chink.
To speak affectedly.
lacon
lance
lance
noun
(fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
(medicine) A lancet.
(metallurgy) A small iron rod which suspends the core of the mold in casting a shell.
(military) A soldier armed with a lance; a lancer.
(military) An instrument which conveys the charge of a piece of ordnance and forces it home.
(pyrotechnics) One of the small paper cases filled with combustible composition, which mark the outlines of a figure.
A weapon of war, consisting of a long shaft or handle and a steel blade or head; a spear carried by horsemen.
A wooden spear, sometimes hollow, used in jousting or tilting, designed to shatter on impact with the opposing knight’s armour.
verb
To open with a lancet; to pierce.
To pierce with a lance, or with any similar weapon.
To throw in the manner of a lance; to lanch.
lanch
lanch
noun
(UK, dialect) A large bed of flints.
verb
(obsolete) To pierce, as with a lance; to lance.
(obsolete) To throw, as a lance; to let fly; to launch.
lancs
lenca
linac
linac
noun
(physics) A linear particle accelerator.
lucan
macan
macon
macon
noun
Mutton bacon, a form of bacon made from cured mutton.
manic
manic
adj
(psychiatry) Suffering from mania, the state of an abnormally elevated or irritable mood, arousal, and/or energy levels.
Of or pertaining to someone who exhibits mania or craziness; wicked.
noun
A person exhibiting mania.
manoc
naacp
nabac
nache
nacho
nacho
noun
A single tortilla chip from a dish of nachos.
nacre
nacre
noun
(obsolete) A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.
A pearly substance which lines the interior of many shells; mother-of-pearl.
nacry
nacry
adj
nacreous
nance
nance
noun
(slang) Alternative form of nancy: an effeminate male homosexual.
A large shrub or small tree of subtropical and tropical areas of the Americas, Byrsonima crassifolia, bearing a small, sweet, yellow fruit.
verb
(uncommon, slang) To move in a prissy or stereotypically gay way.
nanci
nancy
nancy
noun
(Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, US, derogatory, slang, offensive) An effeminate man, especially a homosexual.
narco
narco
noun
(crime) A South American drug baron.
(law enforcement) Acronym of narcotics control officer.; A police officer specializing in drug crimes
(pathology) Someone suffering from narcolepsy
Narcotics.
narcs
narcs
noun
plural of narc
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of narc
naric
naric
adj
Synonym of narial
nasca
nasch
natch
natch
adv
(colloquial) Naturally; of course.
noun
(dialect) A notch.
The rump of beef, especially the lower and back part of the rump.
nauch
necia
nesac
nicad
nicad
noun
(electronics) rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery
noach
nucal
nucha
nucha
noun
(anatomy, obsolete) The spinal cord.
(anatomy, zoology, dated, rare) The back of the neck, the nape; of an animal: the back of the head or the portion of the body behind the head.
nucla
numac
nyack
ocana
ocean
ocean
noun
(countable) One of the large bodies of water separating the continents.
(figuratively) An immense expanse; any vast space or quantity without apparent limits.
(uncountable) Water belonging to an ocean.
A blue colour, like that of the ocean (also called ocean blue).
ochna
ochna
noun
(botany) Any of the genus Ochna of evergreen trees, shrubs and shrublets.
octan
octan
adj
Occurring every eight days.
noun
A fever that recurs every eight days.
oncia
oscan
oscan
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Oscan language or Oscan people, or their writing system.
Noun
A member of an ancient group of Italic-speaking peoples of Campania (the Osci).
Proper noun
The language of the Oscan people.
panic
panic
adj
(Greek mythology, archaic) Alternative letter-case form of Panic (“pertaining to the Greek god Pan”)
Of fear, fright, etc: overwhelming or sudden.
Pertaining to or resulting from overwhelming fear or fright.
noun
(by extension) A plant of the genus Panicum, or of similar plants of other genera (especially Echinochloa and Setaria) formerly included within Panicum; panicgrass or panic grass.
(countable, US, originally theater, colloquial) A highly amusing or entertaining performer, performance, or show; a riot, a scream.
(countable, computing) Short for kernel panic (“on Unix-derived operating systems: an action taken by the operating system when it cannot recover from a fatal error”); (by extension) any computer system crash.
