(dated or law) Stay or continuance in a place; sojourn.
(formal) A residence, dwelling or habitation.
(obsolete) Act of waiting; delay.
(obsolete) An omen; a foretelling.
verb
(intransitive, obsolete) To be ominous.
(transitive, obsolete) To bode; to foreshow; to presage.
simple past tense and past participle of abide
adobe
adobe
noun
A house made of adobe brick.
An unburnt brick dried in the sun.
The earth from which such bricks are made.
adore
adore
verb
(obsolete) To adorn.
To be very fond of.
To love with one's entire heart and soul; regard with deep respect and affection.
To worship.
adoze
adoze
adj
Dozing, napping, asleep
aedon
aledo
aloed
aloed
adj
(poetic) On which aloes are growing.
anode
anode
noun
(chemistry, by extension) The electrode at which chemical oxidation of anions takes place, usually resulting in the erosion of metal from the electrode.
(electricity) An electrode, of a cell or other electrically polarized device, through which a positive current of electricity flows inwards (and thus, electrons flow outwards). It can have either a negative or a positive voltage.
(electronics) That electrode of a semiconductor device which is connected to the p-type material of a p-n junction.
(electronics) The electrode which collects electrons emitted by the cathode in a vacuum tube or gas-filled tube.
aoede
aoede
Proper noun
One of the moons of Jupiter.
aoide
bedog
bedog
verb
(transitive) to follow like a dog, harass, torment; bully
bedot
begod
begod
verb
(obsolete, transitive) To exalt to the dignity of a god; to deify.
beode
boded
boded
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bode
boden
boder
bodes
bodes
noun
plural of bode
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bode
bodge
bodge
adj
(slang, Northern Ireland) Insane, off the rails.
noun
(South East England) A four-wheeled handcart used for transporting goods. Also, a homemade go-cart.
(historical) The water in which a smith would quench items heated in a forge.
A clumsy or inelegant job, usually a temporary repair; a patch, a repair.
verb
(Britain, Ireland) To do a clumsy or inelegant job, usually as a temporary repair; mend, patch up, repair.
To work green wood using traditional country methods; to perform the craft of a bodger.
bodle
bodle
noun
(historical) A former Scottish copper coin of less value than a bawbee, worth about one-sixth of an English penny.
boled
boned
boned
adj
(art) Of computer-generated animations: based on models with simulated bones or joints.
(in combination) Having some specific type of bone.
(of a garment such as a corset or basque) Fitted with bones.
(slang) Beset with unfortunate circumstances that seem difficult or impossible to overcome; in imminent danger.
(snowboarding) Having the legs straightened during a trick.
of meat or fish, having had the bones removed before cooking.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bone
booed
booed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of boo
bored
bored
adj
Perforated by a hole or holes.
Suffering from boredom; mildly annoyed and restless through having nothing to do.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bore
bowed
bowed
adj
Having a bow (rod for playing stringed instruments).
verb
simple past tense and past participle of bow
boxed
boxed
adj
In bridge and other card games if the cards in a pack are reversed face-up and face-down then the pack is said to be boxed.
Packed into a box or boxes.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of box
codec
codec
noun
(computing) A device or program capable of performing transformations on a data stream or signal.
coded
coded
adj
Encoded; written in code or cipher.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of code
codee
codel
codel
noun
Abbreviation of congressional delegation. Government-paid trips abroad, designed to give lawmakers first-hand knowledge of matters relevant to their legislation.
coden
coder
coder
noun
(computing) A programmer.
A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses.
A person who assigns codes or classifications.
codes
codes
noun
plural of code
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of code
codex
codex
noun
A book bound in the modern manner, by joining pages, as opposed to a rolled scroll.
An early manuscript book.
An official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients.
codie
coeds
coeds
noun
plural of coed
coked
coked
adj
Intoxicated with cocaine.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coke
coled
coled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of colead
conde
conde
noun
Alternative spelling of conn
verb
(transitive, rare) To direct a ship.
coned
coned
adj
(conical) Shaped like a cone.
(of an area) segregated or delineated by traffic cones
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cone
cooed
cooed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coo
coped
coped
adj
Clad in a cope.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cope
cored
cored
verb
simple past tense and past participle of core
cosed
cosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cose
coted
coted
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cote
coude
coved
coved
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cove
cowed
cowed
adj
For quotations using this term, see Citations:cowed.
Frightened into submission.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cow
coxed
coxed
adj
Having a cox
verb
simple past tense and past participle of cox
coyed
coyed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coy
cozed
cozed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of coze
credo
credo
noun
(Christianity) The liturgical creed (usually the Nicene Creed), or a musical arrangement of it for use in church services.
A statement of a belief or a summary statement of a whole belief system; also (metonymically) the belief or belief system itself.
debor
declo
decor
decor
noun
A stage setting; scenery; set; backdrop.
The style of decoration of a room or building.
decos
decos
noun
plural of deco
decoy
decoy
noun
A person or object meant to lure somebody into danger.
A real or fake animal used by hunters to lure game.
Deceptive military device used to draw enemy attention or fire away from a more important target.
verb
(intransitive) To act as, or use, a decoy.
(transitive) To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap.
defoe
defoe
Proper noun
Daniel Defoe (c. 1659 to 1661 – 1731), English trader, writer, journalist and pamphleteer best known for writing Robinson Crusoe
defog
defog
verb
(transitive) To remove the moisture or fog from.
(transitive, informal) To make intelligible; to free from confusion.
deino
deion
dekko
dekko
noun
(Britain, slang) A look; a glance.
dekow
delco
deloo
delos
demob
demob
noun
(UK) Demobilization; release from military service.
verb
(Britain) To demobilize; to release someone from military service.
demon
demon
noun
(Greek mythology) A tutelary deity or spirit intermediate between the major Olympian gods and mankind, especially a deified hero or the entity which supposedly guided Socrates, telling him what not to do.
(card games) A type of patience or solitaire (card game) played in the UK and/or US.
(in the plural) A person's fears or anxieties.
(now chiefly historical) A false god or idol; a Satanic divinity.
A hypothetical entity with special abilities postulated for the sake of a thought experiment in philosophy or physics.
A person's inner spirit or genius; a guiding or creative impulse.
A source (especially personified) of great evil or wickedness; a destructive feeling or character flaw.
A spirit not considered to be inherently evil; a (non-Christian) deity or supernatural being.
A very wicked or malevolent person; also (in weakened sense) a mischievous person, especially a child.
An evil spirit resident in or working for Hell; a devil.
Any of various hesperiid butterflies of the genera Notocrypta and Udaspes.
Someone with great strength, passion or skill for a particular activity, pursuit etc.; an enthusiast.
demos
demos
noun
(originally Ancient Greece) An ancient subdivision of Attica; (now also) a Greek municipality, an administrative area covering a city or several villages together.
(political science, singular or plural) The ordinary citizens of an ancient Greek city-state; hence, the common populace of a state or district (especially a democratic one); the people.
plural of demo
demot
denbo
denio
denom
deota
depoh
depot
depot
noun
(US) A bus station or railway station.
(card games) The tableau; the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.
(military) A place for the storage, servicing or upgrade of military hardware.
(military) A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
(military) The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service
depoy
derog
deron
deroo
desto
desto
noun
(informal, Australia, Singapore) a headsign; a destination sign: a moveable or electronic display mounted on a bus or other public transport vehicle to indicate its intended route and destination.
detox
detox
noun
A detoxification unit.
Detoxification, especially of the body from alcohol or illegal, addictive drugs.
verb
(transitive, intransitive) To detoxify, especially from alcohol or recreational drugs.
deuno
devol
devon
devon
noun
(Australia, Eastern Australia) A type of processed meat sausage.
devot
devow
devow
verb
(obsolete) To disavow; to disclaim.
(obsolete) To give up; to devote.
dhole
dhole
noun
An Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus.
diego
diego
noun
(slang, ethnic slur) A Spanish-speaker, especially from Latin America.
diode
diode
noun
(electronics) An electronic device that allows current to flow in one direction only; used chiefly as a rectifier.
dione
dione
noun
(organic chemistry, sometimes in combination) diketone
diose
diose
noun
A monosaccharide containing two carbon atoms.
doane
dobie
dobie
noun
Alternative form of dhobi (“laundryman or washerman”)
doble
dodge
dodge
adj
(Australia) Dodgy.
noun
(slang) A line of work.
A trick, evasion or wile. (Now mainly in the expression tax dodge.)
An act of dodging.
verb
(archaic) To go hither and thither.
(photography, videography) To decrease the exposure for certain areas of an image in order to make them darker (compare burn).
(transitive) To follow by dodging, or suddenly shifting from place to place.
(transitive, figuratively) To avoid; to sidestep.