(countable, economics, finance) A rapid reduction in asset prices due to broad efforts to raise cash in anticipation of such prices continuing to decline.
(originally) Foxtail millet or Italian millet (Setaria italica), the second-most widely grown species of millet.
(uncountable) Overwhelming fear or fright, often affecting groups of people or animals; (countable) an instance of this; a fright, a scare.
The edible grain obtained from one of the above plants.
verb
(US, colloquial) To highly amuse, entertain, or impress (an audience watching a performance or show).
(computing) Of a computer system: to crash.
(computing) To cause (a computer system) to crash.
To cause (someone) to feel panic (“overwhelming fear or fright”); also, to frighten (someone) into acting hastily.
To feel panic, or overwhelming fear or fright; to freak out, to lose one's head.
pecan
pecan
noun
A deciduous tree, Carya illinoinensis, of the central and southern United States, having deeply furrowed bark, pinnately compound leaves, and edible nuts.
A half of the edible portion of the inside of this nut.
A smooth, thin-shelled, edible oval nut of this tree.
pocan
pocan
noun
The poke, Phytolacca americana (formerly Phytolacca decandra).
ponca
racon
racon
noun
A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation signal.
rance
rance
noun
(Scotland) A prop or shore.
A round or spreader between the legs of a chair.
A type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.
verb
(Scotland, transitive) To prop or shore up.
ranch
ranch
noun
(uncountable) Ranch dressing.
A house or property on a plot of ranch land.
A large plot of land used for raising cattle, sheep or other livestock.
A small farm that cultivates vegetables and/or livestock, especially one in the Southwestern United States.
verb
To operate a ranch; to engage in ranching.
To work on a ranch.
sanct
sancy
scand
scans
scans
noun
plural of scan
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scan
scant
scant
adj
Not full, large, or plentiful; scarcely sufficient; scanty; meager.
Sparing; parsimonious; chary.
adv
(uncommon or old-fashioned) With difficulty; scarcely; hardly.
det
Very little, very few.
noun
(masonry) A block of stone sawn on two sides down to the bed level.
(masonry) A sheet of stone.
(uncommon) Scarcity; lack.
(wood) A slightly thinner measurement of a standard wood size.
A small piece or quantity.
verb
(intransitive) To fail, or become less; to scantle.
(transitive) To limit in amount or share; to stint.
scarn
scarn
noun
(obsolete, UK, dialect) dung
scena
scena
noun
(historical) The stage of an ancient theatre.
A scene in an opera.
An accompanied dramatic recitative, interspersed with passages of melody, or followed by a full aria.
scian
scran
scran
noun
(UK, Ireland, slang) Food, especially that of an inferior quality; grub.
Refuse; rubbish.
verb
(slang, Liverpudlian, Manchester) to eat
snack
snack
noun
(obsolete) A share; a part or portion.
(slang) A very sexy and attractive person.
A light meal.
An item of food eaten between meals.
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To bite.
(obsolete, transitive) To share.
(obsolete, transitive) To snatch.
To eat a light meal.
To eat between meals.
tacan
tacna
tunca
unact
uncap
uncap
verb
(intransitive) To take off one's cap.
(transitive) To remove a cap or cover from.
uncia
uncia
noun
(algebra, obsolete) A numerical coefficient in a binomial.
(historical) A Roman unit of land area, 1/12 of a jugerum.
(historical) A bronze coin minted by the Roman Republic, 1/12 of an as.
(historical) The Roman inch, 1/12 of a Roman foot.
(historical) The Roman ounce, 1/12 of a Roman pound.
(pharmacy) Synonym of ounce, the English and American avoirdupois unit of mass.
Synonym of twelfth.
vance
vance
Proper noun
name transferred from the surname; of mostly American usage.
vinca
vinca
noun
Any of several evergreen shrubs, of the genus Vinca, including the periwinkle
xinca
xinca
Noun
A non-Mayan indigenous people of Mesoamerica with communities in the southern portion of Guatemala, near its border with El Salvador, and in the mountainous region to the north.
Proper noun
Their language, generally considered a language isolate.
yance
yance
adv
(dialect, Northern English dialect) once (in both senses: only one time, and formerly)