(transitive, intransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
(transitive, intransitive, dated) To trick somebody.
dodie
dodie
Proper noun
A diminutive of the female given name Dorothy.
doers
doers
noun
plural of doer
doesn
doest
doeth
doges
doges
noun
plural of doge
dogey
dogie
dogie
noun
(US, regional, colloquial) A motherless calf in a range herd of cattle; a calf separated from its cow.
dogue
dolce
dolce
noun
(music) A soft-toned organ stop.
doled
doled
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dole
doles
doles
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dole
doley
domed
domed
adj
In the form of a dome.
domel
domer
domes
domes
noun
plural of dome
donec
donee
donee
noun
Someone who receives a gift from a donor.
doner
doner
adj
(humorous, dialect) comparative form of done: more done
noun
(Dublin slang) Goner; someone who is done for.
Misspelling of donor.
doner kebab
donet
doney
doney
noun
(colloquial) girl, sweetheart, darling, young woman, woman
donie
donne
doole
doole
noun
(obsolete) A rest; a short nap.
(obsolete) sorrow; dole
doone
doped
doped
adj
(electronics) Describing a semiconductor that has had small amounts of elements added to create charge carriers.
Covered with dope, a glue or paint like pore filler.
Drugged.
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dope
doper
doper
adj
comparative form of dope: more dope
noun
(dated) A person employed to apply dope solution during aircraft manufacture.
(derogatory) One who frequently uses recreational drugs; a druggie; a stoner.
(derogatory) One who uses performance enhancing substances for competitive gain, especially illegally.
dopes
dopes
noun
plural of dope
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dope
dopey
dopey
adj
Stupid, silly.
doree
doree
noun
Alternative form of dory (“the fish”)
dorey
dorey
noun
(nautical) Alternative form of dory (“boat”)
dorie
dorje
dorje
noun
Synonym of vajra (“Buddhist ceremonial mace”)
dorse
dorse
noun
(obsolete) A dossal.
(obsolete) The back of a book.
The Baltic cod or variable cod (Gadus morhua callarias).
dosed
dosed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dose
doser
doser
noun
One who administers a dose.
doses
doses
noun
plural of dose
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dose
doted
doted
adj
(US, obsolete) half-rotten
(obsolete) stupid; foolish
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dote
doter
doter
noun
Synonym of dotard (“old person with impaired intellect”)
Synonym of dotard (“one who dotes on another, showing excessive fondness”)
dotes
dotes
noun
plural of dote
verb
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dote
douce
douce
adj
(dialect) Serious and quiet; steady, not flighty or casual; sober.
(obsolete) Sweet; nice; pleasant.
douse
douse
noun
A blow or strike, especially to the face.
A sudden plunging into water.
verb
(intransitive) To fall suddenly into water.
(transitive) To put out; to extinguish.
(transitive) To strike, beat, or thrash.
(transitive, intransitive) To plunge suddenly into water; to duck; to immerse.
(transitive, nautical) To strike or lower in haste; to slacken suddenly
doven
doven
verb
(dialectal) past participle of dive
Alternative form of daven
dover
doves
doves
noun
plural of dove
dovev
dovey
dowed
dowed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of dow
dowel
dowel
noun
(construction) A piece of wood or similar material fitted into a surface not suitable for fastening so that other pieces may be fastened to it.
A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position.
A wooden rod, as one to make short pins from.
verb
(transitive) To fasten together with dowels.
(transitive) To furnish with dowels.
dower
dower
noun
(law) Property given by a groom directly to his bride at or before their wedding in order to legitimize the marriage; dowry.
(law) The part of or interest in a deceased husband's property provided to his widow, usually in the form of a life estate.
(obsolete) That with which one is gifted or endowed; endowment; gift.
verb
(transitive) To endow.
(transitive) To give a dower or dowry to.
dowie
downe
downe
adv
Obsolete spelling of down
dowse
dowse
noun
Alternative form of douse (“strike”)
verb
(intransitive) To use the dipping or divining rod, as in search of water, ore, etc.
Alternative form of douse (“to plunge into water”)
Alternative form of douse (“to strike”)
dowve
doxie
doxie
noun
(informal) A dachshund
Alternative form of doxy (sweetheart or mistress)
doyen
doyen
noun
(colloquial) A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement.
(obsolete) A commander in charge of ten men.
The senior, or eldest male member of a group.
doyle
dozed
dozed
verb
simple past tense and past participle of doze
dozen
dozen
noun
(as plural only, always followed by of) A large, unspecified number of, comfortably estimated in small multiples of twelve, thus generally implied to be significantly more than ten or twelve, but less than perhaps one or two hundred; many.
(bingo) twelve
(metallurgy) An old English measure of ore containing 12 hundredweight.